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A data-rich examination of the US Supreme Court's unprecedented detachment from the democratic processes that buttress its legitimacy. Today's Supreme Court is unlike any other in American history. This is not just because of its jurisprudence but also because the current Court has a tenuous relationship with the democratic processes that help establish its authority. Historically, this “democracy gap” was not nearly as severe as it is today. Simply put, past Supreme Courts were constructed in a fashion far more in line with the promise of democracy—that the people decide and the majority rules. Drawing on historical and contemporary data alongside a deep knowledge of court battles during presidencies ranging from FDR to Donald Trump, Kevin J. McMahon charts the developments that brought us here. McMahon offers insight into the altered politics of nominating and confirming justices, the shifting pool of Supreme Court hopefuls, and the increased salience of the Court in elections. A Supreme Court Unlike Any Other is an eye-opening account of today's Court within the context of US history and the broader structure of contemporary politics.

An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library as part of the Opening the Future project with COPIM. This book examines three expeditions by the Spanish to the borders of Charcas, a district that covers present-day Bolivia and the northwest of Argentina, in the second half of the sixteenth century, using an approach that has not been attempted until now. Scholarship on these events has framed them as part of a gradual top-down process of centralisation driven by the Crown to extend its power and build a colonial ‘state'in the Americas. This book challenges that view, approaching the expeditions through an analysis of the political culture that underpinned them. It explores the events within the process of installation and consolidation of royal jurisdiction, understood here as the authority to establish law and deliver justice, in a remote area. This was a process achieved through coercion and violence, as well as negotiation and consensus, that involved both the Spanish and indigenous peoples, and that frequently created overlapping jurisdictions, via downscaling of politics and dispersal of power. Jurisdictional politics were decided and settled in battlefields and courts and involved the theatricalization of power, to make a distant monarch present, which, paradoxically, made such absence the more evident. The book is an invitation to re-dimension the scope of Spain's empire

The latest in the acclaimed series of election books from Victoria University of Wellington, Back on Track? is an engaging account of how we ended up with the government we have today.What a year! In 2023, Jacinda Ardern resigned after five years as Prime Minister, leaving Chris Hipkins in charge of Labour's waning fortunes and ultimate defeat. The Greens and Te Pati Maori ended up back on the opposition benches despite gaining more votes than ever before. ACT held its support, but couldn't find enough votes to keep New Zealand First from muscling its way back into government, as Winston Peters again went from has-been to kingmaker to Minister of Foreign Affairs. And Christopher Luxon, having repeatedly warned of a'coalition of chaos'if people voted for Labour, the Greens and Te Pati Maori, found himself leading a chaotic coalition of his own when the election resulted in a National–ACT–New Zealand First government that promised to get New Zealand'back on track'.

El discurso político no es hoy un objeto de estudio novedoso, aunque no por ello su campo ha sido completamente discernido; de hecho, incluso el concepto “discurso político” podría incardinar cierto pleonasmo pues, ¿qué discurso escapa realmente a la naturaleza política de las interacciones humanas?, ¿cuál de las formas políticas que practica una comunidad escapan de lo discursivo? En rigor, no hay hecho político que prescinda de la discursividad que lo significa y que lo realiza, del mismo modo en que no hay discurso que no tenga una dimensión política.Este libro es producto del seminario de investigación constituido a partir del I Coloquio “De la emoción a la lógica en el discurso político”, evento celebrado entre el 21 y el 23 de septiembre de 2022 como parte del proyecto “Ethos, logos o pathos: análisis retórico de la argumentación política” (Conahcyt, México, 2022). En dicho seminario, se discutieron diferentes aspectos del discurso político, inicialmente a partir de una perspectiva retórica centrada en la argumentación y desde presupuestos clásicos; porque, en definitiva, ¿es conveniente un análisis del discurso de espaldas a los conceptos retóricos de la Antigüedad? La decadencia actual de la política en el mundo occidental, así como las turbulentas realidades que viene produciendo, avalan la vigencia y la necesidad de los estudios retóricos del discurso político; porque la retórica es una disciplina que a lo largo de los siglos ha recogido en sus reglas y en sus técnicas una experiencia considerable de construcción discursiva de lo público que bien se puede poner al servicio de la identificación, por ejemplo, de las escasas formas en que pervive en la actualidad la argumentación lógica, del creciente papel del autoritarismo, así como es posible a partir de ello calibrar los efectos del odio discursivo, no necesariamente para contrarrestarlo con un odio a contrapelo, sino para subvertirlo mediante la educación o para emplearlo con mejor tino en las tribunas en las que se tejen los destinos de los pueblos. Pues aunque es verdad que la ira y el odio son emociones universales que pueden tener funciones evolutivas o adaptativas, el odio discursivo y las distintas formas de manipulación emocional se han vuelto mecanismos violentos y recurrentes de imposición cotidiana del poder; de modo que cuando un discurso se recibe desde la emoción y no admite réplica o contrargumento, se podrían terminar minando las bases racionales de la sociedad.

