Social Justice And The City

Plato lived in the democratic Greek city-state of Athens, between 427 a.c and 347 a.c. The Political context in Greece during that period is of extreme importance in understanding the motivations behind Plato’s political philosophy. His dissatisfaction with the current system, which was characterized by corruption and injustice, was intensified after Socrates’ death what led him to formulate a new conception of politics. In his most famous work, The Republic, he draws the lines for the…

“Explanation in Geography” (1969), “Social Justice and the City” (1980), The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change (1993), entre outros. No capítulo 4 do livro “Condição pós-moderna”, David Harvey expõe a influência do pós-modernismo na cidade e na concepção dos espaços urbanos. Através de análises oriundas de outros especialistas no assunto, ele faz comparações entre os dois estilos subsequentes, apresentando o quadro social, político, econômico e…

pensadores políticos observados os seres humanos têm em virtude do ser humano. On this page, I discuss the four types that are operative within American political-economy. Nesta página, discuto os quatro tipos que são operativas dentro americana economia-política. Rather than there merely being “the individual”, as American liberals as well as free market conservatives dogmatically assume, the reality is that our system assumes there are four types of individuals. Ao invés de não apenas…

Legal Scholar da Universidade de Warwick. É também Director do Centro de Estudos Sociais da Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra e do Centro de Documentação 25 de Abril da mesma Universidade de Coimbra. Temas de pesquisa: Epistemologia, sociologia do direito, teoria pós-colonial, democracia, interculturalidade, globalização, movimentos sociais, direitos humanos. Contactos: Centro de Estudos Sociais Colégio de S. Jerónimo Apartado 3087 3001-401 COIMBRA,…

Exploring the "Dark Figure" of Crime* By ALBERT D. BIDERMAN and ALBERT J. REISS, JR. of criminal statistics bears testimony of "criminality" present among a population, a search that led increasingly to a concern about the "dark figure" of crime—that is, about occurrences that by some criteria are called crime yet that are not registered in the statistics of whatever agency was the source of the data being used. Contending arguments arose about the dark figure between the…

http://bibliotecavirtual.clacso.org.ar/ar/libros/campus/marxispt/cap. 10.doc www.clacso.org RED DE BIBLIOTECAS VIRTUALES DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES DE AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE, DE LA RED DE CENTROS MIEMBROS DE CLACSO http://www.clacso.org.ar/biblioteca biblioteca@clacso.edu.ar Alex Callinicos Igualdade e capitalismo  Professor de Teoria Política e Social da Universidade de York, Inglaterra e membro do Socialist Workers Party. Atualmente é titular da cátedra de…

king was born on January 15, in 1929, in Atlanta Georgia in the American South, but later had his name changed to Martin. Martin Luther was the name of a great religious leader in Germany in the 1500s. His grandfather began the family's long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; this was the best job that a black man could have in the south. His father has served from then until the present, and from 1960 until his death Martin Luther…

Introduction page 3 But what is and was the September 11? What happened on that day? Page 4 What lead USA to retread? Page 6 The damages Page 7 Al-Qaeda and Islamic view Page 7 Bibliography Page 8 Introduction Nine years ago, something happened. Something had shocked the World. For the first time since 1812, the United States were being threatened by an horrible event. Al-Qaeda had attacked the country with terrorist acts.…

TOLERÂNCIA ZERO – A MÁ INTERPRETAÇÃO DOS RESULTADOS Travis Wendel Ric Curtis Department of Anthropology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice – Estados Unidos Resumo: As estratégias e a realidade do policiamento praticado nas ruas de Nova Iorque têm mudado dramaticamente nos últimos vinte anos. Programas agressivos visando a apreensão de armas e drogas são os principais objetivos das novas estratégias anticrime. Enquanto as taxas de criminalidade têm sido as mais baixas em 30 anos, as…

/ PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE JUDICIARY SUMÁRIO / SUMMARY APRESENTAÇÕES PRESENTATIONS 04 CARLOS IVAN SIMONSEN LEAL A evolução da democracia através da administração pública THE EVOLUTION OF DEMOCRACY THROUGH PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 14 GILMAR MENDES A IMPORTÂNCIA DO CONSTANTE APRIMORAMENTO DO PERFIL DA ADMINISTRAÇÃO PÚBLICA E DO PODER JUDICIÁRIO BRASILEIRO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONSTANT IMPROVEMENT OF BRAZILIAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND JUDICIAL SySTEM 17