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Neoliberalism has now failed, so can a social democratic resurgence replace it? This book retrieves the political thought of Swedish politician Ernst Wigforss to explore the unrealised potential of social democracy. Wigforss drew on many schools of thought to produce an...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-12-19
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After 9/11/2001, gendered narratives of humiliation and revenge proliferated in the U.S. national imaginary. How is it that gender, which we commonly take to be a structure at the heart of individual identity, is also at stake in the life of the nation? What do we learn...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-12-09
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Egalitarians have traditionally been suspicious of equality of opportunity. But the past twenty five years or so have seen a sea-change in egalitarian thinking about that concept. 'Luck egalitarians' such as G. A. Cohen, Richard Arneson, and John Roemer have paved a new...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-12-05
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Egalitarians have traditionally been suspicious of equality of opportunity. But the past twenty five years or so have seen a sea-change in egalitarian thinking about that concept. 'Luck egalitarians' such as G. A. Cohen, Richard Arneson, and John Roemer have paved a new...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-12-05
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Focusing on European cultural and intellectual history in first half of the twentieth century, The Space of Crisis investigates how notions of crisis and changing perceptions of space influenced the way Europeans imagined themselves, their past and their future. The...
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2013-12-04
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In den letzten Jahren waren in den USA und der Bundesrepublik Deutschland deutlich unterschiedliche Sichtweisen in der Betrachtung des Politischen auszumachen. Oftmals sorgen diese unterschiedlichen Bewertungen für Irritationen im Verständnis des Handelns des jeweils...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-11-19
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Politicians invoke grand ideas: social justice, democracy, liberty, equality, community. But what do these ideas really mean? How can politicians across the political spectrum appeal to the same values?This new edition of Adam Swift's highly readable introduction to...
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Polity
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2013-11-06
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Politicians invoke grand ideas: social justice, democracy, liberty, equality, community. But what do these ideas really mean? How can politicians across the political spectrum appeal to the same values?This new edition of Adam Swift's highly readable introduction to...
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Polity
Parution :
2013-11-06
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Despite its place in the humanities, the career prospects and numbers of women in philosophy much more closely resemble those found in the sciences and engineering. This book collects a series of critical essays by female philosophers pursuing the question of why...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-10-23
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In this wide-ranging collection of essays, distinguished philosopher Margaret Gilbert investigates the structure of our social world. People often speak of what we do, think, and feel, and of our values, conventions, and laws. Asking what we mean by such talk, Gilbert...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-10-16
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This volume offers critical, historical and theoretical perspectives on cosmopolitanism, paying attention to its implications and manifestations both within and outside Europe. It also explores the links between cosmopolitanism and teleological understandings of Europe:...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2013-10-01
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In Tolerance, Lars Tønder offers a thought-provoking theory on what tolerance means in pluralistic societies. Tønder begins by showing the limitations of the way democratic theory currently understands tolerance: either as a form of restraint or as benevolence, but...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-09-05
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Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Law is an annual forum for some of the best new philosophical work on law, by both senior and junior scholars from around the world. The essays range widely over issues in general jurisprudence (the nature of law, adjudication, and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-08-29
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Social ontology, in its broadest sense, is the study of the nature of social reality, including collective intentions and agency. The starting point of Tuomela's account of collective intentionality is the distinction between thinking and acting as a private person...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-08-23
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Every century has witnessed the birth of a few world-transcending intellectuals as well as talented emerging scholars. Noam Chomsky and Pierre W. Orelus are no exception. Using dialogues exchanged over the course of nine years, combined with heartfelt critical essays,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2013-07-01
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Bearings: An Essay on Fundamental Philosophy aims to orient contemporary individuals in their physical, biological, and social environment. This collection of discussions on diverse topics connects relevant fields in the sciences and humanities in order to update the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2013-05-29
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Law 180, which abolished mental asylums in Italy, was passed in 1978. It came to be known as the ‘Basaglia Law’, after the physician whose work revolutionised psychiatry in Italy and worldwide. Franco Basaglia (1924-1980) battled to overturn an obsolete but prevalent...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-05-29
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The book tackles significant problems that each historian of law faces in the light of present decline of philosophical, ethical and ideological canons in the overall context of western civilization.The issues discussed in the book manifest themselves in the question...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-05-01
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With their remarkable electoral successes, Green parties worldwide seized the political imagination of friends and foes alike. Mainstream politicians busily disparage them and imitate them in turn. This new book shows that 'greens' deserve to be taken more seriously...
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Polity
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2013-04-29
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