Political structures: democracy

For the first two thirds of the twentieth century, British government was among the most stable in the advanced industrial world.

In recent years, and especially following the end of the cold war, democratization has become one of the most crucial issues on the international political scene.

Who belongs to the Liberal Democrats, and why?

The role of institutions is to establish the domains of public activity and the rules to select leaders.

Europe Undivided analyzes how an enlarging EU has facilitated a convergence toward liberal democracy among credible future members of the EU in Central and Eastern Europe.

One of the most important political and ethical questions faced during a political transition from authoritarian or totalitarian to democratic rule is how to deal with legacies of repression.

If democracy without political parties is unthinkable, what would happen if the role of political parties if the democratic process is weakened?

Transnational integration and other challenges to the nation-state have deprived it of its mystique and broken the automatic link between state and nation.

The decade and a half since Gorbachev came to power has been a tumultuous time for Russia.

Democratic Representation in Europe: Diversity, Change and convergence explores representation as a core element of democracies in the modern era.

This volume focuses on democracy in Latin America, and both assesses the state of current knowledge on the topic and identifies new research frontiers in the study of Latin American politics.

The analysis in this book disputes entrenched interpretations of the comparative political economy of industrialized democracies.

For a thousand years France has struggled to impose unity upon its diverse components.

This book deals with ongoing processes of European cooperation and integration, processes that may have a potential to change the political organization of Europe.

How can the seeds of accountability ever grow in authoritarian environments?

This book presents the results of systematic comparative analyses of electoral behavior and support for democracy in 13 countries on four continents.

The desirability, or lack thereof, of bills of rights has been the focus of some of the most enduring political debates over the last two centuries.

Democratic equality entails a principle that everyone whose basic interests are affected by policies should be included in the process of making them.

European integration is at a turning point with implications for all member states and their citizens.

The past few years have seen a remarkable ferment in the theory of democracy.

In this timely and provocative volume, some of the world's leading political and constitutional theorists come together to debate Michael Sandel's celebrated thesis that the United States is in the the grip of a flawed public philosophy - "e;procedural liberalism"e;.

In his ground-breaking book, the leading political philosopher Russell Hardin develops a new theory of liberal constitutional democracy.

One of the most hotly-contested debates in contemporary democracy revolves around issues of political presence, and whether the fair representation of disadvantaged groups requires their presence in elected assemblies.

East Asia is one of the most dynamic areas of political change in the world today-what role do citizens play in these processes of change?

The voices in this book belong to parliamentarians, city councillors, doctors and engineers, a few professors, lawyers and social workers, owners of small businesses, translators, and community activists.

This two-volume work continues the series of election data handbooks published by OUP.

This volume analyses the evolution of selected public policies and the changing roles and structure of the state in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain since the 1960s.

One of the key shifts in contemporary politics is the trend towards greater personalization.

This book offers a theory of democratic justice.

Although much prized in daily conversation, good listening has been almost completely ignored in that form of political conversation we know as democracy.

Civil resistance, especially in the form of massive peaceful demonstrations, was at the heart of the Arab Spring-the chain of events in the Middle East and North Africa that erupted in December 2010.

When, why, and how are democratic institutions reformed?

When, why, and how are democratic institutions reformed?

Why are representative democracies extensively criticised, yet remain widely aspired to throughout the world?

Why are representative democracies extensively criticised, yet remain widely aspired to throughout the world?

Building on recent theories of interactive governance and political leadership, Interactive Political Leadership develops a concept of interactive political leadership and a theoretical framework for studying the role of elected politicians in the age of governance.

Building on recent theories of interactive governance and political leadership, Interactive Political Leadership develops a concept of interactive political leadership and a theoretical framework for studying the role of elected politicians in the age of governance.

Based on a new data-set covering 29 European and neighboring countries, this volume shows how, Europeans view and evaluate democracy: what are their conceptions of democracy, how do they assess the quality of democracy in their own country, and to what extent do they consider their country's democracy as legitimate?

Based on a new data-set covering 29 European and neighboring countries, this volume shows how, Europeans view and evaluate democracy: what are their conceptions of democracy, how do they assess the quality of democracy in their own country, and to what extent do they consider their country's democracy as legitimate?

Democracy is either aspired to as a goal or cherished as a birthright by billions of people throughout the world today - and has been for over a century.

Democracy is either aspired to as a goal or cherished as a birthright by billions of people throughout the world today - and has been for over a century.

For the past thirty years scholars have debated the role of political parties in fiscal, monetary, and social welfare policies.

Civil resistance, especially in the form of massive peaceful demonstrations, was at the heart of the Arab Spring-the chain of events in the Middle East and North Africa that erupted in December 2010.

Deliberative democracy has been one of the main games in contemporary political theory for two decades, growing enormously in size and importance in political science and many other disciplines.

Deliberative democracy has been one of the main games in contemporary political theory for two decades, growing enormously in size and importance in political science and many other disciplines.

Can coercive foreign policy destabilize autocratic regimes?

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.

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.