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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The European Parliament in Times of EU Crisis:
Book SynopsisThis book assesses the many changes that have occurred within the European Parliament and in its external relations since the Lisbon treaty (2009) and the last European elections (2014). It is undoubtedly the institution that has evolved the most since the 1950s. Despite the many crises experienced by European integration in the last years, the Parliament is still undergoing important changes in its formal competences, its influence on policy-making, its relations with other EU institutions, its internal organisation and its internal political dynamics. Every contribution deals with the most recent aspects of these evolutions and addresses overlooked topics, providing an overview of the current state of play which challenges the mainstream intergovernmental approach of the EU. This project results from research conducted at the Department of European Political and Governance Studies of the College of Europe. Individual research of several policy analysts of the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) have contributed to this endeavour.Table of ContentsList of Figures and TablesAcknowledgments Notes on ContributorsIntroduction: The need for further research on the European ParliamentOlivier CostaPart I The EP and the EU Political System1 Parliamentary oversight: Challenges facing classic scrutiny instruments and the emergence of new forms of ‘steering’ scrutiny Eva-Maria Poptcheva2 The European Parliament and the European Council. A shift in the balance of power? Wolfgang Wessels, Johannes Müller Gomez and Johannes Wolters3 The CJEU and the Parliament’s powers since Lisbon. Judicial support to representative democracy? Sabine Saurugger and Fabien Terpan4 The relationship between the Committee of the Regions and the European Parliament: an evolving relationship? François Decoster, Jennifer Rousselle and Vincent DelhommePart II The EP in the EU Policy Making5 Taming Trilogues – The EU’s Law-Making Process in a Comparative Perspective Justin Greenwood and Christilla Roederer-Rynning6 The European Parliament and EU secondary legislation: Improved Scrutiny Practices and Upstream Involvement for Delegated Acts and Implementing Acts Vicky Marissen 7 Out of balance? Practical experience with quasi-legislative Delegated Acts 2009-2017 Michael Kaeding8 The European Parliament’s contribution to the EU Budget: a power game Anne Vitrey and Frederik Mesdag Part III The EP Politics9 The European Parliament and Civil Society Amandine Crespy and Louisa Parks10 Parliamentary questions and representation of territorial interest in the EP Nathalie Brack and Olivier Costa 11 The arduous way towards a uniform electoral system for the European Parliament Rudolf Hrbek 12 Euroscepticism at the EP Elections in 2014: A Reflection of the Different Patterns of Opposition to the EU? Birte Wassenberg13 Migration Policy Debates in the European Parliament. Does the Mainstream Right stand its Ground? Brice Cristoforetti and Lara Querton 14 Possible Future European Union Party Political Systems Martin Westlake Part IV The EP and EU Policies15 Reforming the European Parliament’s Monetary and Economic Dialogues: Creating Accountability Through a Eurozone Oversight Subcommittee Dermot Hodson and Michele Chang16 The European Parliament and the energy poverty: Such a long way to develop a distinctive voice in the Energy Union Frédérique Berrod, Louis Navé and Samuel Verschraegen17 Parliamentary Diplomacy: Democracy support at the European Parliament Beatrix Immenkamp and Naja Bentzen18 The European Parliament in Security and Defence: The Parliamentary Contribution to the European Defence Union Elena Lazarou 19 The European Parliament’s role in monitoring the implementation of EU trade policy Laura Puccio and Roderick Harte
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Transparent Lobbying and Democracy
Book Synopsis"The authors come up with some innovative tools, namely the “Catalogue of transparent lobbying”. They look at and evaluate the impact on both key stakeholders (lobbyists and targets of lobbying), monitoring of lobbying activities and sanctioning for breaches of rules. This tool holds out benchmarking capacity of sound framework for understanding of lobbying in the context of democracy, legitimacy of decision-making and accountability."David Ondráčka, member of global Board of Transparency International, head of Transparency International, Czech Republic"Transparent Lobbying and Democracy provides a comprehensive view into the phenomenon of lobbying... As a well-established scientist specializing in democracy, civil society and the public sphere, I see it as a useful and enriching contribution to the debate on lobbying, its necessary transparency and its role in the democratization process. This book has the potential to reach an international