The Quest For Democracy

Author : Fakhreddin AZIMI,Fakhreddin Azimi
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674020368

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QUEST FOR DEMOCRACY IN IRAN C by Fakhreddin AZIMI,Fakhreddin Azimi Pdf

"In a book that provides essential context for understanding modern Iran, Fakherddin Azami present a trenchant narrative- of the history of Iran over the last century, covering political-constitutional developments, society, civic culture, ideology, foreign relations, the economy, and the confrontation between traditionalism and modernity." "In an original account of the revolution of 1978-1979, which overthrew the monarchy, Azimi underlines the salience of democratic aspirations and shows how the rise of the Islamic Republic has boosted the deeply rooted democratic urges in the country." "Based on wide-ranging, original research, this probing and passionate book offers vital historical analysis and addresses issues that remain profoundly relevant to the lives of contemporary Iranians, Equally important, Azimi dispels many misunderstandings about democracy, civic life, and Islamism in Middle Eastern and Muslim societies."--Jacket.

Author : J. Gus Liebenow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015013442754

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Liberia by J. Gus Liebenow Pdf

Author : Alina Mungiu-Pippidi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107113923

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The Quest for Good Governance by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi Pdf

A passionate examination of why international anti-corruption fails to deliver results and how we should understand and build good governance.

Author : John A Booth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429980909

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Costa Rica by John A Booth Pdf

How did Costa Rica become Central America’s first successful democracy? How does Costa Rican democracy work? How does democracy survive despite regional turmoil, foreign intervention, and economic crisis? Beginning with Costa Rica’s history within the Central American context, John Booth traces democratic development in Costa Rica through its institutions, rules of the political game, parties, elections, and interest groups. After a review of socioeconomic and political forces, the author examines political participation and culture, political economy, and foreign affairs. The book’s overview of Costa Rican politics is accessible and useful for students, scholars, and general readers.

Author : Mary Crewe,Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105082332086

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The Quest for Democracy by Mary Crewe,Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert Pdf

Author : Maurice Rotstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Comparative government
ISBN : UOM:39076002002587

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The Quest for a Democratic World by Maurice Rotstein Pdf

The Quest for a Democratic World reviews and analyzes the search for a fair and equitable society, from the first documented efforts made during classical antiquity through the present. However, it primarily focuses on the way we view our own society and what constitutes a democratic way of life. Maurice Rotstein maintains that the failure of communism has obscured the fact that our own society has serious problems that demand attention. In order to understand these problems, he investigates past movements for social and political reform as well as recent developments in Europe where communism has seen its demise. Rotstein argues that these developments can help us understand the imperfections of our own political and economic systems, which in turn will allow us to re-evaluate efforts that are aimed at improving society. Providing both the historical depth and the political analysis necessary to comprehend current affairs, this book will introduce students of history and political science to critical issues for understanding democracy and the world we live in.

Author : Ali Gheissari,Vali Nasr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195396966

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Democracy in Iran by Ali Gheissari,Vali Nasr Pdf

Today Iran is once again in the headlines. Reputed to be developing nuclear weapons, the future of Iraq's next-door neighbor is a matter of grave concern both for the stability of the region and for the safety of the global community. President George W. Bush labeled it part of the "Axis ofEvil," and rails against the country's authoritarian leadership. Yet as Bush trumpets the spread of democracy throughout the Middle East, few note that Iran has one of the longest-running experiences with democracy in the region. In this book, Ali Gheissari and Vali Nasr look at the political history of Iran in the modern era, and offer an in-depth analysis of the prospects for democracy to flourish there. After having produced the only successful Islamist challenge to the state, a revolution, and an Islamic Republic, Iranis now poised to produce a genuine and indigenous democratic movement in the Muslim world. Democracy in Iran is neither a sudden development nor a western import, Gheissari and Nasr argue. The concept of democracy in Iran today may appear to be a reaction to authoritarianism, but it is an old ideawith a complex history, one that is tightly interwoven with the main forces that have shaped Iranian society and politics, institutions, identities, and interests. Indeed, the demand for democracy first surfaced in Iran a century ago at the end of the Qajar period, and helped produce Iran'ssurprisingly liberal first constitution in 1906. Gheissari and Nasr seek to understand why democracy failed to grow roots and lost ground to an autocratic Iranian state. Why was democracy absent from the ideological debates of the 1960s and 1970s? Most important, why has it now become a powerfulsocial, political, and intellectual force? How have modernization, social change, economic growth, and the experience of the revolution converged to make this possible?Gheissari and Nasr trace the fortunes of the democratic ideal from the inchoate demands for rule of law and constitutionalism of a century ago to today's calls for individual rights and civil liberties. In the process they provide not just a fresh look at Iran's politics but also a new understandingof the way in which democracy can develop in a Muslim country.

Author : Vjeran Katunarić
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781527527317

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The Quest for a Liberal-Socialist Democracy and Development by Vjeran Katunarić Pdf

This book explains why elective affinity exists between democratic and non-democratic ideologies and why liberal socialism as a compromise between liberalism and socialism did not succeed in the 20th century. As is shown here, the main reason for such affinity is the self-incurred immaturity of both ideologies. Although both concepts diverged from the beginning, as contenders in the political scene, they gradually became more antagonistic and self-contained. Furthermore, the idea of the self-production of both liberalism and socialism system absorbed their democratic potential and expanded the elective affinity toward authoritarian ideologies and regimes. The book also provides a set of policies of liberal socialism that may serve to remove the liabilities of liberalism and socialism as separate ideologies and policies and produce conditions for democratic and economically sustainable development.

