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The Dialectics of Democracy: Towards a Socialist Constitutionalism
by Dimitrios KivotidisThis book examines how the democratic form and the struggle for democracy reflects, influences and shapes the struggle for social emancipation.In the context of increased exploitation, rising inequality, and intensified struggle for social justice in the aftermath of the economic crisis, the channelling of populism through liberal democratic institutions has had contradictory effects: giving rise to both Corbyn and Brexit, Sanders and Trump, Syriza and the Golden Dawn, to name but a few. How can we make sense of these developments? In response, this book approaches the idea of democracy from a socialist constitutionalist standpoint and explores institutional forms and principles that challenge and aim at the transformation of the extant social order. This process involves the challenging of well-established ideas of the liberal viewpoint, as well as an unwavering focus on the issue of class rule which enables the highlighting of limitations of -not only mainstream but also heterodox- contemporary approaches to constitutionalism and democracy. Ultimately, democracy is conceived as a process of struggle for creating the conditions, material as well as intellectual, for its actualisation.This significant work of legal and political theory will be of considerable interest to those working in these areas to make sense of contemporary developments, and to further the causes of social justice and social emancipation.
The Dialectics Of Globalization: Regional Responses To World Economic Processes: Asia, Europe, And Latin America In Comparative Perspective
by Menno VellingaChallenging conventional theories about the process and impact of globalization, The Dialectics of Globalization is from the Latin America in Global Perspective series. Through comparative analyses of case studies by leading economists, social scientists, and geographers from Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe, this volume refines the u
The Dialectics Of Globalization
by Menno VellingaChallenging conventional theories about the process and impact of globalization, The Dialectics of Globalization is from the Latin America in Global Perspective series. Through comparative analyses of case studies by leading economists, social scientists, and geographers from Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe, this volume refines the u
Dialectics of Human Nature in Marx's Philosophy
by M. TabakA scholarly exploration of Marx's thought without any favorable or critical ideological agendas, this book opposes the compartmentalization of Marx's thought into various competing doctrines, such as historical materialism, dialectical materialism, and different forms of economic determinism.
The Dialectics of Liberation in Dark Times: Marcuse's Thought in the Neoliberal Era (Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice)
by Taylor Hines Peter-Erwin Jansen Robert E. Kirsch Terry MaleyThis book develops Marcuse’s critique of advanced industrial society and deploys it as a lens to critically analyze contemporary neoliberalism and its structural failures. In the chapters, Marcuse scholars explore three related topics: First, Marcuse’s theory as it applies to the relationship between neoliberalism and authoritarianism, including both the historical relationship between the two and the modern re-emergence of authoritarianism and nationalism in neoliberal states today. Second, a re-examination of the relationship between neoliberal subjectivity and technological rationality that seeks to understand the stabilizing forces of neoliberal society and the way these forces register at the level of thought. Third and finally, Marcuse’s conception of socialism in conversation with contemporary neoliberal rationality, and ways in which alternatives to the status quo remain possible. Together, this volume contributes to recent discussions of neoliberalism and contribute to the development of Marcuse scholarship.
The Dialectics of Liquidity Crisis: An interpretation of explanations of the financial crisis of 2007-08 (Routledge Advances in International Political Economy)
by Chris JefferisThis book analyses the logic of applying the American Post-Keynesian economist Hyman Minsky’s Financial Instability Hypothesis (FIH) to the financial crisis of 2007–08. Arguing that most theories of financial crisis, including Minsky’s own, only describe events, but do not actually explain them, the book surveys theories of financial crisis that have been developed to describe instability in the post-WW2 US financial system and analyses them in their historical context. The book argues that explanation of the financial crisis of 2007–08 should involve interpretation of the concept of 'risk', which guides the construction and pricing of contemporary financial products such as derivatives and asset backed securities, as a form of 'liquidity', the concept that Minsky sought to explain the financial crises of the 1970s and 1980s with. The book highlights the continuing relevance of Minsky’s theory of liquidity crisis as "immanent", in a historical sense, to the products and trading practices of modern finance, because these products were developed to obviate the crisis dynamics that Minsky described. Minsky's FIH can therefore inform historical understanding of the crisis of 2007–08 but is not directly explanatory itself. The book explores explanation of the financial crisis of 2007–08 interpreting 'liquidity', in practical historical terms, as involving a process of development out of prior crisis dynamics. Seeking to contribute to debates over the causes of the financial crisis of 2007–08 by blending a discussion of historicizing philosophy, economic theory and contemporary financial banking and trading practices this work will be of great interest to scholars of international political economy, heterodox economics and critical theory.
