A Deliberative Public Administration is a political commitment to progressive and progressive transformation of public administration, especially in countries like Brazil, whose accumulated experiments of citizen participation has excelled around the world. Therefore, it is argued in favor of...

The report provides an account of the State, the Party and the political system in China, which will enable a more accurate appreciation of the Planning System and Process of the People’s Republic. Though outside the scope of this study, it may be useful to bear in mind that Chinese...

В статье рассматриваются некоторые малоисследованные аспекты, связанные с изучением особенностей республик Северного Кавказа как фактора их стратегического...

In October 1910 a revolution drove out the king of Portugal and established the Portuguese Republic. In 1926 a military coup overthrew the parliamentary system and led to the authoritarian regime of Salazar, but in April 1974 a revolution led by the military restored the parliamentary republic....

This chapter focuses on diversity issues in France. It shows how these issues came historically in the French context and how the main tensions generated, notably the equality-diversity and universality-diversity tensions, are not understandable without a knowledge of the French Republicanism...

"Anatomy of Authoritarianism in the Arab Republics By examining the system of authoritarianism in eight Arab republics, Joseph Sassoon portrays life under these regimes and explores the mechanisms underpinning their resilience. How did the leadership in these countries create such enduring...

Develops and illustrates the conceptual and empirical knowledge on growth, employment and investment in Moldova, emphasizing the empirical relationships between these variables and discussing some policy implications, with particular regard to employment growth. Covers mainly the period from...

To develop the concept of a republic in 1910 when the Portuguese revolution of 1910 replaced the constitutional monarchy with its republic, the paper traces the central experiences of a republic in the modern Western world before that date. The images of the Ancient republics were in the minds...

The First Republic was a short period in Portuguese History which, nevertheless, left deep marks on the social and political tissue of the country. It was marred by instability. The political elite of the time recanted on their defense of "universal suffrage" and thus deprived the regime of a...

This paper discusses the thesis that in Arrow’s Possibility Theorem the dictator (merely) serves as a solution to the logical problem of aggregating preference while Machiavelli’s dictator, the Prince, has the historical function to bring order into a world of chaos and thus make society...

What would happen if every individual knew what to do, and did, without prompting or expecting a reward? Is that not what the authors of Republic and Utopia had in mind? Is that not the primary justification of theocracies? The immediate objection to that postulate is that human nature is not...

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has emerged as a major player in the global economy and considers free trade agreements (FTAs) an important part of its global trading strategy. The PRC’s export industries are embedded in existing regional and global production networks and are...

This paper uses the concept of power to analyze Machiavelli's The Prince and the Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livius. This helps to distil the elements that form the Machiavelli program that has its short-term aim in the formation of a national state of Italy. A unification of...

A Deliberative Public Administration is a political commitment to progressive and progressive transformation of public administration, especially in countries like Brazil, whose accumulated experiments of citizen participation has excelled around the world. Therefore, it is argued in favor of...

The paper inquires why in some countries traditionally ruled by absolute monarchs the monarchy survived in the form of constitutional monarchy but not in others. It considers constitutional monarchy as a negotiated settlement between the king and a liberal opposition to share office rents, while...

Investigates forced labour resulting both from trafficking and non- trafficking related migration, in the context of irregular migration from Moldova.

Provides a picture of social expenditures along a comparitive line. Outlines coverage and adequacy of benefits regarding old age, disability, unemployment, sickness, birth of a child, etc. Includes the poverty rates and dependency ratios as well as the pension contribution rates for eight...

This article challenges the long-standing belief that Plato is an early proponent of the division of labor on account of the political proposals advanced in the Republic. In contrast, I contend that the Republic offers a radical critique—rather than any endorsement—of job specialization and...

Comparando y juntando descripciones del Camino Nacional de Honda tantode los siglos XVIII y XVIX por parte de viajeros extranjeros como de finalesdel siglo XX, el autor intenta demostrar el desarrollo social y económico,asociado al transporte utilizado. De esta manera el cambio de gobiernoluego...