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Book SynopsisIn opposition to the PA, liberal as well as Islamic social forces promote policies of protest and resistance, through media tools, against the authoritarian policies of the PA. The media is viewed as a public sphere in which these forces compete. Media institutions play an important role in setting the parameters of communication in processes of state building: promoting public debate and forming public spheres influence the modes of statecivil society relations. Combining concepts of political communication with social movement theory, the author examines the extent to which public opinion plays a role in determining the character of the political regime. The rising tension between the Palestinian Authority's attempts to deepen its control over society and the reaction to this development by opposition groups informs the analysis of each civil institution: the role of NGOs, the Islamic movement, the women's movement and Palestinian feminism, and the liberal-democratic intellectual elite, are all assessed through their media institutions and communication policies, to reveal the character of the emerging Palestinian public sphere.

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Book SynopsisElectoral and parliamentary arenas play a crucial role in the configuration and dynamics of modern polities. This book explores the practices of citizenship and unveils the fabric of representation in the Iberian countries, during a significant period of liberal politics, that is, from its apogee to its collapse (from the 1870s to the 1920s). Part One examines the evolution of electoral norms and behaviour, as well as the recruitment profile of MPs. Portugal and Spain share fundamental features, such as the extensive clientelistic mobilisation of voters, the dissemination of fraud and corruption, the supremacy of governmental parties and the prevalence of the politics of notables. Part Two focuses on Parliament, questioning constitutional models, internal procedures, legislative action and political activity, as well as coetaneous perceptions and images of the institution and its actors as portrayed in novels, newspaper chronicles, cartoons and photographic reports. This collection of essays offers a detailed and cogent analysis, as well as a vivid picture, of the politics of representation in Portuguese and Spanish liberalism, revealing significant similarities and differences through cross-country comparisons.Trade ReviewThis excellent volume, by leading authorities in the field, is a welcome addition to the steadily growing interest in the history of elections and parliaments in the Iberian world. -- Professor Eduardo Posada-Carbo, Oxford UniversityThe book opens a window onto political life that transforms our understanding of the emergence of modern politics in the southern edge of Europe. -- Professor Daniel Ziblatt, Harvard UniversityAn excellent, professional account of elections and parliaments in Spain and Portugal before democracy. -- Professor Jose Varela Ortega, Chairman of Jose Ortega y Gasset-Gregorio Maranon Foundation

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Book SynopsisAs the power and scope of the European Union moves further, beyond traditional forms of international cooperation between sovereign states, it is important to analyse how these developments are impacting upon national institutions and processes of democratic representation and legitimacy in the member countries. The authors in this book identify four core processes of democratic governance present in any democratic political system that link societal and state processes of decision-making: opinion formation, interest intermediation, national executive decision-making and national parliamentary scrutiny. From a normative perspective they discuss what impacts this process of Europeanization has on democracy in the evolving system. They conclude that more changes are seen within the state-centric than in the societal-centred processes of democracy, thus the public seems to have been 'left behind' in the process of constructing Europe. The empirical research and normative discussion presented in this book are designed to further our knowledge concerning the Europeanization of social and state processes of democracy and to contribute to the continuing dialogue on democracy in the European Union.This book will be of great interest to academics and researchers of political science, public policy and international relations, as well as those interested in European studies and comparative politics.Trade Review'. . . the book brings together a very competent group of scholars who cover the volume's theme rather comprehensively, and whose contributions are, at the same time, assembled into a coherent whole. The volume impresses particularly through its empirical richness. It constitutes a valuable contribution to knowledge and should be of interest to scholars and students working on democratic governance, Europeanization and European integration, more generally.' -- Arne Niemann, Acta Politica'This volume adds a significant new angle to the debate about democracy in Europe. In going beyond the well-established institutional politics at the European level, the contributions to this book take things further by covering in some detail what happens before decisions are taken in Brussels. In particular, the focus on issues such as the role of the media, the involvement of national administrations or the scrutiny of EU decisions by national parliaments provides a more comprehensive picture than we have had so far of "European democracy". This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of European integration.' -- Thomas Christiansen, European Institute of Public Administration, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction: Democratic Governance and European Integration Ronald Holzhacker and Erik Albæk PART I: OPINION FORMATION AND INTEREST INTERMEDIATION IN MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE 2. Visibility and Framing of European Integration in the Media Claes de Vreese 3. Europeanization of Expert References in the Media? Researchers as Sources in Danish Daily Newspapers 1961–2001 Erik Albæk, Peter Munk Christiansen, and Lise Togeby 4. National Election Campaigns and European Issues Ronald Holzhacker and Andrea Römmele 5. Resisting Change: European Integration and National Party Systems Tapio Raunio 6. Interest Organizations and European integration Ove K. Pedersen PART II: EXECUTIVE DECISION-MAKING AND NATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY 7. Undermining Democratic Governance in the Member States? The Europeanization of National Decision-Making Tanja A. Börzel and Carina Sprungk 8. The Europeanization of National Executives: Changing Capacities and Ambivalent Effects on Democracy Ignacio Molina and César Colino 9. Adapting to Europe: Strategic Europeanization of National Parliaments Katrin Auel 10. National Parliamentary Scrutiny: Comparing Rules, Institutions and Behaviour Ronald Holzhacker 11. A Model for the Strictest Scrutiny? The Danish European Affairs Committee in a Party Group Perspective Henrik Jensen 12. The Southern European Pattern of Parliamentary Scrutiny of EU Legislation: Emulating the French Model José M. Magone 13. The Role of the ECE Parliaments in EU Integration Attila Ágh Index

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Book SynopsisAt a time when democratization and the state of democracy are at the forefront of attention in many parts of the world, this book examines the state-of-the-art on this vital political issue.Revisiting the now classical literature on neo-corporatism in light of current research and theory, the contributors illustrate the enormous influence of the 'neo-corporatist debate' on modern political science, political sociology, and political economy. Reflecting on a major part of the recent history of social science, they shed light on some of its current core concepts, such as governance, policy networks, and varieties of capitalism. The book traces the evolution of political conflicts concerning social order; from the class conflicts in Europe in the of 1970s Europe to the subsequent Latin American and Eastern European battles over democratization and democratic transition, to the debate on the 'democratic deficit' of the European Union.Paying tribute to the work of Philippe Schmitter, which bridges the themes discussed in the book and which has provided inspiration to an entire generation of social scientists, The Diversity of Democracy will be invaluable to academics, students and researchers with an interest in political science, democratic theory, European integration and the study of democratic transitions as well as Latin American and Eastern European studies.Trade Review'This is an important volume by authoritative authors that raises important questions about democracy. It demands extended attention and will stimulate debate.' -- Wyn Grant, Political Studies Review'This timely book fills a void in the literature on interest group representation in democracies. Contributors address various topics in democratic development and interest group representation in a manner that is both broadly comparative and attentive to in-depth case studies. . . . Overall, this is a great addition to the literature on democratic consolidation with a neo-corporatistic focus. Highly recommended.' -- B.A Yesilada, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Preface Colin Crouch and Wolfgang Streeck Part I: Corporatism and Democracy 1. The Study of Organized Interests: Before ‘the Century’ and After Wolfgang Streeck 2. Neo-Corporatism and Democracy Colin Crouch 3. From Corporatist Unions to Protest Unions? On the (Difficult) Relations between Organized Labour and New Social Movements Donatella della Porta Part II: Democratic Transitions and Consolidation 4. From Democracy to Democratization: Before and After Transitions from Authoritarian Rule Terry Karl 5. Democratization and the Popular Interest Regime in Latin America Ruth Berins Collier 6. Making Capitalism Compatible with Democracy: Tentative Reflections from the ‘East’ László Bruszt Part III: Democracy and European Integration 7. The Problem of Legitimacy in the European Polity: Is Democratization the Answer? Claus Offe and Ulrich K. Preuss 8. The Neo-Functionalists Were (Almost) Right: Politicization and European Integration Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks 9. Collective Participation in the European Union: The ‘Euro Corporatism’ Debate Gerda Falkner Postscriptum: Working with Philippe Guillermo O’Donnell Index

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Book SynopsisPublic choice theory has become an increasingly significant aspect of public law scholarship. A more comprehensive knowledge of public institutions and their activities can illuminate our understanding of how legal rules shape the behavior of these institutions. This volume gathers together key papers highlighting the fundamental issues in the evolution of this subject. Besides providing an appreciation of the institutional complexity and potential weak points of democracies, public choice theory promises to show how political structures and processes shape outcomes for better or for worse. It thereby aids understanding and improvements to institutional design. Much of that design is expressed in the form of law, so the subject is of particular importance to legal scholars. This authoritative selection of articles provides a firm foundation to this important area of study.Trade Review'Dan Farber has assembled a diverse and challenging set of readings that lay out the grounds of agreement and disagreement in theories of public choice and law. This collection will be valuable to students and others seeking an introduction to this difficult and contentious subject.' -- John Ferejohn, Stanford University and New York University, USTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Daniel A. Farber PART I INTEREST GROUP THEORIES 1. George J. Stigler (1971), ‘The Theory of Economic Regulation’ 2. William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner (1975), ’The Independent Judiciary in an Interest-Group Perspective’ 3. Einer R. Elhauge (1991), ‘Does Interest Group Theory Justify More Intrusive Judicial Review?’ PART II INSTITUTIONALIST AND AGENCY THEORIES 4. Tom Ginsburg (2002), ‘Ways of Criticizing Public Choice: The Uses of Empiricism and Theory in Legal Scholarship’ 5. Keith Krehbiel (2004), ‘Legislative Organization’ 6. Daryl J. Levinson (2005), ‘Empire-Building Government in Constitutional Law’ PART III PUBLIC CHOICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 7. Jerry L. Mashaw (1985), ‘Prodelegation: Why Administrators Should Make Political Decisions’ 8. McNollgast (1999), ‘The Political Origins of the Administrative Procedure Act’ 9. Terry M. Moe and William G. Howell (1999), ‘The Presidential Power of Unilateral Action’ PART IV PUBLIC CHOICE AND STATUTORY INTERPRETATION 10. Frank H. Easterbrook (1983), ‘Statutes’ Domains’ 11. William N. Eskridge, Jr. (1988), ‘Politics Without Romance: Implications of Public Choice Theory for Statutory Interpretation’ 12. Kenneth A. Shepsle (1992), ‘Congress Is a “They,” Not an “It”: Legislative Intent as Oxymoron’ 13. McNollgast (1994), ‘Legislative Intent: The Use of Positive Political Theory in Statutory Interpretation’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisExplores various aspects of chiefly authority in South Sudan from its historical origins and evolution under colonial, postcolonial and military rule, to its current roles and value in the newly independent country. South Sudan became Africa's newest nation in 2011, following decades of armed conflict. Chiefs - or 'traditional authorities' - became a particular focus of attention during the international relief effort and post-war reconstruction and state-building. But 'traditional' authority in South Sudan has been much misunderstood. Institutions of chiefship were created during the colonial period but originated out of a much longer process of dealing with predatory external forces. This book addresses a significant paradox in African studies more widely: if chiefs were the product of colonial states, why have they survived or revived in recent decades? By examining the long-term history ofchiefship in the vicinity of three towns, the book also argues for a new approach to the history of towns in South Sudan. Towns have previously been analysed as the loci of alien state power, yet the book demonstrates that thesegovernment centres formed an expanding urban frontier, on which people actively sought knowledge and resources of the state. Chiefs mediated relations on and across this frontier, and in the process chiefship became central to constituting both the state and local communities. Cherry Leonardi is Senior Lecturer in African History at Durham University, a former course director of the Rift Valley Institute's Sudan course, and a member of the council of the British Institute in Eastern Africa Published in association with the British Institute in Eastern Africa.Trade ReviewWell written and intellectually engaging, this book is a significant and timely piece of scholarship and a must-read for all scholars with an interest in any element of socio-political life in either of the Sudanese states, or even state formation in eastern or central Africa more widely. * AUSTRALASIAN REVIEW OF AFRICAN STUDIES *This highly readable and engaging book offers new insights into southern Sudanese experiences. * COMMONWEALTH AND COMPARATIVE POLITICS *[A] masterful book. * GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA *This highly informed and informative volume is a great addition to the literature on state-society relations in South Sudan. ... Likely to become a measuring stick for future anthropological works on South and should also be of interest to scholars of state-society relations and traditional authorities in other parts of Africa. * JOURNAL OF MODERN AFRICAN STUDIES *The first thorough study that has been done on the institution of chiefships in South Sudan. [Leonardi] has laid a firm foundation for the further study of this topic by other scholars. ... This book is a valuable resource for graduate students, academics, researchers, policy makers, civil societies, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). * INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORICAL STUDIES *[Employs] a well-considered multi-disciplinary approach in tackling this lively issue and, as such, it would be of interest to students and scholars of African studies and particularly to those in the fields of anthropology, political science, history, law and economics. * SUDAN STUDIES *Leonardi's book will for a long time be central to any deeper understanding of political structures in the newest African country. . . . This is an important book which should be read widely among all those concerned with African history and politics, not just Sudan specialists. * AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW *[Leonardi] combines an impressive mastery of the scholarship on South Sudan and Sudan, with very thorough archival research and fieldwork. At the same time, she brings to bear wide reading in related literatures, to connect the issues that she documents with broader scholarly debates. ... a quite original contribution to the study of politics and the state in modern Africa. -- Professor Charles Ambler, University of Texas at El PasoTable of ContentsIntroduction: the making of chiefship, state and community in South Sudan - PART I: From zariba to merkaz: the creation of the nodal state frontier, c. 1840-1920 Frontier societies and the political economy of knowledge in the nineteenth century Colonial frontiers and the emergence of government chiefs, c. 1900-20 - PART II: From makama to mejlis: the making of chiefship and the local state, 1920s-50s Constituting the urban frontier: chiefship and the colonial labour economy, 1920s-40s Claiming rights and guarantees: chiefs' courts and state justice, c. 1900-56 Containing the frontier: the tensions of territorial chiefdoms, 1930s-50s Uncertainty on the urban frontier: chiefs and the politics of Sudanese independence, 1946-58 - PART III: From malakiya to medina: the fluctuating expansion of the urban frontier, c. 1956-2010 Trading knowledge: chiefship, local elites and the urban frontier, c. 1956-2010 Regulating depredation: chiefs and the military, 1963-2005 Reprising 'tradition': the mutual production of community and state in the twenty-first century Knowing the system: judicial pluralism and discursive legalism in the interim period, 2005-10 Conclusion

