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Books on Demand Direkte Demokratie in Deutschland: Lösungsansätze zur Krise der repräsentativen Demokratie
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Nomos Verlags GmbH Geschichte des Parlamentarismus
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Verlag Karl Alber Warum Scheitern Russische Demokratien
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£44.10
BoD - Books on Demand Vom objektiven Sinn des Lebens
£18.05
S. Hirzel Verlag Demokratie Aushalten!: Uber Das Streiten in Der
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UTB GmbH Allgemeine Staatslehre
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transcript Critical Political Theory
£24.74
Verlag Barbara Budrich Decolonizing Enlightenment: Transnational Justice, Human Rights and Democracy in a Postcolonial World
Book SynopsisDo norms of justice, human rights and democracy enable disenfranchised communities? Or do they simply reinforce relations of domination between those who are constituted as dispensers of justice, rights and aid, and those who are coded as receivers? Critical race theorists, feminists and queer and postcolonial theorists confront these questions and offer critical perspectives.Trade ReviewDer Sammelband ist eine Einladung zur weiteren Untersuchung von Dekolonialisierungstheorien und -praxen in Kultur, Ökonomie, Politik und Recht und bietet daher Ansatzpunkte für Wissenschaftler_innen, die im Bereich der postkolonialen feministischen Theorie arbeiten, sowie Wissenschaftler_innen in Philosophie, Politikwissenschaft, Recht und Kulturwissenschaften. feministische studien 2/2015 Insgesamt [...] findet, wer sich im Rahmen Spivak‘scher Konzeptionen mit aktuellen politikwissenschaftlichen Arbeiten zum Feld der Kritik an Aufklärung und Demokratie befassen möchte, einen absolut lesenswerten, theoretisch und begriffsanalytisch reichen Band vor. Femina Politica 2/2015
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Verlag Barbara Budrich Political Leadership Between Democracy and
Book SynopsisIn diesem Buch wird die Theorie der politischen Führung, die ein noch wenig erforschtes Feld der Politikwissenschaft ist, beleuchtet. Sie ist verwandt mit dem philosophischen Streit um Determinismus versus Aktivismus und hilft den Grundkonflikt des 21. Jahrhunderts zwischen liberaler Demokratie und neuem Autoritarismus zu verstehen. Das Buch befasst sich mit Max Webers Typologie politischer Herrschaft und seinem Konzept der Verantwortungsethik, welche der Schlüssel zur Theorie der Führung sind. Der Autor zeigt auf, dass der unvollendete Wettstreit zwischen Demokratie und neuem Autoritarismus im 21. Jahrhundert die Bedeutung von Führung in alten und neuen Demokratien sowie in den neoautoritären Regimen bestätigt und einen neuen Typus politischer Führungskräfte fordert.Table of ContentsForewordIntroductionChapter One: The essence of leadership1. Philosophy of history: determinism versus activism2. Leader’s personality: a psychological interpretation3. Ethics of leadershipChapter Two: A typology of political leadership1. Max Weber’s pure types of legitimate rule 2. Controversies over the charismatic leadershipChapter Three: Democracy and political leadership1. Leaders and citizens in democracy2. Presidential leadership3. Leadership in parliamentary systems4. Democratic leadership and party systems 5. Conservatives, reformers, and nation-buildersChapter Four: Autocratic Leaders in Modern Times1. A typology of non-democratic regimes2. The men on horseback 3. Totalitarian and authoritarian party leadersChapter Five: Political Leadership in the Transition to Democracy 1. Alternative explanations of transition 2. Modes of extrication from non-democratic regimes 3. Different outcomes: democracies or renewed authoritarianism 4. Democratic consolidation: the importance of leadership5. Dilemmas of transformative leadership Chapter Six: New authoritarianism and political leadership1. Populist nationalism in the 21st century 2. New and old authoritarianism: similarities and differences3. New authoritarianism and post-communist heritage4. Political leaders in new authoritarianismConclusionsReferences . Keywords About the author
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Mentis Verlag GmbH Pluralismus in Demokratischen Gesellschaften
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Communalism Press A Politics for the 99%
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£999.99
Bloomsbury India Democratic Accommodations: Minorities in
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£80.75
Haymarket Books Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
£17.10
OUP Oxford Transnational Networking and Elite SelfEmpowerment
Book SynopsisJudiciary institutions in Central and Eastern Europe have become patterned on a template that maximises judicial empowerment to the detriment of national parliaments. Transnational Networks and Elite Self-Empowerment explores this new social class of elite legal professionals who make public policy in place of formal democratic institutions.Table of ContentsAbbreviations Introduction: Argument and Methods Part I: The Transnational Network Community 1: The Ambit of the Network Community 2: Identity and Solidarity 3: The Network Community in Action Part II: The Judicializing Paradigm and its Template 4: Thesis and Antithesis: To Check or Not to Check the Judiciary 5: The Assumption of Intellectual-Moral Superiority 6: The Template Conclusions Annexe: Interviewees Bibliography Index
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Oxford University Press The Anglosphere
