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Bad for Democracy: How the Presidency Undermines the Power of the People

Bad for Democracy: How the Presidency Undermines the...

Author: Dana D. Nelson
ISBN: 9780816656776
Format: Hardback
$65.87

Dana D. Nelson argues that it is the office of the presidency itself that endangers the great American experiment....  Read More >>

Defending Identity: Its Indispensable Role in Defending Democracy: Its Indispensable Role in Defending Democracy

Defending Identity: Its Indispensable Role in Defending...

Author: Natan Sharansky ,  Anatoly Shcharansky
ISBN: 9781433242908
Format: Downloadable audio file
$105.47

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Freshwater Access from a Human Rights Perspective: A Challenge to International Water and Human Rights Law

Freshwater Access from a Human Rights Perspective: A...

Author: Knut Bourquain
ISBN: 9789004169548
Format: Hardback
$174.95

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The Throes of Democracy: Brazil since 1989

The Throes of Democracy: Brazil since 1989

Author: Doctor Bryan McCann
ISBN: 9781842779262
Format: Paperback
$39.00

In the 1980s, Brazil emerged from two decades of military dictatorship and embarked on a bold experiment in democracy....  Read More >>

Notes on Democracy

Notes on Democracy

Author: Professor H L Mencken ,  Marion Elizabeth Rodgers
ISBN: 9780977378814
Format: Paperback
$39.47

[Democracy] [i]is, perhaps, the most charming form of government ever devised by man... It is based on propositions...  Read More >>

The Throes of Democracy: Brazil since 1989

The Throes of Democracy: Brazil since 1989

Author: Doctor Bryan McCann
ISBN: 9781842779255
Format: Hardback
$211.20

In the 1980s, Brazil emerged from two decades of military dictatorship and embarked on a bold experiment in democracy....  Read More >>

Uncivil Disobedience: Studies in Violence and Democratic Politics

Uncivil Disobedience: Studies in Violence and Democratic...

Author: Jennet Kirkpatrick
ISBN: 9780691137094
Format: Hardback
$110.88

Examines the roles violence and terrorism have played in the exercise of democratic ideals in America. This title...  Read More >>

On the Side of the Angels: An Appreciation of Parties and Partisanship

On the Side of the Angels: An Appreciation of Parties...

Author: Nancy L. Rosenblum
ISBN: 9780691135342
Format: Hardback
$145.20

Offers a defense of the virtues of parties and partisanship, and their worth as a subject for political theory....  Read More >>

Learning Democratic Practices: Political Parties, Media  and American Political Development

Learning Democratic Practices: Political Parties, Media...

Author: Janet Youngblood
ISBN: 9781847187475
Format: Paperback
$51.72

How does democracy work in the United States? How are candidates selected to appear on the ballot? How are issues...  Read More >>

Considerations on Representative Government

Considerations on Representative Government

Author: John Stuart Mill
ISBN: 9781604505184
Format: Paperback
$26.37

John Stuart Mill (1806–1873) was a pioneering British politician and social reformer. First published in 1861, this...  Read More >>

Does Truth Matter?: Democracy and Public Space

Does Truth Matter?: Democracy and Public Space

Author: Raf Geenens ,  Ronald Tinnevelt
ISBN: 9786611920388
Format: Electronic book text
$681.12

The claim once made by philosophers of unique knowledge of the essence of humanity and society has fallen into disrepute....  Read More >>

Driving Democracy: Do Power-Sharing Institutions Work?

Driving Democracy: Do Power-Sharing Institutions Work?...

Author: Dr Pippa Norris
ISBN: 9786611775834
Format: Electronic book text
$448.80

Proposals for power-sharing constitutions remain controversial, as highlighted by current debates in Iraq, Afghanistan,...  Read More >>

Does Truth Matter?: Democracy and Public Space

Does Truth Matter?: Democracy and Public Space

Author: Raf Geenens ,  Ronald Tinnevelt (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
ISBN: 9781281920386
Format: Electronic book text
$408.67

The claim once made by philosophers of unique knowledge of the essence of humanity and society has fallen into disrepute....  Read More >>

Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas

Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas...

Author: Silvia Leindecker ,  Michael Fox
ISBN: 9781604861952
Format: DVD-ROM
$34.99

What is democracy? Freedom, equality, participation? Everyone has his or her own definition. Across the world, 120...  Read More >>

Word of Mouth: Democracy, Spirituality & Recovery from Ego

Word of Mouth: Democracy, Spirituality & Recovery from...

Author: Still Anonymous
ISBN: 9781432729196
Format: Paperback
$57.95

My name is ___________________, and I have a desire to weed out Ego and bring Democracy and a Government that serves...  Read More >>

Die Demokratie in Der Krise?: Eine Analyse Zur Mediengesellschaft

Die Demokratie in Der Krise?: Eine Analyse Zur Mediengesellschaft...

Author: Juliane Sarnes
ISBN: 9783828897342
Format: Paperback
$100.32

Es waren einmal die Massenmedien, sie waren bose... Mit diesem ironischen Satz beschreibt Umberto Eco treffend...  Read More >>

Bush V. Gore: Exposing the Hidden Crisis in American Democracy

Bush V. Gore: Exposing the Hidden Crisis in American...

Author: Charles Zelden
ISBN: 9780700615933
Format: Hardback
$92.27

The infamous 2000 presidential election produced hanging chads, butterfly ballots, endless recounts, raucous allegations,...  Read More >>

We Are The Dream

We Are The Dream

Author: Richard N Hough ,  Frederick J O Ighoavodha
ISBN: 9780981868806
Format: Paperback
$39.47

This work talks about the history of democracy, how Americans have strayed from the original intent of the country's...  Read More >>

Representative Democracy: Principles and Genealogy

Representative Democracy: Principles and Genealogy

Author: Nadia Urbinati
ISBN: 9780226842790
Format: Paperback
$67.95

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Democracy as Problem Solving: Civic Capacity in Communities Across the Globe

Democracy as Problem Solving: Civic Capacity in Communities...

Author: Xavier de Souza Briggs (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
ISBN: 9780262026413
Format: Hardback
$184.80

Case studies from around the world and theoretical discussion show how the capacity to act collectively on local...  Read More >>

Bertelsmann Transformation Index 2008: Political Management in International Comparison

Bertelsmann Transformation Index 2008: Political Management...

Author: Bertelsmann Stiftung
ISBN: 9783892049685
Format: Paperback
$139.92

The peaceful transition of authoritarian regimes toward democracy and a market economy poses enormous challenges...  Read More >>

Political Change in China: Comparisons with Taiwan

Political Change in China: Comparisons with Taiwan

Author: Bruce Gilley ,  Larry Diamond
ISBN: 9781588265937
Format: Paperback
$39.00

How might China become a democracy? And what lessons, if any, might Taiwan's experience of democratization hold...  Read More >>

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