Albert O. Hirschman
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691159904
- eISBN:
- 9781400848409
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691159904.003.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Theory
This chapter contains the introduction to Hirschman's collection of essays on development at the close of the 1960s, A Bias for Hope: Essays on Development in Latin America. Here, Hirschman points to ...
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This chapter contains the introduction to Hirschman's collection of essays on development at the close of the 1960s, A Bias for Hope: Essays on Development in Latin America. Here, Hirschman points to the importance of the interplay between economic and political forces: not just the economic theories of politics, nor simply the political dimensions of economic phenomena, but the interactions between two fields that can open up spaces for alternatives. Hence, this chapter urges more flexibility and realism and less reliance on general laws to explain social phenomena. Freedom and creativity—in short, “a passion for the possible”—were Hirschman's watchwords in this piece.Less
This chapter contains the introduction to Hirschman's collection of essays on development at the close of the 1960s, A Bias for Hope: Essays on Development in Latin America. Here, Hirschman points to the importance of the interplay between economic and political forces: not just the economic theories of politics, nor simply the political dimensions of economic phenomena, but the interactions between two fields that can open up spaces for alternatives. Hence, this chapter urges more flexibility and realism and less reliance on general laws to explain social phenomena. Freedom and creativity—in short, “a passion for the possible”—were Hirschman's watchwords in this piece.
Rehman Sobhan
- Published in print:
- 1991
- Published Online:
- January 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780198286356
- eISBN:
- 9780191718465
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198286356.003.0004
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Development, Growth, and Environmental
Access to food depends on food supply, the ability to establish entitlement over food, production, market transaction, and household political power. Hunger originates in ‘entitlement failures’ ...
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Access to food depends on food supply, the ability to establish entitlement over food, production, market transaction, and household political power. Hunger originates in ‘entitlement failures’ bearing community specificity rather than household-specificity features. While emphasizing the political influences on a state's direct contribution to entitlements, this chapter tries to establish a causal nexus between politics, hunger, and entitlement. In general, much of the entitlement is generated by the state through aid, subsidy, employment, public distribution of commodities, and incomes. A developing country's control over entitlement depends on external and internal political influences, and policies often become functions of political priority or compulsions. The chapter argues that to raise a household's entitlement level, significant action of a political nature is necessary.Less
Access to food depends on food supply, the ability to establish entitlement over food, production, market transaction, and household political power. Hunger originates in ‘entitlement failures’ bearing community specificity rather than household-specificity features. While emphasizing the political influences on a state's direct contribution to entitlements, this chapter tries to establish a causal nexus between politics, hunger, and entitlement. In general, much of the entitlement is generated by the state through aid, subsidy, employment, public distribution of commodities, and incomes. A developing country's control over entitlement depends on external and internal political influences, and policies often become functions of political priority or compulsions. The chapter argues that to raise a household's entitlement level, significant action of a political nature is necessary.
Sara Roy
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691159676
- eISBN:
- 9781400848942
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691159676.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, Middle East History
This concluding chapter offers a brief commentary on the implications and repercussions from Israel's 2008–2009 attack on Gaza, and on Gaza's current situation. The devastating assault on Gaza was ...
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This concluding chapter offers a brief commentary on the implications and repercussions from Israel's 2008–2009 attack on Gaza, and on Gaza's current situation. The devastating assault on Gaza was not only about destroying Hamas as a political force. This was an attack against the Palestinian people and their continued resistance, as well as their continued refusal to accede to Israeli demands and conditions. The Israeli government argued that since all Palestinians in Gaza supported Hamas, there were no true civilians in Gaza and all attacks against them were therefore justified, including the reduction and denial of humanitarian supplies, military incursions and invasions, and the continued assassination of the Hamas leadership.Less
This concluding chapter offers a brief commentary on the implications and repercussions from Israel's 2008–2009 attack on Gaza, and on Gaza's current situation. The devastating assault on Gaza was not only about destroying Hamas as a political force. This was an attack against the Palestinian people and their continued resistance, as well as their continued refusal to accede to Israeli demands and conditions. The Israeli government argued that since all Palestinians in Gaza supported Hamas, there were no true civilians in Gaza and all attacks against them were therefore justified, including the reduction and denial of humanitarian supplies, military incursions and invasions, and the continued assassination of the Hamas leadership.
