Political structures: democracy

Should the majority always rule?

Should the majority always rule?

There have been remarkable developments in the field of human rights in the past few decades.

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

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.

These days, it is easy to be cynical about democracy.

These days, it is easy to be cynical about democracy.

Narrative Politics explores two puzzles.

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

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

Today Iran is once again in the headlines.

Tamimi introduces the thought of Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi, the renowned Islamist political activist who heads Tunisia's most important--albeit banned--Islamist political opposition to the current authoritarian regime of Zine Abidine Ben Ali.

Thoroughly revised, this new edition of Critical Theory of Technology rethinks the relationships between technology, rationality, and democracy, arguing that the degradation of labor--as well as of many environmental, educational, and political systems--is rooted in the social values that preside over technological development.

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

The banner of deliberative democracy is attracting increasing numbers of supporters, in both the world's older and newer democracies.

Religious resurgence and democratization have been two of the most significant developments of the last quarter of the twentieth century.

Constitutional Democracy systematically examines how the basic constitutional structure of governments affects what they can accomplish.

This spirited analysis--and defense--of American liberalism demonstrates the complex and rich traditions of political, economic, and social discourse that have informed American democratic culture from the seventeenth century to the present.

In this sequel to his Morality, Politics, and Law, Michael Perry addresses the proper relation of moral convictions to the politics of a morally pluralistic society.

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

This ground-breaking book probes the way that two capitalist superpowers, Great Britain and the United States, responded to the momentous challenge of revolution that emerged during the early years of this century.

In American politics, the truth is rapidly losing relevance.

In American politics, the truth is rapidly losing relevance.

Conspiracy theories are not just outlandish ideas.

Conspiracy theories are not just outlandish ideas.

The rise of authoritarian populism and declining popular confidence in democratic institutions has, of late, prompted many declarations that democracy is in crisis.

The rise of authoritarian populism and declining popular confidence in democratic institutions has, of late, prompted many declarations that democracy is in crisis.

Kristen Ghodsee and Mitchell A.

Kristen Ghodsee and Mitchell A.

Around the world, faith in democracy is falling.

Around the world, faith in democracy is falling.

Authoritarian states work hard to manage their images abroad.

Authoritarian states work hard to manage their images abroad.

How far may Americans properly rely on their religious beliefs when they make and defend political decisions?

Israel is the only new state among the twenty-one countries in the world today that have maintained democracy without interruption since the end of the Second World War.

The political changes which have occurred in the last three years have been phenomenal--the dissolving of the former Soviet Union, the impending union of Western Europe, and the evolution of democracy in Eastern Europe.

David Bell's new book traces the development of the French legal profession between the reign of Louis XIV and the French Revolution, showing how lawyers influenced, and were influenced by, the period's passionate political and religious conflicts.

This work shows in detail the emergence and consolidation of U.

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

This book traces a provocative line from Emerson's work on race, reform, and identity to work by three influential African- American thinkers--W.

This book presents a novel and compelling thesis about technological risk, liberalism, and policy making in liberal societies.

Jones' book examines the associations of ancient Athens under the classical democracy (508/7-321 B.

This volume collects some of the leading essays in contemporary democratic theory published in the past thirty years.

"e;In modern nations, political disagreement is the source of both the gravest danger and the greatest security,"e; writes Cass Sunstein.

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Do politicians listen to the public?

Rarely does scholarship anticipate the most dramatic events of the moment.

Many critics attack federal judges as anti-democratic elitists, activists out of step with the mainstream of American thought.

Galtieri, Lukashenka, and Putin are some of the dictators whose untrammelled personal power has been seen as typical of the dog-eat-dog nature of leadership in authoritarian political systems.

Galtieri, Lukashenka, and Putin are some of the dictators whose untrammelled personal power has been seen as typical of the dog-eat-dog nature of leadership in authoritarian political systems.