Search Results for state-society relations

...Abdul Gaffar Democratization in a broad sense is a continuous process of sensitization and practice of given, rationalized, normative conditions to regulate relations among the state, society, and individuals. This may entail inculcation of ideas, values, and practices so that society...

... their roles within society, especially in relation to the state. Communitar- ian notions became secondary to the individual and utilitarian motivations of the consumer. In Western European democracies, with consolidated party structures, the post-­Maastricht process toward economic, social, and politi...

... today to indicate how groups, clubs, and organizations act as a buffer between state power and the citizen’s life. Civil society does not work as a “bubble” within the state but is strongly related to it. It cannot be regarded as a voluntary association...

... of democracy is “to make intrastate and state-society relations more balanced. Separation of power . . . checks and balances, administrative decentralization and accountability, freedom of speech, press, assembly, and . . . civilian hege- 12. Ibid...

..., or the study of state-­society relations in general. ...

... of capitalism and state-­society relations — especially in the eurozone — and a set of strategic interests in its eastern and southern neighborhoods that are not necessarily aligned with US foreign policy priorities, the European Union stands out in the eyes of Chinese policymakers as potentially...

... Foreign Policy toward Latin America in the ’80s and ’90s (New York: New York University Press, 1992), especially the chapter “State Society Relations in Latin America: Toward a Theory of the Contract State.” 22. Richard N. Nuccio, “The Political Content of Public...

... Millennium,” in Redeveloping Communication for Social Change: Theory, Practice and Power, ed. K. Wilkins (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2000), 147 – 8; L. Brand, “Displacement for Development? The Impact of Changing State-­Society Relations,” World Development 29, no. 6 (2001): 962; J. Symes...

... values on countries and areas that had no related tradition.7 US military interventions (especially in the Middle East) were based on the idea that liberal democracy can be quickly established in societies that were unfamiliar with it.8 The actions by the United States created some distance...

... and southeastern Europe. Although civil-military relations and defense planning are usually con- sidered separate specialized fields of investigation, they embrace an essen- tial trend of the democratization process in southeastern European societies and states. It is obvious that the demise of the Cold War...

... II, it found itself working at a distinct disadvantage. It became clear that the American focus on treaties, agreements, and other legal externalities resulted in a failure to confront the realities of Iranian society and politics. The United States has been no less nationalistic than...

... as catalysts for change and reform in Turkey's civil—military balance. Umit Cizre is professor of politics at Istanbul State University, specializing in civil-military relations and national security policy. She was Ertegun Professor at Princeton University (2008 — 09) and a public scholar at the Woodrow...

... frame. Iatrides deftly shows the depth of the relationship and how it came to appear that the United States played a significant role in internal Greek affairs. The prologue also contains a very well informed discussion of how relations with Greece were handled in the Depart- ment of State during...

... and Daniel Zirker, Civil-Military Relations in the Soviet and Yugoslav Successor States (Boulder, Colo.: Westview, 1996); Jean Callaghan and Jürgen Kuhlmann, Military and Society in 21st Century Europe (New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction, 2000); Andrew Cottey, Timothy Edmunds, and Anthony Forster...

... and teaches international relations and Euro-Mediterranean politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Crete. The views expressed here do not necessarily coincide with those of any of the above institutions. Parliaments and Civil Society Cooperation...

... the developments reported in the book in the perspective of a long time frame. Iatrides deftly shows the depth of the relationship and how it came to appear that the United States played a significant role in internal Greek affairs. The prologue also contains a very well informed discussion of how relations...

... the developments reported in the book in the perspective of a long time frame. Iatrides deftly shows the depth of the relationship and how it came to appear that the United States played a significant role in internal Greek affairs. The prologue also contains a very well informed discussion of how relations...

... is former executive director of the Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and a former deputy director of the State Department’s Offi ce of Counterterrorism. Long: US-Saudi Relations 25 One could not come up with two more disparate societies...

...) reveals similar differences in their conceptions of Turkish nationalism.9 Such distinctions might be related to the earlier distinction made above between state elites and stateless elites. One may also make a distinction between elites of the periphery (tasralı) and those of the center...

... reaffi rmed this commitment as “an essential part of international relations and one of the cornerstones of European cooperation as well as of relations between the [European] Community and its member States and other countries.”6 In May 1995, the EU developed a democracy and human rights...