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Power sharing may be broadly defined as any set of arrangements that prevents one political agency or collective from monopolizing power, whether temporarily or permanently. Ideally, such measures promote inclusiveness or at least the coexistence of divergent cultures within a state. In places deeply divided by national, ethnic, linguistic, or religious conflict, power sharing is the standard prescription for reconciling antagonistic groups, particularly where genocide, expulsion, or coerced assimilation threaten the lives and rights of minority peoples. In recent history, the success record of this measure is mixed.Power Sharing in Deeply Divided Placesfeatures fifteen analytical studies of power-sharing systems, past and present, as well as critical evaluations of the role of electoral systems and courts in their implementation. Interdisciplinary and international in formation and execution, the chapters encompass divided cities such as Belfast, Jerusalem, Kirkuk, and Sarajevo and divided places such as Belgium, Israel/Palestine, Northern Ireland, and South Africa, as well as the Holy Roman Empire, the Saffavid Empire, Aceh in Indonesia, and the European Union. Equally suitable for specialists, teachers, and students,Power Sharing in Deeply Divided Placesconsiders the merits and defects of an array of variant systems and provides explanations of their emergence, maintenance, and failings; some essays offer lucid proposals targeted at particular places. While this volume does not presume that power sharing is a panacea for social reconciliation, it does suggest how it can help foster peace and democracy in conflict-torn countries. Contributors: Liam Anderson, Florian Bieber, Scott A. Bollens, Benjamin Braude, Ed Cairns, Randall Collins, Kris Deschouwer, Bernard Grofman, Colin Irwin, Samuel Issacharoff, Allison McCulloch, Joanne McEvoy, Brendan O'Leary, Philippe van Parijs, Alfred Stepan, Ronald Wintrobe.

Huge social transformations and turbulent political events – 9/11 and the political murders of Pim Fortuyn and Theo van Gogh – have put urban issues high on the political agenda of the Netherlands. Against this background, the contributors to this volume bring the city in sight from various disciplinary perspectives and relate their research findings to both national and international debates on urban problems. In this way, City in Sight not only provides insight into the most urgent questions of contemporary cities in the Netherlands, but also how these relate to similar problems in other countries as well.

Has the concept of sovereignty outlived its usefulness? Social order requires a sovereign: an actor with unlimited, undivided, and unaccountable authority. Or so the classic theory says. But without noticing, we've gutted the theory. Constitutionalism limits state authority. Federalism divides it. The rule of law holds it accountable. In vivid historical detail-with millions tortured and slaughtered in Europe, a king put on trial for his life, journalists groaning at idiotic complaints about the League of Nations, and much more-Don Herzog charts both the political struggles that forged sovereignty and the ones that undid it. He argues that it's no longer a helpful guide to our legal and political problems, but a pernicious bit of confusion. It's time, past time, to retire sovereignty.

Las elecciones del 24 de febrero de 1946 fueron un punto de inflexión en la historia argentina: en ellas Perón fue elegido presidente y sus seguidores obtuvieron la gobernación de trece de las catorce provincias que entonces existían, 109 de las 158 bancas de la Cámara de Diputados de la Nación y la mayoría en trece de las catorce legislaturas provinciales y en el colegio electoral de la Capital Federal, que les permitió conseguir veintiocho de las treinta bancas del Senado nacional. Ese resultado tan arrollador conseguido por alguien que se sometía por primera vez a la prueba de las urnas hizo inevitable la pregunta: ¿quiénes votaron por Perón? Perón presidente es un estudio de las 65 elecciones nacionales y distritales realizadas el 24 de febrero de 1946, en los quince distritos electorales y en los 367 departamentos del país, para contestar la pregunta ¿dónde votaron por Perón?, para dar respuesta a ¿quiénes votaron por Perón? Perón presidente es un título integrado por tres tomos. Los tomos 2 y 3 puede descargarlos en pdf de forma gratuita en los siguientes links:

Una cuestión tan simple como la combinación de ceros y unos (sistema binario) ha convulsionado y cambiado la sociedad actual, quizás sea el cambio más significativo que ha vivido la humanidad hasta la fecha. Somos testigos del nacimiento de una nueva era, la sociedad digital, que trae consigo infinitos avances y beneficios, y un número no menor de problemas. La dificultad de encaje entre posibilidades técnicas y soluciones sociales proviene esencialmente de que las herramientas clásicas no sabemos en qué grado nos serán útiles. Las posibilidades que ofrece el desarrollo tecnológico actual, y futuro, nos son en gran medida desconocidas.Destaca dentro de los futuros desarrollos tecnológicos el uso de la Inteligencia artificial, y singularmente cuando utiliza bases masivas de datos. Es la gran revolución venidera, es el futuro inmediato, y generará, indefectiblemente, problemas jurídicos. Por ello es conveniente ir realizando estudio de esta materia de forma interdisciplinar. A los juristas nos toca conocer estos procesos, y singularmente analizar sus implicaciones en el ámbito de la vigencia de los derechos y libertades fundamentales. Ese es en esencia el objetivo de esta obra, una aproximación jurídica a la Inteligencia artificial desde la perspectiva de los conflictos que pueden generarse con los derechos y libertades fundamentales.Lucrecio Rebollo es Catedrático de Derecho Constitucional de la UNED, autor de más de una veintena de monografías, entre las que destacan: La Junta de Portavoces (1998); El derecho fundamental a la intimidad (2005); Partidos políticos y democracia (2007); Límites a la libertad de comunicación pública (2008); La Institución del Ombudsman en España (2013); y España y su organización territorial (2018). Gran parte de su tarea investigadora la ha dedicado al estudio de los derechos y libertades fundamentales y su relación con las nuevas tecnologías, y singularmente con la protección de datos de carácter personal, con las siguientes publicaciones: Derechos Fundamentales y Protección de Datos (2004); Introducción a la Protección de Datos (2008); Vida Privada y Protección de Datos en la Unión Europea (2008); Biomedicina y Protección de Datos (2008); El derecho a la protección de datos en España y Argentina (2013); Protección de Datos en Europa (2018); Manual de Protección de Datos (2019);y Derechos Digitales (2019).

Building, or re-building, states after war or crisis is a contentious process. But why? Sabaratnam argues that to best answer the question, we need to engage with the people who are supposedly benefiting from international ‘expertise’. This open access book challenges and enhances standard ‘critical’ narratives of statebuilding by exploring the historical experiences and interpretive frameworks of the people targeted by intervention. Drawing on face-to-face interviews, archival research, policy reviews and in-country participant-observations carried out over several years, the author challenges assumptions underpinning external interventions, such as the incapacity of ‘local’ agents to govern and the necessity of ‘liberal’ values in demanding better governance. The analysis focuses on Mozambique, long hailed as one of international donors’ great success stories, but whose peaceful, prosperous, democratic future now hangs in the balance. The conclusions underscore the significance of thinking with rather than for the targets of state-building assistance, and appreciating the historical and material conditions which underpin these reform efforts. Click on the Features Tab for Open Access to this title. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by SOAS, University of London; London School of Economics (LSE); Economic and Social Research Council of the UK (ESRC)

Bringing together research and statistics from the fields of demography, political science, economics, sociology, women's studies, and social policy, this rich, multidisciplinary study provides a unique resource for anyone interested in Canadian family policy.

Locating Africa on the global stage, this book examines and compares external involvement in the continent, exploring the foreign policies of major states and international organizations towards Africa. The contributors work within a political economy framework in order to study how these powers have attempted to stimulate democracy, peace and prosperity in the context of neo-liberal hegemony and ask whom these attempts have benefited and failed.