Book SynopsisThe Anglosphere - a transnational imagined community consisting of the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK - came to international prominence in the wake of Brexit. The Anglosphere''s origins lie in the British Empire and the conflicts of the 20th century. It encompasses an extensive but ill-defined community bonded by language, culture, media, and ''civilisational'' heritage founded on the shared beliefs and practices of free-market economics and liberal democracy. Supporters of the Anglosphere argue that it provides a better ''fit'' for English-speaking countries at a time when global politics is in a state of flux and under strain from economic crises, conflict and terrorism, and humanitarian disasters.This edited volume provides the first detailed analyses of the Anglosphere, bringing together leading international academic experts to examine its historical origins and contemporary political, social, economic, military, and cultural manifestations. They reveal that the ATrade ReviewThe book...is a very welcome avenue for understanding a highly significant international phenomenon, one that should form the basis for further theorizing the synthesized influence of transnationalized ideas, experiences, and practices of class, race, culture, language, economy, and military power in world politics...The concept, history, and current practices, networks, and politics of the Anglosphere are admirably documented in this collection. * Inderjeet Pamar, University of London, Perspectives on Politics *Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements 1: Ben Wellings and Andrew Mycock: Continuity, Dissonance and Location: an Anglosphere research agenda Continuity 2: Michael Gardiner: The Anglosphere as a Principle of Progress 3: Duncan Bell: Anglospheres: empire redivivus? 4: Tim Legrand: The Past, Present and Future of Anglosphere Security Networks: Constitutive Reduction of a Shared Identity 5: Srdjan Vucetic: The Anglosphere beyond Security Dissonance 6: John Ravenhill and Geoff Heubner: The Political Economy of the Anglosphere: Geography Trumps History 7: Carl Bridge and Bart Zielinski: The Anglosphere and the American Embrace: The End of the British Empire and after 8: Andrew Mycock: 'CANZUK, the Anglosphere(s) and Transnational War Commemoration: The Centenary of First World War' 9: Katherine Smits: The Anglosphere and Indigenous Politics Location 10: Andrew Gamble: The Anglo-American Worldview and the Question of World Order 11: Nick Pearce and Michael Kenny: Churchill, Powell and the Conservative 'Brexiteers': The Political Legacies of the Anglosphere 12: Helen Baxendale and Ben Wellings: Underwriting Brexit: The European Union in the Anglosphere Imagination 13: Eva Namusoke: The Anglosphere, Race and Brexit Index
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The University of Chicago Press The Common Cause
Book SynopsisEuropeans and Americans tend to hold the opinion that democracy is a uniquely Western inheritance. In this book, the authors recover stories of an alternate version, describing a transnational history of democracy in the first half of the twentieth century through the lens of ethics in the broad sense of disciplined self-fashioning.Trade Review"Drawing on an unusual mix of archives, and moving fluidly between dynamic analysis and vivid historical narrative, this study is a major contribution to current debates on the relation of ethics to politics. An important and original book." (Amanda Anderson, Brown University)"
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The University of Chicago Press Democracy against Development
Book SynopsisHidden behind the much-touted success story of India's emergence as an economic superpower is another, far more complex narrative of the nation's recent history, one in which economic development is frequently countered by profoundly unsettling, and often violent, political movements. In this title, the author investigates this counternarrative.Trade Review"Democracy against Development realizes a lot of the promise of the new political anthropology of India. Jeffrey Witsoe's ethnographic focus ensures that the rich and diverse struggle over caste and its political forms can be revealed. He is able to show precisely how colonially structured caste, as identity and power, is reshaped in the working of Indian democracy." (Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan, Yale University)"
£26.00
The University of Chicago Press Towards Reading Freud SelfCreation in Milton
Book SynopsisIn this application of game theory to political phenomena, Cohen focuses on Chile and Brazil. He explores why democratic reforms failed in Latin America, arguing that political outcomes cannot be explained without treating beliefs and preferences as having a causal force in their own right.
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press Chicago 68
Book SynopsisA reconstruction of the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. Farber tells the story of the protests from the perspectives of the major protagonists--the Yippies, the National Mobilization to End the War, and Mayor Richard J. Daley and his police.
£19.00
The University of Chicago Press Imagining Deliberative Democracy in the Early
Book SynopsisCombines historical literary analysis and political theory in order to demonstrate that democratic practices of deliberation are rooted in the civic rhetoric that flourished in the early American republic. This title offers a mode of historical and textual analysis that displays the wide range of resources imaginative language.Trade Review"An ambitious and critically innovative account of the social and participatory life of politics in the early nineteenth century. This is an important and original book." (Elisa Tamarkin, University of California, Berkeley)"
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The University of Chicago Press Philanthropy in Democratic Societies History
Book SynopsisPhilanthropy is everywhere. In 2013, in the United States alone, some $330 billion was recorded in giving, from large donations by the wealthy all the way down to informal giving circles. We tend to think of philanthropy as unequivocally good, but as the contributors to this book show, philanthropy is also an exercise of power. And like all forms of power, especially in a democratic society, it deserves scrutiny. Yet it rarely has been given serious attention. This book fills that gap, bringing together expert philosophers, sociologists, political scientists, historians, and legal scholars to ask fundamental and pressing questions about philanthropy's role in democratic societies. The contributors balance empirical and normative approaches, exploring both the roles philanthropy has actually played in societies and the roles it should play. They ask a multitude of questions: When is philanthropy good or bad for democracy? How does, and should, philanthropic power interact with expectations of equal citizenship and democratic political voice? What makes the exercise of philanthropic power legitimate? What forms of private activity in the public interest should democracy promote, and what forms should it resist? Examining these and many other topics, the contributors offer a vital assessment of philanthropy at a time when its power to affect public outcomes has never been greater.
