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Johns Hopkins University Press The Unraveling of Representative Democracy in
Book SynopsisRomero and Luis Salamanca, Central University of Venezuela; Harold Trinkunas, Naval Postgraduate School.Trade ReviewThe contributors to this edited volume show the negative political impact of an economy based on oil exports and dependent on the global price of oil. Choice 2005 This sobering postmortem reveals with depressing clarity the conditions that gave rise to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. -- Richard Feinberg Foreign Affairs 2005 Provides the best contextual understanding of Venezuelan politics, both today and in recent decades. -- Alan Siaroff Political Studies Review 2005 The breadth of the editors' approach is a welcome corrective to those works on Venezuela that focus almost exclusively on institutional arrangements including electoral systems and the rules governing executive power. -- Steve Ellner Journal of Latin American Studies 2005 This volume is a welcome addition to the rather thin body of scholarship on Venezuela. -- Matthew Soberg Shugart Perspectives on Politics 2005 An excellent edited volume that updates the literature on several aspects of Venezuela's political system. -- Kirk A. Hawkins Latin American Politics and Society 2006 Important book. -- Maxwell A. Cameron Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 2007Table of ContentsForewordPreface and AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart I: Antecedents: The Foundations of the Punto Fijo Regime of Representative DemocracyChapter 1. The Normalization of Punto Fijo DemocracyPart II: The Actors: Making Political DemandsChapter 2. Urban Poor and Political OrderChapter 3. The Military: From Marginalization to Center StageChapter 4. Entrepreneurs: Profits without Power?Chapter 5. Civil Society: Late BloomersChapter 6. Intellectuals: An Elite DividedChapter 7. The United States and Venezuela: From a Special Relationship to Wary NeighborsChapter 8. The Unraveling of Venezuela's Party System: From Party Rule to Personalistic Politics and DeinstitutionalizationPart III: Policy Making and Its ConsequencesChapter 9. Decentralization: Key to Understanding a Changing NationChapter 10. The Syndrome of Economic Decline and the Quest for ChangeChapter 11. Public Opinion, Political Socialization, and Regime StabilizationPart IV: ConclusionChapter 12. From Representative to Participatory Democracy? Regime Transformation in VenezuelaNotesGlossaryReferencesList of Contributors Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Assessing the Quality of Democracy A Journal of
Book SynopsisSchmitter, European University Institute, Florence; Doh Chull Shin, University of Missouri at Columbia.Trade ReviewAn important milestone in the study of democratic quality, and an excellent resource for both scholarly researchers and graduate courses on comparative democracy and democratization. -- Daunis Auerson Political Studies Review 2007Table of ContentsAcknowldgmentsIntroductionI. Dimensions of Democratic Quality1. Why the Rule of Law Matters2. The Ambiguous Virtues of Accountability3. Freedom as the Foundation4. Addressing Inequality5. The Chain of Responsiveness6. A Skeptical PerspectiveII. Comparative Case Studies7. Italy and Spain8. Chile and Brazil9. Bangladesh and India10. South korea and Taiwan11. Poland and Romania12. Ghana and South AfricaIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Informal Institutions and Democracy Lessons from
Book SynopsisAnalyzes the function of informal institutions in Latin America and how they support or weaken democratic governance. This work examines how informal rules shape the performance of state and democratic institutions, offering insights into contemporary problems of governability, and unrule of law.Trade ReviewOne of the most interesting and illuminating works on Latin American politics to appear in recent years. -- Joe Foweraker Journal of Latin American Studies 2007 Rich in empirical material and in provoking theoretical questions. -- Julian Durazo Herrmann European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 2007Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I. The Informal Politics of Executive-Legislative Relations1. Accommodating Informal Institutions and Chilean Democracy2. How Informal Electoral Institutions Shape the Brazilian Legislative Arena3. Crafting Legislative Ghost Coalitions in Ecuador: Informal Institutions and Economic Reform in