Left and Right in Global Politics

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Left and Right in Global Politics Few notions are as universal as the idea of a left–right divide in politics. Despite its death ...

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Left and Right in Global Politics ALAIN NOËLandJEAN-PHILIPPE THÉRIEN Universite ́de Montre ́al ...

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press Th ...

Contents List of tables page vi List of figures vii Acknowledgements viii Introduction 1 1 A clash over equality 6 2 A worldwide ...

Tables 2.1 Country means, mean deviations, and percentages of don’t know/no answer, left–right self-placement, 1999–2001 page 36 ...

Figures 1.1 The left, the right, authority, and liberty page 25 2.1 Left–right self-placement in the world, 1999–2001 34 2.2 Lef ...

Acknowledgements Everyone has an idea about the left and the right. This is why these notions are so engaging and so fascinating ...

At the Universite ́de Montre ́al and elsewhere, a number of people provided support or advice. Jean-Philippe wishes to thank, in ...

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Introduction Ravi Kanbur is one of the world’s top specialists in development economics. Born in India and trained in England, a ...

believes poverty will best be reduced through structural adjustments that promote trade, foreign investment, and rapid economic ...

their meaning and relevance, in an era defined by widely accepted neo- liberal policies or encompassing alternative programs suc ...

matter on what scale, is most often a politics of left versus right. Whether they take place in global forums, in international ...

and social policy as well as in global development, market rules, economic objectives, and efficiency have prevailed over state ...

1 A clash over equality On August 24, 2006, the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) took a vote in Pr ...

those trained in the respective disciplines of medicine, philosophy, and theology are unable to arrive at any consensus, the jud ...

the narratives through which we see the world, our communities, and ourselves. We care as well because debates contribute to cha ...