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Political Parties, Elections and Election Systems by Etem Aziri

differences between them. Classification of political parties according to the author, can be based on different criteria ranging from philosophy and political, to the political programs of up to parliamentary ... treatment of political parties as a global phenomenon. In 2004 published the book "Political parties and democracy", while two years "Sociology of political parties" - in modified version. This book differs

Leo Strauss: An Intellectual Biography by Daniel Tanguay

The book ends with concluding remarks of the writer about the whole Leo Strauss’s thought. Although Leo Strauss’s philosophy is very complex especially in terms of so many different titles and ... twentieth century political philosophy but also enable to us with critical outlook about modern political philosophy and its problems. Apart from Introduction, the book consists of four main titles about Leo

“There Are the Pyrenees!” Fortifying the Nation in Francoist Spain

political borders, embedded in—and relying upon—geographical features. This article examines a late example of this trend: the fortification of the Pyrenees border that the Spanish dictatorship carried out ... political border with France—into a truly physical separation. Today, the remaining fortifications are material ruins of the Spanish isolation after the Second World War, when the Francoist regime closed in

Albanian Book and Libraries in Kosovo

in Kosovo by the 14th century was followed with a long interruption due to socio-political circumstances. The linguistic structure of the book in libraries by the middle of the sixties of the 20th ... the political and cultural position of Albanians was also reflected in view of the growing number of publications in Albanian and network extension of libraries also changing their cultural status. In

The Muskrat’s New Frontier: The Rise and Fall of an American Animal Empire in Britain

. Thirty years ago, John Sheail foregrounded alarm-raising scientists’ efforts to engender political action and provided a detailed account of the Destructive Imported Animals Act’s passage and provisions ... . Moreover, eradication took place before animal rights emerged as a social and political force, which might have complicated the campaign’s prosecution. The rapidity of the muskrat’s self-directed

Porządek świata w chaosie rzeczy. Przedmiot w prozie Carla Emilia Gaddy

The article discusses the motif of the object in the prose of the twentieth century Italian writer C.E. Gadda. Gadda’s attitude towards objects reflects his philosophy according to which the world of

Zwischen Tradition und Moderne. Europäische Vorbilder und islamische gesellschaft spolitische Tradition aufgrund des „Kitāb taẖlīṣ al-ibrīz fī talhī̱ṣ Bārīz” von Rifā‘a at-Tạhtạ̄wī

around very important matters concerning the political system: social and political reforms, comparison of the representative system and democracy with their antithesis, despotism. The debate searched for ... Political; Abū Ḥamdān, Rifā'a Rāfi'; 'Ammāra, Al-A'māl al-kāmila; 'Ammāra, Rifā'a at-Ṭahtāwī; Danecki, Podstawowe wiadomości ; Ḥiğāzī, Usụ̄l al-fikr; Jamsheer, Historia powstania; Jamsheer, Reforma władzy

Issues and Trends in the Provision of Public Library Services in Nigeria: A Literature Survey

The philosophy, orientation and nature of public library are routed in the responsibility of disseminating diverse and current information services to the members of its community. Waller and Mcshare ... , and often are members of both a library system/network and a political community. The library in New London, Connecticut, for example, is supported primarily through city taxes and is clearly a

Issues and Trends in the Provision of Public Library Services in Nigeria: A Literature Survey

The philosophy, orientation and nature of public library are routed in the responsibility of disseminating diverse and current information services to the members of its community. Waller and Mcshare ... , and often are members of both a library system/network and a political community. The library in New London, Connecticut, for example, is supported primarily through city taxes and is clearly a

Searching for the Proper Foundation, or Mortimer Adler versus John Locke

intellect and moral discernment. This of course amounts to a philosophy of life congruent with European and American traditions. However, as one takes a second look at these traditions, one is reminded of the ... philosophy. I decided to discuss these issues with students, and here is a summary of these discussions including some afterthoughts. Among the idées reçues of modernity and, partly, of postmodernity is John

