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International audience ; In the evolution of the European Community, the most obvious aspect is the various changes, without any specific limit, of its geographical dimension. As a result, there are many questions of the European Union's internal geopolitics as to the way in which the territories and their populations are represented in the various bodies as well as on the real nature of the democratic nature of the European Union. Finally, it is necessary to examine its relations with countries that are not members. ; Dans l'évolution de l'Europe communautaire, l'aspect le plus manifeste tient aux différents changements, sans limite précisée, de sa dimension géographique. Il en résulte de nombreuses interrogations de géopolitique interne à l'Union européenne quant à la façon dont sont représentés les territoires et leurs populations au sein des différentes instances comme à propos de la nature réelle du caractère démocratique de l'Union européenne. Enfin, il convient d'examiner ses relations avec les pays qui n'en sont pas membres.

International audience ; In the evolution of the European Community, the most obvious aspect is the various changes, without any specific limit, of its geographical dimension. As a result, there are many questions of the European Union's internal geopolitics as to the way in which the territories and their populations are represented in the various bodies as well as on the real nature of the democratic nature of the European Union. Finally, it is necessary to examine its relations with countries that are not members. ; Dans l'évolution de l'Europe communautaire, l'aspect le plus manifeste tient aux différents changements, sans limite précisée, de sa dimension géographique. Il en résulte de nombreuses interrogations de géopolitique interne à l'Union européenne quant à la façon dont sont représentés les territoires et leurs populations au sein des différentes instances comme à propos de la nature réelle du caractère démocratique de l'Union européenne. Enfin, il convient d'examiner ses relations avec les pays qui n'en sont pas membres.

International audience ; La production d'occasionnels est souvent liée à des impératifs pécuniaires pour les acteurs de l'économie du livre; mais elle peut aussi se doubler d'intentions politiques. C'est particulièrement le cas dans le Paris de la Ligue où s'instaurent des relations tout à fait singulières entre la noblesse ligueuse, les meneurs de la révolte populaire, le Parlement et les gens du livre (voir Denis Pallier). Dans ce contexte, la proximité et la porosité entre le livret de faits divers et le libelle diffamatoire sont patentes: la nouvelle imprimée partisane, partielle, parfois complètement forgée, devient un élément central d'un dispositif plus complexe de "désinformation". auquel les contemporains ont été attentifs (L'Estoile). L'expression de "fakenews" qui s'est répandue à une vitesse stupéfiante depuis la victoire de Donald Trump à l'élection présidentielle américaine de novembre 2016 a déjà donné lieu à des réflexions critiques en dehors des limites de l'histoire ultracontemporaine (Le Temps des Médias n°30, "La Fausse Information de La Gazette à Twitter"); elle pourrait nous permettre de rendre compte de plusieurs aspects, à première vue hétérogènes, de cette production: sensationnalisme, rationalisme faussé permettant de donner une explication à l'inacceptable, complotisme, détournement, usurpation d'identité.

International audience ; La production d'occasionnels est souvent liée à des impératifs pécuniaires pour les acteurs de l'économie du livre; mais elle peut aussi se doubler d'intentions politiques. C'est particulièrement le cas dans le Paris de la Ligue où s'instaurent des relations tout à fait singulières entre la noblesse ligueuse, les meneurs de la révolte populaire, le Parlement et les gens du livre (voir Denis Pallier). Dans ce contexte, la proximité et la porosité entre le livret de faits divers et le libelle diffamatoire sont patentes: la nouvelle imprimée partisane, partielle, parfois complètement forgée, devient un élément central d'un dispositif plus complexe de "désinformation". auquel les contemporains ont été attentifs (L'Estoile). L'expression de "fakenews" qui s'est répandue à une vitesse stupéfiante depuis la victoire de Donald Trump à l'élection présidentielle américaine de novembre 2016 a déjà donné lieu à des réflexions critiques en dehors des limites de l'histoire ultracontemporaine (Le Temps des Médias n°30, "La Fausse Information de La Gazette à Twitter"); elle pourrait nous permettre de rendre compte de plusieurs aspects, à première vue hétérogènes, de cette production: sensationnalisme, rationalisme faussé permettant de donner une explication à l'inacceptable, complotisme, détournement, usurpation d'identité.

