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Why We Fight: Congress and the Politics of World War II

Why We Fight: Congress and the Politics of World War...

Author: Nancy Beck Young
ISBN: 9780700619177
Format: Hardback
$145.17

A study of Congress at the crossroads between the New Deal and the postwar era, showing that the wartime political...  Read More >>

Spring Fever: The Illusion of Islamic Democracy

Spring Fever: The Illusion of Islamic Democracy

Author: Andrew C McCarthy
ISBN: 9781594036910
Format: Paperback
$32.99

The first fundamental truth about the ""Arab Spring"" is that there never was one. The salient fact of the Middle...  Read More >>

Wrestling with Democracy: Voting Systems as Politics in the 20th Century West

Wrestling with Democracy: Voting Systems as Politics...

Author: Dennis Pilon
ISBN: 9781442613508
Format: Paperback
$84.99

Using a comparative historical approach, Wrestling with Democracy examines why voting systems have (or have not)...  Read More >>

Defending Politics: Why Democracy Matters in the 21st Century

Defending Politics: Why Democracy Matters in the 21st...

Author: Matthew Flinders (Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield)
ISBN: 9780199669042
Format: Paperback
$31.02

A forceful riposte to the sceptical and the disillusioned, this is a compelling account of why democratic politics...  Read More >>

Democracy in East Asia: A New Century

Democracy in East Asia: A New Century

Author: Larry Diamond (Director, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University) ,  Marc F. Plattner (Editor, National Endowment for Democracy)
ISBN: 9781421409689
Format: Paperback
$69.99

Contributors: Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, Francis Fukuyama, Minxin Pei, Yun-han Chu, Hyug Baeg Im, Thitinan...  Read More >>

Pathways to Freedom: Political and Economic Lessons From Democratic Transitions

Pathways to Freedom: Political and Economic Lessons...

Author: Isobel Coleman ,  Terra Lawson-Remer
ISBN: 9780876095669
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Through case studies on Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, South Africa, Thailand, and Ukraine, Pathways...  Read More >>

Developing Democracies: Democracy, Democratization & Development

Developing Democracies: Democracy, Democratization &...

Author: Michael Böss ,  Jorgen Moller
ISBN: 9788771241167
Format: Paperback
$105.60

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Gender, Politics and Society in Ukraine

Gender, Politics and Society in Ukraine

Author: Olena Hankivsky ,  Anastasiya Salnykova
ISBN: 9781442616028
Format: Paperback
$84.99

Gender, Politics, and Society in Ukraine is particularly innovative in its exploration of both women's and men's...  Read More >>

Democratic Experimentalism

Democratic Experimentalism

Author: Brian E. Butler
ISBN: 9789042036604
Format: Paperback
$156.03

This volume focuses on democratic experimentalism, gathering a collection of original and previously unpublished...  Read More >>

The road to democracy: African solidarity

The road to democracy: African solidarity

Author: South African Democracy Education Trust ,  Sifiso Ndlovu
ISBN: 9781868887095
Format: Hardback
$85.00

This volume focuses on the historical significance of African solidarity in as far as South Africa's struggle for...  Read More >>

The Challenge of Congressional Representation

The Challenge of Congressional Representation

Author: Richard F. Fenno
ISBN: 9780674072695
Format: Hardback
$99.95

At a moment when Congress is viewed by a skeptical public as hyper-partisan and dysfunctional, Richard Fenno provides...  Read More >>

Difficult Atheism: Post-Theological Thinking in Alain Badiou, Jean-Luc Nancy and Quentin Meillassoux

Difficult Atheism: Post-Theological Thinking in Alain...

Author: Christopher Watkin ,  Stephen Elstub (University of the West of Scotland, UK)
ISBN: 9780748677269
Format: Paperback
$64.66

Reassesses the term 'atheism' in the context of contemporary French philosophy. Drawing primarily on the work of...  Read More >>

Youth in Revolt: Reclaiming a Democratic Future

Youth in Revolt: Reclaiming a Democratic Future

Author: Henry A. Giroux
ISBN: 9781612052649
Format: Paperback
$54.99

Looks at the hope for democratic renewal embodied by Occupy Wall Street and other emerging movements.  Read More >>

Digital Democracy and the Impact of Technology on Governance and Politics: New Globalized Practices

Digital Democracy and the Impact of Technology on Governance...

