Political structures: democracy books

Today those who believe in liberal democracy must reexamine and reaffirm their commitments. Here, Charles Anderson...  Read More >>

This book examines the impact of European political conditionality on the process of democratization in Turkey over...  Read More >>

Truth commissions, apologies, and reparations are just some of the transitional justice mechanisms embraced by established...  Read More >>

The book provides an original typology of religiously oriented parties that is a useful guide to understand their...  Read More >>

The Keys Are Being Passed celebrates the 50th anniversary of the American Civil Rights Movement through the interdisciplinary...  Read More >>

An independent judiciary is considered an indication of a developing nation's level of democracy  Read More >>

The rule of law in the United States is compromised when it has a disparate impact on low socioeconomic classes;...  Read More >>

Written by one of the most influential men of his time and one of the greatest journalists in history, this seminal...  Read More >>

Explores the risks and responsibilities of liberty. Examining the tyranny that can come both from government and...  Read More >>

Since 1995, Freedom House's Nations in Transit series has monitored the status of democratic change from Central...  Read More >>

This book focuses on the recent return of religion to politics, providing a range of perspectives and insights on...  Read More >>

Growth against Democracy: Savage Developmentalism in the Modern World, by H.L.T. Quan, is a radical critique of...  Read More >>

It provides a novel argument about how peacekeeping works and further insight into how international factors affect...  Read More >>

An examination of how and why various US demographic groups are politically distinct and how these groups' behaviour...  Read More >>

Foucault saw the notion of parrhesia (truth-telling) as the most important factor for how governments could and...  Read More >>

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This book takes predominant crowd theory to task, questioning received ideas about mob psychology that remain prevalent...  Read More >>

Schweber argues that justifications based on particular religious doctrines inaccessible to nonadherents cannot...  Read More >>

Clear disparities exist between notions of representative democracy and political practice in Britain. Alternative...  Read More >>

Beliefs held by US and European elites about unregulated markets and a currency union without fiscal union led to...  Read More >>

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The Civic Constitution provides a compelling case for rethinking the U.S. Constitution and its relations to citizens...  Read More >>

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One of the world's leading experts in referendums, Qvortrup provides a timely, intensively researched account of...  Read More >>