Political structures: democracy books

This book develops and tests a 'thermostatic' model of public opinion and policy and examines both responsiveness...  Read More >>

Is economic development conducive to political democracy? Does democracy hinder material welfare? These two questions...  Read More >>

Party Influence in Congress challenges current arguments and evidence about the influence of parties in the US Congress....  Read More >>

Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Postcommunist World examines three waves of democratic change that took place...  Read More >>

Examines the consequences - both positive and negative - of living in mixed political company. Drawing on studies...  Read More >>

Focusing on 'democratic deficits', this book reflects on how far the perceived democratic performance of any state...  Read More >>

The book addresses central issues in democratic theory by analyzing the sources of widespread dissatisfaction with...  Read More >>

An original interpretation of Russian politics based on detailed empirical analysis, interviews and an understanding...  Read More >>

Why do some countries install free and fair elections and protect civil liberties, whereas others do not? This book...  Read More >>

Highlighting previously neglected democratic strains in Machiavelli's major writings, McCormick excavates institutions...  Read More >>

Building Global Democracy? shows how citizen groups can make global governance more democratic. Combining intellectual...  Read More >>

Jeffrey E. Cohen argues that presidents have adapted their going-public activities to reflect the current realities...  Read More >>

This book argues that protest by ethnic Hungarians in Romania and Slovakia brought about policy changes and integrated...  Read More >>

In this book, Li and Reuveny challenge the narrow disciplinary focus that is prevalent in the social sciences. They...  Read More >>

This volume brings together distinguished historians, sociologists, and political scientists to examine the impact...  Read More >>

It Still Takes A Candidate serves as the only systematic, nationwide empirical account of the manner in which gender...  Read More >>

This book examines how democratic governments manage long-term policy challenges, seeking to understand how elected...  Read More >>

Orenstein, Marc F. Plattner, Charles Simkins, Alejandro Toledo, Ilcheong Yi  Read More >>

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the...  Read More >>

Faguet identifies the factors that determine the outcomes of national decentralization on the local level  Read More >>

Puritans did not find a life free from tyranny in the New World—they created it there. Massachusetts emerged a republic...  Read More >>

Douglas E. Schoen, one of America's preeminent political pundits, analyzes the growing chasm between the political...  Read More >>

This book offers an examination of how a deeply divided post-conflict society embarks on democratic transition....  Read More >>

This is a timely book on explaining how the 1% gamed the political system to get the biggest economic advantage...  Read More >>

"Co-published by Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines, University of California, Berkeley & National Taiwan University...  Read More >>