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Book SynopsisPolitics in the Times of Indignation provides a critical look at Western liberal democracies in crisis, to provide us with the theoretical tools to make sense of the political disorientation of our times.Indispensable for understanding the present state of democratic societies, this book is a lens through which we can study numerous contemporary developments. He examines the popular indignation that has accompanied the crisis of governmental legitimacy, which is aggravated by the economic crisis in various countries and demonstrated by groups such as the Occupy Wall Street Movement in the US, Podemos in Spain, or La France Insoumise in France.At the same time, Innerarity endeavors to offer a universal, rather than a merely circumstantial, interpretation of the transformations that are still ongoing in our political systems, as well as of those that need to be put in place in order to satisfy the expectations and rights of democratic citizenship. Politics inTrade ReviewIn this original and timely book, Daniel Innerarity implores us to rethink the “game of politics,” and the concepts that we use to understand it, in order to judge it with all the severity it deserves. As he pushes against the cynics, Innerarity reminds us that political philosophy can still be done and that it matters that it is. -- Carlos Alberto Sanchez, Professor of Philosophy, San Jose State University, USAPenetrating, provocative and precise: this book is a major contribution to the evolving global debate about the future of democracy * Lord Anthony Giddens, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge and former Director of the London School of Economics, UK *Innerarity provides a thought-provoking analysis of the political culture in liberal democracies as a changing world undermines the basis of its stability. He poses important questions, and makes a powerful case for seeking answers in a politics that is an intelligent, responsive and - above all - universal activity. * Roger Mortimore, Professor of Public Opinion and Political Analysis, King's College London, UK *Table of ContentsIntroduction: politics explained to idiots I. Who Does Politics? 1. Old and New Political Subjects 2. The End of Political Parties? 3. Politics of Recognition 4. Right to Decide? II. The Political Condition 5. Political Time 6. Political Discourse 7. Politics of Emotions 8. The Importance of Coming to an Agreement 9. The Democratic Deception III. Politics in Hard Times 10. The Age of Limits 11. Politics after Indignation 12. Democracy without Politics IV. Some Platitudes 13. Democracies of Representative Proximity and Distance 14. How Much Transparency Do Our Democracies Require and Tolerate? 15. The Importance and Limits of Raising the Moral Standards of Politics 16. What Remains on the Left and Right V. The Future of Politics 17. What is this thing called Governance? 18. Politics as an Intelligent Activity Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume surveys democracy broadly as a cultural phenomenon operating in different ways across a very wide range of ancient societies throughout Antiquity. It examines the experiences of those living in democratic communities and considers how ancient practices of democracy differ from our own.The origins of democracy can be traced in a general way to the earliest civilizations, beginning with the early urban societies of the Middle East, and can be seen in cities and communities across the Mediterranean world and Asia. In classical Athens, male citizens enjoyed full participation in the political life of the city and a flourishing democratic culture, as explored in detail in this volume. In other times and places democratic features were absent from the formal structures of regimes, but could still be found in the participatory structures of local social institutions.Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: sovereignty; liberty and the rule of law; the Table of ContentsList of Illustrations General Editor’s Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Carol Atack and Paul Cartledge (University of Cambridge, UK) 1. Sovereignty Andrew Monson (New York University, USA) and Carol Atack (University of Cambridge, UK) 2. Liberty and the Rule of Law Valentina Arena (University College London, UK) 3. The Common Good Dhananjay Jagannathan (Columbia University, USA) 4. Economic and Social Democracy Emily Mackil (University of California, Berkeley, USA) 5. Religion and the Principles of Political Obligation Georgia Petridou (University of Liverpool, UK) 6. Citizenship and Gender Carol Atack (University of Cambridge, UK) 7. Ethnicity, Race, and Nationalism Denise Eileen McCoskey (Miami University, USA) 8. Democratic Crises, Revolutions, and Civil Resistance Paul Cartledge (University of Cambridge, UK) 9. International Relations Carol Atack with Paul Cartledge (University of Cambridge, UK) 10. Beyond the Classical Polis Benjamin Gray (Birkbeck, University of London, UK) Notes References Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume surveys democracy broadly as a cultural phenomenon operating in different ways across a very wide range of societies in the nineteenth-century world. In the long nineteenth century, democracy evolved from a contested, maligned conception of government with little concrete expression at the level of the state, to a term widely associated with good governance throughout the diverse political cultures of the Atlantic world and beyond. The geographical scope and public range of discussions about the meaning of democracy in this era were unprecedented in comparison to previous centuries. These lively debates involved fundamental questions about human nature, and encompassed subjects ranging from the scope of the people who would participate in self-government to the importance of social and economic issues. For these reasons, the nineteenth century has proven the formative century in the modern history of democracy. Each chapter takes a different theme as its Table of ContentsList of Illustrations General Editor’s Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Tom Brooking (University of Otago, New Zealand) and Todd M. Thompson (Biola University, USA) 1. Sovereignty John E. Martin (Independent scholar, New Zealand) 2. Liberty and the Rule of Law Andrew Geddis (University of Otago, New Zealand) 3. The Common Good Frank Bongiorno (Australian National University, Australia) 4. Economic and Social Democracy Andrew Sartori (New York University, USA) 5. Religion and the Principles of Political Obligation Colin Barr (University of Aberdeen, UK) and Eugenio F. Biagini (University of Cambridge, UK) 6. Citizenship and Gender Laura E. Nym Mayhall (Catholic University of America, USA) 7. Ethnicity, Race, and Nationalism Joshua D. Smith (Biola University, USA), Tom Brooking (University of Otago, New Zealand), and Todd M. Thompson (Biola University, USA) 8. Democratic Crises, Revolutions, and Civil Resistance Aishwary Kumar (University of Göttingen, Germany) 9. International Relations Michelle Tusan (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA) 10. Beyond the Polis Jim McAloon (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) Notes References Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume surveys the burst of political imagination that created multiple Enlightenment cultures in an era widely understood as an age of democratic revolutions. Enlightenment as precursor to liberal democratic modernity was once secular catechism for generations of readers. Yet democracy did not elicit much enthusiasm among contemporaries, while democracy as a political system remained virtually nonexistent through much of the period. If seventeenth- and eighteenth-century ideas did underwrite the democracies of succeeding centuries, they were often inheritances from monarchical governments that had encouraged plural structures of power competition. But in revolutions across France, Britain, and North America, the republican integration of constitutional principle and popular will established rational hope for public happiness. Nevertheless, the tragic clashes of principle and will in fraught revolutionary projects were also democratic legacies. Each chapter focuses on aTable of ContentsList of Illustrations General Editor's Preface Introduction Michael Mosher (University of Tulsa, USA) and Anna Plassart (Open University, UK) 1. Sovereignty Daniel Lee (University of California, Berkeley, USA) 2. Liberty and the Rule of Law Yoshie Kawade (University of Tokyo, Japan) 3. The "Common Good" Rebecca Kingston (University of Toronto, Canada) 4. Economic and Social Democracy Alexander Schmidt (Vanderbilt University, USA) 5. Religion and the Principles of Political Obligation Niall O’Flaherty (King's College London, UK) 6. Citizenship and Gender Dorinda Outram (University of Rochester, USA) 7. Ethnicity, Race and Nationalism Inder Marwah (McMaster University, Canada) 8. Democratic Crises, Revolutions, and Civil Resistance Michael Mosher (University of Tulsa, USA) 9. International Relations James Stafford (Columbia University, USA) 10. Beyond the Polis, Transforming Sovereignty Joanna Innes (University of Oxford, UK) Notes References Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume explores democracy in the 20th century, examining the triumph, crises, recovery, and resilience of democracy and its associated cultures in this period. From 1920 democracy became the hegemonic discourse in political cultures, to the extent that even its enemies claimed its legacy. The end of empires ushered in an unprecedented globalization of democratic aspirations. Barriers of gender and race were gradually removed, and greater equality gave new meaning to citizenship. Yet, already in 1922 democracy was on its back foot with the rise of fascism. Even after the latter's defeat in 1945, liberal democracy died wherever communist democracy triumphed. The situation changed again from 1989, but democratic hubris was then checked by the rise of a new enemypopulism. The paradox is that the century of democracy's triumph was also that of its near final defeat, while the peace and stability that everybody desired and many expected as the outcome of the extension of demoTable of ContentsList of Illustrations General Editor's Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Eugenio F. Biagini and Gary Gerstle (University of Cambridge, UK) 1. Sovereignty Emma Hunter (University of Edinburgh, UK) and Joel Isaac (University of Chicago, USA) 2. Liberty and the Rule of Law H. Kumarsasingham (University of Edinburgh, UK) and Marius Strubenhoff (University of Sheffield, UK) 3. The Common Good Eugenio Biagini (University of Cambridge, UK) and Ornit Shani (University of Haifa, Israel) 4. Social and Economic Democracy James T. Kloppenberg and John Gee (Harvard University, USA) 5. Religion and the Principles of Political Obligation Eugenio Biagini (University of Cambridge, UK) and Todd M. Thompson (Biola University, USA) 6. Citizenship and Gender Ragnheiður Kristjánsdóttir (University of Iceland, Iceland) and Anupama Roy (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India) 7. Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism Saul Dubow (University of Cambridge, UK) and Gary Gerstle (University of Cambridge, UK) 8. Democratic Crises, Revolutions and Civil Resistance Franco Andreucci (University of Pisa, Italy) 9. International Relations Elizabeth Bogwardt (Washington University, USA) and Eugenio Biagini (University of Cambridge, UK) 10. Beyond the Polis Nadia Urbinati (Columbia University, USA) and Vikram Visana (University of Huddersfield, UK) Notes References Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisInvestigates how leaders in Turkey's political sphere have hindered democratic consolidationTrade Review"Timed perfectly at the country's centennial, G m ?'s longitudinal study brilliantly unpacks the role of leaders in explaining the lack of democratic consolidation throughout Turkey's multi-party era. The book's individual focus on the authoritarian practices of democratically elected elites makes it a must-read for Turkey scholars, comparativists, and democracy-watchers alike.?" -Lisel Hintz, John Hopkins University SAIS

