Political Structures: Democracy

'An invaluable guide to the forces of American conspiracy theory that are currently bending our world out of shape' Gabriel Gatehouse, presenter of...

We are all subjected to the power of the state and other entities such as the EU. But what justifies the far-reaching power of these institutions? ...

An original defense of the unique value of voting in a democracyVoting is only one of the many ways that citizens can participate in public decisio...

Governments face new challenges in an era marked by globalization, shifting economic and national security policies, pervasive electronic media, an...

For the first time, this volume by two leading historians offers a comprehensive study of drawing lots as a central institution of ancient Greek so...

Despite democratization at the national level, local political bosses still govern many municipalities in Latin America. Caudillos and clans often ...

Getting to grips with the overlapping geopolitical, economic, and political crises faced by Western democratic societies in the 2020s. The 21st c...

Why is cabinet government so resilient? Despite many obituaries, why does it continue to be the vehicle for governing across most parliamentary sys...

Female Body Image and Beauty Politics in Contemporary Indian Literature and Culture is the first volume to analyze the myriad conceptualizations of...

Female Body Image and Beauty Politics in Contemporary Indian Literature and Culture is the first volume to analyze the myriad conceptualizations of...

By whatever name they are known (Parliaments, Legislatures, or Assemblies, to name but three) legislative assemblies in democratic societies face t...

Political Liberalism and the Rise of American Romanticism explores how American Romanticism developed in response to pervasive conflicts over democ...

Max Weber is best known as one of the founders of modern sociology and the author of the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, but he also...

A major history from the Founding to our embittered present that explains the void (Politico) at the center of Americas political partiesFeatured o...

Despite being one of the world's most vibrant democracies, police estimate between five and ten percent of the murders in South Africa result from ...

Re-framing Democracy and Agency in India: Interrogating Political Society critically unpacks the concept of political society, which was formulated...

In Feeding a Divided America, third-generation Montana rancher and international agriculture development specialist Gilles Stockton explores the ca...

A powerful case for why majority rulenot representationis the defining feature of democratic politicsThe idea that democratic governance rests on a...

Re-framing Democracy and Agency in India: Interrogating Political Society critically unpacks the concept of political society, which was formulated...

At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Presss Open Access publishing p...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platfo...

Democracy, argues David Wiles, is actually a form of theatre. In making his case, the author deftly investigates orators at the foundational moment...

Why some of Asias authoritarian regimes have democratized as they have grown richerand why others haventOver the past century, Asia has been transf...

The bestselling author pulls no punches on what America needs to defeat white supremacy National political commentator Steve Phillipss politically...

How local contexts help us understand why White voters in Americas heartland are shifting to the rightOver the past several decades, predominantly ...

The rise of Donald Trump may have shocked Americans, but it should not have surprised them. His anti-democratic movement is the culmination of a de...

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

The communities, congregations, and faith-based coalitions that have been working for racial justice over the past fifty yearsHave progressive reli...

Should Brexit or Trump cause us to doubt our faith in democracy? Are the people too ignorant or stupid to rule? Numerous commentators are seriously...

Milton Friedman, recipient of the both the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Nobel Prize in Economics, was one of the most influential thinkers...