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Author : Vincent Ostrom
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0472084569
Considers the social requirements for a thriving democracy
Author : Anonim
Publisher : punctum books
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781685710804
A worldwide struggle between democracy and authoritarianism set against a backdrop of global surveillance capitalism is unmistakable. Examples range from Myanmar, China, and the Philippines to Hungary, Turkey, Russia, and the United States. Fascism, Vulnerability, and the Escape from Freedom offers a multidisciplinary analysis drawing on psychology and literature to provide readers with a deeper understanding of the mechanisms that drive people to abandon democracy in favor of vertically organized authoritarianism and even fascism. In a comparative study of texts selected for their insights and occasional blind spots regarding fascist experiments of the past 100 years, Delogu examines fascism’s exploitation of fear (of change, loss, and death), disruption, and extreme inequality. The book offers an accessible and persuasive argument linking fascist authoritarianism, also called “right-wing populism,” to certain underlying conditions, such as a rise in us-versus-them thinking; distrust or simple apathy regarding democratic institutions, norms, and results; the vulnerabilities that result from extreme inequality (economic, social, racial); and addictions and codependency. Stressful events, such as a pandemic, an environmental disaster, or deep recession aggravate these harmful factors and make the fascist temptation, including the use of violence, almost irresistible. Delogu’s distinctive examination of texts that plumb the unconscious reveal linkages between actions and unavowable motives that purely historical and theoretical studies of fascism leave out. Erich Fromm’s neglected 1941 classic Escape from Freedom serves as a key reference in Delogu’s study, as does Robert Paxton’s authoritative history, The Anatomy of Fascism (2004). After underscoring the argument and urgent context around these two studies (Hitler’s Germany and George W. Bush’s post-9/11 America), Delogu examines novels, a diary, memoirs, and manifestos to show how vulnerability forces individuals to choose between exclusionary fascist authoritarianism and inclusive, collaborative democracy.
Author : Rex Van Schalkwyk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1606935038
After the largest bailout in United States history, Rex van Schalkwyk reveals how the duplicitous, arrogant and deluded have redefined the purpose of democracy for their financial and personal gain. With a deceitful political agenda and a compliant media an alliance of money and politics threatens the collapse of democracy and a crushing debt that can never be repaid. Panic for Democracy examines how the financial downfall of the proprietary giants on Wall Street has its origin in the deception routinely practiced by professional politicians. In fifteen meticulously researched and skillfully written chapters van Schalkwyk analyzes the vulnerabilities of society, which lead inevitably to the equivalent vulnerability in the democratic process. Is society not, by its nature, susceptible to political humbug? When, as now, the victims of an institutionalized deception are rendered helpless in the face of an uncomprehended crisis, it is revealed that the supposed remedy is the perpetuation of the same deception that has caused all the trouble. Does the democratic process have the capacity to overcome the unmanageable chaos that the nation's politicians and leaders have created? Has the material society duped its participants into a set of false and insupportable values that are only now being exposed, and that will likely cause greater loss than can be imagined? Panic for Democracy takes an uncompromising look at the destructive role of activist pressure groups and the potential tyranny of their ideologies, and of the resultant establishment, by democratic means, of undemocratic and illiberal institutions of authority. Rex van Schalkwyk has written numerous articles and published two books. He is an advocate and former judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa and is active in commercial enterprises. A student of international finance, he lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Author : Azar Gat
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1442201150
Azar Gat provides a politically and strategically vital understanding of the peculiar strengths and vulnerabilities that liberal democracy brings to the formidable challenges ahead. Arguing that the democratic peace is merely one manifestation of much more sweeping and less recognized pacifist tendencies typical of liberal democracies, Gat offers a panoramic view of their distinctive way in conflict and war.
Author : Freedom House
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538112038
Freedom in the World is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties. The methodology of this survey is derived in large measure from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and these standards are applied to all countries and territories.
