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Author : Barry K. Gills
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 13,51 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
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Author : Barry K. Gills
Publisher :
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 46,40 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 9781874318019
Author : Stephen Blank
Publisher :
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 10,57 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
A common thread ties together the five case studies of this book: the persistence with which the bilateral relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union continues to dominate American foreign and regional policies. These essays analyze the LIC environment in Central Asia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa.
Author : Fergus Brown-O'Byrne
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,20 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Democracy
ISBN :
Author : Barry K. Gills
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 30,49 MB
Release : 1993
Category :
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Author : Michael A. Wilkinson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,27 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Law
ISBN : 0198854757
This book uses constitutional analysis and theory to explore the transformation of Europe from the post-war era until the Euro-crisis. Authoritarian liberalism has developed over these years and, as the book suggests, is now perhaps reaching its limit. This book uses history and theory to reveal the EU's journey and highlight future challenges.
Author : William Aviles
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 26,43 MB
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0791482049
Through the lens of global capitalism theory, William Avilés examines democratization and civil-military relations in Colombia to explain how social and international forces led to the ostensibly contradictory outcome of democratic and economic reform coinciding with political repression. Focusing on the administrations in power from 1990 to the present, Avilés argues that the reduction in the institutional powers of the military within the state reflected changes in the structure of the global economy, the emergence of globalizing technocrats and politicians, and shifts in U.S. foreign policy strategies toward "democracy promotion." These same factors explain Colombia's establishment of a low-intensity democracy—a structure of elite rule in which the strategies of coercion (state and para-state repression) and consensus (competitive elections, civilian control over the military) maintain control and legitimacy. In the age of capitalist globalization, a low-intensity democracy is most concomitant with neoliberalism, establishing the political and economic environment most suitable to the investments of transnational corporations.
Author : Eduardo Canel
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 33,63 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0271037334
The transition to democracy underway in Latin America since the 1980s has recently witnessed a resurgence of interest in experimenting with new forms of local governance emphasizing more participation by ordinary citizens. The hope is both to foster the spread of democracy and to improve equity in the distribution of resources. While participatory budgeting has been a favorite topic of many scholars studying this new phenomenon, there are many other types of ongoing experiments. In Barrio Democracy in Latin America, Eduardo Canel focuses our attention on the innovative participatory programs launched by the leftist government in Montevideo, Uruguay, in the early 1990s. Based on his extensive ethnographic fieldwork, Canel examines how local activists in three low-income neighborhoods in that city dealt with the opportunities and challenges of implementing democratic practices and building better relationships with sympathetic city officials.
Author : José Nun
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 27,91 MB
Release : 2003-07-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0585479771
One hundred and fifty years ago, Abraham Lincoln stressed the pressing need for a new definition of 'freedom.' Today, with 85 of some 190 countries claiming to be representative democracies, JosZ Nun makes an equally compelling case for 'democracy.' In emerging democracies throughout much of the developing world, the need is especially urgent, as nascent debates about democracy are modified by such descriptions as delegative, transitional, incomplete, low-intensity, relative, uncertain, or even authoritarian. In accessible and engaging style, Nun provides a comprehensive analysis of the theory and practice of democracy from ancient Greece to contemporary Latin America. The author's authoritative historical and comparative discussion of democracy is combined with his own evaluation of the conditions and possibilities for the development of genuinely democratic societies in our time, in Latin America and throughout the world. The author identifies the preconditions of a democratic regime, the links between citizenship construction and social rights, the centrality of work for the promotion of equality and freedom, and the current democratic deficits both in core and peripheral countries. All readers will benefit from Nun's insightful distinction between two visions of democracy—government of the people or government of the politicians—and its profound consequences.
Author : Helena Catt
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 25,68 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780415168397
bThis unique textbook provides students with a detailed look at many different aspects of democracy in practice: clearly describing and analysing all three existing models of democracy: * participatory democracy * referenda and initiatives * representative or liberal democracy. Using numerous real life examples from all over the world, this text explores how each is used in practice and provides discussion of the main problems with each model, answering the question: Why are there so many different forms of democratic practice?