Ronald M. Peters and Cindy Simon Rosenthal
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195383737
- eISBN:
- 9780199852802
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195383737.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
This chapter details Nancy Pelosi’s rise to the speakership. How she got there is the remarkable personal story of a housewife and mother who, as she has put it, made it from the kitchen to the ...
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This chapter details Nancy Pelosi’s rise to the speakership. How she got there is the remarkable personal story of a housewife and mother who, as she has put it, made it from the kitchen to the House. But the story is also a narrative about the changing face of American politics and the changing character of the House of Representatives. Considering Pelosi’s rise in California politics, the way she built her career in the House of Representatives, and her rise to the speakership enables us not only to understand her career in the context of the political forces that shaped it but also to understand better those forces through the prism of her career.Less
This chapter details Nancy Pelosi’s rise to the speakership. How she got there is the remarkable personal story of a housewife and mother who, as she has put it, made it from the kitchen to the House. But the story is also a narrative about the changing face of American politics and the changing character of the House of Representatives. Considering Pelosi’s rise in California politics, the way she built her career in the House of Representatives, and her rise to the speakership enables us not only to understand her career in the context of the political forces that shaped it but also to understand better those forces through the prism of her career.
David Howell
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780198203049
- eISBN:
- 9780191719530
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198203049.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
The Labour Party became a major political force in Britain during the 1920s. It unexpectedly entered office as a minority government in 1924; five years later as the largest party in the Commons it ...
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The Labour Party became a major political force in Britain during the 1920s. It unexpectedly entered office as a minority government in 1924; five years later as the largest party in the Commons it took office again. For many the party's enhanced status was associated closely with its leader, Ramsay MacDonald. The years of optimism were destroyed by rising unemployment; in August 1931, the second Labour Government faced pressures for public expenditure cuts in the midst of a financial crisis. The Government collapsed, and MacDonald led a new administration composed of erstwhile opponents and a few old colleagues. Labour went into opposition; an early election reduced it to a parliamentary rump. This study offers a uniquely detailed analysis of Labour in the 1920s based on a wide variety of unpublished sources. The emphasis is on the variety of cultural identities available within the party, and demonstrates how disputes over identity made a crucial contribution to the 1931 crisis.Less
The Labour Party became a major political force in Britain during the 1920s. It unexpectedly entered office as a minority government in 1924; five years later as the largest party in the Commons it took office again. For many the party's enhanced status was associated closely with its leader, Ramsay MacDonald. The years of optimism were destroyed by rising unemployment; in August 1931, the second Labour Government faced pressures for public expenditure cuts in the midst of a financial crisis. The Government collapsed, and MacDonald led a new administration composed of erstwhile opponents and a few old colleagues. Labour went into opposition; an early election reduced it to a parliamentary rump. This study offers a uniquely detailed analysis of Labour in the 1920s based on a wide variety of unpublished sources. The emphasis is on the variety of cultural identities available within the party, and demonstrates how disputes over identity made a crucial contribution to the 1931 crisis.
Charles Townshend
- Published in print:
- 1984
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198200840
- eISBN:
- 9780191674785
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198200840.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History, Political History
This book studies a vital element of modern British history: the situation in Northern Ireland. Its aim is to provide historical illumination. More than many histories, the history provided in this ...
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This book studies a vital element of modern British history: the situation in Northern Ireland. Its aim is to provide historical illumination. More than many histories, the history provided in this book is incomplete; not just because of the incompleteness of the source material, but because of the particular framework within which it is conceived. ‘Total history’ only happens once, and not subsequently. This account is restricted to violent relationships, to the reciprocal effect of government in Ireland and resistance to it. The two concepts exist, to a great extent, in symbiosis. Resistance may be a manifestation of different cultural or political forces, but its meaning is determined by government. The book looks in detail at the concepts of ‘government’ and ‘resistance’.Less
This book studies a vital element of modern British history: the situation in Northern Ireland. Its aim is to provide historical illumination. More than many histories, the history provided in this book is incomplete; not just because of the incompleteness of the source material, but because of the particular framework within which it is conceived. ‘Total history’ only happens once, and not subsequently. This account is restricted to violent relationships, to the reciprocal effect of government in Ireland and resistance to it. The two concepts exist, to a great extent, in symbiosis. Resistance may be a manifestation of different cultural or political forces, but its meaning is determined by government. The book looks in detail at the concepts of ‘government’ and ‘resistance’.
