Political structures: democracy books

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Vital Democracy: A Theory of Democracy in Action

Vital Democracy: A Theory of Democracy in Action

Author: Frank Hendriks (Professor of Comparative Governance at Tilburg University, the Netherlands.)
ISBN: 9780199572786
Format: Hardback
$217.00

Vital Democracy outlines an innovative new theory of democracy in action.  Read More >>

Future Africa: Prospects for Democracy and Development Under NEPAD

Future Africa: Prospects for Democracy and Development...

Author: Hesphina Rukato
ISBN: 9781592217359
Format: Paperback
$56.90

This title is an evaluation of NEPAD, the socio-economic development programme adopted by the African Union. The...  Read More >>

East Asia's New Democracies: Deepening, Reversal, Non-liberal Alternatives

East Asia's New Democracies: Deepening, Reversal, Non-liberal...

Author: Yin-wah Chu ,  Siu-lun Wong (University of Hong Kong)
ISBN: 9780415499316
Format: Paperback
$73.00

Reflects on the contemporary situations in the new democracies of East Asia, and debates on the prospect of introducing...  Read More >>

East Asia's New Democracies: Deepening, Reversal, Non-liberal Alternatives

East Asia's New Democracies: Deepening, Reversal, Non-liberal...

Author: Yin-wah Chu ,  Siu-lun Wong (University of Hong Kong)
ISBN: 9780415499309
Format: Hardback
$190.00

Reflects on the contemporary situations in the new democracies of East Asia, and debates on the prospect of introducing...  Read More >>

Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens

Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in...

Author: Josiah Ober
ISBN: 9780691146249
Format: Paperback
$54.99

When does democracy work well, and why? Is democracy the best form of government? These questions are of supreme...  Read More >>

Numbers Rule: The Vexing Mathematics of Democracy, from Plato to the Present

Numbers Rule: The Vexing Mathematics of Democracy, from...

Author: George Szpiro
ISBN: 9780691139944
Format: Hardback
$47.99

Since the birth of democracy in ancient Greece, the simple act of voting has given rise to mathematical paradoxes...  Read More >>

China's Peaceful Rise in a Global Context: A Domestic Aspect of China's Road Map to Democratization

China's Peaceful Rise in a Global Context: A Domestic...

Author: Jinghao Zhou
ISBN: 9780739133378
Format: Hardback
$139.95

China's potential threat to the existing global order is not derived from her rapid economic growth and military...  Read More >>

Constructing a Democratic Developmental State in South Africa: Potentials and Challenges

Constructing a Democratic Developmental State in South...

Author: Omano Edigheji
ISBN: 9780796923332
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Examines exactly how South Africa could go about building a democratic developmental state, while drawing on relevant...  Read More >>

Democracy across Borders: From Dêmos to Dêmoi

Democracy across Borders: From Dêmos to Dêmoi

Author: James Bohman
ISBN: 9780262514101
Format: Paperback
$47.52

"An innovative conception of democracy for an era of globalization and delegation of authority beyond the nation-state:...  Read More >>

A Jackson Man: Amos Kendall and the Rise of American Democracy

A Jackson Man: Amos Kendall and the Rise of American...

Author: Donald B. Cole
ISBN: 9780807136478
Format: Paperback
$65.87

A rare, fascinating personality emerges in Donald B. Cole's biography of Amos Kendall (1789-1869), the reputed intellectual...  Read More >>

Friendship Fictions: The Rhetoric of Citizenship in the Liberal Imaginary

Friendship Fictions: The Rhetoric of Citizenship in...

Author: Michael A. Kaplan ,  John Louis Lucaites
ISBN: 9780817316891
Format: Hardback
$121.44

A criticism often leveled at liberal democratic culture is its emphasis on the individual over community and private...  Read More >>

The Case for Gridlock: Democracy, Organized Power, and the Legal Foundations of American Government

The Case for Gridlock: Democracy, Organized Power, and...

Author: Marcus E. Ethridge
ISBN: 9780739142370
Format: Hardback
$139.95

"The Case for Gridlock explains how, in an effort to make the system more egalitarian and forward thinking, American...  Read More >>

Christian Democracy in France (Routledge Revivals)

Christian Democracy in France (Routledge Revivals)

Author: R. E. M. Irving
ISBN: 9780415582681
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Traces the Development of Christian Democracy in France since its origins in the 1830s, discussing its theories...  Read More >>

Parties and People: England 1914-1951

Parties and People: England 1914-1951

Author: Ross McKibbin (Emeritus Research Fellow, St John's College, Oxford)
ISBN: 9780199584697
Format: Hardback
$96.95

The 'sequel' to the author's best-selling Classes and Cultures, this is the history of British politics in the first...  Read More >>

The No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy

The No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy

Author: Richard Swift
ISBN: 9781897071632
Format: Paperback
$36.83

Explores how democracy has been constricted and deformed by economic power-brokers and a self-serving political...  Read More >>

European Union Democracy Aid: Supporting civil society in post-apartheid South Africa

European Union Democracy Aid: Supporting civil society...

Author: Lorenzo Fioramonti
ISBN: 9780415548540
Format: Hardback
$170.00

This book explores the EU’s approach toward civil society since the 1990s and its contribution to democratisation...  Read More >>

Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age

Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New...

Author: Larry M. Bartels
ISBN: 9780691146232
Format: Paperback
$60.59

Shows that the gap between the rich and poor has increased greatly under Republican administrations and decreased...  Read More >>

U.S. Democracy Promotion - The Case of Cuba

U.S. Democracy Promotion - The Case of Cuba

Author: David Seaman
ISBN: 9783940755483
Format: Paperback
$79.07

The book examines U.S.-Cuba relations within the framework of the United States long-standing policy agenda of promoting...  Read More >>

The Case for Democracy

The Case for Democracy

Author: Natan Sharansky ,  Simon Vance
ISBN: 9781455105618
Format: Downloadable audio file
$105.47

In this brilliantly analytical book, the authors reveal the mechanics of tyranny that sustain nondemocratic societies...  Read More >>

Democratic Governance

Democratic Governance

Author: Mark Bevir
ISBN: 9781282645110
Format: Electronic book text
$221.76

Examines the changing nature of the modern state and reveals the dangers these changes pose to democracy. This title...  Read More >>

No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy

No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy

Author: Richard Swift
ISBN: 9781906523305
Format: Paperback
$23.00

An in-depth guide into the history of democracy and how it has developed.  Read More >>

Wars, Guns and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places

Wars, Guns and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places...

Author: Paul Collier
ISBN: 9780099523512
Format: Paperback
$35.00

The world is in a mess. For more than a billion people, everyday life is played out against the backdrop of civil...  Read More >>

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