Author : Helene Sjursen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135707125

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The EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy by Helene Sjursen Pdf

This book reorients the study of European foreign and security policy towards the question of democracy. Blending insights from international relations and democratic theory, it aims to enhance our understanding of the issues at stake. The main structures, the institutional setting and the procedures that govern decision-making in this domain are examined. In this way, the book supplements studies with a more traditional focus on the substance of foreign policy. What are the democratic challenges in this distinct field of policy-making? The Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the European Union (EU) is usually assumed to be intergovernmental. Contributors to this book examine the extent to which a move beyond intergovernmentalism has taken place, how this manifests itself, and what may be the democratic implications. While the EU’s international outlook testifies to a quest for democracy, the institutions and procedures that govern decision-making are found wanting. This book was originally published as a special issue of Journal of European Public Policy.

Author : Makau Mutua
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015076158347

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Kenya's Quest for Democracy by Makau Mutua Pdf

Tracing the trajectory of postcolonial politics, Makau Mutua maps the political forces that have shaped contemporary Kenya. He also critically explores efforts on the part of both civil society and the political opposition to reform the state. Analyzing the tortuous efforts since independence to create a sustainable, democratic state, he uses the struggle over constitutional reform as a window for understanding the larger struggles confronting Kenyan society.

Author : Julia C. Ott
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780674061217

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When Wall Street Met Main Street by Julia C. Ott Pdf

The financial crisis that began in 2008 has made Americans keenly aware of the enormous impact Wall Street has on the economic well-being of the nation and its citizenry. How did financial markets and institutions-commonly perceived as marginal and elitist at the beginning of the twentieth century-come to be seen as the bedrock of American capitalism? How did stock investment-once considered disreputable and dangerous-first become a mass practice? Julia Ott tells the story of how, between the rise of giant industrial corporations and the Crash of 1929, the federal government, corporations, and financial institutions campaigned to universalize investment, with the goal of providing individual investors with a stake in the economy and the nation. As these distributors of stocks and bonds established a broad, national market for financial securities, they debated the distribution of economic power, the proper role of government, and the meaning of citizenship under modern capitalism. By 1929, the incidence of stock ownership had risen to engulf one quarter of American households in the looming financial disaster. Accordingly, the federal government assumed responsibility for protecting citizen-investors by regulating the financial securities markets. By recovering the forgotten history of this initial phase of mass investment and the issues surrounding it, Ott enriches and enlightens contemporary debates over economic reform.

Author : Doloris Coulter Cogan
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824832162

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We Fought the Navy and Won by Doloris Coulter Cogan Pdf

We Fought the Navy and Won is a carefully documented yet impassioned recollection of Guam’s struggle to liberate itself from the absolutist rule of the U.S. Navy. Doloris Cogan concentrates on five crucial years, 1945–1950, when, fresh out of journalism school, she had the good fortune to join the distinguished team of idealists at the newly formed Institute of Ethnic Affairs in Washington, D.C. Working as a writer/editor on the monthly Guam Echo under the leadership of the Institute’s director, John Collier, Cogan witnessed and recorded the battle fought at the very top between Collier and Navy Secretary James V. Forrestal as the people of Guam petitioned the U.S. Congress for civilian government under a constitution. Taken up by newspapers throughout the country, this war of words illustrated how much freedom of the press plays in achieving and sustaining true democracy. Part of the story centers around a young Chamorro named Carlos Taitano, who returned home to Guam in 1948 after serving in the U.S. Army in the Pacific. Taitano joined his colleagues in the lower house and walked out of the Guam Congress in 1949 to protest the naval governor, who had refused their right to subpoena an American businessman suspected of illegal activity. The walkout was the catalyst that brought approval of the Organic Act of Guam, which was signed into law by President Truman in 1950. We Fought the Navy and Won is the first detailed look at the events surrounding Guam’s elevation from military to civilian government.

Author : John A Booth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429969829

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Costa Rica by John A Booth Pdf

How did Costa Rica become Central America’s first successful democracy? How does Costa Rican democracy work? How does democracy survive despite regional turmoil, foreign intervention, and economic crisis? Beginning with Costa Rica’s history within the Central American context, John Booth traces democratic development in Costa Rica through its institutions, rules of the political game, parties, elections, and interest groups. After a review of socioeconomic and political forces, the author examines political participation and culture, political economy, and foreign affairs. The book’s overview of Costa Rican politics is accessible and useful for students, scholars, and general readers.

Author : Rutherford H. Platt
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781610912631

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Disasters and Democracy by Rutherford H. Platt Pdf

In recent years, the number of presidential declarations of “major disasters” has skyrocketed. Such declarations make stricken areas eligible for federal emergency relief funds that greatly reduce their costs. But is federalizing the costs of disasters helping to lighten the overall burden of disasters or is it making matters worse? Does it remove incentives for individuals and local communities to take measures to protect themselves? Are people more likely to invest in property in hazardous locations in the belief that, if worse comes to worst, the federal government will bail them out? Disasters and Democracy addresses the political response to natural disasters, focusing specifically on the changing role of the federal government from distant observer to immediate responder and principal financier of disaster costs.

Author : Samuel Kobia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Africa
ISBN : UVA:X006007691

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The Quest for Democracy in Africa by Samuel Kobia Pdf