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The University of Chicago Press Philanthropy in Democratic Societies History
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The University of Chicago Press Passions and Constraint On the Theory of Liberal
Book SynopsisA collection of essays on the core values of liberalism which challenges assumptions about liberal theory. By placing it into its original historical context, this text presents an interconnected argument meant to fundamentally change the conception of liberalism.
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The University of Chicago Press Democracy and Trade Policy in Developing
Book SynopsisSince the 1970s, two major trends have emerged among developing countries: the rise of new democracies and the rush to free trade. For some, the confluence of these events suggests that a free-market economy complements a fledgling democracy. Others argue that the two are inherently incompatible and that exposure to economic globalization actually jeopardizes new democracies. Which view is correct? Bumba Mukherjee argues that the reality of how democracy and trade policy unravel in developing countries is more nuanced than either account. Mukherjee offers the first comprehensive cross-national framework for identifying the specific economic conditions that influence trade policy in developing countries. Laying out the causes of variation in trade policy in four developing or recently developed countriesBrazil, India, Indonesia, and South Africahe argues persuasively that changing political interactions among parties, party leaders, and the labor market are often key to trade policy
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The University of Chicago Press Madisons Nightmare How Executive Power Threatens
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The University of Chicago Press Talking Together Public Deliberation and
Book SynopsisChallenging the conventional wisdom that Americans are less engaged than ever in national life and the democratic process, this title paints a comprehensive portrait available of public deliberation in the United States and explains why it is important to America's future.Trade Review"The prospects for public deliberation represent this generation's variation on the classic question of whether ordinary citizens are actually capable of self-government. Talking Together brings new empirical data to bear on this major issue. A well-crafted study based on research by three of the field's leading scholars, this book will be of great interest to political scientists, psychologists, sociologists, and anyone else whose work deals with political participation." - M. Stephen Weatherford, University of California, Santa Barbara"
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The University of Chicago Press For the Many or the Few
Book SynopsisStudies a century of budget data from states and cities to provide a picture of how direct democracy is changing government policies. This book argues against the belief that initiatives empower wealthy special interest groups that neglect the majority view. It demonstrates how initiatives led to significant tax and expenditure cuts.Trade Review"For the Many or the Few is a valuable contribution to our understanding of American democratic institutions and public policy and an important book." - Journal of Politics "John G. Matsusaka's valuable, accessible book represents one of the few studies that attempt to test how policy outcomes are affected by the initiative process and to examine whether policies produced by the initiative reflect what the public actually wants." - Political Science Quarterly"
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The University of Chicago Press The Motherless State
Book SynopsisReveals why the US differs from comparable democracies that routinely elect far more women to their national governing bodies and chief executive positions. Explaining that equal rights alone do not ensure equal access to political office, this title shows that electoral gender parity also requires public policies that represent maternal traits.Trade Review"The lack of female leadership in the United States is a serious puzzle. To solve it, this subtle and sophisticated book examines the very idea of the state and how the policies it enacts shape public attitudes that lead to the exclusion of women from national political office. The Motherless State fills a major gap in the literature on women and political leadership in the United States." - Ruth O'Brien, Graduate Center of the City University of New York"
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The University of Chicago Press Democracy at Risk
Book SynopsisHow do threats of terrorism affect the opinions of citizens? This book demonstrates how our strategies for coping with terrorist threats significantly influence our attitudes toward fellow citizens, political leaders, and foreign nations.Trade Review"This book brings good contemporary social science to the public debate about the role of terror in the modern democracy. In the natural world, we typically see that people who find terrorism threatening will be more likely to support authoritarian and security-minded policies, but it is hard to say how much of this set of beliefs stems from a genuine concern about terrorism rather than personality or political interests. Merolla and Zechmeister's original experiments give real purchase on these questions." - Michael MacKuen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"
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The University of Chicago Press Democracy at Risk How Terrorist Threats Affect
Book SynopsisHow do threats of terrorism affect the opinions of citizens? Drawing on data from surveys and original experiments the authors conducted in the United States and Mexico, this title demonstrates how our strategies for coping with terrorist threats significantly influence our attitudes toward fellow citizens, political leaders, and foreign nations.Trade Review"This book brings good contemporary social science to the public debate about the role of terror in the modern democracy. In the natural world, we typically see that people who find terrorism threatening will be more likely to support authoritarian and security-minded policies, but it is hard to say how much of this set of beliefs stems from a genuine concern about terrorism rather than personality or political interests. Merolla and Zechmeister's original experiments give real purchase on these questions." - Michael MacKuen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"
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The University of Chicago Press The Submerged State
Book SynopsisThe Obama administration has been criticized for its inability to convey how much it has accomplished for ordinary citizens. This title argues that this difficulty is not merely a failure of communication; rather it is endemic to the formidable presence of the 'submerged state.'Trade Review"Americans want government policies to be transparent, straightforward, and fair, but many social programs are confusing and opaque and shower benefits disproportionately on the well-to-do. In this timely, penetrating, and highly readable book, Suzanne Mettler illuminates the hidden government benefits and subsidies that comprise our 'submerged state' and demonstrates how its murky operation impairs democratic practice and weakens civic engagement." (Eric M. Patashnik, University of Virginia)"
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The University of Chicago Press Exotic No More Second Edition Anthropology for
Book SynopsisThough Tocqueville is the main subject, this book also examines Augustine, Hobbes, Rousseau, Hegel and Nietzsche. It offers an interpretation of Tocqueville as a moral historian, concerned less with history as an objective record than as a disclosure of the trajectory of the human spirit.
