Political structures: democracy books

The Africa in focus series is an initiative of the Human and Social Sciences Research Council (HSRC) that creates...  Read More >>

Argues that the most important divide in American politics is not between left and right but rather between citizens...  Read More >>

A call for a new form of democracy in which “hybrid forums” composed of experts and laypeople address such sociotechnical...  Read More >>

With a foreword written by former presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, this book portrays President Barack Obama...  Read More >>

With a foreword written by former presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, this book portrays President Barack Obama...  Read More >>

This book explores one of the most dramatic and scandalous events in the movement for American democratic reform....  Read More >>

This book explores the process by which constitutions and democratic institutions are constructed. Wing focuses...  Read More >>

This addresses an important problem in democratic transition and consolidation: the ability of the chief executive...  Read More >>

Mattera uncovers the true, behind-the-scenes story of the methods and tactics the Obama campaign and its allies...  Read More >>

""Is it meaningful to call oneself a democrat? And if so, how do you interpret the word?"" In responding to this...  Read More >>

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Carroll analyzes peasant and rural worker mobilization, as well as elite reaction, in Colombia’s war zones over...  Read More >>

In How Democracy Works: Political Representation and Policy Congruence in Modern Societies a group of leading scholars...  Read More >>

The analyses in this book focus on the participation of the people within New Zealand’s system of government. The...  Read More >>

A nuanced assessment of citizenship and labor in the Progressive Era  Read More >>

Originally published: New York: Doubleday, c2010.  Read More >>

Analyzes using three core principles: majority rule, political freedom, and political equality. This title explores...  Read More >>

By revealing the contextual conditions which promote or hinder democratic development, Comparative Politics shows...  Read More >>

Direct Democracy Worldwide addresses the relationship between direct and representative democracy in the contemporary...  Read More >>

In this intellectual history, science writer Timothy Ferris makes a case for science as the inspiration behind the...  Read More >>

Pierre Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865) is one of the most important French social theoreticians of the nineteenth century....  Read More >>

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A nuanced assessment of citizenship and labor in the Progressive Era  Read More >>

"The #1 ""New York Times"" bestselling author and political strategist Carville offers a rousing call-to-arms as...  Read More >>