Political structures: democracy

Parliamentary theory, practices, discourses, and institutions constitute a distinctively European contribution to modern politics.

Numerous scholars have noticed that certain political institutions, including federalism, majoritarian electoral systems, and presidentialism, are linked to lower levels of income redistribution.

In the late 1970s when Mao's Cultural Revolution ushered in China's reform era, religion played a small role in the changes the country was undergoing.

A new lens on development is changing the world of international aid.

This book presents a positive assessment of democratic quality as it has developed in ten postcommunist countries.

Local government affects us all.

An impassioned call to arms for Democrats to embrace the principles that made the party and the country great-a true moral vision for leadership at home and abroadIn this powerful and provocative manifesto, a cri de coeur for Democrats who have grown increasingly frustrated with their party's leaders, former senator Gary Hart takes the Democrats to task for choosing caution and calculation in place of moral principles.

Democracy in America, written by French lawyer Alexis de Tocqueville in 1831, documents his travels through America where he finds an equality unknown in Europe.

With a combined focus on social democrats in Northern and Southern Europe, this book crucially broadens our understanding of the transformation of European social democracy from the mid-1970s to the early-1990s.

Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom are elected to represent geographic constituencies; but how are these defined and what are the consequences for democracy?

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

EU external democracy promotion has traditionally been based on 'linkage', i.

Why it's time to enshrine the right to vote in the ConstitutionThroughout history, too many Americans have been disenfranchised or faced needless barriers to voting.

This book examines how civil society actors operate under authoritarian constraints, and examines how this is linked to regime change.

By all measures, the late twentieth century was a time of dramatic decline for the Islamic world, the Ummah, particularly its Arab heartland.

Free Market Criminal Justice explains how faith in democratic politics and free markets has undermined the rule of law in US criminal process.

This book corrects an imbalance in Canadian political literature through offering a conservative account of Canadian political thought.

Der Blick auf den kirchlich Anderen – wovon ist er geprägt?

Identity plays an important part in terms of how we imagine our relationship with the state and governing bodies.

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.

This book provides a fascinating, unparalleled look at the Nation of Islam, including its history, the complexity of its views towards orthodox Muslims, women, and other minorities, and the trajectory of the group after the 1995 Million Man March.

Indian constitution is the biggest written constitution of the world.

Democracies derive their resilience and vitality from the fact that the rule of a particular majority is usually only of a temporary nature.

Immigration is a key concern in British society; however, the ethical implications of the issue are often overlooked.

Although the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States share many legal, social, and political values, they also represent different traditions in terms of how each understands the idea of universal human rights.

This book evaluates the transformational process of left populism across grassroots, national and European levels and asks what we can do to harness the power of broad-based, popular left politics.

Features the history and customs of Passover, including the story of the Exodus, all about chametz and matzah, the tradition of tzedakah at Passover, and an introduction to the seder.

Globalization, European integration, and social change have devaluated traditional social democratic policy instruments.

“With wit and clarity, Katch argues for social movements, political activism, and socialism as the alternatives we need to win the world we want” (Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation).

At a time when many regions of the world, including Europe, see a resurgence of authoritarianism, three countries of Eastern Europe - Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova - are struggling to counter this trend with the aim of developing European-style democracies in the framework of their Association Agreements with the European Union.

This book examines the challenges confronting the practice of democracy and governance in Nigeria.

"e;A New Civil Rights Leader"e; explores what we mean when we speak of democracy and if democracy can truly ever exist (LA Times).

The euro crisis, rising Euroscepticism, and Brexit have once again highlighted the European Union's unresolved legitimacy deficit.

In this accessible and sophisticated exploration of the nature and workings of social and political power, Mark Haugaard examines the interrelation between domination and empowerment.

The rise of the Republican Party from its mid-twentieth-century minority status between 1960 and 1980 had a profound impact on American politics that is still being felt in the second decade of the twenty-first century.

By the end of the nineteenth century, William Gladstone was arguably the most popular statesman in America since Lincoln.

During Latin America's third democratic wave, a majority of countries adopted a runoff rule for the election of the president, effectively dampening plurality voting, opening the political arena to new parties, and assuring the public that the president will never have anything less than majority support.

From Discrimination to Death studies the process of genocide through the human rights violations that occur during genocide.

Whereas some Western democracies have turned toward substantially tougher law and order policies, others have not.

The T&T Clark Handbook of Political Theology is a comprehensive reference resource informed by serious theological scholarship in the three Abrahamic traditions.

Diese Zusammenstellung beinhaltet folgende Essays von Richard Löwenthal: Von der Einzigartigkeit des Westens (1979); Die Intellektuellen zwischen Gesellschaftswandel und Kulturkrise (1976); Neues Mittelalter oder anomische Kulturkrise?

An epic, moving graphic novel set in ancient Athens about the birth and the rise of democracy - from the illustrator behind the bestselling Logicomix'Impressive .

This book engages thinkers from different religious and humanist traditions in response to Pope Francis's pronouncements on interreligious dialogue.

This book re-visits the phenomenon of Japanese secular stagnation in light of the fate of the North Atlantic and developing economies and places it in a longer historical political and geopolitical economy of capitalism from a variety of political and disciplinary perspectives.

'Free speech' has become central to discussions about racism, and is increasingly weaponised against anti-racist movements.

Why is public debate increasingly polarised - and what can we do about it?

Examines in depth three waves of democratic change that took place in eleven different former Communist nations.

This volume presents a wide range of literary and epigraphic sources on the history of the world's first democracy, offering a comprehensive survey of the key themes and principles of Athenian democratic culture.