Download or read book The Functional Theory of Politics written by David Mitrany and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Functional Theory of Government Law and Institutions written by Kalu N. Kalu and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-07-12 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the notion that while states may differ in terms of ideology, economic system, and institutional architecture, their role as an organizing framework for system-wide political action and international relations is contingent on a series of competing and oftentimes mutually exclusive factors. This work clarifies factors that contribute to our understanding of the critical roles of systemic and sub-systemic elements of society and how they reinforce the reciprocal problems of human and social organizations, and the institutionalization processes that help to constrain them.
Download or read book The Price of Federalism written by Paul E. Peterson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the price of federalism? Does it result in governmental interconnections that are too complex? Does it create overlapping responsibilities? Does it perpetuate social inequalities? Does it stifle economic growth? To answer these questions, Paul Peterson sets forth two theories of federalism: functional and legislative. Functional theory is optimistic. It says that each level of the federal system is well designed to carry out the tasks for which it is mainly responsible. State and local governments assume responsibility for their area's physical and social development; the national government cares for the needy and reduces economic inequities. Legislative theory, in contrast, is pessimistic: it says that national political leaders, responding to electoral pressures, misuse their power. They shift unpopular burdens to lower levels of government while spending national dollars on popular government programs for which they can claim credit. Both theories are used to explain different aspects of American federalism. Legislative theory explains why federal grants have never been used to equalize public services. Elected officials cannot easily justify to their constituents a vote to shift funds away from the geographic area they represent. The overall direction that American federalism has taken in recent years is better explained by functional theory. As the costs of transportation and communication have declined, labor and capital have become increasingly mobile, placing states and localities in greater competition with one another. State and local governments are responding to these changes by overlooking the needs of the poor, focusing instead on economic development. As a further consequence, older, big cities of the Rust Belt, inefficient in their operations and burdened by social responsibilities, are losing jobs and population to the suburban communities that surround them. Peterson recommends that the national government adopt p
Download or read book Comparative Government Introduction written by J. Blondel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-27 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book A Theory of World Politics written by Mathias Albert and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This analysis of the historical evolution and contemporary form of the system of world politics utilizes contemporary theories and debates in sociology and global history. Critically reflecting also on world politics in the field of international relations, this book will appeal to a wide readership in a range of fields.
Download or read book Cultural Theory as Political Science written by Michael Thompson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural Theory as Political Science is the first major European political science book to discuss the growing interdisciplinary field of cultural theory. Conventional fields of political research - for example, policy analysis, voting behaviour, and international relations - have so far relied on paradigms such as neo-institutionalism and rational choice. This book challenges and complements those paradigms. Going to the heart of political science methodology, Cultural Theory as Political Science proposes a coherent and viable alternative to mainstream political science. The focus of analysis is social solidarity which comprises three mutually supportive, analytically distinct features: social relations, cultural bias and behavioural strategy. The authors argue that these elements illuminate political questions at a level of analysis on any scale level: from the household to the state; the international regime to the political party. Accessible and entertainingly written, this book presents user-friendly cultural theory. It will be a welcome alternative to political scientists as well as by those in other fields of research who are looking for an unconventional approach. Foreword Introduction 1. Cultural Theory as Political Science Michael Thompson, Gunnar Grendstad and Per Selle Preferences Introduction 2. Whose Behaviour is Af.
Download or read book Materializing Europe written by A. Badenoch and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-10-27 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the relationships between European integration and material infrastructures. Taking transnational infrastructures as the focal point of study, the book focuses on the various forms of mediation between the material, institutional and discursive levels of European integration and fragmentation in a truly transnational perspective.
Download or read book 21st Century Political Science A Reference Handbook written by John T Ishiyama and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2011 with total page 937 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering full coverage of major subthemes and subfields within political science this reference handbook includes entries on topics from theory and methodology to international relations and institutions.
Download or read book Contemporary Political Agency written by Bice Maiguashca and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores and critically reflects on the theory and practice of political agency in contemporary global politics. In light of the changing relationship between the state, the market and the society, it seeks to map both theoretically and empirically contemporary forms of global political agency. This book reflects on the theory and practice of political agency in contemporary global politics. More specifically, it empirically analyses a range of different forms of political agency and explores their significance for understanding and enacting global politics. Reflecting the efforts of scholars from a variety of disciplines from political theory and Sociology to Geography and International Relations, it brings into conversation a wide spectrum of theoretical approaches including Marxism, feminism, post-structuralism and historical institutionalism. The contributors compare a range of forms of political agency; exploring their significance for the theory and practice of global politics; and reflect on the tensions and synergies generated by recent efforts to conceptualise them. Demonstrating an innovative and interdisciplinary approach Contemporary Political Agency will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, sociology, political economy and political theory.
