Political structures: democracy books

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The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy

The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy...

Author: Christopher Lasch ,  David De Vries
ISBN: 9781665263955
Format: Audio
$105.57

"""[A] passionate, compelling, and disturbing argument that the ills of democracy in the United States today arise...  Read More >>

The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy Lib/E

The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy...

Author: Christopher Lasch ,  David De Vries
ISBN: 9781665263931
Format: Audio
$44.85

In this challenging work, Christopher Lasch makes an accessible critique of what is wrong with the values and beliefs...  Read More >>

Democracy Promotion in the EU’s Neighbourhood: From Leverage to Governance?

Democracy Promotion in the EU’s Neighbourhood: From...

Author: Sandra Lavenex (University of Lucerne, Switzerland) ,  Frank Schimmelfennig (Zurich University, Switzerland)
ISBN: 9781138109865
Format: Paperback
$92.99

This book defines and examines the three principal strategies of EU democracy promotion in comparative analyses...  Read More >>

Election Watchdogs: Transparency, Accountability and Integrity

Election Watchdogs: Transparency, Accountability and...

Author: Pippa Norris (Harvard University) ,  Alessandro Nai (University of Amsterdam)
ISBN: 9780190677831
Format: Undefined
$303.60

Recent decades have seen growing concern regarding problems of electoral integrity. The most overt malpractices...  Read More >>

Kommunalpolitik: Eine Einführung

Kommunalpolitik: Eine Einführung

Author: Everhard Holtmann ,  Christian Rademacher
ISBN: 9783531147994
Format: Paperback
$28.44

So werden der Begriff der kommunalen Selbstverwaltung entwickelt, die verschiedenen kommunalen Verfassungsmodelle...  Read More >>

Parteien, Parteiensysteme und politische Orientierungen: Aktuelle Beiträge der Parteienforschung

Parteien, Parteiensysteme und politische Orientierungen:...

Author: Carsten Koschmieder
ISBN: 9783658179212
Format: Paperback
$129.35

​Sechzehn renommierte Forscherinnen und Forscher der deutschen Politikwissenschaft ehren mit ihren Beiträgen Jubilar...  Read More >>

Democracy and the Nature of American Influence in Iran, 1941-1979

Democracy and the Nature of American Influence in Iran,...

Author: David R. Collier
ISBN: 9780815635123
Format: Paperback
$118.67

Presents a timely and fresh reexamination of one of the most important bilateral relationships of the last century....  Read More >>

Democracy and the Nature of American Influence in Iran, 1941-1979

Democracy and the Nature of American Influence in Iran,...

Author: David R. Collier
ISBN: 9780815634973
Format: Hardback
$198.00

Presents a timely and fresh reexamination of one of the most important bilateral relationships of the last century....  Read More >>

Clarity of Responsibility, Accountability, and Corruption

Clarity of Responsibility, Accountability, and Corruption...

Author: Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer (Rice University, Houston) ,  Margit Tavits (Washington University, St Louis)
ISBN: 9781107566927
Format: Paperback
$80.19

The book argues that clarity of responsibility increases accountability and decreases corruption levels in democracies....  Read More >>

Party System Formation in Kazakhstan: Between Formal and Informal Politics

Party System Formation in Kazakhstan: Between Formal...

Author: Rico Isaacs (University of Lincoln, UK)
ISBN: 9781138102347
Format: Paperback
$92.99

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Central Asian states have developed liberal-constitutional formal institutions....  Read More >>

Recognition, Conflict and the Problem of Global Ethical Community

Recognition, Conflict and the Problem of Global Ethical...

Author: Shannon Brincat (University of Queensland, Australia)
ISBN: 9781138060418
Format: Paperback
$69.99

This volume brings together leading international scholars of recognition theory in world politics to discuss the...  Read More >>

The EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy: The Quest for Democracy

The EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy: The Quest...

Author: Helene Sjursen (ARENA, University of Oslo, Norway)
ISBN: 9781138107366
Format: Paperback
$60.99

This book reorients the study of European foreign and security policy towards the question of democracy. Blending...  Read More >>

Democracy in Theory and Practice

Democracy in Theory and Practice

Author: Stephen Elstub (University of the West of Scotland, UK)
ISBN: 9781138110496
Format: Paperback
$92.99

The book advances our understanding of democracy by establishing the need to overcome the dichotomy between democracy...  Read More >>

Reclaiming Representation: Contemporary Advances in the Theory of Political Representation

Reclaiming Representation: Contemporary Advances in...

Author: Monica Brito Vieira (The University of York, UK.)
ISBN: 9781138928510
Format: Hardback
$284.00

"This volume gathers together chapters by key contributors to the ""representative turn,"" organizing them into...  Read More >>

The People's Verdict: Adding Informed Citizen Voices to Public Decision-Making

The People's Verdict: Adding Informed Citizen Voices...

Author: Claudia Chwalisz
ISBN: 9781786604361
Format: Paperback
$47.99

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Human Scale Revisited: A New Look at the Classic Case for a Decentralist Future

Human Scale Revisited: A New Look at the Classic Case...

Author: Kirkpatrick Sale
ISBN: 9781603587129
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Big government, big business, big everything: Kirkpatrick Sale took giantism to task in his 1980 classic, Human...  Read More >>

Hong Kong’s Governance Under Chinese Sovereignty: The Failure of the State-Business Alliance after 1997

Hong Kong’s Governance Under Chinese Sovereignty: The...

Author: Brian C. H. Fong
ISBN: 9781138091948
Format: Paperback
$101.00

As a hybrid regime, Hong Kong has been governed by a state-business alliance since the colonial era. However, since...  Read More >>

E-Democracy for Smart Cities

E-Democracy for Smart Cities

Author: T.M. Vinod Kumar
ISBN: 9789811040344
Format: Hardback
$388.10

This book highlights the rightful role of citizens as per the constitution of the country for participation in Governance...  Read More >>

American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith

American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith

Author: National Museum of American History ,  Harry R Rubenstein
ISBN: 9781588345318
Format: Hardback
$59.99

Illustrates the vital role democracy has played in the shaping of American history and the American experience American...  Read More >>

Refiguring Democracy: The Spanish Political Laboratory

Refiguring Democracy: The Spanish Political Laboratory...

Author: Ramón Feenstra (Universitat Jaume I of Castellón, Spain) ,  Simon Tormey (University of Sydney, Australia)
ISBN: 9781138063686
Format: Hardback
$114.00

The book offers an overall view of the way democracy is being reshaped in the Spanish lab through the impact of...  Read More >>

The Rights of Man

The Rights of Man

Author: Thomas Paine
ISBN: 9781548203252
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Rights of Man, Paine's most widely read work, is considered a classic statement of faith in democracy. First appearing...  Read More >>

Voice and Power in African Democracy: Institutions, Participation and Accountability

Voice and Power in African Democracy: Institutions,...

Author: Said Adejumobi
ISBN: 9781315566092
Format: Book
$201.96

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