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Book SynopsisEssential reading for scholars of Sudan, of Africa and of local governance, as well as policy-makers and practitioners, this study explores chiefly authority in South Sudan from its historical origins and evolution under colonial,postcolonial and military rule, to its current roles and value in the newly independent country. The creation of Africa's newest state, South Sudan, in 2011, involved national and international recognition of "traditional authorities", or chiefs. Chiefship has often been misunderstood to be a timeless or non-state institution, but this book argues for the mutual constitution of chiefship and the state since the mid-nineteenth century, based on research in the vicinity of three towns. The book also demonstrates that while South Sudanese towns have previously been analysed as centres of alien state power, people came to the urban "frontier" to seek the resources, regulation and justice of the state. Located conceptually - and sometimes spatially - upon this frontier, chiefshipbecame central to local relations with the state, and to state definitions of the local. The book thus addresses broader debates over the role of traditional authorities and the nature of urban-rural and state-society relations inAfrica. Cherry Leonardi is a Senior Lecturer in African History at Durham University, a former course director of the Rift Valley Institute's Sudan course, and a member of the council of the British Institute in Eastern Africa Published in association with the British Institute in Eastern Africa.Trade ReviewA detailed and rich account of the historical development of chiefship and of the state in southern Sudan... challenges lazy conceptions that represent South Sudan as lacking a political culture and history...particularly relevant to the current period. * AFRICA AT LSE BLOG *This highly readable and engaging book offers new insights into southern Sudanese experiences. * COMMONWEALTH AND COMPARATIVE POLITICS *[A] masterful book. * GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA *This highly informed and informative volume is a great addition to the literature on state-society relations in South Sudan. ... Likely to become a measuring stick for future anthropological works on South and should also be of interest to scholars of state-society relations and traditional authorities in other parts of Africa. * JOURNAL OF MODERN AFRICAN STUDIES *The first thorough study that has been done on the institution of chiefships in South Sudan. [Leonardi] has laid a firm foundation for the further study of this topic by other scholars. ... This book is a valuable resource for graduate students, academics, researchers, policy makers, civil societies, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). * INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORICAL STUDIES *[Employs] a well-considered multi-disciplinary approach in tackling this lively issue and, as such, it would be of interest to students and scholars of African studies and particularly to those in the fields of anthropology, political science, history, law and economics. * SUDAN STUDIES *Leonardi's book will for a long time be central to any deeper understanding of political structures in the newest African country. . . . This is an important book which should be read widely among all those concerned with African history and politics, not just Sudan specialists. * AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW *[Leonardi] combines an impressive mastery of the scholarship on South Sudan and Sudan, with very thorough archival research and fieldwork. At the same time, she brings to bear wide reading in related literatures, to connect the issues that she documents with broader scholarly debates. ... a quite original contribution to the study of politics and the state in modern Africa. -- Professor Charles Ambler, University of Texas at El PasoTable of ContentsIntroduction: the making of chiefship, state and community in South Sudan - PART I: From zariba to merkaz: the creation of the nodal state frontier, c. 1840-1920 Frontier societies and the political economy of knowledge in the nineteenth century Colonial frontiers and the emergence of government chiefs, c. 1900-20 - PART II: From makama to mejlis: the making of chiefship and the local state, 1920s-50s Constituting the urban frontier: chiefship and the colonial labour economy, 1920s-40s Claiming rights and guarantees: chiefs' courts and state justice, c. 1900-56 Containing the frontier: the tensions of territorial chiefdoms, 1930s-50s Uncertainty on the urban frontier: chiefs and the politics of Sudanese independence, 1946-58 - PART III: From malakiya to medina: the fluctuating expansion of the urban frontier, c. 1956-2010 Trading knowledge: chiefship, local elites and the urban frontier, c. 1956-2010 Regulating depredation: chiefs and the military, 1963-2005 Reprising 'tradition': the mutual production of community and state in the twenty-first century Knowing the system: judicial pluralism and discursive legalism in the interim period, 2005-10 Conclusion

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Book SynopsisAnalyses on-going movements against inequality and injustice in South Africa to show how these are rooted in its early history, anti-apartheid resistance and struggles for independence. In 1994, the first non-racial elections in South Africa brought Nelson Mandela and his African National Congress to office; elections since have confirmed the ANC's hold, both popular and legitimate, on power. Yet, at the same time, South Africa has one of the highest rates of protest and dissent in the world - underscored by the police shooting of 34 striking miners at Marikana in 2012 - regions of deep poverty and environmental degradation, rising inequality and high unemployment rates. This book looks at this paradox by examining the precise character of the post-apartheid state, and the roots of the hope that something better than the semi-liberation that the ANC has presided over must not be long delayed - both within the ANC itself and within the broader society of South Africa. The authors present a history of South Africa from earliest times, with today's post-apartheid society interpreted andunderstood in the context of and through the lens of its earlier history. Following the introduction, which offers an analytical background to the narrative that follows, they track the course of South African history: from its origins to apartheid in the 1970; through the crisis and transition of the 1970s and 1980s to the historic deal-making of 1994 that ended apartheid; to its recent history from Mandela to Marikana, with increasing signs of social unrest and class conflict. Finally, the authors reflect on the present situation in South Africa with reference to the historical patterns that have shaped contemporary realities and the possibility of a 'next liberation struggle'. Shortlisted for the 2014 Tamara and Isaac Deutscher Prize John S. Saul is Professor Emeritus at York University (Canada). Patrick Bond is Senior Professor of Development Studies and Director of the Centre forCivil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Durban). Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland & Botswana): JacanaTrade ReviewReaders are presented with illuminating, insightful, and fascinating scholarly discussions of the evolution of white settler colonialism and the brutal politics of segregation and white supremacist politics. Saul and Bond provide excellent historiographic references to many sides of the debate in this frank, iconoclastic, rigorous scholarly discourse. Highly recommended. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction: South Africa in History by John S. Saul and Patrick Bond - PART I WHAT'S PAST IS PROLOGUE: FROM THE BEGINNINGS TO 1994 - John S. Saul The Making of South Africa ... and Apartheid, to 1970 - John S. Saul The Transition: The Players Assemble, 1970-1990 - John S. Saul The Apartheid Endgame, 1990-1994 - John S. Saul PART II THE PRESENT AS HISTORY: POST-APARTHEID & POST-1994 - Patrick Bond Contradictions Subside then Deepen: Accumulation and Class Conflict, 1994-2000 - Patrick Bond Consolidating the Contradictions: From Mandela to Marikana, 2000-2012 - PART III CONCLUSIONS: THE FUTURE AS HISTORY - Patrick Bond Uneven and Combined Resistance: Marikana and The Trail to 'Tunisia Day' 2020 - Patrick Bond Liberating Liberation: The Struggle against Recolonization in South Africa - John S. Saul

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Book SynopsisFirst scholarly treatment of Uganda's first elected ruler; offers new insights into the religious and political history of modern Uganda. Assassinated by Idi Amin and a democratic ally of J.F. Kennedy during the Cold War, Benedicto Kiwanuka was Uganda's most controversial and disruptive politician, and his legacy is still divisive. On the eve of independence, he led the Democratic Party (DP), a national movement of predominantly Catholic activists, to end political inequalities and religious discrimination. Along the way, he became Uganda's first prime minister and first Ugandan chief justice. Earle and Carney show how Kiwanuka and Catholic activists struggled to create an inclusive vision of the state, a vision that resulted in relentless intimidation and extra-judicial killings. Focusing closely on the competing Catholic projects that circulated throughout Uganda, this book offers new ways of thinking about the history of democratic thought, while pushing the study of Catholicism in Africa outside of the church and beyond the gaze of missionaries. Drawing on never before seen sources from Kiwanuka's personal papers, the authors upend many of the assumptions that have framed Uganda's political and religious history for over sixty years, as well as repositioning Uganda's politics within the global arena. Fountain: UgandaTrade ReviewThe book is an important work of intellectual history. It is likewise an important work for Uganda, helping to reveal the connections between controversies and contexts that are often seen and studied in isolation. * Africa is a Country *The sources that Earle and Carney have been able to make use of here take us well beyond the traditional institutional archives used to examine religion and politics ... it is difficult to imagine a more complete biography of Kiwanuka being published. -- Journal of Ecclesiastical HistoryThe authors [...] address oversimplifications that DP was "simply a sectarian 'Catholic Party' that sought to upend political Protestantism in the Kingdom of Buganda." [...] They make clear the fact that "Catholic politics constituted a dynamic moral economy of competing regional historiographies and disputations." -- Robert Madoi * Monitor *For a few short months Benedicto Kiwanuka wielded power as Uganda's first prime minister. Most of his political career, however, was spent in the opposition; and at the end he was martyred by President Idi Amin. In this insightful biography, Earle and Carney draw from Kiwanuka's private library and illuminate the logic of his politics. Here we see Uganda's history as Kiwanuka saw it: as a drama that demanded both principled clarity and pragmatic flexibility. This book gives religious history an exciting new vocation, and greatly expands the scope and scale of political biography. -- Derek R. Peterson, University of MichiganEarle and Carney's work sheds radically new understanding on the dramatic history of Uganda. It is centred on the Democratic Party and its staunch Catholic leader Ben Kiwanuka, who led the country to independence before being jailed by Obote and murdered by Idi Amin. Roman Catholics, the largest religious group in Uganda, have been politically discriminated against since the 1890s. This book challenges brilliantly Uganda's biased historical narrative and puts back "Contesting Catholics" where they belong, at the centre of the country's nation building. -- Henri Médard, Aix Marseille Université - Institut des Mondes AfricainsBy drawing on hitherto unused sources, and paying careful attention to regional complexities, Jay Carney and Jonathon Earle tell a new story of how religion inflected politics in twentieth century Uganda. Contesting Catholics is not merely about Catholic politics in the home of Africa's first canonized martyrs, rather it reframes our understanding of Ugandan history in the late colonial and postcolonial periods writ large. Moreover, the book delivers compelling insights about how to conceptualize the place of religion in politics in Africa and beyond. -- Elizabeth A. Foster, Tufts UniversityThe authors of this book have mined personal papers, especially of their major subject, Benedicto Kiwanuka and other decolonization political actors in Uganda. They interviewed key witnesses of the late colonial and early post-colonial period, mastered local languages, including Luganda and Ateso, in order to read the literature first-hand. They also utilized archives in Uganda, Britain and the United States, in order to write an outstanding book on one of the leading Ugandan nationalists, Benedicto Kiwanuka, a leader of the Democratic Party who sought to build a united Uganda. I highly recommend this book for any student or researcher wishing to understand Uganda's religious and political history. -- Samwiri Lwanga-Lunyiigo, Makerere UniversityThis study throws a powerful searchlight on a critical population in Uganda struggling for political and social freedoms in the country immediately before and after Independence from Britain. -- Michael Twaddle, Institute of Commonwealth StudiesThis carefully researched and elegantly written story of admirable twentieth-century Ugandan Catholic layman Benedicto Kiwanuka shows how the political party he led was thwarted in Uganda's early years. Regional and ethnic differences stretched its pursuit of Catholic values while seeking national unity and blocked its electoral hopes. Carney and Earle demonstrate the oversimplification of earlier accounts of how religiously inflected politics tragically undermined Uganda's first few decades. -- Paul Kollman, CSC, University of Notre Dame...covers the religious milieu of the 1950s and 1960s, and the era's complicated politics, connecting Kiwanuka and Catholicism to party formation, ethnicity, and the making of a new Uganda and new Ugandan political elite and set of practices. ... a well-researched, careful exploration of a complex, understudied, fascinating time. * Carol Summers, University of Richmond *In a context in which thinking about current politics and the history of politics in Uganda fall into well-worn, fundamentally unproductive habits of thought, the authors prove that basic assumptions about religion in Ugandan politics are deeply flawed. ... a superb book, meticulously evidenced and insightfully contextualized. * Holly Hanson, Mount Holyoke College *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Catholic Democracy and Political Duress in Colonial Uganda Benedicto Kiwanuka, Catholic Uganda and the Gospel of Democracy Republicanism and Secession in Tesoland and Rwenzururu Catholic Violence and Political Revolution in Bunyoro and Kigezi Acholi Alliances and Party Insurrection in Ankole Catholic Patronage and Royalist Alternatives in Buganda "I offer today my body and blood": Violence, Resistance, and Martyrdom Conclusion: Memory and Memorialisation

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Book SynopsisAnalyses the structural and institutional obstacles to democratization in transitional societies - fractured societies, fragmented economies and institutions of governance, weak or deformed state structures - and how to overcome these. In the early 1990s, a wave of democratization swept through many African countries, but its prevailing election-centred liberal approach failed to result in sustainable democracies. Why should this be and what can be done about it? This multi-disciplinary work on the Greater Horn investigates the impact on the efforts to bring greater democratization of the characteristically complex socio-economic state structures of the countries of the Greater Horn of Africa and, importantly, suggests an alternative, more effective, approach. Detailed studies of Ethiopia, Somaliland, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda reveal the difficulties posed by institutional structures that are often weak and lack accountability; fragmented economies - which range from modern capitalist to subsistence farming and pastoral systems; and governance marked by differing conceptions of property rights and conflict adjudication practices and varied resource allocation systems. Chronic violent ethnic-based civil wars and social conflicts and deep-rooted ethnic divisions only exacerbate the states' ability to foster democratic governance, or even to manage diversity properly. The contributors examine why the countries of the Horn have been unable to overcome these obstacles to democratization and explore how and why an alternative approach is more likely tobe compatible with the socioeconomic realities and cultural values in transitional societies. Kidane Mengisteab is Professor of African Studies and Political Science at Pennsylvania State University. He is co-editor ofRegional Integration, Identity and Citizenship in the Greater Horn of Africa (James Currey, 2012) and, most recently, Traditional Institutions in Contemporary African Governance (2017).Trade ReviewThis edited volume by Kidane Mengisteab brings together a range of scholars of and from the Horn of Africa to produce a rare scholarly work with pragmatic intent. -- H-Net ReviewsTable of ContentsIntroduction: Structural and Institutional Factors in the Crisis of Democratization in the Greater Horn of Africa - Kidane Mengisteab Problematizing "Liberation" and Democratization in Post-independenceEritrea - Gaim Kibreab Prospects for Democracy in the Newest Country, South Sudan - Leben Nelson Moro and Kuyang Harriet Logo The Quest for Alternatives in Overcoming the Democratization Deficit in Ethiopia - Kassahun Berhanu Parliament-Public Engagement in Ethiopia: A Weak Link in Democratic Transformation - Meheret Ayenew Challenges and Prospects of Democratization in Sudan - Amr M A Mahgoub Mahgoub A Caring Patronage System for the Sudanese Democratization Process: Compilation of Incompatibles? by Asma Hussein M. Adam - Asma Hussein M. Adam Contestation of Democracy in Kenya - Macharia Munene Understanding the Three Paradoxical Trajectories: Democracy, Clan, and Islam in the State-Building Process of Somaliland - Mohamed A. Mohamoud Mohamoud Developing an Alternative Approach to Democratization in the Transitional Societies of the Greater Horn - Kidane Mengisteab Conclusion - Kidane Mengisteab