In recounting their migration journey, references to nationality pervade the narratives of Zimbabweans in South Africa. Given the challenges many migrants confront based on their nationality, this presents a seeming paradox. This qualitative interview study, conducted with Zimbabwean migrants in two areas of Cape Town—Observatory and Dunoon—aims to elucidate the nuances of national self-descriptions in a demanding environment. Identifying as Zimbabwean serves as a sanctuary and a retreat, where alternative identifications often prove transient; embracing Zimbabweanness fosters an affirmative and positive self-perception, surpassing the limitations of other collective self-descriptions. Rather than pre-emptively characterizing a nationalist demeanour, the articulation of national self-description emerges as a strategic tool to navigate experiences of hostility and discrimination, while also asserting legitimate claims to equal opportunities. In this way, nationality takes a trajectory that diverges from conventional notions of nationality (and the ones of the nation-state or citizenship) as per Northern theory, contributing to alternative conceptualizations within the framework of the Global South.

Dossier6Alina Pogurschi« Souveraineté numérique européenne »Réalité juridique ou expression au service du discours (géo)politique?42Christopher LordReconciling the Interconnectedness and Autonomy of European Union DemocraciesLessons from Hume and Kant66Nicolas ArensDespotisme démocratiqueÉcueils classiques et nouveaux défis européens96Céline SpectorQuelle souveraineté? Rôle et fonction de la philosophie politique dans les études européennesLECTURES CRITIQUES123Pierre SquevinJarle Trondal, Governing the Contemporary Administrative State. Studies on the Organizational Dimension of Politics, New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.130Kevin PartenayAnu Bradford, Digital Empires. The Global Battle to Regulate Technology, New York, Oxford University Press, 2023.

Dossier6Nicolas ArensIntroductionLost in ReflectionHow Does European Integration Look Through the Prism of Political Philosophy? 34Odile TourneuxLa souveraineté européenne selon Emmanuel MacronProblèmes et paradoxes d'un concept classique58Martin DeleixheL'Union européenne, le souverainisme et la souveraineté européenneAnacharsis Cloots, penseur intempestif de l'intégration européenne?86Thibaut DauphinLa souveraineté et l'idée européenne dans les œuvres de Voltaire et de Rousseau116Marcello CiolaLa coopération européenne en matière de sécurité et défense face au Léviathan de Thomas HobbesUne réflexion autour de la conception « classique » de la souveraineté en temps de criseLECTURES CRITIQUES148Nicolas HubéMartin Herzer, The Media, European Integration and the Rise of Euro-journalism, 1950s–1970s, Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.154Kevin PartenayTobias Lenz, Interorganizational Diffusion in International Relations. Regional Institutions and the Role of the European Union, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2021.

Les États-Unis du XXIe siècle vivent une campagne électorale quasiment permanente, alimentée par des élections toujours plus coûteuses et une véritable industrie électorale. Dans ce paysage, très longtemps dominé par l'élection présidentielle et les autres élections fédérales, les élections locales, à l'échelle des États, des comtés et des municipalités, tendent à gagner en visibilité ces dernières années. En 2022, les campagnes de candidats républicains aux postes de secrétaires d'État qui contestaient la légitimité de l'élection de Joe Biden en 2020, l'élection de la première gouverneure lesbienne dans le Massachusetts et l'Oregon, la féminisation croissante des assemblées d'État (60% au Nevada), et la politisation de plus en plus marquée des élections judiciaires ont été autant de sujets discutés et analysés aux États-Unis comme à l'étranger. Les contributions de ce dossier de Politique américaine s'intéressent aux mécanismes de sélection du personnel politique local aux États-Unis. Elles analysent notamment les changements que ces mécanismes ont connus, mais aussi l'évolution du profil des élu·es à travers des études de cas qui couvrent le territoire américain dans sa diversité et une revue de littérature qui fait état de la recherche scientifique sur un sujet très pertinent et éminemment contemporain.

This book delves into the values, attitudes, and behaviours of Koreans over the course of the past twenty years. Compiled by leading Korean scholars, the book uses the Korean General Social Survey (KGSS), the most comprehensive source of information detailing recent continuity and change in Korea, and addresses a diverse, wide-range of topics such as nationalism, familyism, social inequality, politics, religion, welfare, trust, attitudes towards North Korea, and attitudes towards sex. These issues, in continuously shaping and influencing the lives of Koreans, deserve further examination so as to fully grasp a deeper understanding of Korean contemporary culture. Each chapter covers an overview of background information about the chapter subject and then compares Korean attitudes to those of other countries, drawing on cross-national data derived from sources such as the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) and the East Asian Social Survey (EASS). It collates this data and then unpacks it to demonstrate trends and how they are impacted by stability or change. Despite the rapid economic development and democratization in Korea, it remains difficult to pinpoint common denominators regarding recent social trends in Korea, and there are surprisingly few books that present a current, nuanced, and empirically substantiated scholarly depiction of Koreans and their social issues. This book fills this gap in serving as an indispensable reference for students and scholars interested in the diverse issues in Korean society.

