Polity articles from July 2007

Polity archives from July 2007

Retreat from politics: the cynic in modern times.(Essay)
July 1, 2007... This essay examines contemporary diagnoses of cynicism, issuing from scholars such as Peter Sloterdijk, Frederic Jameson, and Slavoj Zizek, to distill a clear concept of cynicism and its social and political consequences. In particular, it...

Rethinking democratic deliberation: the limits and potential of citizen participation.(Essay)
July 1, 2007... At a time when the western democracies are plagued by increasing political alienation and social fragmentation, political theorists and practioners have embraced a more deliberative approach to democratic governance. The sense of this approach...

Rousseau, maternity and the politics of emptiness.(Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
July 1, 2007... The primary aim of this article is to put Rousseau's arguments against wet nursing into political context, by discussing their connections with theatricality and representation and their wider connotations for understanding Rousseau's thought....

Capitalists of all Russia, unite! Business mobilization under debilitated dirigisme *.
July 1, 2007... Political mobilization of business forces in the post-communist world has crucial implications for economic development and civil society. The emergence of strong cross-sectoral business associations during Putin's presidency challenges the...

Constructing affirmatively empowered participatory regimes: the making of public space in urban popular municipalities of Santiago, Chile.
July 1, 2007... This article looks at the role that municipal governments are playing in crafting the citizenship grammars of grassroots organizations in low income and poor communities of Santiago. It considers the role of municipalities through the prism of...

Protecting the homeland: the Bush administration at work *.(Review Essay)
July 1, 2007... Lawrence Wright. The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/21. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. Thomas E. Ricks. Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq. New York: Penguin Press, 2006. James A. Baker III and Lee H....