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Book SynopsisPAPERBACK FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY Analyses the structural and institutional obstacles to democratization in transitional societies - fractured societies, fragmented economies and institutions of governance, weak or deformed state structures - and how to overcome these. In the early 1990s, a wave of democratization swept through many African countries, but its prevailing election-centred liberal approach failed to result in sustainable democracies. Why should this be and what can be done about it? This multi-disciplinary work on the Greater Horn investigates the impact on the efforts to bring greater democratization of the characteristically complex socio-economic state structures of the countries of the Greater Horn of Africa and, importantly, suggests an alternative, more effective, approach. Detailed studies of Ethiopia, Somaliland, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda reveal the difficulties posed byinstitutional structures that are often weak and lack accountability; fragmented economies - which range from modern capitalist to subsistence farming and pastoral systems; and governance marked by differing conceptions of property rights and conflict adjudication practices and varied resource allocation systems. Chronic violent ethnic-based civil wars and social conflicts and deep-rooted ethnic divisions only exacerbate the states' ability to foster democratic governance, or even to manage diversity properly. The contributors examine why the countries of the Horn have been unable to overcome these obstacles to democratization and explore how and why an alternative approach is morelikely to be compatible with the socioeconomic realities and cultural values in transitional societies. Kidane Mengisteab is Professor of African Studies and Political Science at Pennsylvania State University. He is co-editor of Regional Integration, Identity and Citizenship in the Greater Horn of Africa (James Currey, 2012) and, most recently, Traditional Institutions in Contemporary African Governance (2017). FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLYTable of ContentsIntroduction: Structural and Institutional Factors in the Crisis of Democratization in the Greater Horn of Africa - Kidane Mengisteab Problematizing "Liberation" and Democratization in Post-Independence Eritrea - Gaim Kibreab Prospects for Democracy in the Newest Country, South Sudan - Leben Nelson Moro and Kuyang Harriet Logo The Quest for Alternatives in Overcoming the Democratization Deficit in Ethiopia - Kassahun Berhanu Parliament-Public Engagement in Ethiopia: A Weak Link in Democratic Transformation - Meheret Ayenew Challenges and Prospects of Democratization in Sudan - Amr M A Mahgoub Mahgoub A Caring Patronage System for Sudanese Democratization Process: Compilation of Incompatibles? - Asma Hussein M. Adam Contestation of Democracy in Kenya - Macharia Munene Understanding the Three Paradoxical Trajectories: Democracy, Clan and Islam in the State-Building Process of Somaliland - Mohamed A. Mohamoud Mohamoud Developing an Alternative Approach to Democratization in the Transitional Societies of the Greater Horn - Kidane Mengisteab Conclusion - Kidane Mengisteab

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Book SynopsisAn innovative examination of our understanding of political legitimacy in Mali, and its wider implications for democratization and political modernity in the Global South. The 2012 coup d'état in Mali, and the political destabilization that followed, brought an abrupt end to the country's success story as a "donor darling" and as a model of successful democratization. In spite of signing a peace treaty, Muslim militants continue to launch attacks in the country's northern and central territories and to challenge Mali's government and state institutions. The challenge is compounded by the massive opposition mobilized by protagonists of Salafi- inspired readings of Islam in the capital Bamako. Why should this be, and how can it be that these actors, particularly those employing the language of Islam, have emerged as a serious challenge to the political order and government in Mali, and garner support among the country's urban and rural populations? Against the background dynamics of the political turmoil that has shaken Mali in recent years and the uncertainties surrounding the present government, this book looks to the nature and extent of legitimacy of Mali's postcolonial state and also explores more general questions regarding the nature of political legitimacy. Schulz examines the attitudes, judgments and practices by which inhabitants of a rural area in south-western Mali attribute or disclaim the legitimacy of the state political order and of individual representatives. Countering the tendency of some scholars to adopt a belief-centered approach or to use a broad approach to legitimacy, she suggests a more comprehensive and systematic approach to legitimation that takes into account the subjective attitudes of actors as well as their material circumstances and the state of institutional governance.Table of ContentsIntroduction Demokrasi as the 'rule of envy' Cultural Performance and Political Legitimacy: The Political Biography of Jeli Praise, 1960-91 Decentralization and Political Legitimacy in Mali Staging 'culture' and Political Legitimacy in the Era of Liberalization Legitimacy in Question: The Challenge of Islamic Renewal Conclusion: In Pursuit of Legitimacy Postscript: 'Rest in peace, democracy'? Glossary Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn-depth account of the Marikana massacre, based on the voices of the miners and their families themselves, from the build up to the strike to attempts to hold the state to account and its lasting significance. In August 2012 the South African police - at the encouragement of mining capital, and with the support of the political state - intervened to end a week-long strike at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, in South Africa's NorthWest Province. On the afternoon of Thursday, 16 August, the police shot and killed 34 men. Hundreds more were injured, some shot as they fled. None posed a threat to any police officer. Recognised by many as an event of international significance in stories of global politics and labour relations, the perspectives of the miners has however been almost missing from published accounts. This book, for the first time, brings into focus the mens' lives - and deaths - telling the stories of those who embarked on the strike, those who were killed, and of the family members who have survived to fight for the memories of their loved ones. It places the strike in the context of South Africa's long history of racial and economic exclusion, explaining how the miners came to be in Marikana, how their lives were ordinarily lived, and the substance of their complaints. It shows how the strike developed from an initial gathering into a mass movement of more than 3,000 workers. It discusses the violence of the strike and explores the political context of the state's response, and the eagerness of the police to collaborate in suppressing the strike. Recounting the events of the massacre in unprecedented detail, the book sets out how each miner died and everything we know about the police operation. Finally, Brown traces the aftermath: the attempts of the families of the deceased to identify and bury their dead, and then the state's attempts to spin a narrative that placed all blame on the miners; the subsequent Commission of Inquiry - and its failure to resolve any real issues; and the solidarity politics that have emerged since. Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland and Botswana): Jacana.Trade ReviewIn Marikana: A People's History, Julian Brown, a political studies professor at Wits University, has crafted what is probably the most comprehensive account to date of the Marikana massacre and its aftermath. -- Ed Stoddard * DAILY MAVERICK *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Introduction PART I: THE LIVES OF WORKERS 1. Migrant Lives 2. A Company Town 3. Politics Underground PART II: THE STRIKE AND THE MASSACRE 4. The Strike Begins 5. Monday, 13 August 2012 6. Tightening the Screws 7. The Massacre at Scene One 8. The Massacre at Scene Two PART III: AFTER THE MASSACRE 9. Burying the Dead 10. The Farlam Commission 11. Communities of Resistance 12. 'Let us Not Lose Hope' Conclusion: The Work of Mourning Sources and Interpretation Bibliography

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Book SynopsisA new history of the 1976 Soweto Uprising and the events leading to it in the preceding decade, that will transform our understanding of the historical evolution of the struggle against apartheid. This revisionary account of the Soweto Uprising of June 1976 and the decade preceding it transforms our understanding of what led to this crucial flashpoint of South Africa's history. Brown argues that far from there being "quiescence" following the Sharpeville Massacre and the suppression of African opposition movements, during which they went underground, this period was marked by experiments in resistance and attempts to develop new forms of politics that prepared the ground for the Uprising. Students at South Africa's segregated universities began to re-organise themselves as a political force; new ideas about race reinvigorated political thought; debates around confrontation shaped the development of new forms of protest. The protest then began to move off university campuses and onto the streets: through the independent actions of workers in Durban, and attempts by students to link their struggles with a broader agenda. These actions made protest public once again, and helped establish the patterns of popular action and state response that would come to shape the events in Soweto on 16 June 1976. Julian Brown is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland & Botswana): Jacana 'throws new light on the background to the Soweto Uprising, providing insight into white and black student politics, worker protest and broader dissent' - William Beinart, University of Oxford 'an extremely important contribution to the historiography on protest in South Africa. It links black and white student protests (too often studied in isolation from one another) to workers' movements by looking at the changing forms of protest during the 1960s and 1970s, and the apartheid government's changing responses.' - Anne Heffernan, University of the Witwatersrand 'By showing how the Soweto Uprising served as a precursor for later historical and political events, the author convincingly shows the continuity from one from one protest and decade to the next.' - Dawne Curry, University of Nebraska-LincolnTrade ReviewJulian Brown's analysis of the pre-history of the Soweto uprising seeks to break new ground. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *Julian Brown's thoughtful book is chock-full of insights while still under 200 pages of text. Important in its own right, a study on student and mass protest in South Africa could not be timelier. On the fortieth anniversary of the legendary Uprising, yet again South Africa finds itself bitterly divided over a student protest movement exploding onto the scene. Brown's book deserves receives wide readership for these reasons and more. * SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORICAL JOURNAL *The strength of Brown's book is that it encapsulates the long build-up of unrest in the black community. He carefully describes the range of events that led to a growing sense of frustration and anger...Situating the uprising in this context is a powerful corrective to previous attempts to consider it in relative isolation. * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT *The Road to Soweto is an important, moving, and encouraging book, which revises our understanding of crucial decades of South African history, and puts forward an argument that both emerges from and explains that story. -- African Studies QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Road to Soweto White Student Activism in the 1960s: 'The Choice Between Silence and Protest' The Formation of the South African Students' Organisation: 'Carving Out their Own Destiny' Confrontation, Resistance and Reaction: 'The Minister... Cannot Ban Ideas from Men's Minds' The Durban Strikes: 'Souls of their Own' Reimagining Resistance in the Face of Violence: 'Cast off the Students-only Attitude' The Pro-Frelimo Rallies of 1974: 'Stand up and be Counted' Event and Aftermath: The Soweto Uprising Conclusion: Consequences

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Book Synopsis'Today we are taking a decisive step on the path of democracy,' the newly sworn-in President Olusegun Obasanjo told Nigerians on 27 May 1999. 'We will leave no stone unturned to ensure sustenance of democracy, because it is good for us, it is good for Africa, and it is good for the world.' Nigeria's Fourth Republic has survived longer than any of the previous three Republics, the most durable Republic in Nigeria's more than six decades of independence. At the same time, however, the country has witnessed sustained periods of violence, including violent clashes over the imposition of Sharia'h laws, insurgency in the Niger Delta, inter-ethnic clashes, and the Boko Haram insurgency. Despite these tensions of, and anxieties about, democratic viability and stability in Nigeria, has democratic rule come to stay in Africa's most populous country? Are the overall conditions of Nigerian politics, economy and socio-cultural dynamics now permanently amenable to uninterrupted democratic rule? Have all the social forces which, in the past, pressed Nigeria towards military intervention and autocratic rule resolved themselves in favour of unbroken representative government? If so, what are the factors and forces that produced this compromise and how can Nigeria's shallow democracy be sustained, deepened and strengthened? This book attempts to address these questions by exploring the various dimensions of Nigeria's Fourth Republic in a bid to understand the tensions and stresses of democratic rule in a deeply divided major African state. The contributors engage in comparative analysis of the political, economic, social challenges that Nigeria has faced in the more than two decades of the Fourth Republic and the ways in which these were resolved - or left unresolved - in a bid to ensure the survival of democratic rule. This key book that examines both the quality of Nigeria's democratic state and its international relations, and issues such as human rights and the peace infrastructure, will be invaluable in increasing our understanding of contemporary democratic experiences in the neo-liberal era in Africa.Trade ReviewThis book is the most comprehensive, dispassionate and critical evaluation of the trials and tribulations of Nigeria's democratic development in the Fourth Republic, undertaken by some of the most distinguished scholars on/of Nigeria. Fresh insights are offered by the contributors, towards a better understanding of the complex issues which constrain or obstruct progress and development, and which require the most urgent consideration and resolution. Reading this book is intellectual exciting and immensely beneficial. * Attahiru Jega, professor of political science and former Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) *Nigeria's Fourth Republic has lasted longer than its three predecessors combined, yet it is highly contested. What explains the paradox? Wale Adebanwi has assembled a dream team of scholars and analysts to explore key issues in government, politics, and public affairs: federalism, ethnicity, elections, human rights and economy. The contributors to this important volume explain the dynamics of party politics and the evolution of the federal system without major constitutional revision. During a period of heightened instability in west Africa, and global challenges such as the pandemic, Russia-Ukraine war, rising fuel and food prices, and climate change, much depends on the resilience of Africa's largest electoral democracy. An extensive bibliography complements the chapters in this vital sourcebook on Africa's pivotal nation. * Richard Joseph, author of Democracy and Prebendal Politics: The Rise and Fall of Nigeria’s Second Republic *Table of ContentsForeword: Democratization and Nigeria's Fourth Republic: Successes and Challenges Kayode Fayemi, Governor of Ekiti State of Nigeria Nigeria's Fourth Republic: An Introduction Wale Adebanwi PART I: DEMOCRACY AND THE NIGERIAN STATE 1. Reconstructions, Resilience and Relevance: Political Elites and Ethnic Mobilization, 1999-2019 Eghosa E. Osaghae 2. Federalism, Constitutional Reform, and the Elusive Quest for "Political Restructuring" in Nigeria's Fourth Republic Rotimi Suberu 3. Democracy in Nigeria: Crises and Consequences of Military Dictatorship Browne Onuoha PART II: PARTY POLITICS, THE PRESIDENCY AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY 4. Democratic Regression, Political Parties and the Negation of the Popularity Principle Jibrin Ibrahim 5. A Republic of Dashed Hopes? Party Politics and the Travails of Democracy in Nigeria's Fourth Republic Adigun Agbaje 6. Governing Party Constituency-building in Nigeria's Fourth Republic Sa'eed Husaini 7. Presidential Leadership Styles in the Fourth Republic Aliyu Modibbo Umar and V. Adefemi Isumonah 8. Double Standards or Different Lenses? Comparing US Approaches to the Buhari and Abacha Governments Matthew T. Page PART III: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY: OIL AND ECONOMIC REFORMS 9. We live in the Future: Is Nigeria no longer an Oil State? Sarah Burns and Olly Owen 10. Economic Reforms and Human Development in Post-Military Nigeria: A Critical Assessment Eyene Okpanachi PART IV: ELECTORAL GOVERNANCE, CIVIL-POLITICAL SOCIETY AND CONFLICT 11. The Promise and Problems of Electoral Reforms Nkwachukwu Orji 12. From a Human Rights Movement to Civil Society: Changing Contours of Civic Groups Idayat Hassan 13. Communal Conflicts, State Responses, and Local Peace Infrastructure Gbemisola Animasawun Afterword: Nigeria's Long Search for a Viable Political Order Larry Diamond

