Breaking the Chains of Dependency: From Patronage to Class Politics, Toulouse, France 1830-1872

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A Marxist Approach to Occupational Classification

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Civil society leadership in the struggle for AIDS treatment in South Africa and Uganda

Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.This thesis is an attempt to theorise and operationalise empirically the notion of ‘civil society leadership’ in Sub-Saharan Africa. ‘AIDS leadership,’ which is associated with the intergovernmental institutions charged with coordinating the global response to HIV/AIDS, is both under-theorised and highly context-specific. In this study I therefore opt for an inclusive framework that draws on a range of approaches, including the literature on ‘leadership’, institutions, social movements and the ‘network’ perspective on civil society mobilisation. This framework is employed in rich and detailed empirical descriptions (‘thick description’) of civil society mobilisation around AIDS, including contentious AIDS activism, in the key case studies of South Africa and Uganda. South Africa and Uganda are widely considered key examples of poor and good leadership (from national political leaders) respectively, while the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) are both seen as highly effective civil society movements. These descriptions emphasise ‘transnational networks of influence’ in which civil society leaders participated (and at times actively constructed) in order to mobilise both symbolic and material resources aimed at exerting influence at the transnational, national and local levels

Entre movimiento y partido: la transformación del republicanismo francés de mediados del siglo XIX.

La protesta social ha sido definida, tradicionalmente, como una alternativa a la acción electoral. El autor sostiene que esta dicotomía es producto de controversias y luchas sobre el concepto de representación política en el siglo XIX. A través de la trayectoria del republicanismo en Francia, el autor muestra cómo el modelo de la representación por el mandato imperativo precedió al actual modelo de representación política. La concepción de la delegación del poder a representantes electos fue la creación más importante de la República burguesa moderna, produciéndose la disociación entre las formas de la protesta y de la acción política electoral. En el siglo XX, este modelo sustentó la teoría "elititista" o pluralista de la democracia liberal, en la cual la voz directa del ciudadano y la protesta fueron consideradas como disfuncionales al régimen democrático. El análisis histórico y sociológico de esta distinción entre tipos diferentes de acción política permite plantear de manera renovada la interrogante sobre la legitimidad de las relaciones entre los ciudadanos y el Estado.  

Class Struggles And Social Change: Toulouse, France, 1830-1872. (volumei And Ii).

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Silence and Voice in the Study of Contentious Politics /

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Development Studies in Tanzania : Historical Trajectory and Future Visions

The chapter discusses the history, dilemmas and future visions of Development Studies in Tanzania, especially from the perspective of Institute of Development Studies in the University of Dar es Salaam. It shows how in the 1970s Development Studies played a significant role in the consolidation of state ideology of African socialism among university students, and since then, has gradually evolved into a recognized discipline with MA and PhD programmes. Over the years, the discipline has dealt with dilemmas related to its multidisciplinary nature, state ideologies, international donor agendas and the changing demands concerning academic publications. Recently, Development Studies in Tanzania has started to address these dilemmas and search for a new identity, for example, through establishing a Tanzanian Development Studies Association.peerReviewe