Political parties and party platforms Books
Peter Lang AG Die Npd: Entwicklung, Ideologie Und Struktur
Book SynopsisDie NPD ist unter den rechtsaußen angesiedelten Parteien in Deutschland die am längsten existierende. Was hat dazu geführt, daß sie verschiedene Krisen überstanden hat und in jüngster Zeit sogar wieder vermehrt Zulauf erhält? Die Studie gibt ein umfassendes Bild der NPD von ihrer Gründung bis in die späten neunziger Jahre, womit eine bereits seit langem bestehende Lücke in der Forschung geschlossen wird. Auf breiter Quellenbasis wird nicht nur die Anfangszeit behandelt, als es der NPD gelang, in sieben Landtage und 1969 fast in den Bundestag einzuziehen, sondern auch die folgenden Jahrzehnte. Dabei werden insbesondere neue Einblicke in innerparteiliche Machtstrukturen und Entscheidungsabläufe gewonnen. Einen weiteren Schwerpunkt bilden die Wahlteilnahmen der NPD.
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Peter Lang AG Die Avantgarde des Dritten Reiches: Die Coburger
Book SynopsisDas Dritte Reich begann nicht überall 1933. Schon vorher gab es in Deutschland Regionen, in denen die NSDAP zur tonangebenden politischen Kraft wurde. Jedoch waren die Voraussetzungen für die Nationalsozialisten nirgends so günstig wie in der oberfränkischen Kleinstadt Coburg: 1929 eroberten sie dort die absolute Mehrheit der Stadtratssitze, stellten bald den Ersten Bürgermeister und begannen, die kommunalen Verhältnisse gleichzuschalten. In den Jahren 1929 bis 1933 entstand hier, inmitten der republikanischen Umwelt, eine nationalsozialistische Insel, in der weitgehend Entwicklungen vorweggenommen wurden, die im restlichen Deutschland erst ab 1933 einsetzten. Für Hitler war die Machteroberung seiner Coburger Parteigenossen ein Lehrstück für die von ihm intendierte Machteroberung im Reich.
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Peter Lang AG Polish Media System in a Comparative Perspective:
Book SynopsisA media system does not exist in a vacuum. It develops and grows within social, political and economic systems. They interact with and influence one another, as well as stimulate each other’s development. The main subject of this work is the dynamically evolving Polish media system, which is under the influence of institutions and external stakeholders. Thanks to this, it is easier to understand that the "crossroads" is not only a problem of the Polish media system, but a global one. For this reason, a comparative perspective is employed. Three chapters help to provide an answer to research questions dedicated to political parallelism and journalistic professionalization. The analysis would be limited and unrepresentative if the book enclosed it with one country's border, omitting the broad global, European and Centro-European context.Table of ContentsBias – Civic Platform – Comparative perspective – Democratic Left Alliance – Democratization –De-professionalization – Entrenched coverage – External pluralism – Internal pluralism –Instrumentalization – Journalistic culture – Law and Justice – MAS – Media logic – Media system – Mediatization – Media coverage – Norms – Party system – Political logic – Political parallelism – Politicization of media – Political partisanship – Polish Folk Party – Structural bias – Systemic parallelism
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Peter Lang AG Arguing About Britain and Europe in Parliamentary
Book SynopsisSince the fateful referendum in 2016, Brexit dominates British politics. This book focuses on the parliamentary discourse of the allegedly most pro-European British political party, the Liberal Democrats. Combining a political discourse analysis with a Cultural Studies perspective, it scrutinises the party leaders’ contributions to parliamentary debates on European integration regarding the arguments they advanced to justify their position from 1997–2010 and the verbal images they used to describe both Europe and Britain. The study’s results contribute to understanding the current dynamics in British politics: sending mixed messages at best, the pro-European actors failed to make a convincing and coherent case for a common European future in the past.Table of ContentsLiberal Democrats debating European integration – Britain and Europe as «Imagined Communities» – Analysis of party leaders’ speeches in the UK Parliament from 1997–2010 – Focus on Economic and Monetary Union – Foreign Policy – EU Treaties – The Common Agricultural Policy – EU Enlargement
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Peter Lang AG Coalition Governments and Development of the
Book SynopsisThis publication focuses on the characterization of the Slovak party system and its analysis from the perspective of cleavages and emerging government groups. The monograph also includes a description of the individual types of emerging government coalitions and their politological analysis on the basis of the RILE index (right-left positioning). The said index is used to specify the programmatic differences of the emerging coalition governments and the impact of the development of the party system in Slovakia on their nature in the period from 1990 to 2012. The work is focused on the development trends of the Slovak party system on the background of programmatic heterogeneity of the individual coalition groups and the overall development of the variable tensions in the party system. The categorization of the government groups is based on the positional and programmatic orientation of the parties, which was published in the framework of the international database CMP (Comparative Manifestos Project). The Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) database processes, inter alia, the data relating to the political programs of the parties within the framework of their comprehensive ideological orientation. The Center for Social Research in Berlin thus contains relevant internationally acceptable comparisons of the party systems and their development. The aim of this publication is to