Colin Barnes
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861347183
- eISBN:
- 9781447302599
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861347183.001.0001
- Subject:
- Social Work, Health and Mental Health
The number of disability related support services controlled and run by disabled people themselves has increased significantly in the UK and internationally over the past forty years. As a result, ...
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The number of disability related support services controlled and run by disabled people themselves has increased significantly in the UK and internationally over the past forty years. As a result, greater user involvement in service provision and delivery is a key priority for many western governments. This book provides the first comprehensive review and analysis of these developments in the UK. Drawing on evidence from a range of sources, including material from the first national study of user-controlled services, this book provides a critical evaluation of the development and organization of user-controlled services in the UK and identifies the principal forces — economic, political and cultural — that influence and inhibit their further development. It summarises and discusses the policy implications for the future development of services and includes an up-to-date and comprehensive literature and research review.Less
The number of disability related support services controlled and run by disabled people themselves has increased significantly in the UK and internationally over the past forty years. As a result, greater user involvement in service provision and delivery is a key priority for many western governments. This book provides the first comprehensive review and analysis of these developments in the UK. Drawing on evidence from a range of sources, including material from the first national study of user-controlled services, this book provides a critical evaluation of the development and organization of user-controlled services in the UK and identifies the principal forces — economic, political and cultural — that influence and inhibit their further development. It summarises and discusses the policy implications for the future development of services and includes an up-to-date and comprehensive literature and research review.
Romila Thapar
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198077244
- eISBN:
- 9780199081073
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198077244.003.0023
- Subject:
- History, Indian History
This chapter focuses on the Mauryan rulers that followed Aśoka Maurya. It explains that the years after the death of Aśoka saw the end of the Mauryan dynasty as a political force in India. While the ...
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This chapter focuses on the Mauryan rulers that followed Aśoka Maurya. It explains that the years after the death of Aśoka saw the end of the Mauryan dynasty as a political force in India. While the Mauryan rulers continued to rule for another half-century, the dynasty collapsed completely in the early part of the second century BC. and gave way to the Śungas. After the death of Aśoka around 233–232 BC., the empire was divided into the western and eastern halves. This chapter provides a list of Mauryan rulers that followed Aśoka, including Kunāla, Devavarma, and Brhadratha.Less
This chapter focuses on the Mauryan rulers that followed Aśoka Maurya. It explains that the years after the death of Aśoka saw the end of the Mauryan dynasty as a political force in India. While the Mauryan rulers continued to rule for another half-century, the dynasty collapsed completely in the early part of the second century BC. and gave way to the Śungas. After the death of Aśoka around 233–232 BC., the empire was divided into the western and eastern halves. This chapter provides a list of Mauryan rulers that followed Aśoka, including Kunāla, Devavarma, and Brhadratha.
Malcolm Vale
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198206200
- eISBN:
- 9780191677014
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198206200.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, European Medieval History, Military History
The Angevin Empire had ceased to be the dynamic and significant political force well before 1330. It had been a great force in the mid and late 12th century. Yet dynastic memory kept it alive as a ...
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The Angevin Empire had ceased to be the dynamic and significant political force well before 1330. It had been a great force in the mid and late 12th century. Yet dynastic memory kept it alive as a concept which still exercised a certain influence over the behaviour of the Plantagenets. At its fullest extent, the Angevin Empire had comprised most of western France and its Atlantic seaboard. The transition from a hostile to a pacific relationship between the houses of Plantagenet and Capet took place between 1224 and 1259. Historians have indicated a structural weakness in the Angevin Empire which stemmed from the obligations of its rulers to perform homage to the French crown from 1151 onwards for most of their continental dominions. English historians have sometimes lamented the retention of continental possessions by the English crown in the later Middle Ages.Less
The Angevin Empire had ceased to be the dynamic and significant political force well before 1330. It had been a great force in the mid and late 12th century. Yet dynastic memory kept it alive as a concept which still exercised a certain influence over the behaviour of the Plantagenets. At its fullest extent, the Angevin Empire had comprised most of western France and its Atlantic seaboard. The transition from a hostile to a pacific relationship between the houses of Plantagenet and Capet took place between 1224 and 1259. Historians have indicated a structural weakness in the Angevin Empire which stemmed from the obligations of its rulers to perform homage to the French crown from 1151 onwards for most of their continental dominions. English historians have sometimes lamented the retention of continental possessions by the English crown in the later Middle Ages.