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The University of Chicago Press Organizing Democracy How International
Book SynopsisEmerging democracies need a lot of support from international institutions, and this book analyzes the ways those organizations succeed and fail in providing that assistance.
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The University of Chicago Press The Emerson Effect Individualism and Submission
Book SynopsisThis work presents a revisionist account of Ralph Waldo Emerson's influential thought on individualism, in particular his political psychology. It illuminates contradictions in Emerson's political outlook, and the conjunctions of liberal and authoritarian ideology they produced.
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The University of Chicago Press Creating Political Presence The New Politics of
Book SynopsisThis book brings together political scientists to argue about the meaning of representative democracy and how we should interpret and apply it today.
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The University of Chicago Press Democracy and Dysfunction
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The University of Chicago Press Difference without Domination Pursuing Justice
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Difference without Domination is an ambitious volume that aims to reconfigure the discourses on democracy, egalitarianism, and justice in an increasingly diverse world. This brilliant volume has the potential to transform profoundly how we comprehend democracy and difference, and it promises visions of egalitarian futures devoid of domination.” -- Neil Roberts, Williams College“Difference without Domination is a unique contribution to an emerging literature on how ideas about democracy affect, and are affected by, concepts and practices pertaining to equality, egalitarianism, and domination. The contributors range from the disciplines of history, philosophy, economics, to political science, psychology, and brain sciences, forging encounters and dialogue across boundaries to assess the aforementioned concepts and their capacity to interrogate domination as lived experience. Allen and Somanathan have performed a service in encouraging and framing what are often—in academic and in daily life—difficult conversations.” -- Michael G. Hanchard, University of Pennsylvania"Eleven papers explore how social diversity, especially race, should inform thinking about both justice and democracy, providing the bases for new and complementary paradigms for both normative and positive engagements with issues of injustice and inequality. Papers discuss how difference without domination should replace, or at least supplement, the Rawlsian difference principle in the social and economic realms." * Journal of Economic Literature *Table of ContentsIntroductionDanielle Allen and Rohini Somanathan Part I Difference without Domination 1 * A New Theory of Justice: Difference without DominationDanielle Allen 2 * Race, Domination, and RepublicanismMelvin Rogers Part II Relations before Transactions: New Approaches to Inequality, Justice, and Dignity 3 * Crime and Punishment in a Divided SocietyRajiv Sethi 4 * The Psychology of Implicit Intergroup Bias and the Prospect of ChangeCalvin Lai and Mahzarin Banaji 5 * Human Dignity and Modern DemocraciesAjume Wingo 6 * Relations before Transactions: A Personal PleaGlenn Loury Part III The Limits of Mirroring: New Approaches to Representation, Measurement, and Membership 7 * Overrepresentation: Asian Americans and the Conundrums of Statistical MirroringEllen D. Wu 8 * Second-Order Diversity: An Exploration of Decentralization’s Egalitarian PossibilitiesHeather Gerken 9 * Contributing to a Society of Equals: Affirmative Action beyond the “Distributive Paradigm”Urs Lindner 10 * The Measurement and Mismeasurement of Social DifferenceRohini Somanathan 11 * Immigration, Membership, and Justice: On the Right to Bring Others into the PolityClaudio López-Guerra Conclusion: Redefining IntegrationDanielle Allen and Rohini SomanathanIndex Author Bios
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The University of Chicago Press Difference without Domination Pursuing Justice in
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Difference without Domination is an ambitious volume that aims to reconfigure the discourses on democracy, egalitarianism, and justice in an increasingly diverse world. This brilliant volume has the potential to transform profoundly how we comprehend democracy and difference, and it promises visions of egalitarian futures devoid of domination.” -- Neil Roberts, Williams College“Difference without Domination is a unique contribution to an emerging literature on how ideas about democracy affect, and are affected by, concepts and practices pertaining to equality, egalitarianism, and domination. The contributors range from the disciplines of history, philosophy, economics, to political science, psychology, and brain sciences, forging encounters and dialogue across boundaries to assess the aforementioned concepts and their capacity to interrogate domination as lived experience. Allen and Somanathan have performed a service in encouraging and framing what are often—in academic and in daily life—difficult conversations.” -- Michael G. Hanchard, University of Pennsylvania"Eleven papers explore how social diversity, especially race, should inform thinking about both justice and democracy, providing the bases for new and complementary paradigms for both normative and positive engagements with issues of injustice and inequality. Papers discuss how difference without domination should replace, or at least supplement, the Rawlsian difference principle in the social and economic realms." * Journal of Economic Literature *Table of ContentsIntroductionDanielle Allen and Rohini Somanathan Part I Difference without Domination 1 * A New Theory of Justice: Difference without DominationDanielle Allen 2 * Race, Domination, and RepublicanismMelvin Rogers Part II Relations before Transactions: New Approaches to Inequality, Justice, and Dignity 3 * Crime and Punishment in a Divided SocietyRajiv Sethi 4 * The Psychology of Implicit Intergroup Bias and the Prospect of ChangeCalvin Lai and Mahzarin Banaji 5 * Human Dignity and Modern DemocraciesAjume Wingo 6 * Relations before Transactions: A Personal PleaGlenn Loury Part III The Limits of Mirroring: New Approaches to Representation, Measurement, and Membership 7 * Overrepresentation: Asian Americans and the Conundrums of Statistical MirroringEllen D. Wu 8 * Second-Order Diversity: An Exploration of Decentralization’s Egalitarian PossibilitiesHeather Gerken 9 * Contributing to a Society of Equals: Affirmative Action beyond the “Distributive Paradigm”Urs Lindner 10 * The Measurement and Mismeasurement of Social DifferenceRohini Somanathan 11 * Immigration, Membership, and Justice: On the Right to Bring Others into the PolityClaudio López-Guerra Conclusion: Redefining IntegrationDanielle Allen and Rohini SomanathanIndex Author Bios