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Book SynopsisFirst scholarly treatment of Uganda's first elected ruler; offers new insights into the religious and political history of modern Uganda. Assassinated by Idi Amin and a democratic ally of J.F. Kennedy during the Cold War, Benedicto Kiwanuka was Uganda's most controversial and disruptive politician, and his legacy is still divisive. On the eve of independence, he led the Democratic Party (DP), a national movement of predominantly Catholic activists, to end political inequalities and religious discrimination. Along the way, he became Uganda's first prime minister and first Ugandan chief justice. Earle and Carney show how Kiwanuka and Catholic activists struggled to create an inclusive vision of the state, a vision that resulted in relentless intimidation and extra-judicial killings. Focusing closely on the competing Catholic projects that circulated throughout Uganda, this book offers new ways of thinking about the history of democratic thought, while pushing the study of Catholicism in Africa outside of the church and beyond the gaze of missionaries. Drawing on never before seen sources from Kiwanuka's personal papers, the authors upend many of the assumptions that have framed Uganda's political and religious history for over sixty years, as well as repositioning Uganda's politics within the global arena. Fountain: UgandaTrade ReviewThe book is an important work of intellectual history. It is likewise an important work for Uganda, helping to reveal the connections between controversies and contexts that are often seen and studied in isolation. * Africa is a Country *The sources that Earle and Carney have been able to make use of here take us well beyond the traditional institutional archives used to examine religion and politics ... it is difficult to imagine a more complete biography of Kiwanuka being published. -- Journal of Ecclesiastical HistoryThe authors [...] address oversimplifications that DP was "simply a sectarian 'Catholic Party' that sought to upend political Protestantism in the Kingdom of Buganda." [...] They make clear the fact that "Catholic politics constituted a dynamic moral economy of competing regional historiographies and disputations." -- Robert Madoi * Monitor *For a few short months Benedicto Kiwanuka wielded power as Uganda's first prime minister. Most of his political career, however, was spent in the opposition; and at the end he was martyred by President Idi Amin. In this insightful biography, Earle and Carney draw from Kiwanuka's private library and illuminate the logic of his politics. Here we see Uganda's history as Kiwanuka saw it: as a drama that demanded both principled clarity and pragmatic flexibility. This book gives religious history an exciting new vocation, and greatly expands the scope and scale of political biography. -- Derek R. Peterson, University of MichiganEarle and Carney's work sheds radically new understanding on the dramatic history of Uganda. It is centred on the Democratic Party and its staunch Catholic leader Ben Kiwanuka, who led the country to independence before being jailed by Obote and murdered by Idi Amin. Roman Catholics, the largest religious group in Uganda, have been politically discriminated against since the 1890s. This book challenges brilliantly Uganda's biased historical narrative and puts back "Contesting Catholics" where they belong, at the centre of the country's nation building. -- Henri Médard, Aix Marseille Université - Institut des Mondes AfricainsBy drawing on hitherto unused sources, and paying careful attention to regional complexities, Jay Carney and Jonathon Earle tell a new story of how religion inflected politics in twentieth century Uganda. Contesting Catholics is not merely about Catholic politics in the home of Africa's first canonized martyrs, rather it reframes our understanding of Ugandan history in the late colonial and postcolonial periods writ large. Moreover, the book delivers compelling insights about how to conceptualize the place of religion in politics in Africa and beyond. -- Elizabeth A. Foster, Tufts UniversityThe authors of this book have mined personal papers, especially of their major subject, Benedicto Kiwanuka and other decolonization political actors in Uganda. They interviewed key witnesses of the late colonial and early post-colonial period, mastered local languages, including Luganda and Ateso, in order to read the literature first-hand. They also utilized archives in Uganda, Britain and the United States, in order to write an outstanding book on one of the leading Ugandan nationalists, Benedicto Kiwanuka, a leader of the Democratic Party who sought to build a united Uganda. I highly recommend this book for any student or researcher wishing to understand Uganda's religious and political history. -- Samwiri Lwanga-Lunyiigo, Makerere UniversityThis study throws a powerful searchlight on a critical population in Uganda struggling for political and social freedoms in the country immediately before and after Independence from Britain. -- Michael Twaddle, Institute of Commonwealth StudiesThis carefully researched and elegantly written story of admirable twentieth-century Ugandan Catholic layman Benedicto Kiwanuka shows how the political party he led was thwarted in Uganda's early years. Regional and ethnic differences stretched its pursuit of Catholic values while seeking national unity and blocked its electoral hopes. Carney and Earle demonstrate the oversimplification of earlier accounts of how religiously inflected politics tragically undermined Uganda's first few decades. -- Paul Kollman, CSC, University of Notre Dame...covers the religious milieu of the 1950s and 1960s, and the era's complicated politics, connecting Kiwanuka and Catholicism to party formation, ethnicity, and the making of a new Uganda and new Ugandan political elite and set of practices. ... a well-researched, careful exploration of a complex, understudied, fascinating time. * Carol Summers, University of Richmond *In a context in which thinking about current politics and the history of politics in Uganda fall into well-worn, fundamentally unproductive habits of thought, the authors prove that basic assumptions about religion in Ugandan politics are deeply flawed. ... a superb book, meticulously evidenced and insightfully contextualized. * Holly Hanson, Mount Holyoke College *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Catholic Democracy and Political Duress in Colonial Uganda Benedicto Kiwanuka, Catholic Uganda and the Gospel of Democracy Republicanism and Secession in Tesoland and Rwenzururu Catholic Violence and Political Revolution in Bunyoro and Kigezi Acholi Alliances and Party Insurrection in Ankole Catholic Patronage and Royalist Alternatives in Buganda "I offer today my body and blood": Violence, Resistance, and Martyrdom Conclusion: Memory and Memorialisation

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Book SynopsisDemocracy has long been established as an enduring and stable system of governance in advanced developed countries. In more recent years, however, social, cultural and political divides have emerged that threaten the democratic way of life, emphasizing the vulnerability of even the most successful political regimes. This timely and important volume addresses the serious challenges faced by democracy in contemporary society.With contributions from some of the world's most prestigious scholars of public choice and political science, this comprehensive collection presents a complete overview of the threats democracy must confront, by both contesting accepted ideas and offering new approaches. Employing both theoretical and empirical evidence, the book tackles a broad range of concerns including the inherent problems of democratic life, faulty institutional arrangements, defective voting rules and fiscal issues that affect the ability to govern democratic nations. It will undoubtedly be a significant addition to the current literature. Presenting original and enlightening perspectives on the theory of democracy, this volume will be a fascinating read for students and scholars of public choice, public finance and public economics. It will also find appeal amongst political scientists and government policymakers.Table of ContentsContents: INTRODUCTION by José Casas Pardo and Pedro Schwartz PART I: GENERAL PROBLEMS OF DEMOCRACY 1. Threats Democracy Faces: An Overview José Casas Pardo 2. Social Justice Examined: With a Little Help from Adam Smith Anthony de Jasay 3. Affective Public Choice Frans van Winden 4. Bentham and Public Choice: Utility, Interests and the Agency Problem in Democracy Pedro Schwartz PART II: INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF DEMOCRACY 5. Towards a More Consistent Design of Parliamentary Democracy and its Consequences for the European Union Charles B. Blankart and Dennis C. Mueller 6. Democracy, Citizen Sovereignty and Constitutional Economics Viktor J. Vanberg 7. Diffuse and Popular Interests versus Concentrated Interests: The Fate of Environmental Policies in Divided Government Giorgio Brosio 8. Should the Democratic Model Be Applied to Non-Governmental Organizations and Firms? Pascal Salin 9. Citizenship and Democracy in International Organizations Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer 10. Law and Economic Development: Common Law versus Civil Law Francisco Cabrillo PART III: VOTING ISSUES 11. A Reformulation of Voting Theory William A. Niskanen 12. Informational Limits to Public Policy: Ignorance and the Jury Theorem Roger D. Congleton 13. Democratic Decision, Stability of Outcome and Agent Power, with Special Reference to the European Union Manfred J. Holler and Stefan Napel 14. The Unequal Treatment of Voters Under a Single Transferable Vote: Implications for Electoral Welfare with an Application to the 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly Elections Vani K. Borooah PART IV: DEMOCRACY ACROSS THE WORLD 15. The Pattern of Democracy in the Twentieth Century: A Study of the Polity Index Peter Sandholt Jensen and Martin Paldam 16. Democracy in Low-Income Countries Arye L. Hillman PART V: FISCAL ISSUES AND DEMOCRACY 17. A Theory of the Democratic Fiscal Constitution Francesco Forte and Domenico D’Amico 18. (When) Do Tax Increases Cause Electoral Damage? The Case of Local Property Taxes in Spain Núria Bosch Roca and Albert Solé-Ollé KEYNOTE ADDRESS 19. The Mystery of Brazil Gordon Tullock Index

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Book SynopsisThe essence of democratic power lies in the capacity to protect individual freedom while organizing the necessary coercion associated with any form of government. Yet, as the authors of this book maintain, developing coercion in order to protect freedom, and containing coercion in order to further protect freedom, is an arduous task, and one that faces any democratic Leviathan. The aim of this book is to explore this paradox and to analyse the intricate balance of freedom and coercion in developing states. In so doing it considers the legal and institutional conditions under which coercion and violence are admitted and/or permitted, and how these conditions should be organized in order to preserve and develop freedom as far as possible.Democracy, Freedom and Coercion comprehensively covers both private and public law, both applied and theoretical issues, and will therefore be of great interest to students studying law and economics. It will also serve as a reference tool to those academics in the field of legal competition, especially from the perspective of European issues.Trade Review‘Democracy, Freedom and Coercion is a welcome addition to the public choice literature. It steps outside of the often used contractarian perspective and recognizes that all governments are ultimately based on coercion. . . the volume's chapters make important contributions that should be of interest to public choice scholars engaged in this research program.' -- Benjamin Powell, Public Choice'The big picture here is the tension between coercion and freedom within democracy. Each essay offers a view of this big picture through a different lens: empirical, theoretical, comparative, etc.; and also offers a different focus: on the conceptualisation and measurement of power, the legitimacy of economic democracy, the identification of the developing pattern of democracy, the impact of political violence etc. But the essays combine well so that together they illuminate the big picture from a variety of perspectives. Thought provoking and challenging - an excellent read for anyone interested in the more detailed analysis of the issues that make up the big picture.' -- Alan Hamlin, University of Manchester, UK'So much of the academic analysis of democracy focuses on agreement and ignores the fact that all government action ultimately is backed by coercion. This volume offers a thoughtful examination of the inherent tensions between liberty and coercion that are an inevitable part of democratic government.' -- Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University, US'States need to be strong in order to enforce private property rights; yet, this very strength can cause problems as representatives of the state can misuse it for their individual goals. This "dilemma of the strong state" has been occupying political philosophers for centuries. In this volume, to which economists but also political scientists have contributed, a number of new and unexpected variations on the topic are explored. This makes the volume an exciting read.' -- Stefan Voigt, University of Hamburg, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Jean-Michel Josselin and Alain Marciano PART I: DOES POWER (AND THE DEMOCRATIC USE OF POWER IN PARTICULAR) NECESSARILY MEAN COERCION? 1. Variations on the Lupus et Agnus Story: In Search of the Homo Sapiens Giuseppe Euseppi and Alessandra Cepparulo 2. Freedom of Choice, Power, and the Responsibility of Decision Makers Manfred J. Holler 3. Hayek and Economic Policy (The Austrian Road to the Third Way) Enrico Colombatto PART II: IS LEGITIMATE COERCION REALLY LEGITIMATE? 4. Defining Economic Democracy: A Challenge. An Institutionalist Framework Christian Barrère 5. The Big Pattern of Democracy: A Study of the Gastil Index Martin Paldam 6. Violence and its Impact on Democracy in Colombia Giorgio Brosio and Roberto Zanola PART III: DEMOCRATIC SAFEGUARDS AGAINST ILLEGITIMATE COERCION 7. Language as Platform: A Theory of Subsidiarity and the Nation State Leonard Dudley 8. Leviathan or Geryon? Power Abuse in Democratic Societies Louis M. Imbeau 9. Political Institutions and Political Innovations: Theoretical Thoughts and Evidence on Labor Market Regulation Lars P. Feld and Jan Schnellenbach 10. Compliance in the EU Enlargement Process: Institutional Reform and the Limits of Conditionality Bernard Steunenberg and Antoaneta Dimitrova Conclusion: Hobbes and the Political Economy of Power Donald Wittman Index

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Book SynopsisThis edited translation of Katutugu Yoshida's Jiyuno Nigaiaji analyses the gradual process of reform in Taiwan over the past 100 years. It pays particular attention to the dilemmas, compromises and pitfalls that have faced reformists as they have strived to bring democratic change under a series of brutal dictatorships. The author discusses the historical background to Taiwan's current constitutional issues and its difficult relationship with the People's Republic of China. It explores in detail the way in which local political activism has transformed national politics, providing original analysis of democratic political thought in East Asia and a rich explanation of the social, historical and political context of democratization in Taiwan. The book makes a significant theoretical contribution to the literature on political reform by using the Taiwanese context to explore debates between reformists and revolutionaries and to consider the development of the concept of the right to self-determination.This challenging and stimulating book will strongly appeal to scholars and students with an interest in Asian studies, politics, public policy and public choice.Trade Review'. . . an intriguing and educational dissection of the Taiwan/China political system conflict and how Taiwan has gained its own identity and has become one of the most free countries in the world, Katutugu Yoshida provides a highly educational and informative read. Taiwan's Long Road to Democracy is a core and vital addition to any history collection focusing on Asian politics.' -- The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface to the English Version: The Politics of Gradualism Introduction Part I: Middle Way Gradualism in Taiwanese Minpon Thought 1. Rivalry between Democracy and Dictatorship: The Three Principles of the People and the Five Yuan Constitution 2. The Chinese Magna Carta: The May Fifth Draft Constitution and its 12 Amendments 3. Taisho Democracy and Taiwanese Minpon (The Primacy of the People) Thought 4. ‘Party-State Dictatorship’ and the Republic of China Constitution 5. Peaceful System Change and the Democratic Magna Carta 6. The Constitution and the Common People Part II: Taiwan: Civil Rights and Self-Determination 7. The Penghu Archipelago and Taiwanese Nationalism 8. Taiwanese Nationalism and Civil Determination Rights 9. Common Issues for Independence and Unification: An Interview with Yuan T. Lee 10. Bitter Taste of Freedom: Questions to Lee Teng-hui Postscript References Index

