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The widening and deepening of the European Union have brought to the fore the question of democracy at the European level. The system of domination already in place at the European level requires and aspires to direct legitimation - from the citizens themselves and not merely indirect, derived from the Member Nation States. Such can only be achieved by making the EU into a democratic polity.But can democracy be disassociated from its putative nation-state foundation? A revised concept of democratic legitimacy based on discourse theory is developed. It is argued that post-national democracy
Democratization --- Democracy --- European Union. --- European Union countries --- Politics and government. --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies --- E.U.
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This collection of essays addresses the important challenges and opportunities presented by the democratization process and the thorough societal changes occurring in many parts of the world.
Democratization. --- Peace-building. --- Building peace --- Peacebuilding --- Conflict management --- Peace --- Peacekeeping forces --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies
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Explores and illustrates how domestic and international factors shape the direction of democratization process with special reference to constitution making process in Turkey. Describes how all five Turkish constitutions were, by and large, the products of indigenous effort, although borrowing could be felt in certain limited areas. Argues that the constitutional reforms in the post-1983 period were the outco me of broad inter-party negotiations and agree ments as a response to the society's demands for a more democratic and liberal political system. Finally, the constitutional revisions adopted since 1995 were strongly conditioned by Turkey's hope of accession to the European Union. With these reforms, Turkey was successful in meeting the political criteria and started accession negotiations with the EU.
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The book unpacks and historicizes the rise of Arab electoralism, narrating the story of stalled democratic transition in the Arab Middle East. It provides a balance sheet of the state of Arab democratization from the mid-1970s up to 2008. In seeking to answer the question of how Arab countries democratize and whether they are democratizing at all, the book pays attention to specificity, highlighting the peculiarities of democratic transitions in the Arab Middle East. To this end, itsituates the discussion of such transitions firmly within their local contexts, but without losing sight of the g
Democracy --- Democratization --- Elections --- Islam and politics --- Arab countries --- Politics and government. --- Electoral politics --- Franchise --- Polls --- Political science --- Politics, Practical --- Plebiscite --- Political campaigns --- Representative government and representation --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- New democracies
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Ultimately, King's forward-thinking analysis offers a way to enhance the prospects for democracy in the Middle East and North Africa.
Political culture --- Democratization --- Authoritarianism --- Culture --- Political science --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- New democracies --- Authority --- Africa, North --- Middle East --- Barbary States --- Maghreb --- Maghrib --- North Africa --- Social conditions. --- Politics and government. --- Politics and government
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The sharpening poverty contradictions and their links to a larger governance reality is the theme of this book. Enhanced understanding of the security and human rights situation in South Asia has also led to identification of alternative possibilities for innovative policy at both the micro and macro levels. Action research, which provides the material basis for formulating sustainable policy, differentiates this work from conventional development thinking and action.
Poor --- Democratization --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies --- Disadvantaged, Economically --- Economically disadvantaged --- Impoverished people --- Low-income people --- Pauperism --- Poor, The --- Poor people --- Persons --- Social classes --- Poverty --- Government policy --- Economic conditions
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Political systems --- Political sociology --- European Union --- Democratization --- European Union countries --- Politics and government --- European Union. --- Europeiska unionen --- Politics and government. --- #SBIB:327.7H201 --- Europese Unie: politieke theorie --- Europeiska unionen. --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies --- Democratization - European Union countries --- European Union countries - Politics and government
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Persistent State Weakness in the Global Age addresses the question of why state weakness in the global era persists. It debunks a common assumption that state weakness is a stop-gap on the path to state failure and state collapse. Informed by a globalization perspective, the book shows how state weakness is frequently self-reproducing and functional.
Democratization. --- Failed states. --- Nation - building. --- Postwar reconstruction. --- Failed states --- Nation-building --- Postwar reconstruction --- Democratization --- Political Theory of the State --- Political Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- Nation-building. --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Post-conflict reconstruction --- Reconstruction, Postwar --- Stabilization and reconstruction (International relations) --- State-building --- State failure --- Political science --- New democracies --- Political development
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Economic law --- Political systems --- Democratization --- Démocratisation --- United States --- European Union countries --- Etats-Unis --- Pays de l'Union européenne --- Foreign relations --- Foreign relations. --- Relations extérieures --- Rule of law --- #SBIB:324H71 --- #SBIB:327.7H233 --- #SBIB:327H15 --- Supremacy of law --- Administrative law --- Constitutional law --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies --- Government policy --- Politieke verandering: modernisatie, democratisering, regional development --- Europese Unie: externe relaties, buitenlands- en defensiebeleid (ook WEU) --- Buitenlandse politiek: Noord-Amerika --- Démocratisation --- Pays de l'Union européenne --- Relations extérieures
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UA / Ukraine - Oekraine --- 321.1 --- 323.0 --- 331.30 --- 331.100 --- 92Theorie, ontstaan en evolutie van de staat. --- Binnenlandse politiek: algemeenheden. --- Economische toestand. --- Economische geschiedenis: algemeenheden. --- Geschiedenis. --- 92 --- Theorie, ontstaan en evolutie van de staat. --- Histoire. --- History. --- 92 Geschiedenis. --- 92 Histoire. --- 92 History. --- Democratization --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies --- Theorie, ontstaan en evolutie van de staat --- Binnenlandse politiek: algemeenheden --- Economische geschiedenis: algemeenheden --- Economische toestand --- Geschiedenis --- Ukraine --- Economic conditions --- Economic policy
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