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Book SynopsisReassesses the democratic quality of European integration

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Book SynopsisOver the last thirty years, calls for the civic engagement of the American citizenry, especially young people, have gotten increasingly louder. A clear message has emerged that today''s pressing social problems are best addressed through the innovative and entrepreneurial work of citizens. But what are we learning about democracy through our community service and civic engagement? The Ideology of Civic Engagement is a unique study of the American volunteerism program AmeriCorps. Drawing from deep ethnographic data, Sara Carpenter provides careful analysis of the ways in which public policy and federal regulations influence the inner workings of AmeriCorps programs, from grant writing to volunteer training, with special focus on how teaching and learning for "civic engagement" takes place within the program. Rather than following predetermined metrics for what constitutes democratic participation for young people, she examines how young people''s political participation is shaped in a nexus of volunteer labor, neoliberal transformation of human services, deepening forms of inequality, and political discourse about democracy.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the boundaries of democratic communities, examining who is included in these boundaries and governed by them. Focus is placed on the consequences of globalization for democracy, especially in light of the exclusion that global policies impose on many citizens.Table of Contents1. Introduction (Ronald Tinnevelt and Helder De Schutter, Radboud University Nijmegen and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven). 2. Cosmopolitanism and human rights: Radicalism in a global age (Robert Fine, University of Warwick). 3. The Resurgent Idea of World Government (Campbell Craig, University of Southampton). 4. Structuring Global Democracy: Political Communities, Universal Human Rights, and Transnational Representation (Carol Gould, Temple University). 5. Federative Global Democracy (Eric Cavallero, Southern Connecticut State University). 6. Interaction-Dependent Justice and the Problem of International Exclusion (Raffaele Marchetti, LUISS University and University of Naples L’Orientale). 7. Cosmopolitan Democracy and the Rule of Law (William E. Scheuerman, Indiana University). 8. A-Legality: Postnationalism and the Question of Legal Boundaries (Hans Lindahl, University of Tilburg). 9. The conflicting loyalties of statism and globalism: Can global democracy resolve the liberal conundrum? (Deen Chatterjee, University of Utah). 10. Universal Human Rights as a Shared Identity. Impossible? Necessary? (Andreas Follesdal, University of Oslo). 11. Motivating the Global Demos (Daniel Weinstock, University of Montreal). 12. Is liberal Nationalism incompatible with global democracy? (Helder De Schutter and Ronald Tinnevelt, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Radboud University Nijmegen). 13. Immigration, nationalism, and human rights (John Exdell, Kansas State University). Index.

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Book SynopsisBy placing political condition of our time in its long-term historical context, this book radically reconsiders key issues of political thought and gives you a comparative exploration of the current experiences of democracy in several world-regions.

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Book SynopsisCan defensive efforts that curtail rights of participation of antidemocratic movements be consistent with democratic values? In this collection of essays, scholars from across politics, philosophy and law address the unresolved practical and theoretical questions concerning democracy and extremism.

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Book SynopsisIslamic political movements utilise vastly different means to pursue their goals. This book examines why some Islamic movements facing the same socio-political structures pursue different political paths, while their counterparts in diverse contexts make similar political choices.

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Book SynopsisExplores the challenges facing democracies in the twenty-first centuryIn Democratic Failure, Melissa Schwartzberg and Daniel Viehoff bring together a distinguished group of interdisciplinary scholars in political science, law, and philosophy to explore the key questions and challenges facing democracies, both in the past and present, around the world.In ten timely essays, contributors examine the fascinating, centuries-old question of whether or not democracy can ever fulfill the promise of its ideals. Together, they explore lessons from the history of democracy, various failures of democratic representation, and more. Ultimately, this latest installment of the NOMOS series provides thought-provoking insights into how we conceptualize, measure, and address democratic erosion in our present-day world.

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Book SynopsisOver the past quarter century new ideologies of participation and representation have proliferated across democratic and non-democratic regimes. In Participation without Democracy, Garry Rodan breaks new conceptual ground in examining the social forces that underpin the emergence of these innovations in Southeast Asia. Rodan explains that there is, however, a central paradox in this recalibration of politics: expanded political participation is serving to constrain contestation more than to enhance it.Participation without Democracy uses Rodan's long-term fieldwork in Singapore, the Philippines, and Malaysia to develop a modes of participation (MOP) framework that has general application across different regime types among both early-developing and late-developing capitalist societies. His MOP framework is a sophisticated, original, and universally relevant way of analyzing this phenomenon. Rodan uses MOP and his case studies to highlight important differences aTrade ReviewParticipation without Democracy is a book that deserves to be read far more widely than in that circle of scholars whose primary concern is the politics of Southeast Asia. It is a book that provides critical guidance in understanding, not so much democratisation, but the wider reconfiguration of politics currently underway in the contemporary age. * Journal of Contemporary Asia *This book is rich in thought-provoking theoretical and empirical points. It makes an important contribution to the literature on the complex relationship between markets and democratization, specifically by demonstrating that the former does not necessarily entail advances of the latter.... Provides a powerful new lens that will help the next generation of analysts make sense of the region. * Pacific Affairs *In this important work, the author offers a detailed analysis of a political paradox which he sees reflected in the experience of Southeast Asia: expanded political participation can actually serve more to constrain political contestation than to enhance it. * Survival *Provocative.... With its rich detail and critical perspective, this book seems something of a capstone as Rodan approaches formal retirement, bringing his rich, career-spanning material on Singapore as well as Malaysia into conversation with a similarly nuanced discussion of the Philippines, and weaving together theoretical threads.... Rodan's provocative exegesis is not just a good read, but a call to rethink how we study as well as pursue participation, representation, and elite-challenging reform. * New Mandala *In this excellent book, Garry Rodan develops a new approach on modes of political participation. * Democratization *Rodan takes a critical look at attempts to strengthen public participation in government in Southeast Asia's hybrid regimes, which are neither fully democratic nor fully authoritarian. * Foreign Affairs *Through a comprehensive study of the cases of Singapore, the Philippines, and Malaysia, Rodan presents a thorough illustration of how these Southeast Asian states were able to contain conflicts. * Philippine Political Science Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Theorizing Institutions of Political Participation and Representation 2. Ideologies of Political Representation and the Mode of Participation Framework 3. History, Capitalism, and Conflict 4. Nominated Members of Parliament in Singapore 5. Public Feedback in Singapore's Consultative Authoritarianism 6. The Philippines' Party-List System, Reformers,and Oligarchs 7. Participatory Budgeting in the Philippines 8. Malaysia's Failed Consultative Representation Experiments 9. Civil Society and Electoral Reform in Malaysia Conclusion

