Democracy and Human Rights in multicultural societies

Published in association with UNESCO, "Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies" examines the political governance of cultural diversity, specifically how public policy-making has dealt with the claims for cultural recognition that have increasingly been expressed by ethno-national movements, language groups, religious minorities, indigenous peoples ...

La démocratie participative

Bien que très présente dans le langage politique et médiatique, la notion de "démocratie participative" est marquée par un certain flou. Cela oblige à un délicat travail de définition préalable, pour la distinguer des concepts voisins de "démocratie délibérative" et de "démocratie de proximité", et ...

Gouvernance et privatisation

Alors que le mot " privatisation " est sur toutes les bouches aujourd'hui, cette notion est paradoxalement très peu étudiée. Le but de l'auteur est de combler cette lacune sur la base d'une réflexion transdiciplinaire. C'est l'occasion d'aborder, en particulier, un ...

Staatsrecht

"Von den ... anderen Lehrbüchern des Staatsrechts unterscheidet sich das Buch auch durch oft sehr dezidierte Stellungnahmen, die die sonst übliche #Wohlausgewogenheit' der meisten Lehrbücher weit hinter sich läßt. ... Ich gebe allerdings gerne zu, daß ich von allen staatsrechtlichen Lehrbüchern den #Stein' gerade wegen der Unausgewogenheit ...

The myth of the rational voter

why democracies choose bad policies

The greatest obstacle to sound economic policy is not entrenched special interests or rampant lobbying, but the popular misconceptions, irrational beliefs, and personal biases held by ordinary voters. This is economist Bryan Caplan's sobering assessment in this book. Caplan argues that voters continually elect ...

American federalism

a concise introduction

Understanding federalism - the form of political organization that unites separate polities within an overarching political system so that all maintain their political integrity - is central to the study of democratic government in the United States. Yet, many political scientists treat federalism as a set of ...

La gouvernance territoriale

Pratiques, discours et théories

Depuis son émergence au milieu des années 1970, d'abord dans les pays anglo-saxons puis dans le monde entier, la notion de gouvernance a suscité des débats sans nombre. Ils ont porté sur la pertinence de celle-ci et sur son caractère véritablement scientifique autant, sinon ...

Policing

This is the first course guide that has been developed for students of policing. It identifies the core themes and additional source material, providing an essential overview for students and a reference point for use throughout their studies. "The Policing Course Companion" is designed to ...

American government

Distinguished by its myth vs. reality framework, "American Government" encourages students to confront their preconceptions about American government and to think critically about the U.S. political system. Up- to-date coverage includes the media, public opinion, the Supreme Court, domestic and international policy, education and ...

The challenge of democracy

Government in America

This best-selling, mainstream American government text is both a comprehensive introduction and a complete program, with the print text and ancillaries carefully crafted to work together to benefit both instructor and student. The Ninth Edition maintains its highly acclaimed, non-ideological framework, exploring three themes: freedom ...

The political brain

the role of emotion in deciding the fate of the Nation

This book presents a groundbreaking and surprising scientific investigation into how the mind works, how the brain works and what this means for why candidates win and lose elections. Since the 18th century, the idea of mind that has captured the imagination of philosophers, cognitive ...

La fonction politique de la justice

La justice occupe une place croissante dans la régulation du politique. L'objectif du présent ouvrage est de rendre compte des multiples composantes de ce phénomène : l'ancrage historique et les évolutions clans le temps de la fonction politique de la justice ; les pratiques des ...

Instituciones políticas

Negotiating political conflicts

Negotiations which generate solutions to conflicts without the use of violence are the only adequate means of conflict resolution in an interdependent globalized world. "Negotiating Political Conflicts" analyzes comprehensively the foundations for understanding negotiations: What is negotiation? What are the most important concepts and terms ...

Identidad y opción

dos formas de entender la política

¿Vivimos la política de forma colectiva, como resultado de la pertenencia a grupos #socioeconómicos, religiosos lingüísticos## con los que nos identificamos, o de forma individual, como resultado de opciones personales? En realidad, ni siquiera en ciertos periodos de la segunda mitad del siglo XX en ...

Thinking about democracy

power sharing and majority rule in theory and practice

Arend Lijphart is one of the world's leading and most influential political scientists whose work has had a profound impact on the study of democracy and comparative politics. "Thinking about Democracy" draws on a lifetime's experience of research and publication in this area ...

Taxpayer's rights

theory, origin and implementation

No government can be sustained without the ability to tax its citizens. Democratic societies typically guarantee, in varying forms and degrees, a basic set of taxpayer rights. These rights are essential in establishing an effective and reasonable taxation process.Author Duncan Bentley's work argues ...

Republic.com 2.0

What happens to democracy and free speech if people use the Internet to create echo chambers - to listen and speak only to the like-minded? What is the democratic benefit of the Internet's unlimited choices if citizens narrowly limit the information they receive, creating ever- ...

Sobre el Estado en España

Dalmacio Negro, catedrático de Historia de las Ideas y de las Formas Políticas de la Universidad Complutense y numerario de la Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas, ha dedicado una buena parte de su dilatado quehacer intelectual a elucidar la realidad estatal en su ...

Democracia participativa y desarrollo humano

Instituto Internacional de Sociología Jurídica de Oñati