Près de huit décennies après la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le moment est venu de s'interroger sur l'activité musicale s'étant développée dans les pays d'Europe centrale et orientale placés sous la domination de l'URSS. Quelle vie musicale jaillit des ruines? Que devinrent les compositeurs s'étant compromis avec le nazisme et qui se transformèrent en communistes? Quelle était la nature des discriminations subies par les musiciens opposés à la théorie du réalisme socialiste? Ces questions ont été analysées, lors d'un colloque à Berlin, par des spécialistes allemands, américains, australiens, britanniques, canadiens, français et tchèques.

Au sommaire de ce numéro : Containement, European oil asymmetry, and American Middle East Policy / Connaître ses ennemis plutôt que ses amis / Another Europe, rather than the other Europe? / S'appuyer sur les asymétries de structures pour réduire les asymétries de système, ou la Détente française en Roumanie / La CSCE, instrument de la confrontation et outil du développement des asymétries européennes / Parallelism, Asymmetry and Convergence in Cold War Europe

L'alimentation n'échappe pas au processus de politisation aux États-Unis. En témoignent les débats récurrents autour du rôle des géants agro-alimentaires dans l'« épidémie » d'obésité, l'émergence de systèmes alimentaires alternatifs ainsi que la popularité croissante de nouvelles habitudes de consommation telles que le végétarisme ou le choix d'ingrédients biologiques, équitables, labellisés. Les six contributions de ce numéro explorent les différentes échelles auxquelles les questions alimentaires se posent outre-Atlantique, de l'individu rejetant les normes nutritionnelles dominantes par le biais d'une mise en scène de son « corps mangeant » sur les réseaux sociaux à l'échelon fédéral auquel se négocie le montant de l'aide alimentaire, en passant par l'échelon communautaire des fermiers Dinés revendiquant une forme de décolonisation agricole en territoire navajo. La conclusion de cette réflexion collective est sans ambiguïté : que ce soit dans les instances politiques traditionnelles (assemblées législatives, agences fédérales, ministères), dans l'arène médiatique ou dans la sphère familiale, la nourriture est plus que jamais vue comme centrale dans la construction d'une société états-unienne plus juste et plus inclusive.

Prenant acte, à la fois, des incertitudes attachées au terme « populisme », des résistances opposées aux tentatives de le définir, et de l'impossible lecture univoque du phénomène qu'il désigne, ce nouveau numéro des Cahiers PROTAGORAS entend analyser, décrypter et comprendre ce que l'appel au « peuple », sa convocation, sa construction en discours, fait à la communication politique. Sur la base d'une mise en perspective sociohistorique, les articles pluridisciplinaires réunis ici fournissent les moyens de préciser l'influence que la parole populiste et ses outils - traditionnels comme modernes - font peser sur les pratiques et les usages de ce champ communicationnel.

Au sommaire : Avant-propos : Prendre en compte le genre et l'intersectionnalité / Les partenaires sociaux à l'épreuve du genre et de l'intersectionnalité dans l'Union européenne / Gender, Power and Corporatism: Complex Relationships and Analytical Perspectives / Les partenaires sociaux européens et la politique d'égalité de genre : de la méfiance à l'empêchement / Framing the Feminised Home-Based Services Sector at European Level: the Evolving Role of Trade Unions and Employer's Organisations / Inclusive Advocacy? Trade-Union Activity in Support of the Rights of Domestic Workers in Continental Europe / Trade Union Mobilization and Female-Dominated Care Work in Ireland: Feminised and/or Feminist? / Plaider pour l'égalité au nom de la performance ou de la justice sociale? Conflits de'savoirs sur le genre'syndicaux et managériaux dans de grandes entreprises françaises / Class and Gender in Conflict? Exploring Intersectionality in Practice in Swedish Gender Equality Bargaining

The value of global cashless payments has been radically increasing worldwide. Despite cash being the most used payment instrument in the world, technological innovation and new consumer preferences are decisively transforming the way consumers pay and manage money. The COVID-19 pandemic may also have been an accelerator of the cashless mega-trend. Private players currently dominate the digital payment ecosystem, urging central banks to seek solutions to ensure public access to legal tender if cash is phased out. In this context, the idea of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is gaining momentum. Nevertheless, there is a need to better understand the implications in terms of risks, benefits and potential costs of CBDCs. From privacy concerns to macroeconomic effects, these implications blur the boundaries of the payment and financial systems, challenging the core functions of our economy and society.

