Peter Van Kemseke Towards an era of development

the globalization of socialism and Christian democracy, 1945-1965

A world of difference separates global politics in 1945 from 1965. In the twenty years after the second world war, a 'Third World' was added to the Cold War concepts of the 'First' and 'Second' worlds, and post-war decolonization had ushered in an 'era of development'. For the first time ever, theories and policies to eradicate underdevelopment became prominent on the global agenda and advanced to the top priority on the United Nations' agenda. This international evolution inevitably had a dramatic...

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Engels | 324 pagina's (PDF, 3,9 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017

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Christopher H. Achen | Larry M. Bartels Democracy for realists

why elections do not produce responsive government; with a new afterword by the authors

Achen en Bartels stellen dat democratie niet op de voorkeur van individuele kiezers moet worden gebaseerd maar op de voorkeur van groepen met een missie, sociaal samenhangende groepen en politieke partijen.

Engels | 400 pagina's | Princeton University Press, Princeton | 2017

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Dave Hickey Perfect wave

more essays on art and democracy

Engels | 207 pagina's | The University of Chicago Press, Chicago | 2023

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Corporations and American democracy

Engels | 517 pagina's | Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts | 2017

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Isabelle Ferreras Firms as political entities

saving democracy through economic bicameralism

Engels | 213 pagina's | Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom | 2017

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Noam Chomsky | David Barsamian Global discontents

conversations on the rising threats to democracy

In wide-ranging interviews with David Barsamian, his longtime interlocutor, Noam Chomsky asks us to consider a world imperiled by climate change and the growing potential for nuclear war. These twelve interviews, conducted from 2013 to 2016, examine the latest developments around the globe: the devastation of Syria, the reach of state surveillance, growing anger over economic inequality, the place of religion in American political culture, and the bitterly contested 2016 U.S. presidential election....

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Engels | 227 pagina's | Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, New York | 2017

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Noam Chomsky Global discontents

conversations on the rising threats to democracy

In de loop van tien gesprekken met David Barsamian uit de jaren 2013-2016, bepleit Chomsky radicale veranderingen in een systeem dat onmogelijk kan omgaan met wat er morgen te wachten staat.

Engels | 227 pagina's | Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Books, London | 2017

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