Political structures: democracy books

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Iran, Islam and Democracy: The Politics of Managing Change

Iran, Islam and Democracy: The Politics of Managing...

Author: Ali M. Ansari
ISBN: 9781862031173
Format: Paperback
$50.46

Current developments in Iran are forcing a fundamental reassessment of the relationship between Islam and democracy...  Read More >>

Judicial Independence in the Age of Democracy: Critical Perspectives from Around the World

Judicial Independence in the Age of Democracy: Critical...

Author: Peter H. Russell ,  David M. O'Brien
ISBN: 9780813920160
Format: Paperback
$64.68

This collection of essays by leading scholars of constitutional law looks at a critical component of constitutional...  Read More >>

Rethinking Democratic Accountability

Rethinking Democratic Accountability

Author: Robert D. Behn
ISBN: 9780815708629
Format: Hardback
$85.75

Traditionally, American government has created detailed, formal procedures to ensure that its agencies and employees...  Read More >>

Judicial Independence in the Age of Democracy: Critical Perspectives from Around the World

Judicial Independence in the Age of Democracy: Critical...

Author: Peter H. Russell ,  David M. O'Brien
ISBN: 9780813920153
Format: Hardback
$198.00

This collection of essays by leading scholars of constitutional law looks at a critical component of constitutional...  Read More >>

The Values Connection

The Values Connection

Author: James A. Reichley
ISBN: 9780742509153
Format: Hardback
$132.00

Democracy and republican values depend on values derived from religion. This volume suggests that within American...  Read More >>

Commonwealth: The Other Road to Democracy--The Swiss Model of Democratic Self-Government

Commonwealth: The Other Road to Democracy--The Swiss...

Author: Daniel J. Elazar ,  J Wayne Baker
ISBN: 9780739102367
Format: Hardback
$229.68

"This work brings together a group of political scientists to examine the Swiss model of democracy, in its original...  Read More >>

Human Rights, Equality and Democratic Renewal in Northern Ireland

Human Rights, Equality and Democratic Renewal in Northern...

Author: Professor Colin Harvey (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
ISBN: 9781841131191
Format: Hardback
$170.00

This book describes legal and political landscape in Northern Ireland and provides a significant contribution to...  Read More >>

Democracy and the State

Democracy and the State

Author: Niraja Gopal Jayal
ISBN: 9780195656121
Format: Paperback
$15.95

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The Reform of Time: Magic and Modernity

The Reform of Time: Magic and Modernity

Author: Maureen Perkins
ISBN: 9780745317281
Format: Paperback
$58.08

In a fascinating and unique study Perkins links the declining status of magical practices to a social history of...  Read More >>

The Reform of Time: Magic and Modernity

The Reform of Time: Magic and Modernity

Author: Maureen Perkins
ISBN: 9780745317298
Format: Hardback
$208.56

In a fascinating and unique study Perkins links the declining status of magical practices to a social history of...  Read More >>

Challenges to Democracy: Eastern Europe Ten Years after the Collapse of Communism

Challenges to Democracy: Eastern Europe Ten Years after...

Author: Sten Berglund ,  Frank H. Aarebrot
ISBN: 9781840642933
Format: Hardback
$232.88

This book sets out to provide a thorough comparative analysis of the challenges which face the emerging democracies...  Read More >>

Creating a Democratic Civil Society in Eastern Germany: The Case of the Citizen Movements and Alliance 90

Creating a Democratic Civil Society in Eastern Germany:...

Author: Christiane Olivo
ISBN: 9786613191199
Format: Electronic book text
$310.46

This book examines normative theories of civil society and deliberative democracy by using a case study of the East...  Read More >>

Governing by Numbers: Delegated Legislation and Everyday Policy-Making

Governing by Numbers: Delegated Legislation and Everyday...

Author: Edward C Page
ISBN: 9781841132075
Format: Hardback
$160.00

This book analyses the distinctive character of everyday policy making and the implications of how it affects our...  Read More >>

Towards Democratic Viability: The Bolivian Experience

Towards Democratic Viability: The Bolivian Experience...

Author: J. Crabtree ,  L. Whitehead
ISBN: 9780333802106
Format: Hardback
$224.00

The book traces the twin processes of economic liberalization and political democratization in Bolivia since the...  Read More >>

The Paradox of American Democracy: Elites, Special Interests, and the Betrayal of the Public Trust

The Paradox of American Democracy: Elites, Special Interests,...

Author: John B. Judis
ISBN: 9780415930260
Format: Paperback
$97.55

Washington is big business. John B. Judis, a senior editor for the New Republic, onducts an instructive tour through...  Read More >>

Democracy, Development and Decentralization in Provincial Thailand

Democracy, Development and Decentralization in Provincial...

Author: Daniel Arghiros
ISBN: 9780700715237
Format: Paperback
$90.00

This work studies democracy in provincial Thailand in the context of emergent capitalism to reveal social, economic...  Read More >>

Democracy, Development and Decentralization in Provincial Thailand

Democracy, Development and Decentralization in Provincial...

Author: Daniel Arghiros
ISBN: 9780700715220
Format: Hardback
$294.00

This work studies democracy in provincial Thailand in the context of emergent capitalism to reveal social, economic...  Read More >>

The Last Best Hope: A Democracy Reader

The Last Best Hope: A Democracy Reader

Author: Stephen John Goodlad (University of Washington, Seattle, Washington)
ISBN: 9780787956813
Format: Paperback
$61.95

This volume provides an introduction to the topic of democracy, the challenges of sustaining a democracy in today's...  Read More >>

Rethinking Democratic Accountability

Rethinking Democratic Accountability

Author: Robert D. Behn
ISBN: 9780815708612
Format: Paperback
$45.99

Traditionally, American government has created detailed, formal procedures to ensure that its agencies and employees...  Read More >>

Political Institutions

Political Institutions

Author: Josep H. Colomer
ISBN: 9780199241835
Format: Hardback
$140.00

This book examines the relationship between the complexity of political institutions and the stability of socially...  Read More >>

Organized Crime and Democratic Governability: Mexico and the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

Organized Crime and Democratic Governability: Mexico...

Author: John J. Bailey ,  Roy Godson
ISBN: 9780822941460
Format: Hardback
$132.00

The US-Mexico border zone in now one of the most dangerous in the world. The range of criminal activity at the border...  Read More >>

Democracy After Slavery: Black Publics and Peasant Radicalism in Haiti and Jamaica

Democracy After Slavery: Black Publics and Peasant Radicalism...

Author: Mimi Sheller
ISBN: 9780813018836
Format: Hardback
$145.20

Mimi Sheller's ground-breaking comparative study analyzes the struggle for freedom and democracy in two Caribbean...  Read More >>

Identities and Rights

Identities and Rights

Author: Gurpreet Mahajan
ISBN: 9780195655520
Format: Paperback
$5.99

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Hijacking Democracy: The Power Shift to the Unelected

Hijacking Democracy: The Power Shift to the Unelected...

Author: Marguerite A. Peeters
ISBN: 9780844741369
Format: Paperback
$26.95

Circumventing democratic channels, the UN and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have appropriated quasi-legislative...  Read More >>

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