Building democratic institutions [[electronic resource] ] : governance reform in developing countries / / G. Shabbir Cheema
| Building democratic institutions [[electronic resource] ] : governance reform in developing countries / / G. Shabbir Cheema |
| Autore | Cheema G. Shabbir |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomfield, CT, : Kumarian Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.9172/4 |
| Soggetto topico | Democracy - Developing countries |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-56549-619-1
1-56549-197-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Democracy, Governance and Development""; ""Elections and Democracy""; ""Integrity in Governance""; ""Strengthening Parliamentary Process""; ""Promoting Human Rights Through Inclusive Democracy""; ""Democracy at the Grass Roots Through Decentralization""; ""Globalization and Public Sector Management Capacity""; ""Judicial Reform""; ""Governance in Crisis Situations""; ""Sustaining Democracy""; ""Bibliography""; ""INDEX"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910449766903321 |
Cheema G. Shabbir
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| Bloomfield, CT, : Kumarian Press, 2005 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Building democratic institutions [[electronic resource] ] : governance reform in developing countries / / G. Shabbir Cheema
| Building democratic institutions [[electronic resource] ] : governance reform in developing countries / / G. Shabbir Cheema |
| Autore | Cheema G. Shabbir |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomfield, CT, : Kumarian Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.9172/4 |
| Soggetto topico | Democracy - Developing countries |
| ISBN |
1-56549-619-1
1-56549-197-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Democracy, Governance and Development""; ""Elections and Democracy""; ""Integrity in Governance""; ""Strengthening Parliamentary Process""; ""Promoting Human Rights Through Inclusive Democracy""; ""Democracy at the Grass Roots Through Decentralization""; ""Globalization and Public Sector Management Capacity""; ""Judicial Reform""; ""Governance in Crisis Situations""; ""Sustaining Democracy""; ""Bibliography""; ""INDEX"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783696503321 |
Cheema G. Shabbir
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| Bloomfield, CT, : Kumarian Press, 2005 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Challenges to Democratic Governance in Developing Countries / / edited by Gedeon Mudacumura, Göktuğ Morçöl
| Challenges to Democratic Governance in Developing Countries / / edited by Gedeon Mudacumura, Göktuğ Morçöl |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina |
320
320.9172 320.9172/4 |
| Collana | Public Administration, Governance and Globalization |
| Soggetto topico |
Public administration
Development economics Comparative government Public Administration Development Economics Comparative Politics |
| ISBN | 3-319-03143-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Accountability & Transparency: Cornerstones of Democratic Governance -- Will Ghana Avoid the resource Curse? -- Tackling Cultural Corruption -- Perceptions of Societal Corruption and Levels of Trust in Government -- Citizen Engagement in Fostering Democratic Governance in Rwanda -- Organizational Culture and its Influence on Corruption: NGOS in Kenya -- Role of legislation for social accountability: a comparison of South Africa and Zambia -- Prosecute and punish: Attempts by Kenya to curb political and administrative corruption -- Corruption in African Countries: A Symptom of Leadership and Institutional Failure -- Defining corruption in the cultural context of Sub-Saharan Africa -- What are the chances? Post-Qaddafi Libya and processes of democratization/de-democratization -- Investigating the Classical Ombudsman within the Indian Context -- The Imperatives of Democracy, Governance and Leadership in the Fight against Corruption in Africa: A South African Perspective -- The Role of Civil Society in Combating Corruption and Fostering Accountability and Transparency in Uganda -- Public Management Reforms and Prevention of Corruption in Turkey: An Evaluation of the Past Decade -- Democratic Governance: Looking forward. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298538003321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Comparing apples and mangoes [[electronic resource] ] : the overpoliticized state in developing countries / / S.N. Sangmpam
| Comparing apples and mangoes [[electronic resource] ] : the overpoliticized state in developing countries / / S.N. Sangmpam |
| Autore | Sangmpam S. N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.9172/4 |
| Soggetto topico | Political science |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-7914-7999-4
1-4294-9826-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Comparing apples and mangoes -- The mischaracterization of Third World experiences -- Setting the framework: comparing apples and mangoes -- Politics and overpoliticization -- Sins of universalism and particularism -- From the behavioral revolution to modernization theory -- Democratization by institutional fiat -- Universalism from the left -- Particularism and anti-third worldism -- Particularism in South America, Asia, and Africa -- Conclusion -- Overpoliticization: empirical and historical evidence -- Overpoliticized behaviors in democratic regimes -- Overpoliticized behaviors in authoritarian regimes -- Overpoliticized behaviors common to democratic and authoritarian regimes -- Overpoliticized behaviors in Western countries -- Conclusion: differences and similarities -- Overpoliticization : quantitative evidence -- Data and procedure -- Results and interpretation -- Conclusion: differences and similarities -- Understanding the overpoliticized state -- Political institutions and the state as effects of politics -- Compromise-resistant politics and the overpoliticized state -- The liberal democratic state as the conceptual contrast -- Basic hypotheses about the overpoliticized state -- What explains liberal compromise? -- What explains overpoliticization? -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451694303321 |