Michael Burawoy
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520251373
- eISBN:
- 9780520940758
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520251373.003.0002
- Subject:
- Sociology, Comparative and Historical Sociology
In its beginning sociology aspired to be such an angel of history, searching for order in the broken fragments of modernity, seeking to salvage the promise of progress. The 2004 ASA annual meetings, ...
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In its beginning sociology aspired to be such an angel of history, searching for order in the broken fragments of modernity, seeking to salvage the promise of progress. The 2004 ASA annual meetings, devoted to the theme of public sociologies, broke all records for attendance and participation and did so by a considerable margin. This chapter presents eleven theses related to public sociology. It begins with the reasons for the appeal of public sociologies today, turning to their multiplicity and their relation to the discipline as a whole—the discipline being understood both as a division of labor and as a field of power. It examines the matrix of professional, policy, public, and critical sociologies as it varies historically and among countries, comparing sociology with other disciplines, before finally turning to what makes sociology so special, not just as a science but as a moral and political force.Less
In its beginning sociology aspired to be such an angel of history, searching for order in the broken fragments of modernity, seeking to salvage the promise of progress. The 2004 ASA annual meetings, devoted to the theme of public sociologies, broke all records for attendance and participation and did so by a considerable margin. This chapter presents eleven theses related to public sociology. It begins with the reasons for the appeal of public sociologies today, turning to their multiplicity and their relation to the discipline as a whole—the discipline being understood both as a division of labor and as a field of power. It examines the matrix of professional, policy, public, and critical sociologies as it varies historically and among countries, comparing sociology with other disciplines, before finally turning to what makes sociology so special, not just as a science but as a moral and political force.
Eric R. Wolf
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520223332
- eISBN:
- 9780520924871
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520223332.003.0026
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Anthropology, Theory and Practice
This chapter analyzes the need to understand the social processes of identity-making and identity-unmaking as responses to historically unfolding processes. These processes are discussed as emanating ...
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This chapter analyzes the need to understand the social processes of identity-making and identity-unmaking as responses to historically unfolding processes. These processes are discussed as emanating primarily from the dynamics of labor mobilization, as well as from the closely connected consolidation of competitive political power. The chapter emphasizes that these processes need to be looked at in a global perspective, and shows the importance of visualizing the creation of culturally marked groups in relation to the global impact of economic and political forces. Further, it presents examples of so-called primitive populations to show that their identities, too, were shaped in this global process; their cultural markings were constructed and reconstructed in the course of their engagement with external forces, much as is the case with people mobilized for labor in the enterprises of the twentieth century.Less
This chapter analyzes the need to understand the social processes of identity-making and identity-unmaking as responses to historically unfolding processes. These processes are discussed as emanating primarily from the dynamics of labor mobilization, as well as from the closely connected consolidation of competitive political power. The chapter emphasizes that these processes need to be looked at in a global perspective, and shows the importance of visualizing the creation of culturally marked groups in relation to the global impact of economic and political forces. Further, it presents examples of so-called primitive populations to show that their identities, too, were shaped in this global process; their cultural markings were constructed and reconstructed in the course of their engagement with external forces, much as is the case with people mobilized for labor in the enterprises of the twentieth century.
Rana Jawad
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861349538
- eISBN:
- 9781447303510
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861349538.003.0003
- Subject:
- Sociology, Sociology of Religion
Lebanon is an interesting case for research because of its diverse religious groups and because of its weak state. Lebanon has historically stood out among the remaining Arab nations of the region ...