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Book Synopsis*A portion of profits will be donated to relief funds in Ukraine*"When you attack us, you will see our faces, not our backs, but our faces." —Volodymyr Zelensky, hours before Russian Autocrat Vladmir Putin invaded Ukraine“Glory to Ukraine” isn’t a greeting, it’s a calling. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is the unexpected leader of a generation, one whose unwavering strength rallied everyday citizens to defend their homes, take to the streets, and fight for their independence. Everything is Possible is a collection of President Zelensky’s most powerful words of bravery, demand for grit, and declarations for peace.On the pages of this book, you’ll find the unshakable conviction of a leader who stands up not just for his people, but for the future of all people throughout the world. President Zelensky’s fierce sense of duty and steadfast faith in a better tomorrow are reminders that Ukraine’s values are human values. Find humility, strength, and compassion in the guiding force whose full-throated, full-hearted leadership shook the world awake. Glory to the heroes. Read through nearly 150 moving quotes on courage, unity, and freedom Find inspiration in the Ukrainian president’s unrelenting force, determination, and decency Be encouraged by the humanity and resolve that can be found in the darkest of times

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Book SynopsisDoes European integration contribute to, or even accelerate, the erosion of intra-party democracy? This book analyses the impact of European Union (EU) membership on power dynamics, focusing on the British Labour Party, the French Socialist Party (PS), and the German Social Democratic Party (SPD). Utilising a principal-agent framework, it investigates who within the parties determines EU policies and selects EU specialists. Drawing on original interviews with EU experts from Labour, the PS, the SPD and the Party of European Socialists (PES), as well as an e-mail questionnaire, this book reveals that European policy has remained in the hands of the party leadership. The study also suggests that the party grassroots are interested in the EU, but that interest rarely translates into influence. As regards the selection of EU specialists, this book highlights that the parties’ processes are highly political, often informal, and in some cases, undemocratic.Trade Review'Isabelle Hertner provides a fascinating comparison of how three major social-democratic parties in Britain, France and Germany responded to the key policy issue of European integration. She uses an insightful principal-agent approach to uncover power relationships between the three faces of party organisation in public office, in central office and on the ground, as well as at national and European levels. Based on an impressive array of methods, this book shows clearly how oligarchic pressures were regularly at work in the selection of candidates and policies.'Tom Quinn, Senior Lecturer, Deparment of Government, University of Essex'The overall answer of the book ... is that even though EU matters are being discussed at the grassroot- and local level, these inputs remain largely unheard at the higher ranks of the party organization. This insight is highly relevant for understanding the difficulties that social-democratic parties currently have in mobilizing voters against the rise of populist and eurosceptic parties. From a scholarly perspective, in turn, this book is one of the first empirical confirmations that party elites have lost touch with their constituencies.'Journal of Common Market Studies -- .Table of Contents1. Centre-left parties and the European Union2. Labour, the PS, and SPD: organising for multi-level governance3. The European policies of the Labour Party, the PS, and the SPD4. Principals, agents, and the delegation of power inside political parties5. Cheerleaders or players? Centre-left parties on the ground and the EU6. Lions or toothless tigers? The parties in central office and the EU7. Winners or losers? The parties in public office and the EU8. Centre-left parties and the European Union: what next?ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisLocal government in the UK is in crisis. It is now neither local in terms of the geography and populations of its principle units, nor does it truly govern in these areas. As this book reveals, over the previous 200 years local government has moved from a system in which local interests held governance over localities to one in which central government and national and multi-national agencies such as corporate businesses hold governance over local and community decision-making. These changes seriously undermine the important role that local government can play in liberal democracy in the UK. The book explains the nature of local government today and asks if there is any possibility of change.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1 The evolution of the twentieth-century system 2 Theorising local government in Britain 3 Changing the boundaries 4 Can local governments govern? Powers and resources 5 Restructuring democracy within local authorities 6 Central control and local autonomy 7 How have local authorities coped with change?8 Local government as expedient agencies of central government 9 Is there any possibility of change? Conclusions and reflections Index

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Book SynopsisMembers of Parliament in the United Kingdom are elected to represent geographic constituencies; but how are these defined and what are the consequences for democracy?Tracing the UK’s system of parliamentary representation from its origins in the thirteenth century right through to the present, this comprehensive new survey reveals how a system initially designed to restrain the power of monarchs gradually evolved to serve their interests, then those of political parties before the twentieth century ‘settlement’ of an independent process for revising the constituency map.That settlement is now under pressure, with the traditional pattern of constituencies representing communities about to be replaced by one which elevates numbers above community. Advanced under the slogan of ‘making votes equal’, this new regime promises fairness yet, as the authors show, is destined to fail to address the disproportional and biased election results that have long been a feature of UK politics.Concluding with a detailed consideration of the ways in which various parts of the UK have embraced alternatives to first-past-the-post over the last two decades, this book serves as a timely reminder that the needs of political parties do not always coincide with those of us, the electors.Table of ContentsPreface1 Introduction2 Representation: of whom, what and where?3 Creating an electoral system: 1832–19184 Consolidating the system: 1930-20105 The 2011 legislation: major changes?6 How representative is our democracy?7 Does it have to be this way?8 ConclusionNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisGoverning the military is an up-to-date study of key contemporary challenges to govern the military and the ongoing successes and failures by post-dictatorship civilians in Chile to reform national defence governance. -- .