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| Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Comparing apples and mangoes [[electronic resource] ] : the overpoliticized state in developing countries / / S.N. Sangmpam
| Comparing apples and mangoes [[electronic resource] ] : the overpoliticized state in developing countries / / S.N. Sangmpam |
| Autore | Sangmpam S. N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.9172/4 |
| Soggetto topico | Political science |
| ISBN |
0-7914-7999-4
1-4294-9826-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Comparing apples and mangoes -- The mischaracterization of Third World experiences -- Setting the framework: comparing apples and mangoes -- Politics and overpoliticization -- Sins of universalism and particularism -- From the behavioral revolution to modernization theory -- Democratization by institutional fiat -- Universalism from the left -- Particularism and anti-third worldism -- Particularism in South America, Asia, and Africa -- Conclusion -- Overpoliticization: empirical and historical evidence -- Overpoliticized behaviors in democratic regimes -- Overpoliticized behaviors in authoritarian regimes -- Overpoliticized behaviors common to democratic and authoritarian regimes -- Overpoliticized behaviors in Western countries -- Conclusion: differences and similarities -- Overpoliticization : quantitative evidence -- Data and procedure -- Results and interpretation -- Conclusion: differences and similarities -- Understanding the overpoliticized state -- Political institutions and the state as effects of politics -- Compromise-resistant politics and the overpoliticized state -- The liberal democratic state as the conceptual contrast -- Basic hypotheses about the overpoliticized state -- What explains liberal compromise? -- What explains overpoliticization? -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778288503321 |
Sangmpam S. N
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| Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Comparing apples and mangoes : the overpoliticized state in developing countries / / S.N. Sangmpam
| Comparing apples and mangoes : the overpoliticized state in developing countries / / S.N. Sangmpam |
| Autore | Sangmpam S. N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.9172/4 |
| Soggetto topico | Political science |
| ISBN |
9780791479995
0791479994 9781429498265 1429498269 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Comparing apples and mangoes -- The mischaracterization of Third World experiences -- Setting the framework: comparing apples and mangoes -- Politics and overpoliticization -- Sins of universalism and particularism -- From the behavioral revolution to modernization theory -- Democratization by institutional fiat -- Universalism from the left -- Particularism and anti-third worldism -- Particularism in South America, Asia, and Africa -- Conclusion -- Overpoliticization: empirical and historical evidence -- Overpoliticized behaviors in democratic regimes -- Overpoliticized behaviors in authoritarian regimes -- Overpoliticized behaviors common to democratic and authoritarian regimes -- Overpoliticized behaviors in Western countries -- Conclusion: differences and similarities -- Overpoliticization : quantitative evidence -- Data and procedure -- Results and interpretation -- Conclusion: differences and similarities -- Understanding the overpoliticized state -- Political institutions and the state as effects of politics -- Compromise-resistant politics and the overpoliticized state -- The liberal democratic state as the conceptual contrast -- Basic hypotheses about the overpoliticized state -- What explains liberal compromise? -- What explains overpoliticization? -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910958348103321 |
Sangmpam S. N
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| Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Culture and the politics of Third World nationalism / / Dawa Norbu
| Culture and the politics of Third World nationalism / / Dawa Norbu |
| Autore | Dawa Norbu <1949, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.9172/4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nationalism - Developing countries
Political culture - Developing countries |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-134-89548-8
1-280-07068-4 0-585-44735-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface: field experience and social theory; Introduction: western concepts and non-western realities; A critique of the Eurocentric theory of nationalism; Methodology for voluntaristic theory; Some correlates of the Third World concept; Towards a new definition of Third World nationalism; A sociological definition of nationalism; The stages of proto-nationalism: tribalism, ethnicity and patriotism; Political evolution and concomitant types of social consciousness; Patriotism and nationalism differentiated
Political feudalism and state formation in the Third WorldSocial structure of the nation: the ordering principle of national attributes; Race and language as means of cultural differentiation; Society and nation; The pattern of nation formation in the Third World; The evolution of religious sects and the emergence of national identities; National identity in the context of multiple identities; The domestication of world religions and the origins of national identities; The sacralization of race and territory: clues to emotionalism in nationalism; Modern nationalism and egalitarian ideology Traditional and modern nationalisms differentiatedIntellectual mobilization and the diffusion of political consciousness in society; Imperialism and the objectification of social self-hood; The politics of nationalism: mass mobilization, linguistic transformation and nationalist movements; Social carriers of nationalist ideas; Linguistic transformation and social communication; The state and national economy; Nationalist and social movements differentiated; The mechanism of mass mobilization: symbol manipulation and identity assertion; Brahminic symbols and Hindu nationalism 'The true Muslim' myth and Jihad in Arab nationalismUncertain counterracialism in African nationalism; Territoriality and power in Han nationalism; Peasant culture and mass nationalism; Nationalism as social power: restructuring egalitarian systems; Fascist tendency in the structure of nationalism: race; Nationalism's normative legacy: freedom and equality; State nationalism and regional organization; The monoethnic state and polyethnic social system: the rise of ethnic nationalism; Ethnic identity and the monoethnic state; National integration and the rise of ethnic nationalism The 'modernization' of ethnicitySocial prerequisites of ethnic nationalism; Conclusion: cultural differentiation and political rationalization; The paradigm and prediction; Epilogue: the rise of Slavic nationalisms and the collapse of transnational ideocracy; The Nature of Slavic nationalism; Tradition in the family; Russofication and non-Russian identities; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455644503321 |
