1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783977303321

Titolo

The awkward embrace : one-party domination and democracy / / edited by Hermann Giliomee and Charles Simkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cape Town, South Africa : , : Tafelberg, , 1999

ISBN

1-135-29716-9

1-135-29717-7

1-280-15582-5

0-203-98964-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (388 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GiliomeeHermann Buhr <1938->

SimkinsC. E. W (Charles Edward Wickens)

Disciplina

321.8

321.9

Soggetti

Totalitarianism

Democracy

Political parties - South Africa

Political parties - Taiwan

Political parties - Mexico

Political parties - Malaysia

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1 The Dominant Party Regimes of South Africa, Mexico, Taiwan and Malaysia: A Comparative Assessment; 2 Stability and Competitiveness in the Political Configurations of Semi Developed Countries Charles Simkins; 3 A Born-Again Dominant Party?; 4 No Easy Stroll to Dominance; 5 The Resilience of One-Party Dominance in Malaysia and Singapore; 6 Dominant Party and Opposition Parties in Mexico; 7 Bridge or Bridgehead?; 8 The Transformation of Labor-Based One-Partyism at the End of the 20th Century; 9 The Mexican Paradox

10 Corporatism as Minority Veto under ANC Hegemony in South Africa11 Democracy or Democratic Hegemony?; 12 Grassroots Electoral Organization and Political Reform in the ROC on Taiwan and Mexico; 13



Does Democracy Require an Opposition Party?; 14 Conclusion; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Democracies derive their resilience and vitality from the fact that the rule of a particular majority is usually only of a temporary nature. By looking at four case studies, this work studies democracies of a different kind: rule by a dominant party which is virtually immune from defeat.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777551703321

Autore

Beauregard Mario

Titolo

Consciousness, Emotional Self-Regulation and the Brain [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Mario Beauregard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, PA, USA, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2003

John Benjamins Publishing Company

ISBN

1-282-25529-0

90-272-9586-7

9786612255298

1-4237-7230-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Collana

Advances in consciousness research , 1381-589X ; ; v. 54.

Disciplina

616.8

Soggetti

Neuropsychiatry

Consciousness

Brain

Emotions

MEDICAL

Neuroscience

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.