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Book SynopsisIn one of the first attempts to link the expanding field of leadership studies with classic works in political theory, Kenneth Ruscio places the study of political leadership squarely within the field of democratic thought and argues that claims about the legitimate duties and responsibilities of leaders depend upon claims about principles of democracy.It is impossible to imagine effective democracies without effective leaders. Yet leaders are often seen as the problem democratic governance is designed to solve, not the solution. Through a careful but lively critique of some of the classic works in modern democratic thought - from Machiavelli to Locke and from The Federalist Papers to Rawls - The Leadership Dilemma in Modern Democracy explains what is meant by effective political leadership in a system and culture of government where the power and discretion of leaders are severely limited. A compelling and provocative study, this volume will be of interest to scholars of leadership studies, political scientists, democratic theorists, and all those interested in concepts of democracy and the challenges faced by leaders.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: The Dilemma of Leadership and Democracy 1. Why Democratic Theory is Essential for Leadership Theory 2. The Road to Public Reason 3. Locke’s Prerogative, Jay’s Pirouette: Why Trust Still Matters in Contemporary Democratic Leadership 4. On Disney, Presidents, and the Problem of the Parts and the Whole 5. Public and Private Interest: The Development of an Idea 6. Madison’s Fears and Aspirations 7. The ‘Parts and the Whole’ in Contemporary Times 8. Conclusion: Is Good Politics Bad Leadership? Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis fresh and fascinating book adds an organizational perspective to the analysis of governance and democracy. It argues that a number of organizational factors challenge the notion of agency assumed by a governance model. The expert contributors criticize the governance model for resting on the rational myth and the assumption that democratic ideals can be translated to specified democratic values, which in turn can be adhered to by democratic agents. By adding an organizational perspective to the analysis of governance and democracy, the book proves that theories about organizing and the construction of agency can be used to explain how and why democratic values are attended to in governance structures.Organizing Democracy will prove essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students in public management, organizational studies, political science and sociology. Practitioners with an interest in public management policy will also find this book invaluable.Trade Review‘Governance has emerged a central concept in the fields of both political theory and public administration. But it has not done so without controversy and this book examines one of the primary concerns associated with the theory and practice of government - namely, its relationship to democratic values and their practical realization. Moreover, it does this through a neglected perspective. Whereas most research on governance has taken a top down approach, these essays look at specific empirical experiences from the bottom up. The book thus offers a new and useful discussion on an essential question in contemporary debates about governance.’ -- Frank Fischer, Rutgers University, US‘Nationally and supra-nationally, political decision-making shifts from democratic fora to decentralized organizations of what is called “governance”. Questions arise about the survival of democratic values in unaccountable structures that assign agency to special interests and to professional and non-governmental expertise. Organizing Democracy provides detailed case studies of these new forms, and assesses how they carry or deflect democratic values. It will be of great interest to students of new organizational forms, and those concerned with the maintenance of democracy.’ -- John W. Meyer, Stanford University, US‘The proliferation of interactive forms of governance may challenge and problemematize the predominant model of liberal representative democracy. Nevertheless, the new governance arrangements may also contribute to a reinvigoration of democracy in the face of the growing democratic disenchantment. Instead of continuing the endless theoretical debates on this issue, this book presents a number of empirical studies of how democracy is articulated and re-articulated by a plethora of actors in the new interactive governance arenas. As such, the book provides a most welcome analysis of the embryonic reinvention of democracy in our increasingly complex, fragmented and multi-layered societies.’ -- Jacob Torfing, Roskilde University, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: 1. Democracy, Governance and the Problem of the Modern Actor Göran Sundström, Staffan Furusten and Linda Soneryd 2. Organizing Participation. Establishing a Discourse of Local Democratic Governance for Young People in Sweden Adrienne Sörbom 3. Completed Responsibility? Delegation, Organization and Accountability in Swedish Export of Military Equipment Catrin Andersson 4. The Use of Democratic Values in the ISO 26000 Process on Social Responsibility Kristina Tamm Hallström 5. Public Purchasing of Complex Services. Balancing Democratic and Market Values Staffan Furusten 6. In Search of Democracy. The Process Behind the Swedish Forest-sector Objectives Göran Sundström 7. Democratic Priority Setting? Organizing Multiple Stakeholders to Make Decisions in the Healthcare Sector Ebba Sjögren and Karin Fernler 8. By a Stretch of the Imagination. Public Involvement in Nuclear Waste Management Linda Soneryd 9. Democratic Values and the Organizing of Actors in Governance Structures Linda Soneryd, Staffan Furusten and Göran Sundström References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book documents the search for a workable model of democracy in Asia. It begins with two conceptual chapters that explore the role of electoral democracy as a governance mechanism in the light of other governance mechanisms, then reviews the various forms of Asian democracy, including those that many may consider to be in name rather than in substance, that have been practiced to date, and indicates where these models may have failed or succeeded. Underpinned by extensive case studies, valuable insights into governance and democracy in Asia ?- arguably one of the most fascinating and dynamic regions in the world ?- are provided.The contributors chart the historical development of democracy (or democratic aspirations) within their respective countries/territories, and analyse both the positive and the negative influences on democratization. They assess whether the particular form of democracy (or lack of, as the case may be) that has developed brings benefit or harm to the people living in the countries and why. The extent to which policy-making has been able to produce benefits for the population, regardless of the degree of democratic development, is then addressed. Finally, the book evaluates whether lessons can be learnt from Asia?s experiences with democracy for other areas of the world.Concluding that sound governance mechanisms, in particular the rule of law, ? is the key to effective democratic systems, this book will strongly appeal to those with an interest in democracy, comparative politics, political economy and Asian studies and will be a timely reference or text in courses related to these areas.Trade Review‘The global financial crisis has demonstrated that good governance is not guaranteed by democracy; it has also shown that the capacity of electoral democracies to manage major issues of public policy has varied widely. This excellent comparative collection probes these questions through analysis of ten political systems in Asia, all of which have experienced major changes in recent years. By focussing on the concept of public governance as the key to preventing abuses of power and promoting the public interest, Bridges, Ho and their co-authors have moved the debate on Asian democratization beyond the narrow focus on electoral machinery to the wider issue of governance as the principal means to serve the public good.’ -- James Cotton, Australian Defence Force Academy, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction: Democracy and Governance Lok Sang Ho and Brian Bridges PART I: CONCEPTUALISING DEMOCRACY 2. Public Governance and the Ideal of Government for the People Lok Sang Ho 3. Beyond Electoral Democracy: Promoting Good Governance in East Asia Baohui Zhang PART II: MAJOR ASIAN POWERS 4. Political Reform and Democratization in China under the Leadership of Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao Yiu-chung Wong 5. Japan: Political Longevity and Troubled Governance Brian Bridges 6. Governance in Federal India: Democracy and Economic Development Eric M. Jepsen PART III: NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED ECONOMIES 7. A Short History of Taiwan’s Democracy Movement Byron S.J. Weng 8. Democratization in Hong Kong Joseph Y.S. Cheng 9. Democracy and Governance in Singapore: The Sustainability of Singapore’s Political System Lay Hwee Yeo 10. A Long and Winding Road: Democratization in Korea Brian Bridges PART IV: SOUTH-EAST ASIA 11. Democracy, Governance, and Regime Cycling in Thailand William Case 12. Challenging the Transitologist Approach: Myanmar’s Troubled Democratization Process Paul Chi-yuen Chan and Simon Shen 13. From Marcos to Arroyo – What Went Wrong for Democracy in the Philippines? James A. Rice 14. Conclusions: Towards More Effective and Better Governance Brian Bridges and Lok Sang Ho Index

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Book SynopsisThe editors of this volume bring together an impressive cast of scholars on the critical relationship of democracy and governance in sustainable development. It offers an outstanding and timely contribution to the literatures in sustainability, political science, and comparative environmental politics.'- Daniel J. Fiorino, American University, US'This very timely and important collection draws together some of the world's leading thinkers on environment and development to debate one of the most important issues of our time: sustainable development. They very usefully remind us all that in order to be politically sustainable, the sustainability transition will have to find a way to maximise policy synergies in a democratically legitimate manner.'- Andy Jordan, University of East Anglia, UKThis insightful book deals with governance of the environment and sustainable development. The contributors explore the difficulties developed countries are experiencing in coming to terms with environmental limits and the resultant challenges to the democratic polity. They engage with different dimensions of the governance challenge including norms, public attitudes, citizen engagement, political conflict, policy design, and implementation, and with a range of environmental problems such as climate change, biodiversity/nature protection, and water management. The book concludes with an essay by William Lafferty that explores the flawed character of the contemporary democratic polity and offers his reflections on possible pathways to reform.This book will interest researchers, academics, and graduate students in environmental politics and public policy. It is ideal for use as supplementary reading in a wide range of university courses, while NGOs and policy-makers will also find it of considerable value.Contributors: C. Aall, S. Baker, E. Bomberg, H.T.A. Bressers, P.-O. Busch, F.H.J.M. Coenen, K. Eckerberg, H. Jörgens, W.M. Lafferty, O. Langhelle, L.J. Lundqvist, J. Meadowcroft, G. Mullally, M. Narodoslawsky, A. Ruud, M.A. SchreursTrade Review‘The editors of this volume bring together an impressive cast of scholars on the critical relationship of democracy and governance in sustainable development. It offers an outstanding and timely contribution to the literatures in sustainability, political science, and comparative environmental politics.’ -- Daniel J. Fiorino, American University, US‘This very timely and important collection draws together some of the world’s leading thinkers on environment and development to debate one of the most important issues of our time: sustainable development. They very usefully remind us all that in order to be politically sustainable, the sustainability transition will have to find a way to maximise policy synergies in a democratically legitimate manner.’ -- Andy Jordan, University of East Anglia, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Governance, Democracy and Sustainable Development: Moving Beyond the Impasse James Meadowcroft, Oluf Langhelle and Audun Ruud 2. A Changing Energy Resource Base and the Re-invention of the Region Michael Narodoslawsky 3. Trends, Drivers and Dilemmas in the Transition Towards Sustainable Water Management Frans H.J.M. Coenen and Hans T.A. Bressers 4. Local Participation and Learning in Nature Protection: A Swedish Success Story Katarina Eckerberg 5. Early Experiences of Local Climate Change Adaptation in Norwegian Society Carlo Aall 6. ‘Think Globally, Act Locally!’ But What on Earth Can Local Governments Do About Global Climate Change? Lennart J. Lundqvist 7. Moving Beyond the Impasse: Climate Change Activism in the US and the EU Elizabeth Bomberg 8. Governance and Participation for Sustainable Development in Ireland: ‘Not So Different After All?’ Gerard Mullally 9. Measuring What? National Interpretations of Sustainable Development – The Case of Norway Oluf Langhelle and Audun Ruud 10. Breaking the Impasse on Global Environmental Protection Miranda A. Schreurs 11. Governance by Diffusion: Exploring a New Mechanism of International Policy Coordination Per-Olof Busch and Helge Jörgens 12. Climate Change, the Common Good and the Promotion of Sustainable Development Susan Baker 13. Pushing the Boundaries: Governance for Sustainable Development and a Politics of Limits James Meadowcroft 14. Governance for Sustainable Development: The Impasse of Dysfunctional Democracy William M. Lafferty Index

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Book Synopsis`This book offers an exciting new approach to assess and remedy the deficiencies of international rule making. The existing system is prone to the epistemic failings of elites and suffers from the lack democratic responsiveness. Both flaws ought to be corrected by introducing governing rules that allow for challenge and dissent. The book is perfect reading for scholars and practitioners who are interested in placing the international order on a more secure footing.' - Beate Kohler-Koch, University of Mannheim, Germany `A thoughtful and authoritative work on international rule making and a fresh approach to the challenges it poses to democracy.' - John Braithwaite, Australian National University Frank Vibert examines the fundamental issues involved in attempts to rethink international institutions and their rule making procedures. He analyses the basic problems with the existing system and the main approaches to its reform. The book repudiates the idea that there are any simple institutional `fixes' for current problems, such as relying on the G20 to coordinate global rule making, and also rejects more ambitious attempts to prescribe new general organising principles for world governance. It calls instead for specific remedies for specific problems. The author recommends new procedures for all international rule making, so that both expert groups and governments are subject to much stronger external checks on what they do. Democracy and Dissent will be essential reading for both academics and postgraduate students of risk management and regulation in economics, international relations, international business, political science and international law for the discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of expert rulemaking groups and their procedures. Practitioners in international organisations, NGOs and domestic regulatory bodies will also find this timely resource invaluable. The book opens up new areas for empirical investigation and in the discussion of theory.Trade Review‘This is a book that has been crying out to be written for a very long time. . . Frank Vibert’s work is a valuable contribution to the debate. . . the book is a very worthwhile read with many interesting ideas to contribute to the future development of international rule-making, and for those involved in policy formation and regulation, whether at national or international level, the book should be compulsory reading.’ -- Richard Parlour, Central Banking‘This book offers an exciting new approach to assess and remedy the deficiencies of international rule making. The existing system is prone to the epistemic failings of elites and suffers from the lack democratic responsiveness. Both flaws ought to be corrected by introducing governing rules that allow for challenge and dissent. The book is perfect reading for scholars and practitioners who are interested in placing the international order on a more secure footing.’ -- Beate Kohler-Koch, University of Mannheim, Germany‘A thoughtful and authoritative work on international rule making and a fresh approach to the challenges it poses to democracy.’ -- John Braithwaite, Australian National UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. ‘How False were our Postulates’ 2. Managing Strain – Styles of International Rule Making 3. Analytic Frameworks 4. The Choice of Venue 5. The Choice of Instruments 6. The Sources of Failure 7. Diagnosing the Democratic Deficit 8. Challenge Systems and the Rule Makers 9. Dissonance and Democracy 10. Conclusions Appendix A: Transaction Costs and Styles of Organising Appendix B: Definitions of Selected Cognitive Terms Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis`This book offers an exciting new approach to assess and remedy the deficiencies of international rule making. The existing system is prone to the epistemic failings of elites and suffers from the lack democratic responsiveness. Both flaws ought to be corrected by introducing governing rules that allow for challenge and dissent. The book is perfect reading for scholars and practitioners who are interested in placing the international order on a more secure footing.' - Beate Kohler-Koch, University of Mannheim, Germany `A thoughtful and authoritative work on international rule making and a fresh approach to the challenges it poses to democracy.' - John Braithwaite, Australian National University Frank Vibert examines the fundamental issues involved in attempts to rethink international institutions and their rule making procedures. He analyses the basic problems with the existing system and the main approaches to its reform. The book repudiates the idea that there are any simple institutional `fixes' for current problems, such as relying on the G20 to coordinate global rule making, and also rejects more ambitious attempts to prescribe new general organising principles for world governance. It calls instead for specific remedies for specific problems. The author recommends new procedures for all international rule making, so that both expert groups and governments are subject to much stronger external checks on what they do. Democracy and Dissent will be essential reading for both academics and postgraduate students of risk management and regulation in economics, international relations, international business, political science and international law for the discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of expert rulemaking groups and their procedures. Practitioners in international organisations, NGOs and domestic regulatory bodies will also find this timely resource invaluable. The book opens up new areas for empirical investigation and in the discussion of theory.Trade Review‘This is a book that has been crying out to be written for a very long time. . . Frank Vibert’s work is a valuable contribution to the debate. . . the book is a very worthwhile read with many interesting ideas to contribute to the future development of international rule-making, and for those involved in policy formation and regulation, whether at national or international level, the book should be compulsory reading.’ -- Richard Parlour, Central Banking‘This book offers an exciting new approach to assess and remedy the deficiencies of international rule making. The existing system is prone to the epistemic failings of elites and suffers from the lack democratic responsiveness. Both flaws ought to be corrected by introducing governing rules that allow for challenge and dissent. The book is perfect reading for scholars and practitioners who are interested in placing the international order on a more secure footing.’ -- Beate Kohler-Koch, University of Mannheim, Germany‘A thoughtful and authoritative work on international rule making and a fresh approach to the challenges it poses to democracy.’ -- John Braithwaite, Australian National UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. ‘How False were our Postulates’ 2. Managing Strain – Styles of International Rule Making 3. Analytic Frameworks 4. The Choice of Venue 5. The Choice of Instruments 6. The Sources of Failure 7. Diagnosing the Democratic Deficit 8. Challenge Systems and the Rule Makers 9. Dissonance and Democracy 10. Conclusions Appendix A: Transaction Costs and Styles of Organising Appendix B: Definitions of Selected Cognitive Terms Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA just society guarantees its members rights to basic civil liberties protecting the political liberties associated with democratic governance, while ensuring state accountability and responsiveness to citizens. Despite broad agreement on these abstract requirements, the conditions that foster justice, thus understood, are a matter of long-standing controversy in political theory.This important collection addresses these controversies with over fifty articles on basic political institutions such as the rule of law, judicial review, federalism, separation of powers, freedom of speech, elections and parties, direct democracy, organized social groups, and administrative agencies.Trade Review'Contemporary political theorists and political scientists have good reasons to compliment Cohen and Fung on compiling this extremely useful and thought provoking set of volumes.'Table of ContentsContents: Volume I: Acknowledgements Part I: The Rule of Law Part II: Protecting Rights Through Judical Review Part III: Federalism and The Separation of Powers Index • Volume II: Acknowledgements Part I: Freedom of Speech as an Instrument of Democracy Part II: Voting, Parties, and Popular Control of Government Index • Volume III: Acknowledgements Part I: Direct Democracy Part II: Group Politics and Democratic Governance Index • Volume IV: Acknowledgements Part I: Democracy, and Administrative Power Part II: Constitutionalism, Democracy and War Powers Part III: Beyond the State Index