Dawa Norbu <1949, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Culture and the politics of Third World nationalism / / Dawa Norbu
| Culture and the politics of Third World nationalism / / Dawa Norbu |
| Autore | Dawa Norbu <1949, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.9172/4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nationalism - Developing countries
Political culture - Developing countries |
| ISBN |
1-134-89547-X
1-134-89548-8 1-280-07068-4 0-585-44735-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface: field experience and social theory; Introduction: western concepts and non-western realities; A critique of the Eurocentric theory of nationalism; Methodology for voluntaristic theory; Some correlates of the Third World concept; Towards a new definition of Third World nationalism; A sociological definition of nationalism; The stages of proto-nationalism: tribalism, ethnicity and patriotism; Political evolution and concomitant types of social consciousness; Patriotism and nationalism differentiated
Political feudalism and state formation in the Third WorldSocial structure of the nation: the ordering principle of national attributes; Race and language as means of cultural differentiation; Society and nation; The pattern of nation formation in the Third World; The evolution of religious sects and the emergence of national identities; National identity in the context of multiple identities; The domestication of world religions and the origins of national identities; The sacralization of race and territory: clues to emotionalism in nationalism; Modern nationalism and egalitarian ideology Traditional and modern nationalisms differentiatedIntellectual mobilization and the diffusion of political consciousness in society; Imperialism and the objectification of social self-hood; The politics of nationalism: mass mobilization, linguistic transformation and nationalist movements; Social carriers of nationalist ideas; Linguistic transformation and social communication; The state and national economy; Nationalist and social movements differentiated; The mechanism of mass mobilization: symbol manipulation and identity assertion; Brahminic symbols and Hindu nationalism 'The true Muslim' myth and Jihad in Arab nationalismUncertain counterracialism in African nationalism; Territoriality and power in Han nationalism; Peasant culture and mass nationalism; Nationalism as social power: restructuring egalitarian systems; Fascist tendency in the structure of nationalism: race; Nationalism's normative legacy: freedom and equality; State nationalism and regional organization; The monoethnic state and polyethnic social system: the rise of ethnic nationalism; Ethnic identity and the monoethnic state; National integration and the rise of ethnic nationalism The 'modernization' of ethnicitySocial prerequisites of ethnic nationalism; Conclusion: cultural differentiation and political rationalization; The paradigm and prediction; Epilogue: the rise of Slavic nationalisms and the collapse of transnational ideocracy; The Nature of Slavic nationalism; Tradition in the family; Russofication and non-Russian identities; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780104103321 |
Dawa Norbu <1949, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The developing world : critical issues in politics and society / / edited by E. Ike Udogu
| The developing world : critical issues in politics and society / / edited by E. Ike Udogu |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Scarecrow Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (235 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.9172/4 |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8108-8476-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Liberal democratization and democracy -- Law enforcement issues -- Human rights constraints -- Gender marginalization: a discourse on the status of women in South Asia and how it might be tackled -- Mexican political development and its influence on Central America -- The politics of development and protection of the environment -- Boosting access to computer technology as a way of improving education. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453815503321 |
| Lanham, Maryland : , : Scarecrow Press, , 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The developing world : critical issues in politics and society / / edited by E. Ike Udogu
| The developing world : critical issues in politics and society / / edited by E. Ike Udogu |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Scarecrow Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (235 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.9172/4 |
| ISBN | 0-8108-8476-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Liberal democratization and democracy -- Law enforcement issues -- Human rights constraints -- Gender marginalization: a discourse on the status of women in South Asia and how it might be tackled -- Mexican political development and its influence on Central America -- The politics of development and protection of the environment -- Boosting access to computer technology as a way of improving education. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790940403321 |
| Lanham, Maryland : , : Scarecrow Press, , 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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