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First published in 1997, this volume sets out to open a dialogue with the trade union movement and its social partners including civil society, political leaders and the scientific community. The au……続きを見る

La economía actual se basa principalmente en el análisis de un único flujo económico: el producto interno bruto que, como indicador, durante mucho tiempo ha sido el paradigma hegemónico. Como altern……続きを見る

Delivered on November 13, 1913 in Hartford, Conneticut. Pankhurst was a British suffragette doing a tour of the United States. The suffragettes' actions, and the British government's response, had b……続きを見る

There is a consensus that right, and left-wing populism is on the rise on both sides of the Atlantic, from Donald Trump in the United States, to Spain’s leftist Podemos. These may utilize different ……続きを見る

"The American Crisis" is a collection of articles by English-American philosopher Thomas Paine that were published during the American Revolution between 1776 and 1783. In this pamphlet Paine expres……続きを見る

As the post-invasion reconstruction of Iraq has unfolded, the potential for Iraqi women to participate actively and visibly in the country's political structure has been one of its most notable resu……続きを見る

A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' The Communist Manifesto is edited with an introduction by Gareth Stedman-Jones in Penguin Classics. Marx a……続きを見る

In 1990 Nepal's Peoples Movement reduced King Birendra from an absolute ruler to a constitutional monarch. This book is the first academic analysis of these events and places the 'revolution' of 199……続きを見る

Dalit assertion has been a central feature of the states in the Hindi heartland since the mid-1980s, leading to the rise of political consciousness and identity-based lower-caste parties. The presen……続きを見る

Mass shootings have become the “new normal” in American life. The same can be said for the public debate that follows a shooting: blame is cast, political postures are assumed, but no meaningful pol……続きを見る

In the context of sustainable development, this book describes how we are moving from representative to participatory democracy, and how we are now in a "stakeholder democracy," which is working to ……続きを見る

This book explores the rapid changes in the economics and politics of the Middle East, which profoundly influence U.S. policy and interests in the region. The contributors examine elements in the ec……続きを見る

In Political Cleavages: Issues, Parties, and the Consolidation of Democracy, Alejandro Moreno argues that the political split between authoritarian and democratic ideologies is the main determinant ……続きを見る

First published in 1999, what the confrontation between democracies and Hitlerism tells us about democracy is the subject of this book. It examines the response of political democracies to the pheno……続きを見る

First published in 1999, the essays in this book examine the context and conduct of a series of watershed elections held in Anglophone Africa in the first half of the 1990s. These elections crystall……続きを見る

A penetrating analysis of the controversial U.S. role in the 1990 Nicaraguan elections-the most closely monitored in history-this book exposes the intervention in the electoral process of a sovereig……続きを見る

Published in 1940, The Politics of Democratic Socialism covers a number of subjects including social psychology, economic history, Marxist doctrine and the academic subject of politics to name a few……続きを見る

The Constitution of India (IAST: Bhāratīya Saṃvidhāna) is the supreme law of India.[1][2] The document lays down the framework demarcating fundamental political code, structure, procedures, powers, ……続きを見る

Democracy establishes relationships of political equality, ones in which citizens equally share authority over what they do together and respect one another as equals. But in today's divided public ……続きを見る

Originally published in 1915, Government by Natural Selection looks at the historical advancement of government through the lens of the Darwinian theory of natural selection. The book examines the h……続きを見る

This book, a critical study of Haiti's place in the "New World Order," examines the limits of its "democratic revolution" and the prospects for social change. Exploring why the successive military g……続きを見る

From New York Times business reporter Nelson D. Schwartz comes a gripping investigation of how a virtual velvet rope divides Americans in every arena of life, creating a friction-free existence for ……続きを見る

A presente coletânea, produzida no âmbito do Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Serviço Social da PUC-SP, reúne textos resultantes de estudos, pesquisas e reflexões na perspectiva da crítica socia……続きを見る

La sociedad española ha demostrado ser enormemente participativa en momentos concretos, pero tiene muchos problemas para crear redes y acumular el capital social que permita sostener la reivindicaci……続きを見る

Cosa significa la parola "libertà"? Cosa chiediamo davvero quando pretendiamo più libertà? Salvatore Veca definisce i contorni di un termine così quotidiano da apparire oggi quasi svuotato di senso,……続きを見る

L'Europa è sempre più al centro del dibattito politico e culturale globale, ma al tempo stesso è l'elemento cardine di una crisi economica e democratica. Ma come nasce l'idea di Europa? Treccani pro……続きを見る

Presidential term limits restrict the maximum length of time that presidents can serve in office. They stipulate the length of term the presidents can serve between elections and the number of terms……続きを見る

In this book, Wynne Walker Moskop addresses the practical and theoretical problem of how unequal political friendships evolve toward arrangements the parties consider reciprocal and just, a problem ……続きを見る

El México que queremos. Agenda política de inspiración ciudadana es una obra que pone el dedo en la llaga de la insatisfacción de los ciudadanos con sus gobernantes y echa luz sobre las posibilidade……続きを見る

Las democracias siempre han sido frágiles; sin embargo, ahora no sólo se ven amenazadas las más jóvenes, sino también las maduras e incluso las centenarias. Los riesgos que enfrentan los sistemas de……続きを見る