Studien jämför de råd som Niccolò Machiavelli presenterar i "Fursten" med David Kilcullens handledning "Twenty-Eight articles" avseende en framgångsrik förvaltning av makten i ett insatsområde som präglas av en konflikt med irreguljär prägel. Jämförelsen fokuserar främst på hur lokalbefolkningens stöd erhålls men tar även upp andra aspekter på förvaltarskapet såsom flexibilitet och tillfälligheters inverkan på dess dynamik. Studien är genomförd som en kvalitativ, jämförande textanalys där resultatet påvisar ett flertal likheter mellan de två teoretikernas alster rörandes hur framgång erhålls i en irreguljär konflikt.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T16:53:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015-02-02Bitstream added on 2015-05-14T16:59:30Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000822138.pdf: 1630864 bytes, checksum: c0438f5cba1cdd5148e98e5b5ab3eede (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Esta dissertação de mestrado estuda as coalizões de classes ou pactos políticos no Brasil durante as décadas de 1980 e 1990, e os projetos de conquista do poder e reconstrução do Estado que essas coalizões encetaram e ou executaram. Nosso escopo são os pactos políticos popular-democrático e rentista financista, que segundo Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira teriam vigido, respectivamente, entre 1977-1987 e 1991-2005. Investigamos como foi possível a essas coalizões sustentarem, modificarem ou suprimirem determinadas escolhas econômicas, políticas e sociais, tais como estratégias nacionais de desenvolvimento, o tipo de Estado e a relação deste com o Mercado. Identificamos os agentes destas coalizões, seus interesses, ideologias, seus discursos, os arranjos, consensos e compromissos que firmaram, os conflitos com outros agentes, a influência da fortuna, e como esses processos impactaram a República, os cidadãos e o Estado brasileiro. Analisamos a obra de John Pocock, The Machiavellian Moment, para discutir o processo e os projetos de poder das duas coalizões hegemônicas do período: popular-democrática nos anos 1980 e rentista-financista nos anos 1990. Debatemos, de um lado, o projeto de nação que a coalizão popular-democrática logrou edificar através da Constituição Federal de 1988 e que Renato Lessa chamou de programa civilizatório para toda a sociedade brasileira, e por outro lado o projeto descrito por Sallum Jr de conquista do poder e reconstrução do Estado sob uma ótica predominantemente liberal. Dois conceitos de Oscar Vilhena Vieira são utilizados para nos ajudar a interpretar o momento Constituinte e a Constituição de 1988: o da reserva de justiça e o compromisso maximizador. Sobre os anos 1990, analisamos as origens, os processos e as consequências do que Celso Furtado escreveu ser uma construção interrompida, ou Paulo Nogueira Batista de que o Brasil ... / This dissertation studies the class coalitions or political pacts in Brazil during the 1980s and 1990s, and the project of power's conquest and reconstruction of the State that these coalitions embarked and/or implemented. Our scope are the political pacts populardemocratic and rentier-financier, which according to Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira would happened, respectively, between 1977-1987 and 1991-2005. We investigated how it was possible to these coalitions sustain, modify or suppress certain economic choices, political and social, such as national development strategies, the type of State and its relationship with the market. We identify the agents of these coalitions, their interests, ideologies, speeches, arrangements, consensus and commitments entered into, the conflicts with other agents, the influence of fortune, and how these processes impacted the Republic, the citizens and the Brazilian State. We analyse the book of John Pocock, The Machiavellian Moment, to discuss the process and the power projects of the two hegemonic coalitions in the period: populardemocratic in the 1980s and rentier-financier in the 1990s. We debated on the one hand, the project of nation that the popular-democratic coalition managed to build through the Federal Constitution of 1988 and that Renato Lessa named of civilizatory program for the whole Brazilian society, and on the other hand the project described by Sallum Jr of conquest of power and reconstruction of the State in a predominantly liberal perspective. Two Oscar Vilhena Vieira's concepts are used to help us interpret the Constituent time and the Constitution of 1988: the reserve of justice and the maximizing commitment. About the 1990s, we analyze the origins, the processes and the consequences of what Celso Furtado wrote as being an nation's interrupted construction, or Paulo Nogueira Batista that the Brazil had taken in speech and in action, total external dependence. We also ...

When Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982, it was the beginning of a two month long war. The aim of this essay is to find alternative explanations to the Falklands war with the main question being whether there were hidden motives for Thatcher and her reactions in 1982.   The essay will focus on the period 1965-1982 in which different texts will be analyzed by applying theories. The diversionary war theory describes how state leaders can improve their political popularity by intentionally escalating a conflict. The geopolitical theory explains how a state, by investments, constructions and military, can create demographic and international perceptions regarding a territory while foreign political theory describes how decision making is affected by the bureaucracy, psychology and the international system.   The ministry of defense and the navy was heavily affected by the financial cuts during the conflict and may also have affected the manner in which they advised Thatcher in 1982. Because of the British unwillingness to invest geopolitically in the Falklands and their aggravation of the diplomatically efforts to find a peaceful solution, the conflict got worse. In addition, Thatchers intentions to implement economic reforms and her record low political popularity make it plausible to suspect her for having, intentionally, escalated the conflict to gain political popularity and to enable the economic reforms.

La raison d’État, concept clé de la modernité politique et de la pensée étatique du XVIIe siècle, est approchée à rebours dans cette étude, afin de mieux en saisir les origines, et de comprendre les conditions qui en permettent l’émergence. Par l’adoption d’une méthode généalogique, ce travail vise aussi à concilier l’école historique française des Annales et la tradition anglo-américaine de l’histoire des idées, et à traiter les théories politiques comme un objet historique à part entière. Chaque texte et chaque auteur est donc intégré dans un enchaînement d’influences et de relations sans dénier à chacun son individualité intellectuelle. Parmi les notions principales qui structurent toutes les définitions de la raison d’État, la nécessité, l’utilité publique, l’exception à la loi connaissent des évolutions profondes dès le XIIe siècle, sous l’effet de la redécouverte des Anciens par Jean de Salisbury et plus encore Thomas d’Aquin, du travail des juristes, tant en droit canonique que romain, ainsi que dans la pratique fiscale des XIIIe et XIVe siècles. Les progrès de l’idéologie royale, l’affirmation d’une nécessité spécifique à l’action politique chez Guillaume d’Ockham, et l’essor du concept d’État souverain sous l’influence particulière de Marsile de Padoue, participent aussi de cette élaboration à l’œuvre, notamment dans l’Italie des cités-États. Le parcours s’achève par l’exposition de trois différentes définitions de la raison d’État qui, d’abord chez Machiavel et Guichardin, puis chez Botero, puis enfin chez les juristes dont Ammirato et Canonhiero, ouvrent la voie au triomphe de l’étatisme et au renouvellement des questionnements politiques, à l’aube des Lumières. / This survey attempts to draw a new understanding of reason of State, as a key concept in modern politics and in 17th century State-centered thought. It is therefore studied backwards, in order to better describe its origins, and to understand what conditions enabled its formulation. The genealogic method is chosen as a way to conciliate the French school of the Annales and the anglo-american tradition of history of ideas, and to handle political ideas as historical artefacts. Every text and author is therefore apprehended as a part of a chain of influences and relationships, while intellectual singularities are preserved. Among the main concepts that participate in defining reason of State, necessity, public utility and legal exception evolve deeply from the 12th century, as a result of the rediscovery of ancient authors by John of Salisbury and still more by Thomas Aquinas, of recent developments in canon and roman law, and of new fiscal policies during the 13th and 14th centuries. The improvements of royal ideology, the new necessity specifically applied to political action in William of Ockham’s thought, and the rise of the concept of a sovereign State under the primary influence of Marsilius of Padua, also participate in this preparation, now centered on Italian city-states. The account ends with a view on three different definitions of reason of State, that correspond first to Machiavelli and Guicciardini, then to Botero, and finally to the legal thought of Ammirato and Canonhiero. This outcome paves the way to the triumph of Statism, and to the new developments of political theory during the Enlightenment.

