2 résultats pour "government"

• British Government

  I - THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION - MONARCHY, DEMOCRACY → British political culture is a PARLIAMENTARY MONARCHY ​ blends : ancestral political traditions ​ ​ modern conceptions of democracy → Unlike Western nations, don’t have a written constitution ​ ↳ uncodified Constitution composed of vast number of texts, laws, statutes and traditions​ (12th century) ⇒ define the functioning of the political system ​ ↳ Walter Bagehot (journalist/economist), political essay The English Constitution (1...

• Cattaneo, Carlo

  Cattaneo, Carlo (1801-69) The figurehead of the Italian democratic movement prior to the unification of Italy, Carlo Cattaneo developed a theory of federalism as a practice of self-government, envisaging a United States of Italy. He identified the bourgeoisie as the most dynamic force in contemporary history and regarded scientific culture as the engine of progress. Often dubbed the first Italian positivist, he perceived empirical philosophy as a kind of synthesis of all the sciences, but also s...