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"The Common Good of Constitutional Democracy offers a rich collection of essays in political philosophy by Swiss philosopher Martin Rhonheimer. Like his other books in both ethical theory and applied ethics, which have recently been published in English, the essays included are distinguished by the philosophical rigor and meticulous attention to the primary and secondary literature of the various topics discussed. Rhonheimer takes up the unfinished agenda of the Second Vatican Council's Decree on Religious Liberty, Dignitatis humanae, and makes many significant philosophical contributions relating the Catholic tradition to modern and contemporary political philosophy. He begins with an argument for why political philosophy is necessary, especially in light of the democratic constitutional state and the culture of human rights. He addresses many disputed questions, including ones about autonomy, the common good, secularism, multiculturalism, the relationship between authority and truth in civil law, and the role of the state in the economic sector. In so doing, Rhonheimer engages the entire tradition from ancients like Plato and Aristotle through contemporaries including Rawls, MacIntyre, and Taylor. The volume includes a detailed introduction by William F. Murphy Jr., locating this collection in Rhonheimer's broader body of work and within the field of political philosophy. This book will be an invaluable resource for Catholic philosophers, moral theologians, political philosophers, and other religious thinkers looking for philosophical resources to relate their traditions to the modern state."--Publisher's website

Der Artikel diskutiert die Relevanz der ethnologischen Feldforschungen, die sich den Einwänden der wissenschaftlichen Unwirksamkeit und der eingeschränkten Perspektive ausgesetzt sehen, für die vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. Dabei orientiert sich der Text an der Annahme, dass die Disziplin der vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft eines Wandels bedarf, um einen Verfall ihres heuristischen Wertes zu verhindern. Aus diesem Grund ist hier nach Ansicht des Autors eine stärke Berücksichtigung der Feldforschungen angebracht. Die Ausführungen behandeln drei Fragen: (1) Wie vollzieht sich die Bestimmung eines Gebietes im Rahmen der Feldforschung? (2) Wie lassen sich vergleichende Fragen formulieren, die Prozesse deutlicher beleuchten als nur Unterschiede zu betrachten? (3) Wie gestaltet sich der beste Bericht über Dynamiken und Wandel im Laufe der Zeit? Diese Fragen werden zunächst auf allgemeiner Ebene diskutiert. Anschließend zieht der Autor zur Illustrierung der entwickelten Ansichten die Herangehensweise seiner wissenschaftlichen Arbeit zu dem Forschungsgegenstand der Demokratisierung in Schwarzafrika heran. (ICG2)

We reflect on the reasons why there is not a greater and more fruitful relationship between those who seek to understand policy and the political process from academia and those with a similar task in 'practical politics'. We attribute this lack of engagement to three core factors: (1) from without, instrumental government visions of political science perpetuate the view that the discipline exists to serve those with power; (2) from within, scientism and abstraction diminish the discipline's stock of 'usable' product for 'practical politics'; and (3) where relevant research exists, its uptake is hampered by limited communication between these spheres.

We reflect on the reasons why there is not a greater and more fruitful relationship between those who seek to understand policy and the political process from academia and those with a similar task in 'practical politics'. We attribute this lack of engagement to three core factors: (1) from without, instrumental government visions of political science perpetuate the view that the discipline exists to serve those with power; (2) from within, scientism and abstraction diminish the discipline's stock of 'usable' product for 'practical politics'; and (3) where relevant research exists, its uptake is hampered by limited communication between these spheres.

Title vignette. ; I. The patience of England.--II. Loyalty--to what.--III. The Dominion and the spirit.--IV. What can Canada do.--V. New lamps for old.--VI. A patent anomaly.--VII. Protection and politics.--VIII. Why the Conservatives failed.--IX. The psychology of Canada.--X. British diplomacy and Canada. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-368) and indexes. ; al.] -- ; Mode of access: Internet.

AbstractIn this article we introduce a pragmatist interpretation of agonistic pluralism and develop this into an analytical framework that is applied to the analysis of urban conflicts. In the article, we take stock of contemporary critical and radical urban scholarship, our aim being twofold. First, we substantiate Chantal Mouffe's notion of agonistic pluralism with tools from French pragmatic sociology. We suggest that, in a democracy, plurality emerges both as a plurality of conflict manifested in the variety of possible ways to identify injustices, and formulate and justify claims in public struggles, and a plurality of commonality, manifested in different logics by which a 'we' can be formed and action coordinated so as to solve issues without resorting to physical violence. Secondly, by applying the developed conceptualization of plurality to an ongoing urban conflict concerning an airport, we showcase the value of the approach for identifying and analyzing different forms and phases of actually existing political conflicts, and for recognizing their meaning for democracy.