Hosna as Bride of Desire and Revolutionary Par Excellence in Tayib Salih’s The Season of Migration to the North

-reality principle” (Welcome to the Desert of the Real 142). Walter Benjamin’s ideas about the relation between violence and law will also be used to further elucidate the political reading presented in this ... the political significance of this distinction. Žižek reads Antigone as a radical figure, a model of a political act. He makes a distinction between the act and the action. He defines the act as follows

Searching for the proper foundation, or Mortimer Adler versus John Locke

develop their intellect and moral discernment. This of course amounts to a philosophy of life congruent with European and American traditions. However, as one takes a second look at these traditions, one is ... happens in philosophy. I decided to discuss these issues with students, and here is a summary of these discussions including some afterthoughts. Among the idées reçues of modernity and, partly, of

Searching for the proper foundation, or Mortimer Adler versus John Locke

develop their intellect and moral discernment. This of course amounts to a philosophy of life congruent with European and American traditions. However, as one takes a second look at these traditions, one is ... happens in philosophy. I decided to discuss these issues with students, and here is a summary of these discussions including some afterthoughts. Among the idées reçues of modernity and, partly, of

From Wasteland to Wetland? Nature and Nation in China's Tibet

state sovereignty, ironically paved the way for the next. Certain aspects must be excluded from both ecological nationalist narratives and political ecological analyses because they do not conform to the ... public opinion for their political aim of restoring the backward feudal serfdom in Tibet and splitting the Chinese nation.” According to this narrative, before the 1950s, “It was absolutely impossible to

Defining a Nuisance: Pollution, Science, and Environmental Politics on Maine's Androscoggin River

river itself as by the myriad scientific and political communities that they represented. ... course that would maintain consensus and make efficient use of economic resources.?4 Like these engineers, Lawrance often used science to ignore the pressing moral and political questions surrounding him

Hosna as bride of desire and revolutionary par excellence in Tayib Salih’s “The season of migration to the north”

relation between violence and law will also be used to further elucidate the political reading presented in this article. We will try to connect Žižek’s distinction between the act and the action to ... relevance to our reading of Hosna’s ultimate act. But here we want to focus more deeply on his distinction between act and action and the political significance of this distinction. Žižek reads Antigone as a

The Environmental Dynamics of a Colonial Fuel-Rush: Silver Mining and Deforestation in New Spain, 1522 to 1810

This essay is part of a larger project that investigates the environmental effects of mining in Mexico. Although mining played a critical role in the economic, political, and social development of

The Status of Women in the Social Theology of Early Puritan New England

theory of natural law, and the consequent philosophy, might have threatened the traditional and well-established Puritan social order. The Bible taught that women were responsible for the original sin ... ?head,? a symbolic image of the political hierarchy and of the domestic patriarchal order in which woman was associated with irrational body, therefore, she should remain silent, subordinated, and

Assessment of Information Seeking Behaviour of Physically Challenged Students in Selected Nigerian Tertiary Institutions

respondents do not seek financial/economic information. A 152 (77.9%) of the respondents sought political information, while 43 (22.1%) of the respondents did not seek political information; 172 (88.2%) of the ... libraries in Ogun State, Nigeria. Library Philosophy and Practice. Retrieved from http://unllib.unl.edu/LPP/ Leckie, G. J., Pettigrew, K. E. & Sylvain, C. (1996). Modelling the information seeking of

Assessment of Information Seeking Behaviour of Physically Challenged Students in Selected Nigerian Tertiary Institutions

respondents do not seek financial/economic information. A 152 (77.9%) of the respondents sought political information, while 43 (22.1%) of the respondents did not seek political information; 172 (88.2%) of the ... libraries in Ogun State, Nigeria. Library Philosophy and Practice. Retrieved from http://unllib.unl.edu/LPP/ Leckie, G. J., Pettigrew, K. E. & Sylvain, C. (1996). Modelling the information seeking of