Democracy

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451684971Author Simon Reid-HenryFormat PaperbackPage Count 880Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399512749Author Michael DitrychFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

An investigation of the origins of democracy in a range of countries and societies, from ancient Greece to modern times, and the threats that democracy is under today. An excellent introduction to democracy for young adults. In this eye-opening work,...

What role did civil society play in Korea's recent democratization? How does the Korean case compare with cases from other regions of the world? What is the current status of Korean democratic consolidation? What are the prospects for Korean democracy? ...

Why is Canadian unity important to democratic pluralism worldwide? Democratic pluralism is the ability of different cultural and language communities to find representation under a single set of democratic institutions, however configured. Although...

This examination of James Baldwin's essays explores his contribution to political theory.... The book concludes with a discussion of Baldwin's complicated relation with language and a consideration of his significance in the political landscape of the...

For eighty years, students of parliamentary democracy have argued that durable cabinets require majority party government. Lawrence Dodd challenges this widely held belief and offers in its place a revisionist interpretation based on contemporary game...

How should we view moments of democratic failure, when both the law and citizens forsake justice? Do such moments reveal a wholesale failure of democracy or a more contested failing, pointing to what could have been? There are certain moments, such...

This volume examines the nature and role of democratic citizenship, the conditions necessary for its development, and its relationship to the key institutions of the state. Comparing and contrasting the patterns of political development and practice in...

This ambitious study, by a leading Spanish Social Scientist, analyses the mutual relationship between politics and the economy. Focusing on the experiences of Southern and Eastern Europe, it examines the complex interdependence bewteen democracies,...

A data-rich analysis of how the four inter-related crises of 2020 — the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic collapse and K-shaped recovery, the clashes over the legacy of racism and policing, and assaults on the legitimacy of democratic institutions (abetted...

These ten essays are concerned with theoretical and empirical analyses of trust and distrust in post-Communist Europe after the collapse of the Soviet bloc in 1989. The contributors come from different disciplines, ranging from history, economics and...

For centuries it has been assumed that democracy must refer to the empowerment of the People's voice. In this pioneering book, Jeffrey Edward Green makes the case for considering the People as an ocular entity rather than a vocal one. Green argues that...

THE MUCH-ANTICIPATED FOLLOW-UP TO INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER HOW DEMOCRACIES DIE - essential reading ahead of the 2024 US election'Just like their previous work, this book is concise, readable, and convincing' Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668012437Author Rob GoodmanFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster

Max Weber is best known as one of the founders of modern sociology and the author of the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, but he also made important contributions to modern political and democratic theory. In Democracy and the Political in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399522168Author Sofia Anceau HelanderFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressWeight(grams) 544g

The Costs of Coalition tackles big questions of enduring interest in real-world politics and in political science. The substantive aim of the book is to understand and explain who governs, and for how long, under the institutions of parliamentary...

The Constitution is the fundamental governing document of the United States. But to what extent do candidates and parties make constitutional arguments in the course of American elections? By examining party platforms, candidate messages, presidential...

This book is the result of a research project carried out for the Committee of the Regions and analyses the 'state of play' of democratic practice at the subnational level in all of the European Member states. Its initial hypothesis was that liberal...

Why are representative democracies extensively criticised, yet remain widely aspired to throughout the world? Many citizens believe that democratic politicians operate with privileged information that allows them autonomy from genuine democratic...

This book investigates the theoretical and practical implications of blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies for democratic decision making. What new structures of democracy does blockchain technology enable? A cryptodemocracy is...

"Mark Kingwell is a beautiful writer, a lucid thinker and a patient teacher ...His insights are intellectual anchors in a fast-changing world."--Naomi Klein, author of No Logo Meet the "fast zombie" citizen of the current world. He is a rapid, brainless...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947534070Author Gwynne DyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Scribe USPublisher Scribe USWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm * 28mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593137802Author Barbara F. WalterFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA...

In his ground-breaking book, the leading political philosopher Russell Hardin develops a new theory of liberal constitutional democracy. Arguing against the standard consensus theories, the author shows how social co-ordination on limited, sociological...

This volume brings together new and classic articles by one of the leading scholars in comparative politics. The articles focus in particular on the nature of contemporary democracy and its prospects. The volume begins with a personal analysis of the...

It is frequently assumed that the "people " must have something in common or else democracy will fail. This assumption that democracy requires commonality - such as a shared nationality, a common culture, or consensus on a core set of values...

The Metamorphosis of Leadership in a Democratic Mexico is a broad analysis of Mexico's changing leadership over the past eight decades, stretching from its pre-democratic era (1935-1988), to its democratic transition (1988-2000) to its democratic period...

A concise account of the collapse of the USSR and the turbulant first years of Yeltsin's Russia.Book InformationISBN 9781898723578Author G.D.G. MurrellFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Sussex Academic PressPublisher Sussex Academic PressWeight(grams)...

Explores how democratic norms resonate with party activists, and with what implications for representative government Combines normative theories of democratic partisanship and the empirical study of political parties Contributes a novel theoretical...

This contribution to Political Anthropology, Migration Research, and Postcolonial Studies fills a gap in the hitherto under-represented scholarship on the settler society of the Andaman Islands, called Mini-India. The main actors of the book are migrants...

The introduction of consociational power sharing as a post-war political system has become one of the international community's preferred post-conflict devices. In situations where warring polities are internally divided by ethnic, religious, linguistic,...

This book offers an original analysis of the problem of the authority of the state in democracies. Unlike many discussions of democracy that treat authority as a problem primarily of domestic politics or normative values, this book puts the international...

"This is a truly illuminating and necessary book. Jeffrey Isaac lucidly explores the moral and political dilemmas of this turbulent fin-de-siecle, East and West. His passionate approach is inspired by a genuine moral vision that sees liberal democracy as...

The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated some of the strengths of our society, including the rapid development of vaccines. But the pandemic has also exposed its glaring weaknesses, such as the failure of our government to develop and quickly implement...

The recent dramatic transformation of Central and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union have intensified the perrenial debates about the meaning and future of democracy. This comprehensive overview of democracy examines its nature and prospects through...

There are many different ways to do political science research. This book takes a core question that motivates research in political science - what is democracy? - and presents, in a single volume, original research demonstrating a variety of approaches...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623542351Author Ruth SpiroPage Count 20Imprint Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.Publisher Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783847425380Author Jerzy J. WiatrFormat HardbackPage Count 220Imprint Verlag Barbara BudrichPublisher Verlag Barbara Budrich