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Book SynopsisThis highly original book constitutes one of the first attempts to examine the problem of distributive justice in the European Union in a systematic manner. João Labareda argues that the set of shared political institutions at EU level, including the European Parliament and the Court of Justice of the EU, generate democratic duties of redistribution among EU citizens. Furthermore, the economic structure of the EU, comprising a common market, a common currency and a free-movement area, triggers duties of reciprocity among member states. The responsibilities to fulfil these duties, Labareda argues, should be shared by the local, national and supranational levels of government. Not only should the EU act as a safety net to the national welfare systems, applying the principle of subsidiarity, but common market and Eurozone regulations should balance their efficiency targets with fair cooperation terms.The concrete policy proposals presented in this book include a threshold of basic goods for all EU citizens, an EU labour code, a minimum EU corporate tax rate and an EU fund for competitiveness. Labarada argues that his proposals match the political culture of the member states, are economically feasible, can be translated into functioning institutions and policies and are consistent with the limited degree of social solidarity in Europe. This book is a major contribution to the understanding of what a just Europe would look like and what it might take to get us there.This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 10, Reduced inequalitiesTrade ReviewLabareda’s book is a rare thing, combining sophisticated philosophical argumentation with concrete policy proposals (including a European minimum income and a harmonized corporate tax). There is no book published to date that is as successful at combining philosophical, empirical, and policy perspectives.Professor Andrea Sangiovanni, King's College LondonLabareda’s argument for distributive justice in the European Union combines a sober analysis of the Union’s institutional features with a bold vision of policies it ought to adopt in order to live up to its social commitments. A must read not only for political theorists but also for EU scholars and social policy actors.Rainer Bauböck, Austrian Academy of Sciences, ViennaA novel and sophisticated defence of distributive justice in the European Union. Ambitious and nuanced, Labareda is sensitive to both matters of principle and empirical constraints. His book will be an excellent guide for both political theorists and policy-makers thinking about the future of Europe beyond the nation state.Professor Lea Ypi, London School of Economics and Political Science -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: The problem of distributive justice in the EU1 Two distributive duties2 Democratic redistribution in the EU3 Economic reciprocity in the EU4 A moderate feasibility test for normative theory5 Realizing distributive justice in the EUConclusion: Towards a just EuropeBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisWe live in divisive and polarizing times, often remaining in comfortable social bubbles and experiencing few genuine interactions with people who are different or with whom we disagree. Stepping out and turning to one another is difficult but necessary. For our democracy to thrive at a time when we face wicked problems that involve tough trade-offs it is vital that all citizens participate fully in the process. We need to learn to listen, think, and act with others to solve public problems. This collaborative task begins with creating space for democracy.This book provides a guide for doing so on campus through deliberation and dialogue. At the most basic level, this book describes collaborative and relational work to engage with others and co-create meaning. Specifically, dialogue and deliberation are processes in which a diverse group of people moves toward making a collective decision on a difficult public issue. This primer offers a blueprint for achieving the civic mission of higher education by incorporating dialogue and deliberation into learning at colleges and universities. It opens by providing a conceptual framework, with leading voices in the dialogue and deliberation field providing insights on issues pertinent to college campuses, from free speech and academic freedom to neutrality and the role of deliberation in civic engagement. Subsequent sections describe a diverse range of methods and approaches used by several organizations that pioneered and sustained deliberative practices; outline some of the many ways in which educators and institutions are using dialogue and deliberation in curricular, co-curricular, and community spaces, including venues such as student centers, academic libraries, and residence halls. All of the chapters, including a Resource Section, provide readers with a starting point for conceptualizing and implementing their own deliberation and dialogue initiatives.This book, intended for all educators who are concerned about democracy, imparts the power and impact of public talk, offers the insights and experiences of leading practitioners, and provides the grounding to adopt or adapt the models in their own settings to create educative spaces and experiences that are humanizing, authentic, and productive. It is an important resource for campus leaders, student affairs practitioners, librarians, and centers of institutional diversity, community engagement, teaching excellence and service-learning, as well as faculty, particularly those in the fields of communication studies, education, and political science.A Co-Publication with AAC&U and Campus CompactTrade Review"If democracy is in trouble, higher education is in trouble, so it is encouraging to see the cast of scholars who are mounting a response. This book is a vital contribution to the emerging field of deliberative pedagogy… It is particularly encouraging to see new themes like the role of professionals in our democracy. Well done!"David MathewsKettering Foundation“Reaffirming higher education’s civic mission, Creating Space for Democracy issues a compelling enjoinder for colleges and universities to play a leadership role in fostering participatory democracy. Positing college and university campuses as vital sites for democratic engagement, the authors in this volume offer tools for speaking across differences, while providing innovative models for revitalizing democracy through dialogue and deliberation, both within and beyond the gates of the academy.”Lynn Pasquerella, PresidentAAC&U"Creating Space for Democracy edited by Nick Longo and Tim Shaffer is well-timed and hopeful in a discouraging culture of bitter divisions, growing inequalities, and rising prejudices. This collection describes a path beyond the dysfunction, detailing diverse approaches with proven success in creating public relationships across differences. It also points toward a new stage of the higher education engagement movement, preparing 'democratic professionals' who further this work. If colleges, now under political siege, engage this difficult but transformative task, they can become catalysts for a democratic awakening and a rebirth of hope."Harry Boyte, Codirector Public Work AcademyAugsburg University; Author, Awakening Democracy through Public Work: Pedagogies of Empowerment"This book does a masterful job of making the case for why high quality dialogue and deliberation are necessary in higher education if we want to ensure that students leave us well prepared to participate politically and civically. Through a diverse set of concrete examples and case studies, Creating Space for Democracy provides excellent guidance about how to create scaffolds, programs, and opportunities for students, staff, and faculty to engage in the kinds of dialogue and deliberation that are both sorely lacking and much needed. This book is a must read for if you are in higher education, care about dialogue and deliberation, and are yearning for new ideas."Diana Hess, DeanUW-Madison School of EducationTable of ContentsIntroduction. Dialogue and Deliberation in Higher Education—Nicholas V. Longo and Timothy J. Shaffer 1. Discussing Democracy. Learning to Talk Together—Nicholas V. Longo and Timothy J. Shaffer Part One. Concepts and Theories 2. Readiness for Discussing Democracy in Supercharged Political Times—Nancy Thomas 3. Deliberative Civic Engagement. Toward a Public Politics in Higher Education—Derek W.M. Barker 4. Cultivating Dialogue and Deliberation Through Speech, Silence, and Synthesis—Sara A. Mehltretter Drury Part Two. Methods of Dialogue and Deliberation 5. Creating Cultures of Dialogue in Higher Education. Stories and Lessons from Essential Partners—John Sarrouf and Katie Hyten 6. Building Capacity in Communities. Everyday Democracy’s Dialogue to Change Approach—Martha L. McCoy and Sandy Heierbacher 7. Sustained Dialogue Campus Network—Elizabeth Wuerz, Rhonda Fitzgerald, Michaela Grenier, and Ottavia Lezzi 8. Educational Justice Using Intergroup Dialogue—Stephanie Hicks and Hamida Bhagirathy 9. The Free Southern Theater’s Story Circle Process—Lizzy Cooper Davis 10. The National Issues Forums. “Choicework” as an Indispensable Civic Skill—Jean Johnson and Keith Melville 11. What IF The Interactivity Foundation and Student-Facilitated Discussion Teams—Jeff Prudhomme and Shannon Wheatley Hartman Part Three. Dialogue and Deliberation in the Curriculum 12. The Student as Local Deliberative Catalyst. The CSU Center for Public Deliberation—Martín Carcasson 13. Dialogue as a Teaching Tool for Democratizing Higher Education. The Simon Fraser University Semester in Dialogue—Janet Moore and Mark L. Winston 14. Conversations that Matter—Spoma Jovanovic 15. Talking Democracy—David Hoffman and Romy Hübler Part Four. Dialogue and Deliberation Using Campus Spaces 16. Democracy Plaza at IUPUI—Amanda L. Bonilla and Lorrie A. Brown 17. Academic Libraries as Civic Agents—Nancy Kranich 18. Residence Halls as Sites of Democratic Practice—Laurel B. Kennedy Part Five. Dialogue and Deliberation in the Community 19. Providence College/Smith Hill Annex—Keith Morton and Leslie Hernandez 20. Lessons from the Front Porch. Fostering Strengthened Community Partnerships Through Dialogue—Suchitra V. Gururaj and Virginia A. Cumberbatch 21. Local Participation and Lived Experience. Dialogue and Deliberation Through Participatory Processes in Landscape Architecture—Katie Kingery-Page 22. "Give Light and the People will Find a Way:" Democratic Deliberation and Public Achievement at Colorado College—Anthony C. Siracusa and Nan Elpers Part Six. Dialogue and Deliberation Networks 23. New Hampshire Listens. Fulfilling the Land-Grant Mission While Strengthening Democratic Practice—Bruce L. Mallory, Michele Holt-Shannon, and Quixada Moore-Vissing 24. Start Talking, Stop Talking, and Toxic Talking. Resources for Engaging Difficult Dialogues in Higher Education—Libby Roderick 25. Enacting Democracy In "Democracy’s Colleges"—Carrie B. Kisker, John J. Theis, and Alberto Olivas Conclusion. Sources of Democratic Professionalism in the University—Albert Dzur Resources Editors and Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisFrom those who own the news to the BBC, the intricacies of political journalism to the trades ethics, Breaking strips back the engine of information, entertainment and propaganda back to its constituent parts and lays it bare. In this informative and engaging deep-dive into the way we receive and understand the news, journalist Mic Wright shows how our news media functions and, ultimately, how it is fundamentally flawed. Armed with this comprehensive and truthful look at the media machine, the reader will be equipped with the tools to better understand the news as it is given, and separate the fair from the ethically dubious, and, more importantly, the truths from the half-truths (and the down-right lies).

