Political structures: democracy Books

Gender serves as a lens that makes visible important issues in the field of representation: Whom do elected politicians represent? What is at stake in the parliamentary process? What do we know about the interplay between parliaments and the everyday...

This book explores the challenges climate change poses to the endurance of democracy, situating this theme within the context of the decline in global freedom documented since the early 21st century.

Based on in-depth studies of the relationship between expertise and democracy in Europe, this book presents a new approach to how the un-elected can be made safe for democracy. It addresses the challenge of reconciling modern governments' need for...

This book examines the processes of transition from authoritarian rule in Tunisia and Egypt between 2011 and 2014, arguing that differences between the two countries can be explained by the conduct of their respective political parties.

Why some people enable them and how others courageously stand up to themIn this chaotic world of fake news, alternative facts and a daily diet of threatening tweets, ordinary people are facing a serious crisis of trust in their leaders. Who is telling us...

Democracy is not just a set of laws and a government structure it's a collective consciousness. The collective consciousness of democracy arises out of human nature when called forth by group psychology and the social constructs and cultural...

""The Story Of My Dictatorship"" is a memoir written by William Lloyd Garrison and published in 1894. Garrison was an American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer who played a significant role in the anti-slavery movement. In this book, he...

""The Future of the United States by Divine Appointment and the Doom of Monarchy, as Predicted in Revelation"" is a book written by D.B. Wright in 1887. The book is an analysis of the role of the United States in the world and its future as predicted in...

""The Church In The Modern State"" is a book written by Frederick Rogers and published in 1914. The book explores the relationship between the Church and the State in modern times, with a particular focus on the United Kingdom. Rogers examines the...

The Christian Commonwealth is a book written by John Minter Morgan and published in 1850. The book explores the relationship between Christianity and politics, arguing that the two are intimately connected and that the principles of Christianity should...

Labor In Politics Or Class Versus Country: Considerations For American Voters (1920) is a book written by Charles Norman Fay. The book discusses the role of labor in politics and the conflict between class interests and national interests in American...

Catastrophes unsettle our safe places within the world. As such, they provide an interesting site to analyze the intersection of our affective and political lives.

In Citizenship After Trump, political theorists Bradley S. Klein and Scott G. Nelson explore the meaning of community in the context of intense political polarization, the surge of far-right nationalism and deepening divisions during the coronavirus...

Pope Leo X condemned heretics for attempting to "deceive the multitude of the simple." Modern commentators see the public as gullible and ignorant, easily manipulated and "simply unwilling to listen to reason". Our nation's founders, however, believed...

In this wide-ranging and multidisciplinary volume, leading scholars, activists, journalists, and public figures deliberate about the creative and critical potential of public imagination in an era paradoxically marked by intensifying globalization and...

""M�����moires pour servir ������ l'histoire de Hollande et des autres Provinces-Unies"" est un livre �����crit par Louis Aubery et publi����� en 1687. Il s'agit d'un ouvrage historique qui relate l'histoire de la Hollande et des autres provinces qui ont...

""Church Establishments: Or The Evils Resulting From The Union Of Church And State"" is a book written by Henry Birch in 1869. The book provides a critical analysis of the concept of church establishments, which refers to the practice of a state...

Investigating the political transition after the 2011 Tunisian revolution, this book explores whether civil society is fulfilling its democratic functions. Examining the existence of a civil political culture, that is identified through the presence of...

Old sergeants say, "we're here to defend democracy, not to practice it!" But are they right? The special mandate with which defence and security organizations are tasked imposes unique constraints with respect to the accommodation of diversity which...

This book sheds light on the complicated, multi-faceted relationship between nationalism and democracy by examining how nationalism in various periods and contexts shapes, or is shaped by, democratic practices or the lack thereof. This book examines...

This unique book offers an empirical assessment of how social and political involvement relates to theories of citizenship and democracy, providing a detailed comparative assessment of the potential that voluntary organizations offer citizens for social...

This volume considers the challenges of democracy building in post-Soviet Armenia, and the role of civil society in that process. It argues that, contrary to the expectations of Western aid donors, who promoted civil society on the assumption that...

William E. Connolly's political theory forms a distinct and influential contribution to contemporary debates about the nature and prospects of democratic life in the twenty-first century. His original conceptualisations of pluralism, naturalism, the...

Since the 1980s, one of the main political changes in Western Europe has been the electoral upsurge of extreme right-wing parties. However, while the electoral support of these movements has been studied extensively, their membership has largely been...

Drawing from the writings of John Dewey, identifies the core attitudes of fascism, sets forth an idea of democracy as communicative practice, and defines the values and methods of humanistic logic, aesthetics, and rhetoric.

""General Joseph Graham: And His Papers On North Carolina Revolutionary History"" is a historical book written by William Alexander Graham and first published in 1904. The book is a detailed account of the life and contributions of General Joseph Graham,...

In the United States today many people are as likely to identify themselves by their ethnicity or region as by their nationality. In this country with its diversity and inequalities, can there be a shared public culture? Is there an unbridgeable gap...

This new book offers a retrospective appraisal of the Gwangju Uprising by academics, activists and artists from Gwangju, Korea. In 1980, South Koreans took to the streets to demand democracy. When the military threatened brutal suppression of the...

This book contributes to the study of democratization by focusing on the dilemmas and opportunities of popular contention in the city of Buenos Aires.

In Violent Democratization, Leah Anne Carroll analyzes peasant and rural worker mobilization, as well as elite reaction, in Colombia's war zones over a period of twenty-five years and across three regions. Due to Colombia's long history of electoral...

Why has democracy in Colombia and Venezuela evolved in very different directions? In Precarious Democracies, Ana Maria Bejarano provides a comparative historical analysis of how the democratic regimes in these two countries have diverged, following...

""Why We Are Democrats: Or The Principles And Policies Of The American Democracy"" is a book written by Samuel Stambaugh Bloom in 1883. The book provides a comprehensive explanation of the principles and policies of the American Democratic Party. It...

This book examines contemporary militant democracies in post-communist states in the European Union.

Within many societies across the world, new social and political movements have sprung up that either challenge formal parliamentary structures of democracy and participation, or work within them and, in the process, fundamentally alter the ideological...

The crisis in Ukraine that began in November 2013 constitutes a turning point in Euro-Atlantic security with potential global repercussions. It is the most significant security problem between Russia and the 'West' in the post Cold War period and the...

Documentos Politicos, 1901 (1901) is a book written by Jose Ignacio Vargas Vila. It is a collection of political documents that were produced in the year 1901. The book provides insight into the political climate of the time and the issues that were...

Eminent Characters Of The English Revolutionary Period is a historical book written by Edwin Owen Jones and originally published in 1853. The book provides an in-depth analysis of some of the most important figures who played a significant role during...