Political structures: democracy

America in the Age of Trump is a bracing, essential look at the failure of a great nation to meet the needs of its people and the challenges of the age-and the resulting collapse of public trust in government, as well as a pervasive crisis of national values, from broken families to a loss of faith in the American idea itself.

It is difficult to think of a more urgent question for Buddhism in the late twentieth century than human rights.

The election of President Obama in 2008 and the apparent decline of American power in the world has rekindled an old and important debate.

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?

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

This collection addresses the perennial philosophical and theological issues of human finitude and the potentiality for evil.

The Saudi "e;ulama"e; are known for their strong opposition to Shi'a theology, Shi'a communities in Saudi Arabia, and external Shi'a influences such as Iran and Hezbollah.

'Ideologies need enemies to thrive, religion does not'.

Should parents receive vouchers to send their children to religious schools?

This book analyzes the rise of evangelical Christians in Latin American electoral politics, comparing six Latin American countries.

Vernacular Christian Rhetoric and Civil Discourse seeks to address the current gap in American public discourse between secular liberals and religiously committed citizens by focusing on the academic and public writing of millennial evangelical Christian students.

This book examines major conceptual challenges confronting freedom of religion or belief in contemporary settings.

Profound demographic and cultural changes in American society over the last half century have unsettled conventional understandings of the relationship between religious and political identity.

This book investigates the impact of Christian nationalism on democracy in Ghana, arguing that proponents of a specific Christian worldview seek to remake the country according to their values and beliefs.

After the reelection of George W.

Should the majority always rule?

Providing an insightful diagnosis of what went wrong and prescriptions for a cure, this book is a must-read for angry and confused middle-class Americans who want to understand the forces that are undermining their prosperity and economic security.

As we enter the twenty-first century, the role of religion within civic society has become an issue of central concern across the world.

What is the status of religious freedom in the world today?

Religious violence has become one of the most pressing issues of our time.

People are starving for unity in the storm called government.

Why it's wrong to single out religious liberty for special legal protectionsThis provocative book addresses one of the most enduring puzzles in political philosophy and constitutional theory-why is religion singled out for preferential treatment in both law and public discourse?

A provocative new history of how the news media facilitated the Reagan Revolution and the rise of the religious Right.

The effectiveness and capacity of survival of democratic regimes has been recently and widely questioned in the public and political debate.

As Egypt enters a new phase of transition with its first Islamist government, Christians and non-Islamist Muslims have become fearful of the implications of an Islamist government for the rule of law.

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.

This major new text provides an original and comprehensive assessment of key contemporary trends in democratic politics and governance across major established democracies of the world.

This book examines the complex relationship between the state and civil society and the impact that this has had on democratization processes in Nigeria from colonial times to the present.

This interdisciplinary book explores human rights in the Americas from multiple perspectives and fields.

Religion now plays an increasingly prominent role in the discourse on international security.

This book argues that explaining judicial independence-considered the fundamental question of comparative law and politics-requires a perspective that spans the democracy/autocracy divide.

Mathias Schoenen ist seit den frühen 1990er Jahren evangelischer Gemeindepfarrer in der westlichsten Kirchengemeinde Deutschlands.

In Volume Three of this four-volume series, we examine the rhetorical development that occurred during the first two terms of Vladimir Putins tenure as president of the Russian Federation.

This book assesses whether a new category of religious actors has been constructed within international law.

American civil religion unifies the nation's culture, regulates national emotions, and fosters a storied national identity.

Democracy is overrated.

Analyses the structural and institutional obstacles to democratization in transitional societies - fractured societies, fragmented economies and institutions of governance, weak or deformed state structures - and how to overcome these.

Everyday resistance is about the many ways people undermine power and domination through their routine and everyday actions.

Building on his successful book, The First Islamist Republic, Abdullahi A.

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.

Privatization is occurring throughout the public justice system, including courts, tribunals, and state-sanctioned private dispute resolution regimes.

This book sets out the most influential theories of democracy (liberal-egalitarian, deliberative, and cosmopolitan) and argues that they fail to adequately comprehend the cause of politically meaningful inequality on the one hand and the security state on the other.

Read the inspiring Sunday Times bestselling memoir from the first woman, and woman of colour, to serve as Vice President of the United States.

INDIA is the worlds largest democracy, and the sixth largest economy with the likelihood that this success will continue for many decades in the 21st century.

Demonstrations by far-right groups, such as the English Defence League, Britain First and PEGIDA, have caused considerable social and civic unrest in UK cities for nearly a decade.

This stirring collection of essays and talks by activist and former judge Albie Sachs is the culmination of more than 25 years of thought about constitution-making and non-racialism.