Ideology and International Institutions

Ideology and International Institutions
Author: Erik Voeten
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2021-01-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 069120733X

A new theoretical framework for understanding how social, economic, and political conflicts influence international institutions and their place in the global order Today’s liberal international institutional order is being challenged by the rising power of illiberal states and by domestic political changes inside liberal states. Against this backdrop, Ideology and International Institutions offers a broader understanding of international institutions by arguing that the politics of multilateralism has always been based on ideology and ideological divisions. Erik Voeten develops new theories and measures to make sense of past and current challenges to multilateral institutions. Voeten presents a straightforward theoretical framework that analyzes multilateral institutions as attempts by states to shift the policies of others toward their preferred ideological positions. He then measures how states have positioned themselves in global ideological conflicts during the past seventy-five years. Empirical chapters illustrate how ideological struggles shape the design of international institutions, membership in international institutions, and the critical role of multilateral institutions in militarized conflicts. Voeten also examines populism’s rise and other ideological threats to the liberal international order. Ideology and International Institutions explores the essential ways in which ideological contestation has influenced world politics.

A Radical History of Development Studies

A Radical History of Development Studies
Author: Uma Kothari
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2016-12-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 178699156X

In this book some of the leading thinkers in development studies trace the history of their multi-disciplinary subject from the late colonial period and its establishment during decolonization all the way through to its contemporary concerns with poverty reduction. They present a critical genealogy of development by looking at the contested evolution and roles of development institutions and exploring changes in development discourses. These recollections, by those who teach, research and practise development, challenge simplistic, unilinear periodizations of the evolution of the discipline, and draw attention to those ongoing critiques of development studies, including Marxism, feminism and postcolonialism, which so often have been marginalized in mainstream development discourse. The contributors combine personal and institutional reflections, with an examination of key themes, including gender and development, NGOs, and natural resource management. The book is radical in that it challenges orthodoxies of development theory and practice and highlights concealed, critical discourses that have been written out of conventional stories of development. The contributors provide different versions of the history of development by inscribing their experiences and interpretations, some from left-inclined intellectual perspectives. Their accounts elucidate a more complex and nuanced understanding of development studies over time, simultaneously revealing common themes and trends, and they also attempt to reposition Development Studies along a more critical trajectory.. The volume is intended to stimulate new thinking on where the discipline may be moving. It ought also to be of great use to students coming to grips with the historical continuities and divergences in the theory and practice of development.

Institutions and Ideology

Institutions and Ideology
Author: Peter Walgenbach
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2009-09-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1848558678

Contributes to the literature on the sociology of organizations and management, especially to sociological institutionalism. This title covers the empirical areas that range from technology and software development, the brewing industry, custodial facilities to the organization of birthing.

Institutions and Ideologies

Institutions and Ideologies
Author: David Arnold
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2013-02-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136102345

Informative, timely and accessible introduction to the study of South Asia by leading scholars in the field.

Ideas and Foreign Policy

Ideas and Foreign Policy
Author: Judith Goldstein
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1993
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780801481529

Approaches the question of whether ideas--world views, principled beliefs, and causal beliefs--have an impact on political outcomes, and if so, under what conditions. Contributions address such topics as the weight of ideas in decolonization; human rights policies in the US and western Europe; change in Parliament in early Stuart England; and coping with terrorism--norms and internal security in Germany and Japan. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Institutions and Ideology

Institutions and Ideology
Author: Peter Walgenbach
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2009-09-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 184855866X

Contributes to the literature on the sociology of organizations and management, especially to sociological institutionalism. This title covers the empirical areas that range from technology and software development, the brewing industry, custodial facilities to the organization of birthing.

Comparative Political Theory

Comparative Political Theory
Author: F. Dallmayr
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-05-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780230618633

Political theory has been traditionally confined to the history of Western political thought from Aristotle to Nietzsche, but this limitation is not tenable in a global age. This text focuses on Islamic, Indian and Far Eastern civilizations, offering readings of classical teachings and contemporary theoretical developments.

Plantation Politics and Campus Rebellions

Plantation Politics and Campus Rebellions
Author: Bianca C. Williams
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2021-03-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1438482698

Plantation Politics and Campus Rebellions provides a multidisciplinary exploration of the contemporary university's entanglement with the history of slavery and settler colonialism in the United States. Inspired by more than a hundred student-led protests during the Movement for Black Lives, contributors examine how campus rebellions—and university responses to them—expose the racialized inequities at the core of higher education. Plantation politics are embedded in the everyday workings of universities—in not only the physical structures and spaces of academic institutions, but in its recruitment and attainment strategies, hiring practices, curriculum, and notions of sociality, safety, and community. The book is comprised of three sections that highlight how white supremacy shapes campus communities and classrooms; how current diversity and inclusion initiatives perpetuate inequality; and how students, staff, and faculty practice resistance in the face of institutional and legislative repression. Each chapter interrogates a connection between the academy and the plantation, exploring how Black people and their labor are viewed as simultaneously essential and disruptive to university cultures and economies. The volume is an indispensable read for students, faculty, student affairs professionals, and administrators invested in learning more about how power operates within education and imagining emancipatory futures.

Curriculum Theory

Curriculum Theory
Author: Michael Schiro
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2013
Genre: Education
ISBN: 141298890X

The Second Edition of Curriculum Theory: Conflicting Visions and Enduring Concerns by Michael Stephen Schiro presents a clear, unbiased, and rigorous description of the major curriculum philosophies that have influenced educators and schooling over the last century. The author analyzes four educational visions—Scholar Academic, Social Efficiency, Learner Centered, and Social Reconstruction—to enable readers to reflect on their own educational beliefs and more productively interact with educators who might hold different beliefs.

Ideology and the Theory of Political Choice

Ideology and the Theory of Political Choice
Author: Melvin J. Hinich
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1996-09-16
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780472084135

A pioneering effort to integrate ideology with formal political theory