Democracy category: 2250 books
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Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2006
What is the relationship between democracy and political culture in countries undergoing major systemic change? Have subjective political orientations of citizens been important in shaping the development of democracy in central and eastern Europe after the fall of communism?
These core questions...
Democracy as Human Rights
Freedom and Equality in the Age of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Is global democracy possible? The most prominent institutional manifestations of this concept-the UN, WTO, IMF and World Bank-have been skewered as cloistered anti-democratic institutions by anti-globalization activists. Meanwhile, proponents of globalization advocate reforming these institutions...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
This book analyzes the impact of social media on democracy and politics at the sub-national level in developed and developing countries. Over the last decade or so, social media has transformed politics. Offering political actors opportunities to organize, mobilize, and connect with constituents,...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
What can we learn about democracy from the experience of post-Soviet Russia? What can we learn about the prospects for democracy in Russia from the experience of 'really existing democracies'? Must some 'pre-requisites', cultural or material, be fulfilled for democracy to become possible? This book...
Reclaiming Democracy
Judgment, Responsibility and the Right to Politics
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
Democracy is in shambles economically and politically. The recent economic meltdown in Europe and the U.S. has substituted democratic deliberation with technocratic decisions. In Athens, Madrid, Lisbon, New York, Pittsburgh or Istanbul, protesters have denounced the incapacity and unwillingness of...
by Asafa Jalata
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2019
This book focuses on and examines the impact of cultural capital, political economy, social movements, and political consciousness on the potential development of substantive democracy in Botswana and Ethiopia. While explaining the challenges, obstacles, and opportunities for the development of democracy,...
by Filimon Peonidis
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Although democracy is in principle associated with popular rule, in practice it is best described as rule by elected elites. This form of government is not only wanting from a theoretical point of view, but it also no longer seems to meet the expectations of large segments of the citizenry. This book...
The Plot to Destroy Democracy
How Putin and His Spies Are Undermining America and Dismantling the West
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author provides a****provocative, comprehensive analysis of Vladimir Putin and Russia's master plan to destroy democracy in the age of Donald Trump, with a foreword by Rob Reiner.
"A convincing cry that treason is afoot." - Kirkus Reviews
"[E]ven...
Public Things
Democracy in Disrepair
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
In the contemporary world of neoliberalism, efficiency is treated as the vehicle of political and economic health .State bureaucracy, but not corporate bureaucracy, is seen as inefficient, and privatization is seen as a magic cure for social ills. In Public Things: Democracy in Disrepair, Bonnie Honig...
by Robert B. Westbrook
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2015
Over a career spanning American history from the 1880s to the 1950s, John Dewey sought not only to forge a persuasive argument for his conviction that "democracy is freedom" but also to realize his democratic ideals through political activism. Widely considered modern America's most important philosopher,...
Gag Rule
On the Suppression of Dissent and the Stifling of Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2005
From one of America’s most important voices of protest, an urgent polemic about the strangling of meaningful dissent—the lifeblood of our democracy—at the hands of a government and media increasingly beholden to the wealthy few.
Dissent is democracy. Democracy is in trouble. Never before,...
The People Vs Tech
How the Internet Is Killing Democracy (and How We Save It)
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
From the bestselling author of The Dark Net comes a book that explains all the dangers of the digital revolution and offers concrete solutions on how we can protect our personal privacy, and democracy itself.
The internet was meant to set us free. But have we unwittingly handed too much away...
by Sayed Khatab, Gary D. Bouma
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2007
Challenging the view of Islamic extremists and critics of Islam, this book explores the very topical issue of Islam’s compatibility with democracy. It examines:
principles of Islam's political theory and the notion of democracy therein
the notion of democracy in medieval and modern Muslim thought
Islam...
Conditional Democracy
The Contemporary Debate on Political Reform in Chinese Universities
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Little is known about the political views of non-dissident Chinese intellectuals. For this book, Émilie Frenkiel has been granted unprecedented access to the discussions of politically committed Chinese who have been part of the intellectual debate on post-Tiananmen reform. Her in-depth research...