Author : Srinjoy Bose,Nishank Motwani,William Maley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351666763
After decades of turmoil a new phase is opening up for Afghanistan, in which a new generation comes to the fore as many of the key players from earlier phases, including foreign interventionist powers, leave the scene. Although this new phase offers new possibilities and increased hope for Afghanistan’s future, the huge problems created in earlier phases remain. This book presents a comprehensive overall assessment of the current state of politics and society in Afghanistan, outlining the difficulties and discussing the future possibilities. Many of the contributors are Afghans or Afghan insiders, who are able to put forward a much richer view of the situation than outside foreign observers.
Author : Graham Smith,Tim Hughes,Lizzie Adams,Charlotte Obijiaku
Publisher : University of Westminster Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781914386183
Covid-19 has highlighted limitations in our democratic politics – but also lessons for how to deepen our democracy and more effectively respond to future crises. In the face of an emergency, the working assumption all too often is that only a centralised, top-down response is possible. This book exposes the weakness of this assumption, making the case for deeper participation and deliberation in times of crises. During the pandemic, mutual aid and self-help groups have realised unmet needs. And forward-thinking organisations have shown that listening to and working with diverse social groups leads to more inclusive outcomes. Participation and deliberation are not just possible in an emergency. They are valuable, perhaps even indispensable. This book draws together a diverse range of voices of activists, practitioners, policy makers, researchers and writers. Together they make visible the critical role played by participation and deliberation during the pandemic and make the case for enhanced engagement during and beyond emergency contexts. Another, more democratic world can be realised in the face of a crisis. The contributors to this book offer us meaningful insights into what this could look like.
Author : Christopher Hobson
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780748692828
Explores democracy's remarkable rise from obscurity to centre stage in contemporary international relations, from the rogue democratic state of 18th Century France to Western pressures for countries throughout the world to democratise.
Author : Gavin Cawthra,André Du Pisani,Abillah H. Omari
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9781868144532
Southern Africa has embarked on one of the world's most ambitious security co-operation initiatives, seeking to roll out the principles of the United Nations at regional levels. This book examines the triangular relationship between democratisation, the character of democracy and its deficits, and national security practices and perceptions of eleven southern African states. It explores what impact these processes and practices have had on the collaborative security project in the region. Based on national studies conducted by African academics and security practitioners over three years, it includes an examination of the way security is conceived and managed, as well as a comparative analysis of regional security co-operation in the developing world.
Author : S. Gellar
Publisher : Springer
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781403982162
Providing an in-depth comparative study of democracy formation, Gellar traces Senegal's movement from a pre-colonial aristocratic order towards a modern democratic political order. Inspired by Tocqueville's methodology, he identifies social equality, ethnic and religious tolerance, popular participation in local affairs, and freedom of association and the press as vital components of any democratic system. He shows how centralized state structures and monopoly of political power stifled local initiative and perpetuated neo-patrimonial modes of governance.
Author : Pranee Liamputtong
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789400772441
This volume examines contemporary Thailand. It captures aspects of Thai society that have changed dramatically over the past years and that have turned Thailand into a society that is different from what most people outside the country know and expect. The social transition of Thailand has been marked by economic growth, population restructuring, social and cultural development, political movements, and many reforms including the national health care system. The book covers the social, cultural, and economic changes as well as political situations. It discusses both historical contexts and emerging issues. It includes chapters on social and public health concerns, and on ethnicity, gender, sexuality and social class. Most chapters use information from empirical-based and historical research. They describe real life experiences of the contributors and Thai people who participated in the research.
