Winning the Second Civil War: Without Firing a Shot, Jim Hanson

Автор: Ehrenberg John R.
Название: Civil Society, Second Edition: The Critical History of an Idea
ISBN: 1479891606 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781479891603
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: A comprehensive discussion and analysis of two and a half millennia of Western political theory In the absence of noble public goals, admired leaders, and compelling issues, many warn of a dangerous erosion of civil society, which includes families, religious organizations, and all other NGOs. Are they right? What are the roots and implications of their insistent alarm? How can public life be enriched in a period marked by fraying communities, widespread apathy, and unprecedented levels of contempt for politics? How should we be thinking about civil society?            In Civil Society: The Critical History of an Idea, John Ehrenberg analyzes both the usefulness and the limitations of civil society and maps the political and theoretical evolution of the concept and its employment in academic and public discourse. From Aristotle and the Enlightenment philosophers to Black Lives Matter and the Occupy movement, Ehrenberg provides an indispensable analysis of the possibilities of what this increasingly important idea can, and cannot, offer to contemporary political affairs.              In this new, second edition Ehrenberg brings the historical overview up to present day, specifically considering how major events such as 9/11, the global financial crisis, economic inequality, and rapidly advancing technologies alter and shape our relationship to contemporary civil society. Civic engagement, political participation, and volunteerism in contemporary life has faded, he argues, and in order to bring civil society—and all its virtues—back to the fore, we need to counter the suffocating  inequality that has taken hold in recent years.  Thorough and accessible, Civil Society gives a sweeping overview of a foundational part of political life.

Автор: Justin Buchler
Название: Hiring And Firing Public Officials: Rethinking the Purpose of Elections
ISBN: 0199759979 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199759972
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Conventional theories of elections hold that an election is analogous to a consumer product market. This analogy underlies decades of electoral theory, but in Hiring and Firing Public Officials, Justin Buchler contends that it does not capture the real nature of elections. As Buchler shows, an election is a mechanism by which voters hire and fire public officials. Thus, the health of democracy depends not on regular competitive elections, but on posing acredible threat to fire public officials who do not perform their jobs well. However, the purpose of that threat is to force public officials to act as faithful public servants so that they do not have to be fired. Thus, competitive elections, by most definitions, are indicative of a failure of the democraticsystem.

Автор: Ehrenberg John R.
Название: Civil Society, Second Edition: The Critical History of an Idea
ISBN: 1479896713 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781479896714
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: A comprehensive discussion and analysis of two and a half millennia of Western political theory In the absence of noble public goals, admired leaders, and compelling issues, many warn of a dangerous erosion of civil society, which includes families, religious organizations, and all other NGOs. Are they right? What are the roots and implications of their insistent alarm? How can public life be enriched in a period marked by fraying communities, widespread apathy, and unprecedented levels of contempt for politics? How should we be thinking about civil society?            In Civil Society: The Critical History of an Idea, John Ehrenberg analyzes both the usefulness and the limitations of civil society and maps the political and theoretical evolution of the concept and its employment in academic and public discourse. From Aristotle and the Enlightenment philosophers to Black Lives Matter and the Occupy movement, Ehrenberg provides an indispensable analysis of the possibilities of what this increasingly important idea can, and cannot, offer to contemporary political affairs.              In this new, second edition Ehrenberg brings the historical overview up to present day, specifically considering how major events such as 9/11, the global financial crisis, economic inequality, and rapidly advancing technologies alter and shape our relationship to contemporary civil society. Civic engagement, political participation, and volunteerism in contemporary life has faded, he argues, and in order to bring civil society—and all its virtues—back to the fore, we need to counter the suffocating  inequality that has taken hold in recent years.  Thorough and accessible, Civil Society gives a sweeping overview of a foundational part of political life.

Автор: Illan rua Wall
Название: Human Rights and Constituent Power: Without Model or Warranty
ISBN: 0415824036 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415824033
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Human Rights and Constituent Power: Without Model or Warranty reworks the ordinary conception of human rights, by replacing their possessive individualism with the radically different ontology of `being-together` in constituent struggle.

Автор: Locke
Название: Second Treatise of Government - An Essay Concerning the True Original, Extent and End of Civil Government
ISBN: 0882951254 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780882951256
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: This essential volume features John Locke`s hand-corrected text with an outstanding introduction to Locke`s life and role in intellectual history, his principal works, and their purpose. Written by the editor, Richard Cox, the introduction also outlines the course of both treatises of government and analyzes the problems of interpretation.