Political structures: democracy

Anarchism is commonly viewed as an outdated and wholly impractical idea.

This book develops a theory of collective empowerment that looks for change both from the bottom up, in civil society, and from the top down, from state interventions responding to such pressure.

Con una atenta y minuciosa selección de textos, discursos y homilías de Jorge Mario Bergoglio, este volumen remarca la continuidad existente en sus palabras desde el inicio de su camino sacerdotal hasta llegar al "pontificado de la ternura y de la misericordia", como ha sido definido por conocidos comentaristas.

A partir de una recopilación de testimonios de protagonistas que han vivido en medio de la praxis política y, por lo tanto, han sido testigos de lo ocurrido en Chile en las últimas décadas, este trabajo intenta servir de referencia sobre los 30 años de democracia en Chile, que se cumplieron en marzo de 2020.

Siguiendo el pulso de su tiempo y acompañando los cambios en la sociedad, el Instituto de Chile constituye un cuerpo orgánico abierto a la diversidad, que llena un espacio de la vida pública, respetando la entera independencia de sus miembros.

Las Fuerzas Armadas argentinas atraviesan un período de pacificación nunca antes experimentado.

Esta obra contiene un conjunto de aportes valiosos que sirven para entender los desafíos y la complejidad que poseen las problemáticas de las comunidades aborígenes, en relación a temas como la igualdad de género, la defensa de los derechos de la mujer en sociedades o sistemas culturales en los cuales existe una tradición de subordinación o relegación en favor del varón, la tutela de los menores, la diversidad cultural y el respeto a las minorías, la posesión del territorio, la inclusión y la exclusión en un mundo que, paradójicamente, se expresa a favor de nuevas ideas occidentales que han venido a suplantar las antiguas visiones de desprecio por lo aborigen y por lo diferente.

Obra de máxima utilidad para quienes ejercen y estudian el Derecho Administrativo.

La vida política ha tomado un nuevo curso que configura una democracia diferente a la que conocimos.

El acontecimiento cristiano genera un hombre comunional, que por su naturaleza intrínseca construye comunidad con los próximos.

Demons in the USA argues that the discourse on the demonic that developed in the nineteenth century continues to exert a powerful hold over the American spiritual imagination.

The unknown history of economic conservatism in India after independenceNeoliberalism is routinely characterized as an antidemocratic, expert-driven project aimed at insulating markets from politics, devised in the North Atlantic and projected on the rest of the world.

This book explores the human rights principle of participation and the human right to participation.

This compelling book explores the dimensions of social equity by asking the leading equity scholars to reflect on the responsibility for social equity and how equity can be achieved.

A new analysis of the struggle over respect and recognition in modern democracy that characterizes the global rise of populism.

This compelling book explores the dimensions of social equity by asking the leading equity scholars to reflect on the responsibility for social equity and how equity can be achieved.

Discussing the civilizatory crisis and processes of refeudalization this volume brings into dialogue two of the most creative approaches, in Olaf Kaltmeier and Edgardo Lander, to rethink capitalism in the 21st century.

Discussing the civilizatory crisis and processes of refeudalization this volume brings into dialogue two of the most creative approaches, in Olaf Kaltmeier and Edgardo Lander, to rethink capitalism in the 21st century.

This book explores the human rights principle of participation and the human right to participation.

This book shows how bringing together experts from the Global South and the Global North can help us to understand and combat global economic, political, and social inequalities.

This Element examines the ballot design consequences for voter behavior and candidate performance through an electoral reform in Argentina.

This book shows how bringing together experts from the Global South and the Global North can help us to understand and combat global economic, political, and social inequalities.

This third edition of the successful Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics provides a definitive global survey of the interaction of religion and politics.

This third edition of the successful Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics provides a definitive global survey of the interaction of religion and politics.

In Ancient Echoes, Walter Brueggemann -- one of our most influential biblical scholars -- responds to eight "e;truth claims"e; made by the radical right in US politics.

Quakers bring a special approach to political action that draws on 360 years of activism.

Liberals have been arguing for nearly a century that racism is fundamentally an individual problem of extremist beliefs.

This book analyses the compatibility of data retention in the UK with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

Esta obra se centra en el analisis de la crisis del constitucionalismo, estudio que transita por los regimenes autoritarios, hasta anclar en el constitucionalismo erigido en la postguerra mundial.

"Lo nuestro es reír, dibujar, gozar de nuestras libertades, vivir con la cabeza muy alta frente a los fanáticos que querrían imponernos su mundo de neurosis y frustraciones, en conjunto con universitarios cebados de comunitarismo anglosajón e intelectuales, herederos de aquellos que apoyaron a algunos de los peores dictadores del siglo XX, de Stalin a Pol Pot.

Ningún fenómeno político internacional nace de la nada.

With socialism in eclipse and market economies gaining acceptance worldwide, a new kind of ethics is needed to address social injustice and inequity.

In the wake of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, the Christian Right expected major victories in the 1998 elections.

Once described by Trygve Lie as the "e;most impossible job on earth,"e; the position of UN Secretary-General is as frustratingly constrained as it is prestigious.

This book is an introduction to Pablo Gonzalez Casanova, giant of Latin American sociology.

The Rise and Decline of Modern Democracy assesses the rise of, subsequent political challenges to, and decline of, contemporary liberal democratic processes, in particular since the 'third wave' of democratization from the 1990s.

This Handbook analyzes elections in the Middle East and North Africa and seeks to overcome normative assumptions about the linkage between democracy and elections.

Contrary to the common belief that peace and democracy go hand in hand after a civil war, Pereira Watts argues they are, in fact, at a crossroads.

The objective of Arab Criminology is to establish a criminological subfield called 'Arab Criminology.

The objective of Arab Criminology is to establish a criminological subfield called 'Arab Criminology.

This book is an introduction to Pablo Gonzalez Casanova, giant of Latin American sociology.

This Handbook analyzes elections in the Middle East and North Africa and seeks to overcome normative assumptions about the linkage between democracy and elections.

Contrary to the common belief that peace and democracy go hand in hand after a civil war, Pereira Watts argues they are, in fact, at a crossroads.

Die »Letzte Generation« löst Beifallsstürme und Spendenfluten aus.

Scholars across several social science disciplines have indicated that the behavior described by the term "e;civic engagement"e; is girded by a set of attitudes that show knowledge about, and positive evaluations of, government and politics.

While China's economic rise is being watched closely around the world, the country's changing political landscape is intriguing, as well.