The Presidential-Economic Dance: Are “New” Economic Variables
... “Economics is the fate of politicians. It is an article of faith that success or failure of governments in dealing with the economy decides whether or not they survive politically” (Norpoth 1984, 253). Within the literature, there are ongoing debates over the extent to which macroeconomic indicators ...
... “Economics is the fate of politicians. It is an article of faith that success or failure of governments in dealing with the economy decides whether or not they survive politically” (Norpoth 1984, 253). Within the literature, there are ongoing debates over the extent to which macroeconomic indicators ...
Shall We Vote on Values, But Bet on Beliefs?
... Academic opinion on the effectiveness of political institutions has for many decades seemed to lean more toward democracy’s defenders than its detractors. Mainstream media has on the whole leaned the same way. Critics who think democracy results in too much intervention, as well as those who think it ...
... Academic opinion on the effectiveness of political institutions has for many decades seemed to lean more toward democracy’s defenders than its detractors. Mainstream media has on the whole leaned the same way. Critics who think democracy results in too much intervention, as well as those who think it ...
The Meanings of "Individualism"
... further: to isolate the various distinct unit-ideas (and intellectual traditions) which the word has conflated-unit-ideas whose logical and conceptual relations to one another are by no means clear.3 Like "socialism" and "communism," "individualism" is a nineteenth-century expression. In seeking to ...
... further: to isolate the various distinct unit-ideas (and intellectual traditions) which the word has conflated-unit-ideas whose logical and conceptual relations to one another are by no means clear.3 Like "socialism" and "communism," "individualism" is a nineteenth-century expression. In seeking to ...
Notes on Althusser`s notion of ideological State apparatuses
... within Marxism it has clearly been difficult to theorize otherwise. In Althusser, however, we find a full critique of what he considers to be Marx‘s poorly sketched version of the State as repressive institution. Using the Marxist dual topique (infrastructure-superstructure), Althusser declares that ...
... within Marxism it has clearly been difficult to theorize otherwise. In Althusser, however, we find a full critique of what he considers to be Marx‘s poorly sketched version of the State as repressive institution. Using the Marxist dual topique (infrastructure-superstructure), Althusser declares that ...
Everyday Anarchy - Freedomain Radio
... clichéd uses of such terms as “terrorists” versus “freedom fighters” etc. An atheist can be called an “unbeliever”; a theist can be called “superstitious.” A man of conviction can be called an “extremist”; a man of moderation “cowardly.” A free spirit can be called a libertine or a hedonist; a cauti ...
... clichéd uses of such terms as “terrorists” versus “freedom fighters” etc. An atheist can be called an “unbeliever”; a theist can be called “superstitious.” A man of conviction can be called an “extremist”; a man of moderation “cowardly.” A free spirit can be called a libertine or a hedonist; a cauti ...
Promises and Challenges: The Tunisian Revolution of 2010-2011
... The revolution's hardest part still remains ahead. Thoroughly changing the regime and building a functioning democratic system will be difficult. It will be harder still to ensure that, once a democratic system is established, it not be dominated by entrenched, powerful interests. Fin ...
... The revolution's hardest part still remains ahead. Thoroughly changing the regime and building a functioning democratic system will be difficult. It will be harder still to ensure that, once a democratic system is established, it not be dominated by entrenched, powerful interests. Fin ...
David Hume and contemporary realism in political theory
... realists and liberal ”moralists”, namely the account and importance of legitimacy: in this debate the realists challenge the dominant liberal view that the use of political power must be made justified to all persons subject to that power. Here, I suggest, is also the basis for the realists’ insiste ...
... realists and liberal ”moralists”, namely the account and importance of legitimacy: in this debate the realists challenge the dominant liberal view that the use of political power must be made justified to all persons subject to that power. Here, I suggest, is also the basis for the realists’ insiste ...
International Relations in a Constructed World
... into a coherentvolume. Since Onuf introduced"constructivism"in 1989 it has generatedgrowing interest,andmany scholarshave adoptedthe namefor their approaches. There are, in fact, not one but several"constructivisms"in the literature. The appeal of the name should come as no surprise in a decadethat ...
... into a coherentvolume. Since Onuf introduced"constructivism"in 1989 it has generatedgrowing interest,andmany scholarshave adoptedthe namefor their approaches. There are, in fact, not one but several"constructivisms"in the literature. The appeal of the name should come as no surprise in a decadethat ...
Clientelism, Income Inequality, and Social Preferences: an
... network, as those described in the examples given above. Nation-level leaders are linked with regional, rural and urban brokers, who establish relations with voters. Even though clientelism may appear in a developed country, it is frequently associated with poverty, income inequality and underdevelo ...
... network, as those described in the examples given above. Nation-level leaders are linked with regional, rural and urban brokers, who establish relations with voters. Even though clientelism may appear in a developed country, it is frequently associated with poverty, income inequality and underdevelo ...
liberty, equality, power
... coming from the White House. Yet he and his successor, John F. Kennedy (1961–63), pledged not only to continue a global anticommunist foreign policy but to take it in new directions. At home, Ike and JFK supported, with differing degrees of enthusiasm, efforts to extend some of the domestic programs ...
... coming from the White House. Yet he and his successor, John F. Kennedy (1961–63), pledged not only to continue a global anticommunist foreign policy but to take it in new directions. At home, Ike and JFK supported, with differing degrees of enthusiasm, efforts to extend some of the domestic programs ...
Comparison and Analyses – 1450 CE – 1750CE
... 28. Compare patterns and results of decolonization in Africa and India 29. Pick 2 revolutions (Russian, Chinese, Cuban, Iranian) & compare effects on roles of women 30. Compare the effects of the World Wars on areas outside of Europe 31. Compare legacies of colonialism and patterns of economic devel ...