Au sommaire : Le Parlement européen et la politique de la mémoire / The European Parliament's youth policy, 1952-1979: An attempt to create a collective memory of an integrated Europe / Victimizing Europeans: Narrating Shared History in the European Parliament's House of European History / Competing Regimes of Memory? The European Day of Remembrance in Romania / Acting at the margins – Italian mnemonic activism in the European Parliament / (Un)shared memory: European Parliament and EU. Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism

For the first time, this book examines the comparative impact of the Obama administration on the NATO and defense policies of European allies. Germany, Poland and Turkey serve as case studies to evaluate American policies vis-à-vis NATO Europe. All three are representative for the Alliance in various ways. Thus, the results of this book offer an outlook for NATO Europe and the Alliance as a whole. Despite the fact that all three countries are highly dependent on American security guarantees in theory and practice, the results of this study reveal different national responses. Indeed, the book demonstrates multi-, bi-, and unilateralization attempts in reaction to US engagement in and vis-à-vis NATO Europe. Hence, a better understanding of current developments within the Alliance as well as the basis for the future debate about the transatlantic organisation are provided.

Knjiga o političkoj eliti u Hrvatskoj od 1990. do 2000. godine, o njezinim obilježjima i regrutacijskim kanalima, načinima utjecaja na transformacijske i konsolidacijske procese i izgradnju demokratskih političkih institucija, kao i o ulozi političkih stranaka u tom procesu. Sadržajno se započinje definiranjem pojma elite i osvrtom na hrvatsku političku elitu u razdoblju od 1989. do travnja 1990. te od 1990. do 2000. godine. Slijede poglavlja koja se odnose na instituciju vlade i predsjednika u potonjem periodu, te se kroz analizu HDZ-a i SDP-a u devedesetima promatra uloga političkih stranaka u regrutaciji političke elite.

From New York Times bestselling author and economics columnist Robert Frank, bold new ideas for creating environments that promise a brighter futurePsychologists have long understood that social environments profoundly shape our behavior, sometimes for the better, often for the worse. But social influence is a two-way street—our environments are themselves products of our behavior. Under the Influence explains how to unlock the latent power of social context. It reveals how our environments encourage smoking, bullying, tax cheating, sexual predation, problem drinking, and wasteful energy use. We are building bigger houses, driving heavier cars, and engaging in a host of other activities that threaten the planet—mainly because that's what friends and neighbors do.In the wake of the hottest years on record, only robust measures to curb greenhouse gases promise relief from more frequent and intense storms, droughts, flooding, wildfires, and famines. Robert Frank describes how the strongest predictor of our willingness to support climate-friendly policies, install solar panels, or buy an electric car is the number of people we know who have already done so. In the face of stakes that could not be higher, the book explains how we could redirect trillions of dollars annually in support of carbon-free energy sources, all without requiring painful sacrifices from anyone.Most of us would agree that we need to take responsibility for our own choices, but with more supportive social environments, each of us is more likely to make choices that benefit everyone. Under the Influence shows how.

De nombreux contributeurs ont participé à cette revue de la Faculté des Sciences Juridiques et Politiques de l'université de Nagouandéré : Le juge et le langage de la clause résolutoire de Aude DOKA BOURA ; La faillite et le groupe de sociétés à la lumière de l'Acte uniforme portant droit des sociétés commerciales OHADA de Medret LEKUNGA NDANGOH; La figure de l'ennemi en droit pénal camerounais : essai d'une théorie par degré de GONGMOGA KINBABELE ; An Appraisal of the Features of Admiralty Jurisdiction in Maritime Law de Lawrence MANTINKANG FORMBASSO.

When most of the Central and East European countries are celebrating their centennial as modern states and, some of them, thirty years since the fall of the communist regime, security challenges in the region reveal two overlapping layers: the scars from old political conflicts amongst the Great Powers and present evolutions triggered by the ICT, migration, Europeanization or global governance. The present volume offers a glimpse into the various security dilemmas Central, Eastern and East-neighbouring states have faced over the last century. Alors que la plupart des États de l'Europe Centrale et de l'Est sont en train de fêter cent ans d'existence moderne et une trentaine depuis l'écroulement du communisme, la nature des défis sécuritaires régionaux révèle l'existence de strates partiellement superposées : cicatrices des anciens conflits politiques entre les grandes puissances et usage des TICE, migration, européanisation ou gouvernance globale. Cet ouvrage revient sur les dilemmes ayant marqué les États de l'Europe centrale et orientale au cours du siècle passé.

Cette thèse s'inscrit dans la perspective du parcours de vie, sous l'angle du regard porté sur les changements personnels et sociohistoriques de l'existence, dans un contexte culturel précis, celui de l'Inde urbaine moderne. Au travers de la récolte de plus de 1250 interviews, réalisées à Mumbai en 2012 et 2014 parmi des adultes âgés de 20 à 86 ans, habitant·e·s de bidonvilles et d'immeubles de classe moyenne inférieure, le contenu et la temporalité des événements vécus considérés comme importants par les répondant·e·s sont analysés. Outre le souci évident d'observer les trajectoires et les moments marquants de la vie, selon le point de vue des personnes elles-mêmes, cette thèse cherche à dépasser l'a priori selon lequel les habitant·e·s des slums seraient vulnérables par évidence, afin de révéler des vulnérabilités insoupçonnées, présentes sous des formes diverses.