The Dialectics of Liquidity Crisis: An interpretation of explanations of the financial crisis of 2007-08 (Routledge Advances in International Political Economy)
by Chris JefferisThis book analyses the logic of applying the American Post-Keynesian economist Hyman Minsky’s Financial Instability Hypothesis (FIH) to the financial crisis of 2007–08. Arguing that most theories of financial crisis, including Minsky’s own, only describe events, but do not actually explain them, the book surveys theories of financial crisis that have been developed to describe instability in the post-WW2 US financial system and analyses them in their historical context. The book argues that explanation of the financial crisis of 2007–08 should involve interpretation of the concept of 'risk', which guides the construction and pricing of contemporary financial products such as derivatives and asset backed securities, as a form of 'liquidity', the concept that Minsky sought to explain the financial crises of the 1970s and 1980s with. The book highlights the continuing relevance of Minsky’s theory of liquidity crisis as "immanent", in a historical sense, to the products and trading practices of modern finance, because these products were developed to obviate the crisis dynamics that Minsky described. Minsky's FIH can therefore inform historical understanding of the crisis of 2007–08 but is not directly explanatory itself. The book explores explanation of the financial crisis of 2007–08 interpreting 'liquidity', in practical historical terms, as involving a process of development out of prior crisis dynamics. Seeking to contribute to debates over the causes of the financial crisis of 2007–08 by blending a discussion of historicizing philosophy, economic theory and contemporary financial banking and trading practices this work will be of great interest to scholars of international political economy, heterodox economics and critical theory.
The Dialectics of Transformation in Africa
by E. BongmbaA discussion of political and religious crisis in Africa, this book covers such topics as democratic transition, good governance, civil society and the African renaissance. Elias K. Bongmba proposes humanistic interventions centred on the recovery of interpersonal relations and seeks to understand the ongoing struggles in Africa.
The Dialectics of Urban and Architectural Boundaries in the Middle East and the Mediterranean (The Urban Book Series)
by Suzan Girginkaya Akdağ Mine Dinçer Meltem Vatan Ümran Topçu İrem Maro KırışThis edited volume informs readers about changing norms and meanings of borders and underlines recent scenarios that shape these borders. It focuses mainly on the Mediterranean and Middle East regions through the following questions: What are the social, cultural, philosophical, political, economic and aesthetic reasons for spatial segregation within contemporary territories and cities? In the world of globalization and networks, what are the new limitations of space? What are the alienating differences between interior and exterior, private and public, urban and rural, local and global, and real and virtual? Are spatial definitions and divisions more likely to be weakened (if not totally erased) by effects of globalization and mobility, similar to the dissolution of borders between countries? Or are local practices and measures likely to become more apparent with emerging trends such as sustainability and identity? Authored by international scholars, all chapters are arranged under four main parts: Urban and Rural, Global and Local, Physical and Sensual, Real and Virtual. Hence, different concepts and definitions of borders along with varying methods and tools for questioning their essence in architectural and urban spaces will be introduced. For example, in the rural and urban context, environments, settlements-housing, landscape, transformation, conservation and development; in the global and local context, styles, identity, universal design, sustainability, globalization and networks, mobility and migration; in the physical and sensual context, design studies and methodologies, environmental psychology, aesthetic reasoning, sense of place and well-being, and in the real and virtual context, realities, tools and communities are the main themes of the chapters.This book will be an essential source for professionals, scholars, and students of architecture and urban design with a view to understanding multidisciplinary perspectives in designing borders as well as the dialectical relationship between borders and space.
