Political structures: democracy books

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A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy

A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and...

Author: Jonathan Israel
ISBN: 9780691152608
Format: Paperback
$47.99

Democracy, free thought and expression, religious tolerance, individual liberty, political self-determination of...  Read More >>

The Submerged State: How Invisible Government Policies Undermine American Democracy

The Submerged State: How Invisible Government Policies...

Author: Suzanne Mettler
ISBN: 9780226521640
Format: Hardback
$190.95

The Obama administration has been criticized for its inability to convey how much it has accomplished for ordinary...  Read More >>

Institutionalizing Agonistic Democracy: Post-Foundationalism and Political Liberalism

Institutionalizing Agonistic Democracy: Post-Foundationalism...

Author: Ed Wingenbach ,  Dr. Keith Breen
ISBN: 9781409403531
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Contemporary politics are characterised by the impossibility of agreement on fundamental values. This book examines...  Read More >>

How the World Works

How the World Works

Author: Noam Chomsky ,  David Barsamian
ISBN: 9781593764272
Format: Paperback
$29.99

""Four classic bestsellers in one affordable volume.""  Read More >>

Political Legitimacy in Asia: New Leadership Challenges

Political Legitimacy in Asia: New Leadership Challenges...

Author: John Kane (Northeastern University) ,  Hui-Chieh Loy
ISBN: 9786613361387
Format: Electronic book text
$475.20

This book explores the challenges and obstacles faced by dissident leaders in Asia seeking to introduce reforms...  Read More >>

Civic Participation in America

Civic Participation in America

Author: Quentin Kidd (Christopher Newport University)
ISBN: 9786613439956
Format: Electronic book text
$253.44

The founders of the American republic saw two motivations for individual civic participation: self-interest and...  Read More >>

The Populist Radical Right in Poland: The Patriots

The Populist Radical Right in Poland: The Patriots

Author: Rafal Pankowski
ISBN: 9780415500517
Format: Paperback
$114.00

Rafal Pankowski makes sense of the rapid growth of organized radical nationalism on the political level in Poland...  Read More >>

Democracy and Authenticity: Toward a Theory of Public Justification

Democracy and Authenticity: Toward a Theory of Public...

Author: Howard H. Schweber (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
ISBN: 9781139058438
Format: Undefined
$435.60

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

Political Extremes: A conceptual history from antiquity to the present

Political Extremes: A conceptual history from antiquity...

Author: Uwe Backes
ISBN: 9780415500500
Format: Paperback
$92.99

Tracing the history of the concept of political extremism from Ancient Greece to the present day, this is an invaluable...  Read More >>

Nudge, Nudge, Think, Think: Experimenting with Ways to Change Civic Behaviour

Nudge, Nudge, Think, Think: Experimenting with Ways...

Author: Peter John ,  Sarah Cotterill (University of Manchester)
ISBN: 9781849660594
Format: Hardback
$184.80

How can governments persuade citizens to act in socially beneficial ways? This successor to Thaler and Sunstein's...  Read More >>

Lost in Transition: Ethnographies of Everyday Life after Communism

Lost in Transition: Ethnographies of Everyday Life after...

Author: Kristen Ghodsee
ISBN: 9780822351023
Format: Paperback
$60.59

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Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America

Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America

Author: George C. Edwards, III
ISBN: 9780300166491
Format: Paperback
$58.08

With an extensive analysis of the 2008 election, this book offers an analysis of the Electoral College for both...  Read More >>

Drugs, Deviancy and Democracy in Iran: The Interaction of State and Civil Society

Drugs, Deviancy and Democracy in Iran: The Interaction...

Author: Janne Bjerre Christensen
ISBN: 9781848856394
Format: Hardback
$260.00

Explores the mounting problems of drug use in Iran, how treatment became legalized in 1998, how local NGOs offer...  Read More >>

Participatory Governance in the EU: Enhancing or Endangering Democracy and Efficiency?

Participatory Governance in the EU: Enhancing or Endangering...

Author: K. Lindgren ,  T. Persson
ISBN: 9780230241787
Format: Hardback
$84.99

An empirical assessment of whether participatory governance reforms within the EU enhance or endanger democracy....  Read More >>

Iraq's Dysfunctional Democracy

Iraq's Dysfunctional Democracy

Author: David Ghanim Ph.D.
ISBN: 9780313398018
Format: Hardback
$90.00

This book examines Iraq since 2003 and argues that a new democratic Iraq cannot be grounded on destructive politics...  Read More >>

Democracy and Authenticity: Toward a Theory of Public Justification

Democracy and Authenticity: Toward a Theory of Public...

Author: Howard H Schweber
ISBN: 9786613384218
Format: Electronic book text
$313.63

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The Priority of Democracy: Political Consequences of Pragmatism

The Priority of Democracy: Political Consequences of...

Author: Jack Knight ,  James Johnson
ISBN: 9780691151236
Format: Hardback
$62.99

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Attention Deficit Democracy: The Paradox of Civic Engagement

Attention Deficit Democracy: The Paradox of Civic Engagement...

Author: Benjamin Berger
ISBN: 9780691144689
Format: Hardback
$79.99

Provides a fresh perspective on the problem of civic engagement, challenging idealists who aspire to revolutionize...  Read More >>

A First Amendment Profile of the Supreme Court

A First Amendment Profile of the Supreme Court

Author: Craig Smith ,  R Brandon Anderson
ISBN: 9781611493610
Format: Paperback
$46.95

A First Amendment Profile of the Supreme Court focuses on the nine justices of the United States Supreme Court and...  Read More >>

Steering from the Centre: Strengthening Political Control in Western Democracies

Steering from the Centre: Strengthening Political Control...

Author: Carl Dahlström ,  B. Guy Peters
ISBN: 9781442641488
Format: Hardback
$125.00

Steering from the Centre details how chief executives in ten Western democracies have responded to governance challenges...  Read More >>

Elections and the Media in Post-Conflict Africa: Votes and Voices for Peace?

Elections and the Media in Post-Conflict Africa: Votes...

Author: Marie-Soleil Frere
ISBN: 9781780320182
Format: Paperback
$61.99

African media specialist Marie-Soleil Frere explores if and how the local media fulfilled their duties.  Read More >>

Democracy in Latin America: Political Change in Comparative Perspective

Democracy in Latin America: Political Change in Comparative...

Author: Peter H. Smith
ISBN: 9780195387735
Format: Paperback
$105.47

Talks about the processes of democratization in Latin America. This book looks at some of the key issues inherent...  Read More >>

Elections and the Media in Post-Conflict Africa: Votes and Voices for Peace?

Elections and the Media in Post-Conflict Africa: Votes...

Author: Marie-Soleil Frere
ISBN: 9781780320199
Format: Hardback
$170.00

African media specialist Marie-Soleil Frere explores if and how the local media fulfilled their duties.  Read More >>

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