Democracy

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Timothy Mitchell
Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil
Oil is a curse, it is often said, that condemns the countries producing it to an existence defined by war, corruption and enormous inequality. Carbon Democracy tells a more complex story, arguing that no nation escapes the political consequences of our collective dependence on oil. It shapes the b...
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Chase P. Hines
Destroyers of Democracy: A Satirical Adult Coloring Book for Grown-Ups Who Need a Laugh
Turn political frustration into laughter, art, and protest. Destroyers of Democracy is an adult coloring book that lampoons Trump and the misfits, malcontents, and miscreants currently dismantling American democracy. With 24 bold, satirical illustrations, this collection blends biting humor, pro...
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Ewa Ziarek
An Ethics of Dissensus: Postmodernity, Feminism, and the Politics of Radical Democracy
What kind of challenge does sexual and racial difference pose for postmodern ethics? What is the relation between ethical obligation and feminist interpretations of embodiment, passion, and eros? How can we negotiate between ethical responsibility for the Other and democratic struggles against domin...
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Alain Touraine
What Is Democracy?
In this sequel to A Critique of Modernity, Alain Touraine questions the social and cultural content of democracy today. At a time when state power is being increasingly eroded by the economic might of transnational capital, what possible value can we ascribe to a democratic idea that is defined mere...
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Henry A. Giroux
The Terror of Neoliberalism: Authoritarianism and the Eclipse of Democracy (Cultural Politics & the Promise of Democracy)
This book argues that neoliberalism is not simply an economic theory but also a set of values, ideologies, and practices that works more like a cultural field that is not only refiguring political and economic power, but eliminating the very categories of the social and political as essential elemen...
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John J. Davenport
The Democracy Amendments: Constitutional Reforms to Save the United States
The institutional fabric of our nation is afflicted by divisive politics. Trust in Congress and the Supreme Court has reached new lows, and a tsunami of misinformation and vote suppression is causing many Americans to lose faith in the electoral process itself. These problems can no longer be solved...
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Lauren M. Fullmer
Students Taking Action Together: 5 Teaching Techniques to Cultivate SEL, Civic Engagement, and a Healthy Democracy
A field-tested, classroom-based approach for developing the critical thinking, social-emotional, problem-solving, and discussion skills students need to be good citizens and effective changemakers. We often hear that a key purpose of schooling is to prepare students for informed and active citizensh...
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Elinor Ostrom
On Parties, Party Systems and Democracy: Selected writings of Peter Mair
This collection brings together some of the most significant and influential work by leading comparativist Peter Mair (1951–2011). The selection ranges from considerations on the relevance of concept formation to the study of party systems and party organisations; and from reflections on the democ...
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Gary Hart
The American Republic Can save American Democracy
In 1776, America’s Founders proclaimed the new nation a republic with a democratic form of government. Although American democracy has survived for almost 250 years, the rise of populist nationalism in the United States and abroad creates a potent threat that highlights democracy’s vulnerability...
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Daniel A. Bell
The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy
How China's political model could prove to be a viable alternative to Western democracy Westerners tend to divide the political world into "good" democracies and "bad" authoritarian regimes. But the Chinese political model does not fit neatly in either category. Over the past three decades, China ...
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Daniel A. Bell
The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy
How China's political model could prove to be a viable alternative to Western democracy Westerners tend to divide the political world into "good" democracies and “bad” authoritarian regimes. But the Chinese political model does not fit neatly in either category. Over the past three decades, Ch...
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Richard D. Anderson
Postcommunism and the Theory of Democracy.
Why did the wave of democracy that swept the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe starting more than a decade ago develop in ways unexpected by observers who relied on existing theories of democracy? In Postcommunism and the Theory of Democracy , four distinguished scholars conduct the first majo...
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Zoltan Barany
Is Democracy Exportable?
Can democratic states transplant the seeds of democracy into developing countries? What have political thinkers going back to the Greek city-states thought about their capacity to promote democracy? How can democracy be established in divided societies? In this timely volume a distinguished group of...
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Dr Kweli T Kwaza
Revolutionized Democracy: Culturally Competent Democracy
Revolutionized Democracy: Culturally Competent Democracy presents an immediate and forceful vision of the future democratic system that democracy needs to transform into. The book challenges global capitalist exploitation and failed democratic promises and institutional neglect through its analysis ...
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Joseph C. Jenkins
Direct Democracy: and the Curse of the Boiled Frogs
Our nation faces bankruptcy. Our people are divided. Our elections are riddled with corruption, confusion and mismanagement. Our Bill of Rights is under assault. The Forever Wars are never ending. Our shadow government is a criminal enterprise milking the working class of their hard-earned taxes. ...
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Patricia Roberts-Miller
Demagoguery and Democracy
A clear-eyed guide to demagoguery&;and how we can defeat it   What is demagoguery? Some demagogues are easy to spot: They rise to power through pandering, charisma, and prejudice. But, as professor Patricia Roberts-Miller explains, a demagogue is anyone who reduces all questions to us vs. ...
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Maya Rockeymoore Cummings
RAGEism: Racism, Ageism and the Quest for Liberation Democracy (Aging and Society)
When systems fail people from birth to death, democracy itself is at risk. In RAGEism , Maya Rockeymoore Cummings reveals the hidden architecture of systemic injustice that has shaped American policy for generations. Using the term “Rageism” to describe how racism and ageism intersect, she expo...
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Tiago Fernandes
Democratic Quality in Southern Europe: France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain (Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development)
Fueled by new data from the Varieties of Democracy project, Democratic Quality in Southern Europe takes a close look at the democratic trajectories of France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain over the past fifty years. Despite similar beginnings, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain have e...
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Frank Karsten
Beyond Democracy: Why democracy does not lead to solidarity, prosperity and liberty but to social conflict, runaway spending and a tyrannical
"Just finished reading the thing. Fantastic. Great work. Congratulations." Hans-Hermann Hoppe, author of 'Democracy: The God That Failed' "This book has massive explanatory power. It can liberate your mind." Jeffrey Tucker, executive editor of Laissez Faire Books Democracy is widely considered to be...
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Nancy L. Rosenblum
Good Neighbors: The Democracy of Everyday Life in America
How our everyday interactions as neighbors shape―and sometimes undermine―democracy "Love thy neighbor" is an impossible exhortation. Good neighbors greet us on the street and do small favors, but neighbors also startle us with sounds at night and unleash their demons on us, they monitor and re...
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