Political Conflict in America
In: Polarization and the Politics of Personal Responsibility, S. 2-20
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In: Polarization and the Politics of Personal Responsibility, S. 2-20
In: Foreign affairs: an American quarterly review, Band 60, Heft 4, S. 974
ISSN: 2327-7793
In: Pacific affairs: an international review of Asia and the Pacific, Band 55, Heft 4, S. 747
ISSN: 1715-3379
In: Politikatudományi szemle: az MTA Politikatudományi Bizottsága és az MTA Politikai Tudományok Intézete folyóirata, Band 12, Heft 3, S. 109-134
ISSN: 1216-1438
"What are the consequences of globalization for the structure of political conflicts in Western Europe? How are political conflicts organized and articulated in the twenty-first century? And how does the transformation of territorial boundaries affect the scope and content of political conflicts? This book sets out to answer these questions by analyzing the results of a study of national and European electoral campaigns, protest events and public debates in six West European countries. While the mobilization of the losers in the processes of globalization by new right populist parties is seen to be the driving force of the restructuring of West European politics, the book goes beyond party politics. It attempts to show how the cleavage coalitions that are shaping up under the impact of globalization extend to state actors, interest groups and social movement organizations, and how the new conflicts are framed by the various actors involved"--
In: Political Science (RU), Heft 3, S. 34-51
The article deals with the sociological aspects of the analysis of political conflict related to the socio-structural and subjective foundations of political processes and relations. It is shown that many problems and contradictions in the social sphere, such as social polarization, excessive inequality, poverty and violation of the principles of social justice, deprivation of basic needs and interests, unstable labor employment significantly determine the field of politics and are projected on the object and subject of political conflict, weighing down their course and positive outcomes. The insolubility of social problems and contradictions, their encapsulation cause either a decrease in the population's interest in politics, in the effectiveness of democratic institutions, contribute to the widening of the gap between the «private» and «public», generate a sense of political alienation and powerlessness, or push to meet basic needs beyond the existing social norms and political institutions, to destructive forms of resolving political conflicts, which leads to a loss of control of society and social catastrophe. The sociological analysis of conflict interactions based on the predominance of horizontal connections and relationships contributes more to maintaining a dynamic balance in society and realizing the positive potential of political conflict, as it differs in flexible intra-group connections and mobile inter-group barriers in the socio-political system. Excessive class divisions and inequality tend to vertical polarization of society, which strengthens the «discontinuous» lines of interaction between the «top» and «bottom», makes the dichotomy «rule-submission» rigid, and reduces the possibilities of dialogical plasticity and flexibility of the political system.
In: Families in society: the journal of contemporary human services, Band 87, Heft 3, S. 395-400
ISSN: 1945-1350
The aim of this study is to direct attention to the impact of political conflict on social work. To this end, the responses of a group of Jewish Israeli social workers to a knotty labor relations dilemma between a Jewish Israeli mental health facility director and a paraprofessional Palestinian employee were analyzed. This report presents a picture of social workers' active avoidance of the cultural and political aspects of the problem. The loaded political conflict between Israelis and Palestinians undermined the social workers' ability to respond to the problem with the requisite cultural sensitivity. It is imperative that greater professional attention be given to the impact of political conflict on social work.
In: USAK yearbook of international politics and law, Band 2, S. 349-362
ISSN: 1308-0334
In: American journal of political science, Band 64, Heft 3, S. 554-568
ISSN: 1540-5907
AbstractWe study a model of electoral competition in which politicians must decide whether to initiate the provision of some public good and, afterward, how much of the public good to supply. The model illuminates how a project's implementation affects elections and, conversely, how electoral considerations influence decisions about implementation. Under well‐defined conditions, politicians will either implement projects that they do not like or delay projects that, absent electoral concerns, they would support. The model further reveals how the perceived benefits of holding office can impede the production of public goods about which there is broad consensus. And depending on facts about the program's structure and the electoral landscape, a policy's implementation can either mitigate or exacerbate political conflict.
In: Military Affairs, Band 35, Heft 4, S. 159
In: Party politics: an international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations
ISSN: 1354-0688
In: Foreign affairs, Band 92, Heft 3, S. 175-176
ISSN: 0015-7120
In: West European politics, Band 36, Heft 5, S. 1109-1110
ISSN: 1743-9655
In: West European politics, Band 36, Heft 5, S. 1109-1110
ISSN: 0140-2382
In: The Indian journal of political science, Band 67, Heft 4, S. 733-744
ISSN: 0019-5510