characterize the format and type of the party system in Slovakia, its consolidation and the resulting operational problems between the election system and party system. The aim is also to extend the analysis of the Slovak party system to the specification of positional values and programmatic orientation of the parties in Slovakia based on the internationally accepted database and the RILE criteria. The publication also contains the tables with data on the proximity of variable tensions in the party system after each parliamentary elections and the relevant quantification on the RILE scale. The RILE scale will help us assess the programmatic heterogeneity of the government coalitions also in view of the political discourse on this issue. The work will also verify the hypothesis that the programmatic convergence of the parties in the left-right spectrum creates space for the emergence and establishment of extremist and antisystemic parties in the parliamentary establishment. Table of ContentsParliamentary Elections in Slovakia (1990 – 2016) – Some Remarks on the Importance of Research into Electoral and Party Systems – Conclusion – Charts and Tables
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Peter Lang AG Political Participation Capital
Book SynopsisThe book discusses the issue of the correlation between social capital and political participation. The reader is given an extensive overview of the social capital term as well as the conventional and unconventional political participation terms including the historical conceptualization of the paradigm as well as its modern interpretations. Furthermore, the author explores the issue through empirical studies – conducted in 2017 and 2018 as a part of research grant titled 'Political Participation of Poles – New Challenges and Forms of Activity'. Through the study, the Author establishes the indicators of independent variables shaping political participation among Poles. Lastly, the author provides theoretical syntheses in the form of typology of political participation models.Table of Contentspolitical participation – social capital – empirical study – conventional and unconventional political participation
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Peter Lang AG New Political Parties in the Party System of
Book SynopsisThe main objective of this book - New Political Parties in the Party System of Poland is to analyse and investigate new political parties that were successful in the parliamentary elections of 2011, 2015 and 2019 in Poland, as well as to analyse the Polish and Czech party systems in a comparative manner. The entry of new groups into Parliament has led to significant changes in the Polish party system, sparking discussions about business parties, populism and the role of social media in election campaigns. The book includes the following political parties: Palikot Movement, Modern, Kukiz’15, Robert Biedroń’s Spring and Confederation.
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Peter Lang AG 2023 Turkish Elections in All Aspects
Book SynopsisThe book analyses contemporary political developments in Türkiye with particular focus on the changes preceding its 2023 presidential and parliamentary elections. It discusses the reasons behind the success of President Recep Tayyip Erdog˘an.Table of ContentsTurkey’s 2019 Local Elections: Latest Polls - Turkey’s 2019 Local Elections: Ak Parti Is Damaged - 2019 Istanbul Local Election Will Be Renewed - CHP’s Ekrem Imamoğlu Is Re-elected - New Political Party Initiatives in Turkey - Current Situation of Political Parties in Turkey - Early Projections for Turkey’s Presidential Election - Turkish Politics: President Erdoğan Needs A Miracle - A New Political Star in Turkey: Ekrem Imamoğlu - Turkey in Three Blocs - Could Mansur Yavaş become a Presidential Candidate? - The Changing Status of Hagia Sophia - Caliphate Discussions in Turkey - Turkish Politics in Critical Conjuncture - Key Issues for 2023 Turkish Elections - Could Turkish Elections Be Postponed? - Growing Polarization in Türkiye after the Earthquakes - Crack in the Opposition Might Secure Victory for Erdoğan - Explaining the Rise of Erdoğan from Huntington’s Perspective - Türkiye Will Hold Its Elections on May 14, 2023 - Turkey’s Boss: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu: The Opposition’s Candidate - 2023 Turkish Elections: 46 Days Left - 2023 Turkish Elections: Erdoğan Victory Is Expected - 2023 Turkish Elections: Erdoğan Clinches Victory - CHP’s Electoral Performance Over the Past Years - Erdoğan’s New Cabinet: Fresh Names But Low Hopes - What Happens in Türkiye in the Post- Election Process? - Secular Opposition Is Weak in Türkiye - Erdoğan’s Successor? - Tragedy in Gaza and the Republican Centennial - Türkiye’s Main Opposition Party Elected A New Chair: Özgür Özel - Türkiye Is Heading Toward 2024 Local Elections
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Strategien der extremen Rechten: Hintergründe -
Book SynopsisDieser Band behandelt nicht nur deskriptiv das Phänomen des Rechtsextremismus, sondern analysiert die konkreten Strategien von Akteuren und Organisationen des gesamten rechten Spektrums – ihre Grundlagen, Bedingungen und Ausprägungen auf allen Ebenen der Gesellschaft. Dabei werden bewusst unterschiedliche Perspektiven der akademischen und praktischen Auseinandersetzung mit dieser heterogenen Strömung aufgegriffen und Gegenstrategien angesprochen, die sich im Umgang mit den unterschiedlichen Teilen der extremen Rechten bewährt haben. Die aktualisierte und erweiterte Neuauflage bezieht dabei verschiedene, zum Teil sogar kontroverse Standpunkte aus Wissenschaft, Publizistik, der politischen Praxis und der Zivilgesellschaft ein. Gerade in der Vielfalt der Zugänge kristallisiert sich ein Gesamtbild heraus, das den Kern des strategischen Wirkens der extremen Rechten deutlich hervortreten lässt.Table of ContentsStrategien und Gegenstrategien aus den Bereichen: Politik/ Parteien, Recht und Verfassung, Kultur und Medien.
