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Editor's Introduction: Anti-policy and anti-politics: Critical reflections on certain s... - 0 views

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This article proposes a concept of anti-policy along with some propositions concerning how we might research this new topic. It also introduces the four articles which make up this special issue on anti-policy and anti-politics. Anti-policy is a way of re

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article proposes a concept of anti-policy along with some propositions concerning how we might research this new topic. It also introduces the four articles which make up this special issue on anti-policy and anti-politics. Anti-policy is a way of re</div>

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Project MUSE -- Global Environmental Politics -- Volume 8, Number 2, May 2008 - 0 views

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Although transparency is a key concept of our times, it remains a relatively understudied phenomenon in global environmental politics. The link between transparency and accountable, legitimate and effective governance is assumed, yet the nature and workin

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Although transparency is a key concept of our times, it remains a relatively understudied phenomenon in global environmental politics. The link between transparency and accountable, legitimate and effective governance is assumed, yet the nature and workin</div>

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Judging Necessity: Democracy and Extra-legalism -- Feldman 36 (4): 550 -- Political Theory - 0 views

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This article probes the relationship among constitutionalism, extra-legal prerogative power, and citizen judgment. While much has been written about the nature of Lockean prerogative, and while his theory serves as a direct inspiration for contemporary "n

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article probes the relationship among constitutionalism, extra-legal prerogative power, and citizen judgment. While much has been written about the nature of Lockean prerogative, and while his theory serves as a direct inspiration for contemporary "n</div>

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Review: Democracy by Paul Ginsberg - 0 views

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Constitution. So how can citizens be more involved in decision-making? Ginsborg genially surveys modern experiments ranging from trendy but possibly inconsequential "citizen juries" and "town hall meetings" to grander visions such as the "participatory bu

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Constitution. So how can citizens be more involved in decision-making? Ginsborg genially surveys modern experiments ranging from trendy but possibly inconsequential "citizen juries" and "town hall meetings" to grander visions such as the "participatory bu</div>

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Historical Dilemmas of Democracy and Their Contemporary Relevance for Citizenship - R... - 0 views

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This essay discusses the dialectical relationship between the concepts of "democracy" and "citizenship," by relating to current debates which combine a transformation of the philosophical tradition and an evaluation of situations where the legal d

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This essay discusses the dialectical relationship between the concepts of "democracy" and "citizenship," by relating to current debates which combine a transformation of the philosophical tradition and an evaluation of situations where the legal d</div>

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Rethinking Human Rights, Democracy, and Sovereignty in the Age of Globalization -- Cohe... - 0 views

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The traditional conception construes human rights as moral rights all people have due to some basic feature or interests deemed intrinsically valuable. This comported well with the revival of the discourse of human rights in the wake of atrocities committ

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The traditional conception construes human rights as moral rights all people have due to some basic feature or interests deemed intrinsically valuable. This comported well with the revival of the discourse of human rights in the wake of atrocities committ</div>

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International non-governmental development organizations and their Northern constituenc... - 0 views

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The ways in which international non-governmental development organizations (INGDOs) engage with northern constituencies have important implications for their promotion of principles of global justice and equity, their legitimacy as global actors and their

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The ways in which international non-governmental development organizations (INGDOs) engage with northern constituencies have important implications for their promotion of principles of global justice and equity, their legitimacy as global actors and their</div>

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The Moral Legitimacy of Anger -- Muldoon 11 (3): 299 -- European Journal of Social Theory - 0 views

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This article seeks to contest the frequently repeated assertion that anger poses the greatest threat to transitional societies moving from authoritarianism to democracy. Against suggestions that victims of past injustices should forswear their `negative e

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article seeks to contest the frequently repeated assertion that anger poses the greatest threat to transitional societies moving from authoritarianism to democracy. Against suggestions that victims of past injustices should forswear their `negative e</div>

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Imperialism and the Rhetoric of Democracy in the Age of Wall Street - Rethinking Marx... - 0 views

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This essay argues that the territorial fluidity of the process of surplus production has been accompanied by a new form of imperialism, resting on a structural separation of the processes of surplus appropriation and distribution from the processes of sur

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This essay argues that the territorial fluidity of the process of surplus production has been accompanied by a new form of imperialism, resting on a structural separation of the processes of surplus appropriation and distribution from the processes of sur</div>

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Perspectives on justice, democracy and global climate change - Environmental Politics - 0 views

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The articles that follow are usefully located in the context of four dimensions of 'climate justice', defined here as the study of the special problems of obligation and participation posed by climate impacts and policies for their management. The themes

