Democracy Books
Editorial Trotta, S.A. Democracia y pobreza
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Aarhus University Press Developing Democracies: Democracy,
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Aarhus University Press The Democratic Public Sphere: Current Challenges
Book SynopsisEven in well-established democratic societies, the political system currently faces a crisis of civic engagement and participation. Increasingly, this lack of engagement and the accompanying erosion of institutional legitimacy result in antidemocratic, populist currents gaining ground. It is an important challenge for both the humanities and the social sciences to analyse this crisis and discuss possible answers that may contribute to strengthening the position of the democratic public sphere in the political process, thus emphasising the crucial role of civic engagement and participation in renewing democracy. The articles in this volume seek the sources for such democratic innovations in a variety of existing, less formalised practices and experiences in public space: in citizens' forums and other concrete arenas for democratic debate and participation in the media in general, including social media and other digital platforms; in social movements; and in artistic interventions in the public sphere. The volume presents selected and edited papers and keynote lectures from the international research conference The Democratic Public Sphere - Current Challenges and Prospects, which was held at Aarhus University on November 5-7, 2015. It includes contributions by keynote speakers Mark E. Warren, Nick Couldry, Donatella della Porta, and Stephen Duncombe.
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Aarhus University Press Lutheranism and the Nordic Spirit of Social
Book SynopsisOne man’s way of thinking about God has decisively shaped the political and economic rise of Nordic social democracy. 500 years ago, Martin Luther’s writings led to the Reformation in the Nordic countries, and his values and beliefs shaped more than just the church. Lutheranism is one of the most important influences on the Nordic welfare system and a general belief in social democracy. Indeed, Nordic social democracy itself can be seen as a modern form of religion, or “secular Lutheranism”.In Lutheranism and the Nordic Spirit of Social Democracy, Robert Nelson, an American observer and professor of political economy at the University of Maryland, brings a fresh perspective to the interrelated questions of religion, national identity, and governance in the Nordic world. Exploring how Lutheranism never went away as the true path to a new heaven on earth, Nelson shows how the form of Lutheran Nordic religion and culture changed radically, while its substance remained surprisingly unaltered.
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Aarhus University Press Democratisation in the Middle East: Dilemmas &
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Viella Editrice L'Italia Repubblicana. Costruzione,
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Viella The American Exceptionalism Revisited
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Peeters Publishers Trust: Cement of Democracy?
Book SynopsisThe last twenty years have witnessed the world-wide triumph of democracy. We now know that democracy is the only political system that enables us to face the challenges of modernity and of the future. But we also know that democracy is more than democratic institutions alone. Democracy must also somehow be inscribed in the hearts of the citizens. What, then, are the socio-psychological demands of democracy? There is near to unanimous agreement that trust is decisive here: democracy can only thrive in a society of citizens prepared to trust each other and acting on the belief that mutual benefits are to be expected from co-operation. Thus far research has preferred to focus on trust between private citizens or groups of private citizens. The political dimension of trust has only rarely been addressed. The present collection of historical and theoretical studies attempts to fill this lacuna. It answers the question of why and under what circumstances citizens will trust or distrust the democratic state. It also addresses a paradox of democracy: democracy needs the 'cement of trust', but trust should not be given unconditionally.
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Oxford University Press The Dispersion of Power
Book SynopsisThe Dispersion of Power is an urgent call to rethink centuries of conventional wisdom about what democracy is, why it matters, and how to make it better. Drawing from history, social science, psychology, and critical theory, it explains why elections do not and cannot realize the classic ideal of popular rule, and why prevailing strategies of democratic reform often make things worse. Instead, Bagg argues, we should see democracy as a way of protecting public power from capture-an alternative vision that is at once more realistic and more inspiring.Despite their many shortcomings, real-world elections do prevent the most extreme forms of tyranny, and are therefore indispensable. In dealing with the vast inequalities that remain, however, we cannot rely on standard solutions such as electoral reform, direct democracy, deliberation, and participatory governance. Instead, Bagg shows, protecting and enriching democracy requires addressing underlying inequalities of power directly. In part, this entails substantive policies attacking the advantages of wealthy elites. Even more crucially, deepening democracy requires the organization of oppositional, countervailing power among ordinary people. Neither task is easy, but historical precedents exist in both cases-and if democracy is to survive contemporary crises, leaders and citizens alike must find ways to revive and reinvent these essential democratic practices for the 21st century.Trade ReviewDemocrats have failed to confront the realities of power, Samuel Bagg compellingly argues, frustrating their own hopes by thinking about democracy itself the wrong way. In doing so, they have helped reproduce hierarchy rather than prioritize mechanisms to counteract the risk of state capture. Few books are both important and original in their provocation, and even fewer explore an arresting insight with the generality and specifics to make it potent. The Dispersion of Power does all of this—and more. * Samuel Moyn, Yale University *In this impressive and compelling contribution to realist democratic theory, Samuel Bagg invites us to think about the ways that the concentration of power and money radically disrupts our ideals and practices of democracy. Bagg not only reviews the weaknesses of more conventional ideals of democracy but also outlines multiple practical strategies to fight the scourge of private wealth in politics. The Dispersion of Power is an urgent and important reminder that protecting the democratic state against oligarchic capture should take priority in our efforts to save democracy in this time of peril. * Simone Chambers, University of California Irvine *One of the most important developments in recent political theory is the growth of realist accounts and defenses of democratic politics. In that exciting wave of scholarship, Samuel Bagg has written the most intellectually ambitious book. He treats the central problem of politics as the management and checking of power, not the expression of collective will. From those chastened premises he seeks to build a grand reconciliation of democratic theory with liberal protections and with radical purposes. Realism is often accused of being minimalist, conservative, or sterile. This challenging and major work sets a new standard for what it is like to put realist thought to constructive and far-reaching work. * Jacob T. Levy, McGill University *In recent years, there have been many abstract appeals for 'realism' in political theory. Samuel Bagg's excellent book demonstrates concretely how to be a realist, while holding on to democratic hopes. In an account both subtle and bracing, Bagg focuses on the dangers of concentrated power; and he shows a real path to organizing countervailing powers in order to resist capture of the state by private interests. * Jan-Werner Müller, Princeton University *Table of ContentsPart 1: Democratic Foundations 1: A Critical Realist Theory of Democracy 2: Beyond Responsive Representation 3: Beyond Participatory Inclusion Part 2: Democratic Principles 4: What is State Capture? 5: Structuring Public Power: The Liberal Demands of Democracy 6: Dispersing Private Power: The Radical Demands of Democracy 7: Resisting State Capture as a Democratic Ideal Part 3: Democratic Practices 8: The Power of the Multitude: A Realistic Defense of Elections 9: Fighting Power with Power: An Agenda for Democratic Policy 10: Organizing for Power: A Paradigm for Democratic Action
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MP-MEL Melbourne University A Liberal State How Australians Chose Liberalism
Book SynopsisThe fourth title in a landmark five-volume Australian Liberalism series, A Liberal State examines how Australians reasserted their claim to control their own lives, following decades of expanded government control over economic and social life, and intrusive wartime and post-war restrictions.
