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The political environment in post-independence Zimbabwe has been very hostile for interest groups, particularly since 2000 when civil society actions and opposition political activity formidably
. This methodological combination allows me to parse the political debate within different phases of the EU policy process to gain insights into how automotive lobbyists were able to shape the final ... to shape the final legislation in accordance with their interests and which political decision-makers empowered them to do so. Surprisingly, the party affiliation of Members of the European Parliament
a legitimacy deficit, expelled from the political scene because of the Revolution (1910–1921), and how they managed to grow and create powerful companies and organizations that allowed them to ... -first century at the top of the power, not only economic, but also political. It examines the political participation of business to face the growing interventionism of the State in the economy during the
communities, working in opposition to powerful actors (corporate landlords, property managers, etc.), and navigating complex and sometimes hostile local political institutions (city councils, mayors, rent ... organizations. We assess the origins of such organizations, how they are structured, and how they pursue political change. In doing so, we offer a rich descriptive account of phenomena that have largely escaped
This paper explores the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) as an element in a corporation’s political action repertoire. Previous research has studied lobbying and CSR as a distinct means ... 2 0 Department of Political Science and Political Sociology, University of Stuttgart , Breitscheidstraße 2, 70174 Stuttgart , Germany 1 Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Concordia University
identities. I conclude that these pedagogies represent an aesthetic/political strategy where these students, through the production of embodied knowledges, imagine alternative ways to understand gender
1962 and remained there for the rest of his career. His most important work, “A Theory of Justice”, is a philosophy and ethics work and is considered one of the most important works in the political ... rights, duties, access modalities, and by solving their health problems1. The bioethics field progress over the past 40 years allows that its tenets can be applied to debates about social and political
of the Pastor Hans and Else Sass, HansMartin was raised together with his brother Klaus and sister Annemarie. After the high school in Gelsenkirchen, he studied literature, geography, and philosophy in ... philosophy in Erlangen, receiving PhD in Münster in 1963 and habilitating in Bochum in 1972. From the Ruhr University, thanks to a VolkswagenFoundation scholarship, in 1980, he visited Kennedy Institute of
ReseñasIndigenous Media and Political Imaginaries in Contemporary BoliviaElissa J. Rashkin1 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1223-777X1Universidad Veracruzana Veracruz, México [email protected] En años
Police unions raise issues of great importance for political scientists. Yet, the field has neglected them. This essay argues that political scientists should see police unions as important interest ... police unions important interest groups are described. The important political questions that arise once we consider police union as interest groups are examined. The existing research on police unions
aggregated data on organizational densities and their political activity. We also reflect on potential uses for the data, before wrapping up the article with a self-critical assessment of what could have been ... anti-communist political parties in the roundtable discussions 1 The project has been generously funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG—German Research Foundation) and Narodowe Centrum Nauki
-governmental organizations forward. We argue that the advocacy group effects on global governance institutions are best understood by examining how groups use and shape domestic and global political opportunity ... articles examine how, when, and why domestic and global political opportunity structures shape advocacy group effects in global governance, across global institutions, levels of government, advocacy
Interest groups play a key role in the political economy of preferential trade agreements (PTAs). Their support for or opposition to a planned PTA tends to be crucial in determining the fate of PTAs ... , they try to influence trade policy outcomes with campaign donations (Drope and Hansen 2004) or the provision of political and technical information (Hall and Deardorff 2006) . At the international
. Considering these two cases, we attempt to analyze the tension between the techno-progressive neoliberal hegemonic agenda and the resignifications that are produced on it from grassroots political ... produced on it from grassroots political activism. Keywords: Corporate agenda; technology; inclusion; political activism; entrepreneurship La reducción de la igualdad a la meritocracia fue
This research explains the political culture and negotiation practices of Yaquis and Opatas in Sonora, Mexico; for this, it seeks to reveal the characteristics through discourses and show how their ... the governor of Sonora José Urrea, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as from indigenous chiefs and Captain General is analyzed. The results show that the traits of the political culture of the
patterns of access we observe in the rest of the year. We do so through the lens of two perspectives on interest group representation. Resource exchange theory argues that access to different political ... access to different political arenas is determined by how group resources match the demand of the gatekeepers. The cumulative access perspective argues that superior resources override dynamics of resource
an interdisciplinary approach, given that this theme is common to a plurality of disciplines (Bioethics, Anthropology, Theology, Philosophy, Psychology, and Sociology). With the approximation of the ... philosophy. In parallel, negative answers may be considered nonutilitarian upon evaluation of an action’s characteristics instead of its effects. They can be associated with Kant’s principle of deontology19
constructing a hate-generating device towards the feminine. For such elucidation, contributions of feminist approach thought are presented as key resources to reveal the political and socio-historic aspects that ... political and socio-historic aspects that underlay the universal pretension of psychoanalytic explanations. In the same vein, non-psychoanalytical frames that picture the relationship between the homosexual
Higher education interest groups remain somewhat understudied from a comparative theory-driven perspective. This is surprising because political decisions regarding higher education must increasingly ... HE systems also experienced exponential growth in both student numbers and new public and private institutions. CEE universities were not only key drivers of political change, but also served to
This article analyzes the many ways in which the “defense of life” discourse has been mobilized for differing political uses in Latin America, considering the meanings ascribed to this banner of ... . [ Links ] Vaggione, J. M. (2005). Reactive politicization and religious dissidence: The political mutations of the religious. Social Theory and Practice, 31(2), 233-255. [ Links ] Vaggione, J. M
