Political Structures: Democracy

This book is the author's voice raised against the `groupthink' Soviet-style cult of personality that surrounds the Queen, her heirs and successors...

To govern ourselves or not to? This is the existential question of politics. With the rise of distrust, alienation, and extremism, it is all the ...

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

This book re-examines the history of democracy, broadening the traditional view with previously unexplored examples. This substantial reference wor...

A New York Times Book Review New & Noteworthy TitleFor democracys weary champions, Whites time-tested prose is a shot of adrenaline (Madeleine ...

Stonking! Why Trump must win for the world discusses China''s spurious rise and the 2020 USA elections. The author posits that Trump and some of hi...

Writing in response to our current constitutional crisis, New York Times bestselling author and Christian activist Jim Wallis urges America to r...

Democracy operates on consent. That means politicians have to argue their causes and win consensus. But democracy has its flaws, not least in the l...

How referendums can diffuse populist tensions by putting power back into the hands of the peoplePropelled by the belief that government has slipped...

From the upheavals of recent national elections to the success of the #MyDressMyChoice feminist movement, digital platforms have already had a dram...

Post-war democratization has been identified as a crucial mechanism to build peace in war-ridden societies, supposedly allowing belligerents to com...

A bold new interpretation of Germanys democratic transformation in the twentieth century, focusing on the generation that shaped the post-Nazi reco...

Since the 1970s, two major trends have emerged among developing countries: the rise of new democracies and the rush to free trade. For some, the co...

How was Chile transformed both politically and economically during the two decades of centre-left coalition (Concertacion) government that followed...