Political structures: democracy books

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The Democracy Advantage: How Democracies Promote Prosperity and Peace

The Democracy Advantage: How Democracies Promote Prosperity...

Author: Morton Halperin ,  Joe Siegle
ISBN: 9780415950527
Format: Hardback
$88.00

For decades, policies pursued by the US and other industrialized nations towards the developing world have been...  Read More >>

The Iraq War and Democratic Politics

The Iraq War and Democratic Politics

Author: Alex Danchev ,  John MacMillan
ISBN: 9780415351485
Format: Paperback
$76.00

Invading Iraq in 2003 has proved the most deeply divisive political decision of recent times. Examines the consequences...  Read More >>

The UN role in promoting democracy: between ideals and reality

The UN role in promoting democracy: between ideals and...

Author: United Nations University ,  Edward Newman
ISBN: 9789280811049
Format: Paperback
$87.12

This book considers and questions the modalities, effectiveness and controversies of the UN's work in promoting...  Read More >>

First Democracy: The Challenge of an Ancient Idea

First Democracy: The Challenge of an Ancient Idea

Author: Paul Woodruff (University of Texas University of Texas, Austin University of Texas, Austin University of Texas, Austin)
ISBN: 9781280846427
Format: Electronic book text
$33.13

Americans have an unwavering faith in democracy and are ever eager to import it to nations around the world. But...  Read More >>

Chinese Identities, Ethnicity and Cosmopolitanism

Chinese Identities, Ethnicity and Cosmopolitanism

Author:
ISBN: 9781280267581
Format: Electronic book text
$496.32

A study of ethnicity, hybridity and cosmopolitanism among Chinese migrants. Using detailed examples, the author...  Read More >>

Confessions of a Girl: Truth to Be Told

Confessions of a Girl: Truth to Be Told

Author: Tessa Sean Hershberger ,  Tessa Sean Hershberger
ISBN: 9781306096805
Format: Electronic book text
$15.71

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Democratizing Global Media

Democratizing Global Media

Author: Majid Tehranian (University of Hawaii, USA) ,  Robert A Hackett
ISBN: 9781306137522
Format: Electronic book text
$129.33

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The Future of Liberal Democracy: Thomas Jefferson and the Contemporary World

The Future of Liberal Democracy: Thomas Jefferson and...

Author: R. Ramazani ,  R. Ramazani
ISBN: 9781403965646
Format: Hardback
$120.00

The first section of this collection provides historical and theoretical perspectives on Jefferson's ideals and...  Read More >>

Pulsos de La Modernidad: Dialogos Sobre La Democracia Actual

Pulsos de La Modernidad: Dialogos Sobre La Democracia...

Author:
ISBN: 9789707223530
Format: Undefined
$94.91

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Silently Silenced: Essays on the Creation of Aquiesance in Modern Society

Silently Silenced: Essays on the Creation of Aquiesance...

Author: Thomas Mathiesen
ISBN: 9786611124700
Format: Electronic book text
$193.14

After reading Silently Silenced you will never view the ways of government in quite the same light again! A must-read...  Read More >>

Schooling America: How the Public Schools Meet the Nation's Changing Needs

Schooling America: How the Public Schools Meet the Nation's...

Author: Patricia Albjerg Graham
ISBN: 9786610534562
Format: Electronic book text
$39.07

Illustrates Americans' changing demands for our schools, and how schools have responded by providing what critics...  Read More >>

Uniting America: Restoring the Vital Center to American Democracy

Uniting America: Restoring the Vital Center to American...

Author: Norton Garfinkle ,  Daniel Yankelovich
ISBN: 9781281731388
Format: Electronic book text
$84.48

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Knightfall: Knight Ridder and How the Erosion of Newspaper Journalism Is Putting Democracy at Risk

Knightfall: Knight Ridder and How the Erosion of Newspaper...

Author: Davis Merritt
ISBN: 9781281126337
Format: Electronic book text
$65.87

With corporate balance sheets dictating what we read, freedom of speech is in peril - and freedom itself may be...  Read More >>

Designing Democracy: Ideas for Better Rules

Designing Democracy: Ideas for Better Rules

Author: Hans Gersbach ,  A Gersbach Hans
ISBN: 9781280312441
Format: Undefined
$340.56

Presents a number of ideas for drawing up new rules to improve the functioning of democracies. This book examines...  Read More >>

The Performance of Democracies: Political Institutions and Public Policy

The Performance of Democracies: Political Institutions...

Author: John Bendix Edeltraud Roller
ISBN: 9781282268272
Format: Electronic book text
$352.84

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Concept of Constituency, The: Political Representation, Democratic Legitimacy, and Institutional Design

Concept of Constituency, The: Political Representation,...

Author: Associate Professor Andrew Rehfeld (Washington University, St Louis)
ISBN: 9781280416231
Format: Undefined
$330.00

Every ten years United States congressional districts are drawn, physically constructing political representation...  Read More >>

Exile, Ostracism, and Democracy: The Politics of Expulsion in Ancient Greece

Exile, Ostracism, and Democracy: The Politics of Expulsion...

Author: Sara Forsdyke
ISBN: 9781282087385
Format: Electronic book text
$158.24

This book explores the cultural and political significance of ostracism in democratic Athens. In contrast to previous...  Read More >>

Democracy and the Role of Associations: Political, Organizational and Social Contexts

Democracy and the Role of Associations: Political, Organizational...

Author:
ISBN: 9781280195181
Format: Electronic book text
$422.40

Voluntary associations have been presented as a solution to political apathy and cynicism towards representative...  Read More >>

Post-Soviet Civil Society: Democratization in Russia and the Baltic States

Post-Soviet Civil Society: Democratization in Russia...

Author: Anders Uhlin (Lund University, Sweden)
ISBN: 9781280377297
Format: Electronic book text
$443.52

The development of civil society has varied greatly across the former Soviet Union. The Baltic states have achieved...  Read More >>

Cuneiform Texts and the Writing of History

Cuneiform Texts and the Writing of History

Author: Marc Van de Mieroop
ISBN: 9781280151064
Format: Electronic book text
$343.20

Discusses how the abundant Mesopotamian cuneiform text sources can be used for the study of various aspects of history:...  Read More >>

Democracy: Beginner's Guides

Democracy: Beginner's Guides

Author: Professor David Beetham (University of Leeds)
ISBN: 9781282092624
Format: Electronic book text
$42.24

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Brennan and Democracy

Brennan and Democracy

Author: Robert Walmsley University Professor Emeritus Frank I Michelman (Harvard University)
ISBN: 9781282753921
Format: Electronic book text
$147.84

In Brennan and Democracy, a leading thinker in U.S. constitutional law offers some powerful reflections on the...  Read More >>

United States and the Caribbean, The: Transforming Hegemony and Sovereignty

United States and the Caribbean, The: Transforming Hegemony...

Author: Anthony P Maingot (Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA) ,  Wilfredo Lozano (FLASCO, Curridabat, Costa Rica)
ISBN: 9781280113857
Format: Electronic book text
$398.64

The United States and the Caribbean: Transforming Hegemony and Sovereignty provides the first comprehensive assessment...  Read More >>

Jurgen Habermas: Democracy and the Public Sphere. Modern European Thinkers.

Jurgen Habermas: Democracy and the Public Sphere. Modern...

Author: Luke Goode
ISBN: 9781281725509
Format: Electronic book text
$211.20

Habermas is a hugely influential thinker, yet his writing can be dense and inaccessible. This critical introduction...  Read More >>

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