Political Structures: Democracy

Why has democracy flourished in the Federal Republic of Germany despite that country's troubled past? Exhaustive research in German historical arch...

Most citizens are well aware that the world is run rather badly by those in power - the politicians - who are in many cases democratically elected....

Political parties have long been recognized as essential institutions of democratic governance. Both the organization of parties, and their relatio...

Is Confucianism compatible with democracy? Ongoing debates among political theorists revolve around the question of whether the overarching goal of...

On the eve of a landmark general election, Ruchir Sharma offers an unrivalled portrait of how India and its democracy work, drawn from his two deca...

Combining international political theory and EU studies, Richard Bellamy provides an original account of the democratic legitimacy of international...

How India Became Democratic explores the greatest experiment in democratic human history. It tells the untold story of the preparation of the elect...

Democracy is in crisis. Is there still time to save it? Democracies face external threat from aggressive authoritarian states. Internally, citizen...

Since its publication in 1993, John Rawls's Political Liberalism has been central to debates concerning political legitimacy, democratic theory, t...

Where Did the Revolution Go? considers the apparent disappearance of the large social movements that have contributed to democratization. Revived b...

Latin America is still dealing with the legacy of terror and torture from its authoritarian past. In the years after the restoration of democratic ...