The Cameroon Condition brings together three seminal essays by George Ngwane, one of the most renowned, committed and daring Anglophone Cameroon writers.
No Trifling Matter is a collection of controversial, critical weekly commentary on the reluctance of a monolithic regime to yield to popular aspirations for democracy in Cameroon.
The celebrations that heralded democratic change in the 1990s in Africa have gradually faded into muffled cries of anger and attendant violence of despair.
There seems to be a sort of prevalent attitude in the Western world that its brand of democracy is something of a catch all solution for all the world's political problems.
Each of the essays in this book is marked by a certain simplicity and clarity, a seriousness tinged with humour, masking a profundity that are unmistakably characteristic of Godfrey B.
This book discusses the seminal role played by Edward Bernays, a nephew of Sigmund Freud, in the founding of American-style public relations n persuasive communication through manipulation of symbols n and his huge (and cynical) impact on the American economic and political scene.
This book discusses the seminal role played by Edward Bernays, a nephew of Sigmund Freud, in the founding of American-style public relations , persuasive communication through manipulation of symbols , and his huge (and cynical) impact on the American economic and political scene.
This book addresses the reasons why the contemporary far-right has gained political resonance in a variety of states across both the Global North and South.
Mientras trabajos precedentes se habían focalizado exclusivamente en la trayectoria del Movimiento de Sacerdotes para el Tercer Mundo (MSTM), en este libro Claudia Touris demuestra que la corriente tercermundista en la Argentina fue una red sociorreligiosa más amplia y diversa que se desplegó como una verdadera constelación de actores sociales integrada no solo por los sacerdotes, sino también por religiosas, laicos que pasaron por los ámbitos de sociabilidad católica renovada por el Concilio Vaticano II y otros, como el grupo de Cristianismo y Revolución, que lo conectaron con la vía insurreccional minoritaria en la corriente tercermundista.
¿Qué mueve a las personas a salir a la calle y sumarse a una protesta cuando eso implica tiempo, esfuerzo y, a veces, el riesgo físico de sufrir represión?
Si en América Latina las leyes destinadas a eliminar la corrupción, el clientelismo electoral, la discriminación racial o la violencia contra la mujer, a redistribuir los ingresos a los pobres o a proteger el medio ambiente efectivamente se cumplieran a lo largo del tiempo, las consecuencias sociales y políticas serían impactantes.
En muchos países de América Latina los ciudadanos de a pie sienten que el poder político está en manos de una minoría y que el voto periódico no alcanza como mecanismo de control.
La avanzada evangélica en las arenas partidarias latinoamericanas es uno de los acontecimientos más estudiados en el campo de la sociología de la religión y un evento que suscita hondas polémicas en el espacio amplio de la sociedad civil.
Tras muchas décadas de debate público acerca de la influencia que ejerce el dinero (y sus poseedores) en el funcionamiento democrático en general y, particularmente, sobre la agenda pública, resulta evidente que la ciudadanía es sensible y está atenta a la cuestión del financiamiento de la política.
En los últimos años, en un contexto de innovación tecnológica creciente, la propuesta de los ingresos básicos –conocida también como renta universal garantizada o ingreso ciudadano– ha estado acaparando la atención de diferentes sectores de la opinión pública.
En la Argentina, la "rosca política" tiene mala fama: es sinónimo de negociaciones en las sombras y al borde de la legalidad, de un toma y daca que está en las antípodas de las convicciones y el interés general.
¿Qué es razonable esperar de las elecciones en el mundo real, en que los mercados distribuyen de manera desigual los ingresos y en que los políticos hacen su mejor esfuerzo para perpetuarse en el poder?
El período de gobierno de la Alianza coincide con la escalada de una crisis económica, social y política sin precedentes en la historia argentina reciente.
The purpose of putting this book in your hands is to communicate to you the value and strength that must sustain you through this period of transition in which we find ourselves, as well as to reveal something of the solid and healthy foundation on which it is built the future of the Incoming Age.
This book represents the first critical edition and scholarly annotated translation of a pioneering report on the predicament of cross-cultural understanding at the dawn of globalization, titled "e;A Brief Response on the Controversies over Shangdi, Tianshen and Linghun"e; ("e;Resposta breve sobre as Controversias do Xamty, Tien Xin, Lim hoen"e;), which was written in China by the Sicilian Jesuit missionary Niccolo Longobardo (1565-1654) in the 1620s and profoundly influenced Enlightenment understandings of Asian philosophy.
The 2008 elections in Malaysia saw the ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional, suffer its worst showing since independence, balancing political power and bringing hope of a more progressive, democratic future.
This book, with theoretical and practical analyses of comparative political systems of Eastern countries (Asia and Africa), their political process and political cultures, describes and analyses the influence of political culture on political process in the Eastern world.
The book examines the dynamic processes of the various social, political, and cultural negotiations that representatives of Christian groups engage in within authoritarian societies in Greater China, where Christianity is deemed a foreign religious system brought to China by colonial rulers.
This book investigates Turkey's departure from a 'flawed democracy' under Kemalist secularism, and its transitioning into Islamist authoritarian Erdoganism, through the lenses of informal law, legal pluralism, and legal hybridity.
This book presents the welfare regime of societies of Chinese heritage as a liminal space where religious and state authorities compete with each other for legitimacy.
This book presents the welfare regime of China as a liminal space where religious and state authorities struggle for legitimacy as new social forces emerge.
This book sheds light on religiously motivated extremism and violence in South Asia, a phenomenon which ostensibly poses critical and unique challenges to the peace, security and governance not only of the region, but also of the world at large.
