Politics at the Turn of the Century

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

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Beskrivning

With the end of the Cold War, the death of Communism, and the decline of Socialism, what are the primary issues, ideologies, and parties that now structure politics? Melzer, Zinman, and Weinberger have compiled essays from prominent experts to examine the politics of the past to help plot the political future.The first half of the volume addresses “Identity Politics” and “Big Government” and their respective places in the shaping of the United States political environment since the end of the Cold War. The second half of the volume focuses on the political climate in Western Europe, Russia, India, and China.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-07-17
Mått:149 x 228 x 21 mm
Vikt:499 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:400
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780847694464

Utforska kategorier

Statsvetenskap och politisk teori inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Arthur Melzer, Richard Zinman, and Jerry Weinberger are directors of the Symposium on Science, Reason, and Modern Democracy and professors of political science at Michigan State University.

Recensioner i media

The editors have brought together some highly respected academics and produced a thorough and incisive review of two central philosophical and political problems facing the USA and, to a lesser extent, the wider world today.

Innehållsförteckning

Part 1 The United StatesPart 2 Identity PoliticsChapter 3 The Left's Lost UniversalismChapter 4 From Identity Politics to Social FeminismChapter 5 Identity Politics: The Third Phase of Liberalism?Part 6 Big GovernmentChapter 7 The Two World Wars and the Idea of the StateChapter 8 What Kind of Government Do We have to Fear?Chapter 9 Liberalism and Big Government: Tocqueville's AnalysisChapter 10 Big Government and RightsChapter 11 The Prospects for Democratic Control in an Age of Big GovernmentChapter 12 From Social to Legal Norms: A Neglected Cause for Big GovernmentPart 13 The WorldChapter 14 Notes on Markets, Politics, and Big GovernmentChapter 15 The Debate on Big Government: The View from Britain and Western EuropeChapter 16 The Leninist Debris; or, Waiting for PerónChapter 17 Party, Ideology and the Public World in the Former Soviet SpaceChapter 18 Ideological Conflicts in Post-Cold War IndiaChapter 19 Left and Right with Chinese Characteristics: Issues and Alignments in Deng Xiaoping's ChinaChapter 20 Regime Shift: Japanese Politics in a Changing World Economy