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Book SynopsisRussian democracy in the post-totalitarian era is intimately bound up with the fate of its representative institutions. In Russia's Road to Democracy, Victor Sergeyev and Nikolai Biryukov assess why the Congress of People's Deputies, and the other newly elected institutions founded under perestroika, not only failed to prevent, but also seemed to speed up and provoke, the disintegration of the Soviet Union. By studying the early history of the Congress, the book seeks insights on the prospects for democracy in Russia.Following an inquiry into the roots of Soviet political culture and the implications for future representative institutions, the book then examines the genesis of the Congress of People's Deputies and attempts a hermeneutical reconstruction of the deputies' models of social reality, as expressed in the texts of their parliamentary debates. The authors argue that the adoption of the concept of sobornost - a belief in society's organic unity - as the basic model for this institution proved utterly inadequate to the challenges the country faced. Including substantial new source material which is being made available in English for the first time, Russia's Road to Democracy presents an in-depth analysis with conclusions that contradict the hitherto prevailing theoretical assumptions.Trade Review'I am much impressed with Russia's Road to Democracy and expect it to be well received. It is the work of two young Russian political scientists as able and creative as any we have in the West. Their use of the idea of political culture seems to me to be of much value in the study, and the historical background in Part I, The Soviet Leviathan, is indispensable as well as highly readable. The whole book is a "first" in the political science literature on recent Russia.' -- Robert C. Tucker, Princeton University, US'Parts I & II are the heart of this book's originality and brilliance. Historical analysis of aspects of Russian political culture, their reinforcement by aspects of Soviet political culture and the persuasive categorization of the levels of beliefs made for exciting, nourishing reading. The analysis of rhetoric at the First Congress of People's Deputies was equally exciting, both in the conception and execution. I will strongly recommend this book to my graduate students.'Table of ContentsIntroduction - parliamentary activity and political culture. Part 1 The Soviet Leviathan: the roots of bondage; the brilliance and poverty of Soviet power. Part 2 The USSR supreme rally: constitutional reform; Sobornost' versus parliamentarianism. Part 3 A new behemoth, or the not very long parliament - the crisis; the fiasco; conclusion - representative democracy and post-totalitarian evolution; post scriptum - "The Candlelight Congress".

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Book SynopsisEuropean integration, the collapse of state socialism and the relative decline of social democracy have left only two dominant European ideologies: nationalism and the free market. In Citizenship and Democratic Control in Contemporary Europe a distinguished group of scholars argues that a democratically reconstructed Europe requires a new approach centred around a concept of citizenship which is neither individualistic nor ethnically based but is concerned with the empowerment of individuals. The authors propose the development of a well-structured and pluralistic civic society which encourages active citizenship and a definition of democratic citizenship which can be expressed through self-organized social activity. Addressing issues central to the future of European democracy - including politics and political processes, economic and social policy, and ideology, language and communication - this important book challenges many of the existing assumptions about the revolutions of 1989, their aftermath and the future of post-Cold War Europe. Insightful and policy relevant, this book will be welcomed by sociologists, political scientists and economists interested in the ideologies underpinning European society.Trade Review'A stimulating work that challenges many of the existing assumptions about the revolutions of 1989, their aftermath and the future of post-Cold War Europe.'Table of ContentsPart 1: Nation-states, European institutions, and citizenship, Mary Kaldor; democracy and nationalism in Czechoslovakia, Zdenek Kavan; German identities - the impact of unification, Peter Lambert; from single European act to Maastricht - the creation of the European Union, Peter Holmes; gender and citizenship in east Central Europe after the end of state socialist policies for women's emancipation, Barbara Einhorn. Part 2: marketization and nationalism - a critical interface in the process of transformation, David A. Dyker; privitization and economic democracy in Hungary, Yudit Kiss; international business - global political economy and Eastern Europe, Sonia El Kahal; a Europe of the citizen, a Europe of solidarity? - social policy in the European Union, Crescy Cannan; the European Community and the problems of economic transition in Central and Eastern Europe, Alasdair Smith; steering the public sphere - communication policy in state socialism and after, William Outhwaite; the ideology of the end of Marxism/end of socialism thesis - a critical global perspective, John Maclean; "public service" and "collectivism" - the place of gender and voluntary work in different European traditions, Jenny Shaw; east Central European media systems in transition, Nancy Wood.

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Book SynopsisParty Formation in East-Central Europe is one of the first books to present detailed studies of politics in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Bulgaria during the initial three years of post-communist rule. International scholars have collaborated to produce a volume which examines the first steps in regime change and the opportunities for a successful transition to democracy. As well as examining the creation of new party systems after the end of communist rule in each country, the papers in this volume adopt a comparative perspective which highlights the regional dimension. In particular, the authors place the post-communist experience in the context of the earlier transitions from authoritarian rule in Southern Europe. They discuss whether the experience of Portugal and Spain in the 1970s and Italy in the 1940s might serve as a framework for the analysis of East-Central Europe in the 1990s.Trade Review'. . . a welcome addition to our stock of knowledge regarding the process of democratization. . . . the real value of the book lies in the empirical details and occasional suggestive comparisons rather than in a consistently convincing conceptual rendering of the opening pages of the new chapter in East-Central European history.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. Political Parties and their Strategies in the Transition from Authoritarian Rule: the Comparative Perspective (G. Pridham) 2. Poland’s New Parties in the Post-communist Political System (P.G. Lewis) 3. On the Road to Democracy: the Emergence of Political Parties in Poland (R.Gortat and P. Marciniak) 4. The Development of the Party System and the Break-up of Czech-oslovakia (G. Wightman) 5. Changing Party Allegiances in a Changing Party System: the 1990 and 1992 Parliamentary Elections in Czechoslovakia (T. Kosteleck) 6. Political Parties, Value Orientations and Slovakia’s Road to Independence (Z. Bútorova and M. Bútora) 7. The First Three Years of a Multi-party System in Hungary (L. Kéri and A. Levendel) 8. Differentiation Postponed: Party Pluralism in Bulgaria (G. Karasimeonov) 9. Impediments to Democratization in Post-communist East–Central Europe (Bill Lomax) 10. Impediments to the Development of Democratic Politics: A Czech Perspective (Z. Zboril) 11. Starting-up Problems: Communists, Social Democrats and Greens (M. Waller) 12. Conclusions (G. Wightman) Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe fall of the Soviet system was hailed in the West as a triumph of liberal and democratic ideals, but this euphoria was to be short lived. The Rise of the Russian Democrats traces the pro-Western democracy movement's development in Moscow and Leningrad from 1987 to 1991 and seeks to explain its eventual loss of direction, inspiration and popularity. Studying the democratic revolution from its grassroots, Judith Devlin focuses on how a civil society emerged in Moscow and Leningrad through the development of political clubs and associations. Their relation to the reform politics of the party leadership is addressed in her authoritative and insightful analysis. Arguing that the movement's origins contributed to its ultimate decline, the author explains how the intelligentsia's leadership of the popular democratic movement was usurped by new politicians who emerged from the lower echelons of the Soviet management system. It was these new politicians who were able to play the key role in the transition to post-communism, shaping the new institutions and focusing political activity and debate. The Rise of the Russian Democrats attempts to characterise the original inspiration, strengths and weaknesses of the democratic movement in order to explain political culture after the 1991 coup. As an exploration of the reasons for the slow and superficial nature of democratization in Russia, this book is of practical, as well as academic, interest for students, researchers, journalists and policymakers.Trade Review'Devlin's book can be strongly recommended as an excellent account of the seeds that were sown for democracy in Russia during the late Soviet period, and in particular for its portrayal of the important role played by the intelligentsia.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Social Context 3. The Party and Reform 4. The Impact of Glasnost 5. The Political Clubs 6. The Rise of the Popular Fronts 7. The Demand for Democracy 8. The New Politics: Actors and Issues 9. Problems of Organisation: The Democratic Parties 10. Problems of Organisation: The Democratic Movement 11. The Problem of Support 12. Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisA complex relationship exists between democratic politics and the management of the environment. Democracy and the Environment presents major new work on the challenges and dilemmas which environmental problems pose for the processes of democratic politics. The relationship between environmental values and goals and democratic theory and practice is explored through original essays by established scholars whose conclusions are then integrated by the editors into a concluding essay. This major book illustrates and analyses the many ways in which environmental problems pose difficulties for democratic decision-makers. Environmental problems impact across established regional and national boundaries, and involve complex social processes, intricate patterns of loss and gain, and time scales which do not synchronise with electoral political systems. The essays in Democracy and the Environment reflect critically upon the experience of democratic states, explore the contradiction between popular participation and environmental management, and consider the kind of reforms needed to enhance the capacity of democratic systems to handle environmental problems.Focusing on the democratic process and combining theoretical and empirical analysis with discussion of the pragmatic implications, the authors present constructive criticism and analysis which seeks to encourage more effective environmental decision making and the promotion of global sustainable development.Trade Review'Democracy and the Environment brings together an impressive array of authors who are well known and influential within environmental politics and policy making. These include Andrew Dobson, Timothy O'Riordan, John Dryzek, Robert Paehlke and Daniel J. Fiorino, amongst others. . . . This is an excellent collection and the variety of approaches taken by the different authors means that it will be of interest both for teaching and for research purposes.'<BR>- G. Smith, Environment and Planning BTable of ContentsContents: 1. Democracy and the Environment: Congruence and Conflict – Preliminary Reflections (W.M. Lafferty, J. Meadowcroft) 2. Environmental Challenges to Democratic Practice (R. Paehlke) 3. Democracy, the Environment and Public Opinion in Western Europe (S. Witherspoon) 4. Democracy as a Condition for Environmental Policy Success: The Importance of Non-Institutional Factors (M. Jänicke) 5. Democracy and Environmental Ethics (B.Pepperman Taylor) 6. Strategies of Ecological Democratization (J.S. Dryzek) 7. Representative Democracy and the Environment (A. Dobson) 8. Democracy and the Sustainability Transition (T. O’Riordan) 9. Sustainability and Associative Democracy (W. Achterberg) 10. Learning to Manage the Environment (P. Glasbergen) 11. Environmental Policy and the Participation Gap (D.J. Fiorino) 12. Environmental Policy in the European Union: Institutional Dilemmas and Democratic Practice (S. Baker) 13. NGOs as Agents of Public Accountability and Democratization in Intergovernmental Forums (A. Bichsel) 14. Democracy and the Environment: Prospects for Greater Congruence (W.M. Lafferty, J. Meadowcroft) Index

