Title:Revisionism, Dissidence, Nationalism - Opposition in Leninist Regimes
Author(s):JOPPKE, ChristianDate:1994Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article discusses some characteristics of opposition movements in Leninist regimes. The first part develops the concept of Leninist regime. Linking assumptions of totalitarianism and modernization theory, I point ...
Title:Ricercando nella rete: stili democratici dei siti web del movimento per una giustizia globale
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; MOSCA, LorenzoDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Notwithstanding a growing interest on online politics in social research, Internet use for making social movements more democratic received little attention. When social movement organizations (SMOs) create their websites, ...
Title:The rights and duties of external citizenship
Author(s):BAUBOCK, RainerDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:What are the rights and obligations of citizens who live outside their country? Political theory has so far focused on immigrants' access to citizenship in countries of settlement and has had little to say about their ...
Title:The Rights of Others and the Boundaries of Democracy
Author(s):BAUBOCK, RainerDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Benhabib argues that the tension between universal human rights and democratic self-determination cannot be resolved. Distinguishing between the principle of rights, on the one hand, and context-specific `schedules of ...
Title:Rooted transnational publics: Integrating foreign ties and civic activism
Author(s):STARK, David; VEDRES, Balazs; BRUSZT, LaszloDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Can civic organizations be both locally rooted and globally connected? Based on a survey of 1,002 of the largest civic organizations in Hungary, we conclude that there is not a forced choice between foreign ties and domestic ...
Title:Rural Policy in Scotland After Devolution
Author(s):KEATING, Michael; STEVENSON, LindaDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Governments across Europe, encouraged by the European Union, are moving from an agriculture policy, defined in sectoral terms, to a rural policy, with a spatial focus. Rural policy is a transversal policy, linking a number ...
Title:Scottish Independence
Author(s):KEATING, MichaelDate:2009Type of Publication:Article
Title:Searching for the Right Organization - Ideology and Party Structure in East-Central Europe
Author(s):ENYEDI, Zsolt; LINEK, LukasDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The article examines four centre-right parties in East-Central Europe in order to assess the impact of ideology on party organization and revisit the thesis of organizational weakness in the region. The data collected ...