Recent confrontations between constitutional courts and parliamentary majorities in several European countries have attracted international interest in the relationship between the judiciary and the legislature.
How to sustain an international system of cooperation in the midst of geopolitical struggleCan the international economic and legal system survive today's fractured geopolitics?
This interdisciplinary anthology offers both theoretical reflections and empirical data on past, present and possible future war and crisis situations.
This interdisciplinary anthology offers both theoretical reflections and empirical data on past, present and possible future war and crisis situations.
How we can repair our democracy by rebuilding the mechanisms that power itWhat's the best way to determine what most voters want when multiple candidates are running?
The American political reformer Herbert Croly wrote, "e;For better or worse, democracy cannot be disentangled from an aspiration toward human perfectibility.
This book explores the writings of Norberto Bobbio (1909-2004) who was Italy's foremost political, legal, and democratic theorist, a distinguished historian of political and legal ideas, and one of the country's most perceptive public intellectuals throughout the second half of the twentieth century in Europe.
Democracy's Achilles Heel argues that the structure of democracy is a combination of two incompatible worldviews: one relativist and liberal, the other absolutist and conservative.
'A penetrating portrait of one of the most significant companies in the world' Ronan Farrow, author of Catch and Kill'With the skill of an award-winning journalist, Horwitz details the inner workings of the tech giant and their outcomes.
A vivid portrait of a Scottish religious leader and the South Carolina colony he helped shapeWhen Alexander Garden, a Scottish minister of the Church of England, arrived in South Carolina in 1720, he found a colony smoldering from the devastation of the Yamasee War and still suffering from economic upheaval, political factionalism, and rampant disease.
Das Verhältnis zwischen den Religionsgemeinschaften als soziale Konkretisierungsformen des Abstractums "Religion" und den Menschenrechten muss gerade in unseren Tagen aus einer sozialethischen Perspektive neu und präzise bestimmt werden.
Seit Juni 2013 hat der US-Geheimdienstmitarbeiter Edward Snowden aufgedeckt, dass die US-Sicherheitsbehörde NSA die Gesamtbevölkerung des Globus geheim überwacht.
"Renaissance, Niedergang, Transformation, Deinstitutionalisierung, Entprivatisierung, Bricolage - die Erwartungen an das Schicksal der Religion in der modernen Zivilisation sind vielfältig.
The communities, congregations, and faith-based coalitions that have been working for racial justice over the past fifty yearsHave progressive religious organizations been missing in action in recent struggles for racial justice?
Former slaves, with no prior experience in electoral politics and with few economic resources or little significant social standing, created a sweeping political movement that transformed the South after the Civil War.
This book investigates the impact of Christian nationalism on democracy in Ghana, arguing that proponents of a specific Christian worldview seek to remake the country according to their values and beliefs.
In an increasingly complex world, the decisions of American presidents can shape the course of global events-but those decisions are only as good as the intelligence behind them.
The relationship between evil and public affairs, as well as other fields and professions in public life, has come to the fore as institutions of government seek new ways to operate in an environment of extreme mistrust.
The relationship between evil and public affairs, as well as other fields and professions in public life, has come to the fore as institutions of government seek new ways to operate in an environment of extreme mistrust.
An experiential journey into the heart of Buddhist practiceand companion volume to the beloved Words of My Perfect Teacherthis revered Tibetan practice manual illuminates the practical methods that lead to the wholeness and freedom of the Great Perfection.
The Power of Opposition: Legislative Effectiveness in Mexico's Multiparty Democracy develops a theory of legislative effectiveness in presidential systems where it is rare for presidents to control a majority of seats in the legislature.
Polarized Society examines the profound divisions characterizing contemporary Western societies, where modern mass-affluent middle-class societies have transformed into postmodern class societies fractured along multiple lines of tradition, identity, and participation in wealth and power.
