Search Results - "Libération"

Congress and Harry S. Truman : a conflicted legacy /

Table of Contents: “…Truman and Congress: presidential effectiveness and the liberal scorecard / Alonzo L. Hamby -- Truman the bipartisan? …”
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Religion and modern society citizenship, secularisation and the state / by Turner, Bryan S.

Table of Contents: “…Legal pluralism, religion and multiculturalism; 9. Managing religions: liberal and authoritarian states; 10. Religious speech: on ineffable communication; 11. …”
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Inspiring faith in schools studies in religious education /

Table of Contents: “…/ by Joe Fleming -- Dismembering and remembering religious education / by John Sullivan -- On the grammar of religious discourse and education / by David Carr -- Religious education through the language of religion / by Iris Yob -- Religious education and liberal nurture / by Andrew Wright -- Crossing the divide? …”
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Libertarianism defended by Machan, Tibor R.

Table of Contents: “…-- Justice, self, and natural rights -- Individualism and the vitality of community life -- Economics and human values -- Finding the rational man -- A positive libertarian view of government -- Liberalism and atomistic individualism -- Anarchists and minarchists : allies after all? …”
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On the way to Heidegger's Contributions to philosophy by Emad, Parvis

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Translating Heidegger's Contributions to philosophy as a hermeneutic responsibility -- On "Echo," the first part of Contributions to philosophy -- The place of the pre-Socratics in "Playing forth," the second part of Contributions to philosophy -- "De-cision" in Contributions to philosophy and the path to the Interpretation of Heraclitus fragment 16 -- On the last part of Contributions to philosophy, "Be-ing," its liberating ontology, and the hints at the question of God -- On the inception of being-historical thinking and its active character, mindfulness -- Mastery of be-ing and coercive force of machination in Heidegger's Contributions to philosophy and Mindfulness and the opening to his Nietzsche interpretation -- Heidegger and Christianity: a look at his correspondence with Bernhard Welte -- Questioning Richardson's "Heidegger I, Heidegger II" distinction and his response in light of Contributions to philosophy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- General index -- Index of Greek terms.…”
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Elites new comparative perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Elite and leadership change in liberal democracies / John Higley and Jan Pakulski -- Elite distinction: grand theory and comparative perspectives / Jean-Pascal Daloz -- Comparing two charismatic leaders: Ataturk and de Gaulle / Mattei Dogan -- New challenges, new elites? …”
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Why the world economy needs a financial crash and other critical essays on finance and financial economics by Toporowski, Jan

Table of Contents: “…Why the world economy needs a financial crash -- The economics of financial inflation -- Money in globalised times -- Neo-liberalism and international finance -- Better machines for financial inflation? …”
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Crisis of capitalism compendium of applied economics (global capitalism) / by Vasapollo, Luciano, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: economics between science and 'non-science' in the current -- Crisis of the capitalist system -- A critique of basic economic categories -- Economic theory from utopian socialism to marx -- The production process -- Categories and dynamics of the capitalist system and its crises -- The basics of national accounting -- A critique of national accounting -- A critique of economics as applied to the structure of management : the enterprise system and the public administration system -- A critical theory of the enterprise -- The enterprise and the microeconomics of socialism -- Socialist public administration -- A critique of economics as applied to economic systems : regulation and planning -- A critique of the theory of hegemonic liberalism and the paradigms -- Of financialization -- The objectives of the socialist economic model -- A critique of economics as applied to the world-system : open economy and -- Imperialism -- International trade and imperialism.…”
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Postmodernism & cultural identities conflicts and coexistence / by Nemoianu, Virgil

Table of Contents: “…-- Leibniz, Vico, and alternative modernities -- Conservatism as a branch of liberalism -- Christian democracy and subsidiarity in the world -- Christian martyrdom and Christian humanism -- The insertion of religion : the model of Benedict and Habermas -- Pieper, hope, imperfection, and literature -- General literary values -- Globalism, multiculturalism, and comparative literature -- Teaching literature from a Catholic angle -- Literary canons and social value options -- The argument from variety -- The argument from persecution -- The argument from practicality -- The argument from opposition -- The argument from defeat -- Specific applicative examples -- Following the classics : layers of stylistic mimesis -- Reinventing Romanticism or nineteenth-century Kitsch? …”
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Introduction to international political economy / by Balaam, David N., 1950-, Dillman, Bradford L.