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Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft The Funding of Party Competition: Political
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Transcript Verlag Trouble on the Far Right: National Strategies and
Book SynopsisIn Europe, the far right is gaining momentum on the streets and in parliaments. By taking a close look at contemporary practices and strategies of far-right actors, the present volume explores this right-ward shift of European publics and politics. It assembles analyses of changing mobilization patterns and their effects on the local, national and transnational level. International experts, among them Tamir Bar-On, Liz Fekete, Matthew Kott, and Graham Macklin, scrutinize new forms of coalition building, mainstreaming and transnationalization tendencies as aspects of diversified far-right politics in Europe.Trade Review"This book contributes to the discussion about far-right movements in Europe by addressing key questions about the manifestation of the far right, new forms of mobilisation, national peculiarities,and the interaction of such movements with traditional political parties. For those seeking an overview on the subject, this book is essential reading." Marcin Roman Czubala Ostapiuk, Europa-Asia Studies, 29.01.2018 "Highly recommended, especially for those who wish to gain deeper insights into the European context of current right-wing movements beyond a focus on German-speaking regions." Ludovicus Schoenblick, zwischenzeit [German political magazine], 02.12.2016
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Transcript Verlag Racism and Resistance – How the Black Panthers
Book SynopsisEven a cursory look at U.S. society today reveals that protests against racial discrimination are by no means a thing of the past. What can we learn from past movements in order to understand the workings of racism and resistance? In this book, Franziska Meister revisits the Black Panther Party and offers a new perspective on the Party as a whole and its struggle for racial social justice. She shows how the Panthers were engaged in exposing structural racism in the U.S. and depicts them as uniquely resourceful, imaginative and subversive in the ways they challenged White Supremacy while at the same time revolutionizing both the self-conception and the public image of black people. Meister thus highlights an often marginalized aspect of the Panthers: how they sought to reach a world beyond race - by going through race. A message well worth considering in an age of "color blindness".Trade Review"A solid overview of the BPP's struggle for black equality." Rebecca Brückmann, H-Soz-Kult, 04.09.2018
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Transcript Verlag Inclusion through Exclusion – How Young Immigrant
Book SynopsisHow do young people from immigrant families become engaged in politics? Anja Schmidt-Kleinert examines the case of young Israelis who are actively engaged with the nationalist Yisra'el Beitenu party, led by the Israeli minister of defence, Avigdor Lieberman. She explores how the activists present Israeli citizenship in a way that is exclusionary to non-Jewish citizens and analyses their strategy to actively construct a sense of belonging to Israeli society or, more precisely, to the Jewish collective by (re-)producing the ethno-nationalist discourse.
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ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon The EU′s Impact on Identity Formation in East–Ce
Book SynopsisThe Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia share similar experiences in the past, and a swift post-communist integration into the originally West European communities of democratic countries, as their return to Europe. Michal Vít explores how these three countries have been influenced by the new all-European environment for their independent national development. He introduces a research framework for the analysis of national identity focusing on parliamentary political parties represented at both the national and European levels. How did these parties cope with possible misfits of their understanding of national identity? How did these tensions interplay with their new transnational European political environment? Víts study finds that, after the accession of the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia to the EU, there started a gradual decrease of identification of political parties with the European space. The extent of this estrangement was determined by these parties belonging or non-belonging to European political party families. The book provides a better understanding of current political developments in East-Central Europe and their consequences for these countries national and European politics.
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V&R unipress GmbH Virtuelle Parteiverbände: Eine Untersuchung der
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V&R unipress GmbH Die Politik der KPÖ 1945-1955: Von der
Book SynopsisThe first post-war period was the decade in which the Communist Party of Austria had the largest influence on domestic political developments. The KPÖ participated in the first government of the Second Republic as an equal partner alongside the Socialist Party of Austria and the Austrian Peoples Party. This was due to key position of the Soviet administration as well as due to its role in the antifascist resistance. In the following years, the KPÖ designed its policies between the conflicting poles of government and opposition, manoeuvring between being a constructive state party and confrontation with the two main parties. After the party abandoned government, its role changed from being a governing party to being an outsider within the Austrian party system. Now the weight of the KPÖ was determined by the Cold War: in view of the anticommunist political climate, the KPÖ was forced into isolation which was nurtured by its identification with the Soviet occupying force. From 1947 onwards, the KPÖ focussed on extra-parliamentary activities, culminating in the strike movement of September and October 1950.