Dialog als Erfolgsfaktor in der Akzeptanzforschung: Herausforderungen und Potentiale der Bürgerbeteiligung (BestMasters)
by Katja KieferDer Windkraftausbau an Land im Zuge der Energietransformation nimmt Einfluss auf das Erscheinungsbild der Bundesrepublik und verändert die Lebenswelt von Bürger*innen. Die Akzeptanz- und Beteiligungsforschung beschreibt soziale Einflussfaktoren und Voraussetzungen für die erfolgreiche Implementierung von Transformationsprozessen. Die Beteiligung von Bürger*innen an politischen Entscheidungen ist auch für den Windkraftausbau erfolgskritisch. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht mittels qualitativer empirischer Methoden die Qualität informeller Bürgerbeteiligungsprozesse am Beispiel zweier Windausbaugebiete. Durch die Befragung von Beteiligungsexpert*innen, Gemeindevertreter*innen und Bürger*innen wurden Herausforderungen und Potentiale analysiert. Die Ergebnisse legen offen, dass vielfältige Defizite bestehen, welche schlimmstenfalls dazu führen, dass das eigentlich wirkungsvolle Instrument der Beteiligung selbst an Akzeptanz einbüßt. Ein Wirkmodell fasst akzeptanzmindernde Faktoren zusammen und verdeutlicht, wie diese auf lange Sicht das Vertrauen in das politische System mindern könnten. Handlungsoptionen zeigen final Möglichkeiten auf den Defiziten entgegenzuwirken.
Dialog im Reaktionsrepertoire von WTO und G7/G8: Die Einrichtung von deliberativen Dialogforen in Reaktion auf Protest (Studien des Leibniz-Instituts Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung)
by Regina HackHaben die Proteste der Alterglobalisierungsbewegung ihr Ziel erreicht, die Weltwirtschaftspolitik und ihre Institutionen demokratischer und fairer zu machen? Eine Öffnung der Institutionen ist klar zu beobachten, dennoch fragt Regina Hack kritisch nach, ob und wie die Dialogforen von WTO und G7/G8 deliberativen Demokratisierungsinstrumenten entsprechen und ihnen somit Legitimität verleihen. Angeleitet durch eine kreative Operationalisierung der Kriterien von Deliberation rekonstruiert sie detailliert, dass durchaus Raum für deliberativen Dialog geschaffen und genutzt wird, die Dialogforen aber einen hohen Grad an Symboldemokratie aufweisen und zudem Expertokratie befördern. Ein demokratisch fairer Austausch von Expertise und Gegenexpertise, d.h. ein konstruktiver, deliberativer „Streit“ ist unter diesen Bedingungen nur begrenzt möglich.
Dialogische Bürgerinnen- und Bürgerbeteiligung in Baden-Württemberg (Politik gestalten - Kommunikation, Deliberation und Partizipation bei politisch relevanten Projekten)
by Angelika Vetter Uwe RemerMit dem Antritt der grün-roten, gefolgt von den beiden grün-schwarzen Landesregierungen haben dialogische Bürgerbeteiligungsformate in Baden-Württemberg an Bedeutung gewonnen. Sie werden mittlerweile auf allen politischen Ebenen genutzt. In diesem Band untersuchen die Autor*innen verschiedene Aspekte dialogischer Bürgerbeteiligung an Beispielen aus dem Bundesland, um die Wirkungspotenziale, aber auch die mit diesen Beteiligungsformaten verbunden Herausforderungen besser verstehen zu können. Darüber hinaus geht es um die Frage, wie sich ihr Einsatz im Zusammenspiel mit Formen repräsentativen oder direkt-demokratischen Entscheidens darstellt bzw. entwickelt werden kann.