This essay examines wether the prevailing opinion of Machiavelli as a prominent figure in political realism is correct or if the author is misinterpreted and can be said to represent something more. Thus, the puropse of this essay is to revise the description of Machiavelli given in widely used Swedish textbooks. This is done on the basis of a thesis saying that Machiavelli, judged not by his renowned book ‘The Prince’ (Fursten), but in the light of his extensive work ‘Discourses’ (Republiken), does not advocate a sovereign power but rather promote a pluralistic society. The method used in this essay is a qualitative textanalysis, which is done on the two books in purpose to examine three central themes in Machiavelli’s writing; the morality, the view on humanity and the state and citizen. Though there is an obvious similarity between Machiavelli’s ‘Discourses’ and the writing of Aristoteles no effort is done in this essay to describe what they have in common, but only to present a contrasting picture vis á vis the established and prevailing role of Machiavelli in Sweden. Throughout the essay it becomes clear that there is more to the subject than the authors of the textbooks let us know. By reading ‘Discourses’ I therefore stress the importance of civic virtue and rule of law in Machiavelli’s thinking.

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Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T18:26:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fabiana de Jesus Benetti.pdf: 440388 bytes, checksum: 259ca0eb0297320965ccef8647c7ad0a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-12-02 / Fundação Araucária / Machiavelli wrote his political works using the terms for which does not offer a conceptual systematization. Among them we highlight the word stato. The study about this word allows observing the conceptual diversity left by the author, a multiplicity of uses without a precise definition that allows completely understand the term. Given the research on the significance of stato and the number of times it appears in Prince, we can affirm that this work is the work of complex stato in Machiavelli. The word is found 116 times and the term is used in different meanings, in complex and polysemic meanings (this datum will not limit our search to the referred work, but it certainly will receive greater attention). The difficulty in finding a single and precise meaning of the word is understandable when it is considered that in the Renaissance the term was undergoing a transformation. The significance of stato, which previously corresponded to status and concerned a position or condition, transitioned to the Modern conception of the term, distinguished from all previously existing forms of elements, such as unity, the organization in accordance with a constitution and the sovereign power which gives it an own sphere of action, independent of any other power. It is because of this that we find in the writings of Machiavelli meanings may involve the notion of power, territory, government or even State in the modern sense. This thesis aims to demonstrate some evidence of this transition in the writings of the Florentine. From the confrontation of elements that characterize the term stato in Machiavelli and characteristic elements of the concept of the notion of the modern state, we will try to demonstrate that, although Machiavelli does not use the term in the full sense of the latter, in his political theory there are certain notions close to the Modern understanding of State. / Maquiavel escreve suas obras políticas utilizando-se de termos para os quais não oferece uma sistematização conceitual. Dentre eles destacamos o vocábulo stato. O estudo acerca deste vocábulo permite observar a diversidade conceitual deixada pelo autor, uma multiplicidade de usos sem uma definição precisa que permita compreender cabalmente o termo. Diante das pesquisas realizadas sobre o significado do stato e da quantidade de vezes que ele aparece no Príncipe, pode-se afirmar que este escrito é a obra do stato complexo em Maquiavel. A palavra é encontrada 116 vezes e o termo é utilizado em acepções diferentes, em sentidos complexos e polissêmicos (este dado não limitará nossa pesquisa à referida obra, mas certamente ela receberá uma atenção maior). A dificuldade em se encontrar um sentido preciso e único da palavra é compreensível quando se considera que no Renascimento o termo passava por uma transformação. A significação de stato, que antes correspondia a status e dizia respeito a uma posição ou condição, transitava para a concepção Moderna do termo, diferenciada de todas as formas existentes anteriormente por elementos como a unidade, a organização de acordo com uma constituição e o poder soberano que lhe confere uma esfera de atuação própria, independente de qualquer outro poder. É por conta disto que encontramos nos escritos de Maquiavel significações podendo envolver a noção de poder, território, governo ou até mesmo de Estado no sentido moderno. Este trabalho tem como objetivo demonstrar alguns indícios desta transição nos escritos do florentino. A partir do confronto de elementos que caracterizam o termo stato em Maquiavel e elementos característicos da noção de Estado moderno, procuraremos demonstrar que, embora Maquiavel não empregue o termo na plenitude de sentido deste último, em sua teoria política há determinadas noções próximas da compreensão Moderna de Estado.