audience of experts and interested lay persons, and both complement and compete with publications on similar issues."Karel B. Müller, University of Economics in Prague, Czech RepublicThis book deals with the current, as yet unsolved, problem of transparency of lobbying. In the current theories and prevalent models that deal with lobbying activities, there is no reflection of the degree of transparency of lobbying, mainly due to the unclear distinction between corruption, lobbying in general, and transparent lobbying. This book provides a perspective on transparency in lobbying in a comprehensive and structured manner. It delivers an interdisciplinary approach to the topic and creates a methodology for assessing the transparency of lobbying, its role in the democratization process and a methodology for evaluating the main consequences of transparency. The new approach is applied to assess lobbying regulations in the countries of Central Eastern Europe and shows a method for how lobbying in other regions of the world may also be assessed.Table of Contents1 Introduction2 Democracy and lobbying3 Transparency in democratic decision making4 Methodology of research on lobbying regulation5 A theoretical model of lobbying6 Past and present practice of lobbying and its regulation7 Transparent lobbying in Central and Eastern European Countries8 Open Government and its impact on the lobbying environment in CEE countries9 Conclusion
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Nonviolent Resistance and Democratic
Book SynopsisThis book argues that democracies emerging from peaceful protest last longer, achieve higher levels of democratic quality, and are more likely to see at least two peaceful handovers of power than democracies that emerged out of violent resistance or top-down liberalization. Nonviolent resistance is not just an effective means of deposing dictators; it can also help consolidate democracy after the transition from autocratic rule. Drawing on case studies on democratic consolidation in Africa and Latin America, the authors find that nonviolent resistance creates a more inclusive transition process that is more resistant to democratic breakdown in the long term.Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Populism and Contemporary Democracy in Europe:
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact of populism on the European democratic polity. In the last two decades, European democracies have come under strain amid growing populism. By asserting the superiority of the majority over the law, of direct democracy over representation, and claiming the necessity to defend national sovereignty against foreign interferences, the populist conception of democracy is in stark contrast with the longstanding Western notion of liberal democracy. This volume investigates populist attempts to radically change what Bobbio called the “rules of the game” of democracy from an eminently legal perspective. Weaving together normative and empirical analysis, the contributions focus on the institutions that have suffered the most from the rise of populism as well as those that have better resisted the populist tide. Special attention will be paid to the Venice Commission’s opinions and documents, as they represent the best European standards to evaluate the extent to which populism deviates from constitutional democracy requirements. The book also considers the responses of European States to the explosion of the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has indeed been an accelerator of known and studied trends in most constitutional systems, such as the concentration of powers in the executive hands and the consequential loss of parliament's centrality. Various forms of populism across Europe have thus found an ideal breeding ground to implement their agenda of granting the executive broad regulatory and decision-making powers while loosening parliamentary and judicial checks. Against this backdrop, the book analyses how European democracies should adapt to the challenges posed by the pandemic, as this reflection can help respond to populist threats and propose a way forward for liberal democracy.Trade Review“A book that provides a broad overview regarding the relationship between populism and contemporary constitutional democracies. … This idea seems to be a perspective incompatible with the logic governing the democratic rule of law, and it is precisely this incompatibility between ‘We are the people’ populism, constitutional democracy, and the pluralistic view allowed by different constitutional actors - such as of courts, parliaments, and political parties - that finds a deep reflection in the book.” (Enrico Andreoli, Revista General de Derecho Público Comparado, Vol. 31, 2022)Table of ContentsA. Introduction I. Populism and Representative Democracy 1. From Populist Parties to Populist Politics. Populism as a unifying ideology José Tudela Aranda 2. The Critique of Representative