Civic space worldwide is shrinking nowhere is this plainer than in PalestineIsrael Suppressing Dissent brings together leading experts of shrinking civic space and transnational repression concerning PalestineIsrael to show how failing to address the phenomenon has impacts in the United States, the Middle East and beyond.
In his effort to detach the indispensable notion of the common good from its historical identification with the more closed, homogeneous, and static societies of the premodern past, the French political philosopher Bertrand de Jouvenel (1903-87) pointed the way towards a viable conservative liberalism.
Since at least 1971, when he published a seminal article on constitutional interpretation in the Indiana Law Journal, Robert Bork has been the legal and moral conscience of America, reminding us of our founding principles and their cultural foundation.
Originalism Is Not Enough In this profoundly important reassessment of constitutional interpretation, the eminent legal philosopher Hadley Arkes argues that ';originalism' alone is an inadequate answer to judicial activism.
Following the 1953 coup that toppled the democratically elected government of Mossadeq and restored the rule of the Shah in Iran, Mostafa Sho';aiyan became a key figure on the country's militant left.
Following the 1953 coup that toppled the democratically elected government of Mossadeq and restored the rule of the Shah in Iran, Mostafa Sho';aiyan became a key figure on the country's militant left.
Fourteen women testify to the shocking human rights abuses in Iranian prisonsWINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2023 'A must-read for anyone concerned with human rights in Iran.
This national bestseller is not only the guiding ';centerpiece of a robust new grassroots machinery' (Rolling Stone), it is the story of democracy under threat.
Philosophen und Dichter begründeten und prägten das politische Denken und damit die Besonderheit der griechischen Polis - der Mutter des europäischen Staatswesens.
This work addresses the origins of the phenomenon of terrorism and answers thorny questions that the reader may not find easy to answer in light of the media war and globalization.
Die Krise des Sozialstaates ist offenkundig: Demographische Zwänge, klamme Sozialkassen, ungelöste Arbeitsmarktproblematik, steigende Unzufriedenheit der Bürger.
A partir de un analisis preciso que combina la historia conceptual con la historia politica de las instituciones y las practicas, Hirsch plantea interrogantes originales y ofrece una interpretacion potente y muy bien fundada sobre el surgimiento de los partidos y su papel en los nacientes regimenes democraticos.
Oft stehen sich der Anspruch Handelnder, ihre Welt zu verändern, und die Tendenz bestehender Ordnungen, im status quo zu verharren, scheinbar unvermittelbar gegen-über.
Through the stories in this collection, Iraqi writer Sabiha Shabar has managed to present women and men as two equals in their suffering and struggle, and in their times of happiness and triumph.
Der Band durchleuchtet das keineswegs einfach oppositive Verhältnis von Freiheit und Zwang, wie es sich seit der Formierung der Moderne in der Aufklärung entwickelt hat – politisch, philosophisch, anthropologisch, ästhetisch.