Orientador: Roberto Romano da Silva / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-19T03:37:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TeixeiraJunior_GeraldoAlves_D.pdf: 12974491 bytes, checksum: ef0f7aec2f638114c9a64bcca5d6be1e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: O pensamento sobre a razão de Estado pode ser dito fundamental para a política moderna, já que seu desenvolvimento inicial coincide com o do próprio surgimento do Estado. Onde crescia a razão de Estado, crescia o Estado, que por sua vez fomentava aquela política. Acusada de ocorrer à revelia da moral, essa circularidade e o acúmulo de poder que ela envolve foi certamente responsável por consolidar o Estado como instituição quaseuniversal. A consolidação das instituições estatais não extinguiu, contudo, a razão de Estado, que como técnica de poder ou como pretensa racionalidade superior acompanhou os distintos momentos da política. A presente pesquisa examina inicialmente o contexto histórico e intelectual que originou o pensamento sobre a razão de Estado a fim de permitir uma visão panorâmica do tema na teoria política. Após o estudo histórico discorre-se sobre os diversos elementos que compõem este tema e analisa-se os modos pelos quais eles operam na prática política. Nesta primeira parte são utilizados diversos textos de reconhecidos estudiosos do pensamento político, como Friedrich Meinecke, Carl J. Friedrich, Quentin Skinner e Michel Senellart, mas recorre-se também diretamente aos textos históricos de Nicolau Maquiavel, Giovanni Botero, Thomas Hobbes e Gabriel Naudé. No estágio seguinte aplica-se o estudo inicial a um caso concreto. São estudadas algumas ações políticas e jurídicas do governo dos Estados Unidos, assim como leis criadas para combater o terrorismo, notavelmente aquelas que entraram em vigor após os ataques que o país sofreu em 11 de setembro de 2001. Antes de abordar o ponto central recupera-se fatores históricos que influenciaram os rumos do Estado americano e alguns eventos que constituem precedentes importantes da política antiterror. Após a devida contextualização, o trabalho centra-se na análise de uma lei de 2001, o Patriot Act, e nas ações estatais que ela possibilitou nos anos seguintes. Na segunda parte do trabalho utiliza-se, além de textos acadêmicos, artigos jornalísticos, documentos oficiais do governo americano, textos de leis, jurisprudência e relatórios e declarações de setores da sociedade civil e de comentadores de temas jurídicos. O exame da doutrina da razão de Estado, aplicado ao caso específico dos Estados Unidos no referido contexto corrobora a tese, pormenorizada no capítulo conclusivo, de que as recentes formas de combate ao terrorismo recuperam e fortalecem o pensamento sobre a razão de Estado, agora na situação particular dos Estados liberais-democráticos / Abstract: Reason of State theories might be considered fundamental to modern politics for its beginning occurs together with the emergence of States themselves. Where reason of State was rising, it helped the State growth that, in turn, stimulated reason of State policies. Criticized for having put aside moral concerns, such circularity and the accumulation of power it produces may be pointed as an important cause leading to the consolidation of the State as a quasi-universal institution. Nonetheless, the States did not extinguished reason of State after being consolidated. As techniques or as a specific rationality it was adapted for each new context of politics. This work starts by investigating the historical and intellectual context that gave birth to reason of State in order to show a panoramic view of the theme in the political theory. After the historical study I analyse several elements which constitutes reason of State and I present how they operate in political practice. For this first part several texts of recognized academics of political thought are used, such as Friedrich Meinecke, Carl J. Friedrich, Quentin Skinner and Michel Senellart, but I also resort to the historical texts of Niccolo Machiavelli, Giovanni Botero, Thomas Hobbes and Gabriel Naudé. At the next stage the previous study is applied to a concrete case. I analyse