Centrist democratic ideologies

Piety, Politics, and Pluralism skillfully confronts the question: Is liberal democracy hostile to religion or is it compatible with the rights of believers?

For the last three decades, the Neoliberal regime, emphasising economic growth through deregulation, market integration, expansion of the private sector, and contraction of the welfare state has shaped production and consumption processes in agriculture and food.

In this book Paul Hirst makes a major contribution to democratic thinking, advocating "e;associative democracy"e;; the belief that human welfare and liberty are best served when as many of the affairs of society as possible are managed by voluntary and democratically self-governing associations.

This book examines the sovereignty paradox in the Global South within the context of the Russia-Ukraine war.

NATO, an organisation brought together to function as an anti-communist alliance, faced existential questions after the unexpected collapse of the USSR at the beginning of the 1990s.

Enthusiasm has long been perceived as a fundamental danger to democratic politics, with many regarding it as a source of instability and irrationalism.

This book argues that far from subverting the New Deal state, anticommunism and the Cold War enabled, fulfilled, and even surpassed the New Deal''s reform agenda.

This book investigates the relationship between the ideas of nation and race among the nationalist intelligentsia of the Italian Risorgimento and argues that ideas of race played a considerable role in defining Italian national identity.

Cutting-edge comparative analysis of the challenges posed by the populist radical right to Western Europe''s Conservative, Liberal and Christian Democratic parties.

In this book, Maskivker argues that there ought to be a right not to participate in the paid economy in a new way; not by appealing to notions of fairness to competing conceptions of the good, but rather to a contentious (but defensible) normative ideal, namely, self-realization.

This book investigates the policies of the Thatcher, Major and Blair governments and their approaches towards concentration of economic and political power.

This book calls for new attention to non-traditional forms of emancipatory tactics and welcomes to the fold all manner of 'everyday' expressions of anti-authoritarianism.

Sexual Citizenship and Queer Post-Feminism makes new connections between post-feminism and queer theory to explore the complexities of contemporary gender and sexuality.

In the wake of a bitter presidential campaign and in the face of numerous divisive policy questions, many Americans wonder if their country has split in two.

Historic Myanmar elections in November 2015 paved the way for an NLD government led by Aung San Suu Kyi to take office in March 2016, and saw the country deepen its graduated transition away from authoritarian rule.

Why is it that so many efforts by liberals to lift the black underclass not only fail, but often harm the intended beneficiaries?

This book explores the relationship between sexuality and politics in Britain's recent political past, in the decade preceding the Covid-19 pandemic, and asks what sexual meanings and logics are embedded in the dominant political discourses and policies of this time.

In an era when government seems remote and difficult to approach, participatory democracy may seem a hopelessly romantic notion.

This history of nineteenth-century Greek liberalism complicates our understanding of European liberalism and its relationship with the state.

Situated in the heart of London's Holland Park are the remains of Holland House the site of what was once England's most celebrated political salon.

One of the world's leading political thinkers explores the history, nature, and prospects of the liberal traditionThe Making of Modern Liberalism is a deep and wide-ranging exploration of the origins and nature of liberalism from the Enlightenment through its triumphs and setbacks in the twentieth century and beyond.

A broadly liberal politics requires political compassion, not simply in the sense of compassion for the victims of injustice but also for opponents confronted through political protest and (more broadly) dissent.

John Locke is widely perceived as a foundational figure within the liberal tradition.

This book looks at how the ideas of freedom, property, and order are expressed in modern social contract theories (SCTs).

The typical workplace is a hotbed of human relationships--of friendships, conflicts, feuds, alliances, partnerships, coexistence and cooperation.

In March 1977, John "e;Johnny Rotten"e; Lydon of the punk band the Sex Pistols looked over the Berlin wall onto the grey, militarized landscape of East Berlin, which reminded him of home in London.

Examining the conditions that not only blocked attempts to make America great again but also actively made the country worse, Why America Didn't Become Great Again identifies those organizations, institutions, politicians, and prominent characters in the forefront of the economic and social policies - ultimately asking who is responsible.

Caring for Liberalism brings together chapters that explore how liberal political theory, in its many guises, might be modified or transformed to take the fact of dependency on board.

International peace parks-transnational conservation areas established and managed by two or more countries-have become a popular way of protecting biodiversity while promoting international cooperation and regional development.

Following an enquiry by a Royal Commission in 1957-60, the London Government Act, 1963 made sweeping changes in the local government of Greater London.

This book examines how renewed forms of artistic activism were developed in the wake of the neoliberal repression since the 1980s.

Europe sees itself as embodying the ideals of modernity, especially in relation to democracy and the respect for human rights.

The American national debt stands at $20.

This book explores India-US relations and addresses the questions: Did India-US relations strengthen under Trump 1.

** WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER **USA TODAY BESTSELLER ** PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER ** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **With a simple majority on the Supreme Court, the left would have the power to curtail or even abolish the freedoms that have made America a beacon to the world.

This book calls for more holistic place-based action to address the social and environmental crisis, deploying the Deep Place approach as one contribution to the toolbox of actions that will underpin the UN Decade of Action towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

This book concentrates on the politics of allocation and dispersal, the involvement of non-state actors, the role of social workers and street level bureaucrats and the subversive nature of grassroots initiatives as far as reception policies and practices are concerned.

This book addresses recent changes in Central and Eastern Europe in order to critically consider the impact of illiberal conservatism on constitutionalism.

This instant New York Times bestselling political book is ';an essential companion for anyone who suspects that politics is in fact for everyone, and that the time to put skin in the game is right now' (Dahlia Lithwick, New York Times bestselling author)from viral TikTok sensation PoliticsGirl.

In Liberal Progressivism, Gordon Hak makes the case for the value of theory and philosophy in understanding the day-to-day political realm of elections, politicians, scandals, fund-raising, and law-making.

By the mid-1920s the UFO had gone into a period of decline from which it never recovered.

Winner: Foundations of Political Theory First Book AwardAs populism presaging authoritarianism surges worldwide and political rights and civil liberties erode, pundits, politicians, and political scientists agree: democracy is in crisis.

In this thought-provoking book, the author argues that a preoccupation with the self and its solitary concerns-a mindset that is Locke's legacy-is at the root of America's present political and economic problems.

Between 1944 and 1953, a power struggle emerged between New York governor Thomas Dewey and U.

Winner: Foundations of Political Theory First Book AwardAs populism presaging authoritarianism surges worldwide and political rights and civil liberties erode, pundits, politicians, and political scientists agree: democracy is in crisis.

Barack Obama's shocking plan to take over the government, the elections, the economy, the American consciousness, and even our personal freedomsFrom noted conservative leader Ken Blackwell and Washington, D.

Germany is a central case for research on comparative political economy, which has inspired theorizing on national differences and historical trajectories.

Populism and Neoliberalism argues that the roots of populism lay in the contradiction between the democratic ideal, which implies that the people should decide, and neoliberal governance, which seeks to make markets and competition the arbiters of major social developments.

During the civil rights era, Atlanta thought of itself as "e;The City Too Busy to Hate,"e; a rare place in the South where the races lived and thrived together.