Democracy

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Paul J. Quirk
The Legislative Branch (Institutions of American Democracy)
The checks and balances provided by the three branches of federal government are essential to nurturing and maintaining American democracy. With the guidance of coeditors Paul J. Quirk and Sarah A. Binder, this collection of essays examines the role of the Legislature in American democracy and the d...
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Steven I. Wilkinson
Army and Nation: The Military and Indian Democracy since Independence
At Indian independence in 1947, the country’s founders worried that the army India inherited―conservative and dominated by officers and troops drawn disproportionately from a few “martial” groups―posed a real threat to democracy. They also saw the structure of the army, with its recruitmen...
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Michael Fischer
How Books Can Save Democracy
How Books Can Save Democracy argues that American democracy is in crisis as healthy disagreement has pivoted into negative, winner-take-all contests. Michael Fischer proposes that literature is an essential tool to rekindle the relationships and mutual understanding that functional democracies requi...
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Jim Wallis
The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy
NOW A NEW YORK TIMES AND A USA TODAY BESTSELLER "Everyone who claims to be 'Christian' or else claims to be upset by 'Christianity' needs to read this book, especially politicians using people's supposed faith for their own ends." ―Margaret E. Atwood "Jim Wallis calls the nation to grow up...
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Heidi Boghosian
Cyber Citizens: Saving Democracy with Digital Literacy
A grounding exploration of how our online prowess shapes the very essence of democracy The electronic age compels us to confront the delicate balance between the convenience of constant connectivity and the protection of personal privacy, security, and democracy itself. Presented as a two-fold con...
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Charles K. Hyde
Arsenal of Democracy: The American Automobile Industry in World War II (Great Lakes Books)
Throughout World War II, Detroit's automobile manufacturers accounted for one-fifth of the dollar value of the nation's total war production, and this amazing output from "the arsenal of democracy" directly contributed to the allied victory. In fact, automobile makers achieved such production miracl...
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Jacob Mchangama
The Future of Free Speech: Reversing the Global Decline of Democracy's Most Essential Freedom
An incisive examination of free speech's global decline and a framework for preserving expression in democratic societies. The Future of Free Speech confronts a stark truth: the right to speak freely is under siege. Once celebrated as a cornerstone of democratic societies, free expression is now me...
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Frank Biess
German Angst: Fear and Democracy in the Federal Republic of Germany (Emotions in History)
German Angst analyses the relationship between fear and democracy in postwar West Germany. While fear and anxiety have historically been associated with authoritarian regimes, Frank Biess demonstrates the ambivalent role of these emotions in a democratizing society: in West Germany, fear and anxiet...
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Scott Abernathy
School Choice and the Future of American Democracy
In School Choice and the Future of American Democracy , Scott Franklin Abernathy shows what is lost in the school choice debate. Abernathy looks at parents as citizens who exert power over the educational system through everything from their votes on school budgets to their membership on school boa...
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Posner
The Crisis of Capitalist Democracy
Following his timely and well-received A Failure of Capitalism , Richard Posner steps back to take a longer view of the continuing crisis of democratic capitalism as the American and world economies crawl gradually back from the depths to which they had fallen in the autumn of 2008 and the winter o...
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Garry Larson
Commentary On Criminal Offenses In Criminal Law: Commentary On Offenses Against Civil Liberties And Democracy Of Citizens, And Offenses Against The
Commentary On Criminal Offenses In Criminal Law: Safeguarding Civil Liberties, Democracy, and Family - A Path to Justice Do you ever wonder how criminal law protects your civil liberties and upholds the fabric of democracy? - Are you curious about the legal defenses that safeguard the sacred ins...
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Corien Prins
Digital Democracy in a Globalized World (Elgar Law, Technology and Society series)
The transformative impacts of digitalization on society are visible both within nation states and across borders. Information and communication technologies are typically considered beneficial for democracy. Nevertheless, this book explores the challenges that technology brings to democracy, and in ...
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Eileen Braman
Constitutional Powers and Politics: How Citizens Think about Authority and Institutional Change (Constitutionalism and Democracy)
The relationship between public opinion and the actions of institutions such as the Supreme Court has come under increased scrutiny in recent years. In this timely book, Eileen Braman explores how American citizens think about government across all three branches, applying a rigorous political scien...
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Claude G. Bowers
Jefferson & Hamilton: The Struggle for American Democracy
Embark on a riveting journey through the early days of American democracy with Claude G. Bowers’ “Jefferson and Hamilton: The Struggle for Democracy in America.” In this insightful exploration, Bowers navigates the complex and often tumultuous relationship between two of America’s founding f...
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Linda Robinson
Women in Power: Fighting for Democracy in an Age of Authoritarianism (A Council on Foreign Relations Book)
Around the world, antidemocratic forces are taking aim at women leaders. Misogynistic authoritarianism has entered the mainstream, seeking to reverse decades of progress. Weaponized digital technologies have unleashed sexualized smears and violent threats. There is a deep connection between attacks ...
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Guruji Ma
Tenets for a New Democracy
'Tenets for a New Democracy' are meant to rebuild and restore faith in the principles by which men are governed, with the ideal held firmly in place that government exists to serve the people rather than the people to serve the government. 'Tenets for a New Democracy' stands as an eternal monument t...
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John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas
4-H - A DEI Love Story: How Positive Youth Development Became a Battleground for Democracy
How Positive Youth Development Became a Battleground for Democracy is a powerful dual memoir that traces the collision of public service, equity, and political backlash within one of America’s most iconic youth programs: 4-H. Co-authored by two leaders from vastly different backgrounds—Lisa, a...
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Robert D Sears
They Wanted to Believe: A Documentary Novel of Power, Propaganda, and the Erosion of American Democracy
They Wanted to Believe A Documentary Novel of Power, Propaganda, and the Erosion of American Democracy This is not a book about a single man, a single election, or a single moment in history. They Wanted to Believe is a documentary novel about how a democracy unravels when belief becomes more...
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William Robertson
Design Democracy: The Death and Life of the Human Workplace
What if our buildings are failing us? In Design Democracy, William Robertson argues that the spaces we inhabit, like our offices, health care facilities, and hospitality environments, are often designed without enough information, resulting in places that are dysfunctional, uninspiring, and disconne...
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Philippa Strum
Brandeis on Democracy
Philippa Strum, our foremost authority on Louis Brandeis, gathers together for the first time a sterling selection from his most provocative and profound writings. A kind of "Portable Brandeis," this book provides a concise and readable guide to the thought of a truly great American. Brandeis, the ...
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