Law, Society, and Democracy: Comparative Perspectives
Title | Law, Society, and Democracy: Comparative Perspectives PDF eBook |
Author | Richard D. Schwartz |
Publisher | SAGE Publications, Incorporated |
Pages | 334 |
Release | 2006-10-09 |
Genre | Education |
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In George Bush's Second Inaugural Address, he stated, "so it is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture ..." Along with such a formidable challenge, comes the essential need for scholars and policy makers alike to gain a deeper understanding of the interrelationship between law, society, and culture. Collected from the successful 2005 Syracuse conference of the same name, the papers in this unique issue of The ANNALS zero in on critical studies that focus on other societies – which are evolving toward (or away from) constitutional democracy and a rule of law. Not to be confused with Social Darwinism, the term legal evolution in this context refers to the development or changes of law; and the papers included here demonstrate value-free objectivity – not labeling the results as either "good" or "bad." Rather than offering a prescriptive or claiming a precise forecast, this collection of thoughtful research examines the sociocultural foundations on which law is built, constructing the groundwork for the advancement of policy and further exploration in this intriguing area of study. The intense research conducted by these authors shines through as they elucidate the patterns of legal development and governmental change in societies abroad. Their reports and analysis will help readers understand the diversity of sociolegal systems and divergent paths that have been followed as laws have developed in a wide variety of societies, including South Africa, Germany, Latin America Sudan, Saudi-Arabia, and China. Terrorism remains an underlying issue in both a domestic and global perspective. Can law contribute to the control of terrorism? Are we moving toward global rules of law? What are the consequences of transitioning toward democracy? The thoughtful papers in this issue address these and other timely topics. How can legal evolution be a useful tool for analyzing social change? How well does law in any society express and implement the needs of the population? What effect do social mores have on the effectiveness of law? The complexity of these questions cannot be easily answered. However, after carefully reviewing the rich collection of ideas gathered in this single issue, scholars and policy makers will gain a deeper understanding of the evolution of law and constitutional democracy.
Legacies of Racial Violence: Clarifying and Addressing the Presence of the Past
Title | Legacies of Racial Violence: Clarifying and Addressing the Presence of the Past PDF eBook |
Author | David Cunningham |
Publisher | Sage Publications, Incorporated |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2021-07-29 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9781071856772 |
This volume brings together a broad range of disciplinary approaches - including contributions from demographers, economists, epidemiologists, historians, molecular and biological anthropologists, political scientists, and sociologists - to advance the science of "legacies" research. The contributions assembled here take a broader view of the ways in which we conceptualize and measure racial violence and the possibilites for effective intervention by bringing quantitative and qualitative insights to bear on salient patterns of historical violence, the contemporary outcomes they are posited to impact, and the intervening mechanisms through which they operate.
Public Diplomacy in a Changing World
Title | Public Diplomacy in a Changing World PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey Cowan |
Publisher | SAGE Publications, Incorporated |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2008-05-13 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9781412966863 |
Although the concept of public diplomacy has been part of America's wartime strategy as far back as the Revolutionary War, the term itself is relatively new. In the wake of the events of September 11 and the ensuing War on Terror, there has been an increasing awareness of the negative global image of the United States and intense concern over how communication may be used to improve that image. Within that context, the concept and term public diplomacy have become more notable among practitioners and the American public. Yet public diplomacy has mostly been neglected by scholars and only recently begun to attract academic attention. This volume of The ANNALS commences the first collection of scholarly articles focusing on public diplomacy--the practice through which international actors attempt to advance the ends of policy by engaging with foreign publics--and examines it as an international phenomenon and an important component of statecraft.
Reconsidering Culture and Poverty
Title | Reconsidering Culture and Poverty PDF eBook |
Author | David Harding |
Publisher | SAGE |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2010-06-08 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1412988977 |
Culture has returned to the poverty research agenda. Over the past decade, sociologists, demographers, and even economists have begun asking questions about the role of culture in many aspects of poverty, at times even explaining the behavior of low-income populations in reference to cultural factors. Unlike their predecessors, contemporary researchers rarely claim that culture will sustain itself for multiple generations regardless of structural changes, and they almost never use the term "pathology," which implied in an earlier era that people would cease to be poor if they changed their culture. The new generation of scholars conceives of culture in substantially different ways. In this latest issue of the ANNALS, readers are treated to thought-provoking articles that attempt to bridge the gap between poverty and culture scholarship, highlighting new trends in poverty research. This volume is vital reading, not only for sociologists but also for researchers across the social sciences as a whole.
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Title | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science PDF eBook |
Author | American Academy of Political and Social Science |
Publisher | |
Pages | 170 |
Release | 1893 |
Genre | Political science |
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Publications of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Title | Publications of the American Academy of Political and Social Science PDF eBook |
Author | American Academy of Political and Social Science |
Publisher | |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 1899 |
Genre | Political science |
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The American Political Economy
Title | The American Political Economy PDF eBook |
Author | Jacob S. Hacker |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 487 |
Release | 2021-11-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1316516369 |
Drawing together leading scholars, the book provides a revealing new map of the US political economy in cross-national perspective.