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Lawyers And Great Expectations In Pakistan, Shubhankar Dam
Lawyers And Great Expectations In Pakistan, Shubhankar Dam
Shubhankar Dam
No abstract provided.
Transformation Of Japan’S Civil Society Landscape, Mary Alice Haddad
Transformation Of Japan’S Civil Society Landscape, Mary Alice Haddad
Mary Alice Haddad
Japan’s civil society is being transformed as more people volunteer for advocacy and professional nonprofit organizations. In the American context, this trend has been accompanied by a decline in participation in traditional organizations. Does the rise in new types of nonprofit groups herald a decline of traditional volunteering in Japan? This article argues that while changes in civil rights, political opportunity structure, and technology have also taken place in Japan, they have contributed to the rise of new groups without causing traditional organizations to decline, because Japanese attitudes about civic responsibility have continued to support traditional volunteering.
Chain Reaction: How Property Begets Property, Sabrina Safrin
Chain Reaction: How Property Begets Property, Sabrina Safrin
Sabrina Safrin
Classic theories for the evolution of property rights consider the emergence of private property to be a progressive development reflecting a society's movement to a more efficient property regime. This article argues that instead of this progressive dynamic, a more subtle and damaging chain reaction dynamic can come into play that traditional theories for intellectual and other property rights neither anticipate nor explain. The article suggests that the expansion of intellectual and other property rights have an internally generative dynamic. Drawing upon contemporary case studies, the article argues that property rights evolve in reaction to each other. The creation of …
Politics And Volunteering In Japan: A Global Perspective, Mary Alice Haddad
Politics And Volunteering In Japan: A Global Perspective, Mary Alice Haddad
Mary Alice Haddad
Politics and Volunteering begins by painting a portrait of volunteering in Japan, and demonstrates that our current understandings of civil society have been based implicitly on a U.S. model that does not adequately consider participation patterns found in other parts of the world. The book develops a theory of civic participation that, incorporates citizen attitudes about governmental and individual responsibility, with societal and governmental practices that support (or hinder) volunteer participation. This theory is tested using cross-national and sub-national statistical analysis, and it is refined through detailed case studies of volunteering in three Japanese cities. The findings are then used …
The Constitutionality Of The President To Hold Another Office Act, 2004: A View From India, Shubhankar Dam
The Constitutionality Of The President To Hold Another Office Act, 2004: A View From India, Shubhankar Dam
Shubhankar Dam
No abstract provided.
Pakistani Supreme Court And Constitutional Space, Shubhankar Dam
Pakistani Supreme Court And Constitutional Space, Shubhankar Dam
Shubhankar Dam
No abstract provided.
An International Mission, Matthew Wilburn King
An International Mission, Matthew Wilburn King
Matthew Wilburn King PhD
University of Tulsa Magazine Publication Issue - Research: Bright Ideas
Russia’S “Uncivil Society”: The Threat, Sources, And Policy Recommendations, Mikhail Koulikov
Russia’S “Uncivil Society”: The Threat, Sources, And Policy Recommendations, Mikhail Koulikov
Mikhail Koulikov
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Russia, Livejournal, And The Implications Of National Usage Of Social Blogging For Information Exchange And Dissemination, Mikhail Koulikov
Russia, Livejournal, And The Implications Of National Usage Of Social Blogging For Information Exchange And Dissemination, Mikhail Koulikov
Mikhail Koulikov
No abstract provided.
Can Institutions Build Unity In Multiethnic States?, Zachary Elkins, John Sides
Can Institutions Build Unity In Multiethnic States?, Zachary Elkins, John Sides
Zachary Elkins
No abstract provided.