Democracy and the Individual
Author | : Carleton Kemp Allen |
Publisher | : London, Oxford U. P |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1943 |
Genre | : Democracy |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Carleton Kemp Allen |
Publisher | : London, Oxford U. P |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1943 |
Genre | : Democracy |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Rolf Gollob |
Publisher | : Council of Europe |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9789287163325 |
This is a manual for teachers in Education for Democratic Citizenship (EDC) and Human Rights Education (HRE), EDC/HRE textbook editors and curriculum developers. Nine teaching units of approximately four lessons each focus on key concepts of EDC/HRE. The lesson plans give step-by-step instructions and include student handouts and background information for teachers. In this way, the manual is suited for trainees or beginners in the teaching profession and teachers who are receiving in-service teacher training in EDC/HRE. The complete manual provides a full school year's curriculum for lower secondary classes, but as each unit is also complete in itself, the manual allows great flexibility in use. The objective of EDC/HRE is the active citizen who is willing and able to participate in the democratic community. Therefore EDC/HRE strongly emphasize action and task-based learning.
Author | : John Dewey |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 1916 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
. Renewal of Life by Transmission. The most notable distinction between living and inanimate things is that the former maintain themselves by renewal. A stone when struck resists. If its resistance is greater than the force of the blow struck, it remains outwardly unchanged. Otherwise, it is shattered into smaller bits. Never does the stone attempt to react in such a way that it may maintain itself against the blow, much less so as to render the blow a contributing factor to its own continued action. While the living thing may easily be crushed by superior force, it none the less tries to turn the energies which act upon it into means of its own further existence. If it cannot do so, it does not just split into smaller pieces (at least in the higher forms of life), but loses its identity as a living thing. As long as it endures, it struggles to use surrounding energies in its own behalf. It uses light, air, moisture, and the material of soil. To say that it uses them is to say that it turns them into means of its own conservation. As long as it is growing, the energy it expends in thus turning the environment to account is more than compensated for by the return it gets: it grows. Understanding the word "control" in this sense, it may be said that a living being is one that subjugates and controls for its own continued activity the energies that would otherwise use it up. Life is a self-renewing process through action upon the environment.
Author | : Fathali M. Moghaddam |
Publisher | : American Psychological Association (APA) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781433820878 |
Fathali M. Moghaddam explores how psychological factors influence the presence, potential development, or absence of democracy. Recommendations are given for promoting the psychological processes that foster democracy. Where democracy thrives, it seems far and away the best system of governance. Yet, relatively few countries have managed to transition successfully to democracy, and none of them have attained what Fathali M. Moghaddam calls "actualized democracy," the ideal in which all citizens share full, informed, equal participation in decision making. The obstacles to democratization are daunting, yet there is hope. What is it about human nature that seems to work for or against democracy? The Psychology of Democracy explores political development through the lens of psychological science. He examines the psychological factors influencing whether and how democracy develops within a society, identifies several conditions necessary for democracy (such as freedom of speech, minority rights, and universal suffrage), and explains how psychological factors influence these conditions. He also recommends steps to promote in citizens the psychological characteristics that foster democracy. Written in a style that is both accessible and intellectually engaging, the book skillfully integrates research and an array of illustrative examples from psychology, political science and international relations, history, and literature.
Author | : Adam Chilton |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0190871458 |
Does constitutionalizing rights improve respect for those rights in practice? Drawing on statistical analyses, survey experiments, and case studies from around the world, this book argues that enforcing constitutional rights is not easy, but that some rights are harder to repress than others. First, enshrining rights in constitutions does not automatically ensure that those rights will be respected. For rights to matter, rights violations need to be politically costly. But this is difficult to accomplish for unconnected groups of citizens. Second, some rights are easier to enforce than others, especially those with natural constituencies that can mobilize for their enforcement. This is the case for rights that are practiced by and within organizations, such as the rights to religious freedom, to unionize, and to form political parties. Because religious groups, trade unions and parties are highly organized, they are well-equipped to use the constitution to resist rights violations. As a result, these rights are systematically associated with better practices. By contrast, rights that are practiced on an individual basis, such as free speech or the prohibition of torture, often lack natural constituencies to enforce them, which makes it easier for governments to violate these rights. Third, even highly organized groups armed with the constitution may not be able to stop governments dedicated to rights-repression. When constitutional rights are enforced by dedicated organizations, they are thus best understood as speed bumps that slow down attempts at repression. An important contribution to comparative constitutional law, this book provides a comprehensive picture of the spread of constitutional rights, and their enforcement, around the world.
Author | : Yascha Mounk |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2018-03-05 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0674976827 |
Uiteenzetting over de opkomst van het populisme en het gevaar daarvan voor de democratie.
Author | : Matthew A. Crenson |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 375 |
Release | : 2020-03-03 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 142143735X |
Originally publushed in 2002. In Downsizing Democracy, Matthew A. Crenson and Benjamin Ginsberg describe how the once powerful idea of a collective citizenry has given way to a concept of personal, autonomous democracy. Today, political change is effected through litigation, lobbying, and term limits, rather than active participation in the political process, resulting in narrow special interest groups dominating state and federal decision-making. At a time when an American's investment in the democratic process has largely been reduced to an annual contribution to a political party or organization, Downsizing Democracy offers a critical reassessment of American democracy.
Author | : Inter-parliamentary Union |
Publisher | : Inter-Parliamentary Union |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Democracy |
ISBN | : 9291420360 |
Principles to realization - Cherif Bassiouni
Author | : Joshua Turner |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 2019-07-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1538342790 |
Individual freedom is the backbone of our democratic system, but it's often misinterpreted as "doing whatever you want." This book takes an in-depth look at how individual freedoms are critical to a vibrant and functioning democracy. The text also highlights how some decisions made in government end up meaning more freedom for some but less for others. Students are shown the difference between freedom to do things and freedom from the actions of others. Readers will also learn how some of the freedoms we take for granted are critical to the way our society works.
Author | : David Estlund |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 457 |
Release | : 2012-07-19 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0195376692 |
This volume includes 22 new pieces by leading political philosophers, on traditional issues (such as authority and equality) and emerging issues (such as race, and money in politics). The pieces are clear and accessible will interest both students and scholars working in philosophy, political science, law, economics, and more.