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V&R unipress GmbH Transformationen des Rechtsextremismus in
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V&R Unipress Demokratie Ohne Demokraten?: Die
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Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Political Parties and the Challenge of
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Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Der Vergessene Wahler: Vom Aufstieg Und Fall Der
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Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft To Vote or Not to Vote?: Understanding the
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Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Opposition Party Behavior and Minority Government
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. LIFE AMONG THE SCORPIONS: Memoirs of a Woman in
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Deep & Deep Publications Hindu Nationalism in India: Non-conventional
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Regency Publications Political Trends: Revival of Two Party System in
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd Understanding CPI: Will the Indian Left Survive?
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Museum Tusculanum Press Right Face: Organizing the American Conservative
Book SynopsisTells the compelling story of how the American conservative movement in the two decades following World War 2 managed to move from obscurity to the centre stage of national politics. When Dwight D Eisenhower in 1952 defeated the conservative champion Robert Taft and won the Republican presidential nomination, many on the American right felt that they had become homeless within the established party system. The brand of liberalism which permeated the nation''s intellectual life had also become bipartisan political doctrine. The feeling of cultural and political ostracism triggered a quest for an independent conservative network of organizations, with the hope of either ''taking back'' the Republican Party or creating a viable alternative. The first part of Right Face recounts the often bitter struggle to define the meaning of conservatism in modem America. Part two concerns the search for influential national outlets for conservative opinion, whereas part three focuses on the movement''s actual plunge into electoral politics -- not least on its well-planned takeover of the Republican Party machinery in 1964 and the resulting presidential nomination of Senator Barry Goldwater. An epilogue attempts to trace main currents in the evolution of American conservatism since the 1960s, as well as to assess the extent to which American conservatives have managed to create the ''Counter-Establishment'' they set out to create more than half a century ago. In a sense the conservatives actually set out on two different quests: one was for intellectual respectability; the other was for political power. As this study reveals, the two goals were not always compatible. Based on extensive archival sources, RIGHT FACE provides an incisive analysis of the conservative movement and the forces that shaped it. With its blending of intellectual and organizational developments, it adds an important chapter to the history of American political culture in the 20th century.
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Museum Tusculanum Press Føreren har Ordet!.: Frits Clausen om sig selv og
Book SynopsisFøreren har ordet! Frits Clausen om sig selv og DNSAP (The Leader Has the Floor! Frits Clausen about himself and the DNSAP) contains both the autobiography and the party history that Clausen wrote during his imprisonment, a number of letters and articles from 1915-47 and also hitherto unpublished illustrations.
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NIAS Press Future Forward: The Rise and Fall of a Thai
Book SynopsisThai politics have been intensely polarized since demonstrations against the government of then prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra began in 2005. Conservatives aligned with the military and monarchy are pitted against critics of the establishment supporting a more open political order. In the election of 24 March 2019, this pattern was broken by the emergence of Future Forward, an upstart political party led by 40-year-old autoparts tycoon Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit. Although only founded a year before, and with minimal local roots, the party won 81 seats and became the third largest party in parliament. Future Forward was a rare attempt to break the flawed mold of Thai politics. Borrowing elements from such 'antiparties' as Spain's Podemos and Italy's Five Star Movement, the party used internet technologies to promote its leaders, Thanathorn and his leadership team gaining a celebrity status. It also appealed directly to voters with a national platform, rather than relying on local efforts to mobilize voters. Since the election, the party has been dissolved and its leaders banned from politics. Thanathorn and his colleagues represented an existential threat to the Thai establishment - at least in the imaginations of the elite. Their ability to capture the zeitgeist and tap into the aspirations of digital natives and millennials feeling little loyalty to older notions of Thai identity posed an immense challenge to the powers-that-be. Despite the demise of Future Forward, a significant shift in Thai politics signaled by the party's success seems to be in motion. This is the first book to examine the most interesting new force to emerge in Thai politics for two decades, one also exploring the wider dynamics of political leadership, party formation and voter behavior in a society where popular participation has been largely suppressed since the 2014 military coup. Based on exclusive interviews with party leaders and a wide range of Thai-language sources, it examines how Future Forward succeeded in mobilizing so much electoral support, whilst also arousing intense hostility from the conservative forces demanding its dissolution. Organized into three main themes - Leaders, Party, and Voters - this is a must-read study of Thai politics.
