Political structures: democracy

This book examines the often-overlooked dynamics of how political actors from peripheral regions engage with central authorities to shape national policymaking.

This new volume edited by two significant scholars of Italian history and politics offers students and scholars a sweeping overview of the modern history of a country that has played a crucial role in the history of Europe over the past two centuries.

This book brings together the scholarship on the topic of Friendship during the Medieval period.

This book brings together the scholarship on the topic of Friendship during the Medieval period.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.

In recent decades, women's political empowerment has become an important foreign policy and assistance objective.

In recent decades, women's political empowerment has become an important foreign policy and assistance objective.

Many democratic societies currently struggle with issues around knowledge: fake news, distrust of experts, a fear of technocratic tendencies.

Why do some militaries support and others thwart transitions to democracy?

Prime Ministers (PMs) are the most influential, powerful, and visible politicians in parliamentary democracies.

We are all subjected to the power of the state and other entities such as the EU.

The Parliamentary Battle Over Brexit provides answers to those who want to understand the bitter arguments that occurred over Brexit, what might have been handled better, and the role that parliament played.

The Parliamentary Battle Over Brexit provides answers to those who want to understand the bitter arguments that occurred over Brexit, what might have been handled better, and the role that parliament played.

Why do some countries hold elections that meet global democratic standards, while other countries do not?

This book addresses various issues that have arisen in the practice of democracy in Nigeria since 1999, focusing on the Obasanjo years (1999-2007).

As people become more mobile around the world, the nature of citizenship, and all its attendant rights, has become the object of intense scrutiny.

As people become more mobile around the world, the nature of citizenship, and all its attendant rights, has become the object of intense scrutiny.

Ethnic minorities make contemporary Europe increasingly diverse.

Democracy is in decline and the share of world's population living in freedom under democratic government has decreased considerably as authoritarian practices proliferate.

In recent years, liberal constitutionalism has come under sharp attack.

Democratic dysfunction can arise in both 'at risk' and well-functioning constitutional systems.

Democratic dysfunction can arise in both 'at risk' and well-functioning constitutional systems.

Marking fifty years since the democratic transitions in Greece, Portugal, and Spain, this book traces how three countries that broke free from authoritarian rule in the mid-1970s have navigated consolidation, crisis, and the enduring tension between structural constraints and political agency to become, and remain, democracies.

The President's Dilemma in Asia provides one of the first comprehensive and comparative theory of presidential government formation.

Prime Ministers (PMs) are the most influential, powerful, and visible politicians in parliamentary democracies.

Re-imagining Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1780-1870 examines the ways in which the ancient concept of "e;democracy"e; was re-imagined as relevant to the modern world in Latin America and the Caribbean between the later eighteenth and later nineteenth centuries.

Ethnic minorities make contemporary Europe increasingly diverse.

We are all subjected to the power of the state and other entities such as the EU.

The President's Dilemma in Asia provides one of the first comprehensive and comparative theory of presidential government formation.

Marking fifty years since the democratic transitions in Greece, Portugal, and Spain, this book traces how three countries that broke free from authoritarian rule in the mid-1970s have navigated consolidation, crisis, and the enduring tension between structural constraints and political agency to become, and remain, democracies.

This book addresses various issues that have arisen in the practice of democracy in Nigeria since 1999, focusing on the Obasanjo years (1999-2007).

This book examines the often-overlooked dynamics of how political actors from peripheral regions engage with central authorities to shape national policymaking.

This new volume edited by two significant scholars of Italian history and politics offers students and scholars a sweeping overview of the modern history of a country that has played a crucial role in the history of Europe over the past two centuries.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.

*THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *A Financial Times Book of the Year**Economist Book of the Year* 'A political epic' - Guardian'This is the book Trump fears most.

Getting to grips with the overlapping geopolitical, economic, and political crises faced by Western democratic societies in the 2020s.

Getting to grips with the overlapping geopolitical, economic, and political crises faced by Western democratic societies in the 2020s.

Re-imagining Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1780-1870 examines the ways in which the ancient concept of "e;democracy"e; was re-imagined as relevant to the modern world in Latin America and the Caribbean between the later eighteenth and later nineteenth centuries.

In recent years, liberal constitutionalism has come under sharp attack.

Why do some militaries support and others thwart transitions to democracy?

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.

In recent years there has been great interest in new forms of citizen participation, such as citizens' assemblies or deliberative polls that involve ordinary citizens in political decision-making.

At a moment when our democratic abilities seem to have eroded, and political, economic, and technological forces have weakened the capacity for collective action, People, Power, Change is a once-in-a-generation book for anyone who wants to create real and lasting change.

At a moment when our democratic abilities seem to have eroded, and political, economic, and technological forces have weakened the capacity for collective action, People, Power, Change is a once-in-a-generation book for anyone who wants to create real and lasting change.

In recent years there has been great interest in new forms of citizen participation, such as citizens' assemblies or deliberative polls that involve ordinary citizens in political decision-making.

As the crisis of democratic capitalism sweeps the globe, The Great Retreat makes the controversial argument that what democracies require most are stronger political parties that serve as intermediaries between citizens and governments.

Feminizing Political Institutions considers representation from a new perspective by looking at how changes within the demographic composition of a political institution can change the way citizens think about and engage with politics.

The Voice of America (VOA) is the oldest and largest US government-funded international media organization.