Political structures: democracy

Democracy requires a connection to the 'will of the people'.

This book provides the first cross-regional study of an increasingly important form of politics: coalitional presidentialism.

This book provides the first cross-regional study of an increasingly important form of politics: coalitional presidentialism.

Democracy has many attractive features.

Democracy has many attractive features.

Reinhold Niebuhr was a theologian, writer, and public intellectual who influenced religious leaders and social activists in the United States over four crucial decades in the middle of the twentieth century.

Reinhold Niebuhr was a theologian, writer, and public intellectual who influenced religious leaders and social activists in the United States over four crucial decades in the middle of the twentieth century.

The dilemma of democracy arises from two contrasting trends.

Party and Democracy questions why political parties today are held in such low estimation in advanced democracies.

Historic Myanmar elections in November 2015 paved the way for an NLD government led by Aung San Suu Kyi to take office in March 2016, and saw the country deepen its graduated transition away from authoritarian rule.

Historic Myanmar elections in November 2015 paved the way for an NLD government led by Aung San Suu Kyi to take office in March 2016, and saw the country deepen its graduated transition away from authoritarian rule.

Anticorruption in History is a timely and urgent book: corruption is widely seen today as a major problem we face as a global society, undermining trust in government and financial institutions, economic efficiency, the principle of equality before the law and human wellbeing in general.

Anticorruption in History is a timely and urgent book: corruption is widely seen today as a major problem we face as a global society, undermining trust in government and financial institutions, economic efficiency, the principle of equality before the law and human wellbeing in general.

This book provides an account and explanation of a fundamental dilemma facing secular states: the 'legitimacy gap' left by the withdrawal of religion as a source of legitimacy.

This book provides an account and explanation of a fundamental dilemma facing secular states: the 'legitimacy gap' left by the withdrawal of religion as a source of legitimacy.

Since its publication in 1993, John Rawls's Political Liberalism has been central to debates concerning political legitimacy, democratic theory, toleration, and multiculturalism in contemporary political theory.

Populist forces are becoming increasingly relevant across the world, and studies on populism have entered the mainstream of the political science discipline.

Populist forces are becoming increasingly relevant across the world, and studies on populism have entered the mainstream of the political science discipline.

Beyond the People develops a provocative, interdisciplinary, and meta-theoretical critique of the idea of popular sovereignty.

Beyond the People develops a provocative, interdisciplinary, and meta-theoretical critique of the idea of popular sovereignty.

Mediterranean states are often thought to have 'democratised' only in the post-war era, as authoritarian regimes were successively overthrown.

Mediterranean states are often thought to have 'democratised' only in the post-war era, as authoritarian regimes were successively overthrown.

Centripetal democracy is the idea that legitimate democratic institutions set in motion forms of citizen practice and representative behaviour that serve as powerful drivers of political identity formation.

Republicanism is a powerful resource for emancipatory struggles against domination.

Republicanism is a powerful resource for emancipatory struggles against domination.

Populism and the personalization of politics appears to be threatening the existence of democracy as we know it all over the world.

Populism and the personalization of politics appears to be threatening the existence of democracy as we know it all over the world.

Recent years have seen an intensification of discussion on the issue of Britain's political class.

Recent years have seen an intensification of discussion on the issue of Britain's political class.

African Affairs is the top journal in African Studies and has been for some time.

African Affairs is the top journal in African Studies and has been for some time.

Party Reform is a new comparative study of the politics of party organization.

The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Constitutions offers a detailed and analytical view of the constitutions of the Caribbean region, examining the constitutional development of its diverse countries.

The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Constitutions offers a detailed and analytical view of the constitutions of the Caribbean region, examining the constitutional development of its diverse countries.

This book provides a comprehensive account of national parliaments' adaptation to European integration.

This book provides a comprehensive account of national parliaments' adaptation to European integration.

This volume explores the effects of transitional justice measures on trust-building and democratization across twelve countries in Central and Eastern Europe and parts of the Former Soviet Union over the period 19892012.

This volume explores the effects of transitional justice measures on trust-building and democratization across twelve countries in Central and Eastern Europe and parts of the Former Soviet Union over the period 19892012.

Both parties and interest groups matter to democracy.

Both parties and interest groups matter to democracy.

Lay politics lies at the heart of democracy.

Lay politics lies at the heart of democracy.

Dictatorship is not what it was once.

This volume explores the amnesty which ended the civil war at Athens in 403 BC.

Institutions 'matter' to electoral reform advocates and political scientists - both argue that variation in electoral institutions affect how elected officials and citizens behave.

Are legislatures able to form and act on intentions?

Are legislatures able to form and act on intentions?

For more than a century party members have played a central role in many parliamentary democracies, helping political parties to mobilize voters, and visibly linking party leaders with their grassroots supporters.

The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe analyses the state of play of democracy at the subnational level in the 27 member states of the EU plus Norway and Switzerland.

The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe analyses the state of play of democracy at the subnational level in the 27 member states of the EU plus Norway and Switzerland.