Government and Democracy

Democracy and the Limits of Self-Government - Adam Przeworski

Publisher: Steerforth PressAuthor(s): Randall KennedyNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 139 x 216 x 16Cover type: Paperback / so...

Politics, academia & corporations now bow to the new orthodoxies around gender, race & identity. How Woke Won explores woke's intellectual roots an...

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

A contrarian yet highly engaging account of the spread of illiberal and anti-democratic sentiment throughout our culture that places responsibility...

Reducere. The story of a pivotal moment in modern world history, when Arabs established a representative democracy--and how the West crushed it When Europe's...

Going Low examines how the offensive style of contemporary politics challenges liberal democratic institutions. Considering the rise of illiberal p...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): B XuNumber of pages: 200Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 154 x 216 x 23Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmecul ...

Tensions of American Federal Democracy uses an original analytical framework combined with comparative perspectives - including those of other mode...

This book provides the first detailed and comprehensive examination of all the materials making up the Star Wars franchise relating to the portraya...

Publisher: Regan ArtsAuthor(s): Carly CoopermanNumber of pages: 512Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 376 x 36Cover type: Paperback / softback...

Reducere. Justice (al-'adl) is one of the principal values of the Islamic faith. In Islam, Justice, and Democracy, Sabri Ciftci explores the historical, phil...

Reducere. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Yes We (Still) Can and cohost of Pod Save America, a sharp political playbook for how Democrats ca...

In Citizenship after Trump, political theorists Bradley S. Klein and Scott G. Nelson explore the meaning of community in the context of intense pol...

Reducere. During a century of colonialism, Burma was plundered for its natural resources and remade as a racial hierarchy. Over decades of dictatorship, it s...

Reducere. "The war is still raging. And Gene Nichol]'s still fighting." --John Grisham North Carolina has, since 2013, undergone a greater political sea chan...

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...

Reducere. America is the greatest democracy in the world . . . isn't it? Author Elizabeth Rusch examines some of the more problematic aspects of our governme...

DescriptionIn the space of one election cycle, authoritarian governments, moneyed elites and fringe hackers figured out how to game elections, bypa...

Reducere. In an America where the rich and fortunate have free rein to do as they please, can the ideal of liberty and justice for all be anything but an emp...

As Elizabeth Warren memorably wrote, "It is impossible to buy a toaster that has a one-in-five chance of bursting into flames and burning down your...

Faced with government's ineptitude, people are attracted to strong leaders and bold action. As Pierre Rosanvallon demonstrates, "presidentialism" m...

Reducere. NEW EDITION AUGMENTED WITH TEXT OF THE RESTORATION AMENDMENT SO, YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT 'DEMOCRACY' MEANS? The word 'democracy' is widely abused a...

Publisher: The Merlin Press LtdAuthor(s): John S. SaulNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2006Dimensions: 228 x 170 x 25Cover type: Paperback / s...

Reducere. Americans are losing touch with reality. On virtually every issue, from climate change to immigration, tens of millions of Americans have opinions ...

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Reducere. Americans are losing touch with reality. On virtually every issue, from climate change to immigration, tens of millions of Americans have opinions ...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Yes We (Still) Can and cohost of Pod Save America, a sharp political playbook for how Democrats ca...

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DescriptionDemocracy for Sale is an on-the-ground account of Indonesian democracy, analyzing its election campaigns and behind-the-scenes machinati...

DescriptionWestern democracy is now at a critical juncture. Some worry that power has been wrested from the people and placed in the hands of a sma...

America is the greatest democracy in the world . . . isn't it? Author Elizabeth Rusch examines some of the more problematic aspects of our governme...

Brazil changed drastically in the 21st century's second decade. In 2010, the country's outgoing president Lula left office with almost 90% approval...

Reducere. One part memoir, one part political platform, the bass player of Nirvana--the most heralded and influential rock band of the past 20 years--tells t...

Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers IncAuthor(s): Jose M. MagoneNumber of pages: 295Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 161 x 237 x 23Cover type: Har...

Amidst the many lamentations about the problems of democracy, Joe Foweraker turns his attention to specific questions: Is democracy incompatible wi...

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

A timely and provocative exploration of contemporary political communication from a world-leading author team. In an age of "fake news" and Youtube...

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Discover how philosophy can shine a light on the world's most divisive issues

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Over the last five years, widespread concern about the effects of social media on democracy has led to an explosion in research from different disc...

DescriptionA stellar group of America's leading political thinkers explore how to reboot our democracy The presidential election of 2016 highlighte...

Reducere. Since the financial meltdown of 2008, political protests have spread around the world like chain lightning, from the "Occupy" movements of the Unit...

Reducere. Tools for Radical Democracy is an essential resource for grassroots organizers and leaders, students of activism and advocacy, and anyone trying to...

Provides a provocative interpretation of American Government. This title shows how democracy is repeatedly violated by corporate oligopolies, and h...

Reducere. From World War II until the 1980s, the United States reigned supreme as both the economic and the military leader of the world. The major shifts in...

DescriptionIn 2011, political protests sprang up across the world. In the Middle East, Europe, Latin America, the United States unlikely people spa...

DescriptionPEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award Finalist, Longlisted for the National Book AwardBest Books of the Year--Washington Post, Boston Globe, ...

Reducere. Most people would agree that democracy throughout the world is in deep trouble. From the polarizing politics of the United States to the endless re...

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Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Contrary to warnings about the dangers of populism, Donald F. Critchlow argues that grassroots activism is essential to party renewal within a demo...

Public Opinion is Walter Lippmann's groundbreaking work which demonstrates how individual beliefs are swayed by stereotypes, the mass media, and po...

Reducere. "Keep your government hands off my Medicare " Such comments spotlight a central question animating Suzanne Mettler's provocative and timely book: w...

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...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the U. S. and around the world, we are mired in political conflicts that are filled with bitterness, hatred, prejudice and personal a...

Reducere. This comprehensive study of international ethnic cleansing provides in-depth coverage of its occurrences in Armenia, Nazi Germany, Cambodia, Yugosl...

DescriptionWhat are the differences between democracy, communism and socialism? This book on politics will provide wonderful, easy-to-remember defi...

Offers an analysis of worldwide democratic institutions. Examining thirty-six democracies during period from 1945 to 2010, the author arrives at im...

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

DescriptionNeoliberalism's war against democracy and how to resist it How do we explain the strange survival of the forces responsible for the 2008...

DescriptionKenya is the most digitally advanced country in sub-Saharan Africa, where Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, and other online platforms are pa...

Contributor(s): Author: Alexis de TocquevilleIntroduction by: Joseph EpsteinFrom America's call for a free press to its embrace of the capitalist s...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Natan SharanskyWith: Ron DermerNatan Sharansky believes that the truest expression of democracy is the ability to stand in ...

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Publisher: Cengage Learning, IncAuthor(s): Richard (Arizona State University) HerreraNumber of pages: 720Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 217 x 27...

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Reducere. DescriptionA new history of the world's most embattled ideaToday, democracy is the world's only broadly accepted political system, and yet it has b...