£31.00
The University of Chicago Press Justice Is an Option
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Thought-provoking. . . . Recommended." * Choice *“In Justice Is an Option, Meister engages in a brilliant analysis of contemporary financial markets and devices, and provides a further development of his theory of ‘historical justice.’ The result is an impressive and compelling book that makes a powerful contribution both to political theory and to the critical analysis of contemporary capitalism. It will unquestionably be of interest to scholars of finance and political theory, and it is sure to spur lively debates within activist circles and beyond the academic world.” * Sandro Mezzadra, University of Bologna *“This book is an amazing piece of theory and critique—highly original, comprehensively knowledgeable, and politically powerful. Meister’s latest work is exciting, to say the least, and it promises to lead to important breakthroughs in the current discussion about alternatives to capitalism.” * Étienne Balibar, Columbia University *
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The University of Chicago Press Presidents Populism and the Crisis of Democracy
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Howell and Moe write with clarity and verve. . . . And it is hard to object to their overarching goals of institutionally reforming our dysfunctional politics and improving the quality of our governance." * Wall Street Journal *"In Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy, William Howell and Terry Moe make important contributions to understanding political movements and institutions. The authors challenge scholars and practitioners to rethink the rise of President Trump and the role of the president in our ineffective system of government. . . . William Howell and Terry Moe provide a convincing and well-supported path to reform that emboldens the president and returns the Office of the President to a national institution of honor and integrity." * Congress & the Presidency *“This book highlights an important (and underappreciated) cause of the populism that threatens American democracy: ineffective government, or a political system that consistently fails to respond to our most important problems. Hard as it may be for Americans to accept, our constitutional system has grown dysfunctional. Howell and Moe propose clear constitutional solutions that break sharply with the conventional wisdom. We should take their ideas seriously. I recommend this book to anyone concerned about the fate of American democracy." -- Steven Levitsky, Harvard University, coauthor of How Democracies Die"Howell and Moe show that Trump’s aggressive demagoguery is a perverse symptom of an American problem of administrative weakness and explain how the presidency can be made more effective, powerful, and accountable at the same time. An original, insightful, and provocative picture of American politics in a populist era." -- Jeffrey K. Tulis, author of Legacies of Losing in American Politics"In this clarion call for institutional reform, Howell and Moe argue that populism is not the product of rampant polarization, political tribalism, or undemocratic features of our political system. Rather, the culprit is ineffective government. And the best antidote to populism, paradoxically, is the instrument that catapulted it to power: a reimagined presidency, one that is stronger in important respects, but weaker in others. The arguments are powerful, provocative, and sure to fuel debate over efforts to restore American democracy." -- Douglas L. Kriner, coauthor of The Myth of the Imperial Presidency"Howell and Moe make a compelling case about the relationship between ineffective government and populism, namely, that a lack of capable government gives rise to populist leaders who promise to fix the system. The authors propose a bold solution to the problem and—whether or not one agrees with all specifics—force the weight of the argument onto the question of what should be done rather than whether anything should be attempted. A must read for students and scholars interested in contemporary American politics as well as the rise of populism worldwide." -- Brandice Canes-Wrone, Princeton University"A timely, powerfully argued book about the dangers American democracy faces from populism—and how these dangers can be overcome by making government more potent and effective. The book is concise, accessible, and crisply written. It is sure to spark important debate." -- Eric M. Patashnik, author of Unhealthy Politics: The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine“Blunt, lucid, and smart.” * Soonish Podcast *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 The Drivers of Populist Politics2 The Rise and Reign of an American Populist3 The Persistence of Ineffective Government4 A Presidency for Modern TimesAcknowledgments Notes Index
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The University of Chicago Press Justice Is an Option A Democratic Theory of
Book SynopsisMore than ten years after the worst crisis since the Great Depression, the financial sector is thriving. But something is deeply wrong. Taxpayers bore the burden of bailing out too-big-to-fail banks but got nothing in return. Inequality has soared, and a populist backlash against elites has shaken the foundations of our political order. Meanwhile, financial capitalism seems more entrenched than ever. What is the Left to do? Justice Is an Option uses those problems, and the framework of finance that created them, to reimagine historical justice. Robert Meister returns to the spirit of Marx to diagnose our current age of finance. Instead of closing our eyes to the political economic realities of our era, we need to grapple with them head on. Meister does just that, asking whether the very tools of finance that have created our vastly unequal world could instead be made to serve justice and equality. Meister formulates here nothing less than a democratic financial theory for the twenty-fiTrade Review"Thought-provoking. . . . Recommended." * Choice *“In Justice Is an Option, Meister engages in a brilliant analysis of contemporary financial markets and devices, and provides a further development of his theory of ‘historical justice.’ The result is an impressive and compelling book that makes a powerful contribution both to political theory and to the critical analysis of contemporary capitalism. It will unquestionably be of interest to scholars of finance and political theory, and it is sure to spur lively debates within activist circles and beyond the academic world.” * Sandro Mezzadra, University of Bologna *“This book is an amazing piece of theory and critique—highly original, comprehensively knowledgeable, and politically powerful. Meister’s latest work is exciting, to say the least, and it promises to lead to important breakthroughs in the current discussion about alternatives to capitalism.” * Étienne Balibar, Columbia University *
