1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455295203321

Titolo

World-regional social policy and global governance : new research and policy agendas in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America / / edited by Bob Deacon. [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

0-415-84870-9

1-135-23662-3

1-282-37715-9

9786612377150

0-203-86650-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in international relations and global politics ; ; 79

Altri autori (Persone)

DeaconBob

Disciplina

320.6

361.61

Soggetti

Social policy

Regionalism (International organization)

International agencies

Globalization - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [230]-249) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I The case for regionalism with a strong social dimension; 1 Regional formations and global governance; 2 Globalization, regional integration and social policy; 3 Regional social policy from above: International organizations and regional social policy; 4 Regional social policy from below: Reclaiming regional integration: social movements and civil society organizations as key protagonists

Part II The social policy dimensions of regional integration: Case studies from four continents5 Social policies and rights in the European Union and the Council of Europe: Exhortation, regulation and enforcement; 6 Regional social policies in Latin America: Binding material for a young giant?; 7 Regional social policies in Asia: Prospects



and challenges from the ASEAN and SAARC experiences; 8 Regional social policies in Africa: Declarations abound; Part III Regional social integration and global social governance; 9 The evolving context of world-regional social policy

10 Global social governance and world-regional social policyBibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume explores the case for and the prospects of the development of world-regional social policies as integral elements of a pluralistic, equitable and effective system of global governance. Focusing on transnational regionalism, this book examines the trajectory and crossing over of the three strands of scholarly analysis within the past decade which have given rise to this volume: the perceived negative impact of neo-liberal globalisation upon national social policy; the need for but the difficulty of securing reforms in the institutions of global social governance; and the i

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453961603321

Autore

Sagi Abraham

Titolo

Tradition vs. traditionalism [[electronic resource] ] : contemporary perspectives in Jewish thought / / Avi Sagi ; translated from Hebrew by Batya Stein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York, NY, : Rodopi, 2008

ISBN

94-012-0642-2

1-4356-9541-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

VIBS ; ; v. 197

PAR

Disciplina

296.7

Soggetti

Tradition (Judaism)

Tradition (Philosophy)

Jewish philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-209) and index.



Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- INTRODUCTION -- RETURNING TO TRADITION: PARADOX OR CHALLENGE -- THE TENSE ENCOUNTER WITH MODERNITY -- SOLOVEITCHIK: JEWISH THOUGHT CONFRONTS MODERNITY -- COMPARTMENTALIZATION: FROM ERNST SIMON TO YESHAYAHU LEIBOWITZ -- THE HARMONIOUS ENCOUNTER WITH MODERNITY -- RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT IN A SECULARIZED WORLD: ELIEZER GOLDMAN -- DAVID HARTMAN RENEWING THE COVENANT -- BETWEEN OLD AND NEW JUDAISM AS INTERPRETATION -- SCRIPTURE IN THE THOUGHT OF LEIBOWITZ AND SOLOVEITCHIK -- HALAKHAH IN THE THOUGHT OF LEIBOWITZ AND SOLOVEITCHIK -- ELIEZER GOLDMAN JUDAISM AS INTERPRETATION -- “MY NAME’S MY DONORS’ NAME” -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- INDEX -- VIBS.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a first attempt to examine the thought of key contemporary Jewish thinkers on the meaning of tradition in the context of two models. The classic model assumes that tradition reflects lack of dynamism and reflectiveness, and the present’s unqualified submission to the past. This view, however, is an image that the modernist ethos has ascribed to the tradition so as to remove it from modern existence. In the alternative model, a living tradition emerges as open and dynamic, developing through an ongoing dialogue between present and past. The Jewish philosophers discussed in this work—Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, David Hartman, and Eliezer Goldman—ascribe compelling canonic status to the tradition, and the analysis of their thought discloses the tension between these two models. The book carefully traces the course they have plotted along the various interpretations of tradition through their approach to Scripture and to Halakhah.