Democracy by its New Enemies Nikos Alivizatos 3. Law-Making through Oversight. Parliaments as Accountability Fora Marco Antonio Simonelli 4. The Sirens’ Song: when right-wing populism deals with ‘democracy’. The case of the Rassemblement National François Debras II. Populism and the Judges 1. Populist Constitutionalism in the EU Member States. An Empirical Analysis Fruzsina Gárdos Orosz, Zoltan Szente 2. Judicial reforms. Between political pragmatism and populist strategy Simona Granata Menghini 3. Constitutional courts in an illiberal democracy. Incapacitated but necessary Miroslaw Granat 4. Has the Guardian Died in Battle? Populists, Constitutional Courts and the future of the Constitutional State Giovanni de Ghantuz Cubbe III. Populism and the European Union 1. The effects of populism on the EU legal system Helle Krunke 2. Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas. The EU unease about Populism. Cesare Pinelli 3. The Authoritarian Conjuncture in the EU and Liberals’ Crocodile Tears. How Supranational Governance Generates Populism Giovanni Guerra 4. The judicialization of the rule of law in the EU Cristina Saenz Perez IV. Populism, the Pandemic and the Future of Democracy 1. Might Covid Help Strengthening European Democracies? Tania Groppi 2. Preserving Democracy and the Rule of Law in a Pandemic. Some Lessons from the Venice Commission Josep Maria Castellà 3. Misinformation and fear: the difficult balance between effective responses and legal shortcuts. Rafael Rubio Nuñez 4. Democracy and State of Emergency Andres Dueñas Castrillo V. Conclusions
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De Gruyter Nigeria's 2019 Democratic Experience
Book SynopsisNigeria’s democratisation efforts since attaining political independence from Britain have been tumultuous and have spanned over three successive republics. A persistent bug decimating Nigeria’s democracy and repeatedly leading to military coups has been brazen electoral violence perpetrated by the nation’s political elite. Nigeria's 2019 Democratic Experience analyses and explains what went wrong in Nigeria’s experiment with democracy. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and the world’s seventh most populous nation, also contributes 70% of West Africa’s population. She is sub-Saharan Africa’s largest oil producer and has remained Africa’s largest economy by GDP since 2014. The country has hundreds of diverse ethnic nationalities and languages grouped into 36 states (or federating units) and an independent federal capital territory. Though recognized as Africa’s largest democracy, her democratisation process since the 1960s has remained tumultuous with massive electoral violence and political intolerance. This repeatedly compelled the military to intervene in the nation’s political history in the years 1966, 1983 and 1985. It is these developments that provided the motivation for this volume to capture for posterity the conduct of the 2019 General Elections in Nigeria.
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De Gruyter The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel:
Book SynopsisA narrative chronicle of Israeli democracy that defines historic phases and follows thematic challenges to democracy, including: competition between religion and the rule of law; the statist society and chaotic minoritocracy; modern illiberal populism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The comprehensive portrait exposes endemic flaws of democracy in Israel, but also shows that Israel has considerable capacity – and responsibility – to fulfill the promise of democracy.
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De Gruyter The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel: Promise Unfulfilled
Book SynopsisA narrative chronicle of Israeli democracy that defines historic phases and follows thematic challenges to democracy, including: competition between religion and the rule of law; the statist society and chaotic minoritocracy; modern illiberal populism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The comprehensive portrait exposes endemic flaws of democracy in Israel, but also shows that Israel has considerable capacity – and responsibility – to fulfill the promise of democracy.
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Azhar Sario Hungary Democracy Kaleidoscope
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BoD - Books on Demand Meinungsfreiheit und kommunikative Vernunft
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BoD - Books on Demand The Democratic Illusion of Europe
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Books on Demand Weimar reloaded?: Warum es die Deutschen nicht schafften, den Anfängen zu wehren, und was ihnen nun zu tun bleibt.
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BoD - Books on Demand Fairfassung
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Books on Demand Mein Krampf: Ist Deutschland auf dem rechten Weg?
