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'Die neue ukrainische Verfassung, die am 28. Juni 1996 vom Parlament verabschiedet wurde, ist ein 'Kind des Kompromisses' zwischen der Exekutive und der Legislative einerseits, und des Kompromisses zwischen den politischen Parteien und ideologischen Positionen andererseits. Die Analyse der neuen ukrainischen Verfassung und ein Vergleich mit der rußländischen führt zu der Schußfolgerung, daß die Ukraine eine Mischform zwischen präsidialer und parlamentarischer Demokratie gewählt hat. Diese parlamentarisch-präsidiale Form der Demokratie mit drei Gegengewichten (Präsident, Parlament und Regierung) soll die Rückkehr zum Machtmonopol einer Gewalt ausschließen. Im Laufe von drei Monaten nach der Annahme der Verfassung wurde das vierte Gegengewicht etabliert: das Verfassungsgericht.' (Autorenreferat)

Analyses of globalization and global governance frequently identify business actors, in particular TNCs, as the major beneficiaries of assoviated changes in the political capacities of state and non-state actors. This book examines in a systematic, comprehensive and theoretically grounded manner to what extent and in which aspects the political power of business really has risen. It thus analyses developments in business' lobbying, agenda- and rule-setting, and political communication activities at the national and supranational levels from a three-dimensional perspective on power. On that basis, Understanding Business Power in Global Governance delineates qualitative and quantitative changes business' political activities and links them to a differentiated view of developments in the instrumental, structural, and discursive power of business in the globalized world.

This article summarizes literatures on power, status, and influence in sociology's group processes tradition and applies them to issues of diversity in organizations. Power -- defined as the ability to impose one's will even against resistance from others -- results primarily from position in a social structure. Influence -- defined as compelling behavior change without threat of punishment or promise of reward -- results largely from the respect and esteem in which one is held by others. Research identifies status as a foundation of influence differences in groups and indicates that members of disadvantaged status groups, such as women and minorities, will have decreased influence and face challenges in acquiring and using power. The literature also suggests solutions to these challenges, including self-presentation strategies of group motivation and institutional arrangements that support women and minority group members in powerful leadership positions. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright The American Academy of Political and Social Science.]

Western-liberal discourses of power & the social practices associated with them are proving inadequate to the task of creating a peaceful, just, & sustainable social order. Having recognized this, progressive scholars & social reformers have begun articulating alternative discourses of power, along with alternative models of social practice. Together, these efforts can be interpreted as a project of discourse intervention -- an effort to change our social reality by altering the discourses that help constitute it. In order to advance this project, this paper deconstructs the dominant Western-liberal discourse of power, clarifies elements of an alternative discourse of power, & presents a case study of an alternative discourse community & the alternative models of social practice that it is constructing. 2 Figures, 83 References. Adapted from the source document.

THUCYDIDES USED HISTORY TO MEET NEEDS PRESENTED TO HIM BY GREEK CULTURE AND HIS EMINENTLY, GREEK MIND. HE PRESENTS A WAR, ITS ORIGINSAND COURSE, EXPLAINED WITH INTELLECTUAL POWER AND ARTISTIC PROPRIETY. HE IS A POLITICAL SCIENTIST CONCERNED WITH POLICY, POWER, WAR AND CIVIC DEGENERATION, HIS IMPORTANT ASSERTON IS THAT KNOWLEDGE COULD LEAD TO A HIGHER FORM OF BEHAVIOR.

"Women and Political Power in Brazil" published on by Oxford University Press.

Interest in relations between knowledge, power, and space has a long tradition in a range of disciplines, but it was reinvigorated in the last two decades through critical engagement with Foucault and Gramsci. This volume focuses on relations between knowledge and power. It shows why space is fundamental in any exercise of power and explains which roles various types of knowledge play in the acquisition, support, and legitimization of power. Topics include the control and manipulation of knowledge through centers of power in historical contexts, the geopolitics of knowledge about world politic

Presidential power is perhaps one of the most central issues in the study of the American presidency. Since Richard E. Neustadt's classic study, first published in 1960, there has not been a book that thoroughly examines the issue of presidential power. Presidential Power: Theories and Dilemmas by noted scholar John P. Burke provides an updated and comprehensive look at the issues, constraints, and exercise of presidential power.