"Philosophical inquiry into pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering is a growing area of interest to academic philosophers. This volume brings together a diverse group of philosophers to speak about topics in this reemerging area of philosophical inquiry, taking up new themes, such as maternal aesthetics, and pursuing old ones in new ways, such as investigating stepmothering as it might inform and ground an ethics of care. The theoretical foci of the book include feminist, existential, ethical, aesthetic, phenomenological, social and political theories. These perspectives are then employed to consider many dimensions of pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering, which are of central importance to human existence, but are only rarely discussed in philosophical cannons. Topics include pregnancy and embodiment, breast-feeding, representations - or the lack thereof - of pregnant and birthing women, adoption, and post-partum motherhood."--Publisher's website

Traditionally, social scientists have assumed that past imperialism hinders the future development prospects of colonized nations. Challenging this widespread belief, Matthew Lange argues in Lineages of Despotism and Development that countries once under direct British imperial control have developed more successfully than those that were ruled indirectly. Combining statistical analysis with in-depth case studies of former British colonies, this volume argues that direct rule promoted cogent and coherent states with high levels of bureaucratization and inclusiveness, which contributed to implementing development policy during late colonialism and independence. On the other hand, Lange finds that indirect British rule created patrimonial, weak states that preyed on their own populations. Firmly grounded in the tradition of comparative-historical analysis while offering fresh insight into the colonial roots of uneven development, Lineages of Despotism and Development will interest economists, sociologists, and political scientists alike.

In the course of structural change from an industrial society to a service society large cities in Germany and Europe undergo a profound economic, social and political process of change, which leads to a sharper segregation in the cities. The social spatial concentration of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion in underprivileged city areas removes such areas in their social standards and life chances far from the urban life of the majority. This raises the question of urban social and political integration. The doctoral thesis is dedicated to one aspect of the question regarding integration of cities. It focuses on the political perceptions and attitudes of their citizens. A noticeable declining of turnouts of voters and an increasing 'disenchantment with politics', which signal the disappointment and resignation of disadvantaged groups toward policy, and a tendency towards desolidarization in privileged areas give reason to analyze political attitudes in cities. Therefore, the doctoral thesis deals with local political attitudes in privileged and underprivileged city areas in four cities: Berlin, Cologne, Leipzig and Mannheim. Political attitudes are operationalized as political trust, the perception of responsivity of local policy, political participation as well as solidarity, social confidence and social commitment. A telephone poll was carried out with 400 standardized interviews in each of four privileged and four underprivileged quarters. In total, 3200 interviews were conducted and included in the statistical analysis.

A glance at history shows that the progressive development of human rights has been considerably conditioned by the evolution of social relations, and the forms in which these relations were institutionalized. It was not in abstract that newly recognised human rights came to be defined, but in the context of the modern state and that of an industrial and technological civilization; in the context of the bitter experience of two World Wars and the social and political evolution after 1945. This evolution has been characterized by a process of decolonialisation, by a growing sense of solidarity among mankind, and by a widespread awareness of the delicate ecological balance of our one and only Earth which is limited in its natural resources. The remarkable thing about the evolution of human rights is that it appears to have followed in a given direction. In fact, we notice the widening of the concept of human rights which had originated in the eighteenth century. Throughout the whole development of human rights, a certain quality has come gradually in evidence, due to a progression in which continuity is much more marked than discontinuity. This can be seen in the conceptual evolution of the subject of human rights. In what follows, I intend to show that throughout the last two centuries, particularly since the beginning of this century, there has been a continuity in the progressive widening of the subject of human rights from the individual to a collectivity and now to mankind as a whole. As we shall see, this conceptual evolution has been the result of different historical currents during which the antecedent achievements in the field of human rights have been reinterpreted in the light of new ethical demands. ; N/A