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Prodinnova De la démocratie en Amérique: Tome I
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Heinrich Kummerle We Are All Part of Europe
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Brill Taiwan in Perspective
Book SynopsisEver since the end of China's civil war in 1949, Taiwan has embarked on its own distinct, divergent path of development. In light of its remarkable achievements and inherent difficulties, therefore, Taiwan should not be considered a renegade province of China, but a society with a democratically-elected government that has taken a route different from the rest of China in developing its own cultural norms and values. This book examines the issues of democratic transition, political imprisonment and the political economy in Taiwan.Trade Review'Anyone even remotely interested in the Taiwan experience will have to take this book and its conclusions in consideration.' Dennis Hickey.Table of ContentsIntroduction, Wei Chin Lee Democracy as Hegemony, Globalization as Indigenization, or the “Culture” in Taiwanese National Politics, Allen Chun East Asian Culture and Democratic Transition, With Special Reference to the Case of Taiwan, John Fuh-Sheng Hsieh The Role of Political Imprisonment in Developing and Enhancing Political Leadership: A Comparative Study of South Africa’s and Taiwan’s Democratization, Fran Buntman and Tong-yi Huang What if We Don’t Party? Political Partisanship in Taiwan and korea in the 1990s, Alexander C. Tan, Karl Ho, Kyung-tue Kang and Tsung-chi Yu Taiwan’s Distorted Democracy in Comparative Perspective, Cheng-tian Kuo Politics of Foreign Labor Policy in Taiwan, Chien-yi Lu The Political Economy of Taiwan’s Relations with Malaysia: Opportunities and Challenges, Samuel C. Y. Ku “One China, One Taiwan”: An Analysis of the Democratic Progressive Party’s China Policy, T.Y. Wang Taiwan: Parent, Province, or Blackballed State?, Alan M. Wachman Contributors Epilogue Index
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Brill The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: European and Scandinavian Perspectives
Book SynopsisThe International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is the first human rights treaty adopted by the United Nations in the 21st century. It seeks to secure the equal and effective enjoyment of human rights for the estimated 650 million persons with disabilities in the world. It does so by tailoring gerneral human rights norms to their circumstances. It reflects and advances the shift away from welfare to rights in the context of disability. The Convention itself represents a mix between non-discrimination and other substantive human rights and gives practical effect to the idea that all human rights are indivisible and interdependent. This collection of essays examines these developments from the global, European and Scandinavian perspectives and the challenge of transposing its provisions into national law. It marks the coming of age of disabilty as a core human rights concern.Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION, Gerard Quinn and Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir PART I FROM SOCIAL POLICY TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS LAW OF THE 21ST CENTURY 1. Disability Studies, the Social Model and Legal Developments, Rannveig Traustadóttir; 2. Future Prospects for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Michael Ashley Stein and Janet E. Lord; 3. A Future of Multidimensional Disadvantage Equality? Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir; 4. From Invisibility to Indivisibility: The International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Ida Elisabeth Koch PART II THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT 5. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and European Disability Law: A Catalyst for Cohesion? Anna Lawson; 6. Breaking New Ground: The Implications of Ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the European Community, Lisa Waddington; 7. The Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights, Davíð Þór Björgvinsson; 8. Extracting Protection for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities from Human Rights Frameworks: Established Limits and New Possibilities, Colm O´Cinneide PART III BRINGING THE TREATY HOME 9. General Themes Relevant to the Implementation of the UN Disability Convention into Domestic law: Who is Responsible for the Implementation and How should it be Performed? Holger Kallehauge; 10. Resisting the ‘Temptation of Elegance’: Can the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Socialise States to Right Behaviour? Gerard Quinn; 11. The Implementation of the UN Convention and the Development of Economic and Social Rights as Human Rights, Brynhildur G. Flóvenz; 12. The UN Convention in Nordic Domestic law - Lessons Learned from other Treaties, Ragnhildur Helgadóttir; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX.
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Brill The Kaohsiung Incident in Taiwan and Memoirs of a Foreign Big Beard