Dialogische Vernunft: Grundzüge einer praktischen Philosophie
by Wolfgang PlegerDer Mensch ist als Person für sein Handeln verantwortlich. Er antwortet in einem Spielraum der Freiheit auf die vielfältigen Herausforderungen von praktischen Situationen im sozialen Leben und in seiner natürlichen Mitwelt. Der Maßstab der Verantwortung ist die Vernunft. Der Dialog eröffnet die Chance, ihren konkreten Anspruch zu ermitteln und zu prüfen. Das Buch bietet eine historisch-systematische und interdisziplinär angelegte Einführung in grundlegende Themen der praktischen Philosophie, wie Ethik und Menschenrechte, Geschichte und Gesellschaft, Politik und Pädagogik sowie Kultur und Technik. Jeder Bereich wird durch drei bis vier Positionen vorgestellt und durch zentrale Zitate anschaulich erläutert. Vertreten sind neben philosophischen Konzepten solche aus den Natur-, Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften. Der geschichtliche Bogen spannt sich von Solon, der den Gedanken des Rechtsstaates entwickelte, bis hin zu Corine Pelluchon, die sich im Zeitalter der ökologischen Krise mit der Frage der zukünftigen Bewohnbarkeit der Erde auseinandersetzt. Es schließt mit einem Plädoyer für dialogische Vernunft.
Diálogos: Placemaking in Latino Communities
by Michael Rios Leonardo VazquezLatinos are one of the largest and fastest growing social groups in the United States, and their increased presence is profoundly shaping the character of urban, suburban, and rural places. This is a response to these developments and is the first book written for readers seeking to learn about, engage and plan with Latino communities. It considers how placemaking in marginalized communities sheds light on, and can inform, community-building practices of professionals and place dwellers alike. Diálogos: Placemaking in Latino Communities will help readers better understand the conflicts and challenges inherent in placemaking, and to make effective and sustainable choices for practice in an increasingly multi-ethnic world. The essays explore three aspects of place: the appropriation and territorialization of the built environment, the claiming of rights through collective action, and a sense of belonging through civic participation. The authors illustrate their ideas through case studies and explain the implications of their work for placemaking practice. A consistent theme about planning and design practice in Latino communities emerges throughout the book: placemaking happens with or without professional planners and designers. All of the essays in Diálogos demonstrate the need to not only imagine, build, and make places with local communities, but also to re-imagine how we practice democracy inclusive of cross-cultural exchange, understanding, and respect. This will require educators, students, and working professionals to incorporate the knowledge and skills of cultural competency into their everyday practices.
Diálogos: Placemaking in Latino Communities
by Michael Rios Leonardo Vazquez Lucrezia MirandaLatinos are one of the largest and fastest growing social groups in the United States, and their increased presence is profoundly shaping the character of urban, suburban, and rural places. This is a response to these developments and is the first book written for readers seeking to learn about, engage and plan with Latino communities. It considers how placemaking in marginalized communities sheds light on, and can inform, community-building practices of professionals and place dwellers alike. Diálogos: Placemaking in Latino Communities will help readers better understand the conflicts and challenges inherent in placemaking, and to make effective and sustainable choices for practice in an increasingly multi-ethnic world. The essays explore three aspects of place: the appropriation and territorialization of the built environment, the claiming of rights through collective action, and a sense of belonging through civic participation. The authors illustrate their ideas through case studies and explain the implications of their work for placemaking practice. A consistent theme about planning and design practice in Latino communities emerges throughout the book: placemaking happens with or without professional planners and designers. All of the essays in Diálogos demonstrate the need to not only imagine, build, and make places with local communities, but also to re-imagine how we practice democracy inclusive of cross-cultural exchange, understanding, and respect. This will require educators, students, and working professionals to incorporate the knowledge and skills of cultural competency into their everyday practices.
Dialogue Among Civilizations: Some Exemplary Voices (Culture and Religion in International Relations)
by F. DallmayrDialogue Among Civilizations explores the social, cultural, and philosophical underpinnings of 'civilizational dialogue' by asking questions such as: What is the meaning of such dialogue? What are its preconditions? Are there different trajectories for different civilizations? Is there also a dialogue between past and future involving remembrance? Exemplary voices range from Ibn Rushd, Goethe and Hafiz to Soroush, Gadamer, and the Mahatma Gandhi.