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Lebanon is an interesting case for research because of its diverse religious groups and because of its weak state. Lebanon has historically stood out among the remaining Arab nations of the region because of its liberal social and political systems, its dynamic laissez-faire economic sector, which has always been open to trade with the outside world, the relative freedom of its press, and the high levels of education of its population. Lebanon has also hosted the wars of the Middle East, which made the country vulnerable to international interference from both East and West. This chapter aims to provide a profile of Lebanon's political context and its welfare institutions in order to focus the discussion on religious welfare in the Middle East. It provides an historical overview of the development of social policy in Lebanon including the ideological and political forces that have shaped the country's incomplete social security system today. Hence, the main aim of this chapter is to depict a nation-state where religious identity coupled with questions of social justice and human well-being have been at the crossroads of sporadic political strife throughout Lebanon's modern history.Less
Lebanon is an interesting case for research because of its diverse religious groups and because of its weak state. Lebanon has historically stood out among the remaining Arab nations of the region because of its liberal social and political systems, its dynamic laissez-faire economic sector, which has always been open to trade with the outside world, the relative freedom of its press, and the high levels of education of its population. Lebanon has also hosted the wars of the Middle East, which made the country vulnerable to international interference from both East and West. This chapter aims to provide a profile of Lebanon's political context and its welfare institutions in order to focus the discussion on religious welfare in the Middle East. It provides an historical overview of the development of social policy in Lebanon including the ideological and political forces that have shaped the country's incomplete social security system today. Hence, the main aim of this chapter is to depict a nation-state where religious identity coupled with questions of social justice and human well-being have been at the crossroads of sporadic political strife throughout Lebanon's modern history.
Peter Levine
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195085556
- eISBN:
- 9780199854042
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195085556.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This chapter examines the use of sport as social and political force to help facilitate the assimilation of Jewish immigrants and preserve the purity of an already endangered American stock. Social ...
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This chapter examines the use of sport as social and political force to help facilitate the assimilation of Jewish immigrants and preserve the purity of an already endangered American stock. Social reformers and entrepreneurs used sport to transform and prepare immigrants and their children for full participation in a new modern age and to serve as a cultivator of American values and as a safety valve for the frustration and discontent of those packed into the more settled regions of the nation.Less
This chapter examines the use of sport as social and political force to help facilitate the assimilation of Jewish immigrants and preserve the purity of an already endangered American stock. Social reformers and entrepreneurs used sport to transform and prepare immigrants and their children for full participation in a new modern age and to serve as a cultivator of American values and as a safety valve for the frustration and discontent of those packed into the more settled regions of the nation.
Simon Coleman and Rosalind I. J. Hackett (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780814772591
- eISBN:
- 9780814723517
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814772591.001.0001
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Anthropology, Religion
The phenomenal growth of Pentecostalism and evangelicalism around the world in recent decades has forced us to rethink what it means to be religious and what it means to be global. The success of ...
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The phenomenal growth of Pentecostalism and evangelicalism around the world in recent decades has forced us to rethink what it means to be religious and what it means to be global. The success of these religious movements has revealed tensions and resonances between the public and the private, the religious and the cultural, and the local and the global. This volume provides an interesting perspective on what has become a truly global religious trend, one that is challenging conventional analytical categories within the social sciences. This book considers the character of Pentecostalism and evangelicalism not only as they have spread across the globe, but also as they have become global movements. Adopting a broadly anthropological approach, the chapters synthesize the existing literature on Pentecostalism and evangelicalism even as they offer new analyses and critiques. They show how the study of Pentecostalism and evangelicalism provides a fresh way to approach classic anthropological themes; they contest the frequent characterization of these movements as conservative religious, social, and political forces; and they argue that Pentecostalism and evangelicalism are significant not least because they encourage us to reflect on the intersections of politics, materiality, morality, and law. Ultimately, the volume leaves us with a clear sense of the cultural and social power, as well as the theoretical significance, of forms of Christianity that we can no longer afford to ignore.Less
The phenomenal growth of Pentecostalism and evangelicalism around the world in recent decades has forced us to rethink what it means to be religious and what it means to be global. The success of these religious movements has revealed tensions and resonances between the public and the private, the religious and the cultural, and the local and the global. This volume provides an interesting perspective on what has become a truly global religious trend, one that is challenging conventional analytical categories within the social sciences. This book considers the character of Pentecostalism and evangelicalism not only as they have spread across the globe, but also as they have become global movements. Adopting a broadly anthropological approach, the chapters synthesize the existing literature on Pentecostalism and evangelicalism even as they offer new analyses and critiques. They show how the study of Pentecostalism and evangelicalism provides a fresh way to approach classic anthropological themes; they contest the frequent characterization of these movements as conservative religious, social, and political forces; and they argue that Pentecostalism and evangelicalism are significant not least because they encourage us to reflect on the intersections of politics, materiality, morality, and law. Ultimately, the volume leaves us with a clear sense of the cultural and social power, as well as the theoretical significance, of forms of Christianity that we can no longer afford to ignore.