Book SynopsisThe Kaohsiung Incident of 1979-1980 disturbed Taiwan’s dictatorship and ultimately contributed to Taiwan’s democratization. This book analyzes the precursors to the Kaohsiung Incident, the Kaohsiung Incident itself, the following trials and the contributions of these events to Taiwan’s democratization. After the indictments were issued, the murder of the mother and twin daughters of Lin I-hsiung, one of the defendants, shocked Taiwan and the world. The government accused the author, a well-known scholar of Taiwan, of being involved in the murder case and he was placed under “police protection” for three months. Part 2 of this book is the writer’s memoir of that period.Trade ReviewFrom the reader's report: “The author has given us a very, very wonderful book that many, I would hope, would read and take to heart. What he writes about is a major moment in modern Taiwan’s history and many should know it and what it has meant to the later evolution of Taiwan’s state and society—and place in the world. The book is very unique and useful piece of scholarship.” Murray A. Rubinstein, Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead Institute, Columbia University 'Jacob’s latest effort, The Kaohsiung Incident in Taiwan and Memoirs of a Foreign Big Beard, is geared toward academics or people with a specific interest in Taiwanese history and politics who would probably find the entire book interesting or at least valuable. But the second half of the book, which contains Jacobs’ memoir, is so much more engaging, unique and personal that it could make a fun read for anybody. It is almost a shame to put it last.' Han Cheung, Taipei Times, Sat, Aug 13, 2016 'In this slim two-part volume titled The Kaohsiung Incident in Taiwan and Memoirs of a Foreign Big Beard, Jacobs provides the context in which the events leading to the transformative incident occurred (...) Part I, which constitutes the bulk of the book, is relatively straightforward and is short enough to serve as a useful introduction for readers who aren’t familiar with Taiwanese history.Far more personal is the second part of the book, where Jacobs describes the murder of the mother and twin daughters of activist Lin I-hsiung (one of the defendants first discussed in Part I) and how the atrocity affected the author’s own safety and freedom. (...) Jacobs’ brief history of a traumatic period in Taiwan’s not-too-distant-past is a reminder that democratization is not an end state but rather a process that is never completely achieved.' J. Michael Cole, Taiwan Sentinel (https://sentinel.tw/memoirs-of-a-foreign-big-beard/) 'The title of Jacobs’s book, The Kaohsiung Incident in Taiwan and Memoirs of a Foreign Big Beard, immediately informs us that we’re in the right territory. Here we have a carefully negotiated balance of scholarly evenness and personal memoir. The monograph is attentively divided into two narratives. Drawing upon multiple sources, the contextual, scholarly section details the events leading up to the incident, its aftermath, and the implications of that fateful day. The author’s own participation in the events draws the reader in. From within, you get the sense of theatre that other accounts of the incident have not quite achieved. (...) Jacobs’s personal memoir is not the only one...yet [his]... marriage of emotional memoir to scholarly context in this volume is exemplary. (...) [T]his book is an important text that is useful not just for the study of Taiwan and the region, but also for comparative research on microhistorical inquiries of authoritarianism and protest as well as connected or transcultural histories.' Niki J.P. Alsford, University of Central Lancashire, UK, International Journal of Taiwan Studies 1 (2018) 'Bruce Jacobs, an important figure in Taiwan history both as a principal and a scholar, has produced a useful, informative and long-awaited book on the political watershed events in Taiwan between late 1979 and mid-1980, along with the unexpected and unwanted roles he ended up playing in them. It is essential reading for anyone interested in democratization and the struggle for respect for human rights in modern Taiwan history. (...) This engaging, informative and reasonably priced volume belongs in the libraries of Taiwan history scholars and buffs and in the libraries of serious academic institutions throughout the world.' DAVID CURTI S. WRIGHT, University of Calgary, The China Quarterly, 235 (2018)
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Brill Citizenship and Democratization in Southeast Asia
Book SynopsisCitizenship and Democratization in Southeast Asia redirects the largely western-oriented study of citizenship to postcolonial states. Providing various fascinating first-hand accounts of how citizens interpret and realize the recognition of their property, identity, security and welfare in the context of a weak rule of law and clientelistic politics, this study highlights the importance of studying citizenship for understanding democratization processes in Southeast Asia. With case studies from Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Cambodia, this book provides a unique bottom-up perspective on the character of public life in Southeast Asia. Contributors are: Mary Austin, Laurens Bakker, Ward Berenschot, Sheri Lynn Gibbings, Takeshi Ito, David Kloos, Merlyna Lim, Astrid Norén-Nilsson, Oona Pardedes, Emma Porio, Apichat Satitniramai, Wolfram Schaffer and Henk Schulte Nordholt.Trade Review"The