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Deliberative Systems in Theory and Practice

Deliberative Systems in Theory and Practice

Author: Stephen Elstub (Newcastle University, UK) ,  Selen Ercan (University of Canberra, Australia)
ISBN: 9780815396130
Format: Hardback
$284.00

A critical exploration of deliberative systems as a viable and legitimate approach to democracy in theory and practice....  Read More >>

Reforming Civil-Military Relations in New Democracies: Democratic Control and Military Effectiveness in Comparative Perspectives

Reforming Civil-Military Relations in New Democracies:...

Author: Aurel Croissant ,  David Kuehn
ISBN: 9783319850849
Format: Paperback
$232.85

By tracing the development of civil-military relations in various new democracies from a comparative perspective,...  Read More >>

The Quality of Democracy in Africa: Opposition Competitiveness Rooted in Legacies of Cleavages

The Quality of Democracy in Africa: Opposition Competitiveness...

Author: Jonathan van Eerd
ISBN: 9783319845029
Format: Paperback
$232.85

The comparative study demonstrates that competitive opposition parties in dominant party systems are rooted in the...  Read More >>

Is American Democracy in Crisis?: The Munk Debates

Is American Democracy in Crisis?: The Munk Debates

Author: E.J. Dionne ,  Andrew Sullivan
ISBN: 9781487004514
Format: Paperback
$28.44

The twenty-first semi-annual Munk Debate, held on October 12th, 2017, pits award-winning journalist E. J. Dionne,...  Read More >>

Vers la Représentation proportionnelle

Vers la Représentation proportionnelle

Author: Charles Benoist
ISBN: 9781720775164
Format: Paperback
$23.60

Les lecteurs de la Revue auraient le droit de me traiter durement si, pour la quatrième fois depuis quinze ans,...  Read More >>

Aristocratic Souls in Democratic Times

Aristocratic Souls in Democratic Times

Author: Richard Avramenko ,  Ethan Alexander-Davey
ISBN: 9781498553261
Format: Hardback
$302.00

This volume explores the place of aristocratic virtues and values in the modern democratic world. Essays examine...  Read More >>

How Democracy Ends

How Democracy Ends

Author: David Runciman (University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9781541616783
Format: Hardback
$71.28

How will democracy end? And what will replace it? A preeminent political scientist examines the past, present, and...  Read More >>

The German Political Foundations' Work between Jerusalem, Ramallah and Tel Aviv: A Kaleidoscope of Different Perspectives

The German Political Foundations' Work between Jerusalem,...

Author: Anna Abelmann ,  Katharina Konarek
ISBN: 9783658200183
Format: Paperback
$93.12

The German political foundations are a world-wide unique phenomenon. Israeli, Palestinian and German authors contribute...  Read More >>

Free Speech and the State: An Unprincipled Approach

Free Speech and the State: An Unprincipled Approach...

Author: David van Mill
ISBN: 9783319847061
Format: Paperback
$129.35

This book addresses the question: “What should be the appropriate limits to free speech?” The author claims that...  Read More >>

Gerrymandering: A Guide to Congressional Redistricting, Dark Money, and the U.S. Supreme Court

Gerrymandering: A Guide to Congressional Redistricting,...

Author: Franklin L. Kury
ISBN: 9780761870258
Format: Paperback
$51.99

This book explains gerrymandering and its relevance to the functioning of our government system and describes what...  Read More >>

Rāshid al-Ghannūshi̇̄: A Key Muslim Thinker of the 21st Century

Rāshid al-Ghannūshi̇̄: A Key Muslim Thinker of the 21st...

Author: Mohammad Dawood Sofi
ISBN: 9789811087608
Format: Hardback
$113.82

This book discusses various dynamic facets of the life of Rāshid al-Ghannūshi̇̄, a distinguished Islamic thinker...  Read More >>

Democracy and Its Crisis

Democracy and Its Crisis

Author: A. C. Grayling
ISBN: 9781786074065
Format: Paperback
$19.99

An urgent exploration of the challenges facing democracy today  Read More >>

No Is Not Enough: Defeating the New Shock Politics

No Is Not Enough: Defeating the New Shock Politics

Author: Naomi Klein
ISBN: 9780141986791
Format: Paperback
$22.99

The acclaimed No.1 International Bestseller, now in paperback Remember when it all seemed to be getting better?...  Read More >>

Adults In The Room: My Battle With Europe’s Deep Establishment

Adults In The Room: My Battle With Europe’s Deep Establishment...

Author: Yanis Varoufakis
ISBN: 9781784705763
Format: Paperback
$22.99

** The Sunday Times #1 Bestseller** 'One of the greatest political memoirs of all time' Guardian What happens...  Read More >>

The Civil Sphere in Latin America

The Civil Sphere in Latin America

Author: Jeffrey C. Alexander (Yale University, Connecticut) ,  Carlo Tognato
ISBN: 9781108426831
Format: Hardback
$232.88

This book approaches today's 'front page' issues in Latin America in a unique and compelling way - by framing them...  Read More >>

Challenges of Democracy in the 21st Century: Concepts, Methods, Causality and the Quality of Democracy

Challenges of Democracy in the 21st Century: Concepts,...

Author: Luca Tomini (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) ,  Giulia Sandri (Université Catholique de Lille, France)
ISBN: 9780815381839
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book evaluates and challenges recent scholarly literature on the quality of democracy. It provides a critical...  Read More >>

Irregular Migration as a Challenge for Democracy

Irregular Migration as a Challenge for Democracy

Author: Elzbieta Kuzelewska ,  Amy Weatherburn
ISBN: 9781780686226
Format: Paperback
$230.29

Immigration has emerged as the defining issue of our times. [] The challenge that the immigration issue poses to...  Read More >>

Plea of the Valueless: Proposing Economic Equality

Plea of the Valueless: Proposing Economic Equality

Author: Paul Progen ,  Barry Lyons
ISBN: 9781732179202
Format: Paperback
$36.93

This is more than a plea for influential equality and the birthright to possess a value recognizable in government....  Read More >>

European Social Movements and the Transnationalization of Public Spheres: Anti-austerity and pro-democracy mobilisation from the national to the global

European Social Movements and the Transnationalization...

Author: Angela Bourne (Roskilde University, Denmark)
ISBN: 9781138495142
Format: Hardback
$284.00

In the book, we show how contemporary European social movements may contribute to such processes as either ‘arenas’...  Read More >>

The Dark Side of Podemos?: Carl Schmitt and Contemporary Progressive Populism

The Dark Side of Podemos?: Carl Schmitt and Contemporary...

Author: Josh Booth (Cambridge University, UK) ,  Patrick Baert (University of Cambridge, UK)
ISBN: 9780815380726
Format: Hardback
$114.00

In The Dark Side of Podemos?, Booth and Baert explain why Schmittian theory resonated with Podemos’ founders. In...  Read More >>

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