Political structures: democracy

Inviting in tone and organization but rigorous in its scholarship, The Paradox of Democracy in Latin America focuses on the problems, successes, and multiple forms of democracy in Latin America.

Democracy is overrated.

The contributions in this volume offer a comprehensive analysis of transitional justice from 1945 to the present.

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The emergence of democratic rule in Nigeria since 1999 brought a lot of aspirations/hope for the fragile state.

A captivating look at the history of the pure females of Islamic paradise known as the houri The fascination with the houri, the pure female of Islamic paradise, began long before September 11, 2001.

Over the past two decades, book-length analyses of politics in Southeast Asia, like those addressing other parts of the developing world, have focused closely on democratic change, election events, and institution building.

There seems to be a sort of prevalent attitude in the Western world that its brand of democracy is something of a catch all solution for all the world's political problems.

As national political fights are waged at the state level, democracy itself pays the priceOver the past generation, the Democratic and Republican parties have each become nationally coordinated political teams.

US foreign policy during the Cold War has been analysed from a number of perspectives, generating large bodies of literature attempting to explain its origins, its development and its conclusion.

From the origins of critical theory in the bowels of the academy to its use in justifying rioting and arson in the name of a dubious equity agenda, an eminent philosopher unmasks the intellectual origins of this mental virus, and details steps rational thinkers can take to combat its insidious spread.

Since the coup of 2013 ended Egypt's brief democratic experiment and retired army chief, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, became president of Egypt, his regime has unleashed mass repression and severe restrictions on an unprecedented scale.

Why have conservatives fared so much better than progressives in recent decades, even though polls show no significant move to the right in public opinion?

Encyclopaedia of Indian Parliament, a multi-volume, continuing series, is an attempt to provide authentic, factual and analytical information about Parliament of India in its different facets.

Der stete Rückgang der Wahlbeteiligung ist ein Thema westeuropäischer Demokratien, das nicht nur unsere Politikwissenschaftler_innen mit Sorge erfüllt.

Classical liberal democratic theory has provided crucial ideas for a still dominant and hegemonic discourse that rests on ideological conceptions of freedom, equality, peacefulness, inclusive democratic participation, and tolerance.

The George W.

Gillion demonstrates the direct influence that political protest behavior has on Congress, the presidency and the Supreme Court.

One of the most far-reaching transformations in our era is the wave of digital technologies rolling over-and upending-nearly every aspect of life.

Das Repetitorium befasst sich mit den Eckpunkten und Meilensteinen in der Entwicklung der Menschenrechteund vermittelt eine prägnante Übersicht der politischen und rechtlichen Umsetzung der Menschenrechte in der Neuzeit.

Wenn vormals Fremde in eine gastgebende Gemeinschaft aufgenommen werden, "passiert" Gastfreundschaft.

This volume examines to what extent the positive atmosphere created by the Helsinki Accords contributed to the change in political circumstances seen in the countries of Central Europe, under Soviet domination.

LAS ESPERADAS MEMORIAS DE UNA DE LAS LÍDERES POLÍTICAS MÁS IMPORTANTES DE NUESTRO TIEMPO.

Why democracies believe they can survive any crisis-and why that belief is so dangerousWhy do democracies keep lurching from success to failure?

The second edition of this Companion brings the story of liberation theology up to date and indicate its continuing importance.

For at least two centuries, democratic representation has been at the center of debate.

The volume sheds light on the backsliding process of Turkish democratization from the early 2010's until 2018.

An original defense of the unique value of voting in a democracyVoting is only one of the many ways that citizens can participate in public decision making, so why does it occupy such a central place in the democratic imagination?

The Iran National Front and the Struggle for Democracy: 1949-Present explores the activities of the Iran National Front (INF).

The ten years since the financial crash have been lean years for progressive politics of all kinds.

This book is putting together various issues from different states in India.

This volume examines to what extent the positive atmosphere created by the Helsinki Accords contributed to the change in political circumstances seen in the countries of Central Europe, under Soviet domination.

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Christianity Today 2020 Book Award (Award of Merit, Theology/Ethics)Outreach 2020 Recommended Resource of the Year (Theology and Biblical Studies)The question of what makes life worth living is more vital now than ever.

The dilemma of democracy arises from two contrasting trends.

Since the mid-1990s, Morocco has sought to present itself as a model of genuine and gradual reform, with decentralisation as a key tenet of this.

Less and less Christian demographically, America is now home to an ever-larger number of people who say they identify with no religion at all.

While a positive correlation between capitalism and democracy has existed in Western Europe and North America, the example of late-industrializing nations such as Turkey has demonstrated that the two need not always go hand in hand, and sometimes the interests of business coincide more firmly with anti-democratic forces.

This comparative study deals with the important social phenomenon of sectarianism in four medium-sized cotton towns of northwest England -- Bolton, Preston, Stockport, and Blackburn -- between 1832 and 1870.

This book addresses the meaning of contemporary social democracy and how the centre-left is navigating through its current identity crisis, through a series of cases of social democratic and labour parties across Europe and the Anglosphere.

'The perfect accompaniment to a year of forest walks'Gardens Illustrated 'Books of the Year'A seductive mix of science, history and culture'Tracy Chevalier'I love this book'Lauren Laverne, as featured on BBC Radio 6 MusicA wondrous seasonal journey through Britain and Ireland's trees.

This comprehensive investigation into the involvement of ordinary Christians in Church activities and in anti-clerical dissent, explores a phenomenon stretching from Britain and Germany to the Americas and beyond.

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The Global Commonwealth of Citizens critically examines the prospects for cosmopolitan democracy as a viable and humane response to the challenges of globalization.

In Memory Eternal, Sergei Kan combines anthropology and history, anecdote and theory to portray the encounter between the Tlingit Indians and the Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska in the late 1700s and to analyze the indigenous Orthodoxy that developed over the next 200 years.