international debate over the democratizing effects of citizenship especially in postcolonial societies is gathering strength. Social movements from Asia and Africa to Latin America and Middle East have successfully challenged postcolonial authoritarian regimes and began democratizing political citizenship though not without variations or paradoxes. This book on democratizing citizenship in Southeast Asia is a brilliant and original contribution that walks the reader through these paradoxes. It not only contributes to citizenship studies in general but also in postcolonial societies with a sharp focus on Southeast Asia." – Engin Isin, The Open University, UKTable of ContentsAbout the Authors List of Illustrations 1. Introduction: Citizenship and Democratization in Postcolonial Southeast Asia, Ward Berenschot, Henk Schulte Nordholt and Laurens Bakker Part I: Clientelism and Citizenship 2. Citizen Participation and Decentralization in the Philippines, Emma Porio 3. Everyday Citizenship in Village Java, Takeshi Ito 4. Elections and Emerging Forms of Citizenship in Cambodia, Astrid Norén-Nilsson 5. Sosialisasi, Citizenship and Street Vendors in Yogyakarta, Sheri Lynn Gibbings Part II: Identity and Citizenship 6. Militias, Security and Citizenship in Indonesia, Laurens Bakker 7. Custom and Citizenship in the Philippine Uplands, Oona Thommes Paredes 8. Citizenship and Islam in Malaysia and Indonesia, David Kloos and Ward Berenschot Part III: Middle Classes Engaging the State 9. Digital Media and Malaysia’s Electoral Reform Movement, Merlyna Lim 10. Citizenship, Rights and Adversarial Legalism in Thailand, Wolfram Schaffar 11. Defending Indonesia’s Migrant Domestic Workers, Mary Austin 12. The Yellow Shirts versus the Red Shirts and the Rise of a New Middle Class in Thailand, Apichat Satitniramai
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Brill Development and Democracy: Relations in Conflict
Book SynopsisTechnological progress in the 21st Century still remains monopolized by the developed countries, thereby determining the direction and rhythm of growth in developing countries which must import their technological infrastructure. This colonialized model of industrialization leads to a perpetual outflow of resources abroad and to structured social exclusion that placed narrow limits on democracy and the distribution of overall wellbeing. Why did Latin American societies fail to create an internal division of labour that could adequately provide for the development of productive forces? How did this affect the prospects for democracy in the region? Development and Democracy: Relations in Conflict examines the conflicting relations between technological development and democracy as they unfold in a new and ever more challenging environment. Contributors are: Irma Lorena Acosta Reveles, Leonel Álvarez Yáñez, Jesús Becerra Villegas, Ximena de la Barra, Héctor de la Fuente Limón, R. A. Dello Buono, Sergio Octavio Contreras Padilla, Silvana Andrea Figueroa Delgado, Víctor Manuel Figueroa Sepúlveda, Ernesto Menchaca Arredondo, Miguel Omar Muñoz Domínguez, Alexandre M. Quaresma de Moura, Cristina Recéndez Guerrero.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Tables and Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction 1 A Critique of the Origin and Foundations of the New Inequality among Mankind Alexandre M. Quaresma 2 Unemployment, Inequality and Technological Development Víctor Manuel Figueroa Sepúlveda 3 Technology and Subsumption by Capital Jesús Becerra Villegas 4 The State and Freedom of Public Network Space Sergio Octavio Contreras 5 Grey Areas in China’s Growth: A Questionable Development Silvana Andrea Figueroa Delgado 6 Economic Growth, Democracy and the Construction of Citizenship in South Korea Cristina Recéndez Guerrero 7 Latin American Democracy as an Alternative Work in Progress Ximena de la Barra and R.A. Dello Buono 8 Acquiring Technology in the Mexican Private Sector: A Disarticulated ‘Linkage’ of the Triple Helix Miguel Omar Muñoz Domínguez 9 Proliferation of the Corporate Agro-Industrial Model in Latin America Irma Lorena Acosta Reveles 10 Well-Being and Happiness: Conditions for a New Conception of Development? Ernesto Menchaca Arredondo and Leonel Álvarez Yáñez 11 The Challenges of Democracy in Mexico Héctor de la Fuente Limón References Index
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Brill Co-operativism and Local Development in Cuba: An Agenda for Democratic Social Change
Book SynopsisCo-operativism and Local Development in Cuba consists of a series of pathbreaking essays on the role of co-operativism, and the new co-operatives, in the democratic transformation of Cuba and the government’s plan to update the model in the current context. The contributors are well-known specialists on Cuba, co-operativism and local development. With a shared concern for how an increased focus on co-operativism and local development can contribute to the updating of the Cuban model and the advance of socialism, the contributors to the book have placed an analysis of the issues involved in the broader context of the international co-operative movement and the ongoing capitalist development process in Latin America. Contributors include: Milford Bateman, Al Campbell, Grizel Donéstevez Sánchez, Cliff DuRand, Olga Fernández