Democracy category: 2250 books
Political Turbulence
How Social Media Shape Collective Action
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
As people spend increasing proportions of their daily lives using social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, they are being invited to support myriad political causes by sharing, liking, endorsing, or downloading. Chain reactions caused by these tiny acts of participation form a growing part of collective...
The World Through Arab Eyes
Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
The uprisings that transformed the Middle East beginning in 2011 have left experts scrambling to understand where the region is likely to go in years to come. But missing from most of the analysis is a longer view of the evolution of Arab Public opinion and identity and how this is likely to influence...
This Time
Australia's Republican Past and Future
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2018
To propose an Australian should be our head of state doesn’t seem revolutionary. ‘Isn’t that already the case?” some may even ask. Flip a coin and you’ll have your answer.
In This Time, Benjamin T. Jones charts a path to an independent future. He reveals the fascinating early history...
Human Creatures
A Broader View: the World Behind the Modern Surface
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2001
A broad, but easy reading, world-view of realities behind the anciently permanent traits of human behavior which cause simple societies to grow, to flourish in great civilizations throughout the world, and to collapse repeatedly, usually with much loss of the expanded populations. Both democracies...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
This book explains how history and traditions have shaped Timorese politics, as well as the role that Indonesia and ASEAN play for the country's future . It tries to understand a complex political system in which both traditional laws and contemporary politics are integrated, and examines the effects...
by Francine Silverman
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2009
The Politics ebook includes show theme, guest criteria, title of show, name of host, email, phone (optional), website, best method of contact, and where aired. Covered are current events, conservatism, Christian conservatism, liberalism, Libertarianism, government, pop culture, U.S. Constitution,...
Point of View 2-Book Bundle
Irresponsible Government / Time Bomb
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
This special 2-book bundle contains two cutting edge pieces of political analysis. Irresponsible Government examines the current state of Canadian democracy in contrast to the founding principles of responsible government established by the Fathers of Confederation. The book examines the failure of...
The Democratic Theory of Michael Oakeshott
Discourse, Contingency, and 'The Politics of Conversation'
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
his book offers a description, explanation, and evaluation of Michael Oakeshott’s democratic theory. He was not a democratic theorist as such, but as a twentieth-century English political theorist for whom liberal theory held deep importance, his thought often engaged democratic theory implicitly,...
Politics as Radical Creation
Herbert Marcuse and Hannah Arendt on Political Performativity
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Politics as Radical Creation examines the meaning of democratic practice through the critical social theory of the Frankfurt School. It provides an understanding of democratic politics as a potentially performative good-in-itself, undertaken not just to the extent that it seeks to achieve a certain...
by Joseph Femia
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
The working hypothesis of this book is that the issue of leadership is neglected by mainstream democratic and liberal theories. This deficiency has especially become evident in the last three or four decades, which have witnessed a revival of deontological liberalism and radical theories of participatory...
The 2015 UK General Election and the 2016 EU Referendum
Towards a Democracy of the Spectacle
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
This book brings together the established field of political communication and the emerging field of critical event studies to develop new questions and approaches. Using this combined framework, it reflects upon how we should understand the expression of democratic participation in mainstream mass...
Convenience Voting and Technology
The Case of Military and Overseas Voters
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
One of modern democracy's biggest challenges is the overseas voter.This book is the first of its kind to explore the issues of military and overseas voting, an often neglected voting bloc, by investigating the successfulness of overseas voting initiatives, technologies, and policy efforts.
Polarized
Making Sense of a Divided America
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Many continue to believe that the United States is a nation of political moderates. In fact, it is a nation divided. It has been so for some time and has grown more so. This book provides a new and historically grounded perspective on the polarization of America, systematically documenting how and...
by Susan Booysen
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
The African National Congress is light years beyond the liberation movement of old. It remains a juggernaut, but its control and dominance are no longer watertight. The ANC lives the contradictions of weaknesses, cracks and factions while retaining its colossal status. As a party-movement it draws...