Political Structures: Democracy

Aylan, Isis, Begum, Grenfell, Trump. Harambe, Guantanamo, Syria, Brexit, Johnson. COVID, migrants, trolling, George Floyd, Trump! Gazing over the f...

Jean Jaurès was a towering intellectual and political leader of the democratic Left at the turn of the twentieth century, but he is little remember...

This book explores the roots of the decline of democracy and the rise of hegemonic parties in Turkey, by comparing the Justice and Development Part...

This book compares the current status of democracy in selected Eastern European countries. The focus is on young people’s attitudes towards and exp...

There are many different ways to do political science research. This book takes a core question that motivates research in political science – what...

Commemorating the 150th anniversary of W. E. B. Du Bois’s birth, the chapters in this book reflect on the local, national, and international signif...

This Handbook examines the study of failure in social sciences, its manifestations in the contemporary world, and the modalities of dealing with it...

“TURNAROUND is a powerful challenge from my friend Senator James Lankford to pay more attention to who we are, rather than just what we do. James’ ...

In the increasingly questioning world of the 1990s, the role of the monarchy in a democracy is again coming under scrutiny. Its critics argue that ...

Is it self-interest or public interest that dominates Western politics? This question has been debated in many fields, and through the 1980s a cons...

A timely, riveting book that presents for the first time an alternative history of 1930s Britain, revealing how prominent fascist sympathizers near...

This book asks whether sovereignty can guarantee international equality by exploring the discourses of sovereignty and their reliance on the notion...

Elections around the world are plagued with the problem of unequal levels of participation. This can have profound consequences for election result...

Global Governance Futures addresses the crucial importance of thinking through the future of global governance arrangements. It considers the prosp...

The Western liberal democratic world order, which seemingly triumphed following the collapse of communism, is looking increasingly fragile as popul...

The unifying idea of Gramsci's famous Prison Notebooks is the concept of hegemony. In his study of these fragmentary writings, now published in pap...

Young people are often at the forefront of democratic activism, whether self-organised or supported by youth workers and community development prof...

This book addresses the complex relationship between the values of liberal democracy and the values associated with scientific research. The chapte...

This insightful new work analyses the attempts by Chile and Uruguay to resolve the human rights violations conflicts inherited from military dictat...

International Aid and Democracy Promotion investigates the link between foreign aid and the promotion of democracy, using theory, statistical tests...

Over the early 21st century, democracy worldwide has deteriorated significantly. At the same time, new populist forces have appeared that challenge...

Most democratic citizens today are distrustful of politicians, political parties, and political institutions. Where once democracies expected an al...

This book addresses the widely held belief that liberal democracy embodies an uneasy compromise of incompatible values: those of liberal rights on ...

Criminology and Democratic Politics brings together a range of international leading experts to consider the relationship between criminology and d...