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Alexis de Tocqueville’s Ancient Modern Liberty

Forde, Steven - 2010

Tocqueville's discovery of a muscular, participatory citizenship in the United States is well known, as is his argument that such citizenship is vital to the success of democracy. This has been a source of both self-congratulation and anxiety among Americans, the anxiety stemming from worries...

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The Form and Function of Political Theorizing : Toward an 'Episodic' Political Theory

Murphy, Andrew - 2010

to communicate fundamental ideas about political legitimacy; the nature of liberty, authority, justice, and obligation …

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Political Philosophy in Arendt's Denktagebuch

Chacon Aguirre, Rodrigo - 2010

Eight years ago, the philosophical notebooks of one of the most widely-read political theorists of our time were published. Spanning twenty-three years, from 1950 to 1973, and containing more than eight hundred pages of annotations, Arendt's Denktagebuch is a unique testimony to the life of the...

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Threats to Confidentiality in Political Science Research

Altman, Micah - 2014

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The Changing Politics of Science Policy

Grossmann, Matt - 2014

What accounts for changes in public policies affecting science, technology, and the environment? This should be a central question for political observers and policy analysts. Policies, after all, are the main outcomes of political systems. Scholars study political institutions and behavior...

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Legitimacy in the Balance : Hitler’s Rhetoric and British Foreign Policy, 1933-1938

Goddard, Stacie E. - 2010

In this essay, I develop an alternative explanation of British policy in the 1930s. I argue that it was Hitler's legitimation strategies that undercut British balancing, and led to a policy of appeasement. As Hitler mounted his program of expansion and aggression, he justified Germany's actions...

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Order, Power, and Legitimacy : The Rise of Constitutionalism in Southern Song (1127-1279) Political Thought

Song, Jaeyoon - 2010

Through new commentaries on the polemical Confucian classic, the Rituals of Zhou, Southern Song (1127-1279) political thinkers redefined good government through a fundamental re-interpretation of the ancient classics. They changed the constitutional schemes in the Rituals of Zhou and formulated...

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How Do Lower Federal Courts Attain Instiututuional Legitimacy When They are Largely Unknown to the Public?

Scherer, Nancy - 2010

an electoral connection to provide legitimacy, is sometimes obliged to stand against the winds of public opinion … such that they can hand down divisive decisions without fear of a public backlash. “Institutions with adequate legitimacy …

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NGOs in Kenya : Increase State Legitimacy or Undermine Popular Support?

Brass, Jennifer N. - 2013

According to theories of African politics, African states predicate their legitimacy on the promise of distributing …-funded organizations interrupt the flow of legitimacy from citizen to state? The literatures on NGOs and service provision in Africa … suggest that this occurs: government legitimacy is undermined as NGOs call for democracy, accountability and rule of law …

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Democratic Leadership and Dirty Hands

Keohane, Nannerl - 2010

This essay discusses the issue known as “dirty hands,” briefly reviewing the major positions that have been taken on the topic. It focuses first on Machiavelli, as the best-known and clearest advocate of the view that princes “must learn how not to be good.” Next, it deals with Max...

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