Au sommaire de ce numéro : Qu'est-ce que l'Europe politique? / EU authority, politicization and EU issue voting / Les partis et l'Europe / Policies with and without Politics / Politicizations by'UK'European Commussioners During Exit Referenda: The Impact of Institutionalized Roles / Comparing two complementary accounts of the surging opposition to gender and equality in Europe

This book provides a synoptic view of the developments in the discipline of public administration in the age of globalization. The strength of the book lies in its ability to dwell on issues critical to understanding governance, while taking into account the significant transformations that have taken place in civil society and administrative set-ups across the world. Key areas of focus: • Evolution of public administration as a discipline • Administrative theories • Contemporary developments in public administration • Public policy • Development administration • Decentralization and local governance • Social welfare administration • Citizens and administration • Public administration in India • Budget and financial administration in India • Administrative reforms in India • Globalization and public administration Written in a comprehensive text-book mould, along with model questions for each of its twelve chapters, it will be an essential reading for undergraduate and graduate-level students of public administration. It will also be useful for students appearing in various Indian civil service examinations as well as those aiming to clear the UGC-NET exam.

The book examines how since his appointment to China's three top posts – simultaneously for the first time in 30 years – Xi Jinping has deftly used ideology and nationalism to accumulate power and ensure the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s legitimacy and monopoly on power. Xi Jinping has imposed progressively stricter domestic measures leading to the steady hardening and inflexibility of the Chinese state. It looks at the reforms in the Party, Government and Military and the unprecedentedly sustained and bruising drive against corruption in the People's Liberation Army (PLA). In the process, Xi Jinping has eliminated political rivals and whittled down opposition to the most extensive and far reaching reforms the PLA has witnessed in its 90 years. Developments related to Tibet are especially analysed. The book analyses China's ‘One Belt, One Road'– now called the ‘Belt and Road Initiative'– and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor initiatives, intended to alter its strategic environment and expand power and influence well beyond its borders and up to Europe. It concludes that China will squeeze the strategic space of its neighbours. China's rise and bid to establish itself as the dominant power in the Indo-Pacific, however, will not be uncontested. India, Japan and the USA's response will be important.

Was bedeuteten ‚Weltrevolution'und ‚internationale Solidarität'für einfache Parteiaktivisten und die sowjetische Bevölkerung? Das Buch präsentiert erstmals eine Gesellschaftsgeschichte des frühsowjetischen revolutionären Internationalismus. Auf Basis neuerschlossener Quellen untersucht es die Vermittlung internationalistischer Ideen sowie die Bedeutungen, die frühsowjetische Aktivisten und Bürger in sie hineininterpretierten. Auch das sich wandelnde Repertoire an Praktiken, die der Parteibasis zur Verfügung standen, um an revolutionären Ereignissen im Ausland teilzuhaben, wird einer Detailanalyse unterzogen.Die Studie eröffnet einen neuen Blick auf die Gesellschaft im ersten sowjetischen Jahrzehnt, ihre transnationalen Verflechtungen, und ihre Transformation hin zum Frühstalinismus.

Au sommaire de ce numéro : Hommages académiques en honneur au pr Louis Paul Ngongo (1933-2014) de Jean Njoya; Gouvernance locale et démocratie'représentative'au prisme de la participation citoyenne de Jean Njoya; Du défi de l'éthique dans la lutte des armées africaines contre la secte Boko Haram de Alain Fogue Tedom; Decentralization, crisis of governance and citizens'participation in Cameroon de Herman Touo; La posture de la religion dans la science des relations internationales contemporaines de Bertrand Ateba.

Sommaire : « L'européanisation sans l'Union européenne? / Le renseignement européen, les coopérations bilatérales au secours d'une intégration introuvable? / Avions de combat / Réguler le commerce des armes par le Parlement et l'opinion publique / From Aspirations to Aspirin? / Européanisation ou otanisation? Des députés experts militaires? / Bien choisir pour mieux élire? / Les nouveaux enjeux de la socialisation politique au Parlement européen

El descrédito de los principales partidos políticos conlleva el riesgo de que la desafección ciudadana favorezca la aparición de candidaturas extrasistema, cuya llegada al gobierno puede tener consecuencias imprevisibles. Carentes de trayectoria anterior, apoyándose sobre todo en el malestar de los ciudadanos y en un discurso de condena genérica de los partidos anteriores, estas candidaturas extrasistema tal vez tomen decisiones que hipotequen seriamente el futuro del país, además de polarizar a la sociedad al negar legitimidad al resto de los partidos. En el caso de estos regímenes fundacionales, no es descabellado temer la aparición creciente de tendencias autoritarias.