Author : Daniel H. Cole,Michael D. McGinnis
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739191019
Elinor (Lin) Ostrom was awarded the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for her pathbreaking research on "economic governance, especially the commons"; but she also made important contributions to several other fields of political economy and public policy. The range of topics she covered and the multiple methods she used might convey the mistaken impression that her body of work is disjointed and incoherent. This four-volume compendium of papers written by Lin, alone or with various coauthors (most notably including her husband and partner, Vincent), supplemented by others expanding on their work, brings together the common strands of research that serve to tie her impressive oeuvre together. That oeuvre, together with Vincent's own impressive body of work, has come to define a distinctive school of political-economic thought, the "Bloomington School." Each of the four volumes is organized around a central theme of Lin's work. Volume 1 explores the roles played by the concept polycentricity in the disciplines of public administration, political science, and other forms of political economy. Polycentricity denotes a complex system of governance in which public authorities, citizens, and private organizations work together to establish and enforce the rules that guide their behavior. Itencapsulates an approach toward policy analysis that blurs standard disciplinary boundaries between the social sciences. Throughout their long and remarkably productive careers, Elinor and Vincent Ostrom never tired of reminding us of the capacity of ordinary humans to transcend their own limitations by engaging with others in the myriad forms of collective action required to build and sustain a self-governing society. Their careers stand as exemplars of the proper relationship between rigorous scholarship and responsible citizenship.
Author : Barbara Allen
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0739111744
Tocqueville, Covenant, and the Democratic Revolution examines the intellectual and institutional context in which Alexis de Tocqueville developed his understanding of American political culture, with its profound influence on his democratic theory. This book also examines Tocqueville's claim that religious beliefs are among the most important determinants of a people's social structure and political institutions.
Author : Charles Wohlforth
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781429924054
"What capacity for good lies in the hidden depths of people?" Starting with this question, award-winning author Charles Wohlforth sets forth on a wide-ranging exploration of our relationship with the world. In The Fate of Nature, he draws on science, spirituality, history, economics, and personal stories to reveal answers about the future of that relationship. There is no better place to witness the highs and lows of our treatment of the natural world than the vast wilds, rocky coasts, and shifting settlements of Alaska. Since the first encounter between Captain Cook's crew and the Alaskan Natives in 1778, there have been countless struggles between people who have had different plans for the region. Some have hoped to preserve Alaska as they found it, while others aimed to create something new in its place. Incidents such as the Exxon Valdez oil spill may seem like cause for despair. In the face of such profound tragedies, Charles Wohlforth has found heartening developments in the science of human altruism. This new understanding of what causes humans to cooperate and act conscientiously may be the first step toward taking the actions necessary to preserve an environment that has already been altered drastically in our lifetime. A clear-eyed, original work of research, reportage, and philosophical reflections, The Fate of Nature gives us a chance to change the way we think about our place in society and the world at large.
Author : Filippo Sabetti,Dario Castiglione
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498527682
The work of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom represents a distinctive contribution to the study of political economy, public policy and administration, collective action, and governance theory. Efforts to present a comprehensive overview of the Bloomington School that grew around the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis (now renamed the Ostrom Workshop), which they founded more than 40 years ago, received new impetus with the award of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science to Elinor Ostrom in 2009. Since then, renewed attempts have been made to map the Ostroms’ contributions to theories of polycentric governance and collective action, and to multi-methods and comparative institutional analysis of ways of managing social and ecological systems, common pool resources, public economies, and metropolitan reform. The open-ended and multiform nature of the Ostroms’ research program defies a single comprehensive overview; yet, it is a stimulus towards both creativity and disciplinary cross-fertilization in social science research. What sets this volume apart is that it brings together theory and practice, models and work on the ground, design and creativity, empirics and norms, to outline the significance of the Ostroms’ research program for the future. Each contribution to the volume takes the Ostromian perspective as the point of departure, amplifies it and explores the ground for future work by engaging with other approaches and areas of research with which the Bloomington School has some affinities. This way of testing and extending the ideas and methods of the Ostroms is particularly appropriate since their research program, initiated and nurtured through the Workshop, has always been in-between different fields and sub-fields in the social sciences (political science, economics, public administration, law, history, anthropology), cultivating a strong interdisciplinary way of doing research and exploiting the virtuous circle between theory, analysis, model building, and empirical research. Engaging in a creative dialogue with ideas and methods of other research programs is a way of sharpening one’s analytic tools, while renovating one’s own vision of social research. This volume is a way of thinking through and beyond the Bloomington School.