Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism - New Edition, Paperback - Sheldon S. Wolin

Contributor(s): Author: Sheldon S. WolinIntroduction by: Chris HedgesDemocracy is struggling in America--by now this statement is almost clich . Bu...

DescriptionSheldon Wolin was one of the most influential and original political thinkers of the past fifty years. In Fugitive Democracy, the breath...

Reducere. DescriptionA leading member of the Senate Judiciary Committee "spells out, in considerable detail, the extent of corporate influence over a variety...

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing IncAuthor(s): Alan Ramon ClintonNumber of pages: 225Publication date: 2004Dimensions: 159 x 237 x 18Cover type: Ha...

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Reveals how the U.S. Supreme Court's presidentialism threatens our democracy and what to do about it. Donald Trump's presidency made many Americans...

Publisher: Pearson Education LimitedAuthor(s): Bruce MurphyNumber of pages: 588Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 275 x 217 x 22Cover type: Paperbac...

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Offering a fascinating biography of a foundational theory, Amadae reveals not only how the ideological battles of the Cold War shaped ideas but als...

Reducere. We need young people to be civically engaged in order to define and address public problems. Their participation is important for democracy, for in...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): B XuNumber of pages: 200Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 149 x 210 x 21Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescope...

Virginia Doellgast contends that high pay and good working conditions are possible even for marginal service jobs. This outcome, however, depends o...

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Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Elizabeth LoshIllustration(s): 22 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

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One of the most important books on political regimes written in a generation.--Steven Levitsky, New York Times-bestselling author of How Democracie...

The power of the court to overturn a law or decree--called judicial review--is a critical feature of modern democracies. Contemporary American judg...

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Reducere. Reveals the important role of Muslim Americans in American politics Since the 1950s, and especially in the post-9/11 era, Muslim Americans have pla...

Reducere. Many Americans believe that their own government is guilty of shocking crimes. Government agents shot the president. They faked the moon landing. T...

Publisher: Council of EuropeAuthor(s): Council of Europe. European Commission for Democracy through LawIllustration(s): Illustrations, unspecifiedC...

DescriptionWhy does democracy--as a word and as an idea--loom so large in the political imagination, though it has so often been misused and misund...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Lydia M AndradeIllustration(s): 95 Line drawings, color; 81 Halftones, color; 25 Tables, color; 176 Illus...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Olle (University of Oslo, Norway) ToernquistNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 15...

No matter who they are or where they come from, everyone deserves the right to have their say. This is called a democracy. An ABC of Democracy intr...

Reducere. The core of this book is a systematic treatment of the historic transformation of the West from monarchy to democracy. Revisionist in nature, it re...

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Conventional wisdom dates the origins of activist federal government to the New Deal. William J. Novak shows that the roots run deeper. Tracing the...

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