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Are church structures divinely-willed, and consequently both permanent and irreversible? Can Christians modify the polity of their church like they do with that of civil society? What would be the role of the office of oversight in a Christian church democratically organized? What would its relationship with specialized authorities within the community be? Building on a remarkable number of specialist studies in exegesis, church history, political philosophy, canon law, and ecclesiology, this book convincingly fulfils three goals. First, it encourages Christians to determine the political outlook of their faith community. Secondly, it provides some fundamental criteria for judging the ethical value of church structures, on the basis of Bernard Lonergan's cognitional theory and with the help of recent insights from contemporary political philosophy. Thirdly, it outlines a largely novel and groundbreaking understanding of a democratic church.In the process, it engages with some of the most difficult ecclesiological issues faced by most Christian churches.

This thesis focuses on the role of ultra-orthodox party Shas within the Israeli state as a means to explore wider themes and divisions in Israeli society. Without underestimating the significance of security and conflict within the structure of the Israeli state, in this thesis the Arab–Jewish relationship is viewed as just one important cleavage within the Israeli state. Instead of focusing on this single cleavage, this thesis explores the complex structure of cleavages at the heart of the Israeli political system. It introduces the concept of a 'cleavage pyramid', whereby divisions are of different saliency to different groups. At the top of the pyramid is division between Arabs and Jews, but one rung down from this are the intra-Jewish divisions, be they religious, ethnic or political in nature. In the case of Shas, the religious and ethnic elements are the most salient. The secular–religious divide is a key fault line in Israel and one in which ultra-orthodox parties like Shas are at the forefront. They and their politically secular counterparts form a key division in Israel, and an exploration of Shas is an insightful means of exploring this division further, its history and causes, and how these groups interact politically. Focusing on Shas can also shine a light on the intra-Jewish ethnic politics of Israel. Many of these divisions rest on the history of the Israeli state and the failure of the early state and its Zionist pioneers to create the society they envisioned – a unified, civic-nationalist state with an ethnic but not religious Jewish identity. The ultra-orthodox in Israel represent a self-isolating community whose interaction with the state – while paradoxical in seeking distance from the state – has become that of a sophisticated political actor.

Abstract How do active learning environments—by means of simulations—enhance political science students' learning outcomes regarding different levels of knowledge? This paper examines different UN simulations in political science courses to demonstrate their pedagogical value and provide empirical evidence for their effectiveness regarding three levels of knowledge (factual, procedural and soft skills). Despite comprehensive theoretical claims about the positive effects of active learning environments on learning outcomes, substantial empirical evidence is limited. Here, we focus on simulations to systematically test previous claims and demonstrate their pedagogical value. Model United Nations (MUNs) have been a popular teaching device in political science. To gain comprehensive data about the active learning effects of MUNs, we collect data and evaluate three simulations covering the whole range of simulation characteristics: a short in-class simulation of the UN Security Council, a regional MUN with different committees being simulated, and two delegations to the National Model United Nations, for which the students prepare for 1 year. Comparative results prove that simulations need to address certain characteristics in order to produce extensive learning outcomes. Only comprehensive simulations are able to achieve all envisioned learning outcomes regarding factual and procedural knowledge about the UN and soft skills.

In A Global Political Morality, Michael J. Perry addresses several related questions in human rights theory, political theory and constitutional theory. He begins by explaining what the term 'human right' means and then elaborates and defends the morality of human rights, which is the first truly global morality in human history. Perry also pursues the implications of the morality of human rights for democratic governance and for the proper role of courts - especially the US Supreme Court - in protecting constitutionally entrenched human rights. The principal constitutional controversies discussed in the book are capital punishment, race-based affirmative action, same-sex marriage, physician-assisted suicide and abortion

Political theory is a branch of sociologies that examines, analysis, and makes sense of government and political establishments and their cycles. Through political theory, one hopes to make sense of and understand the battles for influence, unrests, steadiness, war and armed clashes, forms of governments, the conveyance of influence and riches, and political and social freedom. The academic essay on topics of political theory offers the essay writer the chance to investigate and examine different issues and give ends. The essays can likewise be a similar one where different political speculations are set in opposition to one another, while others expect you to contend for or against a policy driven issue. Plan and Research In the event that you are entrusted to write an essay on the topic of political theory, you will be either given a topic or you will be approached to pick a topic for the errand. It very well may be valuable for you to pick a topic that is as of now natural to you. Your proposal will start to form contingent on how you decipher the proof and examples that you have come across during your exploration. You will likewise utilize one of many brainstorming procedures to write down your viewpoints and give yourself a blueprint or take help from write my essay online. The examination will be something beyond riding the web for related site pages. You should add something extra to academic diaries, books, and insightful essays. It will be useful for you to get to know different hypotheses and frameworks before you discuss them. Structure The design of essays on political theory doesn't vary much from others. Presentation The presentation will have your focal argument or your focal theme. You will present the subjects at hand and indicate the connection between them. In the proposition statement, you will expressly express the cases or arguments that you will raise and discuss. Body Paragraphs In the body passages, you ought to introduce your most grounded point toward the start. It is likewise ...

Abstract Based on data on 67,000 articles published in 100 high-impact journals in the twenty years between 2000 and 2019, I analyse the scientific contribution of European political science scholarly communities in the global context. The scholars contributing to the global scientific production are largely concentrated in a few countries, with the US and UK alone accounting for more than half of the articles published in high-impact journals. However, the tendency is towards increasing diversity in the geographic basis of the international scientific production; and European countries are central to this change. Contributing to international collaborative publications has been a key engine of the increased scientific production of scholars based in Europe. This was a generalised global tendency, and a spectacular one for certain national scholarly communities. The network analysis of international collaborations points to the consolidation of three clusters within a growing and increasingly dense network. The US, followed by the UK, are central to a global cluster of collaborations. European countries are primarily clustered in two groups: a larger and growing cluster; and a smaller but even more integrated, highly productive and connected cluster of scholars based in seven northern European countries. All bibliometric indicators consistently point to a generalised growth in the output and internationalisation of the scientific contribution provided by the European political science community.

Gramsci and the problem of fatalism / Lukas Slothuus -- The promise of solidarity : learning from failure with Rosa Luxemburg / Maša Mrovlje -- Between loss and hope : reflections on the Black revolutionary tradition / Alex Zamalin -- Memorials of 'Third World' solidarity in Latin American and African narratives / Sarah M. Quesada -- Staying with melancholy? : an archive of the future's past / Brigitte Bargetz -- Despair and other political feelings / Deborah Gould -- Resistance and/or metamorphosis : politics as breathwork / David McIvor -- Responding to failure : the case of the US disability rights movement / Gisli Vogler -- Beside the point of hope : a thought experiment on (Black) life, death, and literary puncturing / Joseph Winters.

Michal Kubát, Martin Mejstřík (eds.): GIOVANNI SARTORI: CHALLENGING POLITICAL SCIENCE. London – New York: Rowman & Littlefield / ECPR Press. 2019. 152 pages.