Democracy category: 2250 books
Copts at the Crossroads
The Challenges of Building Inclusive Democracy in Egypt
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
In the light of the escalation of sectarian tensions during and after Mubarak's reign, the predicament of the Arab world's largest religious minority, the Copts, has come to the forefront. This book poses such questions as why there has been a mass exodus of Copts from Egypt, and how this relates...
The Antiegalitarian Mutation
The Failure of Institutional Politics in Liberal Democracies
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
The twin crises of immigration and mass migration brought new urgency to the balance of power between progressive, humanitarian groups and their populist opponents. In the United States and many European countries, the outcome of this struggle is uncertain, with a high chance that the public will...
Reclaiming Representation
Contemporary Advances in the Theory of Political Representation
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
Representation is integral to the functioning and legitimacy of modern government. Yet political theorists have often been reluctant to engage directly with questions of representation, and empirical political scientists have closed down such questions by making representation synonymous with congruence....
Emancipation, Democracy and the Modern Critique of Law
Reconsidering Habermas
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
This book focuses on Jürgen Habermas’ theorising on law, rights and democracy in light of the modern critique of law. The latter tradition, which goes back to Hegel and Marx, has addressed the limitations of rights as vocabulary of emancipation and law as language of autonomy. Since Habermas claims...
by Guy Hermet
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
A paradox is an assimilation of two apposite features of a thing-tree-and hence failing to understand looks queer, but not-welcome. The positive must overcome spreading by leaps and bound, for sale affirmative existence. Likewise the paradoxes of the democracies are the features with one negative aspect, which must be overcome for a more symmetrical democracy.
A Different Democracy
American Government in a 31-Country Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Four distinguished scholars in political science analyze American democracy from a comparative point of view, exploring how the U.S. political system differs from that of thirty other democracies and what those differences ultimately mean for democratic performance. This essential text approaches the...
by G Palanithurai
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2015
The 73rd Constitutional Amendment is a milestone in the modern history of India and it has taken democracy to the grassroots. It aims to transform the characteristics of our democracy from representative to representative and participatory democracy. Before going into the details of the process of...
The State We're In
Reflecting on Democracy's Troubles
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
What makes people lose faith in democratic statecraft? The question seems an urgent one. In the first decades of the twenty-first century, citizens across the world have grown increasingly disillusioned with what was once a cherished ideal. Setting out an original theoretical model that explores the...
Associative Democracy
The Real Third Way
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book aims to unlock the current crisis in democratic accountability by supplementing representative democracy with democratic governance in civil society.
Society in the Self
A Theory of Identity in Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
Instead of considering society as a social environment, Society in the Self begins from the assumption that society works in the deepest regions of self and identity, as expressed in phenomena like self-sabotage, self-radicalization, self-cure, self-government, self-nationalization, and self-internationalization....
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Since the emergence of the dissident “parallel polis” in Eastern Europe, civil society has become a “new superpower,” influencing democratic transformations, human rights, and international co-operation; co-designing economic trends, security and defense; reshaping the information society;...
The Quality of Democracy
Theory and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2004
The primary goal of this collection is to present the rationale and methodology for implementing a citizen audit of democracy. This book is an expression of a growing concern among policy experts and academics that the recent emergence of numerous democratic regimes, particularly in Latin America,...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2016
The era of technology in which we reside has ushered in a more globalized and connected world. While many benefits are gained from this connectivity, possible disadvantages to issues of human rights are developed as well. Defending Human Rights and Democracy in the Era of Globalization is a pivotal resource...
Democracy’s Blameless Leaders
From Dresden to Abu Ghraib, How Leaders Evade Accountability for Abuse, Atrocity, and Killing
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
From the American and British counter-insurgency in Iraq to the bombing of Dresden and the Amristar Massacre in India, civilians are often abused and killed when they are caught in the cross-fire of wars and other conflicts. In Democracy’s Blameless Leaders, Neil Mitchell examines how leaders in...