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How can political theory strengthen democracy and emancipatory social change while remaining critical of its own norms and foundations? How can it confront populist movements that claim to defend democracy but in fact advance authoritarian agendas? Oliver Flügel-Martinsen engages with key thinkers of the political – among them M. Foucault, J.
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Introduction: The Politics of International Political Theory [PDF]
The introductory chapter situates Chris Brown’s work in relation to wider themes in International Political Theory (IPT). It provides some context to Brown’s development as a scholar, looking to the ways in which his ideas emerged in relation to ...
Albert, Mathias, Lang, Anthony
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Promises and challenges of deliberative and participatory innovations in hybride regimes: The case of two citizens’ assemblies in Serbia [PDF]
A worrying trend of autocratization that has been spreading globally in recent years, has thrust forward a new wave of appeals for deliberative and participatory democracy as a remedy for the crisis.
Fiket Irena, Đorđević Biljana
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A Political Theory of Populism [PDF]
Abstract When voters fear that politicians may be influenced or corrupted by the rich elite, signals of integrity are valuable. As a consequence, an honest politician seeking reelection chooses “populist” policies—that is, policies to the left of the median voter—as a way of signaling that he is not beholden to the interests of the right.
Konstantin Sonin +2 more
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How to Write Analytical Political Theory
This is the first book to explain how to use key methods in analytical political theory. The methods discussed include contractualism, reflective equilibrium, positive political theory, thought experiments and ideological analysis.
Goodin, Robert
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Sport in International Relations. Expectations, Possibilities and Effects
The aim of this article is to show how sport can matter in international relations. Sport can be a subject or a tool of international relations. It can be used by states or geopolitical blocks to display their alleged superiority or any other desired ...
Michał Marcin Kobierecki
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How to Do a Political Theory PhD
The other chapters in this book describe and critique the standard methods used in analytical political theory.
Goodin, Robert, Dowding, Keith
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Freedom beyond the threshold: self-determination, sovereignty, and global justice
In current debates about global justice, statist and nationalist theories appeal to the right to self-determination in argument against egalitarianism beyond borders, and in general as a reason for caution about substantive international duties of ...
Ayelet Banai
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Political Theory Rediscovers Public Administration
Political theory is rediscovering the colossus of public administration—the vast public service and regulatory bureaucracies and their countless employees and extensions that conduct the daily business of government.
Zacka, Bernardo
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The economic ethics of Calvinism. The reconciliation of piety and wealth
The doctrine of predestination in the Lutheran and Calvinist theology, along with the assumption of a radical separation of nature and grace as well as the material and spiritual realm, had a significant impact on social life.
Lucyna Chmielewska
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