Political Structures: Democracy

Historical studies on the involvement of architecture in twentieth-century politics have overlooked its contribution to building Spains democracy. ...

This book brings together the conceptual and theoretical writings of Joseph Schumpeter, Robert A. Dahl, Guillermo ODonnell, and T. H. Marshall. It ...

There is a consensus that right, and left-wing populism is on the rise on both sides of the Atlantic, from Donald Trump in the United States, to Sp...

This book explores the challenges that disinformation, fake news, and post-truth politics pose to democracy from a multidisciplinary perspective. T...

Everyday resistance is about the many ways people undermine power and domination through their routine and everyday actions. Unlike open rebellions...

Offering the first in-depth analysis of the relationship between populism and political meritocracy, this book asks why states with meritocratic sy...

Since the 1960s, participatory discourses and techniques have been at the core of decision making processes in a variety of sectors around the worl...

The concept of Westview Special Studies is a response to the continuing crisis in academic and informational publishing. Library budgets are being ...

Freedom is commonly recognized as the struggle for basic liberties, societies based upon open dialogue, human rights and democracy. The idea of fre...

Proponents of the concept of ecological integrity argue that it is a necessary component of global governance on which the sustainable future of th...

The 2008 presidential election, perhaps more so than the typical quadrennial race, will undoubtedly spawn an abundance of scholarly inquiry. The co...

Gulf societies are often described as being intensely tribal. However, in discussions of state building and national identity, the role of tribalis...

Government and market failures spur many citizens to practical action today. Around the globe people form renewable energy cooperatives, provide su...

Although regarded as a single community of Islamists, Islamic political movements utilise vastly different means to pursue their goals. This book e...

This book explores political cynicism as a driving force at the heart of the current crisis of democracy in the United States, focusing on the cris...

This edited volume explores the past, present, and future of the Korean Peninsula, with special focus on South Korea, by connecting developments in...

A fresh reappraisal of Japans relationship with the United States, which reveals how the Cold War shaped Japan and transformed Americas understandi...

In 2011, Syrians took to the streets demanding freedom. Brutal government repression transformed peaceful protests into one of the most devastating...

This book presents the results of a collaborative research project through which our team completed a multisite ethnographic fieldwork in seven Que...

This book presents the results of a collaborative research project through which our team completed a multisite ethnographic fieldwork in seven Que...

Dialogues on Democracy offers a panoramic overview of recent and classical debates on the meaning of democracy as a philosophical ideal. It feature...

Dialogues on Democracy offers a panoramic overview of recent and classical debates on the meaning of democracy as a philosophical ideal. It feature...

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781003324249, has been made available under a Creat...

This groundbreaking treatment of post-communist developments in East Central Europe examines politics, economics, media, religious institutions, tr...