American exceptionalism and human rights / / edited by Michael Ignatieff |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
Disciplina | 323/.0973 |
Altri autori (Persone) | IgnatieffMichael |
Soggetto topico |
Human rights - United States
National characteristics, American |
ISBN |
1-282-15806-6
9786612158063 1-4008-2688-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction: American Exceptionalism and Human Rights / Ignatieff, Michael -- Part I. The Varieties of Exceptionalism -- Chapter 2. The Exceptional First Amendment / Schauer, Frederick -- Chapter 3. Capital Punishment and American Exceptionalism / Steiker, Carol S . -- Chapter 4. Why Does the American Constitution Lack Social and Economic Guarantees? / Sunstein, Cass R. -- Chapter 5. America's Jekyll-and-Hyde Exceptionalism / Hongju Koh, Harold -- Part II. Explaining Exceptionalism -- Chapter 6. The Paradox of U.S. Human Rights Policy / Moravcsik, Andrew -- Chapter 7. American Exceptionalism, Popular Sovereignty, and the Rule of Law / Kahn, Paul W. -- Part III. Evaluating Exceptionalism -- Chapter 8. American Exceptionalism: The New Version / Hoffmann, Stanley -- Chapter 9. Integrity-Anxiety? / Michelman, Frank I . -- Chapter 10. A Brave New Judicial World / Slaughter, Anne-Marie -- Chapter 11. American Exceptionalism, Exemptionalism, and Global Governance / Ruggie, John Gerard -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910345143203321 |
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Making states work [[electronic resource] ] : state failure and the crisis of governance / / edited by Simon Chesterman, Michael Ignatieff, and Ramesh Thakur |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Tokyo, : United Nations University Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (419 p.) |
Disciplina | 320/.01/1 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ChestermanSimon
IgnatieffMichael ThakurRamesh Chandra <1948-> |
Soggetto topico |
Political stability
Legitimacy of governments Social contract |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4237-6596-6
92-808-7087-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; Lists of figures and tables; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Making states work; Part I: Issues; 1 Policy responses to state failure; 2 The legacy of colonialism; 3 Human rights, power and the state; Part II: Regions; 4 The Great Lakes and South Central Asia; 5 Colombia and the Andean crisis; 6 The South Pacific; Part III: Margins; 7 Reviving state legitimacy in Pakistan; 8 Disintegration and reconstitution in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea; 9 Afghanistan's weak state and strong society; Part IV: Successes; 10 Success in Mozambique?
11 State-building, national leadership and ''relative success'' in Costa Rica 12 From vulnerability to success: The British withdrawal from Singapore; Part V: Choices; 13 Early and ''early late'' prevention; 14 Making humanitarianism work; 15 Transitional justice; 16 Transitional administration, state-building and the United Nations; 17 Conclusion: The future of state-building; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450351003321 |
New York ; ; Tokyo, : United Nations University Press, 2005 | ||
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Rethinking Open Society / [edited by] Michael Ignatieff, Stefan Roch |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Central European University Press, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 321.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy
Human rights Populism POLITICAL SCIENCE / General |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato | Democracy, Freedom of expression, Open society, Political philosophy |
ISBN | 963-386-271-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I. The Open Society Ideal: For and Against -- Open Society as an Oxymoron: A Conversation between Mark Lilla and Michael Ignatieff -- The Open Society from a Conservative Perspective -- Educating Skeptical but Passionate Citizens: The Open Society Ideal as a University Mission -- II. Open Society in Practice: Democracy, Rule of Law, Free Speech and Secularism -- Democracy Defended and Challenged -- Free Speech and the Defense of an Open Society -- Religion in the Open Society -- Constitutionalism in Closing Societies -- III. Open Society in 21st Century Geopolitics -- War and Open Society in the Twentieth Century -- Open Societies at Home and Abroad -- Eurasia, Europe, and the Question of U.S. Leadership -- The Open Society in a Networked World -- Germany and the Fate of Open Society -- IV. Open Society’s New Enemies: The Authoritarian Competitors -- The Puzzle of “Illiberal Democracy” -- How Can Populism Be Defeated? -- Beyond Demagoguery? The Contemporary Crisis of Political Communication -- Populism and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century -- The Enduring Appeal of the One-Party State -- V. From Transition to Backsliding: Did Open Societies Fail? -- After 1989: The Perennial Return of Central Europe Reflections on the Sources of the Illiberal Drift in Central Europe -- Perhapsburg: Reflections on the Fragility and Resilience of Europe -- Capitalism and Democracy in East Central Europe: A Sequence of Crises -- Civic Activism, Economic Nationalism, and Welfare for the Better Off: Pillars of Hungary’s Illiberal State -- Corruption: The Ultimate Frontier of Open Society -- Conclusions: The Future of the Open Society Ideal -- About the Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793193503321 |
New York, NY : , : Central European University Press, , 2018 | ||
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Rethinking Open Society / [edited by] Michael Ignatieff, Stefan Roch |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Central European University Press, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 321.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy
Human rights Populism POLITICAL SCIENCE / General |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato | Democracy, Freedom of expression, Open society, Political philosophy |
ISBN | 963-386-271-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I. The Open Society Ideal: For and Against -- Open Society as an Oxymoron: A Conversation between Mark Lilla and Michael Ignatieff -- The Open Society from a Conservative Perspective -- Educating Skeptical but Passionate Citizens: The Open Society Ideal as a University Mission -- II. Open Society in Practice: Democracy, Rule of Law, Free Speech and Secularism -- Democracy Defended and Challenged -- Free Speech and the Defense of an Open Society -- Religion in the Open Society -- Constitutionalism in Closing Societies -- III. Open Society in 21st Century Geopolitics -- War and Open Society in the Twentieth Century -- Open Societies at Home and Abroad -- Eurasia, Europe, and the Question of U.S. Leadership -- The Open Society in a Networked World -- Germany and the Fate of Open Society -- IV. Open Society’s New Enemies: The Authoritarian Competitors -- The Puzzle of “Illiberal Democracy” -- How Can Populism Be Defeated? -- Beyond Demagoguery? The Contemporary Crisis of Political Communication -- Populism and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century -- The Enduring Appeal of the One-Party State -- V. From Transition to Backsliding: Did Open Societies Fail? -- After 1989: The Perennial Return of Central Europe Reflections on the Sources of the Illiberal Drift in Central Europe -- Perhapsburg: Reflections on the Fragility and Resilience of Europe -- Capitalism and Democracy in East Central Europe: A Sequence of Crises -- Civic Activism, Economic Nationalism, and Welfare for the Better Off: Pillars of Hungary’s Illiberal State -- Corruption: The Ultimate Frontier of Open Society -- Conclusions: The Future of the Open Society Ideal -- About the Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815124103321 |
New York, NY : , : Central European University Press, , 2018 | ||
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