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Book Synopsis As one of the most influential ideas in modern European history, democracy has fundamentally reshaped not only the landscape of governance, but also social and political thought throughout the world. Democracy in Modern Europe surveys the conceptual history of democracy in modern Europe, from the Industrial Revolutions of the nineteenth century through both world wars and the rise of welfare states to the present era of the European Union. Exploring individual countries as well as regional dynamics, this volume comprises a tightly organized, comprehensive, and thoroughly up-to-date exploration of a foundational issue in European political and intellectual history.Table of Contents Introduction Jussi Kurunmäki, Jeppe Nevers and Henk te Velde Chapter 1. ‘Democracy’ from Book to Life: The Emergence of the Term in Active Political Debate, to 1848 Joanna Innes and Mark Philp Chapter 2. Democracy and the Strange Death of Mixed Government in the Nineteenth Century: Great Britain, France and the Netherlands Henk te Velde Chapter 3. Another ‘Sonderweg’? The Historical Semantics of ‘Democracy’ in Germany Jörn Leonhard Chapter 4. Birthplaces of Democracy: The Rhetoric of Democratic Tradition in Switzerland and Sweden Jussi Kurunmäki and Irène Herrmann Chapter 5. Concepts of Democracy from a Russian Perspective: Debates in the Late Imperial Period (1905–17) Benjamin Beuerle Chapter 6. A Conceptual History of Democracy in Spain since 1800 Javier Fernández-Sebastián and José María Rosales Chapter 7. The First World War, the Russian Revolution and Varieties of Democracy in Northwest European Debates Pasi Ihalainen Chapter 8. The Edges of Democracy: German, British and American Debates on the Dictatorial Challenges to Democracy in the Interwar Years Marcus Llanque Chapter 9. A Nation Allied with History: Czech Ideas of Democracy, 1890–1948 Peter Bugge Chapter 10. Democracy in Western Europe after 1945 Martin Conway Chapter 11. Political Participation and Democratization in the 1960s: The Concept of Participatory Democracy and its Repercussions Ingrid Gilcher-Holtey Chapter 12. Democracy and European Integration: A Transnational History of the Danish Debate Jeppe Nevers Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume reflects on two decades of Welsh devolution, and a contributes to debate on its significance and future course. Drawing on previously unpublished interviews undertaken by the late Professor Michael Sullivan with key protagonists in Welsh devolution, and with expert analysis from leading researchers in different disciplines and fields of policy, the book examines what has been described as the emergence through devolution of a 'Welsh stripe' in social democracy. While the volume editors conclude this epithet, coined by Professor Sullivan, is apt, this collection of essays also presents a complex, multi-faceted picture of the drivers of policy, of continuity from the pre-devolution era, as well as change driven by factors within and without Wales. A mixed picture emerges, featuring variously (and in various combinations of) boldness of ambition, distinctive ideological positioning, homegrown priority-setting, the frustrations of the devolution settlement, and adverse (arguably unfair) international comparisons.Table of ContentsTables and illustrations About the Contributors Foreword by Prys Morgan Preface and acknowledgements Abbreviations and terms Editors' Introduction Aled Eirug and Jane Williams Chapter One The Sullivan Dialogues Aled Eirug Chapter Two Iechyd Da? Devolution and health care Ceri J. Phillips Chapter Three Education in Wales since Devolution David Egan Chapter Four Economic Development in Wales: Evolution and Revolution Gareth Davies Chapter Five Welsh Devolution and the Quest for Sustainable Development: Into a New Era Terry Marsden Chapter Six Civil Society, Equalities and Inclusion Elin Royles and Paul Chaney Chapter Seven Threads in Policy on Children and Young People: Rights, Welfare and Well-being Jane Williams Chapter Eight Towards a million speakers? Welsh language policy post-devolution Huw Lewis and Elin Royles Chapter Nine Wales and the World Geraint Talfan-Davies

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Book SynopsisFrom the Great Depression to the pandemic, a new history of British democracy, revealing how politics is transformed through fear. Over Britain’s first century of mass democracy, politics has lurched from crisis to crisis. How does this history of political agony illuminate our current age of upheaval? To find out, journalist Phil Tinline takes us back to two past eras when the ruling consensus broke down, and the future filled with ominous possibilities – until, finally, a new settlement was born. How did the Great Depression’s spectres of fascism, bombing and mass unemployment force politicians to think the unthinkable, and pave the way to post-war Britain? How was Thatcher’s road to victory made possible by a decade of nightmares: of hyperinflation, military coups and communist dictatorship? And why, since the Crash in 2008, have new political threats and divisions forced us to change course once again? Tinline brings to life those times, past and present, when the great compromise holding democracy together has come apart; when the political class has been forced to make a choice of nightmares. This lively, original account of panic and chaos reveals how apparent catastrophes can clear the path to a new era. The Death of Consensus will make you see British democracy differently.Trade ReviewThe Times Politics Book of The Year 2022A Morning Star Best Book of 2022'Stylishly written … In the age of Brexit and “post-liberalism”, The Death of Consensus has much to communicate about how Britain has successfully navigated past moments of unnerving shift.' -- The Church Times

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Book SynopsisA Guardian Book of the Day''By telling the story of Putin and Berezovsky - a sort of modern reincarnation of Stalin and Trotsky - Knight shines a penetrating light on post-communist Russia''In The Kremlin''s Noose Amy Knight tells the riveting story of Vladimir Putin and the oligarch Boris Berezovsky, who forged a relationship in the early years of the Yeltsin era. Berezovsky later played a crucial role in Putin''s rise to the Russian presidency in March 2000. When Putin began dismantling Boris Yeltsin''s democratic reforms, Berezovsky came into conflict with the new Russian leader by reproaching him publicly. Their relationship quickly disintegrated into a bitter feud played out against the backdrop of billion-dollar financial deals, Kremlin in-fighting and international politics.Dubbed the ''Godfather of the Kremlin'' by the slain Russian-American journalist Paul Klebnikov, Berezovsky was a successful businessman and media mogul who had an outsized role in Russia after 1991. Worth a

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume presents the first comprehensive analysis of recall processes which have spread globally since the end of the Cold War, and which are now re-configuring the political dynamics of electoral democracy. Drawing on the expertise of country experts, the book provides a coherent and theoretically informed framework for mapping and evaluating this fast-evolving phenomenon. While the existing literature on the subject has so far focused on isolated single-country studies, the collection brings recall experiments to centre stage as it relates them to current crises in the traditional variants of representative democracy. It explains why the spread of recall innovations is set to continue, and to pass a threshold from inattention to urgent engagement. The authors further provide original insights into the rationale for recall, as well as guidance on minimising the accompanying risks.Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Politics of Recall ElectionsYanina Welp and Laurence WhiteheadChapter 2: Recall: Democratic Advance, Safety Valve, or Risky Adventure?Yanina Welp and Laurence WhiteheadChapter 3: The Political Theory of the Recall. A Study in the History of the IdeasMatt QvortrupChapter 4: The debate on the recall in France: imperative mandate or political irresponsibility under the Fifth Republic?Clara Egger and Raul Magni-BertonChapter 5: Recall Elections in the US: Its Long Past and Uncertain FutureJoshua SpivakChapter 6: Recall in Japan as a Measure of Vertical AccountabilityMitsuhiko Okamoto and Uwe SerdültChapter 7: Explaining institutional change towards recall in GermanyBrigitte Geißel and Stefan JungChapter 8: Recall Referendums in Central and Eastern Europe: From Citizen Accountability to Partisan Account SettlingSergiu MișcoiuChapter 9: The recall revival and its mixed implications for democracy: Evidence from Latin AmericaYanina Welp and Laurence WhiteheadChapter 10: Reselection and Deselection in the Political PartyJonathan White and Lea Ypi Chapter 11: Narratives of Executive Downfall: Recall, Impeachment, or Coup?Aníbal Pérez-LiñánChapter 12: On Reconciling Recall with RepresentationLaurence Whitehead

