Autore	Coles Romand <1959->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Minneapolis, Minn. ; ; London, : University of Minnesota, 2005
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (331 p.)
Disciplina	320.973090511
Soggetto topico	Democracy Democracy - United States
ISBN	0-8166-9788-4
Classificazione	08.45
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Tragedy's tragedy: political liberalism and its others -- Contesting cosmopolitan currency -- MacIntyre and the confidence trickster of rivalish tradition -- The wild patience of John Howard Yoder -- Derrida and the promise of democracy -- Feminists of color and the torn virtues of democratic engagement -- Moving democracy: the political arts of moving, traveling, and tabling -- Reconsidering the politics of education / [with Tony Dostert].
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910784393903321

Autore	Ross R
Edizione	[First edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Oxford : , : MZUNI Press, , 2022
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (398 pages)
Disciplina	320.96897
Altri autori (Persone)	ChiwezaLorraine
Soggetto topico	Democracy - Malawi Elections - Malawi Democracy Elections Politics and government
Soggetto genere / forma	History
ISBN	99960-76-08-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Introduction: A Pivotal Moment for Governance in Malawi? -- International Significance of Malawi's Constitutional Court Ruling -- Enduring Issues of Concern -- Genesis of the Book -- Organisation of the Book -- Significance of the Book -- Conclusion -- Chapter 1 - A Decade of Governance as "Roving Banditry" The Political Economy of Public Finance Mismanagement in Malawi, 2010 -2020 -- Introduction: Setting the Context -- Analytical and Methodological Framework -- Institutional Political Economy Analysis -- State of Public Finance Mismanagement and its Developmental Cost -- Illustrating the Development Cost of Public Finance Mismanagement -- Public Finance Management Chain and Attendant Accountability Mechanisms -- Revenue Collection -- Allocation of Public Finances -- Oversight for Expenditure of Public Funds -- A PEA Explanation of Persistent Public Finance Mismanagement -- Interests, Capture and Repurposing of the State -- Appointive Bureaucracies and their Roles in Public Finance Mismanagement -- Weak Social Accountability Mechanisms for Public Finance Management -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Chapter 2 - Two Decades of Governance in Malawi: Examining Citizen Trust in Malawi from 1999-2019 -- Introduction -- The Concept and Governance Consequences of Political Trust -- Good Governance in Africa -- A Brief Background to Governance in Malawi -- General Trends of Trust in Presidents, Parliament, Police and Courts from 1999 to 2019 -- Possible Explanatory Factors -- Consequences of (Loss of) Citizenry Trust: Implications on State Legitimacy and Prospects for Democracy -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 - Trust in Election Management Bodies, Participation in Demonstrations and Willingness to Pay Taxes: Evidence from Malawi. Introduction -- Related Literature -- Demonstrations during Malawi's Democratic Dispensation -- Data and Variable Definitions -- Estimation strategy -- Empirical Findings -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 - Impunity versus Constitutional Legality in Malawi's 2019-20 Presidential Election Case -- Introduction -- The Stand against Impunity and Mediocrity -- The Conceptual Stand for Constitutional Legality -- The Stand for Transformational Constitutional Legality -- The Approach in the Proceedings -- Expedition versus Attempts to End or Delay the Case -- Conventional Burden and Standard of Proof versus Accountability -- Self Interest v Duty-based Civic and Ethical Professionalism -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 - Legal Responses to Electoral Violence and Democratic Governance in Malawi: The Case of the 2019 and 2020 Elections -- Introduction -- Electoral Violence and Democratic Governance -- Violence in the 2019 and 2020 Elections -- Legal Responses to Election Violence 2019-2020 -- Legal Responses and Democratic Governance -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 - Violence against Women in Elections in Malawi: The Role of Women Leaders as Game Changers -- Introduction -- Violence against Women in Elections (VAWE) -- Game-Changers -- Survey of Incidents of Violence against Women in the 2019 Elections -- Analysis of Responses of Women Leaders to VAWE in the 2019 Elections -- Pre-election and During Election Violence Response -- Women Leaders' Post-election Violence Response Analysis -- Game-Changers -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 - Malawi's Choice of Electoral System and Reform Agenda Quandary -- Introduction -- Literature Survey -- Rationale for Electoral Choice in Malawi -- Effects of Plurality Electoral System on Regime Legitimacy in Malawi -- The Rationale for Electoral Reforms in Malawi -- Drivers of Electoral Reforms in Malawi -- Prospects for Electoral Reforms. Conclusion -- Chapter 8 - Awona Nyekhwe: The Fate of Opposition in Multiparty Malawi (1994-2020) -- Introduction -- The Concept of Nyekhwe -- Collective Political Memory -- The Concept of "Opposition" -- Opposition Parties and Politicians 1994-2020 -- Non-Party Actors -- The Academic Freedom Debate -- The DPP System, State Capture, and its Dislodgement -- A Promising Nyekhwe-Free Future? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9 - Guarding the Guardians: Auditing Security Sector Governance in Malawi -- Introduction -- Overview of the National Security Policy -- Auditing the Security Sector in Malawi -- The Challenge of Policing Protests -- Whither Professionalism of the Police -- Loopholes in Migration Management Laws -- Politicisation of the National Intelligence Services -- The Question of Upholding Constitutional Order -- The Challenges of Democratic Control of the Security Sector -- Towards a Holistic Implementation of the NSP -- Chapter 10 - Executive Supremacy and the Armed Forces: A Case Study of Public Finance Management in Malawi -- Introduction -- Good Governance and Public Finance Management -- Institutional Framework for Security Governance and Financial Oversight in the Armed Forces -- The Historical Context of Public Finance Management in the Armed Forces -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11 - 50-50 Campaigns: Lessons from 10 Years of Promoting Gender Equality and Women's Representation in Parliament -- Introduction -- The Theory of Women's Political Representation -- The Legal and Policy Framework Guiding Women Representation in Malawi -- Trends in Women's Political Representation and the Genesis of the 50-50 Campaign -- Main Actors in the 50-50 Campaigns and their Strategies -- Impact of Parity Funding Campaigns on Descriptive Representation of Women in Parliament in Malawi -- Conclusion. Chapter 12 - Ethnicity, Regionalism, and Nation-Building Challenges in Post-1994 Malawi: Whither a Federal State System? -- Introduction -- Nation-building in Multi-Ethnic Societies -- The Call for Federalism -- The False Prospects of Federalism -- Conclusion -- Chapter 13 - Rights Without Responsibility: Governance Crisis in the Management of Natural Resources in Malawi -- Introduction -- The Environmental Crisis as a Governance Issue -- Governance Crisis in a Democratic Era -- The Relevance of Historical Experience -- Suggestions for Addressing the Crisis -- Conclusion -- Chapter 14 - Pandemics, Politics and Governance: Contestations over State Management of Covid-19 in Malawi -- Introduction -- Pandemics and Governance in History -- Covid-19 and Earlier Government Responses -- Contesting Covid-19 Preventive Measures -- Conclusion -- Chapter 15 - Malawi's Governance Crisis in Theological Perspective: A Tale of Two Cultures -- A 25-Year Retrospect -- A Question of Political Culture -- The Biblical Text -- Global Theological Thinking -- Local Contextual Theology -- Malawi in Crisis 2019-20: Theological Perspectives -- A Tale of Two Cultures -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910829586403321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2014]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (196 pages)
Disciplina	320.9598
Collana	Cornell Modern Indonesia Project
Soggetto topico	Power (Social sciences) Politics and government Oligarchy Democracy Democracy - Indonesia Oligarchy - Indonesia
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-5017-1915-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- Introduction / Ford, Michele / Pepinsky, Thomas B. -- Oligarchy and Democracy in Indonesia / Winters, Jeffrey A. -- The Political Economy of Oligarchy and the Reorganization of Power in Indonesia / Hadiz, Vedi R. / Robison, Richard -- Improving the Quality of Democracy in Indonesia: Toward a Theory of Action R. William Liddle / Liddle, R. William -- Pluralism and Political Conflict in Indonesia / Pepinsky, Thomas B. -- Oligarchs, Politicians, and Activists: Contesting Party Politics in Post-Suharto Indonesia Marcus Mietzner / Mietzner, Marcus -- Popular Agency and Interests in Indonesia's Democratic Transition and Consolidation / Aspinall, Edward -- Labor and Politics under Oligarchy / Caraway, Teri L. / Ford, Michele -- Elite Competition and Changing State-Society Relations: Shari'a Policymaking in Indonesia / Buehler, Michael -- Contributor
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910480314503321

Autore	Johnson Joel A. <1974->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (196 p.)
Disciplina	813/.409358
Soggetto topico	American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism Liberalism in literature Democracy in literature Individualism in literature Liberalism Democracy Individualism
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8262-6579-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910451949303321

Autore	Dennis James
Edizione	[1st ed. 2019.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (270 pages)
Disciplina	321.8
Collana	Interest Groups, Advocacy and Democracy Series
Soggetto topico	Democracy Political communication Social media Great Britain—Politics and government Political Communication Social Media British Politics
ISBN	3-030-00844-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	1: “It’s Better to Light a Candle Than to Fantasize About a Sun” -- 2: #stopslacktivism: Why Clicks, Likes and Shares Matter -- 3: Operationalising the Continuum of Participation -- 4: People. Power. Change. 38 Degrees and Digital Micro-Activism on Social Media -- 5: An Informed Public? News Consumption on Social Media -- 6: Civic Instigators, Contributors and Listeners: Political Expression on Social Media -- 7: Conclusion: The Candle Burns Bright.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910338026403321