Political Structures: Democracy

The powerful Thai politician Banharn Silpa-archa has been disparaged as a corrupt operator who for years channeled excessive state funds into devel...

Democracy as the Political Empowerment of the People: The Betrayal of an Ideal argues that the conception of democracy that prevails in the general...

Since the terrorist attacks on 9/11, the political roles of religious institutions and groups have captured inernational attention. This book exami...

Filipe Carreira da Silva addresses the basic questions 'How should we read Mead?' and 'Why should we read Mead today' by showing that the history o...

Democracy Reconsidered provides an enlightening study of democracy in America's post-modern context. Elizabeth Kaufer Busch and Peter Augustine Law...

The questions and issues raised by Tocqueville in his monumental studies of France and America are just as crucial for understanding the evolution ...

The Niger-Delta region is prone to conflicts and restiveness as a consequence of oil activities and under development, which, ultimately induce pov...

The Dilemmas of Social Democracies seeks to advance the eradication of poverty and the ethical construction of social democracy and sustainable pea...

First published in 1921, Gilbert Murray’s treatise considers a largely euro-centric foreign policy during the inter-war period. Believing passionat...

Democracy Reconsidered provides an enlightening study of democracy in America's post-modern context. Elizabeth Kaufer Busch and Peter Augustine Law...

Democracy as the Political Empowerment of the Citizen: Direct-Deliberative e-Democracy conceptualizes the age-old idea of democracy in a new way. T...

Although we tend to use the terms "representative democracy" and "democracy" as synonyms, Michael Mezey maintains that they are not. Democracy mean...

Direct Democratic Choice sets out to understand how the citizens actually decide in direct-democratic votes. Author Hanspeter Kriesi has analyzed n...

In the face of increasing political disenchantment, many Western governments have experimented, with innovations which aim to enhance the working a...

Comprising essays by Michael W. Doyle, Liberal Peace examines the special significance of liberalism for international relations. The volume begins...

Arend Lijphart is one of the world's leading and most influential political scientists whose work has had a profound impact on the study of democra...

Women, the State, and War looks at the intersection of gender, citizenship, and nationalism; marriage, intermarriage, and how states gender that re...

Direct Democratic Choice sets out to understand how the citizens actually decide in direct-democratic votes. Author Hanspeter Kriesi has analyzed n...

The discussion about a constitution for the European Union and its rejection by referendum in two of the EU founding member states has once again s...

Although we tend to use the terms 'representative democracy' and 'democracy' as synonyms, Michael Mezey maintains that they are not. Democracy mean...

The questions and issues raised by Tocqueville in his monumental studies of France and America are just as crucial for understanding the evolution ...

Women, the State, and War looks at the intersection of gender, citizenship, and nationalism; marriage, intermarriage, and how states gender that re...

In a major original study, Graham Maddox analyses the role of religion in the development of democracy from the tribes of ancient Israel to the pre...

This book focuses on public opinion on issues related to the theory of meritocracy. By researching and studying a variety of sources in an attempt ...