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  • The Deliberative Turn in Democratic Theory

    Models, Methods, Misconceptions

    by Antonino Palumbo ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Thirty years of developments in deliberative democracy (DD) have consolidated this subfield of democratic theory. The acquired disciplinary prestige has made theorist and practitioners very confident about the ability of DD to address the legitimacy crisis experienced by liberal democracies at present at both theoretical and practical levels. The book advance a critical analysis of these ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • From Government to Governance

    by Antonino Palumbo ...
    Series series The Library of Contemporary Essays in Political Theory and Public Policy
    Neoliberal reforms and globalization have deeply transformed the state and set in motion a momentous shift from 'government' to 'governance'. Governance entails a move away from traditional hierarchical forms of organization and the adoption of network forms. It also entails a revision of the relationship between state and civil society in a more participatory direction. Governance is finally said ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Citizenship

    by Antonino Palumbo ...
    Series series The Library of Contemporary Essays in Political Theory and Public Policy
    Interest in citizenship has never been greater. Politicians of all stripes stress its importance, as do church leaders, captains of industry and every kind of campaigning group. Yet, despite this popularity, the nature and even the very possibility of citizenship has never been more contested. Is citizenship intrinsically linked to political participation or is it essentially a legal status? Does ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Political Accountability

    by Antonino Palumbo ...
    Series series The Library of Contemporary Essays in Political Theory and Public Policy
    Political accountability forms a cornerstone of modern democracy: it directs the political system towards the public interest and allows the exercise of the principles of autonomy and self-determination that lie at the core of democratic politics. Sadly, existing democracies, with their large, centralized bureaucracies, have evolved in ways that progressively undermine the ability of citizens to ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Public Ethics

    by Antonino Palumbo ...
    Series series The Library of Contemporary Essays in Political Theory and Public Policy
    Political realists are accustomed to argue that ethical considerations have no place in public affairs. This is always a debatable view: realism habitually employs a crude utilitarian morality rather than being totally amoral, and ethical considerations have continued to play an ever more prominent role in the thinking and actions of policy makers and politicians. In addition, citizens ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • Remaking Market Society

    A Critique of Social Theory and Political Economy in Neoliberal Times

    by Antonino Palumbo, Alan Scott ...
    Series series Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
    Neoliberalism has been one of the most hotly contested themes in academic and political debate over the last 30 years. Given the global and persistent influence of neoliberal ideas on contemporary styles of governance, social-service provision, and public policy, this intensive interest is understandable. At the same time, the use of the term has become loose, vague, and over-extended, ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Models of Deliberative Democracy

    Edited by Antonino Palumbo ...
    Series series The Library of Contemporary Essays in Governance and Political Theory
    This collection of landmark essays explains how deliberation is contributing to the democratization of policy making and policy implementation, fields which in the past were reserved to restricted professional groups having the right expertise. The works are gathered together under four thematic headings, giving the reader a flavour of the kinds of arguments and visions of deliberative democracy. ... Read more

    $486.99 CAD

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  • Globalization: The Key Concepts

    Edited by Annabelle Mooney, Betsy Evans ...
    Series series Routledge Key Guides
    Viewed as a destructive force or an inevitability of modern society, globalization is the focus of a multitude of disciplines. A clear understanding of its processes and terminology is imperative for anyone engaging with this ubiquitous topic. Globalization: the Key Concepts offers a comprehensive guide to this cross-disciplinary subject and covers concepts such as:homogenizationneo ... Read more

    $74.99 CAD

  • Gender, Work, and Economy

    Unpacking the Global Economy

    by Heidi Gottfried ...
    This engaging new text uses a feminist lens to crack open the often hidden worlds of gender and work, addressing enduring questions about how structural inequalities are produced and why they persist. Making visible the social relationships that drive the global economy, the book explores how economic transformations not only change the way we work, but how we live our lives.The full extent of ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Deliberative Systems

    Deliberative Democracy at the Large Scale

    Edited by John Parkinson, Jane Mansbridge ...
    Series series Theories of Institutional Design
    'Deliberative democracy' is often dismissed as a set of small-scale, academic experiments. This volume seeks to demonstrate how the deliberative ideal can work as a theory of democracy on a larger scale. It provides a new way of thinking about democratic engagement across the spectrum of political action, from towns and villages to nation states, and from local networks to transnational, even ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Democratic Governance

    by Mark Bevir ...
    Democratic Governance examines the changing nature of the modern state and reveals the dangers these changes pose to democracy. Mark Bevir shows how new ideas about governance have gradually displaced old-style notions of government in Britain and around the world. Policymakers cling to outdated concepts of representative government while at the same time placing ever more faith in expertise, ... Read more

    $65.99 CAD

  • The Idea of Labour Law

    Edited by Guy Davidov, Brian Langille ...
    Labour law is widely considered to be in crisis by scholars of the field. This crisis has an obvious external dimension - labour law is attacked for impeding efficiency, flexibility, and development; vilified for reducing employment and for favouring already well placed employees over less fortunate ones; and discredited for failing to cover the most vulnerable workers and workers in the "informal ... Read more

    $61.99 CAD