Political structures: democracy

Much of the existing research on race and crime focuses on the manipulation of crime by political elites or the racially biased nature of crime policy.

Today Iran is once again in the headlines.

In recent decades, Christianity has acquired millions of new adherents in Africa, the region with the world's fastest-expanding population.

Since its publication in 1984, Chants Democratic has endured as a classic narrative on labor and the rise of American democracy.

The checks and balances provided by the three branches of federal government are essential to nurturing and maintaining American democracy.

In recent years the Supreme Court has been at the center of such political issues as abortion rights, the administration of police procedures, and the determination of the 2000 presidential election.

In his national bestseller Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam illuminated the decline of social capital in the US.

Leadership on the Federal Bench: The Craft and Activism of Jack Weinstein considers the ways a particularly gifted federal judge seized the opportunities available to district judges to influence the results of the cases before him, and employed the tools available to him to make policy having a national impact.

Conventional theories of elections hold that an election is analogous to a consumer product market.

The role of race in politics, citizenship, and the state is one of the most perplexing puzzles of modernity.

This condensed version of Lawrence Goodwyn's Democratic Promise, the highly-acclaimed study on American Populism which the Civil Liberties Review called "e;a brilliant, comprehensive study,"e; offers new political language designed to provide a fresh means of assessing both democracy and authoritarianism today.

No American denomination identified itself more closely with the nation's democratic ideal than the Baptists.

Neither given nor granted, democracy requires conflict, often violent confrontations, and challenges to the established political order.

Winner of the 2012 ARNOVA Outstanding Book in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research Award2013 Charles Tilly Award for Best Book from the American Sociological Association Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements"e;Democracy in the Making offers a marvelous synthesis of sociological acumen and hope.

Over the last twenty or so years, it has become standard to require policy makers to base their recommendations on evidence.

What kind of role can the middle class play in potential democratization in such an undemocratic, late developing country as China?

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While the 1960s marked a rights revolution in the United States, the subsequent decades have witnessed a rights revolution around the globe, a revolution that for many is a sign of the advancement of democracy.

Why do people become extremists?

Contemporary observers of politics in America often reduce democracy to demography.

The Metamorphosis of Leadership in a Democratic Mexico is a broad analysis of Mexico's changing leadership over the past eight decades, stretching from its pre-democratic era (1935-1988), to its democratic transition (1988-2000) to its democratic period (2000-the present).

Contemporary observers of politics in America often reduce democracy to demography.

Few political concepts are as emblematic of our era as democratic accountability.

In his presidential inaugural address of January 1965, Lyndon B.

What institutional arrangements should a well-functioning constitutional democracy have?

In recent decades, Christianity has acquired millions of new adherents in Africa, the region with the world's fastest-expanding population.

Political blogs have grown astronomically in the last half-decade.

Much of the existing research on race and crime focuses on the manipulation of crime by political elites or the racially biased nature of crime policy.

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Policymaking in large bureaucracies is hardly a simple process.

In our time, the term "e;democracy"e; is frequently evoked to express aspirations for peace and social change or particular governmental systems that claim to benefit more than a select minority of the population.

Winner of the Society for History in the Federal Government's George Pendleton Prize for 2013The United States Senate has fallen on hard times.

The United States Circuit Courts of Appeals are among the most important governmental institutions in our society.

What should be the role of our institutions of higher education?

The attention devoted to the unprecedented levels of imprisonment in the United States obscure an obvious but understudied aspect of criminal justice: there is no consistent punishment policy across the U.

For centuries it has been assumed that democracy must refer to the empowerment of the People's voice.

Alexis de Tocqueville, John Stuart Mill, and the U.

Why do people become extremists?

The past two decades of politics in Washington have seen increased partisanship, prolonged stalemates, and numerous scandals.

The past two decades of politics in Washington have seen increased partisanship, prolonged stalemates, and numerous scandals.

As Italy emerged from World War II, the first women entered the national government.

China's management of urbanization is an under-appreciated factor in the regime's longevity.

In 1975, Texas adopted a law allowing school districts to bar children from public schools if they were in the United States unlawfully.

In 1975, Texas adopted a law allowing school districts to bar children from public schools if they were in the United States unlawfully.

There are certain moments, such as the American founding or the Civil Rights Movement, that we revisit again and again as instances of democratic triumph, and there are other moments that haunt us as instances of democratic failure.

In his presidential inaugural address of January 1965, Lyndon B.

What meaning can be found in calamity and suffering?

What meaning can be found in calamity and suffering?

China's management of urbanization is an under-appreciated factor in the regime's longevity.

As Italy emerged from World War II, the first women entered the national government.