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Penguin Random House India Poles Apart
Book SynopsisIs there a predominant reason why India is not Pakistan? Many would likely point to the omnipresence of the military in the polity of the latter. While the interventionist attitude of the army in Pakistan easily explains the democratic shortfall in its history, the mirror opposite in India is rarely studied or credited.
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Princeton University Press In Our Name
Book SynopsisWhen a government in a democracy acts in our name, are we, as citizens, responsible for those acts? What if the government commits a moral crime? This book explains how citizens may be morally exposed to the failures of their representatives and state institutions, and how complicity is the professional hazard of democratic citizenship.Trade Review"Beerbohm addresses crucially important questions with philosophical insight and some imagination: When are people in a democratic system complicit in and responsible for unjust government actions and structures? What is required of citizens under unjust circumstances?"--Choice "Beerbohm's research and range are impressive; he is precise in definition and argumentation: he tests his proposed principles against a staggering variety of hypothetical situations (and the occasional real one): and he is fearless in suggesting that our current political practices may defy justification... Although other books have sought to treat the theme of citizen complicity in public wrongdoing, none approaches this one in its care, seriousness, and sophistication."--Andrew Sabl, Perspectives on Politics "[T]he book provides us with a breathtakingly expansive, and ultimately compelling, account of citizens' duties within representative government. In Our Name is a distinctive and important contribution to democratic theory."--Melissa Schwartzberg, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "Beerbohm's contribution can be considered obligatory reading for political philosophers who occupy themselves with questions related to the moral implication of citizens in policy writing and execution by their elected officials and with democratic agency in general."--Jos Leys, Ethical Perspectives "Combining wide learning with a tenacious and undogmatic focus on the problems of democratic citizenship, Beerbohm has written a book that identifies fresh solutions to some important problems and should become a key reference point for democratic theorists."--Matthew Festenstein, Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsPreface ix Introduction 1 Chapter 1- How to Value Democracy 25 Chapter 2- Paper Stones: The Ethics of Participation 51 Chapter 3- Philosophers-Citizens 82 Chapter 4- Superdeliberators 105 Chapter 5- What Is It Like to Be a Citizen? 125 Chapter 6- Democracy's Ethics of Belief 142 Chapter 7- The Division of Democratic Labor 166 Chapter 8- Representing Principles 193 Chapter 9- Democratic Complicity 226 Chapter 10- Not in My Name: Macrodemocratic Design 252 Conclusion 278 Notes 287 Bibliography 327 Index 324
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Princeton University Press Barriers to Democracy
Book SynopsisInvestigates the role of civic associations in promoting democratic attitudes and behavioral patterns in contexts that are less than democratic. This work argues that, in state-centralized environments, associations can just as easily promote civic qualities vital to authoritarian citizenship - such as support for the regime in power.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2008 Best Book Award, Comparative Democratization Section of the American Political Science Association "Jamal's field research in the Palestinian West Bank suggests that the posited correlation between civil society and democracy is not quite so straightforward...These sobering findings need not cause those Arabs and outsiders seeking a democratic opening to give up on civil society. They should, however remind both the scholar seeking to understand and the reformer working to change of the need to appreciate how things actually work."--L. Carl Brown, Foreign Affairs "In the current study, Jamal emphasizes comparisons of associational life in the West with the Arab states. Accepted wisdom links associational life to the growth and maintenance of a healthy democracy. But the author's extensive fieldwork has uncovered a challenge to this conventional linkage, showing that associational life can be used to prop up undemocratic states. This is an important and timely insight."--M. Slann, Choice "Jamal's book ... is an excellent contribution to the literature on democracy and associational life and it serves as an important assessment of the impact of social capital on democratic life."--Donald G. Ellis, Ph.D., ASMEA (Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa) "Jamal's work ... deserve[s] attention from all of those who are concerned about the troubling quality of politics in the Arab world... Those engaged in democracy promotion, in particular, should read this volume closely and heed its lessons about the uneasy relationship between civil society and democracy in the Arab world."--Steven Heydemann, Middle East Journal "Amaney Jamal's volume is a welcome addition to the literature on democracy outside Europe and Latin America... A reading of this book will help, by beginning the process of disassembling the various disciplines' multifarious and misleading Orientalist 'idees recues'."