Credibility of Social Network Sites for Political Information Among
... who share the users’ values and interests (Metzger, et al., 2010). In general, information that supports a receiver’s worldview is convincing and confirming and thus it is judged as more legitimate and credible than challenging information (Johnson & Kaye, 2009). SNS users have a considerable degree ...
... who share the users’ values and interests (Metzger, et al., 2010). In general, information that supports a receiver’s worldview is convincing and confirming and thus it is judged as more legitimate and credible than challenging information (Johnson & Kaye, 2009). SNS users have a considerable degree ...
Political Liberalism and the Possibilty of a Just Democratic Constitution
... One way to approach the stability problem, as Rawls deals with it, is by focusing on a passage from Kant. In his essay, Idea for a Universal History, Kant raises the question: How is a just constitution possible? This is, Kant says, "the greatest problem for the human species. ' '22 The reason this ...
... One way to approach the stability problem, as Rawls deals with it, is by focusing on a passage from Kant. In his essay, Idea for a Universal History, Kant raises the question: How is a just constitution possible? This is, Kant says, "the greatest problem for the human species. ' '22 The reason this ...
Aalborg Universitet From Modern Utopia to Liquid - VBN
... claimed that Bauman at that time when working in Warsaw embraced a “Marxist worldview in the light of the utopian belief and hope that the Soviet Union was genuinely a country of justice, equality, freedom; that an ethnic pedigree really did not matter” (30). However, embittered by the experience o ...
... claimed that Bauman at that time when working in Warsaw embraced a “Marxist worldview in the light of the utopian belief and hope that the Soviet Union was genuinely a country of justice, equality, freedom; that an ethnic pedigree really did not matter” (30). However, embittered by the experience o ...
Botswana: Assessing Risks to Stability
... the 1830s and 1840s, the Tswana people were pushed by fleeing Ndebele northward toward the Kalahari Desert and into what is now Botswana. Conflict with the earlier residents—the Kalanga to the north, and the Ndebele to the south—continued into the 1860s, when advancing Afrikaners, themselves fleeing ...
... the 1830s and 1840s, the Tswana people were pushed by fleeing Ndebele northward toward the Kalahari Desert and into what is now Botswana. Conflict with the earlier residents—the Kalanga to the north, and the Ndebele to the south—continued into the 1860s, when advancing Afrikaners, themselves fleeing ...
Max Weber`s “Modernism”
... formed by the human intellect. "What objects may be in themselves, and apart from this receptivity of our sensibilities, remains completely unknown to us." 16 We never have complete knowledge of objects; we only know the impressions they leave on our sensory apparatus. The intellect is not, as sugge ...
... formed by the human intellect. "What objects may be in themselves, and apart from this receptivity of our sensibilities, remains completely unknown to us." 16 We never have complete knowledge of objects; we only know the impressions they leave on our sensory apparatus. The intellect is not, as sugge ...
CREATING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES (PACs) FOR
... consider when evaluating pre-existing PACs is whether or not your coalition will have input on which candidates will be supported through the PAC. When evaluating these questions, include as many players within your smokefree community as possible: the entire Board, the coalition’s steering committ ...
... consider when evaluating pre-existing PACs is whether or not your coalition will have input on which candidates will be supported through the PAC. When evaluating these questions, include as many players within your smokefree community as possible: the entire Board, the coalition’s steering committ ...
Assessing the risks of corruption to state legitimacy and stability
... legitimacy and stability in fragile situations, and what this means for prioritising action on corruption. It focuses in particular on potential types of engagement and support by the international donor community. It also considers how anti-corruption initiatives affect political legitimacy and sta ...
... legitimacy and stability in fragile situations, and what this means for prioritising action on corruption. It focuses in particular on potential types of engagement and support by the international donor community. It also considers how anti-corruption initiatives affect political legitimacy and sta ...
The Contentious Politics of the Concerned Citizens Forum
... posed by Barker and grappled with by social movement theorists more generally.13 Consequently, the ideas and ‘politics’ related to the ways in which agency responds – acts must be of significant importance in understanding agency. Not least, because different outcomes develop from different politica ...
... posed by Barker and grappled with by social movement theorists more generally.13 Consequently, the ideas and ‘politics’ related to the ways in which agency responds – acts must be of significant importance in understanding agency. Not least, because different outcomes develop from different politica ...
PDF Datastream - Brown Digital Repository
... excellence. From day one at Brown, Patrick Heller provided valued inspiration and guidance. I am very grateful for his dedicated mentorship for all of these years. I have also been lucky to have recently gained the opportunity to work with Susan Fainstein and Gianpaolo Baiocchi. Susan was particular ...
... excellence. From day one at Brown, Patrick Heller provided valued inspiration and guidance. I am very grateful for his dedicated mentorship for all of these years. I have also been lucky to have recently gained the opportunity to work with Susan Fainstein and Gianpaolo Baiocchi. Susan was particular ...
The Rational Design of Relations Between Intergovernmental
... Formalization is a logical first dimension to classify IORs. After all, when it comes to the IGOs themselves, formalization is a key variable distinguishing between formal IGOs, informal IGOs, and decentralized cooperation (Vabulas and Snidal 2013). It therefore makes sense to classify the relations ...
... Formalization is a logical first dimension to classify IORs. After all, when it comes to the IGOs themselves, formalization is a key variable distinguishing between formal IGOs, informal IGOs, and decentralized cooperation (Vabulas and Snidal 2013). It therefore makes sense to classify the relations ...
Aoife Nannery, Civic Humanism in the Hands of the Medici 1434
... in place to ensure an equal footing in the administration. There were open nominations and the inclusion of thousands of names in the borse for political office. This vigorous old guild republicanism was therefore rooted in wide participation across government councils and frequent rotation of offic ...
... in place to ensure an equal footing in the administration. There were open nominations and the inclusion of thousands of names in the borse for political office. This vigorous old guild republicanism was therefore rooted in wide participation across government councils and frequent rotation of offic ...
Institutions of the Offensive: Domestic Sources of Dispute Initiation in
... “In military regimes, a group of officers decides who will rule and exercises some influence on policy. In single-party regimes, access to political office and control over policy are dominated by one party. . . . Personalist regimes differ from both military and single-party in that access to offic ...
... “In military regimes, a group of officers decides who will rule and exercises some influence on policy. In single-party regimes, access to political office and control over policy are dominated by one party. . . . Personalist regimes differ from both military and single-party in that access to offic ...
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.