Richard Kearney
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- March 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780823223176
- eISBN:
- 9780823235155
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fso/9780823223176.003.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
Jacques Derrida has nothing against reconciliation. He thinks that people should do whatever they can to reach a reconciliation worthy of that ...
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Jacques Derrida has nothing against reconciliation. He thinks that people should do whatever they can to reach a reconciliation worthy of that name, be it the end of war, the end of violence, and so on. However, a reconciliation would not be simply a compromise in which the other (as is always the case) in one way or another loses his or her singularity, identity, desire, and so on. Also, a reconciliation will not be simply a sort of “deal” in order to take advantage of the other. The terrain of reconciliation requires a radical change in the world, which Derrida pertains to a revolution of some sort. Any reconciliation of that type requires not only that someone stops the violence through military or political force, or, as they are called, the peacekeeping forces. It requires more—a political change in the minds of the strongest. Derrida also talks about terror, religion, and the new politics.Less
Jacques Derrida has nothing against reconciliation. He thinks that people should do whatever they can to reach a reconciliation worthy of that name, be it the end of war, the end of violence, and so on. However, a reconciliation would not be simply a compromise in which the other (as is always the case) in one way or another loses his or her singularity, identity, desire, and so on. Also, a reconciliation will not be simply a sort of “deal” in order to take advantage of the other. The terrain of reconciliation requires a radical change in the world, which Derrida pertains to a revolution of some sort. Any reconciliation of that type requires not only that someone stops the violence through military or political force, or, as they are called, the peacekeeping forces. It requires more—a political change in the minds of the strongest. Derrida also talks about terror, religion, and the new politics.
Bidyut Chakrabarty
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- October 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195676761
- eISBN:
- 9780199081554
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195676761.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, Indian Politics
This chapter analyses the dynamics of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) that came into being in 1999. It discusses the significance of the NDA in the context of ...
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This chapter analyses the dynamics of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) that came into being in 1999. It discusses the significance of the NDA in the context of a search for an alternative to single-party rule in India and highlights the level of understanding among the partners and maturity of the leaders of this twenty-four-party coalition that steered it through despite occasional hiccups. This chapter also describes the accomplishments of the NDA and suggests that it epitomized the federalization of Indian politics by guaranteeing legitimate space to regional political forces that remained integral to its existence.Less
This chapter analyses the dynamics of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) that came into being in 1999. It discusses the significance of the NDA in the context of a search for an alternative to single-party rule in India and highlights the level of understanding among the partners and maturity of the leaders of this twenty-four-party coalition that steered it through despite occasional hiccups. This chapter also describes the accomplishments of the NDA and suggests that it epitomized the federalization of Indian politics by guaranteeing legitimate space to regional political forces that remained integral to its existence.
Madeleine Yue Dong
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520230507
- eISBN:
- 9780520927636
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520230507.003.0009
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter explores the motivations and meanings of this intense urge to record and represent the history of Old Beijing. The scholars of Old Beijing focused their efforts on the parts of the ...
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This chapter explores the motivations and meanings of this intense urge to record and represent the history of Old Beijing. The scholars of Old Beijing focused their efforts on the parts of the city's history that the state worked to dismantle and the new intellectuals deemed backward, and their encyclopedic catalogues became useful to later generations in their new efforts to reinvent traditions by using political or commercial forces. However, the scholars' format of representation erased specificities, thus creating a false binary between the modern and the traditional.Less
This chapter explores the motivations and meanings of this intense urge to record and represent the history of Old Beijing. The scholars of Old Beijing focused their efforts on the parts of the city's history that the state worked to dismantle and the new intellectuals deemed backward, and their encyclopedic catalogues became useful to later generations in their new efforts to reinvent traditions by using political or commercial forces. However, the scholars' format of representation erased specificities, thus creating a false binary between the modern and the traditional.
Hector Amaya
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814708453
- eISBN:
- 9780814723838
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814708453.003.0008
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This concluding chapter argues that the disjunctures brought about by immigration are not unique to the United States. They are common to most western European nations, as well as Canada, Australia, ...