--Roger Heacock, International AffairsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Preface xi Note to the Reader xiii Chapter One: Introduction: Democratic Outcomes and Associational Life 1 Associations in Western Democratic Contexts 3 Associational Life in Palestine 10 The Associational Puzzle 13 Clientelism and Patronage 14 Chapter Two: Associational Life in the Centralized Authoritarian Context of the West Bank 21 The Failure of Oslo, PNA Corruption, and Democracy 22 Political Contextual Difference and Associational Life 25 The Polarization of Associational Life in the West Bank: Historical Overview 26 Palestinian Political and Civil Life under Occupation 31 Associational Life Post-Oslo 36 Corruption, Patronage, Clientelism, and the PNA 41 The PNA and the PLC 43 Rule of Law, the Judiciary, and the PNA 45 Associational Life and PNA Corruption 47 Conclusion 49 Chapter Three: The Polarization of Palestinian Associational Life 50 The Palestinian Associational Terrain 51 Factionalism 58 The Peace Process with Israel and the Realities Associated with Oslo 61 Donor Monies 66 Conclusion 74 Chapter Four: Trust, Engagement, and Democracy 77 The Polarization of Palestinian Civil Society 79 Association Membership and Support for the PNA 83 Examining Interpersonal Trust and Civic Engagement 85 The Associational Landscape 89 A Note on Self-selection and Causality 93 Conclusion 94 Chapter Five: Beyond Palestine: Morocco, Jordan, and Egypt 96 Trust and Associational Life in Morocco 98 Consolidating the Moroccan Monarchy: A Historical Overview 101 Solidifying Authoritarianism or Political Liberalization 104 Historical Patterns: The Evolution of Associational Life 107 Associations and the Regime 109 Political Parties and the Moroccan Regime 111 The Media 113 Civic Attitudes and Associational Realities in Morocco 115 Beyond Palestine and Morocco: Jordan and Egypt 115 Associational Life in Jordan and Egypt 119 Civil Society and Polarization 121 Conclusion 125 Chapter Six: Conclusion:Toward a Theory of Democratic Citizenship in State-Centralized Nations 127 Interpersonal Trust and Associational Realities in the West Bank 127 Civic Engagement, Support for Democratic Institutions, and Associational Realities in the West Bank 131 Civic Engagement and Interpersonal Trust among Association Members 133 The Art of Association 135 A Note about Democratization 137 Appendixes 139 Appendix A: Survey Questions and Coding of Association Members 141 Appendix B: Survey Questions and Coding of General Palestinian Population 147 Appendix C: Survey Questions and Coding of General Moroccan Population (World Values Survey Questions) 150 Bibliography 153 Index 165
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Princeton University Press In Our Name
Book SynopsisWhen a government in a democracy acts in our name, are we, as citizens, responsible for those acts? What if the government commits a moral crime? The protestor's slogan--Not in our name!--testifies to the need to separate ourselves from the wrongs of our leaders. Yet the idea that individual citizens might bear a special responsibility for politiTrade Review"Beerbohm addresses crucially important questions with philosophical insight and some imagination: When are people in a democratic system complicit in and responsible for unjust government actions and structures? What is required of citizens under unjust circumstances?"--Choice "Beerbohm's research and range are impressive; he is precise in definition and argumentation: he tests his proposed principles against a staggering variety of hypothetical situations (and the occasional real one): and he is fearless in suggesting that our current political practices may defy justification... Although other books have sought to treat the theme of citizen complicity in public wrongdoing, none approaches this one in its care, seriousness, and sophistication."--Andrew Sabl, Perspectives on Politics "[T]he book provides us with a breathtakingly expansive, and ultimately compelling, account of citizens' duties within representative government. In Our Name is a distinctive and important contribution to democratic theory."--Melissa Schwartzberg, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "Beerbohm's contribution can be considered obligatory reading for political philosophers who occupy themselves with questions related to the moral implication of citizens in policy writing and execution by their elected officials and with democratic agency in general."--Jos Leys, Ethical Perspectives "Combining wide learning with a tenacious and undogmatic focus on the problems of democratic citizenship, Beerbohm has written a book that identifies fresh solutions to some important problems and should become a key reference point for democratic theorists."--Matthew Festenstein, Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsPreface ix Introduction 1 Chapter 1- How to Value Democracy 25 Chapter 2- Paper Stones: The Ethics of Participation 51 Chapter 3- Philosophers-Citizens 82 Chapter 4- Superdeliberators 105 Chapter 5- What Is It Like to Be a Citizen? 125 Chapter 6- Democracy's Ethics of Belief 142 Chapter 7- The Division of Democratic Labor 166 Chapter 8- Representing Principles 193 Chapter 9- Democratic Complicity 226 Chapter 10- Not in My Name: Macrodemocratic Design 252 Conclusion 278 Notes 287 Bibliography 327 Index 324
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The Eclipse of the Demos The Cold War and the