The purpose of the article is to discuss the elements that emerge from the social interaction between a military institution such as the National Police of Peru and a civil institution such as the Women's Emergency Center in the joint work for the care of women victims of gender violence; This implies knowing and questioning the way in which the two meet, from the physical space of the Police Station and from other aspects such as subordination, practices and attitudes that are detrimental to women who come for help; The case that we will take for the narrative of this article is that of the Rímac Beach Police Station located in one of the regions that report the most cases of violence against women, Callao. ; El artículo tiene por finalidad poner en discusión los elementos que emergen de la interacción social entre una institución militar como la Policía Nacional del Perú y una institución civil como el Centro de Emergencia Mujer, en el trabajo conjunto para la atención de las mujeres víctimas de violencia de género. Esto implica conocer y cuestionar la forma en que se da su encuentro, desde el espacio físico de la comisaría y examinar otros aspectos como el de subordinación, prácticas y actitudes que van en detrimento de las mujeres que acuden en busca de ayuda. El caso que analizaremos en este artículo es el de la comisaría Playa Rímac, ubicada en una de las zonas del Perú que reportan más casos de violencia contra la mujer, Callao.

FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Official U.S. Rural Area Classification Systems -- 3 Other Rural Area Classification Systems Used in the United States and Internationally -- 4 Changes in Society and Economy and Their Impact on Rural Area Classifications -- 5 Different Ways to Conceptualize Rural Areas in Metropolitan Society -- 6 Uses of Current Rural Classification Systems -- 7 Changes in Social Science Data and Methods -- 8 Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of Rural Area Classifications -- 9 Closing Remarks -- Bibliography

Taking his work as a point of reference, this book not only provides an illuminating history of political science, told via Dahl and his critics. It also offers a revealing analysis as to what progress we have made in our thinking on pluralism and democracy, and what progress we could make, given social sciences epistemological constraints. Above and beyond this, the development and the problems of pluralism and democracy are explored in the context of the process of modernization

Introduction / David J. Gilchrist and John R. Butcher -- Three sectors, one public purpose / Peter Shergold -- From new public management to new public governance: the implications for a 'new public service' / Helen Dickinson -- Partnerships between government and the third sector at a subnational level: the experience of an Australian subnational government / David J. Gilchrist -- The contribution of not-for-profits to democratic process / Tessa Boyd-Caine -- Part 2. Three sectors: three change agendas : overview / Penny Knight -- Policy impediments to social investments by Australian businesses / Leeora D. Black -- Navigating reform in contested spaces: reflections on not-for-profit sector regulatory reform in Australia, 2010-2013 / Krystian Seibert -- Shining a light on the black box of collaboration: mapping the prerequisites for cross-sector working / Robyn Keast.

Automation of information processing has immediate effects upon management jobs & the management process of decision-making. The mediating instrument is the computer along with various mathematical & statistical techniques associated with its application to decision problems. Use of the computer places strong emphasis upon rationalizing & quantifying decisions. Many of these decisions are then incorporated into the machine, leaving managers tc spend an increasing % of their time on problems involving interpersonal relations. Org structure is affected. The number of levels tends to shrink, the grouping of activities to shift. & the structure of authority & control to become centralized. Society will feel the impact of these changes in large part through changing demands made upon the educ'al system & through possible changes in att's & behavior of the managerial group. An important aspect of this application of automation is that both the key decisions with reference to use of the computer & major impacts of these decisions fall on the managerial group, though different individuals may be involved in the 2 phases. AA.

Introduction: being consumed -- Practicing commodity. Binge religion: social life in extremity ; The spirit in the cubicle: a religious history of the American office -- Revising ritual. Ritualism revived: from scientia ritus to consumer rites ; Purifying America: rites of salvation in the soap campaign -- Imagining celebrity. Sacrificing Britney: celebrity and religion in America ; The celebrification of religion in the age of infotainment -- Valuing family. Religion and the authority in American parenting ; Kardashian nation: work in America's klan ; Rethinking corporate freedom -- Corporation as sect. On the origins of corporate culture ; Do not tamper with the clues: notes on Goldman Sachs -- Conclusion: family matters

Introduction : communicative ethics and the claims of gender, community and postmodernism -- In the shadow of Aristotle and Hegel : communicative ethics and current controversies in practical philosophy -- Autonomy, modernity and community : communitarianism and critical social theory in dialogue -- Models of public space : Hannah Arendt, the liberal tradition and Jürgen Habermas -- Judgment and the moral foundations of politics in Hannah Arendt's thought -- The generalized and the concrete other : the Kohlberg-Gilligan controversy and moral theory -- The debate over women and moral theory revisited -- Feminism and the question of postmodernism -- On Hegel, women and irony.