Works by Jan-Erik Lane
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- Constitutions and political theory.Jan-Erik Lane -2011 - New York: Manchester University Press.Since constitutional arrangements are what make politics work, they are a central concern of political theory._This book, now completely updated, is the first comprehensive exploration of the political theory of constitutions. Jan-Erik Lane begins by examining the origins and history of constitutionalism and answers key questions such as: What is a constitution? Why are there constitutions? From where does constitutionalism originate? How is the constitutional state related to democracy and justice? Constitutions play a major role in domestic and international politics (...) in the early 21st century and an updated version of this classic textbook will introduce students to a number of different areas -- theoretical, empirical, and moral -- which will aid their understanding of this important topic. (shrink)
- Realism, Normativity and Professor Mearsheimer.Jan-Erik Lane -2024 -Philosophy Study 14 (2).No categories
- Fundamental Issues in Social Science.Jan-Erik Lane -2023 -Open Journal of Philosophy 13 (1):104-111.Philosophy of science pays meagre attention to the social sciences and humanities. It deals with basic questions in the natural sciences like Hempel, or general epistemology like e.g. Putnam and Kripke. Popper is the main exception.No categories
- The West, The East, and The Rest.Jan-Erik Lane -2023 -Philosophy Study 13 (11).No categories
- The Paradòx of Warfare.Jan-Erik Lane -2024 -Open Journal of Philosophy 14 (1):141-145.No categories
- A Philosophy of Pessimism.Jan-Erik Lane -2023 -Philosophy Study 13 (3).No categories
- Choice and constraint in budget-making.Jan-Erik Lane &Anders Westlund -1987 -Theory and Decision 23 (3):217-230.
- Democracy: Public Contracting in Open Societies.Jan-Erik Lane -2019 -Philosophy Study 9 (11).No categories
- Democracy, the Open Society and Truth.Jan-Erik Lane -2020 -Open Journal of Philosophy 10 (1):129-136.Karl Popper discovered the link between the open society and scientific dis- covery with the help of his analysis of growth of scientific theories (Popper, 1945, 1959). Only in an open society can hypotheses or models be falsified. His principle of falsification applies not only to scientific argument but also to social science beliefs and political propaganda. Thus, democracy nourishes an open society seeking the truth. Actually, democracy is the sole political re- gime that promotes the truth in an open (...) society. The rationale for democracy is to be found in game theory, in particular the principal agent framework in the economics of information. (shrink)
- Evolution and Human Activity.Jan-Erik Lane -2021 -Philosophy Study 11 (2).No categories
- Ends and Means.Jan-Erik Lane -2021 -Open Journal of Philosophy 11 (1):211-214.No categories
- Fiji: What Kind Of Militocracy?Jan-Erik Lane -2012 -Japanese Journal of Political Science 13 (3):401-417.The Republic of Fiji Islands has been under military rule since December 2006. Yet, the regime of Frank Bainimarama is not really like any other military regime in the world, nor does the 2006 coup resemble the earlier military interventions in the country. It is attempting development without freedom, but can it succeed? It is important to recognize that dictatorships can be of very different kinds. What happens with the Bainimarama regime will have a major impact upon the Pacific scene, (...) not only for the Fiji Islands but also for the Pacific Forum and the role of China in regional integration. And the course of future events will depend much upon what strategy Fiji's strongman chooses and what kind of constitution is put in place. (shrink)
- Looting as Vocation.Jan-Erik Lane -2022 -Open Journal of Philosophy 12 (4):505-509.What drives a politician? The standard answer in political philosophy is Hobbes’ power, strongly supported by Max Weber. However, the emergence of the Putin regime in Russia forces us to theorize the role of economic motivation as looting. We find it in all dictatorships, e.g., Burma. The giant financial economy enhances the private prospects of looting, especially in closed societies.No categories
- Philosophy of Science and Political Inquiry— Notes on Dowding, Weber and Myrdal.Jan-Erik Lane -2018 -Open Journal of Philosophy 8 (3):262-276.Professor Dowding has written an interesting and stimulating book on the relevance (R) of general philosophical insights for the conduct of political science enquiry. In this paper, I challenge his positive analysis due to the relevance (R) difficulty. The social sciences have to struggle with a set of philosophical questions, but they hardly belong to general ontological or epistemological theories.No categories
- Philosophy of War: the Ukraine.Jan-Erik Lane -2022 -Philosophy Study 12 (5).No categories
- Party politics in a fortress colony: the Maltese experience.Jan-Erik Lane -1993 -History of European Ideas 17 (2-3):384-384.
- The Analytic-Synthetic Distinction and the Social Sciences.Jan-Erik Lane -2022 -Philosophy Study 12 (10).No categories
- 20th Century Legal Philosophy as Reflected in Dane Alf Ross.Jan-Erik Lane -2020 -Philosophy Study 10 (6).No categories
- Teleology in Human Life.Jan-Erik Lane -2020 -Philosophy Study 10 (9).No categories
- The Thing to Do.Jan-Erik Lane -2022 -Philosophy Study 12 (1).
- What Is Meaning?Jan-Erik Lane -2020 -Philosophy Study 10 (10).No categories
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