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Book SynopsisThe authors deal with the place of parliamentary politics in democracy. Apparently a truism, parliamentarism is in fact a missing research object in democratic theory, and a devalued institutional reference in democratic politics. Yet the parliamentary culture of politics historically explains the rise and fall of modern democracies.In the early twentieth century political thought the relationships between democracy and parliamentarism were at the focus of the agenda. In the postwar era the study of politics has taken the parliament for granted, meaning its analysis has been on the whole limited to concomitant factors, such as elections, party systems or the government-opposition divide. Even rhetorical studies have largely dealt with historical and linguistic aspects of argumentative reasoning, and parliaments have been merely considered institutions producing speeches and texts to be studied.By exploring democracy from the vantage point of parliamentary politics, the book advances a novel research perspective. Aimed at revising current debates on parliamentary politics, democratization and democratic theory, the authors argue the role of the parliamentary culture of politics in democracy, highlighting the argumentative, debating experience of politics to recast both some of democratic theory’s normative assumptions and real democracies’ reform potential.Trade Review"Parliamentarism and Democratic Theory" is a critically important work of exceptional scholarship and very higly recommended for academic library Political Sicence reference collections in general, and Parliamentary Democracy supplemental studies reading lists in particular. Midwest Book Review 1/2016Table of ContentsFrom the Contents: Part I: The Uses of Parliamentarism Parliamentary Emergency Powers: A Political Chimera? Questions in the House: Parliamentary Politics and the Rhetoric of 'Question-Time' Cambridge and Oxford Union Societies as Parliamentary Bodies 'Advanced Liberalism' and the Politics of Reform in Victorian Parliamentary Culture The Mandate in the Parliament Varieties of Anti-Parliamentarism in Europe Revising the Aggregative Role of Parliaments in a Fragmented World Part II: Debating Democratic Theory and Performance The Rhetorical Use of 'Parliamentarism' and the Interwar Crisis of Democracy Democracy and Compromise: Why Consensus is not Democratic? The Legitimacy Politics of the Theory of Aleatory Democracy The Paradox of Democratic Selection: Is Lottery Better than Voting? Can Deliberative Mini-Publics Help to Improve the Standards of Representative Democracy?

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Book SynopsisOver the early 21st century, democracy worldwide has deteriorated significantly. At the same time, new populist forces have appeared that challenge democracies through legal reforms. The stark contrast between Eastern and Western Europe in this respect is the focus of this collection of essays. The authors consider the 2008-2012 economic crisis to be at the root of the success of the populist parties and the rise of cultural backlash against liberal values. In turn, European governments’ responses to the crisis—mainly austerity measures demanded by IMF and the EU— help explain desenchantment with the European Union. These policies made the wider public feel that they were being left out of politics, and populist parties promised to return power to them. The contributors argue that polarization of the electorate can set in motion a radicalization that strengthens authoritarians at the expense of democrats. They also demonstrate that Eastern and Western Europe differ in their attitudes to the decline in quality of democracy. The studies consider how satisfied people are with the political changes they witness, and argue that seemingly more authoritarian attitudes in the East explain why people feel more satisfied with a defective democracy that empowers the populist-authoritarian political actors that they support.Table of ContentsIntroduction - Carlos García Rivero Part 1. Populism in Europe. Concept and context Chapter 1. The Quality of Democracy in Europe – Enrique Clari & Carlos García-Rivero Chapter 2. The Concept of Populism and Populist Democracy – Ángel Rivero Chapter 3. Mapping Populist Political Parties in Europe – Enrique Clari Chapter 4. On the Persistence of Radical-Right-Wing Populism in Europe: The Role of Grievances and Emotions – Hans-Georg Betz Part 2. Political Participation under Populism. Trends and Limits Chapter 5. The Limits of Democratic Competition. Evidence of the Asymmetrical Impact of Polarization on Europeans Political Attitudes and Behaviour – Enrique Clari and Carlos García-Rivero Chapter 6. Populist’s Voters’ Profiles in Different Electoral Calls. Lessons from Spain – Javier Antón-Merino, Sergio Pérez-Castaños and Marta Méndez-Juez Chapter 7. Ideological Congruence in the Extreme Right in Europe. Germany, Poland and Sweden in Comparative Perspective – Carlos García-Rivero and Hennie Kotzè Chapter 8. Internal Sanctions for the Rule of Law Breaches Under Art.7 TEU: Why is the EU Dragging its Feet? – Clara Portela and Ruth Ferrero Part 3. Populist Parties in Different European regions Chapter 9. Populism in Western vs Eastern Europe – José Rama and Andrés Santana Chapter 10. Populism in Southern Europe – Belén Fernández and Ángel Valencia Chapter 11. Populism in the Nordic countries – Eirikur Bergmann Conclusions. What Lies Ahead – Carlos García-Rivero About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[D]emocratic Reason is well-written and well-researched, and it offers a powerful, anti-elitist antidote to recent theoretical and empirical critiques of democracy."--Choice "Using social-psychology tools that few scholars of democracy incorporate into their work, Democratic Reason represents a valuable interdisciplinary approach to understanding democracy. It invites us to expand our mental horizons in ways that are rarely seen in the world of normative political theory. Written with superb clarity and a masterful command of both the democratic-theory literature and the empirical literature on voting behavior, Landemore dares to think outside the box, honoring her very own concept of cognitive diversity."--Julia Maskivker, Review of PoliticsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Prologue xv CHAPTER ONE: The Maze and the Masses 1 *1. The Maze and the Masses 3 *2. On the Meaning of Democracy 10 *3. The Domain of Democratic Reason and the Circumstances of Politics 13 *4. Democratic Reason as Collective Intelligence of the People 17 *5. Overview of the Book 23 CHAPTER TWO: Democracy as the Rule of the Dumb Many? 27 *1. The Antidemocratic Prejudice in Contemporary Democratic Theory 29 *2. What's Wrong with the People? 31 CHAPTER THREE: A Selective Genealogy of the Epistemic Argument for Democracy 53 *1. The Myth of Protagoras: Universal Political Wisdom 55 *2. Aristotle's Feast: The More, the Wiser 59 *3. Machiavelli: Vox Populi, Vox Dei 64 *4. Spinoza: The Rational Majority 67 *5. Rousseau: The General Will Is Always Right 69 *6. Condorcet: Large Numbers and Smart Majorities 70 *7. John Stuart Mill: Epistemic Democrat or Epistemic Liberal? 75 *8. Dewey: Democracy and Social Intelligence 82 *9. Hayek: The Distributed Knowledge of Society 85 CHAPTER FOUR: First Mechanism of Democratic Reason: Inclusive Deliberation 89 *1. Deliberation: The Force of the Better Argument 90 *2. Deliberation as Problem Solving: Why More Cognitive Diversity Is Smarter 97 *3. Why More-Inclusive Deliberating Groups Are Smarter 104 *4. Representation 105 *5. Election versus Random Selection 108 CHAPTER FIVE: Epistemic Failures of Deliberation 118 *1. General Problems and Classical Solutions 120 *2. A Reply from Psychology: The Argumentative Theory of Reasoning 123 * Conclusion 143 CHAPTER SIX: Second Mechanism of Democratic Reason: Majority Rule 145 *1. The Condorcet Jury Theorem 147 *2. The Miracle of Aggregation 156 *3. Models of Cognitive Diversity 160 * Appendix 1: The Law of Large Numbers in the Condorcet Jury Theorem 166 * Appendix 2: The Logic of Cognitive Diversity in Judgment Aggregation 169 * Appendix 3: Information Markets and Democracy 173 CHAPTER SEVEN: Epistemic Failures of Majority Rule: Real and Imagined 185 *1. Politics of Judgment versus Politics of Interest and the Irrelevance of Arrow's Impossibility Theorem 185 *2. The Problem of Informational Free Riding 193 *3. The Problem of Voters' Systematic Biasesand Their "Rational Irrationality" 195 * Conclusion 206 CHAPTER EIGHT: Political Cognitivism: A Defense 208 *1. Political Decision Making as Imperfect Procedural Justice 210 *2. Political Cognitivism: Weak versus Strong 211 *3. The Three Sides of Political Questions 213 *4. Political Cognitivism: Culturalist versus Absolutist 217 *5. Implications for the Epistemic Argument for Democracy 219 *6. Status of the Standard: Postulate or Empirical Benchmark? 219 *7. The Antiauthoritarian Objection 223 * Conclusion 230 CONCLUSION: Democracy as a Gamble Worth Taking 232 *1. Summary 232 *2. Preconditions of Democratic Reason 233 *3. Limits of the Metaphor of the Maze 234 *4. Empirical Segue to the Theoretical Epistemic Claim 238 *5. The Wisdom of the Past Many and Democracy as a Learning Process 239 *6. Reason and Rationality 241 * Bibliography 243 Index 265

