Political structures: democracy books

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Defending Democracy and Securing Diversity

Defending Democracy and Securing Diversity

Author: Christian Leuprecht
ISBN: 9780415576499
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Starting with the premise that population change at home and abroad is among the greatest security and defence challenges...  Read More >>

Countries at the Crossroads 2010: An Analysis of Democratic Governance

Countries at the Crossroads 2010: An Analysis of Democratic...

Author: Freedom House
ISBN: 9781442205475
Format: Hardback
$168.95

**ALERT: The paper version of CC is to be sold to Freedom House only. This should not go out in any feeds. **  Read More >>

Divide and Deal: The Politics of Distribution in Democracies

Divide and Deal: The Politics of Distribution in Democracies...

Author: Ian Shapiro ,  Peter A. Swenson
ISBN: 9780814740590
Format: Paperback
$64.99

Taking a view of inequality as encompassing the distribution of wealth, risk, status, and well-being, this work...  Read More >>

In War's Wake

In War's Wake

Author: Elizabeth Kier (University of Washington) ,  Elizabeth Kier (University of Washington)
ISBN: 9781282724945
Format: Undefined
$329.47

War has diverse and seemingly contradictory effects on liberal democratic institutions and processes. It has led...  Read More >>

War and Democratization: Legality, Legitimacy and Effectiveness

War and Democratization: Legality, Legitimacy and Effectiveness...

Author: Wolfgang Merkel ,  Sonja Grimm (Social Science Research Center (WZB), Germany)
ISBN: 9780415590860
Format: Paperback
$92.99

In the book, the authors consider the legality, legitimacy and effectiveness of previously short-term external engagement...  Read More >>

Mead and Modernity: Science, Selfhood, and Democratic Politics

Mead and Modernity: Science, Selfhood, and Democratic...

Author: Filipe Carreira da Silva
ISBN: 9780739115121
Format: Paperback
$119.00

Mead and Modernity is one of the most detailed and ambitiously conceived studies of G. H. Mead's work to appear...  Read More >>

Faith in Politics

Faith in Politics

Author: Bryan T McGraw (Wheaton College, Illinois)
ISBN: 9781282725010
Format: Undefined
$329.47

No account of contemporary politics can ignore religion. The liberal democratic tradition in political thought has...  Read More >>

Restoring Values: Keys to Integrity, Ethical Behaviour and Good Governance

Restoring Values: Keys to Integrity, Ethical Behaviour...

Author: E Sreedharan ,  Bharat Wakhlu
ISBN: 9788132104759
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Addresses the reasons for the absence of honest, ethical and transparent dealings in all sections of the society,...  Read More >>

Democracy in America

Democracy in America

Author: Alexis de Tocqueville ,  Richard D. Heffner
ISBN: 9780451531605
Format: Paperback
$17.99

Over 175 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French nobleman and an astute political scientist, came to the...  Read More >>

Sortition: Theory and Practice

Sortition: Theory and Practice

Author: Gil Delannoi ,  Oliver Dowlen
ISBN: 9781845401993
Format: Paperback
$38.68

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Deliberative Democracy in Practice

Deliberative Democracy in Practice

Author: David Kahane ,  Daniel Weinstock
ISBN: 9780774816786
Format: Paperback
$94.91

Leading theorists debate the strengths and limitations of deliberative democracy in theory and practice.  Read More >>

Democracy in America

Democracy in America

Author: Alexis de Tocqueville
ISBN: 9781453730508
Format: Paperback
$28.91

"This new translation of de Tocqueville's ""Democracy in America"" provides notes identifying events and allusions,...  Read More >>

Democracy and Multicultural Education

Democracy and Multicultural Education

Author: Farideh Salili ,  Rumjahn Hoosain
ISBN: 9781607524229
Format: Paperback
$105.57

Provides a forum for discussion of how multiple social perspectives and personal values can be brought together...  Read More >>

Groups, Representation and Democracy: Between Promise and Practice

Groups, Representation and Democracy: Between Promise...

Author: Darren Halpin ,  Bethan Hirst
ISBN: 9780719076527
Format: Hardback
$183.99

Can groups effectively link citizens to political institutions and policy processes? Are groups an antidote to emerging...  Read More >>

Deliberation, Social Choice and Absolutist Democracy

Deliberation, Social Choice and Absolutist Democracy...

Author: David van Mill
ISBN: 9780415591652
Format: Paperback
$92.99

Social choice theory and theories of deliberative discourse have deeply impacted on the way political scientists...  Read More >>

Islamism and Democracy in Indonesia: Piety and Pragmatism

Islamism and Democracy in Indonesia: Piety and Pragmatism...

Author: Masdar Hilmy
ISBN: 9789812309716
Format: Paperback
$210.94

Examines the complex reality behind Indonesian Islamists rejection of democracy. It focuses its analysis on two...  Read More >>

Constructing Democracy in Southern Europe: A comparative analysis of Italy, Spain and Turkey

Constructing Democracy in Southern Europe: A comparative...

Author: Lauren M. McLaren
ISBN: 9780415591614
Format: Paperback
$62.99

Offers an introduction to the politics of Italy, Spain and Turkey, providing a comparative case study analysis of...  Read More >>

Gender, Islam and Democracy in Indonesia

Gender, Islam and Democracy in Indonesia

Author: Kathryn Robinson
ISBN: 9780415590204
Format: Paperback
$92.99

Exploring the relationship between gender, religion and political action in Indonesia, this book examines the patterns...  Read More >>

Democracy and Multicultural Education

Democracy and Multicultural Education

Author: Farideh Salili ,  Rumjahn Hoosain
ISBN: 9781607524236
Format: Hardback
$227.01

Provides a forum for discussion of how multiple social perspectives and personal values can be brought together...  Read More >>

Tocqueville: A Very Short Introduction

Tocqueville: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Harvey Mansfield (William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Government, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Government, Harvard, Cambridge, MA)
ISBN: 9780195175394
Format: Paperback
$24.95

A study of the thought and works of Alexis de Tocqueville written by one of the premier political scientists of...  Read More >>

Iraq, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World

Iraq, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World

Author: Ali Paya ,  John L Esposito
ISBN: 9780415582285
Format: Hardback
$190.00

Iraq, democracy and Islam are powerful global forces which shape not only many aspects of the lives of Muslims,...  Read More >>

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