Political structures: democracy

Library marketing and advertising in schools are now very widespread practices.

How do you get away with the murder of 11 million people?

One of the biggest problems with modern democracy is that most of the public is usually ignorant of politics and government.

The Soviet experience in Afghanistan provides a compelling perspective on the far-reaching hazards of military intervention.

Gaining Freedoms reveals a new locus for global political change: everyday urban contestation.

Participatory democracy innovations aimed at bringing citizens back into local governance processes are now at the core of the international democratic development agenda.

John Locke's theory of toleration is generally seen as advocating the privatization of religion.

The world's democracies cheered as the social movements of the Arab Spring ended the reigns of longstanding dictators and ushered in the possibility of democracy.

In this follow-up to The Kingdom and the Glory and The Highest Poverty, Agamben investigates the roots of our moral concept of duty in the theory and practice of Christian liturgy.

The renowned philosopher expounds on the ideas he introduced in Homo Sacer with this analysis of the theological foundations of political power.

Producing more effective governance is the greatest challenge that faces most Latin American democracies today-a challenge that involves not only strengthening democratic institutions but also increasing governmental effectiveness.

This book offers a detailed account of the way that social democracy today makes sense of capitalism.

The last six years have witnessed a virtually unending debate over U.

American Evangelicals have long considered Africa a welcoming place for joining faith with social action, but their work overseas is often ambivalently received.

This book explores how Ottoman Muslims and Christians understood the phenomenon of conversion to Islam from the 15th to the 17th centuries.

Despite increasing interest in how involvement in local government can improve governance and lead to civic renewal, questions remain about participation's real impact.

Between Tyranny and Anarchy provides a unique comprehensive history and interpretation of efforts to establish democracies over two centuries in the major Latin American countries.

In this eye-opening nonfiction account, world-renowned author James A.

Political parties and the party system that underpins South Africa's democracy have the potential to build a cohesive and prosperous nation.

Democracy in America' is a classic French text by Alexis de Tocqueville that describes the massive societal changes sweeping across his contemporary world.

Sponsored by the Institute for Educational Inquiry How are students going to function effectively in a democratic society?

From World War II to high above the Earth to Vietnam, this memoir tells the story of fighter pilot Howard C.

How do you get away with the murder of 11 million people?

Compared to the United States, it is assumed that religion has not been a significant factor in Canada's political development.

Compared to the United States, it is assumed that religion has not been a significant factor in Canada's political development.

An examination of how religious identity is recognized and managed politically in two multicultural nations.

How, and to what extent, can religion be included within commitments to multiculturalism?

An exploration of the radical ideas and violent struggles that shaped colonial Australia and Canada.

Despite remarkable similarities, little attempt has been made to compare the political development of colonial-era Australia and Canada.

A lament on the inroads that over-powerful judges and international law are making into democratic decision-making.

Part lament, part provocative call-to-action, Democracy in Decline charts how democracy is being diluted and restricted in five of the world's oldest democracies - the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.

How money and technology are changing Canadian political campaigns.

Campaigns are central to the practice of modern democracy and integral to political participation in the twenty-first century.

Douglas Farrow seldom shies from controversy.

Douglas Farrow seldom shies from controversy.

Participatory democracy innovations aimed at bringing citizens back into local governance processes are now at the core of the international democratic development agenda.

How social democrats have changed with the times while their key values have stayed the same.

When social democratic politicians in the 1990s moderated their ideas and policies as part of a turn towards the "e;third way,"e; they were assailed as traitors to the cause.

To honour the distinguished career of Donald Savoie, Governing brings together an accomplished group of international scholars who have concerned themselves with the challenges of governance, accountability, public management reform, and regional policy.

To honour the distinguished career of Donald Savoie, Governing brings together an accomplished group of international scholars who have concerned themselves with the challenges of governance, accountability, public management reform, and regional policy.

With the direct participation of partisan political staff in governance, the onset of permanent election campaigns heavily dependent on negative advertising, and the expectation that the public service will not only merely implement but enthusiastically support the agenda of the elected government, we are experiencing a new form of political governance.

The story of the small new age religious group that introduced Victorian Toronto to Eastern thought and theology, vegetarianism, reincarnation, cremation, and the pacifism of Mohandas Gandhi.

Vanguard of the New Age unearths a largely ignored dimension of Canadian religious history.

In Democratic Society and Human Needs Noonan examines the moral grounds for liberalism and democracy, arguing that contemporary democracy was created through needs-based struggles against classical liberal rights, which are essentially exclusionary.

To revitalize politics we need to abandon the idea that ideologies evolve from "e;right"e; to "e;left"e;, from conservatism to socialism, and look at our political differences in terms of the distinction, more familiar in the arts, between classicism and romanticism.

In the late eighteenth century, an influx of Protestant settlers to the mainly Catholic parish of Forkhill on the Ulster borderlands provoked clashes between natives and newcomers.

Contributors include Iain T.

The authors, using these goals as a checklist, found that each of the seven states performs well in some areas and badly in others.

Barnard argues that Western democracy, if it is to continue to exist as a legitimate political system, must maintain the integrity of its application of performative principles.

Sabetti argues that poor government performance in contemporary Italy has been an unintended consequence of attempts to craft institutions for good - or democratic - government.