Lektionen aus der KatastropheWas ist schiefgegangen in der arabischen Welt? Hoffnungsfroh blickte man 2011 auf den »Arabischen Frühling«, drei Jahre später blieb nichts als ein verheerendes Krisengebiet, für das keine Lösung in Sicht scheint. Rainer Hermann beschreibt, wie der »Islamische Staat«, dessen Entstehung bis ins Jahr 1999 zurückreicht, durch Staatsversagen und Staatszerfall zu so viel Macht kommen konnte. Und er wagt eine gut begründete, erschreckende Prognose für die Zukunft: die eines Dreißigjährigen Krieges in der arabischen Welt, der auch Europa mehr verändern wird, als alle anderen Ereignisse seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg.

Au sommaire de ce numéro : La place d'Industrial Goodwill dans la pensée Commons ; Un examen critique des liens entre le Traité des probabilités et la Théorie générale de Keynes, ; Keynes, la politique commerciale et la coopération commerciale internationale ; le concept de co-intégration : la rencontre décisive entre Hendry et Granger (1975) ; Rawls et l'économie : les leçons des archives de Harvard ; et La pensée de François Simiand au prisme de sa conception monétaire : une proposition d'interprétation.

Sommaire : La gouvernance électorale et la consolidation démocratique en Afrique : défis et perspectives ; Le système politique camerounais : entre sclérose de la construction démocratique et hyper présidentialisme; L'usage de la force dans la crise libyenne : réflexions sur un nouveau désordre juridique international; La pratique politique des microprojets parlementaires : stratégies de re-légitimation et hypnose des députés par l'exécutif au Cameroun?; African cultures at the crossroads : an ethnographic analysis of the Bambui people of North West Cameroon; Les référentiels de l'aide à l'Afrique sous Barack Obama.

Sommaire : La transhumance politique au Cameroun ( 1990-2013) : entre surdimensionnement des ego et figuration sur la scène politique; Ethno-nationalism and the conflict in Ivory Coast; Le droit d'informer et le monopole du dire droit au Cameroun : conflit médiate aux origines alibi; La participation de la société civile camerounaise au développement territorial; Les droits politiques africains en question : du'mimetisme'au'renouveau'? L'expérience des révisions constitutionnelles de 1996 et de 2008 au Cameroun.

What is Generation Scot Y?Born in the 1980s and 1990s and comprising primarily of the children of the baby boomers, Generation Y is often perceived as being the generation that wants it all.Think you know what makes Scotland's 20-somethings tick? Knowing who Generation Y in Scotland – Generation ScotY – is, matters for our economy, our society and our political culture.Generation ScotY has grown up with devolution: are they ready to embrace full nationhood? How has Scotland's independence referendum affected them and what does it mean for their future?In this book, political blogger at Burdz Eye View, Kate Higgins explores all this and more – Generation ScotY's identity, influences, values, voting behaviours and aspirations. Far from being frivolous, this is a serious generation for serious times.This book only skims the surface but dip in and you'll discover something you never knew – I did and I'm the mother of one. And ultimately, you'll find that far from wanting to have it all, they just want a little of all that we've had.KATE HIGGINS

Genocide not only annihilates people but also destroys and reorganizes social relations, using terror as a method. In Genocide as Social Practice, social scientist Daniel Feierstein looks at the policies of state-sponsored repression pursued by the Argentine military dictatorship against political opponents between 1976 and 1983 and those pursued by the Third Reich between 1933 and 1945. He finds similarities, not in the extent of the horror but in terms of the goals of the perpetrators. The Nazis resorted to ruthless methods in part to stifle dissent but even more importantly to reorganize German society into a Volksgemeinschaft, or people's community, in which racial solidarity would supposedly replace class struggle. The situation in Argentina echoes this. After seizing power in 1976, the Argentine military described its own program of forced disappearances, torture, and murder as a “process of national reorganization” aimed at remodeling society on “Western and Christian” lines. For Feierstein, genocide can be considered a technology of power—a form of social engineering—that creates, destroys, or reorganizes relationships within a given society. It influences the ways in which different social groups construct their identity and the identity of others, thus shaping the way that groups interrelate. Feierstein establishes continuity between the “reorganizing genocide” first practiced by the Nazis in concentration camps and the more complex version—complex in terms of the symbolic and material closure of social relationships —later applied in Argentina. In conclusion, he speculates on how to construct a political culture capable of confronting and resisting these trends. First published in Argentina, in Spanish, Genocide as Social Practice has since been translated into many languages, now including this English edition. The book provides a distinctive and valuable look at genocide through the lens of Latin America as well as Europe. Download open access ebook here.

