Title:Political Membership in the Contractarian Defense of Cosmopolitanism
Author(s):YPI, Lea LemanDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article assesses the recent use of contractarian strategies for the justification of cosmopolitan distributive principles. It deals in particular with the cosmopolitan critique of political membership and tries to ...
Title:Political Opposition and the European Union
Author(s):MAIR, PeterDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper applies categories developed in the classic literature on political opposition to the developing European Union. It is clear that the EU has never developed the third great milestone identified by Dahl in his ...
Title:Political Participation in the Middle East
Author(s):LUST-OKAR, Ellen; ZERHOUINI, SalouaDate:2008Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Political participation in authoritarian regimes is usually considered insignificant, or important only insofar as it promotes democracy. Turning this common wisdom on its head, Political Participation in the Middle East ...
Title:Political Parties
Author(s):VAN BIEZEN, Ingrid; MAIR, PeterDate:2006Type of Publication:Contribution to book
Title:Political Parties and Corruption in Portugal
Author(s):DE SOUSA, LuísDate:2001Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Portugal is often considered an example of successful democratic consolidation. Yet it has not been exempt from corruption scandals. By the mid-1990s, transparency and the moralisation of political life had come to dominate ...
Title:Political Parties and Democracy: Contemporary Western Europe and Asia
Author(s):INOGUCHI, Takashi; BLONDEL, JeanDate:2012Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The role of political parties in a democracy is often under scrutiny. Rhetoric crying for more effective or reflective or representative democracy often lacks data to back up its claims. This book provides readers with a ...