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Defending checks and balances in EU member states : taking stock of europe’…
This open access book deals with Article 7 TEU measures, court proceedings, financial sanctions and the EU Rule of Law Framework to protect EU values with a particular focus on checks and balances in EU Member States. It analyses substantive standards, powers, procedures as well as the consequences and implications of the various instruments. It combines the analysis of the European level, be i…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783662623176
- Collation
- x, 480p. : ill.
- Series Title
- Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht
- Call Number
- 342.4044 DEF d
World protests : a study of key protest issues in the 21st century
This book analyzes almost three thousand protests that occurred between 2006 and 2020 in 101 countries covering over 93 per cent of the world population. The study focuses on the major demands driving world protests, such as those for real democracy, jobs, public services, social protection, civil rights, global justice, and those against austerity and corruption. It also analyzes who was demon…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030885137
- Collation
- xix, 185p. : ill.
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- -
- Call Number
- 327.101 ISA w
The Electoral Consequences of Third Way Welfare State Reforms : Social Democr…
In all advanced Western nations, policy-makers have implemented encompassing welfare state reforms in recent decades breaking with past welfare arrangements. In particular, social democracy engaged in significant policy change under the Third Way paradigm and broke with its traditional reputation on welfare that had built the ties with the core constituency in the 20th century. The Electoral Co…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789089644503
- Collation
- 280p
- Series Title
- Changing Welfare States
- Call Number
- 306.09409051 ARN
Swiss democracy : possible solutions to conflict in multicultural societies
This open access book provides an updated and fully revised 4th edition of this authoritative analysis of Swiss democracy. It particularly explains the institutions of federalism and consensus government through political power sharing. In this new edition, the authors also address several important changes and challenges that have affected Swiss democracy, including the country's relationship …
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- 4
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030632663
- Collation
- XXIII, 295 p. ; ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 306.209494 LIN s
Islam, humanity and the Indonesian Identity
"Islam exists in global history with its richly variegated cultural and social realities. When these specific cultural contexts are marginalized, Islam is reduced to an ahistorical religion without the ability to contribute to humanity. This limited understanding of Islam has been a contributing factor in many of the violent conflicts in the present day. Reflecting on Islam in Indonesia, the wo…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789400603097
- Collation
- 289p
- Series Title
- Debates on Islam and Society
- Call Number
- 950 MAA
A cultural approach to populism
This book is a critical introduction of theorisations and research on contemporary political populism emphasising the cultural per-spective. It introduces the basic theories and analyses the cultural construction of populism regarding radical democratic theory and empirical studies.Applying Ernesto Laclau’s and Chantal Mouffe’s theories, the author builds …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781003267539
- Collation
- ix + 128 p
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- -
- Call Number
- 320.5662 AUC j
Learning, philosophy, and African citizenship
This open access book discusses and addresses the compelling questions concerning the ideals of citizenship, the processes of learning to fulfill these ideals, and possibilities of education in fostering citizenship. Rather than advocating for one framework, the authors demonstrate the continuously contested nature of the concept of citizenship as theoretically discussed and practically experie…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030948825
- Collation
- XIII, 221 p ; ill
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 370.115 LEA
Beyond presidentialism and parliamentarism : democratic design and the separa…
In a democracy, a constitutional separation of powers between the executive and the assembly may be desirable, but the constitutional concentration of executive power in a single human being is not. Beyond Presidentialism and Parliamentarism defends this thesis and explores 'semi-parliamentary government' as an alternative to presidential government. Semi-parliamentarism avoids power concentrat…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780192897145
- Collation
- 199p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 321.8 GAN b
Democracy, markets and the commons : towards a reconciliation of freedom and …
How can we overcome the existing political, economic, and ecological crises that humanity faces? With the notion of the commons, Lukas Peter argues that this form of social organization can provide answers to the shortcomings of centralized states and open and competitive markets. By building on and going beyond the work of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom, he develops an ecological understanding of t…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783839454244
- Collation
- 334 p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 300 PET d
Democracy in a pandemic: participation in response to crisis
Covid-19 has highlighted limitations in our democratic politics – but also lessons for how to deepen our democracy and more effectively respond to future crises. In the face of an emergency, the working assumption all too often is that only a centralised, top-down response is possible. This book exposes the weakness of this assumption, making the case for deeper participation and deliberation…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781914386183
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- vii, 200 p. ; ill
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 323.042 SMI d
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