Table of Contents: “…-- Laissez-faire : the economic liberal perspective -- Wealth and power : the mercantilist perspective -- Economic determinism and exploitation : the structuralist perspective -- Constructivism -- Structures of international political economy -- The global production structure -- The international trade structure -- The international finance and monetary structure -- The global security structure -- The international knowledge structure : controlling flows of information and technology -- States and markets in the global economy -- The development challenge -- The fragmentation of the European Union : the crossroads redux -- Moving into position : the rising powers -- The Middle East and North Africa : things fall apart -- Transnational problems and dilemmas -- The illicit global economy : the dark side of globalization -- Energy and the environment : navigating climate change and global disaster -- Global health : refugees and caring for the forgotten.…”

The birth of economics as a social science : Sismondi's concept of political economy / by Dal Degan, Francesca

Table of Contents: “…Coppet's "magic lantern"; Notes; 4. "I am a liberal or, rather, a republican"; Notes; 5. Reciprocal independence; Notes; PART 3: Economic thought; 6. …”
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China's quest for foreign technology : beyond espionage /

Table of Contents: “…Technology in the shadows -- The People's Liberation Army and foreign technology -- Foreign technology and the surveillance state -- The United Front and technology transfer -- Part VI. …”
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Activist New York : A History of People, Protest, and Politics by Jaffe, Steven H.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Twelve A Cold War: Activism and Anti-Communism in New York -- Blacklisting the Weavers -- Refusing to Hide: Anti-Civil Defense Protests -- The Sixties in New York: 1960-1973 -- Chapter Thirteen "Gay is Good": The Rise of Gay Power -- Resisting the Vietnam War -- Women's Liberation in New York -- Chapter Fourteen "Basta Ya!"…”
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Kimbanguism : An African Understanding of the Bible / by Mokoko Gampiot, Aurelien

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Antiracism Inc. : Why the Way We Talk about Racial Justice Matters / by Blake, Felice

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Welfare states under pressure

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: List of Figures and Tables vi -- Notes on the Contributors vii -- Preface ix -- 1 The Politics of Welfare in Europe -- Peter Taylor-Gooby 1 -- 2 Earning Welfare Citizenship: Welfare State Reform -- in Finland and Sweden -- Virpi Timonen 29 -- 3 Reshaping the Social Policy-Making Framework in France -- Bruno Palier 52 -- 4 Stumbling towards Reform: The German Welfare State -- in the 1990s -- Frank Blnker and Hellmut Wollmann 75 -- 5 Spain, a Via Media of Welfare Development -- Luis Moreno 100 -- 6 Switzerland: Stubborn Institutions in a Changing Society -- Giuliano Bonoli 123 -- 7 Welfare Reform in the UK: the Construction of a Liberal -- Consensus -- Peter Taylor-Gooby 147 -- 8 Polity, Policy-Making and Welfare Futures -- Peter Taylor-Gooby 171 -- Bibliography 189 -- Index 204.…”
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Buddhism in the modern world adaptations of an ancient tradition /

Table of Contents: “…Stone -- The making of the western Lama / Dan Cozort -- "Liberate the Mahabodhi temple!" : socially engaged Buddhism, Dalit-style / Tara N. …”
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Developing countries in the GATT legal system by Hudec, Robert E.

Table of Contents: “…Post-war negotiations on trade liberalization; 2. First decade of the GATT - 1948-57; 3. …”
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The new Latin American left Utopia reborn /

Table of Contents: “…: introduction to the study of the new Latin American left / César Rodríguez-Garavito, Patrick Barrett and Daniel Chavez -- Brazil : Lula's government, a critical appraisal / Félix Sánchez, João Machado Borges Neto and Rosa Maria Marques -- Venezuela : populism and the left : alternatives to neo-liberalism / Edgardo Lander -- Uruguay : the left in government : between continuity and change / Daniel Chavez -- Colombia : the new left : origins, trajectory and prospects / César Rodríguez-Garavita -- Argentina : the left, parties and movements : strategies and prospects / Federico L. …”
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Contemporary Arab thought studies in post-1967 Arab intellectual history / by Abu-Rabiʻ, Ibrahim M.

Table of Contents: “…-- Contemporary Arab thought and globalization -- Rāshid al-Ghannūshī and the questions of Sharī'ah and civil society -- Muslim self-criticism in contemporary Arab thought : the case of Shaykh Muhạmmad al-Ghazālī -- Islam and Muslims in crisis -- Toward a critical Arab reason : the contributions of Muhạmmad 'Ābid al-Jābīrī -- Towards modern Arab reason -- Costantine Zurayk and the search for Arab nationalism -- Mahdī 'Āmil and the unfinished project of Arab Marxist philosophy -- Abdallah Laroui : from objective Marxism to liberal etatism -- Conclusion.…”
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