Book SynopsisAs populism presaging authoritarianism surges worldwide and political rights and civil liberties erode, pundits, politicians, and political scientists agree: democracy is in crisis. But where many blame the rise of neoliberalism, Kyong-Min Son suggests that a longer historical perspective is in order.Trade ReviewThe Eclipse of the Demos offers a striking account of the current fate of democracy in the North Atlantic world and puts paid to presentist accounts of neoliberalism and right-wing ascendance. By focusing on the distinctive contours of Cold War democratic theory and practice, the book sheds light on the historical trajectory of liberal democracy and how it relates both historically and conceptually to neoliberalism, while carefully contextualizing current modalities of democratic disaffiliation. Written with audacity and erudition, Son's book constitutes an important contribution to an accurate and sober understanding of the current travails of democracy." - Antonio Y. Vázquez-Arroyo, author of Political Responsibility: Responding to Predicaments of Power"The critique of democracy by neoliberal thinkers like F. A. Hayek is often treated as a scandal, a basic sin against the ideology of the free society. Yet Kyong-Min Son's illuminating book shows that skepticism about democracy ran down the mainstream of scholarly conversation after 1945. There was no Golden Age. To understand the challenge to democracy posed by neoliberalism, we must reckon with the entire postwar period." - Quinn Slobodian, author of Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism
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MB - Cornell University Press Stalled Democracy
Book SynopsisIn this ambitious book Eva Bellin examines the dynamics of democratization in late-developing countries where the process has stalled. Bellin focuses on the pivotal role of social forces and particularly the reluctance of capital and labor to champion democratic transition, contrary to the expectations of political economists versed in earlier transitions. Bellin argues that the special conditions of late development, most notably the political paradoxes created by state sponsorship, fatally limit class commitment to democracy. In many developing countries, she contends, those who are empowered by capitalist industrialization become the allies of authoritarianism rather than the agents of democratic reform.Bellin generates her propositions from close study of a singular case of stalled democracy: Tunisia. Capital and labor''s complicity in authoritarian relapse in that country poses a puzzle. The author''s explanation of that case is made more general through comparison with Trade ReviewBellin's explicitly comparative, cross-national framework offers readily generalizable findings. * Perspectives on Politics *In a detailed study of Tunisia, Bellin finds that some governmental development schemes that explicitly encourage the private sector can better enable private capital and labor to defend their interests.... It contributes to our understanding of the relationship between development and democratization throughout the world. * Foreign Affairs *This is a smart, elegantly written book rich in empirical detail and theoretical argument. * International Journal of Middle East Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Genesis of the Private Sector in Tunisia: The Logic of State Sponsorship2. The Developmental Paradox: Capital's Emergent Power and Autonomy3. A Checkered Alliance: State Sponsorship of Labor4. Influence under Constraint: The Trajectory of Labor's Power and Autonomy5. Capital and Labor: Agents of Democratization?6. Stalled Democracy in Comparative PerspectiveAppendix 1: Comparative Wage Rates in Forty-one Countries, 1990Appendix 2: Number of Strikes in Tunisia, 1970–1994Appendix 3: Organizational Structure of the Union Générale de Travailleurs TunisiensAppendix 4: Membership Numbers in the Union Générale de Travailleurs TunisiensNotes References Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Course of American Democracy 18331845
Book SynopsisThe third volume covers Jackson's reelection to the presidency and the weighty issues with which he was faced: the nullification crisis, the tragic removal of the Indians beyond the Mississippi River, the mounting violence throughout the country over slavery, and the tortuous efforts to win the annexation of Texas.Trade ReviewIf courage is required in a biographer of Andrew Jackson, there is, at least, no shortage of literary battles where that bravery can by displayed. Professor Remini deserves his campaign medals.—Peter Marshall, Times Literary SupplementJackson's significance in American political and social history is enormous. His larger-than-life personality and equally heroic convictions and prejudices changed the Presidency and the character of American political parties . . . [Remini] has produced a wonderful portrait, rich in detail, of a fascinating and important man and an authoritative . . . account of his role in American history.—John A. Garraty, New York Times Book ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsPrefaceChronology of Jackson's Life, 1833-18451. Jacksonian America2. "Nullification...Means Insurrection and War"2. The Union Preserved4. Reshuffling the Cabinet5. "The Grand Triumphal Tour"6. Duane's Dismissal7. Panic!8. Jackson's "Revolution"9. The Rise of the Whig Party10. Censure and Portest11. "The Bank Is Dead"12. The Hermitage Fire13. The Most Dangerous Moment14. "Permit Nothing That Is Wrong"15. "No Apology"16. Democratizing the Government17. A Question of Freedom18. "The Republic Has Degenerated into a Democracy"19. "To Demand the Respect of All Europe"20. Twilight of the Indians21. "A Bomb Thrown Without Warning"22. Jacksonian Democrazy23. Texas24. Jackson Triumphant25. Life in the White House26. Farewell27. "Well Done Thou Faithful Servant"28. to Join the Church29. Silver Jubilee30. Beaten But Not Conquered31. A Fading Taper32. "We Must Regain Texas"33. "We Will All Meet in Heaven"NotesBiblioography
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MP-OKL Uni of Oklahoma The Democratic Century
Book SynopsisWhere and why was democracy successful in the twentieth century? In The Democratic Century, Seymour Martin Lipset and Jason Lakin combine social, cultural, economic, and institutional analyses to explain why democracy has succeeded in some countries and failed in others.
