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9 produkter
Hidden Face of Rights
Toward a Politics of Responsibilities
Inbunden, 2020
238 kr
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Why we cannot truly implement human rights unless we also recognize human responsibilitiesWhen we debate questions in international law, politics, and justice, we often use the language of rights—and far less often the language of responsibilities. Human rights scholars and activists talk about …
Diplomacy for the Next Century
Av Abba Eban
Häftad, 1999
400 kr
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In this wise and eloquent book, one of the world’s preeminent senior statesmen presents his views on the challenges of diplomacy in the post-Cold War era. Abba Eban, who has been Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations and to the United States as well as the foreign minister in several Israeli …
How Democratic Is the American Constitution?
Häftad, 2003
178 kr
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A Washington Post Book World Best Seller “Robert A. Dahl . . . is about as covered in honors as a scholar can be. . . . He knows what he is talking about. And he thinks that the Constitution has something the matter with it.”—Hendrik Hertzberg, New Yorker “A devastating attack on the undemocratic …
Journey of Purpose
Reflections on the Presidency, Multiculturalism, and Third Parties
Av Paul Tsongas
Häftad, 1996
363 kr
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In this inspiring book, one of the most respected senior figures in American politics defines his political philosophy for the country as we approach the end of the twentieth century. For many years Paul Tsongas, the former United States senator from Massachusetts and 1992 Democratic presidential …
Hollywood Westerns and American Myth
The Importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for Political Philosophy
Häftad, 2012
288 kr
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In this pathbreaking book one of America’s most distinguished philosophers brilliantly explores the status and authority of law and the nature of political allegiance through close readings of three classic Hollywood Westerns: Howard Hawks’ Red River and John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance …
Moral Economy
Why Good Incentives Are No Substitute for Good Citizens
Häftad, 2017
194 kr
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Why do policies and business practices that ignore the moral and generous side of human nature often fail?Should the idea of economic man—the amoral and self-interested Homo economicus—determine how we expect people to respond to monetary rewards, punishments, and other incentives? Samuel Bowles …
Question of Intervention
John Stuart Mill and the Responsibility to Protect
Häftad, 2017
492 kr
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The question of when or if a nation should intervene in another country’s affairs is one of the most important concerns in today’s volatile world. Taking John Stuart Mill’s famous 1859 essay “A Few Words on Non-Intervention” as his starting point, international relations scholar Michael W. Doyle …
On Toleration
Häftad, 1999
191 kr
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What kinds of political arrangements enable people from different national, racial, religious, or ethnic groups to live together in peace? In this book one of the most influential political theorists of our time discusses the politics of toleration. Michael Walzer examines five "regimes of …
African States Since Independence
Order, Development, and Democracy
Av Darin Christensen, David D. Laitin
Inbunden, 2019
477 kr
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Authors Christensen and Laitin argue that an interplay of geographic, historical, and demographic factors undergird sub‑Saharan states’ post‑independence struggles to eradicate poverty, establish democratic accountability, and quell civil unrest. They set out the founding fathers’ challenges in …