Its lively, engaging style and authoritative and comprehensive coverage have made this highly successful text the first choice introduction to the politics for students and instructors alike.The fourth edition has been has been systematically revised and updated to cover key developments such as the global economic crisis and the Arab Spring. The book also has a new more integrated chapter structure which makes it easier for students to see how different topics interrelate and takes better account of the increasing interdependence between domestic and world events.With an attractive new full-colour page design, each chapter includes a range of innovative features and boxed information to aid learning and stimulate critical reflection:- Full-page Politics in Action boxes examine major political events from around the world and reflect on their significance for political science. - Debating boxes introduce the key controversies within politics and highlight arguments both for and against a particular proposition.- Illustrated Key Thinker profiles give detail about important figures and their ideas- Concept boxes offer a fuller discussion of important political terms and concepts, particularly those with complex or contested meanings

Providing a comprehensive and cutting edge examination of this important continent, Routledge Handbook of African Politics surveys the key debates and controversies, dealing with each of the major issues to be found in Africa's politics today. Structured into 6 broad areas, the handbook features over 30 contributions focused around: The State Identity Conflict Democracy and Electoral Politics Political Economy & Development International Relations Each chapter deals with a specific topic, providing an overview of the main arguments and theories and explaining the empirical evidence that they are based on, drawing on high-profile cases such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Rwanda and Zimbabwe. The Handbook also contains new contributions on a wide range of topical issues, including terrorism, the growing influence of China, civil war, and transitional justice, making it required reading for non-specialists and experts alike. Featuring both established scholars and emerging researchers, this is a vital resource for all students of African Studies, democratization, conflict resolution and Third World politics.

An ambitious and engaging narrative survey that charts the history of the world from a political perspective, from 1937 to the post-9/11 era. Providing a wide-ranging assessment of global interactions in peace and war since World War II, Robbins connects the crises, conflicts and accommodations that have brought us to the still-troubled present.

Politics in the Republic of Ireland is now available in a fully revised fourth edition. Building on the success of the previous three editions, this text continues to provide an authoritative introduction to all aspects of politics in the Republic of Ireland. Written by some of the foremost experts on Irish politics, it explains, analyzes and interprets the background to Irish government and contemporary political processes. Crucially, it brings the student up-to-date with the very latest developments.New patterns of government formation, challenges to the established political parties, ever-deepening, if sometimes ambivalent, involvement in the process of European integration, a growing role in the politics of Northern Ireland and sustained discussion of gender issues are among these developments – along with evidence, revealed by several tribunals of enquiry, that Irish politics is not as free of corruption as many had assumed.

In Why Leaders Lie, John Mearsheimer provides the first systematic analysis of lying at the highest levels. He identifies the different forms of lying, the reasons why lies are used as a tool of statecraft, the potential costs – and benefits. Drawing both on historical and present-day examples, he argues that leaders often lie for good strategic reasons – as Roosevelt and Churchill did in World War Two – which makes blanket condemnation unrealistic and unwise. And there is always an important difference between lying to another state and lying to one's own people, as in the invasion of Iraq. Why Leaders Lie explains the different consequences that result from lying to another state, and from lying to one's own people as in the invasion of Iraq. John Mearsheimer discovers that interstate lying has always been unusual; due to the distrust among great powers, outright deceit is difficult to pull off, and sometimes backfires. Leaders more frequently mislead their own publics and democratic leaders like our own do it more often than dictators. This book explains why. There has never been a full discussion of international lying. Why Leaders Lie fills the gap with a deeply informed and powerfully argued account, which provides a template for understanding the real world of high-level decision making.

When is it right to go to war? When is a war illegal? What are the rules of engagement? What should happen when a war is over? How should we view terrorism? The Ethics of War and Peace is a fresh and contemporary introduction to one of the oldest but still most relevant ethical debates. It introduces students to contemporary Just War Theory in a stimulating and engaging way, perfect for those approaching the topic for the first time. Helen Frowe explains the core issues in Just War Theory, and chapter by chapter examines the recent and ongoing philosophical? debates on: theories of self defence and national defence Jus ad Bellum, Jus in Bello, and Jus post Bellum the moral status of combatants the principle of non-combatant immunity the nature of terrorism and the moral status of terrorists. Each chapter concludes with a useful summary, discussion questions and suggestions for further reading, to aid student learning and revision. The Ethics of War and Peace is the ideal textbook for students studying philosophy, politics and international relations.

This is a study of great power relations – China, India, and Russia – among themselves and with the hegemon – United States. Ahrari argues that the next decade may witness the emergence of a bipolar order where China's dominance in economics is certain; however, China will not seriously challenge the military dominance of the U.S.

Die Universitäten Europas sehen sich derzeit einem nie gekannten Umbruch gegenüber. Der sogenannte'Bologna-Prozess für einen Europäischen Hochschulraum'drängt zu Vereinheitlichung und Transparenz der nationalen Hochschulsysteme. Was die einen als Rückkehr zur paneuropäischen Gelehrtenkultur des Humanismus betrachten, ist für andere die Usurpation der Wissenschaft durch die Wirtschaft. Alexander-Kenneth Nagel kombiniert das Konzept des Politiknetzwerks mit inhaltsanalytischen Methoden, um das Beziehungsgeflecht zwischen öffentlichen und privaten, nationalen und europäischen Akteuren im Bologna-Prozess zu untersuchen. Dazu bildet er zunächst Kategorien von Akteuren und Beziehungen und sichert sie empirisch ab. Die Veränderung dieser Akteure und ihrer Beziehungen über die Zeit erlaubt Tendenzaussagen zu den Perspektiven des Bologna-Prozesses im Besonderen und den endogenen Dynamiken von Institutionen der global governance im Allgemeinen.