Ríos, Julio C. Gambina, Camila Piñeiro Harnecker, Sonja Novković, Dayrelis Ojeda Suris, Gabriela Roffinelli, Frederick. S. Royce, Dean Sinković, Henry Veltmeyer, Marcelo Vieta.Trade Review"This volume brings together an array of social scientists who reflect on the emergence of a new form of co-operativism in Cuba as part of a wider reform agenda. The contributions in the book examine the progression of co-operativism in Cuba in a historical context as well as its current manifestation and potential for transforming Cuba’s economy. This is a timely and relevant contribution to understanding co-operatives and other social and solidarity economy entities as part of a broad effort to create an alternative to neoliberalism not only in Cuba but also in the larger Latin America region." --Simel Esim, Cooperatives Programme, ILO, www.ilo.org/coop "A timely, candid and sober multidisciplinary appraisal of how an already solidarity-oriented society like Cuba might be prepared and challenged to take the next crucial steps to develop a truly worker co-operative-based socialism." --Peter Ranis, Professor Emeritus Political Science, City University of New YorkTable of ContentsFigures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction: Updating the Cuban Model 1Building Alternatives Beyond Capital Julio C. Gambina and Gabriela Roffinelli 2The Social and Solidarity Economy in Latin America Henry Veltmeyer 3New Co-operativism in Latin America: Implications for Cuba Marcelo Vieta 4The New Guidelines: Economic Changes and Its Political and Social Impact Olga Fernández Ríos 5Co-operatives in Socialist Construction Cliff DuRand 6Co-operativism in Cuba Prior to 2012 Grizel Donéstevez Sánchez 7Agricultural Production Co-operatives in Cuba: Toward Sustainability Frederick S. Royce 8Cuba’s Co-operative Sector and the Project of Deep Reforms Al Campbell 9Co-operatives in Cuba’s New Socio-economic Model: What Has been Done and What Could be Done? Camila Piñeiro Harnecker 10The Role of Co-operatives in Transforming Cuba’s Economy Sonja Novković 11Supporting Co-operative Development in Cuba: Getting the Local Institutions Right Milford Bateman, Dayrelis Ojeda Suris and Dean Sinković Conclusion Index
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Brill Procedural Justice and the Fair Trial in Contemporary Chinese Criminal Justice
Book SynopsisThis review examines the literature on procedural justice and the fair trial over the past two decades in the People’s Republic of China. Part 1 gives a wide-angle view of the key political events and developments that have shaped the experience of procedural justice and the fair trial in contemporary China. It provides a storyline that explains the political environment in which these concepts have developed over time. Part 2 examines how scholars understand the legal structures of the criminal process in relation to China’s political culture. Part 3 presents scholarly views on three enduring problems relating to the fair trial: a presumption of innocence, interrogational torture, and the role of lawyers in the criminal trial process. Procedural justice is a particularly pertinent issue today in China, because Xi Jinping’s yifa zhiguo 依法治国 (governing the nation in accordance with the law) governance platform seeks to embed a greater appreciation for procedural justice in criminal justice decision-making, to correct a politico-legal tradition overwhelmingly focused on substantive justice. Overall, the literature reviewed in this article points to the serious limitations in overcoming the politico-legal barriers to justice reforms that remain intact in the system, despite nearly four decades of constant reform.Table of ContentsContents Author Biographies Procedural Justice and the Fair Trial in Contemporary Chinese Criminal Justice Elisa Nesossi and Susan Trevaskes Abstract Keywords Introduction 1 The Justice Storyline 2 The Policy-Implementing Structures of the Criminal Process 3 Three Areas of Concern 4 Conclusion References
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Brill Democracy and Electoral Politics in Zambia
Book SynopsisDemocracy and Electoral Politics in Zambia aims to comprehend the current dynamics of Zambia’s democracy and to understand what was specific about the 2015/2016 election experience. While elections have been central to understanding Zambian politics over the last decade, the coverage they have received in the academic literature has been sparse. This book aims to fill that gap and give a more holistic account of contemporary Zambian electoral dynamics, by providing innovative analysis of political parties, mobilization methods, the constitutional framework, the motivations behind voters’ choices and the adjudication of electoral disputes by the judiciary. This book draws on insights and interviews, public opinion data and innovative surveys that aim to tell a rich and nuanced story about Zambia’s recent electoral history from a variety of disciplinary approaches. Contributors include: Tinenenji Banda, Nicole Beardsworth, John Bwalya, Privilege Haang’andu, Erin Hern, Marja Hinfelaar, Dae Un Hong, O’Brien Kaaba, Robby Kapesa, Chanda Mfula, Jotham Momba, Biggie Joe Ndambwa, Muna Ndulo, Jeremy Seekings, Hangala Siachiwena, Sishuwa Sishuwa, Owen Sichone, Aaron Siwale, Michael Wahman.