... 28. Compare patterns and results of decolonization in Africa and India 29. Pick 2 revolutions (Russian, Chinese, Cuban, Iranian) & compare effects on roles of women 30. Compare the effects of the World Wars on areas outside of Europe 31. Compare legacies of colonialism and patterns of economic devel ...
The American Ideal of Representative Democracy
... Indeed, this is quite a broad and daunting question to tackle in a research paper. Other research has shed light on this issue from various perspectives. In this paper, I tackle this question from the psychological perspective of the Social Identity Approach (e.g., Tajfel & Turner, 1979; Turner, 198 ...
... Indeed, this is quite a broad and daunting question to tackle in a research paper. Other research has shed light on this issue from various perspectives. In this paper, I tackle this question from the psychological perspective of the Social Identity Approach (e.g., Tajfel & Turner, 1979; Turner, 198 ...
Cyberactivism in Egypt: a new social movement
... organizations will also briefly be compared to the role cyberactivists play in order to make a few remarks about the future of cyberactivism in Egypt. In Chapter III, I will present first "Cyberactivism" in general as a global phenomenon, and how it has affected the global media. Then I will move to ...
... organizations will also briefly be compared to the role cyberactivists play in order to make a few remarks about the future of cyberactivism in Egypt. In Chapter III, I will present first "Cyberactivism" in general as a global phenomenon, and how it has affected the global media. Then I will move to ...
Using Social Power to Balance Soft Power
... huge rewards. As a publicity stunt, social power has allowed Chávez to win two types of international allies: other states, which refuse to criticize Chávez, especially if they receive petrocash, and intellectuals on the left, especially in Europe (Buxton 2008) , who tend to have a weakness for anti ...
... huge rewards. As a publicity stunt, social power has allowed Chávez to win two types of international allies: other states, which refuse to criticize Chávez, especially if they receive petrocash, and intellectuals on the left, especially in Europe (Buxton 2008) , who tend to have a weakness for anti ...
public opinions of the impeachment of president william jefferson
... ...I cannot shake the thought that the widespread loss of outrage against this president's misconduct tells us something fundamentally important about our condition. Our commitment to long-standing American ideals has been enervated. We desperately need to recover them, and soon. They are under assa ...
... ...I cannot shake the thought that the widespread loss of outrage against this president's misconduct tells us something fundamentally important about our condition. Our commitment to long-standing American ideals has been enervated. We desperately need to recover them, and soon. They are under assa ...
full paper - coimbra business review
... from emerging situations not foreseen in the electoral manifestos, and therefore must be willing to hear their views. Policy makers do not always have all the required tools, skills or expertise to decide on questions of a technical nature or do not want to take unilateral decisions on sensitive iss ...
... from emerging situations not foreseen in the electoral manifestos, and therefore must be willing to hear their views. Policy makers do not always have all the required tools, skills or expertise to decide on questions of a technical nature or do not want to take unilateral decisions on sensitive iss ...
TOC Octos Pettit AC v Scarsdale MB
... live with much uncertainty. What is true at the overall or aggregate level may also hold at the individual level. For related considerations may mean that maximizing the individual's own non-interference would require exposing them to a high level of uncertainty. Perhaps the recourse to the law wou ...
... live with much uncertainty. What is true at the overall or aggregate level may also hold at the individual level. For related considerations may mean that maximizing the individual's own non-interference would require exposing them to a high level of uncertainty. Perhaps the recourse to the law wou ...
Postmodernism and Sociology: From the - CJ
... number of questions for the postmodern theory that developed in the 1970s and 1980s in France and beyond. If knowledge is always representational and science is always paradigmatic, if universal, rationally founded knowledge is thereby distorting, then how do we ensure knowledge that stresses, as do ...
... number of questions for the postmodern theory that developed in the 1970s and 1980s in France and beyond. If knowledge is always representational and science is always paradigmatic, if universal, rationally founded knowledge is thereby distorting, then how do we ensure knowledge that stresses, as do ...
The Jordan Institute of Diplomacy (JID) was
... a group of principles related to the protection of the state entity and a framework for political action, then it is an absolute concept. If however, it is understood in terms of power and the ability to protect and defend the state, then it is military in nature. The military concept supersedes and ...
... a group of principles related to the protection of the state entity and a framework for political action, then it is an absolute concept. If however, it is understood in terms of power and the ability to protect and defend the state, then it is military in nature. The military concept supersedes and ...
Max Weber=s writings on science and the meaning of intellectual
... According to Kloppenberg this framework of disenchantment highlights the kind of intellectual responsibility and critical self-understanding called for by modern forms of scientific, moral and political endeavor. 2 Both Dewey and Weber held that science strives for objective knowledge. At the same t ...
... According to Kloppenberg this framework of disenchantment highlights the kind of intellectual responsibility and critical self-understanding called for by modern forms of scientific, moral and political endeavor. 2 Both Dewey and Weber held that science strives for objective knowledge. At the same t ...
State (polity)
A state is an organized political community living under a single system of government. Speakers of American English often use state and government as synonyms, with both words referring to an organized political group that exercises authority over a particular territory. States may or may not be sovereign. For instance, federated states that are members of a federal union have only partial sovereignty, but are, nonetheless, states. Some states are subject to external sovereignty or hegemony where ultimate sovereignty lies in another state. The term ""state"" can also refer to the secular branches of government within a state, often as a manner of contrasting them with churches and civilian institutions.Many human societies have been governed by states for millennia, but many have been stateless societies. The first states arose about 5,500 years ago in conjunction with the rapid growth of urban centers, the invention of writing, and the codification of new forms of religion. Over time a variety of different forms developed, employing a variety of justifications for their existence (such as divine right, the theory of the social contract, etc.). In the 21st century the modern nation-state is the predominant form of state to which people are subject.