Political structures: democracy books

Given the rise of terrorism and the persistence of extremism in both established and new democracies today, continued...  Read More >>

This book presents a radically new theory of European integration. Focusing on the historical configuration of the...  Read More >>

Losers' Consent shows how being able to accept losing is one of the central requirements of democracy, and provides...  Read More >>

Twenty-First Century Populism analyses the phenomenon of sustained populist growth in Western Europe by looking...  Read More >>

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This book explores what the privatization of global rule-making means for democracy. It reconstructs three prominent...  Read More >>

For the first time, this new collection brings together country specialists, researchers on the European Union,...  Read More >>

Offering an analysis of contemporary politics and of the scepticism and apathy which characterise the political...  Read More >>

Examines the world of humanitarian aid workers and the processes of democratization that they put into effect in...  Read More >>

In this book, top scholars look at the efficacy of trade union and worker protest in overthrowing authoritarian...  Read More >>

This book examines village democracy and the prospects of China's democratization. It explains how three key factors...  Read More >>

This book examines village democracy and the prospects of China's democratization. It explains how three key factors...  Read More >>

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This book explores the political games of the Moroccan democratization process in the period from independence in...  Read More >>

Farrelly argues against the principled paradigm of ideal theory and champions instead a virtue-oriented theory of...  Read More >>

""This book is the best, and virtually the only, political ethnography of South Korean antigovernment political...  Read More >>

Farrelly argues against the principled paradigm of ideal theory and champions instead a virtue-oriented theory of...  Read More >>

This lucid and original work argues for a new style of political leadership, one which pays deliberate and sophisticated...  Read More >>

This book reads the work of contemporary women poets against recent debates in third wave feminism and democratic...  Read More >>

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It is often argued that the enhanced consultation of civil society contributes to the democratization of European...  Read More >>

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This book offers a strikingly new perspective on EU enlargement. Basing his findings on substantial empirical evidence,...  Read More >>

In spite of the lack of plausible alternatives to liberal democracy, the age of globalization has ushered in serious...  Read More >>