Title:Reflexive Accountability and Direct Democracy
Author(s):TRECHSEL, Alexander H.Date:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The concept of democratic accountability is almost exclusively discussed in the context of representative forms of democracy, and with a strong focus on the electoral realm. This means that a large part of the literature ...
Title:Relational Dynamics and Processes of Radicalization: A comparative framework
Author(s):ALIMI, Eitan Y.; BOSI, Lorenzo; DEMETRIOU, CharesDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We propose an explanatory framework for the comparative study of radicalization that focuses on its “how” and “when” questions. We build on the relational tradition in the study of social movements and contentious politics ...
Title:Religion and Democracy: International, transnational and global issues
Author(s):FERRARA, PasqualeDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Growing attention is given in IR theory and diplomatic circles to the ambivalent role of religion in world politics. However, there is a need for more analytical clarity, identifying at least four different domains: religions ...
Title:Religious Revivals as a Product and Tool of Globalization
Author(s):ROY, OlivierDate:2010-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The debate on the role of religions in international relations tends to revolve around the clash or dialogue alternative. Religion is seen either as a part of an ethno-national culture or as a supra national factor that ...
Title:Rescaling Europe
Author(s):KEATING, MichaelDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The European nation-state as an ideal-type was a polity bounded by fixed borders, which enclosed an economy, a society, a system of representation and a demos. Normatively, it was supported as essential to democracy and ...
Title:Research on Social Movements and Political Violence
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, DonatellaDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Attention to extreme forms of political violence in the social sciences has been episodic, and studies of different forms of political violence have followed different approaches, with breakdown theories mostly used for ...
Title:Rethinking political myth: the clash of civilizations as a self-fulfilling prophecy
Author(s):BOTTICI, Chiara; CHALLAND, BenoîtDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article argues for the need to recover the concept of political myth in order to understand the crucial phenomena of our epoch. By drawing on Blumenberg's philosophical reflections on myth, it proposes to understand ...