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Palgrave MacMillan Us Identity Citizenship and Violence in Two Sudans
Book SynopsisThe 2011 split of Sudan and the conflicts that have followed make it a case of ongoing significance for understanding state-building in Africa. Examining both the north-south divide and the spread of violence from Darfur, this study shows how colonial legacies have shaped state formation and charts out a path to inclusive citizenship and democracy.Table of Contents1. Citizenship, Identity, and the State: The Theoretical Interface 2. The Burden of History: Slavery and Colonialism 3. The Curse of Exclusive Nationalism: National Identity and Citizenship 4. The Rise of Protest Movements in Southern Sudan and Darfur 5. Reimagining a Common Future for Two Sudans
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Bloomsbury USA 3pl The Spear the Scroll and the Pebble
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book makes a convincing case for the primacy of education and literacy in the ancient Greek world across the whole of society. It revolutionizes our understanding of the impact this literacy had on the development of government structures and daily life. -- Gil Davis, Associate Professor in Archaeology, Australian Catholic University, AustraliaTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: The Origin and Early Development of the City-State Chapter 2: Economic Growth: A Necessary Condition for the City-State Chapter 3: The Spear: Warfare and the City-State Chapter 4: The Pebble: Collective Decision Making and the City-State Chapter 5. The Scroll: Literacy and the City-State Conclusion: The Literate Citizen Appendix 1: Aristotle’s Politeiai Appendix 2: Colonies and Metropoleis Notes Bibliography Index
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Edinburgh University Press Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies
Book SynopsisExplores how legitimacy should be treated in countries where authoritarian alternatives to democracy lack credibility
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University of Toronto Press The Capacity To Judge
Book SynopsisBy the mid-nineteenth-century, 'public opinion' emerged as a new form of authority in Upper Canada. Contemporaries came to believe that the best answer to common questions arose from deliberation among private individuals. Older conceptions of government, sociability and the relationship between knowledge and power were jettisoned for a new image of Upper Canada as a deliberative democracy.The Capacity to Judge asks what made widespread public debate about common issues possible; why it came to be seen as desirable, even essential; and how it was integrated into Upper Canada's constitutional and social self-image. Drawing on an international body of literature indebted to Jürgen Habermas and based on extensive research in period newspapers, Jeffrey L. McNairn argues that voluntary associations and the press created a reading public capable of reasoning on matters of state, and that the dynamics of political conflict invested that public with final authority. He trace
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Not Stated UnTrumping America
Book Synopsis From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Yes We (Still) Can and cohost of Pod Save America, a sharp political playbook for how Democrats can take on the right-wing circus dominating American politics. There is nothing more important than beating Donald Trump in 2020, but defeating Trump is just the start of this timely book. Un-Trumping America offers readers three critical insights: first, Trump is not an aberration, but rather the logical extension of the modern Republican Party; second, how Democrats can defeat Trump in 2020; and third, preventing the likes of Trump from ever happening again with a plan to fix democracy.While the catalog of the president's crimes is long and growing, undoing Trumpism—the political platform of racism, authoritarianism, and plutocracy that gave rise to Trump and defines the Republican Party—is a long and continuing fight. Through a craven, cynical strategy e
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Experiment The Shortest History of Greece: The Odyssey of a
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H.W. Wilson Publishing Co. Democracy Evolving
Book SynopsisThis volume takes a closer look at America's evolving ideas about the nature and value of the democratic system. A select collection of primary and secondary sources provide viewpoints and arguments on the issue of democracy's past, present, and future, and will cover issues like the rise and fall of American socialism, the evolution of patriotism, and views on how America's political system embodies and fails to embody democratic ideals.
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Henry Holt & Company Inc Where Have All the Democrats Gone
Book SynopsisA Wall Street Journal best political book of 2023A much-needed wake-up call for the Democrats, which reveals how the party has lost sight of its core principles and endangered its political futurefrom the authors of one of the most influential political books of the 21st century (The New York Times)For decades, American politics has been plagued by a breakdown between the Democratic and Republican parties, in which victory has inevitably led to defeat and vice versa. Both parties have lost sight of the people at the center of the American electorate, leading to polarization and paralysis. In Where Have All the Democrats Gone?, John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira reveal the tectonic changes shaping the country's current political landscape that both pundits and political scientists have missed.The Democratic Party, once the preserve of small towns as well as big cities and of the industrial working class and the newly immigrated, has aba
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University of Calgary Press Protest and Democracy
Book SynopsisIn 2011, political protests sprang up across the world. In the Middle East, Europe, Latin America, the United States unlikely people sparked or led massive protest campaigns from the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street. These protests were made up of educated and precariously employed young people who challenged the legitimacy of their political leaders, exposed a failure of representation, and expressed their dissatisfaction with their place in the aftermath of financial and economic crisis. This book interrogates what impacts, if any, this global protest cycle had on politics and policy and shows the sometimes unintended ways it continues to influence contemporary political dynamics throughout the world. Proposing a new framework of analysis that calls attention to the content and claims of protests, their global connections, and the responsiveness of political institutions to protest demands, this is one of the few books that not only asks how protest movements are formed but also provides an in-depth examination of what protest movements can accomplish. With contributions examining the political consequences of protest, the roles of social media and the internet in protest organization, left- and right-wing movements in the United States, Chile's student movements, the Arab Uprisings, and much more this collection is essential reading for all those interested in the power of protest to shape our world.Table of Contents List of Tables and Figures Abbreviations Acknowledgements Part I: Concepts and Explanations The Political Consequences of Protest MoisÉs Arce and Roberta Rice How Do We Explain Protest? Social Science, Grievances, and the Puzzle of Collective Action Erica S. Simmons Part II: Mechanisms and Processes Transnational Protest: 'Going Global' in the Current Protest Cycle against Economic Globalization Jeffrey Ayres and Laura Macdonald Collective Action in the Information Age: How Social Media Shapes the Character and Success of Protests Jennifer M. Larson Schools for Democracy? The Role of NGOs in Protests in Democracies in the Global South Carew E. Boulding Part III: Cases and Consequences The Ebbing and Flowing of Political Opportunity Structures: Revolution, Counter-Revolution, and the Arab Uprisings Paul Kingston 'You Taught Us to Give an Opinion, Now Learn How to Listen:' The Manifold Political Consequences of Chile's Student Movement Sofia Donoso and NicolÁs M. Somma Protest Cycles in the United States: From the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street to Sanders and Trump Ted Goertzel Conclusions Re-Thinking Protest Impacts MoisÉs Arce, Roberta Rice, and Eduardo Silva Index
