Illusions of Democracy. Malaysian Politics and People, Hardback - ***

This book offers an up-to-date and broad analysis of the contemporary state of Malaysian politics and society.

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

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: Transcript VerlagAuthor(s): Machin, AmandaNumber of pages: 200Collection: Political SciencePublication date: 2021Dimensions: 147 x 224 x...

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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 ...

A deeply imaginative, street-by-street and meticulously researched biography of one of London's most vibrant and seductive districts.Illustrations:...

Reducere. Our understanding of how the world works was fundamentally altered when the mechanical model of closed, linear systems was replaced with cybernetic...

Reducere. DescriptionHow the new conspiracists are undermining democracy--and what can be done about itConspiracy theories are as old as politics. But conspi...

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

The fascinating story of the evolution of the country house in Britain, from its Roman precursors to the presentPublisher: Yale University PressAut...

Democracy When the People Are Thinking contributes both to political theory and to the empirical study of public opinion and participation. It shou...

An enlightening, entertaining and bitesize book about how Ancient Athenian democracy relates to the most urgent political issues of our day, for fa...

Reducere. Shortly after assuming office in January 2017, President Donald Trump accused the press of being an "enemy of the American people." Attacks on the ...

Reducere. From city halls to the halls of Congress, big money dominates American politics. Despite widespread support for reform, even basic attempts to addr...

An analysis of the processes through which a stable, consolidated, and fully-democratic regime was brought into existence in the 1970s and early 19...

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...

Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Stefan AuerNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 149 x 222 x 31Cover type: Hardbac...

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

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How conservatives and progressives lock in their economic policies through the institutions of federalism, regionalism, and globalism.

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

How did political parties in the United States and Britain transition from clientelism to programmatic party organization? This book argues that ch...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Page duBoisNumber of pages: 312Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 239 x 30Cover type: Har...

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Publisher: Roaring Brook PressAuthor(s): Beka FeathersIllustration(s): full-color illustrations throughoutNumber of pages: 272Collection: World Cit...

Populism suddenly is everywhere, and everywhere misunderstood. Nadia Urbinati argues that populism should be regarded as government based on an unm...

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

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...

As power politics and authoritarianism gain strength, there are no guarantees facts will triumph over falsehoods and reason will dominate over emot...

Reducere. In the midst of this once-in-a-century public health crisis, the United States was almost toppled from within by one of the two national political ...

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

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

Publisher: Elsevier Science & TechnologyAuthor(s): Klaus (Klausrose Consulting, Pediatric Drug Development and More; Riehen (Basel), Switzerland) R...

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An investigation of alternative and underground political movements determining the shape of Britain's future, informed by exclusive access to Mome...

Petitioning has a forgotten but essential role in the history of modern democracy. In the antebellum era, petitions gave North Americans, especiall...

Democracies must confront the rise of digital media in politics and their role in informing, mobilizing, and persuading every-day citizens. This su...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Jacob GrumbachIllustration(s): 32 b/w illus. 17 tables.Number of pages: 288Collection: Princeton St...

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

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

Reducere. In a succinct and far-reaching analysis, David Held provides an introduction to major theories of democracy from classical Greece to the present, a...

DescriptionShould Brexit or the election of Trump cause us to doubt our faith in democracy? Are 'the people' too ignorant or stupid to rule? Numero...

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

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

Hope for American democracy in an era of deep divisions In Healing the Heart of Democracy, Parker J. Palmer quickens our instinct to seek the commo...

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