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... an attempt to 'think aloud' about some of the perplexing dilemmas facing the left, in the light of- from the perspective of- Gramsci's work. I do not claim that, in any simple way, Gramsci 'has the answers' or 'holds the key' to our present troubles. I do believe that we must 'think' our problems in ...
... an attempt to 'think aloud' about some of the perplexing dilemmas facing the left, in the light of- from the perspective of- Gramsci's work. I do not claim that, in any simple way, Gramsci 'has the answers' or 'holds the key' to our present troubles. I do believe that we must 'think' our problems in ...
Workers` resistance and the demise of East Germany
... Civil society in such a democracy embodies not so much the political and economic market as a self-regulating public sphere--a reconstitution of the "life-world." 5 Rational choice models of 1989 also rely on intellectual mobilization. Since they consider popular dissatisfaction an insufficient cond ...
... Civil society in such a democracy embodies not so much the political and economic market as a self-regulating public sphere--a reconstitution of the "life-world." 5 Rational choice models of 1989 also rely on intellectual mobilization. Since they consider popular dissatisfaction an insufficient cond ...
Transnational jihadist terrorism
... terrorism will completely cease to exist in the near future. • In fact, because terrorism is a tactic used by a wide variety of organizations1 it can be argued that terrorism cannot be defeated at all. While individual groups that use terrorist means to further their political objectives can be curb ...
... terrorism will completely cease to exist in the near future. • In fact, because terrorism is a tactic used by a wide variety of organizations1 it can be argued that terrorism cannot be defeated at all. While individual groups that use terrorist means to further their political objectives can be curb ...
Membership (Chapter 2 of Spheres of Justice: A Defense of
... only if patriotic sentiment has some moral basis, only if communal cohesion makes for obligations and shared meanings, only if there are members as well as strangers, that state officials would have any reason to worry especially about the welfare of their own people (and of all their own people) an ...
... only if patriotic sentiment has some moral basis, only if communal cohesion makes for obligations and shared meanings, only if there are members as well as strangers, that state officials would have any reason to worry especially about the welfare of their own people (and of all their own people) an ...
Rebellion
Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order. It may, therefore, be seen as encompassing a range of behaviors aimed at destroying or taking over the position of an established authority such as a government, governor, president, political leader, financial institution, or person in charge. On the one hand the forms of behaviour can include non-violent methods such as the (overlapping but not quite identical) phenomena of civil disobedience, civil resistance and nonviolent resistance. On the other hand, it may encompass violent campaigns. Those who participate in rebellions, especially if they are armed rebellions, are known as ""rebels"".Throughout history, many different groups that opposed their governments have been called rebels. Over 450 peasant revolts erupted in southwestern France between 1590 and 1715. In the United States, the term was used for the Continentals by the British in the Revolutionary War, and for the Confederacy by the Union in the American Civil War. Most armed rebellions have not been against authority in general, but rather have sought to establish a new government in their place. For example, the Boxer Rebellion sought to implement a stronger government in China in place of the weak and divided government of the time. The Jacobite Risings (called ""Jacobite Rebellions"" by the government) attempted to restore the deposed Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland, rather than abolish the monarchy completely.