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Firepower is the best scholarly analysis of the National Rifle Association (NRA) yet published …. [Lacombe] effectively argues that the NRA has long been political, but that the form of its politics changed from its "quasi-governmental phase" (pre-1970s) to its "partisan phase" (1970s onward) …. Anyone interested in the NRA and gun politics today should read this book." * Choice *"Lacombe’s book is a worthy read because it provides a new lens through which to view the NRA and the development of the gun rights movement more broadly. Its reorientation of the discussion from material and partisan to psychological processes makes Firepower an important addition to any syllabus on gun politics and interest group politics."---Alexandra Filindra, Perspectives on Politics

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Surveying the post-Enlightenment era, this incisive account shows that our concerns with "fake news" have a long history, and that democracy and truth have often pulled in opposite directions. Drawing mostly on the American experiment, Rosenfeld analyzes political spin, the idealization of journalistic objectivity, and the echo chambers within which news is either believed or derided. She dives into such eclectic topics as Kant's 'Dare to know!' dictum, lie detectors, and oath-swearing. Rosenfeld's conclusion is sobering: even if the relationship between democracy and truth has long been vexed, the crisis facing Western democracies today is distinctly new." * The New Yorker *"In her short, sharp book, the historian Sophia Rosenfeld . . . [argues] that ever since its origins in the late 18th century, modern democracy has had a peculiar relationship to truth: the current crisis merely epitomises that. . . . All the biggest challenges of our time are transnational: mass migration, growing inequality, the onset of ecological Armageddon. It's arguable that the politics of the nation state have become at best irrelevant, and at worst a hindrance, to tackling such global challenges. The outlook is grim. Yet it's a tribute to the quality of this pithy, illuminating book that one nonetheless ends it provoked and inspired, rather than dispirited." * The Guardian *"Brilliantly lucid. . . . [Rosenfeld] provides the historical background necessary to understand our current truth crisis . . . [and] few historians are better positioned to tell this story than Rosenfeld. A professor of intellectual history at the University of Pennsylvania, she has devoted her career to exploring the ways that philosophical conversations during the Enlightenment and the age of revolutions shaped basic modern political concepts and presuppositions." * The Nation *"[E]xcellent and . . . elegantly written . . . Rosenfeld's central insight [is] that there never was a golden age; the relationship between democracy and truth has always been complicated, and has never been firmly settled. Rosenfeld shows that . . . the conflict over epistemic authority has been a structural feature of modern democracy since the beginning." * Project Syndicate *"In Democracy and Truth, Rosenfeld reveals how contestations over truth are part and parcel of the history of democratic theory and practice . . . In illuminating chapters on 'the problem of democratic truth,' intellectual expertise, populism in historical perspective. and 'democracy in an age of lies,' Rosenfeld explains how the democratic idea of truth never quite lived up to its promise of influence by persuasion rather than force. This problem at the core of modern democracies seems to be hidden in plain sight from today's political commentators." * Dissent *"A valuable historical guide to current debates about elitism and populism, Democracy and Truth poses the hardest of questions: can we maintain a constitutional government worthy of a free people in an age of widespread misinformation and fanaticism?" * David Bromwich, Yale University *"An essential guide to finding the roots of our current predicament, this short book provokes thought rather than simply assigning blame and consequently succeeds in the most important task of all: helping us navigate toward a revival of democracy at the very moment when it seems most under threat." * Lynn Hunt, author of History: Why It Matters *"One of our most audaciously gifted historians offers a deep, subtle, and suitably prickly examination of a newly vexing set of issues. Indispensable. Irresistible." * Don Herzog, University of Michigan Law School *"If you are a citizen concerned and not a little confused about the frantic assault on objective truth in today's United States, Sophia Rosenfeld's learned but extremely accessible book is a must-read. Democracy and Truth explains and reveals the historical and intellectual roots of the tension between the two values named in the title, and it shows that truth can prevail-but never without a fight." * Michael Tomasky, author of Left for Dead: The Life, Death, and Possible Resurrection of Progressive Politics in America *

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewGorgeously written, humorous, compelling, life affirming -- Justin Webb * Mail on Sunday *Beautifully written and disarmingly candid . . . leavened with telling asides, poignant vignettes, painterly character sketches and an occasional corker of a joke -- Tony Allen-Mills * The Sunday Times *As a work of political literature A Promised Land is impressive. Obama is a gifted writer -- Gary Younge * Guardian *Barack Obama is as fine a writer as they come . . . the prose gorgeous in places, the detail granular and vivid -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie * The New York Times *What is unexpected in A Promised Land is not its literary elegance but the former president's candour -- David Olusoga * Observer *I loved A Promised Land . . . President Obama is unusually honest about his experience in the White House, including how isolating it is to be the person who ultimately calls the shots. It's a fascinating look at what it's like to steer a country through challenging timesDeeply enjoyable . . . Obama is such a fluent and warm writer and so good at describing events and people * Daily Express *Beautifully written . . . it's probably the best volume of autobiography from a former president in modern times -- Sean O'Grady * Independent, ***** *Remarkably candid and beautifully written . . . It should bring inspiration for we Brits who want to build our own version of inclusive patriotism here at home -- David Lammy * i *Gives a very human insight into the White House * Stylist *To keep company with his elegant prose, complex conscience and unmistakable intelligence is a cool drink of water after four years of the other guy . . . -- Sam Leith * Spectator *Elegantly written ... Obama comes across as literary, tolerant and dignified. A gifted writer, he maintains the reader's interest for over 700 pages -- Eric Foner * TLS *Deeply enjoyable...Obama is such a fluent and warm writer and so good at describing events and people * Daily Express *His ability to put himself in the shoes of others - even those who treat him with open contempt - is admirable -- Financial TimesHonest, powerful and personal...a must read * OK! magazine *Table of Contents 1: PREFACE 2: PART ONE | THE BET 3: PART TWO | YES WE CAN 4: PART THREE | RENEGADE 5: PART FOUR | THE GOOD FIGHT 6: PART FIVE | THE WORLD AS IT IS 7: PART SIX | IN THE BARREL 8: PART SEVEN | ON THE HIGH WIRE 9: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 10: PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS 11: INDEX