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Brill Problems for Democracy
Book SynopsisThis book, based on the premise that democracy promotes peace and justice, explores theoretical and practical problems that can arise or that have arisen in democratic polities. Contributors address, with clarifying analyses, such theoretical issues as the relationship between recursivist metaphysics and democracy, the relationship between the economic and political orders, and the nature of justice. Contributors offer, as well, enlightening resolutions of practical problems resulting from a history of social, political or economic injustice.Table of ContentsJudith PRESLER: Editorial Foreword John KULTGEN: Preface John KULTGEN and Mary LENZI: Acknowledgments Donald A.WELLS, Ronald J. GLOSSOP, Beth J.SINGER, and Mary LENZI: Introduction: Is There a Connection between Democracy and Peace? Part One: Divisions in Society and Obstacles to Democratic Discourse Introduction Ron HIRSCHBEIN and Jason SUPPUS: Semiotics of Meaninglessness: Cornel West ’s Explication of Inner-City Nihilism Howard HARRIOTT: Moral Pessimism and the Ideals of Democracy Edward SANKOWSKI: South African Democracy, Multi-Culturalism, Rights, and Community Gilburt GOFFSTEIN: Exploring Problems of Democracy with Perspectives of Jürgen Habermas and Zen Buddhism Jerald RICHARDS: Hiroshima, Morality, and Democracy Part Two: Public Participation in Political and Economic Processes Introduction William C. GAY: Democracy in Market Economies Thomas CHRISTIANO: Political Equality and the Independent Power of Private Property Beth J. SINGER: Rights and Affirmative Action Judith PRESLER: The Procedural Republic Matthew SILLIMAN: Living Democracy Despite the Rule of Law: Civil Disobedience as Political Narrative Part Three: Democracy and Routes to Peace Introduction Donald A.WELLS: Unnecessary Suffering and Superfluous Injury Brian LUKE: Exclusion of Soldiers from War-Making Decisions Ali ERRISHI: Recursive Metaphysics Is Bad for Democracy Andrew KELLEY: Toward a Reformulation of the Doctrine of Pacifism Gregory P. FIELDS: Gandhi and Dewey: Education for Peace Mary LENZI: Philosophers, Peace, and Problems for Democracy Bibliography About the Contributors Index
£85.46
Brill Scientific Realism and Democratic Society: The Philosophy of Philip Kitcher
Book SynopsisPhilip Kitcher is among the key philosophers of science of our times. This volume offers an up to date analysis of his philosophical perspective taking into account his views on scientific realism and democratic society. The contributors to the volume focus on four different aspects of Kitcher’s thought: the evolution of his philosophy, his present views on scientific realism, the epistemological analysis of his modest (“real” or “piecemeal”) realism, and his conception of scientific practice. In the final chapter, the philosopher replies to his critics. The volume will be of interest to philosophers as well as anyone interested in the relation between science and society.Table of ContentsWenceslao J. Gonzalez: Foreword The Evolution of Kitcher’s Philosophy Wenceslao J. Gonzalez: From Mathematics to Social Concern about Science: Kitcher’s Philosophical Approach Philip Kitcher: Science in a Democratic Society Inmaculada Perdomo: The Characterization of Epistemology in Philip Kitcher: A Critical Reflection from New Empiricism Scientific Realism in Kitcher’s Present Approach Antonio Diéguez: Kitcher’s Modest Realism: The Reconceptualization of Scientific Objectivity Philip Kitcher: Scientific Realism: The Truth in Pragmatism Epistemological Analysis of Kitcher’s Realism Philip Kitcher: Real Realism: The Galilean Strategy Valeriano Iranzo: Inductivist Strategies for Scientific Realism Mauricio Suárez: Scientific Realism, the Galilean Strategy, and Representation Methodological Analysis of Scientific Practice Jesús Alcolea: Kitcher’s Naturalistic Epistemology and Methodology of Mathematics Antonio Bereijo: The Category of “Applied Science”: An Analysis of Its Justification from “Information Science” as Design Science The Philosopher Replies Philip Kitcher: Second Thoughts Name Index Subject Index
£141.94