an Unlikely CasePart II. Informal Institutions and Electoral Politics4. Informal Institutions When Formal Contracting Is Prohibited: Campaign Finance in Brazil5. The Difficult Road from Caudillismo to Democracy: The Impact of Clientelism in Honduras6. Do Informal Rules Make Democracy Work? Accounting for Accountability in ArgentinaPart III. Informal Institutions and Party Politics7. The Birth and Transformation of the Dedazo in Mexico8. Election Insurance and Coalition Survival: Formal and Informal Institutions in Chile9. Informal Institutions and Party Organization in Latin AmericaPart IV. Informal Judicial Institutions and The Rule of Law10. The Rule of (Non)Law: Prosecuting Police Killings in Brazil and Argentina11. Mexico's Postelectoral Concertacasiones: The Rise and Demise of a Substitutive Informal Institution12. Dispensing Justice at the Margins of Formality: The Informal Rule of Law in Latin AmericaConclusionAfterword: On Informal institutions, Once AgainNotesReferences
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Johns Hopkins University Press Informal Institutions and Democracy
Book SynopsisAnalyzes the function of informal institutions in Latin America and how they support or weaken democratic governance. This work examines how informal rules shape the performance of state and democratic institutions, offering insights into contemporary problems of governability, and unrule of law.Trade ReviewOne of the most interesting and illuminating works on Latin American politics to appear in recent years. -- Joe Foweraker Journal of Latin American Studies 2007 Rich in empirical material and in provoking theoretical questions. -- Julian Durazo Herrmann European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 2007Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I. The Informal Politics of Executive-Legislative Relations1. Accommodating Informal Institutions and Chilean Democracy2. How Informal Electoral Institutions Shape the Brazilian Legislative Arena3. Crafting Legislative Ghost Coalitions in Ecuador: Informal Institutions and Economic Reform in an Unlikely CasePart II. Informal Institutions and Electoral Politics4. Informal Institutions When Formal Contracting Is Prohibited: Campaign Finance in Brazil5. The Difficult Road from Caudillismo to Democracy: The Impact of Clientelism in Honduras6. Do Informal Rules Make Democracy Work? Accounting for Accountability in ArgentinaPart III. Informal Institutions and Party Politics7. The Birth and Transformation of the Dedazo in Mexico8. Election Insurance and Coalition Survival: Formal and Informal Institutions in Chile9. Informal Institutions and Party Organization in Latin AmericaPart IV. Informal Judicial Institutions and The Rule of Law10. The Rule of (Non)Law: Prosecuting Police Killings in Brazil and Argentina11. Mexico's Postelectoral Concertacasiones: The Rise and Demise of a Substitutive Informal Institution12. Dispensing Justice at the Margins of Formality: The Informal Rule of Law in Latin AmericaConclusionAfterword: On Informal institutions, Once AgainNotesReferences
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Johns Hopkins University Press Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule
Book SynopsisThis book will interest scholars of Latin American politics, democratization studies, market reform, and comparative politics and international relations.Trade ReviewAnalytically sophisticated and heavily documented with an extensive bibliography. It belongs in all college and university libraries... Highly recommended. Choice 2008 Highly original academic work. -- Russell Crandall Survival Gonzalez's book is a serious attempt to understand the complex processes of political and economic change in Chile and Mexico. It is worth reading, and opens up an important debate about authoritarian rule and its pernicious consequences. -- Reynaldo Yunuen Ortega Oritz Journal of Latin American Studies 2010Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Dual Transitions from Authoritarian RulePart I: The 1970s: Divergent Politicoeconomic Trajectories1. Chile, 1970–19822. Mexico, 1970–1982Part II: The 1980s: Surviving the Crisis Years and Convergence of Trajectories3. Chile's Decisive Decade, 1982–19904. Mexico's Lost Decade, 1982–1988Part III: The 1990s: Versions of Electoral Democracy and Free Market Economies5. The New Chile, 1990–20006. Mexico in North America, 1988–2000Conclusion: Dual Transitions in Chile, Mexico, and BeyondNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Latin Americas Struggle for Democracy