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The University of Chicago Press Digital Technology and Democratic Theory
Book SynopsisOne of the most far-reaching transformations in our era is the wave of digital technologies rolling over--and upending--nearly every aspect of life. Work and leisure, family and friendship, community and citizenship have all been modified by now-ubiquitous digital tools and platforms. Digital Technology and Democratic Theory looks closely at one significant facet of our rapidly evolving digital lives: how technology is radically changing our lives as citizens and participants in democratic governments. To understand these transformations, this book brings together contributions by scholars from multiple disciplines to wrestle with the question of how digital technologies shape, reshape, and affect fundamental questions about democracy and democratic theory. As expectations have whiplashed--from Twitter optimism in the wake of the Arab Spring to Facebook pessimism in the wake of the 2016 US election--the time is ripe for a more sober and long-term assessment. How should we take stock oTrade Review“At a moment when democracy around the world is being weakened, challenged, and attacked, this volume is a timely and essential addition that will help its audience understand the affordances—but also the very real detrimental effects—of social media in society on our governing principles and institutions. We urgently need this expert realist approach and global perspective if we are to have any chance of effectively engaging with these tech firms and their technologies and any hope of guarding democracy against the outsize impact of both.” -- Sarah T. Roberts, University of California, Los Angeles“This book serves the much-needed purpose of advancing the conversation about the impact of technology on democratic theory and the role of democratic theory in helping us to understand the relationship between technology and power. This diverse collection of essays addresses how to reimagine the informational diet of democracy, free speech and association, the boundaries of the demos and political exclusion. An important and engaging read!” -- Beth Simone Noveck, director, The Governance Lab"Ten papers examine how digital technologies shape, reshape, and affect fundamental questions about democratic practice and theory, focusing on how democratic ideals might provide a framework for understanding and shaping today’s digital transformation." * Journal of Economic Literature *"Each of the chapters is written in a clear and engaging manner and will not exclude students, nonspecialists, and, indeed, a wider interested and informed audience. This is to the editors’ credit. The drawback of tackling questions related to new technologies in book form is, as the authors admit, that the speed of events in the digital world means the arguments made here might be left behind very quickly. However, the timing of this book’s publication leaves it feeling instead rather prescient, in the sense that much of its content is now of a far wider interest than might otherwise have been the case. The call made by the contributors to this collection is now urgent, rather than just timely, and the arguments made here will be of significant influence on the theoretical reimagination of democracy that must surely follow." * Perspectives on Politics *"Drawing a necessarily wide scope, the volume includes theoretical work alongside the kind of novel empirical input necessary to give a full account of the ways in which democracy and digital technology intersect. Indeed, a strength of the book is that it does not focus solely on contributions from 'traditional' democratic theorists but includes researchers working in fields as diverse as communications, economics, and computer science. . . . As is made clear in the opening pages, this breadth is both a strength and a necessity, because the kinds of challenges presented to democratic theory by the structural changes brought by new technologies are unlikely to be resolved through conventional means." * Dacombe Review *"Digital Technology and Democratic Theory is an important contribution to a field previously overlooked by democratic theorists. In an age in which digital environments create new barriers to equal rights and political participation, the volume carefully assembles an array of cross-disciplinary perspectives and asks the question: is there a need for a digital democratic theory?" * LSE Review of Books *"Can we use digital technologies to forward democratic ends? In a collection of essays written by political scientists, computer scientists, and an array of other academics... Digital Technology and Democratic Theory offers answers to this question. The book could not be more timely." * Contemporary Sociology *Table of ContentsIntroduction Lucy Bernholz, Hélène Landemore, and Rob Reich 1 Democracy and the Digital Public Sphere Joshua Cohen and Archon Fung 2 Open Democracy and Digital Technologies Hélène Landemore 3 Purpose-Built Digital Associations Lucy Bernholz 4 Digital Exclusion: A Politics of Refusal Seeta Peña Gangadharan 5 Presence of Absence: Exploring the Democratic Significance of Silence Mike Ananny 6 The Artisan and the Decision Factory: The Organizational Dynamics of Private Speech Governance Robyn Caplan 7 The Democratic Consequences of the New Public Sphere Henry Farrell and Melissa Schwartzberg 8 Democratic Societal Collaboration in a Whitewater World David Lee, Margaret Levi, and John Seely Brown 9 From Philanthropy to Democracy: Rethinking Governance and Funding of High-Quality News in the Digital Age Julia Cagé 10 Technologizing Democracy or Democratizing Technology? A Layered-Architecture Perspective on Potentials and Challenges Bryan Ford Acknowledgments Index
£87.40
The University of Chicago Press How to Save a Constitutional Democracy
