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Legitimation, Mark C. Modak-Truran
Legitimation, Mark C. Modak-Truran
Mark C Modak-Truran
This article identifies three different conceptions of legitimation - pre-modern, modern, and post-secular - that compete both within and across national boundaries for the coveted prize of informing the social imaginary regarding how the government and the law should be legitimated in constitutional democracies. Pre-modern conceptions of legitimation consider governments and rulers legitimate if they are ordained by God or if the political system is ordered in accordance with the normative cosmic order. Contemporary proponents of the pre-modern conception range from those in the United States who maintain that the government has been legitimated by the “Judeo-Christian tradition” to those …
Environmental Inequalities And Democratic Citizenship: Linking Normative Theory With Empirical Research, Fabian Schuppert, Ivo Wallimann-Helmer
Environmental Inequalities And Democratic Citizenship: Linking Normative Theory With Empirical Research, Fabian Schuppert, Ivo Wallimann-Helmer
Fabian Schuppert
The aim of this paper is to link empirical findings concerning environmental inequalities with different normative yard-sticks for assessing whether these inequalities should be deemed unjust, or not. We argue that such an inquiry must necessarily take into account some caveats regarding both empirical research and normative theory. We suggest that empirical results must be contextualised by establishing geographies of risk. As a normative yard-stick we propose a moderately demanding social-egalitarian account of justice and democratic citizenship, which we take to be best suited to identify unjust as well as legitimate instances of socio-environmental inequality.
Democracy In Transition: Political Participation In The European Union, Kyriakos N. Demetriou
Democracy In Transition: Political Participation In The European Union, Kyriakos N. Demetriou
Kyriakos N. Demetriou
The essays in this collection, written by a cross-regional group of experts, provide illuminating insights into the causes of declining levels of citizen participation and other distinct forms of civic activism in Europe and explore a range of factors contributing to apathy and eventually disengagement from vital political processes and institutions. At the same time, this volume examines informal or unconventional types of civic engagement and political participation corresponding to the rapid advances in culture, technology and social networking. The contents of this volume are divided into three essentially interrelated parts. Part I consists of critical essays in the form …
The Dawn Of A Critical Transparency Right For The Profiling Era, Mireille Hildebrandt
The Dawn Of A Critical Transparency Right For The Profiling Era, Mireille Hildebrandt
Mireille Hildebrandt
Potential consumers are increasingly profiled to detect their habits and preferences in order to provide for targeted services. Both industry and the European Commission are investing huge sums of money into what they call Ambient Intelligence and the creation of an ‘Internet of Things’. Such intelligent networked environments will depend on real time monitoring and profiling, resulting in real time adaptations of the environment. In this contribution Mireille Hildebrandt will assess the threats and opportunities of such autonomic profiling in terms of its impact on individual autonomy and refined discrimination and indicate the extent to which traditional data protection is …
Is Social Justice A Form Of Statecraft?, Craig Hovey
Is Social Justice A Form Of Statecraft?, Craig Hovey
Craig Hovey
In this article, the author focuses on the objections of H. Tristram Engelhardt to the concept of social justice and some issues relative to the ethics of infanticide. The author examines the possibility for social justice to be a form of statecraft, the distinctive moral practices and beliefs, and the status of Christian morality. The author argues that Engelhardt has underestimated the complex nature of political discourse in diverse societies.
Formal Democracy, Structural Violence, And The Possibility Of "Perpetual Peace.", Andrew Pierce
Formal Democracy, Structural Violence, And The Possibility Of "Perpetual Peace.", Andrew Pierce
Andrew J. Pierce
In this paper, I revisit and evaluate Kant’s prerequisites for “perpetual peace,” including the claim, central to contemporary political rhetoric, that formal democracy produces peace. I argue that formal democracy alone is insufficient to address the kinds of deep-rooted structural violence that ultimately manifest in terrorism and other forms of direct violence. I claim that the attempt to eliminate structural violence, and so achieve real “perpetual peace,” requires a more substantive sort of democracy, of which the United States and the West remain poor examples. It requires a political critique that goes deeper than just the critique of state power …
Opinion Polls And Presidential Campaign In Colombia, Fernando Estrada
Opinion Polls And Presidential Campaign In Colombia, Fernando Estrada
Fernando Estrada
The polls, these surveys do not withstand any rigorous testing. And contrary to expand the formation of public opinion, impaired. To overcome this defect should propose means fewer surveys and more discussions. Presidential campaigns should seek democratic enlargement, and a less massive media exposure to foot the surveys. Simplify
Democracy In Dangerous Places: Colombia. Vote With Paramilitary Preferences, Fernando Estrada
Democracy In Dangerous Places: Colombia. Vote With Paramilitary Preferences, Fernando Estrada
Fernando Estrada
This paper discusses the problem of paramilitary violence in Colombia and its effects on democracy. The elections were part of the purpose of self defense and constituted a disguised form to retain its drug trafficking economy. The impacts on institutional technology have been negative: representative democracy, the electoral system and voting, they were not the same. With paramilitary violence changed the electoral map in areas contested by the traditional political parties. Voting with paramilitary preferences mean the biggest challenge is constitutional democracy in Colombia.
Felon Voting Rights And Democracy, Rebecca Gould
Felon Voting Rights And Democracy, Rebecca Gould
Rebecca Gould
No abstract provided.
Postnationalist Democratization, Cillian Mcbride
Postnationalist Democratization, Cillian Mcbride
Cillian McBride
No abstract provided.
