“…Para mirar empíricamente cómo la corrupción impacta sobre los derechos civiles, políticos, económicos y sociales se construyen dos bases de datos, una a nivel mundial y otra sobre México. …”

“…The author argues that prevailing critiques of technology standards as inefficient and undemocratic instruments of "command and control" fit with a longstanding pattern of American suspicion of civil law modeled interventions. This distrust, she concludes, has impeded the development of environmental regulation that would be less adversarial in process and more equitable in outcome…”

“…Citizens are politically obligated to their own state and to each other, because within their particular democracy they define and ultimately guarantee their own civil rights. "Liberal Loyalty" is a persuasive defense of citizenship on purely liberal grounds…”

“…"Un libro poderoso, unico nel suo genere, che riscrive la storia di un fenomeno, che comunque lo si voglia chiamare (insorgenza, movimento legittimista, guerra civile, conflitto sociale, reazione alla modernizzazione, scontro di civiltà e così via), coinvolse per un decennio non solo gli uomini ma anche e spesso soprattutto le donne, in più di una occasione in prima linea. …”

“…È dunque urgente - come indicato da Foucault - ripensare la questione della verità come base della convivenza civile e dell'azione politica, non per produrre una visione totalizzante del mondo o cedere agli artifici della tecnica, ma per riscoprire la cura come fondamento del rapporto fra cittadini, e fra cittadini e istituzioni."…”

“…Curzer defends the doctrine of the mean, arguing that idealized traits such as unilateral forgiveness, universal civility, unconditional commitments, and unlimited generosity are not virtues. …”

“…Ranging widely across some of the defining conflicts of modern times-the Irish Troubles and the Easter Uprising of 1916, the white settlement of Australia, the American Civil War, the Balkan wars, the Holocaust, and 9/11-Rieff presents a pellucid examination of the uses and abuses of historical memory. …”

“…Ce livre vise à nourrir la réflexion politique et civile sur la question migratoire."…”

“…Anche per questo, al momento dell’indipendenza, nei primi anni Venti del Novecento, la definizione di un rapporto istituzionale con la Santa Sede fu una delle questioni più delicate e importanti per i protagonisti della turbolenta costruzione del neonato Stato Libero irlandese. Dopo una guerra civile tra cattolici e una lunga trattativa che inevitabilmente coinvolse anche la diplomazia britannica, nel 1930 un nunzio raggiunse Dublino e, per il successivo decennio, fu testimone interessato dei cambiamenti politici che avrebbero condotto l’Irlanda verso la forma di stato repubblicana. …”

“…The concluding chapters reflect on the country's gradual transition from chaos to civility. This penetrating study will spark a fresh debate about the meaning of the German past during the last century.There is no single master narrative, no Weltgeist, to be discovered. …”
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“…Chafing under the care of "the most annoyingly evenhanded parental team in the history of civilization," whose passion for liberal political causes is all-consuming, Frederica is starting to feel that her life is stiflingly snug. …”

“…This case law review is placed within the broader context of the human rights guarantees offered by the Refugee Convention and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The book also seeks to identify whether the tighter migration control policies pushed for by European Union Member States after 2015 impacted the Court’s case law on asylum detention. …”

“…These five key turning points are the advent of the modern state, which formed bureaucracies and professional militaries; the Industrial Revolution, which produced the financial and industrial means to sustain and equip large armies; the French Revolution, which provided the ideological basis needed to sustain armies through continent-sized wars; the merging of the Industrial and French Revolutions in the U.S. Civil War; and the accelerating integration of technological advancement, financial capacity, ideology, and government that unleashed the modern capacity for total warfare. …”

“…Leurs liens d'amitié, noués dès 1924, se relâchent progressivement, sans pour autant disparaître, dès lors que le nazisme dévoile sa vraie nature, que l'Allemagne rompt le traité de Versailles, que la guerre civile espagnole fait rage, que le Front populaire s'effondre, que l'État français est institué et met fin à la démocratie et à la République. …”

“…La destrucción masiva, las ciudades arrasadas y asoladas, lo que quedaba de las edificaciones destrozadas, las incontables muertes de militares y civiles, la avalancha de refugiados... Reviví los crímenes de guerra, el maniqueísmo absoluto y la propaganda engañosa. …”

“…Una vera e propria guerra civile combattuta dagli organi di Polizia contro comuni cittadini, "colpevoli" di usare l'arma della satira e dell'ironia contro la poderosa macchina della disciplina fascista e il suo rovinoso corollario di guerre, ingiustizie e povertà…”

“…Excerpts from diaries and correspondence reveal the extent of the avant-garde's energy and determination to survive a totalitarian regime, civil war, hunger, and terror. Scheijen's vivid, dynamic style; authoritative command of his source material; and extensive original research provide exceptional insight into the lives of these avant-gardists, whose art transformed modern art --…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Sociedades o asociaciones de carácter civil que se dediquen a la enseñanza TR9-XXIII. Facilidades Administrativas TR9-XXIV. …”

“…Tras la caída del régimen soviético en 1991 se abrieron al público numerosos archivos hasta entonces inéditos, y se empezaron a publicar nuevas monografías sobre los hechos de 1917, la guerra civil de 1918-1921, el legado de Lenin (por no hablar de su propia figura), la NEP, las luchas por la sucesión y, así, la dictadura estalinista, las “reformas” de Jruschov, etc. …”