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Book SynopsisSince a handful of environmental activists helped to bring down the communist regime in Czechoslovakia, the arena of environmental politics has offered a valuable lens on the transition process, providing a unique insight into the contradictory and highly contingent relationship between democratisation and neo-liberalism. Environment and Democracy in the Czech Republic offers a radical perspective on the democratisation process, revealing the extent to which the consolidation of a politically efficacious and diverse civil society is far more complex than the earlier generation of commentators acknowledged. The environmental movement has not flourished under political democracy; its radical activists have been marginalized and targeted by the state, their ideologies and strategies compromised and their critical voice silenced. Yet the book concludes that whilst the mainstream environmental movement has become institutionalised and appears incapable of representing community interests, the environmental issue retains the capacity to mobilise, this time against the neo-liberal agenda of the democratic government.This definitive account of the evolution of the Czech environmental movement since 1990 offers a radical evaluation of the institutions and practice of political democracy, and challenges some of the certainties of social movement theory. Although focused on the Czech Republic, the book will undoubtedly contribute to a better understanding of the role of environmental movements within contemporary politics throughout the world. It will be welcomed by political and social scientists with an interest in Central and Eastern Europe, and academics and students with an interest in environmental politics.Trade Review'. . . the book's contents will appeal to academics working within the fields of environmental politics or central and east European studies, as well as to political or social scientists with an interest in SMO development.' -- David Benson, Environmental Politics'Environment and Democracy in the Czech Republic is a succinct, well written and scrupulously researched book. . .' -- Sean Hanley, Europe-Asia Studies'. . . this book provides a well-researched survey of the development of the environmental movement in the Czech Republic and of its role in relation to the democratic transition process. . . For scholars and students looking at environmental politics in Central and Eastern Europe, it provides a wealth of information that will be useful in conducting comparative studies.' -- Alberto Costi, European Environment'Fagan has written a well-researched analysis of the evolving role and status of Czech EMOs since the overthrow of communism.' -- John M. Kramer, Slavic Review'This volume presents an original study of the development of the environmental movement in the Czech Republic, particularly in relation to the democratic transition process. It offers a broad, historical analysis of the evolution of the movement through the 1990s to the present day, and presents rich case studies on a number of environmental organisations. The detailed empirical work reveals interesting insights into the character of contemporary Czech politics and the difficulties faced by the environmental movement. This is a well researched and well written piece of work which will make a valuable contribution to the existing literature.' -- James Meadowcroft, University of Sheffield, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Defining an Environmental Movement 2. Different Approaches to the Study of Environmental Movements 3. Origins of the Czech Environmental Movement: From Conservation to Political Opposition 4. The Development of the Czech Environmental Movement, 1990–2000 5. Case Studies 6. The Czech Environmental Movement in 2003 Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe death of Nelson Mandela on 5 December 2013 was in a sense a wake-up call for South Africans, and a time to reflect on what has been achieved since ‘those magnificent days in late April 1994’ (as the editors of this volume put it) ‘when South Africans of all colours voted for the first time in a democratic election’. In a time of recall and reflection it is important to take account, not only of the dramatic events that grip the headlines, but also of other signposts that indicate the shape and characteristics of a society. The New South African Review looks, every year, at some of these signposts, and the essays in this fourth volume of the series again examine and analyse a broad spectrum of issues affecting the country. They tackle topics as diverse as the state of organised labour; food retailing; electricity generation; access to information; civil courage; the school system; and – looking outside the country to its place in the world – South Africa’s relationships with north-east Asia, with Israel and with its neighbours in the southern African region. Taken together, these essays give a multidimensional perspective on South Africa’s democracy as it turns twenty, and will be of interest to general readers while being particularly useful to students and researchers.Table of ContentsEcology, economy and labour: The South African labour market after eighteen years: It's class struggle, stupid!; The state of organised labour: Still living like there's no tomorrow; Citizen Wal-Mart? South African food retailing and selling development;

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Book SynopsisUnlike the bulky academic versions of SADET’s Road to Democracy, the Abridged Edition series is much shorter; it is quicker and easier to read. The footnotes, the lengthy quotations, and overwhelmingly intricate detail have been removed. What remains is the stark truth; an outline of how, in a myriad of ways, African states helped the South African struggle for freedom.The names of authors of the Road to Democracy in South Africa Abridged Edition series have been removed from each chapter but theirs is the credit for researching and creating them. SADET acknowledges the sterling work by all these international scholars.This Abridged Editions series should be read by every South African. The hope is that others on the African continent and elsewhere in the world will find much of interest in its pages. After all, the history of the liberation struggle in South Africa is one of Africa’s greatest success stories.

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Book SynopsisAthens, 403 BCE. The end of the bloody oligarchic dictatorship of the Thirty. The democrats return to the city victorious. Renouncing vengeance, in an act of amnesia, citizens call for if not invent amnesty. They agree to forget the unforgettable, the past misfortunes of civil strife, stasis. More precisely, what must be denied is that stasis simultaneously partisanship, faction, and sedition is at the heart of Greek politics.This crucial moment of Athenian political history, Nicole Loraux argues in The Divided City, must be interpreted as constitutive of, not a threat to, politics and political life. Divided from within and against itself, the city is formed by that which it refuses. Conflict, the calamity of civil war, is the other, dark side of the beautiful, unitary city of Athens. Beneath the Greek city erected in totality and ideality, Loraux rediscovers the discord affecting the entire city, the stasis manifesting the fundamental conflictual ambivalence of the civic order. The city, by definition, is doomed to divide itself in two.In a brilliant analysis of the Greek word for voting, diaphora, Loraux underscores the conflictual and dynamic motion of democratic life: voting appears as the process of dividing up, of disagreement, in short, of agreeing to divide up and choose between. Not only does Loraux reconceptualize the definition of ancient Greek democracy, but she ultimately allows the contemporary reader to rethink the functioning of modern democracies in its critical moments of dissension and divide, of internal stasis.

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Book SynopsisForeword by Naseer Aruru; Introduction: Political Development and the Transition to Democracy; The Palestinian National Movement: A Historical Overview; The Palestinians Awaken to a Crushing Defeat; From Dispersion to Taking the Initiative ; The PLO: From Maximalism to Compromise; The Oslo Accords and the Establishment of the Palestinian National Authority; Democracy and Centralism in the Palestinian National Movement, 1967--1993; Arafat's Control of PLO Institutions, 1968--1993; Pluralism, Civil Society, and the Construction of Institutions among the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, 1967--1993; The Formal Structure of Powers in the Palestinian National Authority; The Legislative Council; The Executive Authority; The Judicial Authority; The First Palestinian General Elections; The Legitimacy of the Elections; The Election System; The Election Campaign; The Election Results; The Centralisation of Power and Political Conduct in the PNA; Centralisation of Power Surveillance (Intimidation); Buying Quiet (Bribery); Conclusion: Contradictions within Palestinian Democracy; Palestinian Partial Democracy' Before the Establishment of the PNA; Partial Democracy' in the PNA; Conclusions for the Future.Trade Review"...a first rate case study of the problems of democratization and the requirements for its success. It should be a valuable contribution to any comparative study of these issues. Highly recommended at all levels. CHOICE, March 2002 Israeli manipulation of the various Oslo agreements to suit its own interests translates into authoritarian rule, parasitic politics and a crippling dependence for the Palestinian Authority (PA). Constitutional and legal issues are neglected and this in turn strangles democratic development. Regime insecurity has led the ruling elite to cling tenaciously to power and to treat any dissenting behavior as a form of treason. From the Foreword by Naseer Aruri,

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the complex relationship between religion and human rights. This book examines the complex relationship between religion and human rights.Trade Review"This timely publication contains excellent resources for information, debate and further study, and can be drawn upon with much benefit by students, researchers and anyone passionately interested in and committed to the advancement of human rights. A valuable contribution to current human rights debates, this book deserves to be widely used and consulted." -- Professor Ursula King, University of Bristol."Writings in Human Rights & Religion illuminate, from disparate perspectives, the sometimes harmonious but often contentious contribution that religious thought and practice offer to human rights. By bringing together authors from a broad spectrum of thought, the book and the editor add considerably to the intellectual climate surrounding the promotion and protection of human rights." -- Dr Rita Maran, University of California at Berkeley."This remarkable anthology provides a comprehensive and informed exploration of the issues surrounding human rights and religion. The selection of texts is perfect; and the commentary is intelligent and informed. I have no doubt that this will become the standard text in this area for many years to come. I cannot recommend it more highly." -- Ian Markham, Dean of Hartford Seminary and Professor of Theology and Ethics."Discussion of generic issues concerning human rights, cultural and religious traditions of world faiths, and the presentation of regional case studies of religious persecution... Human Rights & Religion provides a welcome and substantial contribution to the post-September 11 world." -- Craig Lind, School of Law, University of Sussex."The volume is clearly designed as a teaching aid. It offers generous editorial introductions to each section, copious bibliographies, lists of relevant websites, boxes illustrating important case material, key words at the head of each chapter...It would probably be of greatest interest to students in Religious Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Law and the Sociology of Religion, but practitioners in human rights organisations would also find it useful as a work of reference. This is an authoritative and exceptionally wide-ranging collection that deserves a place in every library." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies."This timely publication contains excellent resources for information, debate and further study, and can be drawn upon with much benefit by students, researchers and anyone passionately interested in and committed to the advancement of human rights. A valuable contribution to current human rights debates, this book deserves to be widely used and consulted." -- Professor Ursula King, University of Bristol."Writings in Human Rights & Religion illuminate, from disparate perspectives, the sometimes harmonious but often contentious contribution that religious thought and practice offer to human rights. By bringing together authors from a broad spectrum of thought, the book and the editor add considerably to the intellectual climate surrounding the promotion and protection of human rights." -- Dr Rita Maran, University of California at Berkeley."This remarkable anthology provides a comprehensive and informed exploration of the issues surrounding human rights and religion. The selection of texts is perfect; and the commentary is intelligent and informed. I have no doubt that this will become the standard text in this area for many years to come. I cannot recommend it more highly." -- Ian Markham, Dean of Hartford Seminary and Professor of Theology and Ethics."Discussion of generic issues concerning human rights, cultural and religious traditions of world faiths, and the presentation of regional case studies of religious persecution... Human Rights & Religion provides a welcome and substantial contribution to the post-September 11 world." -- Craig Lind, School of Law, University of Sussex."The volume is clearly designed as a teaching aid. It offers generous editorial introductions to each section, copious bibliographies, lists of relevant websites, boxes illustrating important case material, key words at the head of each chapter...It would probably be of greatest interest to students in Religious Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Law and the Sociology of Religion, but practitioners in human rights organisations would also find it useful as a work of reference. This is an authoritative and exceptionally wide-ranging collection that deserves a place in every library." -- Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Sumner B. Twiss; General Introduction; Part I: Generic Issues -- Introduction; Religion; The United Nations; Religion and International Human Rights; Part II: Cultural and Religious Traditions -- Introduction; Judaism, Christianity and Islam; Anti-Semitism: Judaism, Christianity and Islam; Theology and Human Rights; Islam and Human Rights: Tradition and Politics; Islam, Governance and Democracy; Confucianism, Buddhism and Hinduism; A Constructive Framework for Discussing Confucianism and Human Rights; Are There Human Rights in Buddhism?; Religious Freedom and Human Rights in India; Gandhi's Philosophy Carrie Gustafson; Minority and Indigenous Traditions; Returning to my Roots: African Religions' and the State; Part III: Regional Case Studies: Human Rights Watch and Survival -- Introduction; Africa; Muslim-Christian Conflict in Sudan; Asia; Afghanistan; China: The State Control of Religion; Politics by Other Means: Attacks on Christians in India ; We Have No Orders to Save You': Hindu-Muslim Violence in India ; Europe; Orthodox Christian Intolerance in Georgia; Middle East; Israel and the Palestinian Authority Territories; Indigenous Traditions in Africa, Australia and the Americas; Indigenous and Minority Traditions: Case Studies from Survival; Africa; Twa in Rwanda ; People of the Niger Delta; Pygmies' of Central Africa; Bushmen in Southern Africa; Australia; Aborigines in Australia; The Americas; Indians in Amazonia ; Indians in North America; Innu in Canada; Part IV: Global Prospects -- Introduction; Religious Freedom; International Justice and Just War Theory; The Proliferation of Rights: Moral Progress or Empty Rhetoric?.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the complex relationship between religion and human rights. This book examines the complex relationship between religion and human rights.Trade Review"This timely publication contains excellent resources for information, debate and further study, and can be drawn upon with much benefit by students, researchers and anyone passionately interested in and committed to the advancement of human rights. A valuable contribution to current human rights debates, this book deserves to be widely used and consulted." -- Professor Ursula King, University of Bristol."Writings in Human Rights & Religion illuminate, from disparate perspectives, the sometimes harmonious but often contentious contribution that religious thought and practice offer to human rights. By bringing together authors from a broad spectrum of thought, the book and the editor add considerably to the intellectual climate surrounding the promotion and protection of human rights." -- Dr Rita Maran, University of California at Berkeley."This remarkable anthology provides a comprehensive and informed exploration of the issues surrounding human rights and religion. The selection of texts is perfect; and the commentary is intelligent and informed. I have no doubt that this will become the standard text in this area for many years to come. I cannot recommend it more highly." -- Ian Markham, Dean of Hartford Seminary and Professor of Theology and Ethics."Discussion of generic issues concerning human rights, cultural and religious traditions of world faiths, and the presentation of regional case studies of religious persecution... Human Rights & Religion provides a welcome and substantial contribution to the post-September 11 world." -- Craig Lind, School of Law, University of Sussex."The volume is clearly designed as a teaching aid. It offers generous editorial introductions to each section, copious bibliographies, lists of relevant websites, boxes illustrating important case material, key words at the head of each chapter...It would probably be of greatest interest to students in Religious Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Law and the Sociology of Religion, but practitioners in human rights organisations would also find it useful as a work of reference. This is an authoritative and exceptionally wide-ranging collection that deserves a place in every library." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Sumner B. Twiss; General Introduction; Part I: Generic Issues -- Introduction; Religion; The United Nations; Religion and International Human Rights; Part II: Cultural and Religious Traditions -- Introduction; Judaism, Christianity and Islam; Anti-Semitism: Judaism, Christianity and Islam; Theology and Human Rights; Islam and Human Rights: Tradition and Politics; Islam, Governance and Democracy; Confucianism, Buddhism and Hinduism; A Constructive Framework for Discussing Confucianism and Human Rights; Are There Human Rights in Buddhism?; Religious Freedom and Human Rights in India; Gandhi's Philosophy Carrie Gustafson; Minority and Indigenous Traditions; Returning to my Roots: African Religions' and the State; Part III: Regional Case Studies: Human Rights Watch and Survival -- Introduction; Africa; Muslim-Christian Conflict in Sudan; Asia; Afghanistan; China: The State Control of Religion; Politics by Other Means: Attacks on Christians in India ; We Have No Orders to Save You': Hindu-Muslim Violence in India ; Europe; Orthodox Christian Intolerance in Georgia; Middle East; Israel and the Palestinian Authority Territories; Indigenous Traditions in Africa, Australia and the Americas; Indigenous and Minority Traditions: Case Studies from Survival; Africa; Twa in Rwanda ; People of the Niger Delta; Pygmies' of Central Africa; Bushmen in Southern Africa; Australia; Aborigines in Australia; The Americas; Indians in Amazonia ; Indians in North America; Innu in Canada; Part IV: Global Prospects -- Introduction; Religious Freedom; International Justice and Just War Theory; The Proliferation of Rights: Moral Progress or Empty Rhetoric?.

