Political structures: democracy books

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Democracy Promotion and Foreign Policy: Identity and Interests in US, EU and Non-Western Democracies

Democracy Promotion and Foreign Policy: Identity and...

Author: D. Huber
ISBN: 9781137414465
Format: Hardback
$181.95

Democracy promotion is an established principle in US and EU foreign policies today, but how did it become so? This...  Read More >>

Deliberative Acts: Democracy, Rhetoric, and Rights

Deliberative Acts: Democracy, Rhetoric, and Rights

Author: Arabella Lyon
ISBN: 9780271059754
Format: Paperback
$71.99

Offers a theory of performative deliberation, arguing that speech acts, performances, and performatives constitute...  Read More >>

American Dionysia: Violence, Tragedy, and Democratic Politics

American Dionysia: Violence, Tragedy, and Democratic...

Author: Steven Johnston (University of Utah)
ISBN: 9781107496675
Format: Paperback
$64.66

Exposing many of democracy's ugly secrets, American Dionysia demonstrates that classic and contemporary resources...  Read More >>

In Search of the Movement: The Struggle for Civil Rights Then and Now

In Search of the Movement: The Struggle for Civil Rights...

Author: Benjamin Hedin
ISBN: 9780872866478
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Published on the 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery, Alabama marches, Ben Hedin analyzes the legacy of...  Read More >>

Modern Albania: From Dictatorship to Democracy in Europe

Modern Albania: From Dictatorship to Democracy in Europe...

Author: Fred C. Abrahams
ISBN: 9780814705117
Format: Hardback
$109.00

In the early 1990s, Albania, arguably Europe’s most closed and repressive state, began a startling transition out...  Read More >>

Disposable Futures: The Seduction of Violence in the Age of Spectacle

Disposable Futures: The Seduction of Violence in the...

Author: Henry A Giroux ,  Brad Evans (University of Leeds UK)
ISBN: 9780872866591
Format: Electronic book text
$47.49

A sweeping exploration of how neoliberalism normalizes violence and spectacle, and the counterforce radical imagination...  Read More >>

European Democracy as Demoi-cracy

European Democracy as Demoi-cracy

Author: Francis Cheneval (University of Zurich, Switzerland) ,  Sandra Lavenex (Université de Genève)
ISBN: 9781138857872
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Whereas ‘democracy’ assumes a single demos or people, ‘demoi-cracy’ refers to democratic government and governance...  Read More >>

Democracy in Africa: Successes, Failures, and the Struggle for Political Reform

Democracy in Africa: Successes, Failures, and the Struggle...

Author: Nic Cheeseman (University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9780521138420
Format: Paperback
$56.90

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the history of democracy in Africa and grapples with important...  Read More >>

Migration and Integration in Europe, Southeast Asia, and Australia: A Comparative Perspective

Migration and Integration in Europe, Southeast Asia,...

Author: Juliet Pietsch ,  Marshall Clark
ISBN: 9789089645388
Format: Hardback
$292.39

An interdisciplinary collection of essays on migration by European and Southeast Asian scholars.  Read More >>

American Dionysia: Violence, Tragedy, and Democratic Politics

American Dionysia: Violence, Tragedy, and Democratic...

Author: Steven Johnston (University of Utah)
ISBN: 9781107100602
Format: Hardback
$194.06

Exposing many of democracy's ugly secrets, American Dionysia demonstrates that classic and contemporary resources...  Read More >>

The Authoritarian Interlude: Democracy, Values and the Politics of Hubris

The Authoritarian Interlude: Democracy, Values and the...

Author: Peter Marden
ISBN: 9781409468608
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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Democracy in Central Asia: Competing Perspectives and Alternative Strategies

Democracy in Central Asia: Competing Perspectives and...

Author: Associate Professor Mariya Y Omelicheva (University of Kansas, USA University of Kansas University of Kansas University of Kansas)
ISBN: 9780813160696
Format: Electronic book text
$158.40

Promoting democracy has long been a priority of Western foreign policy. In practice, however, international attempts...  Read More >>

Political Discussion in Modern Democracies: A Comparative Perspective

Political Discussion in Modern Democracies: A Comparative...

Author: Michael R. Wolf ,  Laura Morales (University of Manchester, UK)
ISBN: 9781138882119
Format: Paperback
$92.99

This book provides an overview of, and new contributions to the study of political discussion in comparative politics....  Read More >>

Political Polarization in American Politics

Political Polarization in American Politics

Author: John Sides ,  Daniel J. Hopkins
ISBN: 9781501306273
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Political Polarization in American Politics provides short, accessible chapters about the nature and extent of political...  Read More >>

Against Orthodoxy: Social Theory and Its Discontents

Against Orthodoxy: Social Theory and Its Discontents...

Author: S. Aronowitz
ISBN: 9781137438874
Format: Paperback
$61.95

The book contains groundbreaking and immersive essays on crucial 20th Century scholars on social theory, discussed...  Read More >>

Professional Pathways to the Presidency

Professional Pathways to the Presidency

Author: T. Marchant-Shapiro
ISBN: 9781349500840
Format: Paperback
$197.95

Presidential hopefuls frequently claim they are qualified because their job experience is the same as a great president....  Read More >>

Mmusi Maimane: A New Way for South Africa

Mmusi Maimane: A New Way for South Africa

Author: Sello Mbatha
ISBN: 9781514197998
Format: Paperback
$31.68

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Decolonizing Democracy: Intersections of Philosophy and Postcolonial Theory

Decolonizing Democracy: Intersections of Philosophy...

Author: Ferit Güven, Professor of Philosophy, Earlham College
ISBN: 9780739199572
Format: Hardback
$220.00

This book analyzes the concept of democracy and its practical application in the twenty-first century from a philosophical...  Read More >>

Against Orthodoxy: Social Theory and Its Discontents

Against Orthodoxy: Social Theory and Its Discontents...

Author: S. Aronowitz
ISBN: 9781137388292
Format: Hardback
$192.95

The book contains groundbreaking and immersive essays on crucial 20th Century scholars on social theory, discussed...  Read More >>

The Pseudo-Democrat's Dilemma: Why Election Observation Became an International Norm

The Pseudo-Democrat's Dilemma: Why Election Observation...

Author: Susan D. Hyde
ISBN: 9780801456763
Format: Paperback
$69.84

Examining whether election monitoring is an effective way to promote democracy or simply a means to legitimize electoral...  Read More >>

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