Limited Liberalism

2018 ◽  
pp. 179-198
Author(s):  
Roman David ◽  
Ian Holliday
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
The Political ◽  
Hybrid Regimes

This chapter focuses on puzzling issues arising from the explorations undertaken in preceding chapters, and captures them in the notion of limited liberalism. It presents this concept as a critical analytical tool for understanding the nature of Myanmar’s transition. It opens by describing some contradictions that emerged from our exploration of Myanmar in reform, sets them in comparative perspective, and probes their limits or boundaries. It then devises the concept of limited liberalism, exposes its assumptions, and examines it as a property of the political culture of hybrid regimes. Finally, it returns to empirical study to investigate liberalism, illiberalism, and limited liberalism in our case. It concludes by using limited liberalism to chart the prospects for liberal democracy in Myanmar.

The Deferential Dialectic

1975 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Newby
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Social Stratification ◽  
Conservative Party ◽  
British Society ◽  
The Political ◽  
Class Structure ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Widespread Belief

For more than a decade, the most decisive influence on the empirical study of the British class structure has been the three consecutive electoral victories of the Conservative Party during the 1950s. The widespread belief that these events reflected some underlying change in the stratification of British society stimulated a new examination of the political attitudes and behaviour of the working class. In sociology this led to the exploration of the ‘embourgeoisement’ thesis culminating in the ‘affluent worker’ study by Goldthorpe and his colleagues and it is, perhaps, a comment on the state of sociological research into the British class structure that this study, together with its associated papers, remains the centre around which much of the debate on social stratification in contemporary Britain continues to revolve. In political science, however, the investigation took a different track. Instead of seeking an explanation of the Conservative electoral successes in terms of the working class becoming more middle class, political scientists sought an explanation in terms of increased working-class ‘deference’. Bagehot was enthusiastically resurrected (a new edition of The English Constitution appeared in 1963), and a spate of studies attempted to assess the ‘deferential’ component of English political culture.

Conclusion

2018 ◽  
pp. 199-204
Author(s):  
Roman David ◽  
Ian Holliday
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Large Cohort ◽  
The Political ◽  
Traditional Society ◽  
Popular Support ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Hybrid Regime

This chapter returns to the book’s core research question: what are the prospects for liberal democracy in Myanmar? It reviews answers generated by the six preceding substantive chapters, and pulls them together into a conclusion. It notes that the political situation inside the country is better at the end of the 2010s than it was at the beginning, with solid popular support for the shift away from authoritarianism. It further notes that opportunities for progress remain available within the political culture and society. In particular, the large cohort of NLD supporters has liberal inclinations that could be developed further. In a still rather traditional society, however, hierarchy continues to dominate. This places the onus on leadership, which to date has been lacking. It concludes that further movement away from the semi-democracy of Myanmar’s current hybrid regime towards one that can fairly be labelled liberal democracy is likely to be difficult, though not impossible.

scholarly journals Political Values of Kharkov Inhabitants: Practices, Knowledge, Orders

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Sociology Department ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Values ◽  
Political Identities ◽  
National University ◽  
Single Complex ◽  
Complex Relationships

The article analyzes the political values of the residents of Kharkiv. On the basis of «synthetic» theories’ methodology (primarily P. Bourdieu), as well as the researches of major theorists and empiricists in the field of political culture (Deutsch, Almond, Verba, Inglehart), the author explores the connection of political values with practices and structures of knowledge about politics (such such as expectations, awareness, preferences, etc.). Based on the results of an empirical study conducted in December 2017 by a team of Sociology Department of the V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, author describes the differentiation of political values among Kharkiv citizens. Contradictions and collisions within the structures of political values are demonstrated, various groups of Kharkiv citizens are distinguished depending on political values. A final platoon that political identities, knowledge and practices constitute a single complex internally connected by complex relationships is being formulated.

scholarly journals The 100-plus-Year-Old Case for a Minimalist Criminal Law (Sketch of a General Theory of Substantive Criminal Law)

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-368
Author(s):  
Mike C. Materni
Keyword(s):  
General Theory ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
Normative Theory ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Choice ◽  
Political Expression ◽  
Strict Scrutiny

Criminal law defines the system of government of which it is the political expression; thus having a normative theory of substantive criminal law is paramount. U.S. criminal law has developed in the absence of such overarching theory, and is now plagued by overcriminalization. This Article advances a model of a minimalist criminal law grounded on strong normative principles that are presented and defended not from the perspective of metaphysics or moral philosophy, but rather in a historical and comparative perspective, as a matter of political choice. Core among those principles is the idea that in a liberal democracy the criminal law should be seen as the extrema ratio, or option of the last resort. After laying out and defending the model, the Article deals with issues related to its implementation, advancing an argument for the constitutionalization of substantive criminal law. The Article argues that, on the basis of existing yet overlooked constitutional doctrine, criminal laws should be subject to at least strict scrutiny.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Roman David ◽  
Ian Holliday
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
Research Question ◽  
The Political ◽  
Ethnic Cleansing ◽  
Central Research ◽  
Authoritarian Rule ◽  
Interview Methodology

In the 2010s, Myanmar embarked on a transition away from half a century of authoritarian rule. In the process, however, positive signs of democratization contrasted with negative political developments, including ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims. Deep challenges of political democratization and transformation of the political culture thereby emerged. These challenges generate the central research question of this book: what are the prospects for liberal democracy in Myanmar? This introductory chapter situates this research question in the context of the democratization literature, describes the survey and interview methodology used in the search for an answer, and outlines the plan of the book.

scholarly journals DECELERATING FACTORS OF THE LIBERAL-DEMOCRATIC TRANSFORMATIONS IN LATVIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-86
Author(s):  
Nataliya M. Khoma
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
Eu Membership ◽  
The Stability

The problem of the quality of Latvia’s democracy during the period of EU membership (2004-2020) is studied. Latvia’s progress / regression in strengthening the stability of the principles and values of liberal democracy is assessed. The author’s estimation of the reasons of growth of defects of democracy in Latvia is offered. Attention is drawn to the extent to which the political culture of Latvians corresponds to the values of liberal democracy.

scholarly journals Elite Political Culture as Problematic for Liberal Democracy in Pakistan: A Critical Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-241
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ashfaq ◽  
Yasmin Roofi
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
Political System ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
The State ◽  
The Body ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Critical Study ◽  
The Political ◽  
Secondary Sources

The elite political culture of Pakistan is comparatively feudalistic in nature as the base of power in the state. Political culture may be defined as how many people participate in the political procedure. It is a system of beliefs upon which a large majority of people agree. The history of the political culture of Pakistan has witnessed the domination of multiple elite groups. These major elites had influences on the political system. Gaetano Mosca, the founder of the Italian school of elitism enumerated the personal traits of these ruling elites, operating centrally as direct power holders of the body politics, The purpose of this research is to critically study the elite political culture and problematics created by this group for liberal democracy. This research will present the concept of elite political culture and how it emerged in the politics of Pakistan. It will also conclude that how elite political culture distorted or eclipsed specifically the smooth functioning of the liberal democratic political system of the state and society in general. For the completion of the proposed study, both primary, as well as secondary sources, have been used. While undertaking any research a peculiar methodology is applied to obtain the objectives of the study. Historical, narrative, descriptive, analytical and conceptual research methodology is applied. This is a descriptive analysis of elitism and presents this concept through different authors who treated this subject in different manners.

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