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Anthem Press Strategic Thinking and Decision Making
Book SynopsisThis book contains fifteen chapters organized thematically around key themes but in a non-cumulative way. This means readers can randomly sample topics and sections of the book or dive into a single essay covering one specific issue in more detail (such as biases, mistakes, strategy, foresight, talent or teams). Either way, readers can assess if they agree with the approaches offered or perhaps favor different perspectives. If the latter, they may wish to discuss the issues with some colleagues informally during a break or examine the case more formally in team building exercises to raise the organization?s strategic IQ.Sampling the collected sub-sections and chapters (whether in small bites or as one read-through) will help managers refine their own approaches to strategic thinking and leadership. Also, it will help align them better with colleagues or partners who come from different backgrounds, functional responsibilities or cultural orientations. It will soon become apparent to readers that the overall approach to business problems presented is very much behavioral. This means that each essay or case starts by identifying important management problems in some realistic business settings. Before offering any conceptual perspectives or prescriptive advice, each essay seeks to better understand the behavioral context of the problems addressed.This varied case approach seeks to provide practical insights, tips or even full solutions, but not until the essence of the problem and its broader organizational and cultural settings are sufficiently understood. Offering prescriptions without first getting well-grounded behavioual descriptions tend to result in failed interventions. Normative advice that is drawn from text books rather than real slices of life often amount to boxing with shadows on the wall rather than solving the real issues. As such, this book aims to illustrate for managers and leaders how to frame thorny management issues by (i) clearly defining a distinct business problem, (ii) viewing it through multiple lenses and (iii) creatively exploring pragmatic solutions for the short and long runs. This book covers a wide range of managerial problems that leaders may encounter in business, often in unexpected or incomplete ways. Varied essays depict complex situations that organisational leaders encountered and had to resolve. The leadership challenge is to develop meta-skills for thinking strategically about them and then make sound business decisions in the face of uncertainty. Leaders usually confront opportunities and challenges in muddled fashions and their main task is to size them up properly and respond with creativity and wisdom. These leadership challenges require integrative thinking and creative problem solving skills of a kind that is nurtured through hard won experience in the trenches. The kaleidoscopic flavor of this collection of essays reflects a holistic and realistic view of leadership in varied situations that call for innovative strategic thinking, reflective problem reframing, and smart decision making alone and in teams.
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Liverpool University Press Media Politics and Democracy in Palestine:
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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James Currey The Crisis of Democratization in the Greater Horn
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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Unisa Press The Road to Democracy in South Africa, Volume 4
Book SynopsisVolume 4 in the series focuses on the 1980s and 'further fortifies the intellectual traditions set by the earlier volumes'. Included in the volume are chapters by Bernard Magubane on the apartheid state; Sifiso Ndlovu on the ANC and negotiations; Bhekizizwe Peterson on the the arts; Zine Magubane on women's struggles; Gregory Houston on the ANC's underground and armed struggle; Thami ka Plaatje on the PAC; Mbulelo Mzamane and Brown Maaba on the BMC and AZAPO; Eddy Maloka on the SACP; Christopher Saunders on the above-the-ground struggles conducted by white activists; and Jabulani Sithole on the trade union movement.
£31.30
Liverpool University Press Russia's Transition to Democracy: An Internal
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Liverpool University Press Human Rights and Religion: A Reader
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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Liverpool University Press Human Rights and Religion: A Reader
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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University of Westminster Press The Commons: Economic Alternatives in the
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de Gruyter Turning Points
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de Gruyter Democracy in Latin America
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Duncker & Humblot GmbH Gebundene Kontrolle
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Handbuch der deutschen Parteien
Book SynopsisDas Handbuch der deutschen Parteien schließt eine Lücke in der Parteienliteratur. Erstmals wieder werden alle wichtigen Parteien in der jüngeren Geschichte und Gegenwart der Bundesrepublik, insgesamt 106, umfassend und systematisch in einem Band behandelt. Neben die Porträts der einzelnen Parteien treten Beiträge, die die Einzeldarstellungen in einen größeren Zusammenhang einordnen. Für die dritte Auflage wurde das Handbuch grundlegend erweitert und aktualisiert.Trade Review“... hauptsächlich für angehende Politologen und politisch Interessierte ... Auch der eifrigste online-Nutzer unter den angehenden Politologen und Zeithistorikern wird nicht an diesem Nachschlagewerk vorbeikommen, wenn er auf solider Grundlage arbeiten will ...” (Jürgen Frölich, in: Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit, freiheit.org, 16. Januar 2019)Table of ContentsParteiendemokratie im Wandel.- Zur Typologie der politischen Parteien.- Rechtliche Grundlagen der Parteiendemokratie.- Die Entwicklung des bundesdeutschen Parteiensystems.- Koalitionspolitik.- Lexikalischer Teil: Die Parteien von A – Z
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Amsterdam University Press Dynamics of Democracy in Timor-Leste: The Birth
