** #4 New York Times bestseller **In Democracy Awakening, American historian Heather Cox Richardson examines how, over the decades, an elite minority have made war on American ideals.
En este trabajo colectivo se analiza la necesidad y el alcance de un principio de neutralidad en el constitucionalismo, es decir, los ámbitos en los que se impide adoptar decisiones o realizar actividad que favorezca determinadas y concretas posiciones ideológicas u opciones políticas, es decir, actividad de tendencia en ámbitos regidos por la idea de interés general o público.
This interdisciplinary book draws on leading scholarship on one of the most influential and consequential social movements of the past decades: Spain's 15-M movement.
La alianza entre grupos religiosos y grupos conservadores se ha valido de la instrumentalización del concepto de laicidad y ha puesto en cuestión su utilidad en América Latina.
With all the talk about "e;democracy"e; these days, it's surprising how little time is spent concentrating on the concept of democracy itself, its history and justification as a form of political governance.
A major new account of the emergence of Italian democracy after the Second World WarThe rebirth of Italy after the Second World War is one of the most impressive political transformations in modern European history.
En este trabajo se han analizado las razones que abundan a que el Estado debe ser neutral políticamente y que son numerosas, ya que se estructura una sociedad política pluralista, cuyo reconocimiento como principio y valor constitucional tiene como consecuencia la garantía de la igualdad en el ejercicio de los derechos de libertad, incluidos los de carácter político, que deben posibilitar que no se perjudique la competencia política, proteger los derechos de los participantes en la misma, garantizar la libertad en el proceso de formación de la voluntad política y de la opinión pública, asegurar la protección de los intereses generales e impedir la utilización de los recursos públicos por la autoridad pública para fines partidistas.
An indispensable resource for understanding religion's place in American schools and in matters concerning the separation of church and state in the United States.
This book explores the notion of the timely mean, a virtue established in the Confucian tradition, in dialogue with the Christian understanding of discernment, especially as used in spirituality studies.
ARABS & ISRAEL FOR BEGINNERS covers the Middle East from ancient times to the present, tells the truth in plain English, and is one of the few non-scholarly books that is relentlessly fair to both Jews and Arabs.
This book tells the story of the Lebanese Shi'a and their development from a marginalized, discriminated minority to a highly politicized community that has given birth to Hezbollah, one of the most powerful paramilitary forces in the contemporary Middle East.
American Heresy uncovers the complex legacy of America's founding principles, demonstrating how the very same values have produced both good fruit and the bitter harvest of white Christian nationalism.
In diesem Sammelband werden die historischen, politischen und gesellschaftlichen Facetten der politischen Systeme der einzelnen Länder des Mittleren Ostens analysiert.
Addressing a dearth of literature in this area, this book provides a comprehensive overview and framework of study of the politics of religious tourism.
Addressing a dearth of literature in this area, this book provides a comprehensive overview and framework of study of the politics of religious tourism.
In diesem Sammelband werden die historischen, politischen und gesellschaftlichen Facetten der politischen Systeme der einzelnen Länder des Mittleren Ostens analysiert.
The creation of temporary, independent advisory bodies that give advice to Congress, is an important yet under-investigated area of congressional delegation.
Political polarization among 'red' and 'blue' states in the United States is reflected in major divides that exist along social, economic, educational, geographic, and demographic lines, but nowhere is polarization and political divide more evident than in the field of American healthcare.
This book introduces readers to Catholic social teaching, the Church's long tradition of reflection on the meaning of social justice and how to enact it.