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Book SynopsisPetitioning has a forgotten but essential role in the history of modern democracy. In the antebellum era, petitions gave North Americans, especially the disenfranchised, a critical tool to shape the political agenda. Daniel Carpenter shows how mass petitioning facilitated civil rights, voting, organizing, and other advances in liberty and equality.Trade ReviewA tour de force of prodigious research and muscular analysis. Carpenter persuasively demonstrates that petitions were critical to the process of democratization in nineteenth-century North America. Along the way, he sheds new light on a wide range of issues and episodes, many of which have previously escaped the notice of historians and political scientists. The book, quite simply, is eye-opening. -- Alexander Keyssar, author of Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?Democracy by Petition presents a magisterial view of an evolving political practice in which individuals and groups across North America seized the right to petition higher authorities for aid, redress, protection, or access. With riveting examples and clarifying analyses, Daniel Carpenter illuminates how Native Americans, African Americans, Irish Americans, Mexicans, French Canadians, women of all backgrounds, and many more became agents of political change, sharpening the possibility for real democracy by means of an antiquated though often effective tool: the paper prayer. A monumental achievement of political history, this book is crucial reading for anyone seeking to learn how democratic practices are forged through unexpected and ‘emergent’ politics. -- Tiya Miles, author of The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the StraitsIn this landmark book, Daniel Carpenter demonstrates the essential role that petitioning has played in the politics of democratization. Drawing upon a massive data collection effort and deep archival research, Carpenter offers a new way of thinking about how the dialogue between government and citizens shapes political development. -- Eric Schickler, author of Racial Realignment: The Transformation of American Liberalism, 1932–1965An astonishing piece of scholarship, such as comes along once in a generation. Democracy by Petition urges us to reconsider what democracy is, how it extends beyond electoral politics, and how governance in North America actually works. -- Richard White, author of The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865–1896Daniel Carpenter illuminates petitions as active agents of democratization, harnessed by diverse and divergent groups across North America—including Indigenous nations who refused removal and Black abolitionists who refused containment by an emergent ‘settler republic.’ As Democracy by Petition reveals, these efforts refashioned the petition itself from a humble plea into an instrument of political power. -- Lisa Brooks, author of Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip’s WarPossibly the most original work on democracy in 2021…Offers lessons that transcend the American experience, because it allows us to think about democracy and democratization as something far more diverse than the package of the Western Consensus. * Democracy Paradox *Daniel Carpenter’s Democracy by Petition is an extraordinary tour de force. In this extensively researched book, Carpenter places petitions at the forefront of the development of democracy in North America. He demonstrates how groups as distinct as French Canadians in Lower Canada, Indigenous nations throughout the continent as well as African Americans and women used petitions to seek redress and promote political change. Carpenter's book reshapes our understanding of the emergence of democracy in North America. It foregrounds the role of a largely overlooked set of diverse civil society actors and their novel political strategies in prompting democratic development. -- Seymour Martin Lipset Best Book Award Selection Committee

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Book SynopsisThe end of the Cold War was a "big bang" reminiscent of earlier moments after major wars, such as the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the end of the World Wars in 1919 and 1945. Here John Ikenberry asks the question, what do states that win wars do with their newfound power and how do they use it to build order? In examining the postwar settTrade ReviewWinner of the Jervis-Shroeder Best Book Award "After Victory show[s] how international governance can serve the interests of hegemonic powers."--Robert Wright, The New York Times "This is a thought-provoking and elegantly written book and an important contribution to our understanding of postwar orders and institutions."--Peter Liberman, Political Science Quarterly "After Victory is a majestic work that combines many familiar but seemingly unrelated themes into one elegant package of exceptional theoretical and empirical sweep... It should have an enduring impact on the study and practice of international relations."--Journal of Politics "This pathbreaking work is one of the most important studies on international order to appear in many years. It will be required reading for all students and scholars of international relations."--Choice "The liberal argument that democratic regimes can make a dramatic difference in world affairs has finally achieved intellectual respectability, as this fine book so convincingly maintains."--Tony Smith, Foreign Affairs "This is unquestionably one of the most important books in the field of the past decade."--International Affairs

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Book SynopsisIndia is a democracy at bay. This compelling book puts the spotlight not on political leaders but on the murky workings of India’s deep state—from the police to the federal investigative and intelligence agencies. Traversing the Mumbai train blasts, the Kashmir insurgency, the Gujarat ‘war on terror’ and the Delhi riots, Josy Joseph reveals corruption and political agendas running through the core of agencies that should ensure justice and accountability, and shows how this has undermined democracy. In 2020, amid the Covid-19 pandemic, India’s democratic pillars suffered another blow: the arrest of activists, dissidents and journalists opposed to Narendra Modi’s government, some on dubious charges, others under stringent anti-terror laws. Some contend that Modi has simply perfected the art of subverting a democratic state’s security establishment, bending it to his will. With false arrests, the overlooking of right-wing Hindu terror, an establishment bias against Muslims and an unenviable human rights record that has often relied on extrajudicial killings or false testimonies, India’s domestic security institutions have become just another player in pursuit of power. How did this happen? And why does India, the world’s largest democracy, often subvert the very ideals of democratic politics when dealing with security challenges?Trade Review‘[The book] substantially reinforce[s] the grounds for rising international anxiety as to how far the ideals and political development of India are changing under the current government.’ -- Asian Affairs'['How to Subvert a Democracy'] is a testimony of the sheer brilliance of India's award-winning journalist Josy Joseph's insightful exploration into India's Deep State--the non-military security establishment.' -- The Muslim World Book Review‘An excellent account of all the ways in which elitism and oligarchic power structures have eroded the fabric and essence of democracies worldwide.’ -- Dawn'Moving and disturbing, How to Subvert a Democracy offers a deep dive into the state capture that has seized so many of India's institutions. Josy Joseph, with his long-time expertise in national security, has put together a richly researched investigation that unravels sordid tales of official abuse and neglect, with serious consequences for our democracy.' -- Shashi Tharoor, former UN Under-Secretary-General, Congress MP, and author of The Struggle for India's Soul'Josy Joseph is a reliable researcher and an artful narrator of contemporary India. The silent coup of Joseph's reckoning is not a warning. Instead, he maintains it has already happened, barely noticed. He offers in this book a collection of vignettes that show how and at what cost.' -- Adrian Levy, investigative journalist; foreign correspondent for the Sunday Times, and author of The Siege: Three Days of Terror Inside the Taj'In this compelling book by the award-winning journalist Josy Joseph, it is not India's political leaders who are under the spotlight but the murky workings of India's deep state, from the police to the federal investigative and intelligence agencies. Joseph depicts, through a variety of colourful characters, how corruption and political agendas run through the core of the agencies that should be responsible for justice and accountability, subverting democracy in the process.' -- Hannah Ellis-Petersen, South Asia correspondent for the Guardian

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBonnie Honig concludes the introduction to this fine book by invoking the virago: the female warrior who will not be contained within categoriesthat oppose masculinity against femininity or human rationality against theforces of nature. It is a fitting emblem for a book that takes up and perturbs an opposition that functions variously to divide reason from violence, liberal humanism from poststructuralist skepticism, and feminine passivity from masculine bravado. This is the opposition between virtú and virtue, and Honig calibrates it against a new measure she terms the 'displacement of politics.'. (Praise for the 1st edition) * Political Theory *Honig's sharp genealogical sensibilities and insights, her development of a position of agonistic amendable authority, the questions which she raises and the soothing answers she refuses, come together in an excellent book that engages and provokes its readers in ways which exemplify political theory at its best, animated but not displaced by politics. (Praise for the 1st edition) * Journal of Politics *Thinkers as diverse as Plato, Aquinas, Hobbes, Locke, and Marx have relied,explicitly or implicitly, on the belief that there is some set of political and social arrangements most conducive to themaximization of human well-being and happiness. Bonnie Honig's illuminating and disquieting book provides an acute and much-needed analysis of some of the consequences and implications of this teleological assumption for contemporary political theory and, more generally, for the ways in which people tend to conceive of politics. Indeed, Honig argues that politics itself, at least insofar as it entails or expresses ultimately irreducible conflict, dissonance, resistance, and agonal struggle, has largely been displaced from or written out of political theory. (Praise for the 1st edition) * American Quarterly *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An investigation of how this remarkably successful but 'consciously unheroic' transition was achieved in western continental Europe. A scholarly work of history that displays a deep knowledge of different political cultures, [Western Europe's Democratic Age] offers valuable context for today’s crisis of liberal democracy."---Ben Hall, Financial Times"[Western Europe's Democratic Age] had a real influence on me."---E. J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post"An important and insightful study. . . . highly readable [and] well-written."---Julia Eichenberg, H/Soz/Kult

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