| |
Conventional philosophical wisdom holds that no agent can invoke its own moral integrity -- no agent can invoke fidelity to its deepest ethical commitments -- as an independent moral consideration. This is because moral integrity simply consists in doing what is,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-10-01
PDF
|
Conventional philosophical wisdom holds that no agent can invoke its own moral integrity -- no agent can invoke fidelity to its deepest ethical commitments -- as an independent moral consideration. This is because moral integrity simply consists in doing what is,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-10-01
ePub
|
This book evaluates UN performance in ensuring good governance in Cambodia and Timor-Leste from a human-centred standpoint. East Asian perspectives are juxtaposed with universal aspirations, and the legality, legitimacy, and effectiveness of UN operations in the two...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-10-01
PDF, ePub
|
“In this innovative study, Dr Ruel explores why political alternation—a bedrock of democratic functioning—has been largely absent in three under-studied regions in Portugal and Spain. Focusing on Madeira, the Azores and the Canary Islands, this book explains how party...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-09-30
PDF, ePub
|
This book addresses the ways in which the figure of the intellectuals and their relationship to the public has been theorized through the conceptualizations of bureaucracy, democracy, and communism as universal processes from the 19th century to the present. Starting...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-09-30
PDF, ePub
|
This book includes collective research by the Institute of Political Science of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, which is an important research institution of political science and a think-tank in China. The book was completed by the expert team of "China's...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-09-30
Collection :
China Governance System Research Series
PDF, ePub
|
This book is the first to explore collaborative governance arrangements in Israel. It offers a new, modular definition of collaborative governance, focusing on its contributions toward public values and democracy. The book discusses different kinds of collaborations,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-09-30
PDF, ePub
|
‘Bridging European and gender studies, this volume deserves a great welcome to the literature. It not only offers a feminist reading of Europeanisation in general, but also discusses the process of Europeanisation and de-Europeanisation of Turkey with regard to changes...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-09-29
PDF, ePub
|
This book shows that Hong Kong’s protests from June to December 2019 originated from not only an attempt to extradite a Hong Kong man involved in a Taiwan murder case, but also China’s effort at extraditing corrupt mainlanders who laundered dirty money in the territory....
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-09-29
PDF, ePub
|
This book investigates studies on colonialism and anti-colonialism from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. The author begins by recounting the deleterious impact of colonialism and then focuses on the heady days of anti-colonialism nationalism. He...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-09-29
PDF, ePub
|
This book analyses three major themes: decolonization, sovereignty, and peacekeeping. Their interaction during the national liberation struggle during the Cold War, culminating in the 1956 Suez War, addresses the principle of national sovereignty after World War II in...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-09-29
PDF, ePub
|
For much of the last half century, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has seemed the outlier in global peace. Today Iraq, Libya, Israel/Palestine, Yemen, and Syria are not just countries, but synonyms for prolonged and brutal wars. But why is MENA so exceptionally...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2020-09-29
ePub
|
India has been catapulted to the centre of world attention. Its rapidly growing economy, new geo-political confidence, and global cultural influence have ensured that people across the world recogniseIndia as one of the main sites of social dynamism in the early...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2020-09-29
ePub
|
A collection of groundbreaking investigations by Wayne Barrett, the intrepid, muckraking Village Voice journalist who exposed corruption in New York City and beyond.With piercing moral clarity and exacting rigor, Wayne Barrett tracked political corruption in the pages...
Editeur :
Bold Type Books
Parution :
2020-09-29
ePub
|
New York Times bestselling authors and close advisors to the president Corey R. Lewandowski and David N. Bossie write from the front lines of Trump's battle to keep America great.Trump: America First gives the reader a firsthand and inside account of the Trump...
Editeur :
Center Street
Parution :
2020-09-29
ePub
|
Democracy in the United States is under threat. The Trump administration’s attack on the legacy of the civil rights movement is undermining America’s claims to be a multi-racial democracy. This moment of peril has worrying parallels with a previous era of American...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2020-09-29
PDF, ePub
|
Unions face a once in a generation opportunity for renewal. Decades of decline have been compounded by a global elite who increasingly generate profit from financial engineering in ways that side-step labour and undermine the power of organised workers. However, as this...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2020-09-29
ePub
|
Inequality is the crisis of our time. The growing gap between a few at the top and the rest of society damages us all. No longer able to deny the crisis, every government in the world is now pledged to fix it – and yet it keeps on getting worse. In this book,...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2020-09-29
ePub
|
The relentless pursuit of economic growth is the defining characteristic of contemporary societies. Yet it benefits few and demands monstrous social and ecological sacrifice. Is there a viable alternative? How can we halt the endless quest to grow global production and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2020-09-29
ePub
|
Harshly exploited migrant labour plays a fundamental role in the political economy of contemporary capitalism. The abstract and utopian theorising of many liberals and leftists on the migration question often ignores or downplays patterns of displacement and brutal...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2020-09-29
ePub
|