Democracy and the Limits of Self-Government, Paperback - Adam Przeworski

The political institutions under which we live today evolved from a revolutionary idea that shook the world in the second part of the eighteenth ce...

Democracy and the Limits of Self-Government - Adam Przeworski

Reducere. DescriptionIs democracy in crisis? The current threats to democracy are not just political: they are deeply embedded in the democracies of today, i...

Crises of Democracy - Adam Przeworski

Reducere. This is a study of the choices faced by socialist movements as they developed within capitalist societies. Professor Przeworski examines the three ...

With the collapse of traditional parties around the world and with many pundits predicting a "crisis of democracy", the value of elections as a met...

Reducere. Westerners tend to divide the political world into "good" democracies and "bad" authoritarian regimes. But the Chinese political model does not fit...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): John (University of Wolverhampton, UK) RobertsNumber of pages: 264Publication date: 2021Dimensions: ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): John (University of Wolverhampton, UK) RobertsNumber of pages: 264Publication date: 2021Dimensions: ...

Presenting a critique of moral theory from Kant onwards, the author, one of the greatest philosophers of his generation, reorients ethical theory t...

The Third Alternative: Christian Self-Government, Paperback

A new edition of the important work of philosophy from the late Williams. With a new foreword by Jonathan Lear and commentary on the text by A.W. M...

Sandel locates modern liberalism in the tradition of Kant, and focuses on its most influential recent expression in the work of John Rawls. In the ...

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Reducere. No winners, no losers, and no end the Game of Life, also known simply as Life, is no ordinary computer game. Created by British mathematician John ...

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After 65 years under New Zealand control the Cook Islands adopted the United Nations push for self-government with a hiss and a roar under the enig...

DescriptionThe United States has become ever more deeply entrenched in powerful, rival, partisan camps, and its citizens more sharply separated alo...

DescriptionPhilosophy has inherited a powerful impulse to embrace either dualism or a reductive monism--either a radical separation of mind and bod...

"This bold, intellectually ambitious, and wholly original book challenges the way in which Western social science understands China.... It will set...

Reducere. Should we regulate artificial intelligence? Can we? From self-driving cars and high-speed trading to algorithmic decision-making, the way we live, ...

A New Statesman Best Book of the YearA Church Times Book of the YearWe are facing a crisis of civility, a war of words polluting our public sphere....

Reducere. Impossible Desire and the Limits of Knowledge in Renaissance Poetry examines the limits of embodiment, knowledge, and representation at a disregard...

A reappraisal of Lope's literary career, bringing out the complexities of his dramatic texts.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdAuthor(s): Melveena McK...

DescriptionKeith Kahn-Harris argues that the controversy over antisemitism today is a symptom of a growing "selectivity" in anti-racism caused by a...

DescriptionThis bold, groundbreaking study of American political development assesses the presidency of Abraham Lincoln through the lenses of gover...

By examining the Second Seminole War through the lenses of race, Jacksonian democracy, media and public opinion, American expansion, and military s...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCNumber of pages: 344Collection: Modern Studies in European LawPublication date: 2017Dimensions: 166 x 241 x 26C...

Reducere. How do artistic experiments with artificial intelligence problematize human-centered notions of creative agency, authorship, and ownership? Offerin...

Reducere. In this bold and lyrical debut, Sondra weaves personal narrative with philosophical themes, crafting a story about love, solitude, and the unsayabl...

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How the executive branch-not the president alone-formulates executive orders, and how this process constrains the chief executive's ability to act ...

Reducere. The problem of homelessness in America underpins the definition of an American city: what it is, who it is for, what it does, and why it matters. A...

When our desires become the product of tech giants, what ways are there left for us to dream?Publisher: John Hunt PublishingAuthor(s): Jacob Johans...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Dr Hartmut von SassNumber of pages: 264Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 163 x 242 x 22Cover type: H...

Challenging both the bureaucratic one-party regime and the Western neoliberal paradigm, China's leading critic shatters the myth of progress and re...

In this lucid and timely new book Jeremy Pressman demonstrates that the default use of military force on both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict ha...

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Reducere. As early as 1865, survivors of the Civil War were acutely aware that people were purposefully shaping what would be remembered about the war and wh...

DescriptionIn October 1911 the governor of Oaxaca, Mexico, ordered a detachment of approximately 250 soldiers to take control of the town of Juchit...

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DescriptionIn the fifth and fourth centuries BCE, immigrants called 'metics' (metoikoi) settled in Athens without a path to citizenship. Galvanized...

In this powerful and timely book, Janet R. Jakobsen and Ann Pellegrini make a solid case for loving the sinner and the sin. Rejecting both religiou...

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A Wired senior editor and virtual reality expert presents a captivating, candid glimpse into the future "realities" of this emerging technology: ho...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Sara MatthiesenIllustration(s): 4 photosNumber of pages: 334Collection: Reproductive Justice: A...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Kenneth I. (Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences, University of Pennsylvania) Wol...

Publisher: Dedalus LtdNumber of pages: 120Collection: Dedalus Original Fiction In PaperbackPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 197 x 22Cover ty...

An in-depth and critical look at the life and ideas of Michael Harrington, one of America's most important democratic socialists.Publisher: John Hu...

Reducere. Democracy Unchained draws upon lessons from Professor Richard Dien Winfield's 2018 campaign for US Congress in Georgia to show how the United State...