Democracy category: 2250 books
Democracy and Justice
Reading Derrida in Istanbul
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
This book explores the possibilities offered by Derrida’s work on democracy for interpreting contemporary struggles over democracy in Turkey.
The relationship between democracy and justice seems of unquestionable importance to Derrida, with democracy and justice held in tension by deconstruction....
Vital Democracy
A Theory of Democracy in Action
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2010
Vital Democracy outlines a theory of democracy in action, based on four elementary forms of democracy - pendulum, consensus, voter and participatory democracy - that are thoroughly analysed, compared and related to both the literature and the real world of democracy. Just like a few primary colours...
Commons Democracy
Reading the Politics of Participation in the Early United States
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Commons Democracy highlights a poorly understood dimension of democracy in the early United States. It tells a story that, like the familiar one, begins in the Revolutionary era. But instead of the tale of the Founders’ high-minded ideals and their careful crafting of the safe framework for democracy—a...
by Global Policy
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
The significance of democracy is widely appreciated and its principles have been applied in most parts of the world. But democratic experiences vary greatly. Increasingly, the failure of governments in practising democracy in a fair and equitable manner is leading to tension and conflict between the...
by Lincoln A. Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Explore the numerous paradoxes at the heart of the theory and practice of democracy promotion.
The Democracy Promotion Paradox raises difficult but critically important issues by probing the numerous inconsistencies and paradoxes that lie at the heart of the theory and practice of democracy...
Democracy
Stories from the Long Road to Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the former secretary of state and bestselling author -- a sweeping look at the global struggle for democracy and why America must continue to support the cause of human freedom.
"This heartfelt and at times very moving book shows why democracy proponents...
The Democracy Project
A History, a Crisis, a Movement
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
A bold rethinking of the most powerful political idea in the world—democracy—and the story of how radical democracy can yet transform America
Democracy has been the American religion since before the Revolution—from New England town halls to the multicultural democracy of Atlantic pirate...
Democracy to Come
Politics as Relational Praxis
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2017
In this book Fred Dallmayr lays the groundwork for a new understanding of democracy. He argues that democracy is not a stable system anchored in a manifest authority (like monarchy), but is sustained by the recessed and purely potential rule of the "people". Hence, democracy has to constantly...
Democracy
A Comparative Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
What is democracy? Under what conditions does it thrive? What are the consequences of democracy?
This book aims to answer these questions and more by exploring different varieties of democracies around the world. It starts with definitions of democracy and then divides the concept into three...
History of Democracy
A Marxist Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
The concept of democracy has become tarnished in recent years, as governments become disconnected from voters and pursue unpopular policies. And yet the ideal of democracy continues to inspire movements around the world, such as the Arab Spring.
Brian Roper refreshes our understanding of democracy...
Democracy as a Way of Life in America
A History
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
The United States is a nation whose identity is defined by the idea of democracy. Yet democracy in the U.S. is often taken for granted, narrowly understood, and rarely critically examined. In Democracy as a Way of Life in America, Schneirov and Fernandez show that, much more than a static legacy from...
by David Altman
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2010
Challenging the common assumption that models of direct democracy and representative democracy are necessarily at odds, Direct Democracy Worldwide demonstrates how practices of direct and representative democracy interact under different institutional settings and uncovers the conditions that allow...
Democracy in China
Challenge or Opportunity
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
Authored by Professor Yu Keping, a famous Chinese political scholar, this book focuses on the core issues of democracy and the rule of law in China. It provides the readers with insights into China's political development in the past 60 years and the changes in China's governance in the past 30 years,...
Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe
From the Ancien Régime to the Present Day
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2019
At the end of the twentieth century, many believed the story of European political development had come to an end. Modern democracy began in Europe, but for hundreds of years it competed with various forms of dictatorship. Now, though, the entire continent was in the democratic camp for the first...