Dialogue and Conflict Resolution: Potential and Limits
by Pernille Rieker Henrik ThuneDialogue is typically hailed as a progressive force fostering mutual understanding and resolving conflicts. Can it really carry such a burden? Does dialogue really resolve conflicts? In this unique volume international experts critically assess the political role of dialogue, addressing its potential and limitations. Bringing fascinating insights to bear they examine the theoretical underpinnings and conceptual boundaries of dialogue as a tool for conflict resolution. Major recent crises such as the Russo-Georgian war in 2008, the conflict between Western powers and Gaddafi’s Libya, arguments over Iran’s nuclear programme, religious tensions in Egypt after the Arab Spring, the Afghan case, the Sudanese experience and the recent Russo-Ukraine conflict are all considered and the conflict resolution attempts discussed. Using these cases the contributors explore in depth the nature of the dialogue between the actors, the extent to which it worked and what determined its impact.
Dialogue and Conflict Resolution: Potential and Limits
by Pernille Rieker Henrik ThuneDialogue is typically hailed as a progressive force fostering mutual understanding and resolving conflicts. Can it really carry such a burden? Does dialogue really resolve conflicts? In this unique volume international experts critically assess the political role of dialogue, addressing its potential and limitations. Bringing fascinating insights to bear they examine the theoretical underpinnings and conceptual boundaries of dialogue as a tool for conflict resolution. Major recent crises such as the Russo-Georgian war in 2008, the conflict between Western powers and Gaddafi’s Libya, arguments over Iran’s nuclear programme, religious tensions in Egypt after the Arab Spring, the Afghan case, the Sudanese experience and the recent Russo-Ukraine conflict are all considered and the conflict resolution attempts discussed. Using these cases the contributors explore in depth the nature of the dialogue between the actors, the extent to which it worked and what determined its impact.
Dialogue and Decolonization: Historical, Philosophical, and Political Perspectives
by Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach and ContributorsBy bringing together philosophers whose work on political philosophy, intellectual history, and world philosophies pushes the boundaries of conventional scholarship, this collaborative collection opens up space in political philosophy for new approaches. Garrick Cooper, Sudipta Kaviraj, Charles W. Mills, and Sor-hoon Tan respond to the challenges James Tully raises for comparative political thought. Arranged around Tully's opening chapter, they demonstrate the value of critical dialogue and point to the different attempts cultures make to understand their experiences. Through the use of methods from various disciplines and cultural contexts, each interlocutor exemplifies the transformative power of genuine democratic dialogue across philosophical traditions. Together they call for a radical reorientation of conceptual and intellectual readings from intellectual history including the Afro-modern political tradition, Indigenous philosophies, and the lived experiences of societies in Asia. This is an urgent methodological provocation for anyone interested in the ethical, conceptual, and political challenges of political thought today.
Dialogue and Decolonization: Historical, Philosophical, and Political Perspectives
By bringing together philosophers whose work on political philosophy, intellectual history, and world philosophies pushes the boundaries of conventional scholarship, this collaborative collection opens up space in political philosophy for new approaches. Garrick Cooper, Sudipta Kaviraj, Charles W. Mills, and Sor-hoon Tan respond to the challenges James Tully raises for comparative political thought. Arranged around Tully's opening chapter, they demonstrate the value of critical dialogue and point to the different attempts cultures make to understand their experiences. Through the use of methods from various disciplines and cultural contexts, each interlocutor exemplifies the transformative power of genuine democratic dialogue across philosophical traditions. Together they call for a radical reorientation of conceptual and intellectual readings from intellectual history including the Afro-modern political tradition, Indigenous philosophies, and the lived experiences of societies in Asia. This is an urgent methodological provocation for anyone interested in the ethical, conceptual, and political challenges of political thought today.
Dialogue and Difference: Feminisms Challenge Globalization (Comparative Feminist Studies)
by M. Waller S. MarcosCalling for inclusion and dialogue, these essays by an international group of feminist scholars and activists stress the need to put into relation seemingly discrepant approaches to reality and to scholarship in order to build coalitions across the usual North/South and East/West divides. This diverse group of authors, who spent fourteen weeks working collaboratively, dispense with unity and seek instead to use dialogue and difference in their production of knowledge about effective political action. The dialogues materialized here among women's movements that have emerged within different contexts and cosmologies take feminisms' challenges to contemporary corporate globalization in new empirical and theoretical directions.
