Patterns Of Polity

Author : Edward Le Roy Jr. Long,Edward Leroy Long
Publisher : The Pilgrim Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780829820768

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Patterns of Polity by Edward Le Roy Jr. Long,Edward Leroy Long Pdf

An excellent primer on the spectrum of ways in which Christians organize their institutional life, Long's study of polity—that is, methods of religious organization—intends to enlighten the reader about the ways in which belief shapes personal and communal function. "Patterns of Polity" is a comparative examination of church governance by bishops, governance by elders, and governance by congregations across contemporary branches of Christianity. "Patterns of Polity" does not defend the validity of any particular polity, but instead raises questions that are essential to all polities and to all communities: How is power created and used? In what ways are polities most likely to function well? In what ways are polities susceptible to corruption and dysfunction? How are conflicts adjudicated and finances handled?

Author : Charles Taylor
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCAL:B4903423

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The Pattern of Politics by Charles Taylor Pdf

Author : Kim Richard Nossal
Publisher : Scarborough, Ont. : Prentice Hall Allyn and Bacon Canada
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0139074783

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The Patterns of World Politics by Kim Richard Nossal Pdf

Author : William Ophuls
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Political science
ISBN : 1480073164

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Sane Polity by William Ophuls Pdf

William Ophuls proposes a different way of thinking about governance. Inspired by architecture, he articulates a pattern language of politics-a set of thirty-five design criteria for constructing sane and humane polity. Since ancient times, human beings have asked a fundamental question: What is a good society, and how should it be governed? Plato's response was philosophical. In *The Republic*, he searched for an abstract notion of justice to guide political thought and action. Aristotle's response was empirical. In *The Politics*, he tried to discover which constitutions were more conducive to justice in practice. Following Aristotle, the modern era embraced constitutionalism as the royal road to political nirvana. Thus the American founders, who were also inspired by the mechanical worldview, framed a constitutional machine intended to foster individual liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But the mechanical worldview is no longer intellectually tenable, and constitutional governance is no longer practically viable. Far from fostering a society in which men and women flourish according to their own lights, modern polities grow steadily more dysfunctional and oppressive. Ophuls argues that a pattern language best accords with the dawning ecological worldview and the emerging scientific understanding of systems and chaos. He contends that the proper way to shape the political future is not with rigid legal machinery, as is our wont, but instead with flexible design criteria resembling the architectural patterns used for constructing human settlements and dwellings.

Author : Leon N. Lindberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : European federation
ISBN : LCCN:76010125

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Europe's Would-be Polity by Leon N. Lindberg Pdf

Author : Brad Evans
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745665795

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Liberal Terror by Brad Evans Pdf

Security is meant to make the world safer. Yet despite living in the most secure of times, we see endangerment everywhere. Whether it is the threat of another devastating terrorist attacks, a natural disaster or unexpected catastrophe, anxieties and fears define the global political age. While liberal governments and security agencies have responded by advocating a new catastrophic topography of interconnected planetary endangerment, our desire to securitize everything has rendered all things potentially terrifying. This is the fateful paradox of contemporary liberal rule. The more we seek to secure, the more our imaginaries of threat proliferate. Nothing can therefore be left to chance. For everything has the potential to be truly catastrophic. Such is the emerging state of terror normality we find ourselves in today. This illuminating book by Brad Evans provides a critical evaluation of the wide ranging terrors which are deemed threatening to advanced liberal societies. Moving beyond the assumption that liberalism is integral to the realisation of perpetual peace, human progress, and political emancipation on a planetary scale, it exposes how liberal security regimes are shaped by a complex life-centric rationality which directly undermines any claims to universal justice and co-habitation. Through an incisive and philosophically enriched critique of the contemporary liberal practices of making life more secure, Evans forces us to confront the question of what it means to live politically as we navigate through the dangerous uncertainty of the 21st Century.

Author : Georgia A. Persons
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351526142

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Contemporary Patterns of Politics, Praxis, and Culture by Georgia A. Persons Pdf

The National Political Science Review is the official publication of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. This new volume, Contemporary Patterns of Politics, Praxis, and Culture reflects major research focuses across religion, race, gender, culture, and of course, politics. Themes that engage a community of scholars also engage them in praxis as individual citizens and practitioners in a democratic society, and collectively as member-participants in a changing culture. Two themes, religion and culture are relatively new areas of intellectual curiosity for political scientists. Articles in this volume extend the beachheads already established by African-American political scientists in studies that guage the significance and influence of religion in both individual and group behavior. They chart religion's inevitable move onto the center stage of U.S. public affairs. The study of culture has essentially languished for almost a generation within political science, especially with regard to the study of American politics and society. During this time the emphasis has also shifted significantly from an almost exclusive focus on civic culture to an expanding focus on the broad expanse of popular culture in the contemporary period. Culture is the crucible within which politics, race, religion, and gender both foment and ferment, and artistic products of the culture are manifestations and mirrors of how we envision and construct a changing reality. Issues of race, religion, gender and culture are all dimensions of individual and group identity. The dynamics of changing individual and group identities change the underlying cultural canvas against which identity is displayed and politics is acted out. The concept of praxis is relatively new to the lexicon of political science. However, engagement in the practice of politics is not a new idea for African-American social scientists. Indeed, particularly for this group, and clearly for many others,

