Democracy

Confidence in the future of democracy has been shaken by the authoritarian resurgence of the past decade, and some now argue that it is not realistic for the US to continue to champion democracy abroad. Does Democracy Matter? provides the conclusions of...

Although we tend to use the terms "representative democracy" and "democracy" as synonyms, Michael Mezey maintains that they are not. Democracy means that the people govern; representative democracy means that the people elect others...

Myanmar is going through a period of profound and contested transition. The country has experienced widespread if sometimes uneven reforms, including the start of a peace process between the government and Myanmar Army, and some two dozen ethnic armed...

In this original and highly readable book, Peter S. Field explains how Ralph Waldo Emerson became the first democratic intellectual in American history. By focusing on his public career, Field contends that Emerson was a democrat in two senses: he...

The latest edition of Politics offers a comprehensive and comparative approach to the essential components of democratic politics in today's states. The book begins by addressing ways of thinking about politics, community, and society, offering broad...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734575705Author David G RosenthalFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Tiger Storm PressPublisher Tiger Storm PressWeight(grams) 152g

Political accountability is a crucial element of any democracy since it is a safeguard against power abuse and corruption, both urgent problems of many political systems in Southeast Asia. Based on social science theories, the author analyses from a...

Decentralization is a major trend in Indonesia since the first decades of that nation under Sukarno and Suharto. Max Lane is justly treasured for illuminating those first decades, for example, through his translations of Pramoedya Ananta Toer, and his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733785280Author Thomas FenschFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint New Century BooksPublisher New Century BooksWeight(grams) 216g

Is Myanmar (Burma) democratizing, or is it moving towards a new form of authoritarianism, perhaps one more consonant with other contemporary authoritarian regimes in Asia? Coming at a critical time, and one of growing interest in this Southeast Asian...

Democracy is very much an open question in the early twenty-first century. While voter participation declines in many traditional democracies, new movements for democracy are emerging around the world. This book brings the question of democracy out of...

This book provides a systematic overview and in-depth analysis of the effects of rebel group inclusion on democracy following the end of conflict across the globe. It examines different types of rebel groups, addressing the subject matter through the...

Cultus Americanus applies a philosophical model of political culture as ideology, religion, and myth to a re-consideration of America's liberal consensus to explain cultural diversity in America. Applying this model to the formative years of American...

One of the country's foremost Tocqueville scholars, Roger Boesche has gathered together his writings on Tocqueville from the last quarter century. These essays focus on specific aspects of Tocqueville's political thought: the methodology that Tocqueville...

By conservative estimates about 50 million migrants are currently living outside of their home communities, forced to flee to obtain some measure of safety and security. In addition to persecution, human rights violations, repression, conflict, and...

The Politics of the Spirit is a masterful study of the political effects of evangelical Protestantism in Central America. Timothy Steigenga's thoughtfully crafted work questions whether the spread of Protestantism in Latin America has reinforced...

This book is the first comprehensive study to respond to the ongoing debates on political sciences' fragmentation, doubtful relevance, and disconnect with the larger public. It explores the implications of the argument that political science ought to...

When faced with the rapid and disorienting transition from communism to democracy, many eastern European leaders sought simple, immediately rewarding answers to complex policy problems. Undoubtedly, this hurried approach had a significant impact on the...

This is a collection of some of the greatest theses ever written about democracy. Here you will find Jean Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Aquinas, Cicero and Aristotle, John Stuart Mill and John Locke- and, of course, our very own James Madison. The...

Representative democracy has long been problematic and subject to erosion through the introduction of components of direct democracy (referenda, voter initiatives and systems of recall). Following the increase of direct action across the world, through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781928810308Author Toms Alberto VilaFormat PaperbackPage Count 694Imprint Milenio PublishingPublisher Milenio PublishingWeight(grams) 152g

Public opinion polling permeates today's politics, yet many seem suspicious of polls and skeptical in their prominence, fearing that overreliance on public opinion amounts to pandering or that pollsters can manipulate a feeble public. In this book Adam...

This book offers a concise and accessible introduction to debates about expertise, policy-making and democracy. It uniquely combines an overview of recent research on the policy role of experts with discussions in political philosophy and the philosophy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781667869391Author Doug DixFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint BookBabyPublisher BookBabyWeight(grams) 231g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933567259Author Dr Glen T MartinFormat HardbackPage Count 408Imprint Institute for Economic DemocracyPublisher Institute for Economic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781442639409Author James a CorryFormat PaperbackPage Count 700Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013295683Author Leif Thomas OlsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Deliberative democracy is increasingly central in democratic theory and its concepts are employed in a growing number of fields, including social movement studies and environmental politics. At the same time, contemporary citizen activism seems to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643882697Author Amit GoswamiFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Luminare PressPublisher Luminare PressWeight(grams) 331g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732179202Author Paul ProgenFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Yi Ima Printing, Inc.Publisher Yi Ima Printing, Inc.Weight(grams) 129g

In November of 2003, a stolen election in the former Soviet republic of Georgia led to protests and the eventual resignation of President Eduard Shevardnadze. Shevardnadze was replaced by a democratically elected government led by President Mikheil...

Democratic Anxieties: Same-Sex Marriage, Death, and Citizenship proceeds from the surprising parallels between straight and gay opponents of same-sex marriage. With their apocalyptic rhetoric they inadvertently point to a frequently neglected,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798987720301Author David P ShawFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint David ShawPublisher David ShawWeight(grams) 277g

Democracy and Leadership: On Pragmatism and Virtue presents a theory of leadership drawing on insights from Plato's Republic, while abandoning his authoritarianism in favor of John Dewey's democratic thought. The book continues the democratic turn for...

Many advanced countries are facing a shared problem that democracy is not functioning as well as it should. Malfunctioning Democracy in Japan: Quantitative Analysis in a Civil Society, by Yoshiaki Kobayashi, investigates the causes of these problems...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788027334186Author Jane AddamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Madison & Adams PressPublisher Madison & Adams PressWeight(grams) 0g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781605205151Author Viscount James BryceFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 993g

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Journalism and Political Democracy in Brazil is an investigation into the complexities of the relationship established between the media and the government in the aftermath of the Brazilian dictatorship. It examines the role of the mainstream press in...