Political Structures: Democracy

This book was first published in 1964. Everything in politics has changed since then why a reprint? Because moral criticisms of governments haven’t...

Examining the conditions that not only blocked attempts to make America great again, but actively made the country worse, Why America Didn’t Become...

A FINANCIAL TIMES TOP PICK OF 2025 The real threat to liberal democracy isn't autocrats - it's the lack of effective action by progressives. Here...

The crisis of multiculturalism in the West and the failure of the Arab uprisings in the Middle East have pushed the question of how to live peacefu...

Emphatically revisionist, Bob Pepperman Taylor reveals a Thoreau most people never knew existed. Contrary to conventional views, Taylor argues that...

How did the management of the 2009 financial crisis within the Economic Monetary Union impact the functioning of democracy? What are the political ...

Throughout the West, democracy is under fire. "Government is part of the problem, not the solution" is a common refrain. As the tasks of the state ...

Examining the conditions that not only blocked attempts to make America great again, but actively made the country worse, Why America Didn’t Become...

As the troubled 20th century nears its end, democracy and competitive political parties are receiving renewed attention. Bridging analysis of polit...

This book enquires into the state of health of contemporary democracies, offering a sociological reading of democracy to identifying the causes of ...

From the Sunday Times No. 1 Bestselling Author In On Democracies and Death Cults, bestselling author...

What is at stake when journalism is threatened? Does society still need journalists? Journalism faces multiple threats today all over the world: ec...

Is the discipline of political science a specific by-product of democratic regimes? Can it develop and have an impact only where democracy itself i...

Seven experts have contributed to this study of the past strength and present prospects of German democracy. The first part of the book deals histo...

Nineteenth-century psychologist and pragmatist philosopher William James is rarely considered a political theorist. Renowned as the author of The P...

A provocative exploration about the architecture of power, the forces that stifle us from getting things done, and how we can restore confidence in...

The Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance explores the concepts, methodologies, and implications of collective...

As India’s power and prominence rise on the international stage, its longstanding tradition of democracy is under threat. Since establishing a secu...

"This body of research not only passes academic muster but is the best guidepost in existence for activists who are trying to use the ballot initia...

Bolivia decentralized in an effort to deepen democracy, improve public services, and make government more accountable. Unlike many countries, Boliv...

Federalism and Social Policy focuses on the crucial question: Is a strong and egalitarian welfare state compatible with federalism? In this careful...

Sunita Parikh examines the history and fate of affirmative action programs in two ethnically heterogeneous democracies, the United States and India...