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Brill The Politics of Religion and the Rise of Social
Book SynopsisIn The Politics of Religion and the Rise of Social Catholicism in Peru (1884-1935) Ricardo Cubas Ramacciotti provides a lucid synthesis of the Catholic Church’s responses to the secularisation of the State and society whilst offering a fresh appraisal of the emergence of Social Catholicism and its contribution to social thought and development of civil society in post-independence Peru. Making use of diverse historical sources, Cubas provides a comprehensive view of a reformist yet anti-revolutionary trend within the Peruvian Church that, decades before the emergence of Liberation Theology and under divergent intellectual paradigms, developed an active agenda that addressed the new social problems of the country, including those of urban workers, and of indigenous populations.Trade Review"Ricardo Daniel Cubas Ramacciotti’s well-researched study (...) this specialized monograph establishes the Church’s indispensability to Peruvian identity as well as specific agenda items and ample bibliography for further research." - Ruth Chojnacki, De Paul University, The Catholic Historical Review 104, no 3, 2018. "(...) Cubas Ramacciotti presents a cogent analysis that elucidates new aspects of the processes of adjustment and “revival” experienced by Peruvian Catholicism during the reform of Church-state relations. Written in accessible language, The Politics of Religion and the Rise of Social Catholicism in Peru (1884-1935) promises to be compelling reading for students and graduate scholars interested in the study of secularization and the social history of the Catholic Church in Latin America." - Noah Oehri, University of Bern, Reading Religion, 17 September 2018. "This well-researched monograph helps to fill gaps in historians’ understanding of the rise of liberation theology in Peru." - Cameron D. Jones, California Pylotechnic State University, The Americas 76, March 2019.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Academic Approach and Sources 'Culture Wars' and Catholic Renewal Catholicism and Politics in Peruvianist Historiography Structure Part I. The Politics of Religion 1 Church and State: Viceregal and Early Republican Antecedents The Catholic Monarchy Enlightened Absolutism and Religious Reform Independence and Ecclesiastical Crisis The Ultramontane Church Regalism and the Liberal Challenge 2 The Secularisation Process during the Aristocratic Republic (1884–1919) The Republican Patronato Legal Status of Religious Institutes Ecclesiastial Property and Economy Civil Registry and the Sociedades de Beneficencia Pública Civil Marriage Religious Tolerance 3 Leguía's Oncenio and the Politics of Religion (1919–1930) The Political Project of the Patria Nueva Church-State Relations during the Oncenio The Militant Church 4 Catholicism and the Emergence of Mass Politics in Peru (1930–1935) Radical Parties and the Sacralisation of Politics The Unión Popular The Church, Civil Turmoil and the Constitution of 1933 Part II. The Catholic Revival 5 Bishops and the Clergy 6 Lay Associations The Sociedad Católico-Peruana The Unión Católica The First Catholic Peruvian Congress (1896) Female Associations New Catholic Associations 7 Catholicism and Culture Pre and Post-Independence Decline The Rebirth of Catholic Education The Catholic University and the Intellectual Renewal The Catholic Press Part III. Social Catholicism 8 Catholicism and the Labour Question Papal Magisterium and Social Catholicism Social Catholicism in Latin America Economic and Social Conditions in Peru Peruvian Catholic Thought and the Labour Question The Circles of Catholic Workers (ccw) The Case of the Circle of Catholic Workers of Arequipa (ccwa) 9 Ecclesiastical Indigenismo The Indigenista Debate Catholic Thought and the 'Indian Question' A Bishop, a Priest and a Layman The Rural Church Missionaries and Amazon Indians during the 'Caucho Era' Bishops and the Patronato de la Raza Indígena Conclusion Bibliography Manuscript Sources Newspaper Sources (Lima, unless Stated) Printed Primary Sources Printed Works Thesis, Dissertations, and Other Unpublished Works Index
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John Benjamins Publishing Co Voices of Supporters: Populist parties, social
Book SynopsisThis book addresses an under-researched area within populism studies: the discourse of supporters of populist parties. Taking the 2019 European elections as their case study, the authors analyse how supporters in eleven different countries construct identities and voting motivations on social media. The individual chapters comprise a range of methods to investigate data from different social media platforms, defining populism as a political strategy and/or practice, realised in discourse, that is based on a dichotomy between “the people”, who are unified by their will, and an out-group whose actions are not in the interest of the people, with a leader safeguarding the interests of the people against the out-group. The book identifies what motivates people to vote for populist parties, what role national identities and values play in those motivations, and how the social media postings of populist parties are recontextualised in supporters’ comments to serve as a voting motivation.
