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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783977403321

Autore

Lightfoot Simon

Titolo

Europeanizing social democracy? [[electronic resource] ] : the rise of the Party of European Socialists / / Simon Lightfoot

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-27647-8

1-280-24446-1

9786610244461

0-203-01781-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in European politics ; ; 31

Classificazione

89.61

Disciplina

324.2/17/094

Soggetti

Political parties - European Union countries

Socialism - European Union countries

European Union countries Politics and government

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. [155]-166) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966532603321

Autore

Weiler-Harwell Nina <1963->

Titolo

Discrimination against atheists : a new legal hierarchy among religious beliefs / / Nina Weiler-Harwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011

ISBN

9781593326753

1593326750

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Collana

Law and society, recent scholarship

Disciplina

342.7308/52

Soggetti

Atheists - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

Religious discrimination - Law and legislation - United States

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

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

Sommario/riassunto

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