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State (polity)
About: State (polity) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 36954 publications have been published within this topic receiving 719822 citations. The topic is also known as: state (polity).
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01 Jan 2002
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01 Jan 2007
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare the US and the EU compound democracies in terms of the role of parties in the political process and different structures of partisan politics in America and Europe.
Abstract: Introduction 1. Democratic transformations in Europe and America PART I: TRANSATLANTIC DEMOCRACIES: THE ERA OF INSTITUTIONAL DIVERGENCE 2. Differentiation in authority structures: state, nation and democracy in Europe and America 3. Institutionalization of different governmental patterns: separation and fusion of powers in America and Europe 4. Alternative paths to a modern social order: territoriality, market and welfare in America and Europe 5. Different structuring of partisan politics in America and Europe: the role of parties in the political process PART II: TRANSATLANTIC DEMOCRACIES: THE ERA OF INSTITUTIONAL CONVERGENCE 6. American compound democracy and its challenges: the domestic implications of global power 7. Structural transformation of European politics: the growth of supranational European Union 8. Compound democracy in America and Europe: comparing the US and the EU 9. The constitutionalization of the US and the EU compound democracies 10. The puzzle of compound democracy: a comparative perspective Bibliography
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify goals, methods, strategies and tendencies that indicate intense primordialism, militancy and violence in civil society, and they find that in plural societies, civil society may become so parochial, divisive, divergent and disarticulative that it actually undermines democracy.
Abstract: Civil society has been a central force in political and economic reforms. The activities and even proliferation of civil groups have been seen by several authors as vital to the democratisation project and its sustenance. Only a few scholars have pointed to the roles that civil groups may play in undermining democracy and national stability. In Nigeria, civil society was in the vanguard of the democratic struggle, but recent events are pointing to the negative roles played by some civil groups in the construction of platforms for ethnic militancy and violent confrontation with other groups and the state. Based on evidence from three cases of civil groups, the paper identifies goals, methods, strategies and tendencies that indicate intense primordialism, militancy and violence. The study finds that in plural societies, civil society may become so parochial, divisive, divergent and disarticulative that it actually undermines democracy.
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TL;DR: Following Leviathan too closely results in three principal consequences: failure to catch and evaluate the replacement of law by economics as the language of the state, loss of passion in political science discourse, and failure of political science to appreciate the significance of ideological sea changes accompanying regime changes as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: American political science is a product of the American state. There are political reasons why particular subdisciplines became hegemonic with the emergence of the “Second Republic” after World War II. The three hegemonic subdisciplines of our time are public opinion, public policy, and public choice. Each is a case study of consonance with the thought-ways and methods of a modern bureaucratized government committed to scientific decision making. Following Leviathan too closely results in three principal consequences: (1) failure to catch and evaluate the replacement of law by economics as the language of the state, (2) the loss of passion in political science discourse, and (3) the failure of political science to appreciate the significance of ideological sea changes accompanying regime changes.
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01 Jan 2006
141 citations