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Democratic Societies and Their Armed Forces: Israel in Comparative Context

Democratic Societies and Their Armed Forces: Israel...

Author: Stuart A. Cohen
ISBN: 9780714680927
Format: Paperback
$78.00

This book presents an overview of current transformations in societal-military relations in the western world.  Read More >>

Transitions to Capitalism and Democracy in Russia and Central Europe: Achievements, Problems, Prospects

Transitions to Capitalism and Democracy in Russia and...

Author: M. Donald Hancock ,  John Logue
ISBN: 9780275962142
Format: Hardback
$140.00

Analyzes countries in economic and political transitions in postcommunist settings.  Read More >>

The Judiciary and Democratic Decay in Latin America: Declining Confidence in the Rule of Law

The Judiciary and Democratic Decay in Latin America:...

Author: William Prillaman
ISBN: 9780275968496
Format: Hardback
$140.00

Reformers are wrong to focus on a single aspect of the judiciary on the assumption that one reform naturally leads...  Read More >>

Islam and Democracy: State-Society Relations in Developing Countries, 1980-1994

Islam and Democracy: State-Society Relations in Developing...

Author: Ali Abootalebi
ISBN: 9780815337355
Format: Hardback
$390.72

This book deals with the pertinent issues of democracy, state-society, civil society and Islam in the developing...  Read More >>

Democratic Societies and Their Armed Forces: Israel in Comparative Context

Democratic Societies and Their Armed Forces: Israel...

Author: Stuart A. Cohen
ISBN: 9780714650388
Format: Hardback
$475.20

This book presents an overview of current transformations in societal-military relations in the western world.  Read More >>

Skilled Workers' Solidarity: The American Experience in Comparative Perspective

Skilled Workers' Solidarity: The American Experience...

Author: Antoine Joseph
ISBN: 9780815333364
Format: Hardback
$216.00

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The Riddle of All Constitutions: International Law, Democracy, and the Critique of Ideology

The Riddle of All Constitutions: International Law,...

Author: Susan Marks (, University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9780198267980
Format: Hardback
$130.95

The book examines current debates about the emergence of an international legal norm of democratic governance and...  Read More >>

Sentimental Democracy

Sentimental Democracy

Author: Professor Andrew Burstein
ISBN: 9780809085361
Format: Paperback
$84.48

"The provocative interpretation of American political rhetoric Americans like to use words of sentiment and sympathy,...  Read More >>

Palestinian Democracy & Governance: An Appraisal of the Legislative Council

Palestinian Democracy & Governance: An Appraisal of...

Author: David Kenneth Schenker
ISBN: 9780944029343
Format: Paperback
$52.67

This is a study of the critical issues of democratic reform in the volatile Palestinian area of the Middle East....  Read More >>

The End of Kings: A History of Republics and Republicans

The End of Kings: A History of Republics and Republicans...

Author: William R. Everdell
ISBN: 9780226224824
Format: Paperback
$52.95

"Tracing the history of republican governments, this study moves from the Hebrew Bible, Solon's Athens and Brutus'...  Read More >>

Ethics and Capitalism

Ethics and Capitalism

Author: John Douglas Bishop
ISBN: 9780802082732
Format: Paperback
$64.99

The essays in Ethics and Capitalism address the question of ensuring ethical and just societies within a capitalist...  Read More >>

Pepper in Our Eyes: The APEC Affair

Pepper in Our Eyes: The APEC Affair

Author: W. Wesley Pue
ISBN: 9780774807791
Format: Hardback
$86.99

In November 1997, the world media converged on Vancouver, Canada to cover a meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic...  Read More >>

Free to be Human: Intellectual Self-Defence in an Age of Illusions

Free to be Human: Intellectual Self-Defence in an Age...

Author: David Edwards
ISBN: 9781870098885
Format: Paperback
$28.33

Free to be Human shows how the 'filter' system described by Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman distorts our understanding...  Read More >>

Ethics and Capitalism

Ethics and Capitalism

Author: John Douglas Bishop ,  John Douglas Bishop
ISBN: 9780802046895
Format: Hardback
$163.68

The essays in Ethics and Capitalism address the question of ensuring ethical and just societies within a capitalist...  Read More >>

Never at War: Why Democracies Will Not Fight One Another

Never at War: Why Democracies Will Not Fight One Another...

Author: Spencer R. Weart
ISBN: 9780300082982
Format: Paperback
$55.95

Reveals that democratic nations have never made war on other democracies.  Read More >>

Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II

Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes...

Author: Alexis De Tocqueville ,  Joseph Epstein
ISBN: 9780553214642
Format: Paperback
$16.99

In 1831, Tocqueville set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him nine...  Read More >>

A Passion for Democracy: American Essays

A Passion for Democracy: American Essays

Author: Benjamin R. Barber
ISBN: 9780691050249
Format: Paperback
$94.99

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Democracy and the Status of Women in East Asia

Democracy and the Status of Women in East Asia

Author: Rose J. Lee ,  Cal Clark
ISBN: 9781555878887
Format: Hardback
$88.00

The authors examine how the processes of modernization and democratization have affected women in East Asia.  Read More >>

Consolidating Democracy in South Korea

Consolidating Democracy in South Korea

Author: Larry Diamond ,  Byung-Kook Kim
ISBN: 9781555878481
Format: Hardback
$36.00

This book sheds light on the dilemmas, tensions, and contradictions arising from democratic consolidation in Korea....  Read More >>

Judicial Power, Democracy and Legal Positivism

Judicial Power, Democracy and Legal Positivism

Author: Tom D. Campbell ,  Jeffrey Goldsworthy
ISBN: 9780754620617
Format: Hardback
$284.00

In this book, a distinguished International group of legal theorists re-examine legal positivism as a prescriptive...  Read More >>

Democracy, governance and economic performance: East and South-East Asia

Democracy, governance and economic performance: East...

Author: United Nations University ,  Ian Marsh
ISBN: 9789280810394
Format: Paperback
$65.87

In evaluating democratic development, this study focuses particularly on the condition of parties and party systems....  Read More >>

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