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The articles that follow are usefully located in the context of four dimensions of 'climate justice', defined here as the study of the special problems of obligation and participation posed by climate impacts and policies for their management. The themes </div>

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In his new book, 'Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia' (Viking, 2008), Rashid demonstrates that the failures and contradictions of U.S. policy in the region have been visible

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In his new book, 'Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia' (Viking, 2008), Rashid demonstrates that the failures and contradictions of U.S. policy in the region have been visible </div>

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Public reason and democracy - Critical Review of International Social and Political P... - 0 views

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Public reasoning is widely thought to be essential to democracy, but there is much disagreement about whether such deliberation should be constrained by a principle of public reason, which may seem to conflict with important democratic values. This paper

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Public reasoning is widely thought to be essential to democracy, but there is much disagreement about whether such deliberation should be constrained by a principle of public reason, which may seem to conflict with important democratic values. This paper </div>

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South Africa's democracy: from celebration to crisis - African Identities - 0 views

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This essay is based on a reading of a selection of texts that have been published around the tenth anniversary of South Africa's much celebrated democratic election of 1994, though not necessarily for that purpose. It focuses mainly on political commentar

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This essay is based on a reading of a selection of texts that have been published around the tenth anniversary of South Africa's much celebrated democratic election of 1994, though not necessarily for that purpose. It focuses mainly on political commentar</div>

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Emancipation or accommodation?: Habermasian vs. Rawlsian deliberative democra... - 0 views

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The development of the theory of deliberative democracy has culminated in a synthesis between Rawlsian political liberalism and Habermasian critical theory. Taking the perspective of conceptions of freedom, this article argues that this synthesis is unfor

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The development of the theory of deliberative democracy has culminated in a synthesis between Rawlsian political liberalism and Habermasian critical theory. Taking the perspective of conceptions of freedom, this article argues that this synthesis is unfor</div>

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Setting La diabla Free: Women, Violence, and the Struggle for Representation in Postwar... - 0 views

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An analysis of the literary representations of women and violence in three postwar Salvadoran narratives sheds light on El Salvador's new neoliberal reality and provides a basis for understanding the role of women in national reconstruction and democratiz

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An analysis of the literary representations of women and violence in three postwar Salvadoran narratives sheds light on El Salvador's new neoliberal reality and provides a basis for understanding the role of women in national reconstruction and democratiz</div>

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Imperialism, Domination, Culture: The Continued Relevance of Critical Geopolitics - Geo... - 0 views

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Twenty years ago Gearid Tuathail called for an approach within Political Geography that made geopolitical culture and the formulation of foreign policy the object of analysis. He specified the task of what subsequently became critical geopolitics as the

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Twenty years ago Gearid Tuathail called for an approach within Political Geography that made geopolitical culture and the formulation of foreign policy the object of analysis. He specified the task of what subsequently became critical geopolitics as the </div>

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Russia: how the new 'cold war' plays at home | open Democracy News Analysis - 0 views

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In August 2008, Russia twice showed that it was not in any way a part of the West. The idea of a renewed confrontation not only does not deter it. It is even popular among Russian voters, however little this may mean in a 'managed democracy'. Russia's pol

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In August 2008, Russia twice showed that it was not in any way a part of the West. The idea of a renewed confrontation not only does not deter it. It is even popular among Russian voters, however little this may mean in a 'managed democracy'. Russia's pol</div>

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Since 2001, world social forums have gradually structured the agendas of thousands of NGOs, medias, unions, social movements, local authorities, institutions and even governments across the planet. Today they are considered as major events to elaborate, s

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Since 2001, world social forums have gradually structured the agendas of thousands of NGOs, medias, unions, social movements, local authorities, institutions and even governments across the planet. Today they are considered as major events to elaborate, s</div>

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Global Disorder and the Limits of 'Dialogue' - Third World Quarterly - 0 views

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Since 2001 (designated as the UN Year of Dialogue Among Civilisations) several initiatives have been developed as a means of resolving problems whose causes have been ascribed, primarily by Samuel Huntington and Bernard Lewis, to civilisational difference

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Since 2001 (designated as the UN Year of Dialogue Among Civilisations) several initiatives have been developed as a means of resolving problems whose causes have been ascribed, primarily by Samuel Huntington and Bernard Lewis, to civilisational difference</div>

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A talk by Parag Khanna, Director of the Global Governance Initiative of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation. In The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order, Parag Khanna examines the intersection of geopolitics

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A talk by Parag Khanna, Director of the Global Governance Initiative of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation. In The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order, Parag Khanna examines the intersection of geopolitics </div>

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