Politics in a changing World

a comparative introduction to political science

Providing a foundation for of a comparative understanding political life, POLITICS IN A CHANGING WORLD, Fifth Edition, includes in-depth chapters on political science concepts (ideology, political culture, interest groups, governmental institutions, parties), followed by a series of brief country studies to help students acquire a ...

Media and political engagement

citizens, communication, and democracy

One of the most difficult problems facing Western democracy today is the decline in citizens' political engagement. There are many elements that contribute to this, including fundamental socio-cultural changes. The book summarizes these contexts and situates itself within them, while focusing on the media's ...

The Right to rule

how states win and lose legitimacy

Popular perceptions of a state's legitimacy are inextricably bound to its ability to rule. Vast military and material reserves cannot counter the power of a citizen's belief, and the more widespread the crisis of a state's legitimacy, the greater the threat to ...

What democracy is for

on freedom and moral government

In this provocative book, Stein Ringen argues that the world's democracies are failing to live up to their ideals - the United States and Great Britain most especially. The core value of democracy, he contends, is freedom, the freedom to live a good life according ...

El futuro y sus enemigos

una defensa de la esperanza política

Este libro trata de contribuir a una nueva teoría del tiempo social desde la perspectiva de cómo se relaciona la sociedad con su futuro, cómo se anticipa, cómo se decide y configura. Las sociedades actuales tienen que llevar a cabo un trabajo con el tiempo ...

Studying public policy

policy cycles and policy subsystems

Studying Publisc Policy develops an analytical framework of the subject for students in public policy course. Instead of focussing on the substantive policy of a particular policy area, the book examines the theoretical and conceptual foundations of, and approaches used in, the policy sciences.

La democracia en blanco y negro

Coords. Ricardo Arana, Hernán Echevarría.Con el ánimo de unir de forma práctica la educación en valores y las nuevas formas de comunicación, principal objetivo de la colección Derechos al Cine, este número se centra en la democracia, el sistema político que permite el desarrollo ...

Democracy and expertise

reorienting policy enquiry

This book explores the role of policy expertise in a democratic society. From the perspectives of political science and policy theory, the chapters examine the implications of deliberative democratic governance for professional expertise and extends them to specific policy practices. Following the earlier lead of ...

El Estado desconcertado y la necesidad federal

Prol. Francisco Sosa Wagner. Son seis los Estatutos aprobados en la fecha de cierre de esta obra: Comunidad Valenciana; Cataluña; Andalucía; Islas Baleares; Aragón y Castilla y León. Es previsible que en los próximos años se aprueben nuevos textos. Los aprobados apenas han comenzado a ...

The terror presidency

Law and judgment inside the Bush Administration

Jack Goldsmith's duty as head of the Office of Legal Counsel was to advise President Bush on what he could and could not do...legally. His unflinching insistence that America abide by the law put him on a collision course with powerful figures in ...

Social movements and europeanization

Are social movement organizations euro-sceptical, euro-pragmatic, or euro-opportunist? Or do they accept the EU as a new level of governance to place pressure on? Do they provide a critical capital, necessary for the political structuring of the EU, or do they disrupt the process of ...

Legal republicanism

national and international perspectives

Eds. Samantha Besson, José Luis Martí. Interest in republicanism as a political theory has burgeoned in recent years, but its implications for the understanding of law have remained largely unexplored. Legal Republicanism is the first book to offer a comprehensive, critical survey of the potential ...

Regime-building

democratization and international administration

This book is a study of regime change in the context of international administration, where the United Nations and other multilateral organisations hold temporary executive authority at the domestic level. Work on the politics of state-building has highlighted how these administration operations can influence nearly ...

Virtualpolitik

an electronic history of government media-making in a time of war, scandal, disaster, miscommunication, and mistakes

Today government agencies not only have official Web sites but also sponsor moderated chats, blogs, digital video clips, online tutorials, videogames, and virtual tours of national landmarks. Sophisticated online marketing campaigns target citizens with messages from the government - even as officials make news with digital ...

Comparing political regimes

a thematic introduction to comparative politics

There are now 193 sovereign states in the world. Contrary to many assumptions (or hopes), hardly any of these have developed into a liberal democratic model; instead, there is still great variation in national political regimes. In this new edition, Alan Siaroff provides a comprehensive ...

Politique comparée

les démocraties Allemagne, États-Unis, France, Grande-Bretagne, Italie

Produit historique de l'évolution sociale, économique et culturelle des pays occidentaux, la démocratie constitue toujours une référence, sinon un idéal, même si de nombreuses analyses la décrivent en crise, imparfaite ou menacée. Fondées sur un équilibre instable et en constante évolution entre des dynamiques ...

Informe sobre la democracia en España / 2009

hacia un 'New Deal' global: pactos para una nueva prosperidad en España

Director del Informe: Joaquín Estefanía Moreira. Sumario: EL COMIENZO DE LA LEGISLATURA EN LA FRONTERA DEPRESIVA EL ESTADO DE LA JUSTICIA LA REFORMA DE LA FINANCIACIÓN AUTONÓMICA EL MERCADO DE LA ENERGÍA PROBLEMAS INSTITUCIONALES Y CORRUPCIÓN LA INMIGRACIÓN, EN COMPÁS DE ESPERA LOS MEDIOS DE ...

El Estado Autonómico

¿Cuál es la situación en 2008?. Si en 1994 planteábamos una limitada reforma constitucional, no constituyente, para retocar determinados y concretos aspectos que garantizasen un equilibrio armónico de las Instituciones, hoy la situación es tan preocupante que exige tomar decisiones. Se han roto los equilibrios ...

¿Hacia otro modelo de Estado?

los socialistas y el Estado autonómico

Un trabajo clarificador y necesario. Necesario porque es en él donde, por primera vez -que yo sepa- se expresan con conocimiento y detalle las posiciones del Psoe acerca de la política territorial desde la muerte de Franco hasta la actualidad, y es clarificador porque el ...

Estado social y participación asociativa

Los estudios sobre el Estado Social se suceden en los campos del Derecho Público y de la Economía, principalmente. El transcurso de treinta años desde la aprobación de la Constitución Española no ha hecho que se consideren suficientemente debatidos todos los aspectos y situaciones propias ...