Download or read book Niklas Luhmann s Theory of Politics and Law written by M. King and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-09-16 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Niklas Luhmann's social theory stands in direct opposition to the dominant 'anthropocentric' traditions of legal and political analysis. King and Thornhill now offer the first comprehensive, critical examination of Luhmann's highly original theory of the operations of the legal and political systems. They describe how from the perspective of his 'sociological enlightenment' Luhmann continually calls to account the certainties, the ambitions and rational foundations of The Enlightenment and the idealized versions of law and politics which they have produced.
Download or read book THE POWER ELITE written by C.WRIGHT MILLS and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Political Theories of International Relations written by David Boucher and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 1998 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boucher uses ideas of Western philosophy's most significant thinkers to trace the history of political theory in international relations. He ends by showing how theories compare with and extend the themes addressed by their predecessors.
Download or read book Social Theory and Political Practice RLE Social Theory written by Brian Fay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the question of how our knowledge of social life affects, and ought to affect, our way of living it. In so doing, it critically discusses two epistemological models of social science – the positivist and the interpretive – from the viewpoint of the political theories which, it is argued, are implicit in these models; moreover, it proposes a third model – the critical – which is organised around an explicit account of the relation between social theory and practical life. The book has the special merit of being a good overview of the principal current ideas about the relation between social theory and political practice, as well as an attempt at providing a new and more satisfactory account of this relationship. To accomplish this task, it synthesises work from the analytic philosophy of social science with that of the neo-Marxism of the Frankfurt school.
Download or read book New Perspectives on International Functionalism written by Lucian Ashworth and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reassesses international functionalism as an approach to global politics. Functionalism has been marginalized as simply a pre-scientific precursor to regional integration theory. In fact, functionalism provides a global view of states and international organizations working towards a peaceful and constructive world order through cooperative relationships across borders to satisfy human needs. Chapters examine the early development of functionalism and apply functionalist insights to issues, problems and conflicts in contemporary global governance.
Download or read book A Working Peace System An Argument for the Functional Development of International Organization written by David Mitrany and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Advanced Modern Political Theory written by S. L. Verma and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the realm of political science, this book discusses the various challenges coming up in the 21st century in the form of globalization, global governance, feminism, contemporary terrorism, state supremacy, democracy, and human rights. In the light of the latest developments, it explains, analyzes, and evaluates these challenges to reformulate contemporary 'political theory.' It first takes up substantive studies of political behaviouralism, power, influence, authority and legitimacy, modernization and development, political ideologies and political cultures, and feminine political theory. Along with systems and structural-functional approaches as theories-in-making, the book - looking into the proper relationship among values, theory, and methodology - strives to transform conventional political science into rechristened 'politicology.' To serve the global market, the author has discovered 'applied' aspects of the discipline in form of new professions of 'political engineering' and 'political technologies.' The book, in this manner, undertakes the task of evolving an advanced modern political theory. Until scholars are able to realize this goal, they are advised, in its place, to empirically make use of the devices of 'analysis' and 'explanation, ' and continue striving for it. The book concentrates on the past and present, but its goal is to prepare the discipline for the critical future. An advanced political theory, as proposed in this book, opposes both status quo and unaccountable power lying with vested interests
Download or read book Strategy and Politics written by Emerson Niou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategy and Politics: An Introduction to Game Theory is designed to introduce students with no background in formal theory to the application of game theory to modeling political processes. This accessible text covers the essential aspects of game theory while keeping the reader constantly in touch with why political science as a whole would benefit from considering this method. Examining the very phenomena that power political machineries—elections, legislative and committee processes, and international conflict, the book attempts to answer fundamental questions about their nature and function in a clear, accessible manner. Included at the end of each chapter is a set of exercises designed to allow students to practice the construction and analysis of political models. Although the text assumes only an elementary-level training in algebra, students who complete a course around this text will be equipped to read nearly all of the professional literature that makes use of game theoretic analysis.
