Kurth H., Kempe I. Presidential Election and Orange Revolution Implications for Ukraine’s Transition (eng)

Edinburgh University Press Ltd. 2011. ISBN 978 0 7486 3902 1 (hardback). (193 pages). Contents : Introduction - Thinking and Acting - Theory and Method - Theorising Dark Times: The Origins of Totalitarianism - Theorising Political Action: The Human Condition - Theorising New Beginnings: On Revolution - Political Theory and Political Ethics - The Role of the Theorist. In an interview broadcast on West German television in 1964, Hannah Arendt, by...

Abstract. This article analyzes the realist support for the current regime as well as the support for democracy as a set of idealist principles in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. It also analyzes political support for nondemocratic regimes as alternatives to democratic governance. The main conclusion of this article is that mass public support for democracy as the best form of government encompasse...

Image Bite Politics is the first book to systematically assess the visual presentation of presidential candidates in network news coverage of elections and to connect these visual images with shifts in public opinion. Presenting the results of a comprehensive visual analysis of general election news from 1992-2004, encompassing four presidential campaigns, the authors highlight the remarkably potent influence of television images when it comes to...

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009. - 448 p. When Empire appeared in 2000, it defined the political and economic challenges of the era of globalization and, thrillingly, found in them possibilities for new and more democratic forms of social organization. Now, with Commonwealth, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri conclude the trilogy begun with Empire and continued in Multitude, proposing an ethics of freedom for living in our common...

Страниц: 240. Издательство: BY R. & R. CLARK, LIMITED, EDINBURGH. Год: 1906. 1906 collection of lectures on history delivered in 1899–1901, covering the development of the modern state through the American Revolution. The Lectures on Modern History were delivered by Lord Acton in his ordinary course as Professor in the academical years 1899-1900 and 1900-. 01. The Inaugural Lecture on the Study of History, here reprinted, was delivered on Jun...

Citizens living in presidential or parliamentary systems face different political choices as do voters casting votes in elections governed by rules of proportional representation or plurality. Political commentators seem to know how such rules influence political behavior. They firmly believe, for example, that candidates running in plurality systems are better known and held more accountable to their constituencies than candidates competing in e...

2010. Published by Agency for Legislative Initiatives, and OSCE/ODIHR 160 pages Regulation of Political Parties in Ukraine: the Current State and Direction of Reforms is a comprehensive report which thoroughly analyses the particular problems and issues in Ukraine’s legislative and regulatory framework for political parties. Looking forward, and based on the results of the consultations, the report proposes an agenda for reform based on internat...

2011. TORO Creative Union. - 205 pages Every effort has been made to verify the accuracy of the information contained in this report. All information was believed to be correct as of April 2011. Nevertheless, TORO Creative Union cannot accept responsibility for the consequences of its use for other purposes or in other contexts. This publication was prepared for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The findings and conclusions contained with...

Oxford University Press, USA (September 22, 2005). 187 pages. Today, most people think of socialism as an outdated ideology. In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Newman seeks to place the idea of socialism in a modern context for today's readers. He explains socialist ideas in the framework of its historical evolution, from the French Revolution to the present day, and examines practical attempts to implement socialism. Not just another hist...

The strategy of campaigning : lessons from Ronald Reagan and Boris Yeltsin / by Kiron K. Skinner. [et al. ] ; foreword by George P. Shultz. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-472-11627-0 (cloth : alk. paper). ISBN-10: 0-472-11627-4 (cloth : alk. paper). Contents. Foreword. George P. Shultz vii. Acknowledgments xi. Campaign Strategy 1. The New South Rises. Competition for the Republican. Presidential Nomination i...