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Thela Thesis The Party Mandate: Election Pledges and
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Leiden University Press Regulating Political Parties: European
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Amsterdam University Press The Malaysian Islamic Party PAS 1951-2013:
Book SynopsisThe Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party PAS is the biggest opposition party in Malaysia today and one of the most prominent Islamist parties in Southeast Asia. This work recounts the historical development of PAS from 1951 to the present, and looks at how it has risen to become a political movement that is both local and transnational, tracking its rise from the Cold War to the age of the War on Terror, and its evolving ideological postures - from anti-colonialism to post-revolutionary Islamism, as the party adapted itself to the realities of the postmodern global age. PAS's long engagement with modernity and its nuanced approach to the goal of state capture is the focus of this work, as it recounts the story of the Islamist party and Malaysia by extension.Download the Table of Contents and IntroductionTrade Review'One of the major strengths of the volume is simply the huge amount of new information presented here about the historical origins of PAS, its important political leaders and personalities, and insider information regarding internal conflicts between moderates and hardliners ... Noor’s great contribution is to provide context for this new intriguing political development in contemporary Malaysia, appreciating that Islamism in Malaysia is a dynamic movement, not monolithic or unchanging.' - Trevor. W. Preston, Centennial College, Toronto, Canada, Pacific Affairs: Volume 90, No. 2 - June 2017. 'Noor's book is perhaps the most comprehensive study of Malaysia's Pan-Islamic Party to date, and as such it is a must-read not just for Malaysianists but for all interested in Islamist political parties.' -Jason Abbott, University of Louisville, South East Asia Research 23 (2), June 2015 'Noor has provided us with a beautifully-written overview of the history of PAS, from its humble beginnings as a spin-off of UMNO in the 1950s through the 13th General Election in 2013.' - Kevin W. Fogg, University of Oxford, Aseasuk News no, 57 Spring 2015 'Farish's richly documented work relate the shifts in PAS's counter-hegemonic discourse and practice - passing through leftist and Malay communalist phases to various styles of Islamism - to the wider political context, both national and international. This is without a doubt the best study of PAS that has appeared to date, and at the same time a social and political history of independent Malaysia seen from the margins. It is essential reading not only for those who wish to understand Malaysian politics, but also for students of contemporary Islamist movements. PAS is one of the most important religio-political movements in the Muslim world today, comparable to the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, Pakistan's Jama'at-e Islami and Turkey's succession of Islamist parties, but with a history and character of its own. This book deserves a place beside the best studies of those better-known movements.' - Prof Martin van Bruinessen, Utrecht University
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HarperCollins India My Life in Indian Politics
Book SynopsisIn this candid account of her life, Kidwai assesses not just her own contribution to public life, but also provides an honest appraisal of the turn in fortunes of the political party she has remained a loyal member of. The reader is treated to rare glimpses into the homes, lives and the hurly-burly of election campaigns over the decades.
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HarperCollins India The Future Is Ours: The Political Promise of
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Paranjoy Guha Thakurta The Modi Myth
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Juggernaut Publication How India Votes: And What It Means (PB)
Book SynopsisDoes polarization help win elections? How have smartphones changed Indian politics? Did the Balakot strike make the difference in 2019? Why are women a distinct voting bloc in some states but not in others? Why does GDP growth have almost no impact on election outcomes? Since 2014, Pradeep Gupta and Axis My India have established themselves as India''s most accurate and trusted election forecasters. Between 2013 and 2020, the Axis My India forecast was the most accurate in 92 per cent of state and general elections. Now Gupta takes us on a journey through the art and science of elections in the world''s largest democracy. Based on years of field interviews and analysis, he gives us a masterclass provocative, entertaining and enlightening in how and why Indians choose their leaders.
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Juggernaut Publication A New India: Selected Writings 2014-19
Book Synopsis"A New India" by Arun Jaitley analyzes BJP's policies from 2014-19 like GST, demonetisation, and Kashmir. It covers end of dynastic politics, regional power struggles, and Congress party crisis, providing a comprehensive view of India's political landscape.
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Central European University Press Civil Movements in an Illiberal Regime: Political
Book SynopsisDániel Mikecz addresses in this study the tensions between oppositional civil society and party-political actors. As successive elections demonstrate the increasing confidence of the illiberal regime of Viktor Orbán, left and liberal parties of the opposition have faced a prolonged crisis in credibility. At the same time, the civil society has not been immobile, and bottom-up initiatives, social and political movements, and non-governmental organizations have gained momentum in the public sphere. The ruling power is also active in the extra-parliamentary political arena. Through national consultations, Peace Marches, and other means, Orbán’s governing Fidesz party has mobilized voters outside of election campaigns and has implemented a so-called movement governance. The study offers a vivid examination of this top-down or astroturf mobilization of the regime. Mikecz identifies the different patterns of activism and creates a coherent typology. He describes in detail each kind of activism based on opinion surveys, protest surveys and content analysis. The categorization and comprehensive exploration of civil movements provide a deep understanding of the mechanisms of illiberal postcommunist regimes.Table of ContentsList of Tables 1 Introduction 2 The Context of Activism: Civil Society and Political Participation in Hungary From Civil Society to Civil Movements The Political Opportunity Structure of the Hungarian Illiberal Regime 3 Protest and Politics after the Illiberal Turn New Waves of Protest and Political Participation after 2010 Structural Contrasts between Civil and Political Action Institutionalization Processes 4 Patterns of Activism in Hungary Civil Ethos Activism Experience-oriented, Altruistic Activism Advocacy Activism Exclusive Political Activism Populist Political Activism 5 Conclusions Bibliography Appendix Index
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Current State Of The Chinese Communist Party In
Book SynopsisThis volume discusses the changing role of the village level Chinese Communist Party secretaries in the countryside. Rural reforms since 1978, especially the dismantling of the rural commune in the early 1980s, have reshaped the social, economic and political landscapes of rural China. Economic reforms have led to gradual erosion of the power of the party secretaries, reduced their income advantages, and at the same time increased the complexity and difficulty of their tasks. The issue of incentive has emerged for talented people to remain party secretaries. The political implications, according to the author, are a gradual transformation of the nature of the CCP and its turning from a “vanguard party” to a “rearguard party” that manages things from the sidelines and in an ad hoc fashion.Table of ContentsOut of the cultural revolution; party secretaries in the countryside; the CCP through the next millennium?
