Democracy

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Luke Bretherton
Christ and the Common Life: Political Theology and the Case for Democracy
In Christ and the Common Life Luke Bretherton provides an introduction to historical and contemporary theological reflection on politics and opens up a compelling vision for a Christian commitment to democracy. In dialogue with Scripture and various traditions, Bretherton examines the dynamic relati...
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Stephen J.A. Ward
Irrational Publics and the Fate of Democracy (Volume 91) (McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas)
Across cultures, democracies struggle with intolerant groups, misinformation, social media conspiracies, and extreme populists. Egalitarian cultures cannot always withstand this swing towards the irrational. In Irrational Publics and the Fate of Democracy Stephen Ward combines history and evolutiona...
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Brian Tyler Cohen
Shameless: Republicans’ Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the first content creator to interview President Biden, leading progressive voice Brian Tyler Cohen takes a step back from the day-to-day news cycle to explain how American politics has turned into such a dumpster fire—and what Democrats need to do to get us out...
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Stephen P. Kershaw
The Harvest of War: Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis: The Epic Battles that Saved Democracy
The year 2022 marks 2,500 years since Athens, the birthplace of democracy, fought off the mighty Persian Empire. This is the story of the three epic battles—Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis—that saved democracy, forever altering the history of Europe and the West. In 2022 it will be 2,500 yea...
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J. Eric Oliver
Local Elections and the Politics of Small-Scale Democracy
Local government is the hidden leviathan of American politics: it accounts for nearly a tenth of gross domestic product, it collects nearly as much in taxes as the federal government, and its decisions have an enormous impact on Americans' daily lives. Yet political scientists have few explanations ...
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Klaus Labuttis
Introduction to American Government: The American Democracy in History and Context
Start your journey to your college success with "Introduction to American Government; The American Democracy in History and Context"! With this Book, you can pass any test or write an essay for your college-required Political Science Course 1, "Introduction to American Government." This to-the-poi...
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Mathias Döpfner
Dealings with Dictators: A CEO's Guide to Defending Democracy
Global business leader Mathias Döpfner offers a “compelling” (Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs columnist for Financial Times ) and revolutionary road map to reshape global trade, strengthen our democracy, and safeguard our freedoms. Freedom is on the decline around the world. Autocrats ...
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Alan Thomas
Republic of Equals: Predistribution and Property-Owning Democracy (Oxford Political Philosophy)
The first book length study of property-owning democracy, Republic of Equals argues that a society in which capital is universally accessible to all citizens is uniquely placed to meet the demands of justice. Arguing from a basis in liberal-republican principles, this expanded conception of the ec...
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Aquilino Gonell
American Shield: The Immigrant Sergeant Who Defended Democracy
Finalist for the American Book Fest Best Book Awards “ American Shield is an all-American tale of duty and determination—beautifully told by an immigrant, a veteran, and a patriot.” —Nancy Pelosi, Speaker Emerita of the United States House of Representatives Set against the extraordinary ...
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James Macdonald
A Free Nation Deep in Debt: The Financial Roots of Democracy
Nowadays, the idea that the way a country borrows its money is connected to what kind of government it has comes as a surprise to most people. But in the eighteenth century it was commonly accepted that public debt and political liberty were intimately related. In A Free Nation Deep in Debt , James...
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Hyo-Dong Lee
Spirit, Qi, and the Multitude: A Comparative Theology for the Democracy of Creation (Comparative Theology: Thinking Across Traditions, 3)
We live in an increasingly global, interconnected, and interdependent world, in which various forms of systemic imbalance in power have given birth to a growing demand for genuine pluralism and democracy. As befits a world so interconnected, this book presents a comparative theological and philosoph...
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Jeffrey D. Clements
Corporations Are Not People: Reclaiming Democracy from Big Money and Global Corporations
A revised and updated edition of the definitive guide to overturning Citizens United.   Since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling that the rights of things—money and corporations—matter more than the rights of people, America has faced a crisis of democracy. In this timely and thoroug...
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Robert Fatton
Haiti's Predatory Republic: The Unending Transition to Democracy
null A Haitian by birth, Fatton (government and foreign affairs, Univ. of Virginia) has written a somewhat pessimistic analysis of politics in Haiti from 1986 to the end of 2001. He sees this period as starting on a positive note with the promise that democracy would succeed and then goes on to exam...
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Nigel Worden
The Making of Modern South Africa: Conquest, Apartheid, Democracy (Historical Association Studies)
The new edition of The Making of Modern South Africa provides a comprehensive, current introduction to the key themes and debates concerning the history of this controversial country. Engagingly written, the author provides a sharp, analytical overview of the new South Africa.  Examines the ...
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Lee McIntyre
On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy
Learn how to fight against the disinformation campaigns imperiling American democracy in this empowering, pocket-sized guide from the author of How to Talk to a Science Denier. INSIDE THE WAR ON TRUTH: Explore the history of how disinformation has been weaponized to manipulate society. The eff...
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Robert Walker
Sortition: Reviving Democracy Through Citizen Assemblies: Power by Lottery: Reimagining Democracy for a New Era
Sortition: Reviving Democracy Through Citizen Assemblies explores an ancient democratic concept reimagined for the modern world. At a time when traditional electoral politics is marred by polarization, elite control, and public disillusionment, this book introduces sortition – the practice of sel...
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Tomáš Došek
The Persistence of Local Caudillos in Latin America: Informal Political Practices and Democracy in Unitary Countries (Pitt Latin American Series)
Despite democratization at the national level, local political bosses still govern many municipalities in Latin America. Caudillos and clans often use informal political practices—ranging from clientelism and patronage to harassment of political opposition—to control local political dynamics. Th...
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Finian Cunningham
KILLING DEMOCRACY: Western Imperialism’s Legacy of Regime Change and Media Manipulation
KILLING DEMOCRACY is a groundbreaking exposé of media manipulation, propaganda, and narrative control—revealing how Western powers have spent nearly eight decades engineering regime change operations, shaping global perception, and violating international law while claiming to defend freedom and ...
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Kunal M. Parker
Common Law, History, and Democracy in America, 1790–1900: Legal Thought before Modernism (Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society)
This book argues for a change in our understanding of the relationships among law, politics, and history. Since the turn of the nineteenth century, a certain anti-foundational conception of history has served to undermine law's foundations, such that we tend to think of law as nothing other than a s...
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Alan Rosenthal
The Decline of Representative Democracy: Process, Participation, and Power in State Legislatures
Based on a leading scholar′s firsthand observations of legislatures as well as extensive interviews with legislators, legislative staff, and lobbyists, this important work describes and analyzes the contemporary state of legislatures and the legislative process in the fifty states. It explores th...
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