Book SynopsisSchamis, Andreas Schedler, Mitchell A. Seligson, Lourdes Sola, Arturo Valenzuela, Donna Lee Van CottTrade ReviewConveniently summarizes important arguments by leading scholars. -- Richard Feinberg Foreign Affairs 2009 This valuable collection is essential for all. Choice 2009 A good many insightful analyses of recent events in Latin America. -- Daniel M. Brinks Journal of Latin American Studies 2010Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Trends in the RegionChapter 1. Latin American Presidencies InterruptedChapter 2. The Crisis of Representation in the AndesChapter 3. Latin America's Indigenous PeoplesChapter 4. Populism, Socialism, and Democratic InstitutionsChapter 5. Explaining the Left's ResurgenceChapter 6. The Rise of Populism and the LeftChapter 7. The Transformation of the Labor ArenaPart II: Case Studies: South AmericaChapter 8. Argentina: From Kirchner to KirchnerChapter 9. Politics, Markets, and Society in BrazilChapter 10. Problems of Success in ChileChapter 11. An Unlikely Comeback in PeruChapter 12. Colombia Hews to the Path of ChangeChapter 13. Venezuela: Chávez and the OppositionChapter 14. Ecuador: Correa's Plebiscitary PresidencyPart III: Case Studies: Mexico, Central America, the CaribbeanChapter 15. Mexico's Contentious ElectionChapter 16. The Mobilization of Distrust in MexicoChapter 17. Looking to Mexico's FutureChapter 18. From Turmoil to Stability in Central AmericaChapter 19. The Caribbean: Democracy Adrift?Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Democracies in Danger Democratic Transition and
Book SynopsisIt will be essential in setting research agendas and policy discussions for a broad range of scholars and practitioners.Trade Review"Democracies in Danger harnesses cutting-edge research by world-class scholars to the urgent task of designing feasible proposals to make new democracies work better. The result is an invaluable contribution that will be required reading for academics and practitioners alike." - Richard Snyder, Brown University"Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Undertheorized Political Problems in the Founding Democratization LiteraturePart I: Managing Potential Cultural Conflicts Democratically Chapter 1. Civil Society, Islam, and Ethnocommunal ConflictChapter 2. Debating Secession Peacefully and Democratically: The Case of CanadaPart II: Toward Creating and Controlling Democratically Usable Security ServicesChapter 3. The New "Double Challenge": Democratic Control and Efficacy of Military, Police, and IntelligenceChapter 4. Beyond Threats to Democracy from the Armed Forces, Police, and Intelligence: The Spanish CasePart III: Refining Presidentialism and Semi-PresidentialismChapter 5. Latin America's Interrupted Presidencies: Alternatives?Chapter 6. The Predicament of Semi-presidentialismConclusion: The Way ForwardNotesList of ContributorsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Democracy A Reader A Journal of Democracy Book
Book SynopsisSchmitter, Amartya Sen, Alfred Stepan, Palle Svensson, Nicolas van de Walle, Lucan A. WayTrade ReviewIn all, this is an excellent book for students of politics, and would also be a great benefit to many of democracy's practitioners. -- Prof. Damien Kingsbury Forum 2010Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: What is Democracy?Chapter 1. What Democracy Is...And Is NotChapter 2. What Makes Elections Free and Fair?Chapter 3. Delegative DemocracyChapter 4. How Far Can Free Government Travel?Chapter 5. From Liberalism to Liberal DemocracyPart II: What Sustains Democracy?Chapter 6. Three Paradoxes of DemocracyChapter 7. What Makes Democracies Endure?Chapter 8. Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social CapitalChapter 9. Religion, Democracy, and the "Twin Tolerations"Part III: What Institutions Work Best?Chapter 10. Constitutional Design for Divided SocietiesChapter 11. Federalism and Democracy: Beyong the U.S. ModelChapter 12. The Import of InstitutionsChapter 13. Constitutional Courts: A Primer for Decision MakersChapter 14. Stronger Legislatures, Stronger DemocraciesChapter 15. Constitutional MedicinePart IV: Elections Without Democracy?Chapter 16. Thinking About Hybrid RegimesChapter 17. The Rise of Competitive AuthoritarianismChapter 18. The Menu of ManipulationChapter 19. Africa's Range of RegimesChapter 20. International Linkage and DemocratizationPart V: Is Democacy a Universal Value?Chapter 21. Democracy as a Univeral ValueChapter 22. Democracy and Liberty: The Cultural ConnectionChapter 23. Confucianism and DemocracyChapter 24. Buddhism, Asian Values, and DemocracyChapter 25. Muslims and DemocracyChapter 27. The Rise of "Muslim Democracy"Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Democratization in Africa Progress and Retreat A
