Political structures: democracy books

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Democracy and the Politics of the Extraordinary: Max Weber, Carl Schmitt, and Hannah Arendt

Democracy and the Politics of the Extraordinary: Max...

Author: Andreas Kalyvas
ISBN: 9786611751241
Format: Electronic book text
$459.36

Kalyvas explores a democratic politics of the extraordinary to examine the formation of a constitutional government....  Read More >>

The Miracle of Democracy : India's Amazing Journey

The Miracle of Democracy : India's Amazing Journey

Author: T. S. Krishnamurthy
ISBN: 9788172237646
Format: Hardback
$41.37

Electoral corruption is said to be the starting point for all political corruption. This book presents an account...  Read More >>

Innovating Democracy: Democratic Theory and Practice After the Deliberative Turn

Innovating Democracy: Democratic Theory and Practice...

Author: Robert E. Goodin (, Distinguished Professor of Social & Political Theory and Philosophy, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University and University of Essex)
ISBN: 9780199547944
Format: Hardback
$175.95

Revisioning macro-democratic processes in light of the processes and promise of micro-deliberation, Innovating Democracy...  Read More >>

Transparency and Accountability in Science and Politics: The Awareness Principle

Transparency and Accountability in Science and Politics:...

Author: K. Andersson
ISBN: 9780230542174
Format: Hardback
$168.00

This book challenges the role of scientists in policy making and the idea of deliberative democracy. The author...  Read More >>

Democracy

Democracy

Author: Paul Ginsborg
ISBN: 9781846680939
Format: Paperback
$42.11

Political parties have lost swathes of members and effective power is ever more concentrated in the hands of their...  Read More >>

Deep Republicanism: Prelude to Professionalism

Deep Republicanism: Prelude to Professionalism

Author: Donald C. Hodges
ISBN: 9780739129364
Format: Paperback
$61.95

Deep Republicanism: Prelude to Professionalism reveals a subversive republicanism in Machiavelli's political theories...  Read More >>

Direct Democracy’s Impact on American Political Institutions

Direct Democracy’s Impact on American Political Institutions...

Author: S. Bowler ,  Kenneth A. Loparo
ISBN: 9781349372096
Format: Paperback
$84.99

In this volume a series of contributions look at the impact of direct democracy on those processes of representative...  Read More >>

Direct Democracy’s Impact on American Political Institutions

Direct Democracy’s Impact on American Political Institutions...

Author: S. Bowler ,  Kenneth A. Loparo
ISBN: 9780230604452
Format: Hardback
$128.00

In this volume a series of contributions look at the impact of direct democracy on those processes of representative...  Read More >>

Constructing Democracy in Transitioning Societies of Africa: Constitutionalism and Deliberation in Mali

Constructing Democracy in Transitioning Societies of...

Author: S. Wing
ISBN: 9780230604636
Format: Hardback
$128.00

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

State, Market, and Democracy in Chile: The Constraint of Popular Participation

State, Market, and Democracy in Chile: The Constraint...

Author: P. Posner
ISBN: 9781349373314
Format: Paperback
$84.99

Through an in-depth analysis of the Chilean labour market, social welfare, and state reforms, this book reveals...  Read More >>

Democratic Values in the Muslim World

Democratic Values in the Muslim World

Author: Moataz A. Fattah
ISBN: 9781588265456
Format: Paperback
$38.00

Is Islam compatible with democracy? This study is an investigation of actual Muslim beliefs about democracy across...  Read More >>

Left at the Altar: How the Democrats Lost the Catholics and How the Catholics Can Save the Democrats

Left at the Altar: How the Democrats Lost the Catholics...

Author: Michael Sean Winters
ISBN: 9780465091669
Format: Hardback
$68.64

The Democratic Party is in shambles and the Catholic vote has shifted to the GOP. What has become of the historic...  Read More >>

The Roots of Participatory Democracy: Democratic Communists in South Africa and Kerala, India

The Roots of Participatory Democracy: Democratic Communists...

