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Politics
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01 Jan 2006
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the paradoxes of Sovereignty and Independence: "Real" and "Pseudo-" Nation-States and the Depoliticization of Poverty.
Abstract: Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Global Shadows: Africa and the World 1 1. Globalizing Africa? Observations from an Inconvenient Continent 25 2. Paradoxes of Sovereignty and Independence: "Real" and "Pseudo-" Nation-States and the Depoliticization of Poverty 50 3. De-moralizing Economics: African Socialism, Scientific Capitalism, and the Moral Politics of Structural Adjustment 69 4. Transnational Topographies of Power: Beyond "the State" and "Civil Society" in the Study of African Politics 89 5. Chryalis: The Life and Death of the African Renaissance in a Zambian Internet Magazine 113 6. Of Mimicry and Membership: Africans and the "New World Society" 155 7. Decomposing Modernity: History and Hierarchy after Development 176 8. Governing Extraction: New Spatializations of Order and Disorder in Neoliberal Africa 194 Notes 211 References 229 Index 249
1,663 citations
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01 Jan 1932
TL;DR: The concept of the political, expanded edition of Schmitt's "The Age of Neutralization and Depoliticization" as mentioned in this paper is a classic in political theory and philosophy, with a foreword by Tracy B. Strong.
Abstract: In this, his most influential work, legal theorist and political philosopher Carl Schmitt argues that liberalism's basis in individual rights cannot provide a reasonable justification for sacrificing one-self for the state - a critique as cogent today as when it first appeared. George Schwab's introduction to his translation of the 1932 German edition highlights Schmitt's intellectual journey through the turbulent period of German history leading to the Hitlerian one-party state. In addition to analysis by Leo Strauss and a foreword by Tracy B. Strong placing Schmitt's work into contemporary context, this expanded edition also includes a translation of Schmitt's 1929 lecture "The Age of Neutralizations and Depoliticizations," which the author himself added to the 1932 edition of the book. An essential update of a modern classic, "The Concept of the Political, Expanded Edition" belongs on the bookshelf of anyone interested in political theory or philosophy.
1,651 citations
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01 Jan 1995
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss race-conscious districting in the USA and Canada and the Politics of Inclusion, from a politics of ideas to a Politics of Presence, and discuss loose ends and larger ambitions.
Abstract: 1. From a Politics of Ideas to a Politics of Presence? 2. Political Equality and Fair Representation 3. Quotas for Women 4. Race-Conscious Districting in the USA 5. Canada and the Politics of Inclusion 6. Deliberation, Accountability, and Interest 7. Loose Ends and Larger Ambitions
1,649 citations
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20 Oct 2010
TL;DR: In this paper, Postman alerts us to the real and present dangers of this state of affairs, and offers compelling suggestions as to how to withstand the media onslaught and how to shape our lives to serve out highest goals.
Abstract: Television has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in spoonfuls of time, to the detriment of rational public discourse and reasoned public affairs. In this eloquent, persuasive book, Neil Postman alerts us to the real and present dangers of this state of affairs, and offers compelling suggestions as to how to withstand the media onslaught. Before we hand over politics, education, religion, and journalism to the show business demands of the television age, we must recognize the ways in which the media shape our lives and the ways we can, in turn, shape them to serve out highest goals.
1,645 citations
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08 May 1997
TL;DR: Pettit as mentioned in this paper presents a full-length presentation of a republican alternative to the liberal and communitarian theories that have dominated political philosophy in recent years, contrasting this with established negative and positive views of liberty, and proposes a new concept of democracy, under which government is exposed to systematic contestation, and a vision of relations between state and society founded upon civility and trust.
Abstract: This is the first full-length presentation of a republican alternative to the liberal and communitarian theories that have dominated political philosophy in recent years. Professor Pettit's eloquent, compelling account opens with an examination of the traditional republican conception of freedom as non-domination, contrasting this with established negative and positive views of liberty. The first part traces the rise and decline of this conception, displays its many attractions, and makes a case for why it should still be regarded as a central political ideal. The second part looks at what the implementation of the ideal would imply for substantive policy-making, constitutional and democratic design, regulatory control and the relation between state and civil society. Prominent in this account is a novel concept of democracy, under which government is exposed to systematic contestation, and a vision of relations between state and society founded upon civility and trust. Professor Pettit's powerful and insightful new work offers not only a unified, theoretical overview of the many strands of republican ideas, it also provides a new and sophisticated perspective on studies in related fields including the history of ideas, jurisprudence, and criminology.
1,629 citations