Author : Jeong Kii Min
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1433103729

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Sin and Politics by Jeong Kii Min Pdf

Sin and Politics: Issues in Reformed Theology is an overview of the relationship between sin and politics from the reformational point of view. This short theological history is comprised of three parts: politics without sin (creational politics), politics with sin (fallen politics), and politics beyond sin (redeemed politics). As a creation of human culture, politics have been tainted with sinful distortion in this world, but will be recovered in the future Kingdom by the eternal kingship of the Lord of Lords. Sin and Politics includes a summary and commentary on political discussions by various Reformed theologians. It uncovers the Reformed tradition's positive regard for politics and the profound theological root of politics.

Author : Peter W. Wielhouwer
Publisher : Cognella Academic Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1609274245

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Patterns in Politics by Peter W. Wielhouwer Pdf

Author : Patrick C. Livingood
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817356392

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Mississippian Polity and Politics on the Gulf Coastal Plain by Patrick C. Livingood Pdf

Using research at the Pevey (22Lw510) and Lowe-Steen (22Lw511) mound sites on the Pearl River in Lawrence County, Mississippi, this book explores the social and political mechanisms by which these polities may have interacted with each other and the geographic limit to the effects of inter-polity competition.

Author : Jussi Parikka
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745661391

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What is Media Archaeology? by Jussi Parikka Pdf

This cutting-edge text offers an introduction to the emerging field of media archaeology and analyses the innovative theoretical and artistic methodology used to excavate current media through its past. Written with a steampunk attitude, What is Media Archaeology? examines the theoretical challenges of studying digital culture and memory and opens up the sedimented layers of contemporary media culture. The author contextualizes media archaeology in relation to other key media studies debates including software studies, German media theory, imaginary media research, new materialism and digital humanities. What is Media Archaeology? advances an innovative theoretical position while also presenting an engaging and accessible overview for students of media, film and cultural studies. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in the interdisciplinary ties between art, technology and media.

Author : Eitan Alimi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134171828

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Israeli Politics and the First Palestinian Intifada by Eitan Alimi Pdf

As the Palestinian/Israeli conflict continues to be of major importance in the Middle East, this book employs a new agency approach to the understanding of the conflict, examining the unprecedented challenge mounted by Palestinian insurgents to Israeli military rule in the West Bank and Gaza between 1987 and 1992. This volume was awarded the accolade Best Book on Israeli Politics in English by the Israeli Political Science Association.

Author : Samuel P. Huntington
Publisher : [New York] : Free Press of Glencoe
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Political Science
ISBN : MINN:319510017733621

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Changing Patterns of Military Politics by Samuel P. Huntington Pdf

Theoretical and empirical essays consider the pattern of violence in world politics.

Author : Peter W. Wielhouwer
Publisher : Cognella Academic Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1609271777

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Patterns in Politics by Peter W. Wielhouwer Pdf

"Patterns in Politics" offers a balanced mix of historical documents on American politics, readings on American political history, and recent political data. This text is designed to frame questions about American Government within a broader context of how people in societies manage their relationships and resolve conflicts. A wealth of current and historical data on public opinion and political behaviors is utilized to give instructors the opportunity to develop a wide range of open- and closed-ended questions. They also facilitate critical thinking about changing patterns in American politics and government. The selected historical documents present a respectful view of the role religion and faith played in the founding period, in addition to providing unique insights into American political culture during this time. "Patterns in Politics" examines a wide range of contemporary political topics, including political freedom, ideology, voting behavior, campaign contributions, and public opinion polling. Data source links are included to give both students and instructors access to the most recent sets of data as they become available. This text is geared toward introductory courses in American Government; it is suited for use in both the classroom and online courses. Peter W. Wielhouwer (Ph.D., University of Georgia), Associate Professor of Political Science at Western Michigan University, specializes in mobilization politics, campaign strategy, religion and politics, and racial politics. He has taught at Spelman College and Regent University s School of Government, where he directed the graduate program in campaign management and the nonpartisan Center for Grassroots Politics. His research has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, and in The Oxford Handbook of Religion and American Politics (Oxford, 2010). He is an occasional political consultant, and regularly speaks on faith & politics and American politics for academic, professional, and faith-based organizations.

Author : Nossal, Kim Richard
Publisher : Scarborough, Ont. : Prentice Hall Allyn and Bacon Canada
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0139432922

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The Patterns of World Politics. Instructor's Resource Manual by Nossal, Kim Richard Pdf