Author: Jon Nixon
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
ISBN: 9780745336473
Category : Democracy
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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An examination of the enduring legacy of Rosa Luxemburg and her importance for activists and intellectuals alike.

Author: Sean A. Forner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107049571
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 397

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This book examines how democracy was rethought in Germany in the wake of National Socialism, the Second World War, and the Holocaust. Focusing on a loose network of public intellectuals in the immediate postwar years, Sean Forner traces their attempts to reckon with the experience of Nazism and scour Germany's ambivalent political and cultural traditions for materials with which to build a better future. In doing so, he reveals, they formulated an internally variegated but distinctly participatory vision of democratic renewal - a paradoxical counter-elitism of intellectual elites. Although their projects ran aground on internal tensions and on the Cold War, their commitments fueled critique and dissent in the two postwar Germanys during the 1950s and thereafter. The book uncovers a conception of political participation that went beyond the limited possibilities of the Cold War era and influenced the political struggles of later decades in both East and West.

Author: Kent Redfield
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Campaign funds
Languages : en
Pages : 139

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Summarizes political problems and policies, with recommendations, for five midwestern states: Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

Author: Kenneth M. Dolbeare
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Lays out the nature of the large-scale changes in American economic performance over recent years and their policy implications for the haves, the have-somes and the have-nots. The author asks whether we may not be on the brink of a truly class-aligned electoral politics. His argument gives special weight to the enormous "party of nonvoters" in American politics. It also stresses the fundamental, inescapable importance of the electoral process to any possible democratizing change in the United States.

Author: Dele Olowu
Publisher: Kumarian Press
ISBN: 1565491602
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253

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* Written by prominent scholars and practitioners of African development policy * Describes recent governance changes in Africa * Analyzes consequences of these changes for institutional reform * Highlights challenges of capacity building for economic liberalization and democratization This is an ideal volume for both students and scholars of African development, as well as anyone interested in the current issues of African governance. Published in association with the African Capacity Building Foundation, this book answers such questions as: What is the relationship between governance and institutional reforms? What is the impact of these reforms on public policy processes? And, what is the link between economic governance and policy research?

Author: Nathaniel Persily
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108835554
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 365

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A state-of-the-art account of what we know and do not know about the effects of digital technology on democracy.

Author: S. Adejumobi
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137484349
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 333

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Since the 1980s, democratic struggles have triggered constitutional reforms, elections, and other forms of political progress. This comprehensive volume offers refreshing perspectives on Africa's democratic renewal and will open up dialogue on the trends and trajectory of Africa's democratic future.

Author: Center for Democratic Renewal
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Rob Manwaring
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1847799469
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257

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Why is the search for democratic renewal so elusive? This book examines both the political and policy implications of efforts by the centre-left to transform democracy. This is a story not only about democratic change, but also the identity crisis of centre-left political parties. The book offers a fresh critique of the Big Society agenda, and analyses why both left and right are searching for democratic renewal. Drawing on high-profile interviews and examining an in-depth series of comparative cases, the book argues that the centre-left’s search for democratic renewal contains a range of policy and political aims, contradictions and tensions. It will be of interest to students, academics, researchers, interest groups and policy analysts interested in consultation, democratic renewal, labour politics, and Australian and British politics.

Author: Linze Schaap
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3531187635
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222

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This book explores the dynamics of democratic reform processes in European local government. On the basis of analyses of theoretical challenges to present developments, the book pays attention to processes of democratic innovation inspired by classical representative democracy and by new forms of democracy influenced by notions of governance, participation, e-governance, empowering civil society and the like. Also attention is given to the role of regionalization and of leader- ship in efforts to revitalize local democracy. Cases from all over Europe are being studied.