Political Structures: Democracy

More than thirty years have passed since Latin America began the arduous task of transitioning from military-led rule to democracy. In this time, m...

It is usually held that representative government is not strictly democratic, since it does not allow the people themselves to directly make decisi...

This book argues that we can no longer envision a political system that might practically displace democracy or, more accurately, global democratic...

This book examines the various stages of China’s development, in the economic, social, and political fields, relating theories and models of develo...

American women attain more professional success than most of their counterparts around the world, but - Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin not withsta...

What kind of role can the middle class play in potential democratization in such an undemocratic, late developing country as China? To answer this ...

This exciting new handbook provides a global overview of the process of democratization, offering chapter by chapter discussion at both the country...

As illiberal and authoritarian trends are on the rise—both in fragile and seemingly robust democracies—there is growing concern about the longevity...

Winner of the Doris Graber Award, American Political Science Association, 2013Democracy is, by its very nature, often rude. But there are limits to...

As illiberal and authoritarian trends are on the rise—both in fragile and seemingly robust democracies—there is growing concern about the longevity...

As a hybrid regime, Hong Kong has been governed by a state-business alliance since the colonial era. However, since the handover in 1997, the trans...

This volume queries the state and effect of the global decentralization movement through the study of natural resource decentralizations in Africa,...

It's a commonplace that citizens in Western democracies are disaffected with their political leaders and traditional democratic institutions. But i...

There is a growing consensus among experts and the educated public alike that democratization will reduce the many problems of the Muslim world. Th...

Barack Obama's campaign and electoral victory demonstrated the dynamic nature of American democracy. Beginning as a special issue of The Black Scho...

In The Labor Question in America: Economic Democracy in the Gilded Age, Rosanne Currarino traces the struggle to define the nature of democratic li...

One of the potentially explosive issues of the modern era is a vast and growing disparity between the overwhelming predominance of elites in the de...

". . . a very important contribution to contemporary debates on economic and political reform in developing countries. Based on interviews King con...

This is the first focused study on the relationship between the use of national courts to pursue retrospective justice and the construction of viab...

Trumplandia: Populist Nationalism in America is a collection of essays about the transformation of America, which has turned from a united nation t...

Fútbol, or soccer as it is called in the United States, is the most popular sport in the world. Millions of people schedule their lives and build ...

Caroline Beer’s new book explores the consequences of democratic politics in Mexico. Focusing on struggles at the subnational level, she assesses h...

Bringing together experts from across the social sciences, this volume examines the consolidation of authoritarianism in Venezuela under the govern...