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Book SynopsisBrazil changed drastically in the 21st century’s second decade. In 2010, the country’s outgoing president Lula left office with almost 90% approval. As the presidency passed to his Workers' Party successor, Dilma Rousseff, many across the world hailed Brazil as a model of progressive governance in the Global South. Yet, by 2019, those progressive gains were being dismantled as the far right-wing politician Jair Bolsonaro assumed the presidency of a bitterly divided country. Digging beneath this pendulum swing of policy and politics, and drawing on rich ethnographic portraits, Precarious Democracy shows how these transformations were made and experienced by Brazilians far from the halls of power. Bringing together powerful and intimate stories and portraits from Brazil's megacities to rural Amazonia, this volume demonstrates the necessity of ethnography for understanding social and political change, and provides crucial insights on one of the most epochal periods of change in Brazilian history. Trade Review"Precarious Democracy presents a kaleidoscopic view of contemporary Brazil through a rich collection of ethnographies and a range of thoughtful analyses and insights about ordinary people throughout the country as they respond in multiple ways to the rise and political consolidation of the far-right in recent years. It is essential reading for understanding what is going on in Brazil today." -- James N. Green * author of Exile within Exiles: Herbert Daniel, Gay Brazilian Revolutionary *"This collection offers rich, theoretically evocative ethnographies on a range of sites seldom brought together in a single volume, from family frictions that expose the polarization of the past decade to guns and the performance of masculinity to Black queer resilience amid Brazil’s rightward shift. The assembled cases foreground feminist, anti-racist, and decolonial epistemologies and shed unique light on Brazil’s 'unraveling,' bringing into view the precarity often underlying formal democratic arrangements, even, or perhaps especially, those governed by the Left." -- Sonia E. Alvarez * co-editor of Beyond Civil Society: Activism, Participation, and Protest in Latin America *"Precarious Democracy presents a kaleidoscopic view of contemporary Brazil through a rich collection of ethnographies and a range of thoughtful analyses and insights about ordinary people throughout the country as they respond in multiple ways to the rise and political consolidation of the far-right in recent years. It is essential reading for understanding what is going on in Brazil today." -- James N. Green * author of Exile within Exiles: Herbert Daniel, Gay Brazilian Revolutionary *"This collection offers rich, theoretically evocative ethnographies on a range of sites seldom brought together in a single volume, from family frictions that expose the polarization of the past decade to guns and the performance of masculinity to Black queer resilience amid Brazil’s rightward shift. The assembled cases foreground feminist, anti-racist, and decolonial epistemologies and shed unique light on Brazil’s 'unraveling,' bringing into view the precarity often underlying formal democratic arrangements, even, or perhaps especially, those governed by the Left." -- Sonia E. Alvarez * co-editor of Beyond Civil Society: Activism, Participation, and Protest in Latin America *Table of ContentsList of Acronyms Editors’ Introduction: Ethnographies of the Brazilian Unravelling by Benjamin Junge, Alvaro Jarrin, Lucia Cantero, and Sean T. Mitchell A Plan for a Country Still Looking for Democracy: A Critical Overview by Lilia Moritz Schwarcz Part I: The Intimacy of Power Chapter 1: “Family is Everything”: Generational Tensions as a Working-Class Household from Recife, Brazil Contemplates the 2018 Presidential Elections by Benjamin Junge Chapter 2: Among Mothers and Daughters: Economic Mobility and Political Identity in a Northeastern Periferia by Jessica Jerome Chapter 3: Dreaming with Guns: Performing Masculinity and Imagining Consumption in Bolsonaro’s Brazil by Isabela Kalil, Rosana Pinheiro-Machado, and Lucia Mury Scalco Chapter 4: Whiteness Has Come Out of the Closet and Intensified Brazil’s Reactionary Wave by Patricia de Santana Pinho Part II: Corruption and Crime Chapter 5: Cruel Pessimism: The Affect of Anti-Corruption and the End of the New Brazilian Middle Class by Sean T. Mitchell Chapter 6: The Effects of Some Religious Affects: Revolutions in Crime by Karina Biondi Chapter 7: “Look at that”: Cures, Poisons, and Shifting Rationalities in the Backlands that have become a Sea (of Money) by John Collins Chapter 8: The Oil is Ours: Petrobras, Corruption and Extractive Global Lawfare by Lucia Cantero Part III: Infrastructures of Hope Chapter 9: Despairing Hopes (and Hopeful Despair) in Amazonia by David Rojas, Andrezza Alves Spexoto Olival, and Alexandre de Azevedo Olival Chapter 10: Tempered Hopes: (Re)producing the Middle Class in Recife’s Alternative Music Scene by Falina Enriquez Chapter 11: Withering Dreams: Material Hope and Apathy among Brazil’s Once Rising Poor by Moisés Kopper Chapter 12: Bolsonaro Wins Japan: Support for the Far Right among Japanese-Brazilian Overseas Labor Migrants by Sarah LeBaron von Baeyer Part IV: Old Challenges, New Activism Chapter 13: Holding the Wave: Black LGBTI+ Feminist Resilience Amidst the Reactionary Turn in Rio de Janeiro by LaShandra Sullivan Chapter 14: LGBTTI Elders in Brazil: Subjectivation and Narratives about Resilience, Resistance and Vulnerability by Carlos Eduardo Henning Chapter 15: Disgust and Defiance: The Visceral Politics of Trans and Travesti Activism Amidst a Heteronormative Backlash by Alvaro Jarrín Chapter 16: “Barbie e Ken, Cidadãos de Bem”: Memes and Political Participation among College Students in Brazil by Melanie A. Medeiros, Patrick McCormick, Erika Schmitt, and James Kale Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses multiple ways of voting in a democratic system and explains the basis of more consensual politics. Without delving into too much technical argument or too many mathematical examples, it aims to show that binary decision-making is blunt, primitive, divisive, and sometimes inaccurate; prove that other methodologies are more accurate and, therefore, more democratic; highlight more inclusive and effective voting procedures; discuss electoral reforms for national parliaments and international forums like the UN Security Council and COP26/27. The book is written not just for academia, or for the politicians and journalists, or for other specialists; it is for the general public: for students still at school, for voters in society at large, and for activists in umpteen NGOs.“…the West's relentless pursuit of binary voting… has been a cause of countless tragedies. This book is brilliant: political controversies should rarely if ever be 'resolved' by majority vote.”Arend Lijphart, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of California, San Diego“[for] those who do not believe in a black-or-white world… a very important and extremely timely contribution…”Věra Stojarová, Associate Professor of Political Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic“Peter’s challenge to the binary “win-lose” approach is urgently necessary, as is his proposal for an eminently more reasonable, accountable, and participatory system.”Dr. Valery Perry, Democratization Policy Council, Sarajevo“…the preferential points vote… would be the more accurate way to make decisions, and the consequences far more peaceful.”Lord Boyce, House of Lords“He builds a case for a specific version of preferential procedure, not only for elections, but for decision making as well.”Hannu Nurmi, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Turku, Finland“A particularly strong plea in favour of voting procedures… which go far beyond the usual 'yes or no' ballots. [He uses] an alert prose and a wealth of illuminating and easily graspable examples.” Maurice Salles, Emeritus Professor, Université de Caen NormandieTrade Review“The Punter’s Guide, he gives a survey of voting and of decision making processes and systems … . He looks beyond just ‘western’ practices ... he makes it easy to understand through explanation as well as his engaging style of writing. Throughout his work he offers a different model for elections or other decisionmaking processes. ... Emerson’s long history of work on this issue remains evergreen, and the tools being freely offered online remove any excuses … .” (Valery Perry, democratizationpolicy.org, October, 2023)Table of ContentsChapter 1. AI, Artificial Incompetence – The Ubiquitous Use of Binary Voting.- Chapter 2. Oh Lord, Give Me Consensus, but not Yet – Pluralism is Possible.- Chapter 3. The Art and Science of Compromise.- Chapter 4. The GOAT is a GNU – Electing an All-party Power-sharing Executive.- Chapter 5. “The People Have Voted… the [Expletives]!” – Comparing Electoral Systems.- Chapter 6. A Little Long History of Voting Systems.- Chapter 7. A Consensual Milieu.

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Book SynopsisAccording to Plato, democracies die when people get angry. Resentment causes them to vote for demagogues. Recently, democratically elected politicians have used crises as a pretext for dismantling democracy, following a pattern we have seen since the dawn of civilization. Why do people fall for the lure of dictatorships? And what can we learn from the cause and effects of dictatorships to understand why democracies die?In this new edition of Matt Qvortrup’s acclaimed monograph Death By A Thousand Cuts, the author shows how neuroscience can help us understand why people willingly give up their democratic rights or are unwillingly forced to do so.Death by a Thousand Cuts: Neuropolitics, Thymos, and the Slow Demise of Democracy is written in an accessible style with vignettes and new empirical data to provide historical context and neurological evidence on a much-discussed topic: the threat of democracy. This book will help readers who are concerned about the longevity of democracy understand when and why democracy is in danger of collapsing and alert them to the warning signs of its demise.

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Book SynopsisAusgangspunkt des Sonderhefts ist die Tatsache, dass digitale und insbesondere soziale Medien in vielfältiger Weise Einfluss ausüben auf die Willensbildung, aber auch auf politische Entscheidungsprozesse. Sie wirken auf das Verhältnis zwischen Repräsentierten und Repräsentanten in einer Demokratie und können auf diese Weise Transformationen der politischen Prozesse begründen. Das vorliegende Sonderheft der Zeitschrift für vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (ZfVP) nimmt die in diesem Kontext zentralen Kategorien – Repräsentation, Partizipation, Transparenz, Responsivität – in den Blick und fokussiert dabei auf zwei zentrale Dimensionen: Die Veränderungen, die sich durch die Nutzung digitaler Medien für Demokratien ergeben und die Ambivalenzen, die diese Veränderung in den demokratischen Prozessen mit sich bringen.Table of ContentsDigitale Medien und ihre Wirkung auf demokratische Prozesse.- „Like“ Parlament? Die Nutzung von social media durch Unterhaus und Bundestag.- MEPs online – ein Mehrwert für die Repräsentation?.- Wer hat Angst vor Abgeordnetenwatch? Repräsentation, Responsitivität und Transparenzforderungen an Abgeordnete des Deutschen Bundestages.- Politische Online-Beteiligung: Qualifizierung der Demokratie oder neue Tyrannei der Beteiligung.- Innerparteiliche Demokratie 2.0? Partizipation von Parteimitgliedern im Internet.- Web 2.0 und der SPD-Mitgliederentscheid zur „GroKo“. Twitter-Kommunikation als Qualitätsmerkmal digitaler Demokratie?.- Der Einfluss von Online-Verfahren auf die Partizipation an demokratischen Entscheidungen: Eine empirische Überprüfung am Beispiel inneruniversitärer Rechtsetzung.- Die dunkle Seite des WWW. Rechtsextremismus und Internet.- Transnationalisierung politischer Öffentlichkeit über Soziale Medien – ein Politikfeldvergleich.

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Book SynopsisWas ist eigentlich der Sinn und Zweck des Wählens? Warum gelten Wahlen seit dem 20. Jahrhundert für nahezu alle Staaten als unverzichtbar? Um die Erfolgsgeschichte und die variierenden Bedeutungen von Wahlen zu verstehen, gilt es, die historische Dimension zu berücksichtigen und mit einem anthropologisch interessierten Blick neue Fragen zu stellen. Diese Neue Wahlgeschichte lässt den scheinbar so selbstverständlichen Gegenstand „Wahlen“ erklärungsbedürftig erscheinen. Sie fragt nach Praktiken, Materialität, Ideen und Diskursen, um die Funktionen politischer Wahlen in verschiedenen historischen und politischen Kontexten von Europa über Nordamerika bis hin nach Lateinamerika zu ergründen. Da das Interesse dem Massenwahlrecht als Grundlage moderner Demokratien gilt, richtet sich der Fokus auf das 19. und 20. Jahrhundert.Trade Review“... Der lesenswerte Sammelband präsentiert einen reichhaltigen Blick auf verschiedene Schwerpunkte historischer Wahlforschung ...” (Jahrbuch Extremismus & Demokratie, Jg. 30, 2018)Table of ContentsDemokratie.- Politik.- Staatlichkeit.- Legitimität, Legitimation.- Wahlen als Disziplinierungsinstrument.- Emotionen und Rationalität.- Gewalt.- Postdemokratie.- Ordnung und Bürokratie der Wahlen.

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Book SynopsisHans Kelsens „Staatslehre ohne Staat“ und „Volk“ ist eine bedeutsame politische Theorie, vielleicht sogar die Verfassungstheorie der offenen Gesellschaft in der postnationalen Moderne: Ob Zuwanderungsgesellschaft oder europäische Integration – mit ihr lassen sich genau die aktuellen demokratie- und verfassungstheoretischen Herausforderungen pluralistischer Gesellschaften erfassen, an denen die tradierten Staats- und Verfassungslehren bis in die Rechtsprechung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts hinein scheitern. Kelsens modern-demokratische Konzeption einer Bürgerschaft als Rechtsgenossenschaft bedarf weder der „Souveränität“ noch der „homogenen Nation“; sie ist daher auch die für das zeitgemäße Verständnis des Grundgesetzes adäquate Staats- und Verfassungstheorie. Table of ContentsEinführung: Hans Kelsen und die Verfassungstheorie der offenen Gesellschaft.- Staat und pluralistische Gesellschaft bei Kelsen.- Der Streit um die Staatsgerichtsbarkeit in Weimar aus demokratietheoretischer Sicht: Triepel – Kelsen – Schmitt – Leibholz.- Exkurs: Relativismus, Positivismus und Demokratie bei Radbruch und Thoma.- Staatstheologie – politische Theologie – politische Religionen: Von Kelsen über Schmitt zu Voegelin.- Rückfall in die Barbarei? Leistungen und Grenzen der „Offenen Gesellschaft“ von Popper als Werk der Totalitarismustheorie.- Verfassungspolitologie des demokratischen „Verfassungsrealismus”: Von Lassalle über Kelsen zu Loewenstein.- Neo-Pluralismus als „Anti-Anti-Pluralismus“: Die Bedeutung von Kelsen und Schmitt für die politische Theorie von Fraenkel.- Die dunkle Seite des Rechtsstaats: Kirchheimers „Politische Justiz“ zwischen Freund-Feind (Schmitt), Klassenjustiz (Fraenkel) und Zvilisierung (Kelsen).- Häberle, die Wiener-Weimarer Staatsklassik und die offene Gesellschaft der europäischen Verfassungs-Kultur.- Demokratische Partizipation statt „Integration“: Normativ-staatstheoretische Begründung eines generellen Ausländerwahlrechts nach Kelsen.- Viel Smend (und auch Schmitt), wenig Kelsen: Zur Rezeption in der deutschen Staatsrechtslehre.- Homogenes Staatsvolk statt EU-Bürgerschaft: Das BVerfG zitiert Heller, meint Schmitt und verwirft Kelsens postnationales Konzept demokratischer Rechtsgenossenschaft.- Kein Ausländerwahlrecht: Der Staatsgerichtshof Bremen entscheidet gegen Kelsens demokratische Avantgarde – oder: Was ist ein (europäisches) Volk?.- Die „Kopftuch-Entscheidung“ des Bundesverfassungsgerichts zwischen Pluralismustheorie (Kelsen / Fraenkel) und Staatstheologie (Hegel/Schmitt).- Die andere Demokratietheorie des BVerfG: Popper / Häberle und eine (unbewusste) Kelsen-Rezeption im Brokdorf-Beschluss (1985) als Alternative zum Legitimationskettenmodell von Schmitt / Böckenförde.- Weimar – ein Paradigmenwechsel.- Die „Rückkehr“ Kelsens: Zur deutschsprachigen Forschung (2005-2015).

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