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This concluding chapter argues that the disjunctures brought about by immigration are not unique to the United States. They are common to most western European nations, as well as Canada, Australia, and Japan. Like the United States, nations with European ethno-racial identities (which include Canada and Australia) have given increased space to nativist political forces and have allowed legal expressions of xenophobia to taint the otherwise liberal and even leftist juridical agendas that characterize these nations. New immigrants to these European nations are the targets of nativist agendas that constitute them as essentially different legal subjects from western Europeans. Hence, they are subject to extraordinary political speech and practices from increasingly popular nativist political parties.Less
This concluding chapter argues that the disjunctures brought about by immigration are not unique to the United States. They are common to most western European nations, as well as Canada, Australia, and Japan. Like the United States, nations with European ethno-racial identities (which include Canada and Australia) have given increased space to nativist political forces and have allowed legal expressions of xenophobia to taint the otherwise liberal and even leftist juridical agendas that characterize these nations. New immigrants to these European nations are the targets of nativist agendas that constitute them as essentially different legal subjects from western Europeans. Hence, they are subject to extraordinary political speech and practices from increasingly popular nativist political parties.
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226777405
- eISBN:
- 9780226777450
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226777450.003.0004
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
This chapter demonstrates that organizations are much more active on majority issues and on issues affecting advantaged subgroups than they are on policy issues that affect disadvantaged subgroups of ...
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This chapter demonstrates that organizations are much more active on majority issues and on issues affecting advantaged subgroups than they are on policy issues that affect disadvantaged subgroups of their constituents. Under some circumstances, the commitments lead organization officers to resist political forces that conspire against representation for disadvantaged subgroups. As such, their dedication offsets a significant portion of the mobilization of bias against these constituents in politics and public opinion. Threats and opportunities within political institutions can increase the attention paid by organizations to particular policy issues. The results of the analyses indicate that the alleged tradeoffs between advocacy on social issues and advocacy on economic issues are manifestations of the ways in which intersectional marginalization leads organizations of all types to give short shrift to issues affecting disadvantaged subgroups of their constituencies.Less
This chapter demonstrates that organizations are much more active on majority issues and on issues affecting advantaged subgroups than they are on policy issues that affect disadvantaged subgroups of their constituents. Under some circumstances, the commitments lead organization officers to resist political forces that conspire against representation for disadvantaged subgroups. As such, their dedication offsets a significant portion of the mobilization of bias against these constituents in politics and public opinion. Threats and opportunities within political institutions can increase the attention paid by organizations to particular policy issues. The results of the analyses indicate that the alleged tradeoffs between advocacy on social issues and advocacy on economic issues are manifestations of the ways in which intersectional marginalization leads organizations of all types to give short shrift to issues affecting disadvantaged subgroups of their constituencies.
Elizabeth Hamilton
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199460113
- eISBN:
- 9780199086474
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199460113.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, Indian History, Social History
In May 1919, when a detachment of Amanullah’s Afghan troops enter the Khyber, war is declared. A hostile mob gathers in Peshawar and the British women and children are advised to sleep in the ...
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In May 1919, when a detachment of Amanullah’s Afghan troops enter the Khyber, war is declared. A hostile mob gathers in Peshawar and the British women and children are advised to sleep in the billiard room at the Club for safety. During the afternoon siesta hour, Roos Keppel orders the cavalry to close all the 16 gates of the city, intimidating the crowds with armoured cars, although the troops have strict orders not to open fire so that, in contrast to Amritsar, there are no casualties. The British in Peshawar are alarmed when the Kurram is threatened by a force under Nadir Khan. The militia there stay loyal and hostilities come to an end when the amir calls for an armistice. After the Peace Treaty is signed in August, troubles persist among the tribes and Barton is appointed to act as Political Adviser to the Field Force, which is assembling to deal with the problemLess
In May 1919, when a detachment of Amanullah’s Afghan troops enter the Khyber, war is declared. A hostile mob gathers in Peshawar and the British women and children are advised to sleep in the billiard room at the Club for safety. During the afternoon siesta hour, Roos Keppel orders the cavalry to close all the 16 gates of the city, intimidating the crowds with armoured cars, although the troops have strict orders not to open fire so that, in contrast to Amritsar, there are no casualties. The British in Peshawar are alarmed when the Kurram is threatened by a force under Nadir Khan. The militia there stay loyal and hostilities come to an end when the amir calls for an armistice. After the Peace Treaty is signed in August, troubles persist among the tribes and Barton is appointed to act as Political Adviser to the Field Force, which is assembling to deal with the problem
