"Drawing on extensive fieldwork on the internal politics of the Kachin and Karen rebel movements, the book analyses the hidden social dynamics and everyday practices of political violence in Myanmar's war-torn borderlands to present a perspective on one of the world's longest ru…
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"This book represents the first comprehensive study of how technocracy currently challenges representative democracy and asks how technocratic politics undermines democratic legitimacy and how strong is its challenge to democratic institutions. The book offers a solid theory and…
Das Buch trägt zur Neubelebung einer Soziologie der öffentlichen Verwaltung bei und lenkt die Aufmerksamkeit auf eine Arbeitswelt mit eminenter Bedeutung für Demokratie und Rechtsstaatlichkeit. Kathrin Englert stellt die Frage nach dem Wandel im Amt neu, nämlich als Frage der An…
Few would disagree that Western democracies are experiencing a crisis of representation. In the United States, gerrymandering and concentrated political geographies have placed the Congress and state legislatures in a stranglehold that is often at odds with public opinion. Campa…
Few would disagree that Western democracies are experiencing a crisis of representation. In the United States, gerrymandering and concentrated political geographies have placed the Congress and state legislatures in a stranglehold that is often at odds with public opinion. Campa…
Few would disagree that Western democracies are experiencing a crisis of representation. In the United States, gerrymandering and concentrated political geographies have placed the Congress and state legislatures in a stranglehold that is often at odds with public opinion. Campa…
Israel's Securitization Dilemma -- Ontological Insecurity and the Securitization of the Jewish Identity of the State -- The Arab Boycott and Early Israeli Debates on the Threats of Delegitimization -- BDS and the Battle for Israel's Legitimacy -- The Losing Battle -- Resolving t…
Israel's Securitization Dilemma -- Ontological Insecurity and the Securitization of the Jewish Identity of the State -- The Arab Boycott and Early Israeli Debates on the Threats of Delegitimization -- BDS and the Battle for Israel's Legitimacy -- The Losing Battle -- Resolving t…
"This book offers a systematic treatment of the requirements of democratic legitimacy. It argues that democratic procedures are essential for political legitimacy because of the need to respect value pluralism and because of the learning process that democratic decision-making e…
The orthodox view is that rights complement democracy. This book critically examines this view in the context of EU fundamental rights, specifically in situations where EU law requires member states to respect EU fundamental rights. It first sets out a legal theoretical account …
Angesichts der Krisen, die die Europäische Union seit einigen Jahren erschüttern, von der Finanzkrise bis hin zur Flüchtlingskrise und zum Brexit-Votum verstärken sich Skepsis und Ablehnung; eine drohende Legitimationskrise zwingt zur Analyse nicht nur der Ursachen sondern auch …
Angesichts der Krisen, die die Europäische Union seit einigen Jahren erschüttern, von der Finanzkrise bis hin zur Flüchtlingskrise und zum Brexit-Votum verstärken sich Skepsis und Ablehnung; eine drohende Legitimationskrise zwingt zur Analyse nicht nur der Ursachen sondern auch …
"Through a focused and systematic examination of late medieval scholastic writers - theologians, philosophers and jurists - Joseph Canning explores how ideas about power and legitimate authority were developed over the 'long fourteenth century'. The author provides a new model f…
"Through a focused and systematic examination of late medieval scholastic writers - theologians, philosophers and jurists - Joseph Canning explores how ideas about power and legitimate authority were developed over the 'long fourteenth century'. The author provides a new model f…
This book looks at the question of transparency within the framework of transitional justice. The collection analyses the issue from socio-legal, cultural studies and practitioner perspectives. Taking a three-part approach, it firstly discusses basic principles guiding justice g…
The contents of this book cover the rise of sovereign wealth funds, rethinking the 'sovereign' in sovereign wealth funds, the virtues of long-term commitment, insurer of last resort, and much more.
Martin Luther King once insisted that ""a riot is the language of the unheard."" Both a consideration of the ethics and politics of militant protest and the story of dissidents and their actions post 1968, Languages of the Unheard argues that militancy is not a danger to democra…