A Dialogue Between East and West: Looking to a Human Revolution
by Ricardo Diez-Hochleitner Daisaku IkedaHow far do cultures affect the future of the planet? Can the debate on the environment and global warming be influenced by the cultures of East and West understanding each other better? In this consistently provocative dialogue, two of the most influential thinkers of recent times propose that only a 'human revolution' - a shift in the hearts and minds of individuals - can stimulate a revolution in humanity's relationship with the planet. Such a planetary revolution first requires a transformation of moral and political leadership, and an orientation towards the future rather than a preoccupation with the short-termist policies of the present.Responding to humanity's ills from the Buddhist perspective, and with all the accumulated wisdom of the eastern philosophical tradition, Daisaku Ikeda calls for politicians to take as their mainstays a respect for the dignity of life and an eloquence to inspire in people a sense of community and courage. Correspondingly, renowned western economist and scholar of education Ricardo Diez-Hochleitner stresses the importance of proper educational planning and development in addressing the challenges posed by poverty, inequality and climate change.While acknowledging the scale of the task that lies ahead, both men offer an inspiring and hopeful vision for the future.
A Dialogue Between East and West: Looking to a Human Revolution (Echoes And Reflections Ser.)
by Ricardo Diez-Hochleitner Daisaku IkedaHow far do cultures affect the future of the planet? Can the debate on the environment and global warming be influenced by the cultures of East and West understanding each other better? In this provocative and wide-ranging dialogue, two of the most influential thinkers of recent times propose that only a 'human revolution' - a fundamental shift in the hearts and minds of individuals - can stimulate a revolution in humanity's relationship with the planet. Such a planetary revolution first requires a transformation of moral and political leadership, and a hopeful orientation towards the children of the future rather than a misguided preoccupation with the short-termist policies of the present. Responding to humanity's ills from the Buddhist perspective, and with all the accumulated wisdom of the eastern philosophical tradition, Daisaku Ikeda calls for politicians to take as their mainstays a respect for the dignity of life and an eloquence to inspire in people a sense of appropriate community and courage. Correspondingly, renowned western economist and scholar of education Ricardo Diez-Hochleitner stresses the importance of proper educational planning and development in addressing the challenges posed by poverty, inequality and climate change. Citing important thinkers like Cervantes, Victor Hugo, Gandhi and Walt Whitman, these representatives of two different but complementary cultural and intellectual traditions, while acknowledging the scale of the task that lies ahead, offer an inspiring and hopeful vision for the future.
Dialogue in Palestine: The People-to-People Diplomacy Programme and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (SOAS Palestine Studies)
by Nadia Naser-NajjabSince 1993, various international donors have poured money into a People-to-People (P2P) diplomacy programme in Palestine. This grassroots initiative – still funded by prominent external donors today - seeks to foster public engagement through contact and therefore remove deeply embedded barriers.This book examines the limited nature of this 'contact' and explains why the P2P framework, which was ostensibly concerned with the promotion of peace, ultimately served to reinforce conflict and power relations. The book is based on the author's own experience of the solidarity activities during the First Intifada and her first-hand involvement as a coordinator of the P2P projects implemented during the 1990s. It provides a much-needed critical account of the internationally-sponsored peace process and develops new theoretical analyses of settler colonialism.
Dialogue in Palestine: The People-to-People Diplomacy Programme and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (SOAS Palestine Studies)
by Nadia Naser-NajjabSince 1993, various international donors have poured money into a People-to-People (P2P) diplomacy programme in Palestine. This grassroots initiative – still funded by prominent external donors today - seeks to foster public engagement through contact and therefore remove deeply embedded barriers.This book examines the limited nature of this 'contact' and explains why the P2P framework, which was ostensibly concerned with the promotion of peace, ultimately served to reinforce conflict and power relations. The book is based on the author's own experience of the solidarity activities during the First Intifada and her first-hand involvement as a coordinator of the P2P projects implemented during the 1990s. It provides a much-needed critical account of the internationally-sponsored peace process and develops new theoretical analyses of settler colonialism.