“…Examining alienage and alienage law in all of its complexities, The Citizen and the Alien explores the dilemmas of inclusion and exclusion inherent in the practices and institutions of citizenship in liberal democratic societies, especially the United States. …”

“…Yet scholars have also repeatedly critiqued rule of law building projects: the rule of law, in theory and in practice, is a product of Western, liberal thought and development and provides limited space for local culture, norms, and practices. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Stability, Solidarity, and the Future of Liberal Democracy: The Case for Pessimism -- Affiliations…”

“…Drawing on a wealth of data, they demonstrate how different groups form distinctive bundles of political positions that often stray far from what we typically think of as liberal or conservative. They show how we engage in unconscious rationalization to justify our political positions, portraying our own views as wise, benevolent, and principled while casting our opponents' views as thoughtless and greedy.While many books on politics seek to provide partisans with new ways to feel good about their own side, The Hidden Agenda of the Political Mind illuminates the hidden drivers of our politics, even if it's a picture neither side will find flattering"…”

“…In contrast to the familiar denunciations of political horse-trading, grandstanding, and corporate manipulation from those lamenting the crisis in liberal democracy, this book argues that the "politics of politics," usually associated with rhetoric and sophistry, is, like it or not, part of politics from the start. …”

“…He is usually considered a stubborn conservative and an enemy of liberalism and nationalism, which then went hand in hand. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Sherwin -- The laws of the game : Jean Renoir, La Regle du jeu / Tom Conley -- Capra's constitution / John Denvir -- Popular culture/popular justice / Anthony Chase -- Morality and liberal legal culture : Woody Allen's crimes and misdemeanors / Judith Grant -- Rewriting history with lightning : race, myth, and Hollywood in the legal Pantheon / Margaret M. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…: the problem of kinship in liberal thought / Maggie Gallagher -- Free markets, free choice? …”

“…They start with the most appealing tenets of modern liberalism and end with their implications for contract law. …”

“…Two months earlier the July Revolution in Paris, overthrowing the reactionary rule of Charles X, had brought the liberal Louis-Philippe to the throne. Talleyrand, the best-known diplomat in Europe, had emerged from retirement at the age of 76 to lend his support to the new monarchy and to confirm its acceptance by the other European powers. …”

“…El destacado académico de la universidad de Oxford aborda temas que fueron polémicos en sus días y que continúan encendiendo el debate, como el desarrollo del pensamiento y la cultura de los estudiantes, la educación liberal y el valor del conocimiento como un fin en sí mismo. …”

“…They argue that the collapse of Communism, national reunification, and the postmodern shift call for a new reading of the country's turbulent development, one that no longer suggests continuity but rupture and conflict.Comprising original essays, the book begins by reexamining the nationalist, socialist, and liberal master narratives that have dominated the presentation of German history but are now losing their hold. …”
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“…Working within the moral framework provided by liberal democratic values, he argues that some of the practices of democratic states in these areas are morally defensible, while others need to be reformed. …”

“…We live in a world that is increasingly unjust. In many liberal democratic societies the gap between the best-off and the worst-off grows larger. …”

“…It advances a normative-moral standpoint of 'value collectivism' which goes against the traditional political philosophy of liberalism and the dominant ideas of liberal multiculturalism. …”

“…While both the classical and neo-pragmatist traditions have produced a conspicuously small body of writing about the idea of justice, a common subtext of the essays in this volume is that there is in pragmatist thought a set of valuable resources for developing pragmatist theories of justice, for responding profitably to concrete injustices, and for engaging with contemporary, prevailing, liberal theories of justice. Despite the absence of conventionally philosophical theories of justice in the pragmatist canon, the writings of many pragmatists demonstrate an obvious sensitivity and responsiveness to injustice. …”

“…El Rey regeracionista. El Rey liberal. El Rey y la crisis del liberalismo. El Rey y la Dictadura. …”

“…Subsequently, it demonstrates how theorists responded in a novel way to the dilemmas articulated in utilitarianism, developing in their different approaches a constructivist method in ethics - a method that aimed to vindicate a liberal, democratic, and just political order. A distinctive feature of the book is its comparative approach. …”
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