Book SynopsisThe Indonesian province of Timor-Leste made international news when it decided to break away from Indonesia in 1999. The decision sparked deadly rampages by pro-integrationist militias, violence that only abated when the UN sent a force to maintain peace and help ease the way to actual independence. This book details the political history of Timor-Leste, both preceding and following the declaration of independence, and it uses the events, consequences, and lessons of that period to help us understand what to expect for similar experiments in democracy building elsewhere in the world.Trade Review"Given that the next general elections in Timor-Leste will take place in 2017, this extremely interesting book is a timely and valuable analysis of the state of the polity that will be re-assessed by the people on this occasion. It is a work of knowledge, insight and analysis in which the author demonstrates a passion for his subject ... Every one inside and outside of Timor-Leste who has thought about and cares for democracy as a universal but threatened concept will learn from this book." - Guy Cumes, International Quarterly for Asian Studies, Vol. 47. "This book will be of interest to a wide audience. For those concerned with questions of institutional design and the challenges of its implementation, the book provides a sophisticated account of semi-presidentialism and an encouraging perspective on democratic participation in newly independent states." - Douglas Kammen, National University of Singapore, in Pacific Affairs: Volume 90, No. 4 - December 2017Table of ContentsForeword: Revisiting a success story with critical eyes Chapter 1: Democracy in the 21st century: lineages and configurations of an impure concept Chapter 2: Assessing the odds: could Timor-Leste become a Democracy? Chapter 3: Constitutionalism Old and New in the ?UN Kingdom? of Timor-Leste Chapter 4: Elections in a Young Democracy: popular voice and control. Chapter 5: Semi-presidentialism with 'independent' presidents: political inclusiveness and democratic consolidation Chapter 6: Grassroots Democracy: building a decentralized state where worlds meet Epilogue: After 2012: new challenges to the consolidation of Democracy
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Amsterdam University Press Ethnicity and Democracy in the Eastern Himalayan
Book SynopsisThis book presents a close look at the growth, success, and proliferation of ethnic politics on the peripheries of modern South Asia, built around a case study of the Nepal ethnic group that lives in the borderlands of Sikkim, Darjeeling, and east Nepal. Grounded in historical and ethnographic research, it critically examines the relationship between culture and politics in a geographical space that is home to a diverse range of ethnic identities, showing how new modes of political representation, cultural activism, and everyday politics have emerged from the region.Trade Review"The strength of this book is that it gives a clear understanding of the main debates and questions concerning a number of points on ethnicity and its construction in the region ... [It is] both intellectually fulfilling and displays a sound theoretical basis." - Mélanie Vandenhelsken, newbooks.asia, Summer 2020 "[This book] provides a valuable introduction to ethnic politics in the Himalayan borderland, suitable to students and policy makers alike. As the questions outlined in this review indicate, there are a number of fruitful pathways leading out from the book. Given the thick engagement with the area that Chettri’s work displays, we can only look forward to her future publications." - Rune Bennike, University of Copenhagen, Pacific Affairs, 91.3, October 2018Table of ContentsIntroduction: Ethnic Identity and Politics in the Eastern Himalaya Why Study the Eastern Himalayan Borderland? Studying the Eastern Himalayan Borderland Facilitating Ethnic Politics 1. Locating the Nepali in the Eastern Himalaya Becoming Nepali: Colonial History and Ethnic Group Formation Going to Muglan: Emigration from the Kingdom of Gorkha to India Language and Ethnic Group Formation Homogenization of the Nepalis and its Impact on Identity Formation 1.1 Identifying the Nepalis of the Eastern Himalaya Gorkhaland: Homeland for the Indian-Nepalis Deconstructing the Nepalis in Sikkim Re-Claiming Limbuwan 2. The Ethnic Worldview: Framing Existential Grievances Limbus of Eastern Nepal and the Politics of 'Jati and Nose' Discriminating Against the Sons of the Soil: The Gorkhas of Darjeeling Fostering Culture of Dependency in Sikkim 3. Ethnic Identity as Political Identity The Political Resilience of the Brave Gorkha Neither Mongol nor Kirat: Asserting the Limbu Identity Claiming Exclusive Identities in Sikkim 4. Manifestations of Ethnic Politics The Dress Code: Looking Like a Gorkha Becoming a Tribe in Sikkim Limbus as the Embodiment of the Indigenous Discourse 5. Constructing Democracy Emergence of a New Patronage Structure The New Elites Expressing Agency Through Ethnic Politics Regional Interpretation of Democracy 6. Being Nepali Across Borders Of Ethnic Politics and democratic Cultures Ethnic Politics as People's Politics
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ISEAS Democracy in Indonesia: From Stagnation to
Book SynopsisIndonesia has long been hailed as a rare case of democratic transition and persistence in an era of global democratic setbacks. But as the country enters its third decade of democracy, such laudatory assessments have become increasingly untenable. The stagnation that characterized Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s second presidential term has given way to a more far-reaching pattern of democratic regression under his successor, Joko Widodo. This volume is the first comprehensive study of Indonesia’s contemporary democratic decline. Its contributors identify, explain and debate the signs of regression, including arbitrary state crackdowns on freedom of speech and organization, the rise of vigilantism, deepening political polarization, populist mobilization, the dysfunction of key democratic institutions, and the erosion of checks and balances on executive power. They ask why Indonesia, until recently considered a beacon of democratic exceptionalism, increasingly conforms to the global pattern of democracy in retreat.
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ISEAS The Bersih Movement and Democratisation in
Book SynopsisBeginning in 2005 as a small electoral reform committee, the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections – or Bersih – soon became Malaysia’s most prominent social movement, mobilising five mass demonstrations on the streets of Kuala Lumpur and other cities at home and abroad, and becoming a prominent voice not only for electoral form, but against corruption and authoritarianism. Based on participant observation and first-hand interviews with key actors, this is the first academic book that looks at how Bersih operated within an authoritarian system that turned into a movement that aggregated the collective grievance of Malaysians and enabled Malaysian socio-political activism to force the government to concede to elements of electoral reform. Engaging with social movement theory, the author locates Bersih at the centre of the movement for democracy in Malaysia, thus creating a platform for citizen participation and mobilisation that helped form the basis of a new democratic ethos. Along the way, she notes the way in which Bersih evolved out of earlier civil society activism and the Reformasi movement to place political protest and popular mobilisation as important forces in Malaysian politics. This book makes a major contribution to the scholarly work on social movement theories in the Southeast Asian context, and to the growing literature on social movements and democratisations.
