Democracy category: 2250 books
What Would Jefferson Do?
A Return to Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2004
When the Founding Fathers were searching for the best and fairest form of government, they studied the models of Athenian democracy, the Roman republic, and the Iroquois Confederacy and created what is now called a modern liberal democracy. Today, 81 nations can be described as fully democratic. Yet...
by Sirvan Karimi
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
The Tragedy of Social Democracy is about the rise, fall and future of social democracy as a politico-ideological force, a force that was believed would democratically transform capitalism into socialism. Instead of democratizing capitalism, social democracy was itself liberalized by capitalism. Why...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe analyses the state of play of democracy at the subnational level in the 27 member states of the EU plus Norway and Switzerland. It places subnational democracy in the context of the distinctive Anglo, the French, the German and Scandinavian...
by Philip Tether
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
POPULAR DEMOCRACY. This is the third in a series of texts on government and politics designed for students and the general reader (see author's other publications for a full list of titles). This book continues the series with an in-depth examination of majoritarian democracy and its central, core...
The Occupy movement. The Need for Roots
We are the 99%
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Tahrir Square We are the 99% Hashtag The Washington Post Cornel West Subprime mortgage crisis Impact of the Arab Spring 2007–2012 global financial crisis Nonviolent resistance Civil disobedience Occupation (protest) Picketing (protest) Demonstration (people) Internet activism General strike Direct...
by Robert Cavalier
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2009
With all the talk about “democracy” these days, it’s surprising how little time is spent concentrating on the concept of democracy itself, its history and justification as a form of political governance. *Democracy for Beginners *looks at democracy’s rich evolution in its varied forms, and...
Rethinking Democracy Promotion in International Relations
The Rise of the Social
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
This book traces and conceptualises the changing notion of democracy and demonstrates how democracy promotion finds itself at the heart of contemporary international discourses and policies.
Democracy promotion is widely considered to constitute a hypocritical and failed ‘grand international...
British Democracy
Its Restoration & Extension
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013
British Democracy: Its Restoration and Extension
Modern parliamentary democracy first developed in Great Britain. Britons also played a major role in spreading democracy around the world – for example, through the Commonwealth.
However, at the start of the 21st century, Britain itself...
Security and Defensive Democracy in Israel
A Critical Approach to Political Discourse
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
This book scrutinises how political actors in the Israeli parliament (the Knesset) have articulated the security-democracy nexus in their discourses.
Security crises expose political leaders to an uncomfortable dilemma: guaranteeing the safety of citizens while at the same time preserving...
As Democracy Goes, So Does Journalism
Evolution of Journalism in Liberal, Deliberative, and Participatory Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2018
As Democracy Goes, So Does Journalism: Evolution of Journalism in Liberal, Deliberative, and Participatory Democracy explores the symbiotic relationship between democracy and journalism in an engaging historical narrative. From a liberal to a deliberative and to a participatory model, theories and...
The Enchantment of Democracy and India
Politics and Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Sudipta Kaviraj has long been recognized as among India’s most thoughtful and wide-ranging political thinkers and analysts, one of the subtlest and most learned writers on Indian politics. Paradoxically, this has remained something of a state secret, because Kaviraj’s writings have remained scattered...
European Union Democracy Aid
Supporting civil society in post-apartheid South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2010
Since the end of the Cold War, the promotion of democracy has occupied centre stage in global politics and in the academic debate on international relations. Governments, intergovernmental agencies, and international donors have invested significant resources to support the democratic consolidation...
by Dhurba Rizal
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2015
The book puts into plain words a changing dimension of politics in a traditional regime and offers an insight into the emerging transition to royal, semi-authoritarian democracy in Bhutan. Bhutan represents a political system which coalesces the rhetorical acquiescence of democracy with illiberal...
The Tao of Democracy
Using Co-Intelligence to Create a World that Works for All
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
The Tao of Democracy presents an increasingly relevant and compelling vision of wiser public policy and vibrant democratic culture. Written by lifelong activist Tom Atlee, The Tao of Democracy is rooted in a simple, yet revolutionary proposition that opens doors to positive democratic change: Given...