Parapolitics
Author : Raghavan Iyer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 34,9 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :
Against Elections
Author : David Van Reybrouck
Publisher : Random House
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 22,66 MB
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1473546990
Book Description
Whenever there are elections, the results are the same: fear-mongering, division and broken promises. Against Elections offers a new diagnosis – and an ancient remedy. 'Excellent . . . Why does our system keep electing people whose incomes, assets, interests and psychology are hugely at variance with ours? Because that is what it is designed to do' George Monbiot, Guardian 'Very persuasive . . . invigorating' Daniel Finkelstein, The Times As this ingenious book shows, the original purpose of elections was not democracy: it was to exclude the people from power by appointing an elite to govern over them. In fact, for most of its 3000-year history, democracy did not involve elections at all: members of the public were appointed to positions in government through a combination of volunteering and lottery. Based on studies and trials from around the globe, this hugely influential manifesto presents the practical case for a true democracy – one that actually works. Urgent, heretical and completely convincing, Against Elections leaves only one question to be answered: what are we waiting for? 'Riveting' Irish Examiner 'Persuasive' Financial Times 'A convincing case' Observer
True and False Democracy
Author : Nicholas Murray Butler
Publisher : New York, Macmillan 1907.
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 40,55 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Democracy
ISBN :
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Democracy and Parapolitics
Author : Frank Alan Darknell
Publisher :
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 44,8 MB
Release : 1973
Category :
ISBN :
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The Dual State
Author : Eric Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 41,25 MB
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 1317035224
Book Description
This volume presents a practical demonstration of the relevance of Carl Schmitt's thought to parapolitical studies, arguing that his constitutional theory is the one best suited to investing the ’deep state’ with intellectual and doctrinal coherence. Critiquing Schmitt’s work from a variety of intellectual perspectives, the chapters discuss current parapolitical reality within the domain of criminology, the parapolitical nature of both the dual state and the national security state corporate complex. Using the USA as a prime example of the world’s current dual or ’deep political state’, the criminogenic dimensions of the parapolitical systems of post 9/11 America are discussed. Using case studies, the dual state is examined as the causal factor of inexplicable parapolitical events within both the developed and developing world, including Sweden, Canada, Italy, Turkey, and Africa.
Democracy and Dictatorship
Author : Norberto Bobbio
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,25 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780816618132
Book Description
"In this important volume Norberto Bobbio examines some of the central themes of political theory and presents a systematic exposition of his views. With great astuteness and profound scholarship, Bobbio unfolds the elements for a general theory of politics. Bobbio's wide-ranging argument is focused on four themes: the distinction between the public and the private; the concept of civil society; differing conceptions of the state and differing ways of understanding the legitimacy of state power; and the relation between democracy and dictatorship. Bobbio's discussion draws on a wealth of theoretical and historical material, from Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes and Locke to Marx, Weber, Habermas and Foucault. By analysing the development of different languages of politics in relation to changing social and historical contexts, Bobbio deepens our understanding of the concepts we use to describe and evaluate modern political systems." --Descripción del editor.
At Home with Democracy
Author : D.L. Sheth
Publisher : Springer
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 45,50 MB
Release : 2017-12-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9811064121
Book Description
This book presents numerous discussions of specific aspects of democratic politics, showing how ‘democracy’ can be projected as a model of deliberate imperfection – a model that tolerates various loose ends in the system – and how democracy recognizes a multiplicity of possible courses open to the system at any point in time. Against this backdrop, the book carefully analyzes the lifetime work of D.L. Sheth, which, seen as a whole, offers us with a theory of Indian politics. The selection of fifteen essays has been clustered into five sections that signify the major domains of democratic politics: State, Nation, Democracy; Parapolitics of Democracy; Social Power and Democracy; Representation in Liberal Democracy; and Emerging Challenges of Democracy. These essays give a sense of the transformations and struggles that are underway in India, brought about by the dynamics of democratic politics. Each of the fifteen chapters focuses on one aspect, providing a unique analysis of the deepening of democracy in India.
The Deadlock of Democracy
Author : James MacGregor Burns
Publisher : Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 40,23 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Political parties
ISBN :
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Reclaiming Democracy
Author : Albena Azmanova
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,85 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 9781138850910
Book Description
Reclaiming Democracy argues that the managerial approach to solving curent political crises violates 'a right to politics', that is, a right that our collective life be guided by genuine politics: by discussion of and decision among alternative principles and policies. The contributors to this volume are united in their commitment to explore how and where this right can be affirmed in a way that resuscitates democracy in the wake of the crisis.
The Challenge of Democracy
Author : Kenneth Janda
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 27,16 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 9781133955771