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Drawing expertly on examples from across the world, Ginsburg and Huq highlight the constitutional mechanisms by which democracies may be undermined--often by elected leaders themselves--in the contemporary era. They make a compelling case that the United States is not immune to democratic backsliding, and they point to various ways in which the US Constitution leaves us vulnerable to such backsliding. Finally, whereas other recent books on the crisis of American democracy focus on what has gone wrong, Ginsburg and Huq provide us with clear-eyed proposals--including some bold constitutional reforms--for how to fix it. I strongly recommend this book."--Steven Levitsky, coauthor of How Democracies Die "This book makes a huge contribution to our understanding of how democracies erode and what institutional reforms would make it harder for authoritarian populists to entrench their power. It should be required reading for anybody who seeks to bolster the stability of embattled democracies around the world."--Yascha Mounk, author of The People vs. Democracy "This is an important book--probably the most impressive marshaling of comparative literatures I have seen on this crucial set of issues. Using a wide range of examples, Ginsburg and Huq show how healthy democracies can mutate into autocratic or oligarchic systems, and they offer an incisive account of how this might happen in the United States. A cautionary tale told with case studies from around the world, this is a sobering analysis of our trying times." --Jack M. Balkin, Yale Law School "Awe inspiring. How to Save a Constitutional Democracy is masterfully informed, crystal clear, and exceptionally sober. I learned an enormous amount."--Adam Przeworski, New York University "How to Save a Constitutional Democracy explores the extraordinary challenges democracies face from populist leaders today, above all in the United States. It suggests that our institutions may not be as resilient as we would like to believe, but proposes concrete ways in which they might be strengthened based on wide-ranging knowledge of the experiences of other countries facing similar threats."--Francis Fukuyama, Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 Liberal Constitutional Democracy and Its Alternatives 2 Two Pathways from Liberal Constitutional Democracy 3 When Democracies Collapse 4 When Democracies Decay 5 Will American Democracy Persist? 6 Making Democratic Constitutions that Endure 7 Saving Democracy, American Style Conclusion: On Fighting Democratic Erosion Notes Index
£15.20
The University of Chicago Press Back of the Yards The Making of a Local Democracy
Book SynopsisRobert A. Slayton's Back of the Yards is one of the finest accounts I have ever read on an urban, working-class neighborhood in twentieth-century America. Its focus on family, politics, and worklife is penetrating and its conclusions reinforce an emerging scholarly picture of ordinary people exercising unique forms of power.John Bodnar, author of The Transplanted: A History of Immigrants in Urban America
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press Presidents Populism and the Crisis of Democracy
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Howell and Moe write with clarity and verve. . . . And it is hard to object to their overarching goals of institutionally reforming our dysfunctional politics and improving the quality of our governance." * Wall Street Journal *"In Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy, William Howell and Terry Moe make important contributions to understanding political movements and institutions. The authors challenge scholars and practitioners to rethink the rise of President Trump and the role of the president in our ineffective system of government. . . . William Howell and Terry Moe provide a convincing and well-supported path to reform that emboldens the president and returns the Office of the President to a national institution of honor and integrity." * Congress & the Presidency *“This book highlights an important (and underappreciated) cause of the populism that threatens American democracy: ineffective government, or a political system that consistently fails to respond to our most important problems. Hard as it may be for Americans to accept, our constitutional system has grown dysfunctional. Howell and Moe propose clear constitutional solutions that break sharply with the conventional wisdom. We should take their ideas seriously. I recommend this book to anyone concerned about the fate of American democracy." -- Steven Levitsky, Harvard University, coauthor of How Democracies Die"Howell and Moe show that Trump’s aggressive demagoguery is a perverse symptom of an American problem of administrative weakness and explain how the presidency can be made more effective, powerful, and accountable at the same time. An original, insightful, and provocative picture of American politics in a populist era." -- Jeffrey K. Tulis, author of Legacies of Losing in American Politics"In this clarion call for institutional reform, Howell and Moe argue that populism is not the product of rampant polarization, political tribalism, or undemocratic features of our political system. Rather, the culprit is ineffective government. And the best antidote to populism, paradoxically, is the instrument that catapulted it to power: a reimagined presidency, one that is stronger in important respects, but weaker in others. The arguments are powerful, provocative, and sure to fuel debate over efforts to restore American democracy." -- Douglas L. Kriner, coauthor of The Myth of the Imperial Presidency"Howell and Moe make a compelling case about the relationship between ineffective government and populism, namely, that a lack of capable government gives rise to populist leaders who promise to fix the system. The authors propose a bold solution to the problem and—whether or not one agrees with all specifics—force the weight of the argument onto the question of what should be done rather than whether anything should be attempted. A must read for students and scholars interested in contemporary American politics as well as the rise of populism worldwide." -- Brandice Canes-Wrone, Princeton University"A timely, powerfully argued book about the dangers American democracy faces from populism—and how these dangers can be overcome by making government more potent and effective. The book is concise, accessible, and crisply written. It is sure to spark important debate." -- Eric M. Patashnik, author of Unhealthy Politics: The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine“Blunt, lucid, and smart.” * Soonish Podcast *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 The Drivers of Populist Politics2 The Rise and Reign of an American Populist3 The Persistence of Ineffective Government4 A Presidency for Modern TimesAcknowledgments Notes Index
£15.00
The University of Chicago Press Making Constituencies
