Tag: Democracy

Free Download Italy Reborn: From Fascism to Democracy by Mark Gilbert
English | September 24, 2024 | ISBN: 0393867080 | 544 pages | PDF | 31 Mb
A brilliant, meticulously researched account of the birth of Italian democracy after Mussolini.

Free Download Richard D. Anderson, Stephen E. Hanson, Philip G. Roeder, "Postcommunism and the Theory of Democracy."
English | 2001 | ISBN: 0691089175, 0691089167 | EPUB | pages: 224 | 0.4 mb
Why did the wave of democracy that swept the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe starting more than a decade ago develop in ways unexpected by observers who relied on existing theories of democracy? In Postcommunism and the Theory of Democracy, four distinguished scholars conduct the first major assessment of democratization theory in light of the experience of postcommunist states. Richard Anderson, Steven Fish, Stephen Hanson, and Philip Roeder not only apply theory to practice, but using a wealth of empirical evidence, draw together the elements of existing theory into new syntheses.

Free Download E-Government: Towards Electronic Democracy: International Conference, TCGOV 2005, Bolzano, Italy, March 2-4, 2005. Proceedings By Ann Macintosh, Andy McKay-Hubbard, Danae Shell (auth.), Michael Böhlen, Johann Gamper, Wolfgang Polasek, Maria A. Wimmer (eds.)
2005 | 311 Pages | ISBN: 3540250166 | PDF | 4 MB
The TCGOV 2005 international conference on e-government was held at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano during March 2-4, 2005. The conference was initiated by the working group "Towards Electronic Democracy" (TED) of the European Science Foundation and was jointly organized by the Free University ofBozen-Bolzano,theMunicipalityofBozen-Bolzano,theTEDWorkingGroup, and the IFIP Working Group 8.5. The conference addressed a large spectrum of issues that are relevant and have to be investigated for a successful transition from the traditional form of government to a new form known as e-government. The main focus was on the following topics: – improving citizen participation and policy making (e-democracy) – government application integration – semantic Web technologies for e-government – security aspects for e-government services Two sessions were dedicated to e-democracy, an emerging area within- government that seeks to enhance democratic processes and provide increased opportunities for individuals and communities to be involved in governmental decisions.Thecontributionsofthesetwosessionscovermorefundamentalresults and insights as well as experiences from di?erent countries. Another focus was on government application integration and the use of – mantic Web technologies, which are important technical aspects on the agenda of e-government research. Di?erent architectures for the integration and orch- tration of distributed services and processes were presented along with two case studies. Three papers about Semantic Web technologies discussed the use of ontologies in e-government.

Free Download Lauren M. McLaren, "Constructing Democracy in Southern Europe: A comparative analysis of Italy, Spain and Turkey"
English | 2008 | ISBN: 0415438195, 0415591619 | EPUB | pages: 336 | 1.0 mb
Why are some regimes democratic while others are not? Specifically, how have Spain and Italy managed to become democratic while Turkey, which shares many similar characteristics, has not?

Free Download Communication and Education: Promoting Peace and Democracy in Times of Crisis and Conflict (Communicating Science in Times of Crisis) by Mary John O’Hair, Philip A. Woods, H. Dan O’Hair
English | January 11, 2024 | ISBN: 1119985250 | 320 pages | EPUB | 6.27 Mb
A timely and insightful exploration of the vital relationships among effective communication, education, peace, and democracy

Free Download Nicolas Guilhot, "The Democracy Makers: Human Rights and the Politics of Global Order"
English | 2005 | pages: 287 | ISBN: 0231131240 | PDF | 2,1 mb
Has the international movement for democracy and human rights gone from being a weapon against power to part of the arsenal of power itself? Nicolas Guilhot explores this question in his penetrating look at how the U.S. government, the World Bank, political scientists, NGOs, think tanks, and various international organizations have appropriated the movement for democracy and human rights to export neoliberal policies throughout the world. His work charts the various symbolic, ideological, and political meanings that have developed around human rights and democracy movements. Guilhot suggests that these shifting meanings reflect the transformation of a progressive, emancipatory movement into an industry, dominated by "experts," ensconced in positions of power.

Free Download Donors, Democracy and Development in Africa: Western Aid and Political Repression
by Mark Simpson
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031749162 | 358 Pages | True PDF | 5.28 MB

Free Download Mark Simpson, "Donors, Democracy and Development in Africa: Western Aid and Political Repression"
English | ISBN: 3031749162 | 2024 | 369 pages | EPUB | 640 KB
Uganda, Ethiopia and Rwanda have figured prominently in the post- Cold War relations between Western donors and Sub-Saharan Africa. Their ‘new leaders’ were embraced by Western countries as the antithesis of former Cold War-era African strongmen, and their countries became ‘donor darlings’, benefitting from regular and significant inflows of Western development assistance. To the dismay of African democracy activists and human rights defenders, such aid enabled the regimes in these countries to strengthen the repressive political and economic governance systems over which they preside.

Free Download Yaacov Ro’i, "Democracy and Pluralism in Muslim Eurasia"
English | 2004 | pages: 418 | ISBN: 0714652253, 1138967351 | PDF | 2,1 mb
This book is devoted to the study and analysis of the prospects for democracy among the Muslim ethnicities of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), both those that have acquired full independence and those remaining within the Russian Federation. The nineteen Western academics and scholars from the Muslim countries and regions of the CIS who contribute to this volume view the establishment of democratic institutions in this region in the context of a wide and complex range of influences, above all the Russian/Soviet political legacy; native ethnic political culture and tradition; the Islamic faith; and the growing polarity between Western civilization and the Muslim world.

Free Download Marcin Rojszczak, "Bulk Surveillance, Democracy and Human Rights Law in Europe "
English | ISBN: 1032582529 | 2024 | 290 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book discusses contemporary standards of legal safeguards in the area of bulk electronic surveillance from the perspective of the European legal model. Bulk, or untargeted, surveillance, although traditionally associated with the interception of electronic communications, is increasingly used as a convenient tool for collecting information on large groups of society. The collection of redundant information, which is intrinsic to bulk surveillance, is no longer a side effect but an important objective of the use of bulk powers. As a result, untargeted surveillance is everywhere increasingly being implemented, and without any clear link to state security or crime-fighting objectives. This work examines the origins of untargeted measures, explores their mechanics and key concepts, and defines what distinguishes them from other forms of surveillance. The various elements of the legal safeguards in place, which are fundamental to protecting individuals from the risks of abuse of power, are analysed in detail. The book discusses not only the different standards of legal safeguards, but also gives examples of their implementation in individual European countries. It also examines the relationship between the development of the global data market and untargeted surveillance powers, in particular in the context of the risks associated with algorithmic surveillance, client-side scanning, the privatisation of surveillance – or surveillance as a service – and the increasingly widespread use of preventive content filtering mechanisms. The book will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers working in the areas of law, international relations, public policy, engineering and sociology. It will also appeal to professionals dealing with various aspects of the use of surveillance measures, such as experts, members of the legislature and law enforcement agencies.