Author: Christina Akrivopoulou ,  Nicolaos Garipidis
ISBN: 9781466636378
Format: Hardback
$384.95

The evolution of modern technology has allowed digital democracy and e-governance to transform traditional ideas...  Read More >>

Non-Governmental Public Action and Social Justice

Non-Governmental Public Action and Social Justice

Author: J. Howell
ISBN: 9781349331512
Format: Paperback
$84.99

This unique collection explores the different organizational forms, strategies and tactics that activists adopt....  Read More >>

The Servile Mind: How Democracy Erodes the Moral Life

The Servile Mind: How Democracy Erodes the Moral Life...

Author: Professor of Political Science Kenneth Minogue (London School of Economics (Emeritus))
ISBN: 9781282719323
Format: Electronic book text
$137.02

One of the grim comedies of the twentieth century was the fate of miserable victims of communist regimes who climbed...  Read More >>

How East Asians View Democracy

How East Asians View Democracy

Author: Professor Yun-Han Chu (National Taiwan University) ,  Senior Research Fellow Larry Diamond (The Hoover Institution, California Hoover Institution The Hoover Institution, California)
ISBN: 9781282872158
Format: Electronic book text
$121.39

East Asian democracies are threatened by poor policy performance and undermined by nostalgia for the progrowth,...  Read More >>

The Limits of Electoral Reform

The Limits of Electoral Reform

Author: Shaun Bowler (Professor of Political Science University of California, Riverside) ,  Todd Donovan (Professor of Political Science, Western Washington University)
ISBN: 9780199695409
Format: Hardback
$277.00

The Limits of Electoral Reform examines a variety of reforms, including campaign finance, direct democracy, legislative...  Read More >>

Non-Governmental Public Action and Social Justice

Non-Governmental Public Action and Social Justice

Author: J. Howell
ISBN: 9780230290365
Format: Hardback
$84.99

This unique collection explores the different organizational forms, strategies and tactics that activists adopt....  Read More >>

Military Engagement: Influencing Armed Forces Worldwide to Support Democratic Transitions

Military Engagement: Influencing Armed Forces Worldwide...

Author: Dennis C. Blair
ISBN: 9780815725053
Format: Paperback
$46.99

The response of an autocratic nation's armed forces is crucial to the outcome of democratization movements throughout...  Read More >>

Managing Democracy, Managing Dissent: Capitalism, Democracy and the Organisation of Consent

Managing Democracy, Managing Dissent: Capitalism, Democracy...

Author: Rebecca Fisher
ISBN: 9781907738098
Format: Paperback
$20.70

Managing Democracy, Managing Dissent includes twenty essays--written by writers, academics and activists and edited...  Read More >>

Democratic Statecraft: Political Realism and Popular Power

Democratic Statecraft: Political Realism and Popular...

Author: J. S. Maloy (Oklahoma State University)
ISBN: 9780521192200
Format: Hardback
$194.06

While half the world yearns for 'democracy', the other half grieves over 'democratic deficits'. J. S. Maloy suggests...  Read More >>

Participatory Budgeting in Asia and Europe: Key Challenges of Participation

Participatory Budgeting in Asia and Europe: Key Challenges...

Author: Y. Sintomer ,  R. Traub-Merz
ISBN: 9781137009142
Format: Hardback
$84.99

Citizens' participation, especially participatory budgeting, has spread out in both continents, even if the context...  Read More >>

The Legacy of Tiananmen Square

The Legacy of Tiananmen Square

Author: Michel Cormier ,  Jonathan Kaplansky
ISBN: 9780864929020
Format: Hardback
$62.07

With the loosening of restrictions on the Chinese economy in the 1980s and 1990s and the rise of the middle class,...  Read More >>

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