POLITICAL THEORY

Author: SIMÓN GÓMEZ MIGUEL ÁNGEL.
Year: 2003.
University: COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID [More theses of this university] [www.ucm.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS POLITICAS Y SOCIOLOGIA.
Place of preparation: FAC, DE SOCILOGÍA Y CC. POLÍTICAS.

Summary: In recent years there has been in political science a process of convergence between the two most important paradigms along the segund half of the twentieth century, pluralism and estructuralismo.Tal convergence has crystallized around the incorporation by both currents , a conception of politics as a relatively autonomous activity that breaks with its traditional formulations anchored at the heteronomía that breaks with its traditional formulations anchored at the heteronomía what político.Efectivamente was on pluralism classic (represented by David Truman, Earl Latham Nelson Polsby, and the first Robert Dahl), and despite its early formulation of the concept of "relative autonomy", there was a clause that eventually passed the policy again, a herramienata of groups economically dominantes.Pues well, since the late sixties, and with special intensity since the mid-eighties of the twentieth century, the two streams have shown an evolving doctrine that leads them now to describe the policy away from the traditional paradigms sociocéntricos and heterónomos. In this process, the work of changing pluralistic paradigm has been marked by the work of Jeremy Richarson and Grant Jordan (pluralism reformed), Robert Dahl and Charles Lindblom (neopluralismo). While the process parlelo and convergent tradition estructuralisto has been marked by working Theda Skocpol and Fred Block (estructarilmo STATISTICAL) and Bod Jessop (strategic relational model) This paper discusses the fundamental aspects of this process of convergence paradigm through the study of the authors mentioned as well as the relationship his work with the environment político-histórico and intellectual.

Author: PRLJA BILJANA.
Year: 2003.
University: COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID [More theses of this university] [www.ucm.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE DERECHO.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE DERECHO.

Summary: Despite having a strong media profile, the case of Yugoslavia has hardly been addressed by the academic literature related to the study of the transition to democracy. It seems obvious that the decade since the outbreak of the crisis represents a reasonable period to start a process of reflection less simplistic in terms of both internal and external causes of conflicts in the former Yugoslavia. The research aims to demonstrate, on the one hand, that the survival of a democratic Yugoslavia in the context of post-Cold War it was not possible. The main causes of its demise to be found in the internal context. However, internal strife Yugoslav not demonstrated for the first time at the beginning of the decade of the nineties. What allowed the Yugoslav crisis of ninety you have a denouement in anything close to those of other criris Yugoslav was precisely the external context. Moreover, the research aims to demonstrate that there has been, with the onset of European mediation in the second phase of the Yugoslav crisis, a turning point in the performance of the CFSP in the western Balkans. The signing of the agreements Ohrind and the signing of the Agreement between Serbia and Montenegro have shown that the EU is able to play a constructive role and to preserve, for the moment, the fragile balance in the region. If the EU seguriá taking a similar role in the future of the region. If the EU will continue to have a similar role in the future of the region, still have to check. As O. Wilde used to say, "a map of the world that does not include Utopia should be even stare."

Author: ESCÁMEZ NAVAS SEBASTIÁN.
Year: 2003.
University: AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID [More theses of this university] [www.uam.es].
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE DERECHO.

