Political Structures: Democracy

From a leading expert on election law, a compelling answer to the dilemmas of campaign finance reform Campaign financing is one of todays most divi...

Journalists are commonly denounced from all sides a shameful, deceitful trade, a profession sold out to the powerful which gives a biased and misl...

This book has a miraculous quality.... As a memoir this is hard to put down; if you are seeking a better American future you should pick it up.Timo...

The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated some of the strengths of our society, including the rapid development of vaccines. But the pandemic has also...

An avowed republican investigates the unexpected durability and potential benefits of constitutional monarchies. When he was deposed in Egypt in 19...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2021The riveting story of a nation at a crucial crossroadsFrom the start of his stint as RTE's Washington Cor...

A TLS, GUARDIAN AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020The new bestseller from the acclaimed author of Justice and one of the world's most popular ...

Fear and loathing on the 2020 campaign trail...'26 February, White House Briefing RoomThe coronavirus feels like it is changing everything. Suddenl...

Dissects how competing, increasingly strident visions of India will shape its destiny for decades to come. Over a billion Indians are alive today....

The Federalist Papers is a collection of political essays in which three United States Founding Fathers intelligently and forcefully advocate the r...

The foundations upon which our democracies stand are inherently flawed, vulnerable to corrosion from within. What is the remedy? A. C. Grayling ma...

The Picky Eagle explains why the United States stopped annexing territory by focusing on annexation's domestic consequences, both political and nor...

This book provides the first cross-regional study of an increasingly important form of politics: coalitional presidentialism. Drawing on original r...

In recent years, there has been a rise in social movements and organizations that challenge the very foundations of liberal democracy on a global s...

Allan Blakeney believed in government as a force for good. As premier of Saskatchewan, he promoted social justice through government intervention i...

In the space of one election cycle, authoritarian governments, moneyed elites and fringe hackers figured out how to game elections, bypass democrat...

Democracy requires a connection to the 'will of the people'. What does that mean in a world of 'fake news', relentless advocacy, dialogue mostly am...

The Art and Craft of Political Theory provides a critical overview of the disciplines core concepts and concerns and highlights its development of ...

Recent decades have seen growing concern regarding problems of electoral integrity. The most overt malpractices used by rulers include imprisoning ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**A sort of survival book, a sort of symptom-diagnosis manual in terms of losing your democracy and what tyranny and aut...

Is the dominance of one political party a problem in an emerging democracy, or simply an expression of the will of the people? Why has one-party do...

Transnational civil society networks have become increasingly important democratizing actors in global politics. Still, the exploration of democrac...

At a moment when the term Democracy is evoked to express inchoate aspirations for peace and social change or particular governmental systems that ...

Democracy is in crisis, from the streets of Ferguson to the struggle in Greece. Throughout the world millions suffer under neo-liberalism and auste...

No one has ever described American democracy with more accurate insight or more profoundly than Alexis de Tocqueville. After meeting with Americans...

In the Wake of War assesses the consequences of civil war for democratization in Latin America, focusing on questions of state capacity. Contributo...

Elections are a critical componenet of democracy, yet civic engagement has reached a post-war low in Manitoba. Barely half of all eligible voters s...

The initial provocation for The Truth of Democracy was the fortieth anniversary of May 68 and the recent criticism (some by French President Nicola...

In considering the nature and future prospects of the current wave of democracies in Latin America, analysis has shifted from a concern with regime...

This important work by political philosopher C.B. Macpherson explores the implications of the ideas about democracy that he offered in such previou...

Austerity has left local government struggling to meet the demands for local services. In this context, this book asks `what are the fundamental pr...