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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Project MUSE -- Journal of Democracy -- Volume 19, Number 3, July 2008 - 0 views

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    The rise of Islamist parties poses new challenges to efforts to understand the relationship between Islam and democracy. A diverse group of author investigates this new phenomenon and its implications for the future of democracy in the Middle East.
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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
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Sovereign Right and the Global Left Cultural Critique -- Number 69, Spring 2008 - 0 views

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    A conceptual distinction can be made between normal enemies- those who act as enemies are expected to act, positioning themselves within the mental landscape of the existing political imaginary-and the absolute enemy whose attack threatens the imag
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Rethinking 'Citizenship' in the Postcolony - Third World Quarterly - 0 views

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    This paper argues for an approach to researching citizenship and democracy that begins not from normative convictions but from everyday experiences in particular social, cultural and historical contexts. The paper starts with a consideration of the ways i
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The future of the nation-state in an era of globalization - Medicine, Conflict and Su... - 0 views

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    This article uses the business management technique of scenario planning to look at how the global order could evolve. It speculates on four 'futures': a continuation of the current order, so that much of what we currently see will continue well into the
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LRB · Jeremy Harding: Saved and Depoliticised at One Stroke - 0 views

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    Much of the disappointment centres on the fact that UN expenditure, now in the order of £25 billion, was ill judged: too much spent on traineeships and seminars - 'institution-building', 'capacity-building', 'technical assistance' - not n
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    Seyla Benhabib's article, "Twilight of Sovereignty or the Emergence of Cosmopolitan Norms" offers a penetrating analysis of the contemporary global order and suggests a normative approach by which to mend its structural failures-viewed from the de
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Democracy, Demography, and Sovereignty - 0 views

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    In this article I examine recent debates concerning the emergence of cosmopolitan norms that protect individuals' rights regardless of their citizenship status, and the spread of what some have called "global law without a state." I distinguish betw
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AFTER THE ORDER TO CIVILIZATION - Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial ... - 0 views

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    Weightless International Relations and the Burden of Unreduced Responsibility This essay is an attempt to outline an agenda and give a contemporary case example. It proceeds from two key foundations. The first is that recent western, particularly US, f
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    This paper addresses two central questions: What does political engagement mean to indigenous youth today? And how do their attitudes and beliefs regarding political participation affect Canadian electoral processes and institutions.
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    Zimbabwe might be entering into an "open moment". After what has turned out to be a presidential election with just one candidate, the situation could swiftly move from the coronation of the incumbent, Robert Mugabe, to a transition beyond him. The accumu
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Political Leadership and the Emergence of Radical Mass Movements in Democracy -- Pappas... - 0 views

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    The perception of liberal democracy as a solidly institutionalized system in which opposition forces moderately compete with legitimate authority is so fixed that people are often surprised when mass radicalism emerges. Why, when, and how do radical mass
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Sovereign Bond Ratings and the Democratic Advantage: Portfolio Investment in the Develo... - 0 views

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    As developing countries expose portfolio investors to potential high risk, it is expected that investors will follow the advice of credit rating agencies (CRAs) before sending capital abroad. Controlling for political and economic explanations in the lite
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Sexed Bodies, Sexualized Identities, and the Limits of Gender -- Evans 22 (2): 361 -- C... - 0 views

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body democracy

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    Sex is one of the dominant metaphors of China's postmillennial consumerist modernity. Public media and private discussions map endless pleasures and possibilities onto sexed bodies, foregrounding sexuality as an increasingly significant component of indiv
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POLITICS: Is Democracy Dangerous in Multi-ethnic Societies? - 0 views

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    OXFORD, Jun 26 (IPS) - The Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (CRISE) would seem to have its work cut out for it in a world racked by brutal and enduring conflict. The centre's goal is to explore the links between ethnicity, i
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