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ISEAS How Generation Z Galvanized a Revolutionary
Book SynopsisOn 1 February 2021, under the command of General Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar's military initiated a coup, apparently drawing to a close Myanmar's ten-year experiment with democratic rule. State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint were arrested along with other elected officials.Mass protests against the coup ensued, led by Gen Z youths who shaped a values-based democratic revolutionary movement that in character is anti-military regime, anti-China influence, anti-authoritarian, anti-racist, and anti-sexist. Women and minorities have been at the forefront, organizing protests, shaping campaigns, and engaging sectors of society that in the past had been relegated to the periphery of national politics. The protests were broadcast to local and international audiences through social media.Simultaneously, a civil disobedience movement (CDM) arose in the shape of a massive strike mostly led by civil servants. CDM is non-violent and acephalous, a broad "society against the state" movement too large and diffuse for the military to target and dismantle. Semi-autonomous administrative zones in the name of Pa-a-pha or civil administrative organizations emerged out of spontaneously organized neighbourhood watches at the ward and village levels, effectively forming a parallel governance system to the military state.Anti-coup protests moved decisively away from calls for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other elected political leaders, or for a return to democracy under the 2008 constitution. Instead, it evolved towards greater inclusivity of all Myanmar peoples in pursuit of a more robust federal democracy. A group of fifteen elected parliamentarians, representing the ideals of Gen Z youths, formed a shadow government called the Committee Representing the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) on 5 February 2021. On 1 March the CRPH declared the military governing body, the State Administrative Council (SAC), a "terrorist group", and on 31 March, it declared the military's 2008 constitution abolished.Gen Z's protests have accomplished what has been elusive to prior generations of anti-regime movements and uprisings. They have severed the Bamar Buddhist nationalist narrative that has gripped state society relations and the military's ideological control over the political landscape, substituting for it an inclusive democratic ideology.
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ISEAS Centre-Periphery Relations in Myanmar: Leverage
Book SynopsisIn the context of Myanmar's ethnic diversity, ethnic armed organizations may play a key role in harmonizing responses to the coup. Redressing the grievances of non-Bamar groups is crucial to ensuring national and regional stability. Conversely, strategies that mistakenly assume national unity will lead to short-term solutions may cycle back into violence and conflict.There is little evidence that the Tatmadaw is willing to negotiate with ethnic armed organizations or the National Unity Government. These organizations require support in coordinating anti-coup efforts and material resources to enhance their leverage against the postcoup regime.The anti-coup movement's relationship with Myanmar's ethnic groups has moved through three broad phases: (1) diversity without coordinated demands; (2) visions of a federal future; and (3) agitating for change. The movement is at a critical juncture. Its success depends on its ability to transform existing centre-periphery relations. The role of ethnic armed organizations and civil society organizations needs to be recognized rather than sidelined in favour of the Committee Representing the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw or the National Unity Government.Previous missed opportunities for transforming centre-periphery relations are instructive for actors seeking to support the anti-coup movement. Three aspects of the anti-coup movement have historical precedents in Karen State: (1) refuge; (2) non-state social services; and (3) shared experiences of violence. In previous iterations of each, a failure in relational thinking has entrenched the centralization of power in Myanmar.
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ISEAS Indonesian Pluralities: Islam, Citizenship and
Book SynopsisThe crisis of multiculturalism in the West and the failure of the Arab uprisings in the Middle East have pushed the question of how to live peacefully within a diverse society to the forefront. Against this backdrop, Indonesia—as the largest Muslim-majority country in the world and the third-largest democracy—has taken on particular importance. Some analysts say Indonesia offers proof of the compatibility of Islam and democracy, but sceptics argue that the growing religious intolerance that has marred the country's political transition discredits this. Based on a twenty-month project carried out in several regions of Indonesia, Indonesian Pluralities shows that when assessing democracy and citizenship in Indonesia today, we must examine not only elections and official politics but also the less formal yet more pervasive processes of social recognition at work. The contributors demonstrate that in fact citizen ethics are not static discourses but living traditions that co-evolve in relation to broader patterns of politics, gender, religious resurgence and ethnicity in society. This title is only available for sale through Eurospan in Japan.
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ISEAS The Democratic Action Party in Johor: Assailing
Book SynopsisUntil approximately two decades ago, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) struggled to make inroads in Johor due to: (1) the unique historical developments in the state, which benefited its primary opponent Barisan Nasional (BN), and (2) the decentralized party structure in Johor with party branches serving as the main player responsible for grassroots mobilization and campaigning, which resulted in an underdeveloped and less cohesive state party structure. Despite Lee Kaw playing a crucial leadership role for the nascent party to take root in the state, Johor remained in the periphery during the initial decades of the party's establishment. The party managed to achieve some electoral success only in central Johor around the Kluang. The party achieved a rare breakthrough in Johor during the 1990 General Election when numerous Chinese educationalists allied with the DAP under the call of then Dong Zong chairman Lim Fong Seng. However, the national alliance frayed soon after, with the DAP losing its momentum in Johor by the next general election. Dr Boo Cheng Hau inherited the decentralized state leadership structure when he became the DAP Johor chairman in 2005. Under Dr Boo's leadership the party prioritized welfare provision and constituency services in several state constituencies, particularly Skudai (in Gelang Patah) and Bentayan (in Bakri).
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