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Is The People's Action Party Here To Stay?:
Book SynopsisThis book examines the staying power of the People's Action Party, a political party that has governed Singapore since June 1959. A political titan with few chinks in its armour, the party has kept winning elections under three prime ministers and Singapore is about to witness a transition to the fourth prime minister. The party's seemingly unstoppable sterling performance makes the issue of the durability of the PAP highly critical. In light of the serious weakness of the Opposition and the strong performance legitimacy of the ruling party, it is worthwhile asking the question, can the PAP stumble and fall? Addressing this question is highly relevant given that similar political parties and structures have almost all collapsed elsewhere — the Barisan Nasional as the latest casualty with its defeat in Malaysia's 2018 General Elections. With an extensive coverage on domestic and international issues, up-to-date developments on the finalisation of the PAP's 4G leadership, the Workers' Party town council saga, and the efforts to form an opposition coalition led by Tan Cheng Bock are also analysed in this book.
£99.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Is The People's Action Party Here To Stay?:
Book SynopsisThis book examines the staying power of the People's Action Party, a political party that has governed Singapore since June 1959. A political titan with few chinks in its armour, the party has kept winning elections under three prime ministers and Singapore is about to witness a transition to the fourth prime minister. The party's seemingly unstoppable sterling performance makes the issue of the durability of the PAP highly critical. In light of the serious weakness of the Opposition and the strong performance legitimacy of the ruling party, it is worthwhile asking the question, can the PAP stumble and fall? Addressing this question is highly relevant given that similar political parties and structures have almost all collapsed elsewhere — the Barisan Nasional as the latest casualty with its defeat in Malaysia's 2018 General Elections. With an extensive coverage on domestic and international issues, up-to-date developments on the finalisation of the PAP's 4G leadership, the Workers' Party town council saga, and the efforts to form an opposition coalition led by Tan Cheng Bock are also analysed in this book.
£33.25
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies The United Wa State Party: Narco-Army Or Ethnic Nationalist Party?
Book SynopsisThis monograph argues that although the United Wa State Party (UWSP) has been branded by the international community as a "narco-trafficking army," the organisation has an ethnic nationalist agenda whose aim is to build a Wa state within Burma. The UWSP is not innocent of narcotics-related crimes, but few conflict parties in Burma can claim to have clean hands. The weak capacity of the UWSP leadership has prevented it from developing a clear vision of how to develop a Wa state. Although the UWSP has promoted Wa nationalism, the population under its control is not mono-ethnic. The UWSP has implemented a ban on opium cultivation to comply with international pressure. It has called for international aid to offset the impact of the ban, but so far not enough assistance has come through. The organisation has relocated thousands of Wa villagers to the Thai border area, displacing part of the original Lahu, Akha, and Shan populations and aggravating ethnic tensions.Relations with the government remain tense, and peace has not been achieved. It is unlikely the UWSP will agree to disarm until some of its basic demands have been met. The United States has indicted eight UWSP leaders on drug trafficking charges. Thailand sees the UWSP as a security threat and accuses it of producing amphetamines. China has a better relationship with the UWSP and has given support and technical advice to the organisation. The drug trade is controlled by powerful ethnic Chinese syndicates that have no interest in conflict resolution and state building. Demonising and isolating the UWSP will make the organisation more dependent on them, and will obstruct reconciliation efforts in Burma.