Book SynopsisPublic division is not new; in fact, it is the lifeblood of politics, and political representatives have constructed divisions throughout history to mobilize constituencies. Since the turn of the twenty-first century, the idea of a divided United States has become commonplace. In the wake of the 2020 election, some commentators warned that the American public was the most divided it has been since the Civil War. Political scientists, political theorists, and public intellectuals have suggested that uninformed, misinformed, and disinformed voters are at the root of this division. Some are simply unwilling to accept facts or science, which makes them easy targets for elite manipulation. It also creates a grass-roots political culture that discourages cross-partisan collaboration in Washington. Yet, manipulation of voters is not as grave a threat to democracy in America as many scholars and pundits make it out to be. The greater threat comes from a picture that partisans use to ralTrade Review "Making Constituencies is about questions that are both timeless and very recent. Disch’s concern for who comes first, the representative or the represented, is at least as old as the French Revolution. As she states towards the end of the book, 1789 is a watershed for the history of representative democracy and for theorists reflecting on the possibilities and limits of representation as a tool of modern politics... In arguing that competence ought not to be the measure against which to evaluate the health of contemporary democratic politics, Disch convincingly deflates common concerns for voters’ manipulation and the elitist and pessimistic attitudes that come with them." * The Review of Politics *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Responsiveness in Reverse Chapter 1. In Defense of Mobilization Chapter 2. From the Bedrock Norm to the Constituency Paradox Chapter 3. Can the Realist Remain a Democrat? Chapter 4. Realism for Democrats Chapter 5. Manipulation: How Will I Know It When I See It? And Should I Worry When I Do? Chapter 6. Debating Constructivism and Democracy in 1970s France Chapter 7. Radical Democracy and the Value of Plurality Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£84.00
The University of Chicago Press Making Constituencies
Book SynopsisPublic division is not new; in fact, it is the lifeblood of politics, and political representatives have constructed divisions throughout history to mobilize constituencies. Since the turn of the twenty-first century, the idea of a divided United States has become commonplace. In the wake of the 2020 election, some commentators warned that the American public was the most divided it has been since the Civil War. Political scientists, political theorists, and public intellectuals have suggested that uninformed, misinformed, and disinformed voters are at the root of this division. Some are simply unwilling to accept facts or science, which makes them easy targets for elite manipulation. It also creates a grass-roots political culture that discourages cross-partisan collaboration in Washington. Yet, manipulation of voters is not as grave a threat to democracy in America as many scholars and pundits make it out to be. The greater threat comes from a picture that partisans use to ralTrade Review "Making Constituencies is about questions that are both timeless and very recent. Disch’s concern for who comes first, the representative or the represented, is at least as old as the French Revolution. As she states towards the end of the book, 1789 is a watershed for the history of representative democracy and for theorists reflecting on the possibilities and limits of representation as a tool of modern politics... In arguing that competence ought not to be the measure against which to evaluate the health of contemporary democratic politics, Disch convincingly deflates common concerns for voters’ manipulation and the elitist and pessimistic attitudes that come with them." * The Review of Politics *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Responsiveness in Reverse Chapter 1. In Defense of Mobilization Chapter 2. From the Bedrock Norm to the Constituency Paradox Chapter 3. Can the Realist Remain a Democrat? Chapter 4. Realism for Democrats Chapter 5. Manipulation: How Will I Know It When I See It? And Should I Worry When I Do? Chapter 6. Debating Constructivism and Democracy in 1970s France Chapter 7. Radical Democracy and the Value of Plurality Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press Private Virtues Public Vices Philanthropy and
Book Synopsis A thought-provoking challenge to our ideas about philanthropy, marking it as a deeply political activity that allows the wealthy to dictate more than we think. Trade Review"Private Virtues, Public Vices is essential reading for navigating our present-day collision course between widespread economic inequality and democratic governance." * The Review of Politics *"Ms. Saunders-Hastings, a political scientist at Ohio State University, believes that philanthropy is in tension with democracy—may even be harmful to it. Her critique is worth taking seriously. . ." * The Wall Street Journal *"In Private Virtues, Public Vices: Philanthropy and Democratic Equality, Emma Saunders-Hastings reminds us that contributing private wealth for the public good—by definition—has always been a political act. . . . the book is timely—and timeless, for it goes beyond calling for reforms to suggest a framework for thinking not only about philanthropy but also about democracy, equality, and justice." * Philanthropy News Digest *"Saunders-Hastings’ book is of great relevance, as it uncovers the fundamental interests behind most philanthropic giving, other than addressing widening inequality, escalating poverty, and other global concerns. . . . a must-read for all who have a keen interest in philanthropic work on a national and international level." * Voluntas *“The best philosophical illumination of the tension-ridden relationship between philanthropy and democracy. Better still, in exploring the institutional design of contemporary philanthropy, Saunders-Hastings makes original contributions to democratic theory itself, especially as concerns the relationship between ideal and non-ideal theory and the basis of objections to paternalism.” -- Rob Reich, Stanford University“Philanthropy is a hot topic these days. This crisply and clearly written book reframes the ethical discussion focused on rich people/countries’ debt to those less well-off and recasts practical concerns about effective giving to focus on the politics and power of giving. Private Virtues, Public Vices poses challenging questions in this age of global inequality. Saunders-Hastings couples precise arguments with thoughtfully chosen real-world examples to convey a strong sense of urgency.” -- Lisa Jane Disch, University of MichiganTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Donations and Deference Chapter 2. Equality and Philanthropic Relationships Chapter 3. Plutocratic Philanthropy Chapter 4. Philanthropic Paternalism Chapter 5. Ordinary Donors and Democratic Philanthropy Chapter 6. International Philanthropy Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£72.20