Author: M. Williams
ISBN: 9780230606401
Format: Hardback
$140.00

This book compares the Communist parties of India and South Africa in their pursuits of socialist democracy. Williams...  Read More >>

Dissident Democrats: The Challenge of Democratic Leadership in Asia

Dissident Democrats: The Challenge of Democratic Leadership...

Author: J. Kane ,  H. Patapan
ISBN: 9780230602663
Format: Hardback
$120.00

This book studies ten dissident democratic leaders in Asia to show their vital role in democratic transformations....  Read More >>

State, Market, and Democracy in Chile: The Constraint of Popular Participation

State, Market, and Democracy in Chile: The Constraint...

Author: P. Posner
ISBN: 9780230605954
Format: Hardback
$128.00

Through an in-depth analysis of the Chilean labour market, social welfare, and state reforms, this book reveals...  Read More >>

Opportunity for Leadership: Full and Informed Participation

Opportunity for Leadership: Full and Informed Participation...

Author: Mark Winston
ISBN: 9781591583875
Format: Paperback
$62.00

An informed citizenry, capable of informed participation, is one of the principles on which U.S. democracy is based,...  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: 9780814740583
Format: Hardback
$193.00

Explores how institutions, individuals, and coalitions contribute to twists and turns of distributive politics  Read More >>

The International Politics of Democratization: Comparative perspectives

The International Politics of Democratization: Comparative...

Author: Nuno Severiano Teixeira (New University of Lisbon, Portugal and Minister of National Defence of the Portuguese Government)
ISBN: 9780415453035
Format: Hardback
$224.00

Examines the international dimensions of democratization processes, showing the degree to which international actors...  Read More >>

Undoing Democracy: The Politics of Electoral Caudillismo

Undoing Democracy: The Politics of Electoral Caudillismo...

Author: David Close ,  Kalowatie Deonandan
ISBN: 9780739129357
Format: Paperback
$61.95

David Close and Kalowatie Deonandan focus their analysis on the pact struck between the Nicaragua's two main parties,...  Read More >>

The Road to Democracy in South Africa - Abridged Version Volume 3

The Road to Democracy in South Africa - Abridged Version...

Author: South African Democracy Education Trust (SADET) ,  Sifiso Ndlovu
ISBN: 9781868887835
Format: Hardback
$77.50

Unlike the bulky academic versions of SADET’s Road to Democracy, the Abridged Edition series is much shorter; it...  Read More >>

Global Stakeholder Democracy: Power and Representation Beyond Liberal States

Global Stakeholder Democracy: Power and Representation...

Author: Terry MacDonald
ISBN: 9786611978556
Format: Electronic book text
$851.64

A pressing question at the forefront of current global political debates is: how can we salvage the democratic project...  Read More >>

Democracy and Political Culture in Eastern Europe

Democracy and Political Culture in Eastern Europe

Author: Hans-Dieter Klingemann (Free University Berlin, Germany) ,  Dieter Fuchs
ISBN: 9780415479622
Format: Paperback
$62.00

What is the relationship between democracy and political culture in countries undergoing major systemic change?...  Read More >>

Democracy, Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society: Active Citizenship in a Late Modern Age

Democracy, Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society:...

Author: Peter Jarvis (University of Surrey, UK)
ISBN: 9780415355452
Format: Paperback
$73.00

This is a book with a difference: it produces a completely new perspective on lifelong learning and the learning...  Read More >>

The European Union and the Public Sphere: A Communicative Space in the Making?

The European Union and the Public Sphere: A Communicative...

Author: John Erik Fossum ,  Philip R. Schlesinger (University of Glasgow, UK)
ISBN: 9780415479653
Format: Paperback
$20.99

The European Union is often attacked for its ‘democratic deficit’, namely its deficiencies in representation, transparency,...  Read More >>

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