Political structures: democracy books

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The Character of Democracy: How Institutions Shape Politics

The Character of Democracy: How Institutions Shape Politics...

Author: A. Clucas ,  Ellis Valdini
ISBN: 9780199945467
Format: Paperback
$121.95

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Democracy and Public Space: The Physical Sites of Democratic Performance

Democracy and Public Space: The Physical Sites of Democratic...

Author: John R. Parkinson (Associate Professor of Public Policy, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Warwick)
ISBN: 9780199676941
Format: Paperback
$81.95

Democracy and Public Space claims that the current fashion for online democracy risks undermining democracy's very...  Read More >>

Personalization of Politics and Electoral Change

Personalization of Politics and Electoral Change

Author: D. Garzia
ISBN: 9781137270221
Format: Hardback
$177.95

Using an innovative framework for the study of voting behavior in parliamentary democracies, this book sheds new...  Read More >>

Democratization in China, Korea and Southeast Asia?: Local and National Perspectives

Democratization in China, Korea and Southeast Asia?:...

Author: Kate Xiao Zhou ,  Shelley Rigger
ISBN: 9780415705363
Format: Hardback
$305.00

"Rapid economic pluralization in East Asia has empowered local and medial groups, and with this change comes the...  Read More >>

The Demise of the USSR: From Communism to Independence

The Demise of the USSR: From Communism to Independence...

Author: Iain Elliot ,  Vera Tolz
ISBN: 9781349131419
Format: Paperback
$402.95

This book covers the events which led to the collapse of the USSR including analysis of the difficult process of...  Read More >>

The Coming Caesars

The Coming Caesars

Author: Amaury de Riencourt ,  Timothy L Price
ISBN: 9781938480041
Format: Paperback
$43.86

Few Americans see the US presidents and the presidency outside of a sentimental idealism. Amaury de Riencourt, an...  Read More >>

Social Networks and Japanese Democracy: The Beneficial Impact of Interpersonal Communication in East Asia

Social Networks and Japanese Democracy: The Beneficial...

Author: Ken'ichi Ikeda (Univeristy of Tokyo, Japan) ,  Sean Richey (Georgia State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781138017016
Format: Paperback
$88.99

Many who critique democracy as practiced in East Asia suggest that the Confucian political culture of these nations...  Read More >>

On Appreciating Congress: The People's Branch (On Politics)

On Appreciating Congress: The People's Branch (On Politics)...

Author: Louis Fisher
ISBN: 9780199945931
Format: Paperback
$49.95

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Diffusion of Democracy: The Past and Future of Global Democracy

Diffusion of Democracy: The Past and Future of Global...

Author: Barbara Wejnert (University at Buffalo, State University of New York)
ISBN: 9781107047112
Format: Hardback
$186.30

This study of democratization since 1800 provides new data to explore the relationship between socioeconomic development...  Read More >>

A Theory of Militant Democracy: The Ethics of Combatting Political Extremism

A Theory of Militant Democracy: The Ethics of Combatting...

Author: Alexander S. Kirshner
ISBN: 9780300188240
Format: Paperback
$134.95

Offers a set of principles for determining when one may reasonably refuse rights of participation. The author defends...  Read More >>

Hatred of Democracy

Hatred of Democracy

Author: Jacques Rancière ,  Steve Corcoran
ISBN: 9781781681503
Format: Paperback
$19.99

Explodes the complacency of Western politicians who pride themselves as the defenders of political freedom.  Read More >>

Black-Brown Solidarity: Racial Politics in the New Gulf South

Black-Brown Solidarity: Racial Politics in the New Gulf...

Author: John D. Márquez
ISBN: 9781477302163
Format: Paperback
$51.95

An eye-opening study of the new coalitions between Latinos and African Americans emerging throughout the Gulf South,...  Read More >>

American Fun: Four Centuries of Joyous Revolt

American Fun: Four Centuries of Joyous Revolt

Author: John Beckman
ISBN: 9780307908179
Format: Hardback
$76.43

"Here is an animated and wonderfully engaging work of cultural history that lays out America's unruly past by describing...  Read More >>

Estudios Cr�ticos Sobre Historia Y Pol�tica

Estudios Cr�ticos Sobre Historia Y Pol�tica

Author: Juan Valera
ISBN: 9788496290464
Format: Paperback
$42.11

Este es un libro clave para entender la visi�n espa�ola de los movimientos de independencia americanos. He aqu�...  Read More >>

Multicultural Challenges and Sustainable Democracy in Europe and East Asia

Multicultural Challenges and Sustainable Democracy in...

Author: N. Kim
ISBN: 9781349486984
Format: Paperback
$168.19

This collection examines the current stage of multicultural challenges and their influence on democracy in 12 countries...  Read More >>

The Triple Crisis of Western Capitalism: Democracy, Banking, and Currency

The Triple Crisis of Western Capitalism: Democracy,...

Author: T. Lauk
ISBN: 9781349492572
Format: Paperback
$284.60

Tillmann C. Lauk discusses law-making at the European level and argues that problems with EU legislation, banking...  Read More >>

Party Systems and Democracy in Africa

Party Systems and Democracy in Africa

Author: R. Doorenspleet ,  L. Nijzink
ISBN: 9781349436491
Format: Paperback
$163.01

Do party systems help or hinder democracy in Africa? Drawing lessons from different types of party systems in six...  Read More >>

Political Elites in the Transatlantic Crisis

Political Elites in the Transatlantic Crisis

Author: H. Best ,  J. Higley
ISBN: 9781349466634
Format: Paperback
$157.84

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

More Scottish than British: The 2011 Scottish Parliament Election

More Scottish than British: The 2011 Scottish Parliament...

Author: Christopher Carman ,  Robert Johns
ISBN: 9781349438280
Format: Paperback
$157.84

Using official statistics, this book explores how the SNP managed to confound expectations and win a parliamentary...  Read More >>

Democracy and Social Peace in Divided Societies: Exploring Consociational Parties

Democracy and Social Peace in Divided Societies: Exploring...

Author: M. Bogaards ,  M Bogaards
ISBN: 9781349546824
Format: Paperback
$142.29

This unique comparative study examines minority representation and powersharing in Canada, Kenya, South Africa,...  Read More >>

Rhetoric in British Politics and Society

Rhetoric in British Politics and Society

Author: J. Atkins ,  A. Finlayson
ISBN: 9781349459414
Format: Paperback
$150.08

Although the art of rhetoric is central to the practice of politics it also plays an important role in civic and...  Read More >>

Europarties After Enlargement: Organization, Ideology and Competition

Europarties After Enlargement: Organization, Ideology...

Author: E. Bressanelli
ISBN: 9781349467754
Format: Paperback
$150.08

By comparing the importance of representative democracy to the EU as enshrined in the Lisbon Treaty with the political...  Read More >>

Incomplete Democracies in the Asia-Pacific: Evidence from Indonesia, Korea, the Philippines and Thailand

Incomplete Democracies in the Asia-Pacific: Evidence...

Author: G. Dore ,  J. H. Ku
ISBN: 9781349484980
Format: Paperback
$168.19

This collection presents a varied picture of the state of democracy in Asia, revealing unique findings from a project...  Read More >>

Framing Citizen Participation: Participatory Budgeting in France, Germany and the United Kingdom

Framing Citizen Participation: Participatory Budgeting...

Author: A. Röcke ,  A Rocke
ISBN: 9781349459889
Format: Paperback
$175.95

Originally developed in Brazil, participatory budgeting is widely recognised as democratic innovation yet its concrete...  Read More >>

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