Revolutionary War officer Nathan Hale, one of America's first spies, said, “Any kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary.” A statue of Hale stands outside CIA headquarters, and the agency often cites his statement as one of its guiding principles. But who decides what is necessary for the public good, and is it really true that any kind of service is permissible for the public good? These questions are at the heart of James M. Olson's book, Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying. Olson, a veteran of the CIA's clandestine service, takes readers inside the real world of intelligence to describe the difficult dilemmas that field officers face on an almost daily basis. Far from being a dry theoretical treatise, this fascinating book uses actual intelligence operations to illustrate how murky their moral choices can be. Readers will be surprised to learn that the CIA provides very little guidance on what is, or is not, permissible. Rather than empowering field officers, the author has found that this lack of guidelines actually hampers operations. Olson believes that U.S. intelligence officers need clearer moral guidelines to make correct, quick decisions. Significantly, he believes these guidelines should come from the American public, not from closed-door meetings inside the intelligence community. Fair Play will encourage a broad public debate about the proper moral limits on U.S. intelligence activities.

Any piece of primary research ought to be preceded by a systematic review. The key advantage of a systematic review over the traditional narrative review is its ability to identify all the available evidence in a systematic and relicable manner. This book describes a? the key steps to undertaking a systematic review and b/ the process of untertaking a meta-analysis. The book includes step-by-step examples of how to design data extraction forms, search strategies and combine in a meta-analysis

This study, available for the first time in paperback, explores the normative dimension of the evolving role of the United Nations in peace and security and, ultimately, in governance. What is dealt with here is both the UN's changing raison d'être and the wider normative context within which the organisation is located. The study looks at the UN through the window of one of its most contentious, yet least understood, practices: active involvement in intra-state conflicts as epitomised by UN peacekeeping. Drawing on the conceptual tools provided by the'historical structural'approach, this study seeks to understand how and why the international community continuously reinterprets or redefines the UN's role with regard to intra-state conflicts. The study concentrates on intra-states'peacekeeping environments', and examines what changes, if any, have occurred to the normative basis of UN peacekeeping in intra-state conflicts from the early 1960s to the early 1990s. One of the original aspects of the study is its analytical framework, where the conceptualisation of'normative basis'revolves around objectives, functions and authority, and is closely connected with the institutionalised values in the UN Charter such as state sovereignty, human rights and socio-economic development. This book is essential reading for postgraduate students of IR and international peacekeeping organisations.

Manning examines issues of democratization and conflict resolution through the lens of the Mozambican experience from 1992-2000. Since the end of the Cold War, a formal democratization process has been at the center of virtually every negotiated peace agreement to end a civil conflict. Nearly a decade after the Rome peace accord put an end to 16 years of civil war, Mozambique stands out as one of the world's most unlikely postwar democratization success stories. What accounts for the durability of the postwar political settlement? What lessons does the Mozambican experience hold for other such cases?Relying on original research conducted in Mozambique between 1994 and 1999, Manning argues that the country's relatively successful postwar political settlement depends upon the ability of the system to accommodate conflicting notions of democratic and system legitimacy, through routine recourse to processes of sustained elite bargaining which supplement formal democratic institutions. In building her case, Manning provides a thorough and provocative analysis of the country's civil conflict, presents ground-breaking work on the transformation of the Renamo rebel group into a political party, and the separation of the Relimo party-state into its respecive components, and he presents a clear-eyed analysis of the lessons and limits of Mozambique's postwar success. Of particular interest to scholars, students, and policymakers involved with democratization, conflict resolution, and southern African politics.

At the onset of Life, Liberty and the Defense of Dignity, Leon Kass gives us a status report on where we stand today: “Human nature itself lies on the operating table, ready for alteration, for eugenic and psychic ‘enhancement,'for wholesale redesign. In leading laboratories, academic and industrial, new creators are confidently amassing their powers and quietly honing their skills. For anyone who cares about preserving our humanity, the time has come for paying attention.” Trained as a medical doctor and biochemist, Dr. Kass has become one of our most provocative thinkers on bioethical issues. In Life, Liberty and the Defense of Dignity, he has written a book that grapples with the moral meaning of the new biomedical technologies now threatening to take us back to the future envisioned by Aldous Huxley in Brave New World. In a series of mediations on cloning, embryo research, the sale of organs, and the assault on mortality itself, Kass questions the wisdom of trying to break down the natural boundaries given us and to remake the human body into an instrument of our will. He also attempts to chart a course by which we might avoid the dehumanization of biotechnical “recreationism” without rejecting modern science or rejecting its genuine contributions to human welfare. Leon Kass writes profoundly about the limits of science and the limits of life, about what makes us human and gives us human dignity. Life, Liberty and the Defense of Dignity.