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UNINA9910783977403321 |
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Autore |
Lightfoot Simon |
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Titolo |
Europeanizing social democracy? [[electronic resource] ] : the rise of the Party of European Socialists / / Simon Lightfoot |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005 |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
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1-134-27647-8 |
1-280-24446-1 |
9786610244461 |
0-203-01781-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (192 p.) |
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Routledge advances in European politics ; ; 31 |
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Political parties - European Union countries |
Socialism - European Union countries |
European Union countries Politics and government |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-166) and index. |
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Theoretical perspectives : how to understand Europarties -- Historical context : from the First International to the PES -- The social democratic policy area : PES employment policy -- The PES and the development of socialist environment policy -- A success story? : PES influence over the outcomes of the Treaty of Amsterdam -- PES influence on the EU agenda since Amsterdam. |
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Presenting a detailed explanation of party politics in the European Union, this new book uses the Party of European Socialists (PES) as a key case study, and tests the relevance of existing theoretical work on the meaning, significance, and prospects for realising other 'Europarties'. This analysis operates from the assumption that the PES's main goal is to influence the outcome of EU public policy, rather than the more traditional party goals of vote maximisation or office seeking. Secondly, by subjecting the PES to careful scrutiny in two specific policy areas (employment an |
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UNINA9910966532603321 |
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Autore |
Weiler-Harwell Nina <1963-> |
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Discrimination against atheists : a new legal hierarchy among religious beliefs / / Nina Weiler-Harwell |
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El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (204 p.) |
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Law and society, recent scholarship |
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Atheists - Legal status, laws, etc - United States |
Religious discrimination - Law and legislation - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Atheists and America's Civil Religion; Chapter 3: The Boy Scouts and Atheist Exclusion; Chapter 4: Michael Newdow and the Pledge of Allegiance:Is Participation in Civil Religion Truly Voluntary?; Chapter 5: Prospects for Future Action; Bibliography; Cases Cited; Index |
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Weiler-Harwell examines continuing, legal, discrimination against atheists, as made clear in two cases: Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000) and Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow (2004). These rulings created a new, discriminatory level of distinction for believers versus non-believers that is ahistorical in light of previous Supreme Court precedent. Both cases created new standards for analyzing equality under the law for non-conformists such as atheists, shaping a new hierarchy of protected and unprotected forms of religious belief. The new judicial standards elevate monotheistic r |
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