£10.40
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Deepening Democracy in Indonesia?: Direct
Book SynopsisSince the fall of long-reigning President Soeharto, in 1998, Indonesia has been in an era of transition, away from an authoritarian regime, and on a quest for democracy. This quest started with decentralization laws implemented in 2001, which gave greater autonomy to the regions, and continued with the direct elections for the national and local legislatures and the President in 2004. The latest development in this democratization process is the implementation of a system for the direct election of regional leaders, which began in 2005; the first round of elections across the nation for all governors, mayors and district heads was completed in 2008. Authors of the chapters in this volume, the result of a workshop in Singapore in 2006, present data from across the archipelago for these first direct elections for local leaders and give their assessment as to how far these elections have contributed to a deepening democracy.Table of ContentsDeepening Democracy in Indonesia? Direct Elections for Local Leaders (Pilkada); Preliminary pages; 1. Indonesia and the Quest for "Democracy", by Priyambudi Sulistiyanto Maribeth Erb; 2. Pilkada Langsung: The First Step on the Long Road to a Dualistic Provincial and District Government, by Aloysius Benedictus Mboi; PART I: POLITICAL PARTIES, POLITICIAN ELITES AND THE VOTERS; 3. Political Parties in Pilkada: Some Problems for Democratic Consolidation, by Pratikno; 4. Batam's 2006 Mayoral Election: Weakened Political Parties and Intensified Power Struggle in Local Indonesia, by Nankyung Choi; 5. The Rising Importance of Personal Networks in Indonesian Local Politics: An Analysis of District Government Head Elections in South Sulawesi in 2005, by Michael Buehler; 6. Pilkada, Money Politics and the Dangers of "Informal Governance" Practices, by Syarif Hidayat; 7. Electing District Heads in Indonesia: Democratic Deepening or Elite Entrenchment?, by Jim Schiller; 8. Gender and Reform in Indonesian Politics: The Case of a Javanese Woman Bupati, by Tri Ratnawati; 9. Pilkada in Bantul District: Incumbent, Populism and the Decline of Royal Power, by Priyambudi Sulistiyanto; PART II: MEDIA AND CAMPAIGNS: COMPARING LOCAL AND NATIONAL ELECTIONS; 10. Pomp, Piety and Performance: Pilkada in Yogyakarta, 2005, by Jennifer Lindsay; 11. Assessing Media Impact on Local Elections in Indonesia, by David T Hill; PART III: CONFLICT, ETHNICITY, AND POLITICAL DIVISIONS; 12. Autonomy, Democracy, and Internal Conflict: The 2006 Gubernatorial Elections in Papua, by Marcus Mietzner; 13. Conflict and the Growth of Democracy in Manggarai District, by Maribeth Erb Wilhelmus.
£48.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd China's Political Dynamics Under Xi Jinping
Book SynopsisChina watching is anything but being boring because Chinese politics is filled with dramas almost on a daily basis. In the past three years since Xi Jinping became general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese political drama has unfolded with a lot of twists and turns.Based on a series of articles published on the Diplomat, this volume offers snapshots of different episodes of the political drama from December 2014 to January 2016, focusing mostly on the main character of the show — President Xi Jinping and serving as an appetizer for those who are hungry about Chinese elite politics.
£85.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Power Broking In The Shade: Party Finances And
Book Synopsis'The book offers a broad survey of political parties’ financing strategies in Southeast Asia.'Contemporary Southeast AsiaPolitical activities, the running of party organisations, branches and headquarters, and especially election campaigns, are becoming increasingly costly, and no party can survive without money. Political power provides access to funding from public and private sources. Political parties have become more and more like businesses, including the temptation to maximise the income and the war chests, thus opening the doors for vested interests and influence peddling. As a result, money politics is pervasive, and the public is becoming increasingly critical of it. Trust in political parties, politicians, governments, and key state institutions has fallen to unprecedented levels. In most countries in the region general and political corruption, graft, and influence peddling are all too visible for the voters, while good governance remains an ideal too often out of reach.This book, Power Broking in the Shade: Party Finances and Money Politics in Southeast Asia, provides an overview of the strategies for financial survival of the parties in the region and the importance of stable cash flows for their political success. The book fills the void of a comparative approach towards party financing that covers the whole of ASEAN and offers accessible facts and understandable analysis for anyone interested in the politics of Southeast Asia.
£66.50
NUS Press A History of the People’s Action Party, 1985-2021
Book SynopsisThe People's Action Party (PAP) of Singapore is among the longest-ruling democratically-elected political parties in the world, in power continuously since Singapore gained self-rule in 1959. Such longevity is the product of an institution that is itself dynamic and responsive. But remarkably, the story of the party as institution has not received the sustained study it deserves from either historians or political scientists. This narrative history of the PAP follows the story through decisions made by party leaders as they sought to respond to the changing demands and expectations of the Singapore electorate over a thirty-year period that saw Singapore enter the ranks of developed nations. The focus is on change in four dimensions: in the communications methods and styles the party adopted, the mechanisms it developed for managing institutional change, the sometimes vexed question of party renewal, and the evolution of economic and social policy. Drawing on internal party documents and multiple interviews with key leaders over the course of a decade, this book provides a detailed portrait of a robust political institution and establishes a distinctive new narrative of Singapore politics.
£38.69
