Practicing Democracy
Practicing Democracy

Author: E. Luhtakallio

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-05-29

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 0230363512

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This book is about the mundane, local, every day practices that constitutes democracy. Focusing on France and Finland, the book defines politicization as the key process in understanding democracy in different cultural contexts and shows a nuanced picture of two opposite models of European politics.

A Taste for Oppression
A Taste for Oppression

Author: Ronan Hervouet

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2021-03-03

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1800730268

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Belarus has emerged from communism in a unique manner as an authoritarian regime. The author, who has lived in Belarus for several years, highlights several mechanisms of tyranny, beyond the regime’s ability to control and repress, which should not be underestimated. The book immerses the reader in the depths of the Belarusian countryside, among the kolkhozes and rural communities at the heart of this authoritarian regime under Alexander Lukashenko, and offers vivid descriptions of the everyday life of Belarusians. It sheds light on the reasons why part of the population supports Lukashenko and takes a fresh look at the functioning of what has been called 'the last dictatorship in Europe'.

Readings in Methodology
Readings in Methodology

Author: Jean-Bernard Ouédraogo

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 286978483X

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This volume is a collection of papers presented during methodological workshops organized by CODESRIA. Its objective is to revitalize theory and methodology in field work in Africa while contributing to the creation of a critical space hinged upon the mastery of epistemological bases which are indispensable to any scientific imagination.

In Thrall to Political Change
In Thrall to Political Change

Author: Malcolm Anderson

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2011-08-25

Total Pages: 503

ISBN-13: 0199693641

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This first history of the French police and gendarmerie explores the relations between the police and the public, and the place of the police in the political order. Based on archival material, Malcolm Anderson explores dramatic and often harrowing developments which have made policing in France troubled and controversial.

Three Worlds of Development
Three Worlds of Development

Author: Irving Louis Horowitz

Publisher:

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13:

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Analysis of social theory of international stratification and of the practice of classifying countries of the world in one of three groups, (1) developed countries of private enterprise economy, (2) countries of collective economy, and (3) developing countries - covers sociological aspects of economic development, political aspects, cultural factors (the last with particular reference to developing countries), etc.