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Consensus. Consent of the governed
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  • The Politics of Moral Capitalby John Kane; Ian Shapiro

    Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 33.00

    Politicians and governments care deeply about people's moral judgments, which provide the moral capital needed for survival and effective functioning. Lincoln, de Gaulle, Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi illustrate the workings of moral capital in politics, and a study of the American presidency considers moral capital in the US. more...

  • The Pluralist Theory of the Stateby Paul Q. Hirst

    Taylor & Francis 1993; US$ 58.95

    English political pluralism is of particular relevance today because it offers an important critique of centralized sovereign state power. The Pluralist Theory of the State is the first collection of the major works of the leading theorists of this school of thought--G. D. H. Cole, J. N. Figgis and H. Laski. Paul Q. Hirst provides a crisp and informative introduction which situates the texts in the appropriate intellectual and political contexts and explains the debate surrounding them. This comprehensive introduction situates English political pluralism in a historical context and gives a critical account of the main theories connected with this important body of thought. The book will be of great interest to all those who see radical reform... more...

  • Culture, Structure, or Choice?by Paul V. Warwick

    Algora Publishing 2007; US$ 36.00

    The study of politics has been profoundly influenced in the post-war era by the introduction of concepts and explanations that highlight the role of culturally determined norms and values in shaping the political process.This study examines three main perspectives from which the social sciences are discussed, and compares the divergent theories by which social, economic, and political phenomena may be explained. Rational-choice theory is contrasted with the structuralist and the culturalist perspectives. The controversy is then given substance through the introduction of three issues central to the development and present-day functioning of Britain, issues for which specific culturalist, rational-choice, and Marxist alternative explanations... more...

  • Taylored Citizenshipby CHAR MILLER

    ABC-CLIO 2001; US$ 155.00

    Miller shows how government institutions changed the meaning of American citizenship during the World War II era. He considers the state's role in creating concepts of citizenship and subjectivity by analyzing the application within military and educational institutions of systems of discipline associated with Frederick W. Taylor and scientific management.||Miller also explores a neglected aspect of Michel Foucault's concerns about citizenship and subjectivity when examining the power of institutions and bureaucracies in creating and precluding political identities. Of particular interest to scholars and students involved with American political history and theory and the sociology of work/education/war and conflict. more...

  • Chronicles of Consensual Timesby Jacques Rancire; Steven Corcoran

    Continuum International Publishing 2010; US$ 24.95

    In this fascinating collection, Jacques Ranciere, one of the world’s most important and influential living philosophers, explores the nature of consensus in contemporary politics. Consensus does not mean peace. Instead it refers to a map of operations of war, of a topography of the visible, of what is possible and what can be thought, in which war and peace live side-by-side. Lying at the heart of these consensual times are new forms of racism and ethnic cleansing, humanitarian wars and wars against terror. Consensus also implies using time in a way that sees in it a thousand devious turns. This is evident in the incessant diagnoses of the present and of amnesiac politics, in the farewells to the past, the commemorations, and the calls... more...

  • Pluralism and the Personality of the Stateby David Runciman

    Cambridge University Press 1997; US$ 50.00

    Pluralism and the Personality of the State tells the history of English political thought from 1900–1933. more...

  • Prekäre Legitimitätenby Frank Nullmeier; Dominika Biegon; Jennifer Gronau; Martin Nonhoff; Henning Schmidtke; Steffen Schneider

    Campus Verlag 2010; US$ 30.01

    Hauptbeschreibung Politische Herrschaft konzentriert sich nicht mehr allein auf die Ebene des Nationalstaats. Supra- und internationale Regimes wie EU, UNO und G8 haben im Zeitalter der Globalisierung an Bedeutung gewonnen. Wie aber steht es um die demokratische Legitimität der entstehenden postnationalen Herrschaftsformen? Die Autoren beleuchten, welche Rechtfertigungsmuster die öffentliche Debatten dominieren und welche Prinzipien dabei im Mittelpunkt positiver bzw. kritischer Bewertungen stehen. Deutlich wird: Bisher ist die demokratische Legitimität der neuen Herrschaftsformen vielfach noch prekär geblieben.   Biographische Informationen Frank Nullmeier ist Professor an der Universität Bremen und Leiter eines Forschungsprojekts... more...

  • Testing the National Covenantby William F. May

    Georgetown University Press 2011; US$ 24.95

    Since the end of World War II, runaway fears of Soviet imperialism, global terrorism, and anarchy have tended to drive American foreign policy toward an imperial agenda. At the same time, uncurbed appetites have wasted the environment and driven the country's market economy into the ditch. How can we best sustain our identity as a people and resist the distortions of our current anxieties and appetites?. Ethicist William F. May draws on America's religious and political history and examines two concepts at play in the founding of the country -- contractual and covenantal. He contends that the biblical idea of a covenant offers a more promising way than the language of contract, grounded in self-interest alone, to contain our runaway... more...

  • Political Legitimacy in Asiaby John Kane; Hui-Chieh Loy; Haig Patapan

    Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00

    This book explores the challenges and obstacles faced by dissident leaders in Asia seeking to introduce reforms into regimes that are either imperfectly democratic or frankly hostile to democratic practices and institutions. more...

  • New Common Groundby Amitai Etzioni

    Potomac Books Inc. 2009; US$ 29.95

    Toward a new consensus on rights and responsibilities more...

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