political and judicial actions of the American government and some legislation created to combat terrorism, particularly those that went in force after the attacks the country suffered on September 11, 2001 (9/11). Before dealing with the main point I present historical events which have influenced the course of the United States politics and some important precedents of the anti-terror policies. After proper contextualization the study is focused on the 2001 law called Patriot Act and on the state actions it has authorized in the years that followed its creation. In the second part, besides academic texts and news articles, I make use of official documents, statute texts, judicial cases, reports and declarations of civil society organizations and of legal themes' commentators. The study of reason of State doctrine applied to the specific case of the United States at the mentioned context corroborates the thesis addressed at the conclusive chapter stating that the recent anti-terror policies revive and strengthen reason of State thought, now acting at the particular situation of liberal democracies / Doutorado / Filosofia / Doutor em Filosofia

This essay is about North Korea, Kim Jong Il and how the future looks for the states political system. The purpose is to explain how Kim Jong Il and the North Korean regim rules the state and with help of Machiavellis theory about the Prince, tell about the states future. The essayinvestigates how well Kim Jong Il and the North Korean regime are keeping their power overthe state and if their possibilities to continue in the same way are good or bad. The essayinvestigates North Koreas possibilities for further reign through Niccolo Machiavellis theory. The argument is that the North Korean state and Kim Jong Il have few or noneconditions to continue with the same political system that the state in this time have. The result shows that, through a Machiavellian perspective, Kim Jong Il and the North Korean regime have bad conditions to continue ruling the state in same way as now. The investigation, unfortunately, do not show when and how North Korea will be exposed to a government switch , but the result points to a change.

L’état de guerre permanent dans lequel est plongée l’Italie au début du XVIème siècle inaugure un nouvel espace politique qui ne va pas sans modifier la langue et le lexique politiques. Cette étude se consacre à un corpus peu exploité, celui des registres des Consulte e Pratiche della Repubblica fiorentina, procès-verbaux des réunions où le gouvernement florentin convoquait les citoyens les plus « sages » afin de recueillir leurs avis sur la politique à suivre. Pour le philologue politique, l’examen de ces verbali, conduit de concert avec l’étude des écrits politiques de la même époque, notamment machiavéliens, permet d’une part de désenclaver ces registres municipaux de leur marginalité historiographique, et d’autre part de dé-machiavéliser un certain nombre de termes, d’images, de représentations, de notions, non pour les assigner à d’autres, mais pour tenter de cerner ce qui fait les contours d’une voix et d’une parole collective. / Wars raging in Italy at the beginning of the XVIth century outline a new political space which alters the usual language of power and politics. In this context, our study concentrates on a quite forsaken corpus : the Consulte e Pratiche della Repubblica fiorentina. These texts gather the proceedings and the minutes of the meetings where « savi cittadini », summoned by the Signoria, tried to deliver advices and judgments on the current political affairs. From a philological and political perspectives, these verbali allow to restore the pratica in its central fonction of counselling and discussing all important political matters in Florence, between 1494 and 1512. They permit also to have a closer insight upon the machiavellian terminology, by stressing out all the common lexical sources and images where consiglieri and members of the political elite alike used to find a general frame for their thoughts. By doing so, this study emphatizes the diversity and the richness of a republican institution, the pratica, during times of troubles and violence.