Summary: There is no doubt that tolerance is today an ideal and a practical quoted upward within the universe of values of democracies contemporáneas.El renewed interest by the tolerance that we have seen since a few years must connect with the social significance and political adquerida by diversidad.Diversidad basically linked to the differences in identity and way of life of certain grupo.Tal relevance of diversity has to do with the work of civic and equally with intellectual currents as multicultarlismo but also enraiza in a number of social dynamics, such as the substantial increase in the presence in the democracies of the welfare of people who participate in traditional cultures and religions different from autóctonas.El referred interest in diversity is no longer felt in liberal thinking comtemporaneo, part of which tolerance has found in a resource essential to deal with the articulation of identities and lifestyles diferenciadas.Esta situation is the starting point of the thesis, which has raised the following objectives: Primero.Con order to properly interpret the interest aroused tolerance in liberal democracies contemporaneasw identify what are the meanings attributed to this value and practice in such democracies, and to offer an explanation of how they arrived at configurarse.Esta explanation has required an historical overview and sociologíca about program and evolution of the liberal ideas of tolerance. Second. Proceed with the evaluation of the meanings of dealing face to determine what or what their entrocan in the most correct and appropriate business rules that make tolerance a fundamental institution of society modernas.Nótense that the social model, that tomoa reference research is usually po of democracies livaerales modernas.Esto replied to a question of proximity of who has done the work and what goes sa those principles destinado.Pero also to the close relationship with the model social referred maintains liberal thinking comtempráneo.Un thought cuayo value transcends the limits of the companies in which it has been forged, as we have attempted to show. Tercero.Dar mind criticism of rivindicación made by the contemporary liberal thinking of the institution of tolerancia.Esta review criticizes required as a prelude to a discussion about the position that legislation can better justify tolerancia.De Otherwise, it would not be possible porceder an assessment sonsistente of concepciáon of tolerance held by different theoretical contemporary politics. To achieve these objectives the thesis has been organized under the following sections: Part one. Origins of the liberal ideas of tolerance Chapter I: The origins of the liberal ideas of tolerance Party segunda. What is the meaning of tolerance today ? Chapter II: The concept of tolerance and its justification in liberal democracy: basic considerations. Chapter III: The sense of tolerance in the context of the welfare state and democratic derecho Is there tolerances in a constitutional democracy? Chapter IV: The tolerance in democratic societies tardomodernas. Third party:  What and why tolerate? Chapter V: The tolerance of pluralism as a correlative of values: the thought of Isaiah Berlin. Chapter VI: The tolerance as a social practice: Michael Walzer and Richard Rorty. Chapter VII: The tolerance as a requirement for the protection of the human species. Chapter VIII: The tolerance as a basic principle and virtue of democratic liberalism: the proposal of John Rawls.

Author: LLADO ARBURUA MARTA.
Year: 2004.
University: COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID [More theses of this university] [www.ucm.es].
Place of defense: CC. POLÍTICAS Y SOCIOLOGÍA.
Place of preparation: FACTAD CC POLÍTICAS Y SOCIOLOGÍA.

Summary: Achieving an explanation of the Political Theory of Ockham in the light of his theory of natural law and its philosophical and theological principles has been one of the scientific objectives pursued this investigation. This connection allows us to understand how new concepts of God, nature and man, clearly impacting on a new way of understanding the reason and theory of knowledge, consequently place a new concept of natural law. The study political theory ockhamista is based on a new theory of knowledge, a new conception of reason and therefore a new natural law, which differ substantially from the same concepts tomistas. To achieve these objectives, we have structured the thesis through the following three chapters. A) The first dedicated to a brief biography and an exhibition of historical context, from three perspectives: from a narration of historical facts pure Europe at the time, from a narrative context of the philosophical and theological, and since the context of the legal - ideas. B) The second chapter, dedicated to studying the theory of natural law of our author. That theory will look at the intimate connection with the pure philosophical and theological principles of Ockham (exposed both in Chapter 1, as in the 11) and we want to turn serve as a basis for proceeding to explain the Political Theory at (4apítulo third . The second chapter is a link between the first and third. is, the legal voluntarism is the legal expression of the principles rectores.de Theology (creative freedom divine omnipotence and divine) and Philosophy (denial of universals) ockhamista, and in turn is the cornerstone that supports the entire Political Theory of Ockham. C) Chapter III, devote to study in the strict sense their Political Theory, but since it founded on the theory of natural law, as interpreted in the previous chapter. Further study in greater detail the new nominalistic epistemology and the impact that this has on a new concept of reason and therefore on political theory. The intellectual effort that requires the reading of medieval texts, often abstract and somewhat distant from the contemporary sensibility, offset by better understanding of this dual way to understand the world, continental and Anglo-Saxon, Protestant and Catholic, where are Ockham situated at the crossroads.

Author: FERNÁNDEZ LEOST JOSE ANDRES.
Year: 2005.
University: COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID [More theses of this university] [www.ucm.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS POLÍTICAS Y SOCIOLOGÍA.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS POLÍTICAS Y SOCIOLOGÍA.

Summary: The Doctoral Thesis reexpone and systematizes the vision of Gustavo Bueno Lathe in the political field, the theory of state and moral philosophy that supports it. Based on the philosophical system that the author has developed, based on his theory of categorial closure was intended to clarify the principles from which he thought organizes political science. Sitting premises gnoseológicas, analyzes the content organized around a theory of the state strictly materialistic. Subsequently, are passed to consider the moral reasoning behind such approaches appear, in order to be able to get a complete reformulation of his theory. Moreover, the thesis proposes contrasts between successive political theory Gustavo good and the topics inherent to the field: the scientific status of the political science, and issues concerning the rule of law, the theory of democracy and the theories of left.