The Politics Of The Romanticization Of Popular Culture, Or, Going Ga-Ga Over Pop Culture: A Critical Theory Assessment, Eric Bain-Selbo
The Politics Of The Romanticization Of Popular Culture, Or, Going Ga-Ga Over Pop Culture: A Critical Theory Assessment, Eric Bain-Selbo
Eric Bain-Selbo
No abstract provided.
Hak Ve Ozgurlukler Hareketi Ornek Olabilir Mi? (Can Rights And Freedom Movement Be A Sample?), Cuneyt M. Yenigun
Hak Ve Ozgurlukler Hareketi Ornek Olabilir Mi? (Can Rights And Freedom Movement Be A Sample?), Cuneyt M. Yenigun
Cuneyt M. Yenigun
This article studies Rights and Freedom Movement (RFM) Party's success in Bulgarian Politics and the evolution of Bulgarian Democracy. Author discusses about the positive effects of RFM and could be used in the other regional countries to improve minority rights in politics and society.
Nota Sobre Religiosidad Y Democracia [Final Proofs], Antonio-Carlos Pereira-Menaut
Nota Sobre Religiosidad Y Democracia [Final Proofs], Antonio-Carlos Pereira-Menaut
Antonio-Carlos Pereira-Menaut
En la discusión religión-democracia- laicismo, diversos autores católicos incurren en algunos errores. Primero, admiten un «meaculpismo » histórico no siempre fundado, y además aceptan la discusión en términos estatistas. Además, incurren en «eurocentrismo ». Finalmente, infravaloran ciertos factores de conflicto: la «vocación de iglesia» del estado, la soberanía, el desplazamiento de la política hacia lo personal, y también la pérdida de vigencia pública sufrida por tres importantes perspectivas: la especificidad de la política, el acuerdo fundamental y la masa jurídica de reglas y principios básicos.
Assuming Bosnia: Taking The Polity Seriously In Ethnically Divided Societies, Timothy W. Waters
Assuming Bosnia: Taking The Polity Seriously In Ethnically Divided Societies, Timothy W. Waters
Timothy W Waters
This essay is a reflection on democracy, justice and intervention. It focuses on the Bosnian experience, where since the Dayton Accords the indispensable context for reform has been the international protectorate. This essay examines the assumptions used by the international community to govern Bosnia, which suggest a policy premised upon resistance to the fragmentation of the state under any circumstances, and a belief that the international intervention is simultaneously morally justified and a purely technical process for increasing efficiency. How necessary – indeed, how related at all – are those commitments to the dictates of justice? What is their relationship …
Legal And Technological Normativity: More (And Less) Than Twin Sisters, Mireille Hildebrandt
Legal And Technological Normativity: More (And Less) Than Twin Sisters, Mireille Hildebrandt
Mireille Hildebrandt
Within science technology and society studies the focus has long been on descriptive micro-analyses. Several authors have raised the issue of the normative implications of the findings of research into socio-technical devices and infrastructures, while some claim that material artifacts have moral significance or should even be regarded as moral actors. In this contribution the normative impact of technologies is investigated and compared with the normative impact of legal norms, arguing that a generic concept of normativity is needed that does not depend on the intention of whoever designed either a law or a technology. Furthermore this contribution develops the …
Introduction: Theorising Politics, Cillian Mcbride, Jurgen De Wispelaere, Shane O'Neill
Introduction: Theorising Politics, Cillian Mcbride, Jurgen De Wispelaere, Shane O'Neill
Jurgen De Wispelaere
This is the introduction to a special issue of Irish Political Studies on "Recognition, Equality, Democracy", to appear in December 2007 as a journal and sometime in 2008 as an edited collection published by Taylor & Francis.
Reason, Representation, And Participation, Cillian Mcbride
Reason, Representation, And Participation, Cillian Mcbride
Cillian McBride
No abstract provided.
Constructing Indigenousness In The Late Modern World, Robert Cribb, Li Narangoa
Constructing Indigenousness In The Late Modern World, Robert Cribb, Li Narangoa
Robert Cribb
Examines changing meanings of the term 'indigenous" in relation to other ideas that have been valued in various (mainly Western) philosophical system, such as priority, attachment to the land, and technical knowledge.
Environmentalism In Indonesian Politics, Robert Cribb
Environmentalism In Indonesian Politics, Robert Cribb
Robert Cribb
Environmential politics emerged in Indonesia during the autheoritarian Suharto era. Rather than being a reaction to Suharto's predatory approach to the environment, many environmental policies were closely tied to the managerial, technocratic and campaign-oriented approach of the New Order.
Remembering, Forgetting And Historical Injustice, Robert Cribb, Kenneth Christie
Remembering, Forgetting And Historical Injustice, Robert Cribb, Kenneth Christie
Robert Cribb
No abstract provided.
Shura And Democracy, Muqtedar Khan
Democracy, Self-Determination And The Indonesian Revolution, Robert Cribb
Democracy, Self-Determination And The Indonesian Revolution, Robert Cribb
Robert Cribb
No abstract provided.
Leadership In Asia: Indonesia, Robert Cribb
Leadership In Asia: Indonesia, Robert Cribb
Robert Cribb
Suharto's style of leadership in Indonesia changed significantly over the course of his time in office. In its later stages it was marked by a striking self-effacement.
Elections In Jakarta, Robert Cribb