Taming Democracy
Author | : Steven Hahn |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 2007-07-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0195306651 |
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Author | : Steven Hahn |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 2007-07-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0195306651 |
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Author | : Harvey Yunis |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 2018-05-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1501711377 |
How does one speak to a large, diverse mass of ordinary, sovereign citizens and persuade them to render wise decisions? For Thucydides, Plato, and Demosthenes, who observed classical Athenian democracy in action, this was an urgent question. Harvey Yunis looks at how these three—historian, philosopher, politician respectively—explored the instructive potential of political rhetoric as a means of "taming democracy," Plato's metaphor for controlling the fractious demos through language. Yunis offers new insights into the ideas of the three thinkers: Thucydides' bipolar model of Periclean versus demagogic rhetoric; Plato's engagement with political rhetoric in the Gorgias, the Phaedrus, and the Laws; and Demosthenes' attempt both to instruct and to persuade his political audience. Yunis illuminates both the concrete historical problem of political deliberation in Athens and the intellectual and literary responses that the problem evoked. Few, if any, other books on classical Athens afford such a combination of perspectives from history, drama, philosophy, and politics. Writing with unusual clarity and cogency, Yunis translates all texts and explains the relevant issues. His book can profitably be read by anyone concerned with the issues at the heart of classical and contemporary democracy.
Author | : Sarah Sunn Bush |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2015-04-30 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1107069645 |
Most government programs seeking to aid democracy abroad do not directly confront dictators. This book explains how organizational politics 'tamed' democracy assistance.
Author | : Stephen M. Walt |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2006-09-17 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0393292711 |
Finalist for the 2006 Gelber Prize: "A brilliant contribution to the American foreign policy debate."—Anatol Lieven, New York Times Book Review At a time when America's dominance abroad was being tested like never before, Taming American Power provided for the first time a "rigorous critique of current U.S. strategy" (Washington Post Book World) from the vantage point of its fiercest opponents. Stephen M. Walt examines America's place as the world's singular superpower and the strategies that rival states have devised to counter it. Hailed as a "landmark book" by Foreign Affairs, Taming American Power makes the case that this ever-increasing tide of opposition not only could threaten America's ability to achieve its foreign policy goals today but also may undermine its dominant position in years to come.
Author | : Alfred C. Aman (Jr.) |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2004-12 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0814707009 |
ContentsPreface Introduction: The Domestic Face of Globalization 1 Three Eras of Administrative Law and Agency Regulation 2 Federalisms Old and New: The Vertical Dimensions of Globalization 3 Privatization and Deregulation: The Horizontal Dimensions of Globalization 4 The Implications of the Globalizing State for Law Reform Notes Index About the Author
Author | : Justin Steinberg |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2018-11 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1107141303 |
A comprehensive and novel interpretation of Spinoza's political writings that reveals the significance of the affects for political life.
Author | : Laura Weinrib |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 2016-09-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674545710 |
Laura Weinrib shows how a coalition of lawyers and activists made judicial enforcement of the Bill of Rights a defining feature of American democracy. Protection of civil liberties was a calculated bargain between liberals and conservatives to save the courts from New Deal attack and secure free speech for both labor radicals and businesses.
Author | : Makau Mutua |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Tracing the trajectory of postcolonial politics, Makau Mutua maps the political forces that have shaped contemporary Kenya. He also critically explores efforts on the part of both civil society and the political opposition to reform the state. Analyzing the tortuous efforts since independence to create a sustainable, democratic state, he uses the struggle over constitutional reform as a window for understanding the larger struggles confronting Kenyan society.
Author | : Stacy Douglas |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2017-07-13 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 047205354X |
Reconsiders complex questions about how we imagine ourselves and our political communities
Author | : Ian Buruma |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 2012-08-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0691156050 |
For eight years the president of the United States was a born-again Christian, backed by well-organized evangelicals who often seemed intent on erasing the church-state divide. In Europe, the increasing number of radicalized Muslims is creating widespread fear that Islam is undermining Western-style liberal democracy. And even in polytheistic Asia, the development of democracy has been hindered in some countries, particularly China, by a long history in which religion was tightly linked to the state. Ian Buruma is the first writer to provide a sharp-eyed look at the tensions between religion and politics on three continents. Drawing on many contemporary and historical examples, he argues that the violent passions inspired by religion must be tamed in order to make democracy work. Comparing the United States and Europe, Buruma asks why so many Americans--and so few Europeans--see religion as a help to democracy. Turning to China and Japan, he disputes the notion that only monotheistic religions pose problems for secular politics. Finally, he reconsiders the story of radical Islam in contemporary Europe, from the case of Salman Rushdie to the murder of Theo van Gogh. Sparing no one, Buruma exposes the follies of the current culture war between defenders of "Western values" and "multiculturalists," and explains that the creation of a democratic European Islam is not only possible, but necessary. Presenting a challenge to dogmatic believers and dogmatic secularists alike, Taming the Gods powerfully argues that religion and democracy can be compatible--but only if religious and secular authorities are kept firmly apart.