Book SynopsisWeiss, Christopher Wyrod, Daniel J. YoungTrade ReviewThe collection is representative of African politics and will serve the needs of faculty, especially for undergraduate courses. Choice 2010 Given its broad sweep of anglophone Africa, highly readable style, balanced perspectives, and penetrating analysis, this volume represents an important contribution to the field and a valuable resource for students wishing to comprehend the seemingly contradictory outcomes associated with African democratisation. -- Ian Cooper Journal of Modern African Studies 2011 Rich accounts of democracy's progress and retreat in Africa. -- Inge Amundsen African Studies Review 2011Table of ContentsAcknowledgements IntroductionPart I: Progress and Retreat in AfricaChapter 1. Challenges of a "Frontier" RegionChapter 2. Presidents UntamedChapter 3. Legislatures on the Rise?Chapter 4. The Rule of Law versus the Big ManChapter 5. The Institutionalization of Political Power in AfricaChapter 6. The Decline of the African Military CoupChapter 7. Growth Without Prosperity in AfricaChapter 8. Formal versus Informal Institutions in AfricaPart II: West AfricaChapter 9. Nigeria's Muddled ElectionsChapter 10. Another Step Forward for GhanaChapter 11. Senegal: The Return of PersonalismChapter 12. Sierra Leone: A Vote for Better GovernanceChapter 13. Liberia Starts OverPart III: East AfricaChapter 14. Kenya: Back from the Brink?Chapter 15. The Crisis in KenyaChapter 16. Tanzania's Missing OppositionChapter 17. Personalizing Power in UgandaChapter 18. The Remarkable Story of SomalilandPart IV: Southern and Central AfricaChapter 19. An Accidental Advance? South Africa's 2009 ElectionsChapter 20. The Illusion of Democracy in BotswanaChapter 21. Zambia: One Party in Perpetuity?Chapter 22. Voting for Change in the DRCChapter 23. Angola's Façade DemocracyChapter 24. Zimbabwe's Long AgonyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Crafting StateNations
Book SynopsisEmpirically thorough and conceptually clear, Crafting State-Nations will have a substantial impact on the study of comparative political institutions and the conception and understanding of nationalism and democracy.Trade ReviewUseful and important. Choice For its conceptual innovation, erudition, and real-world applicability, this book deserves to be widely read... The authors tell us that the goal of their analysis is "to expand our collective political imaginations" (p. xiv) about how to combine democracy and ethnic diversity. They have brilliantly succeeded in meeting that goal. -- Ashutosh Varshney Journal of Democracy This book offers a compelling account of "state-nation" -ism as a political model. -- Louise Tillin Publius The book makes a very timely and important intervention to understanding nationalism and democracy in the study of comparative politics. -- Rohit K. Dasgupta Asian Affairs As they intended, Stepan, Linz, and Yadav have imagined alternative democratic formations for managing deeply pluralistic societies. Their models of state-nations, and of federacies, expand the realm of what might be considered politically possible in democracies. For this reason, their work will be of interest to scholars interested in pluralistic societies and concerned about democracy in all parts of the world. -- Daniel Jasper International Journal on World PeaceTable of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresPreface1. Comparative Theory and Political Practice: Do We Need a ''State-Nation'' Model as Well as a ''Nation-State'' Model?2. India as a State-Nation: Shared Political Community amidst Deep Cultural Diversity3. Four Indian Cases That Challenge State-Nation Theory?4. Tamils in India: How State-Nation Policies Helped Construct Multiple but Complementary Identities5. Tamils in Sri Lanka: How Nation-State Policies Helped Construct Polar and Conflictual Identities6. Ukraine: State-Nation Policies in a Unitary State7. Federacy: A Formula for Democratically Managing MultinationalSocieties in Unitary States8. The U.S. Federal Model and Multinational Societies: Some Problems for Democratic Theory and PracticeBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Crafting StateNations
Book SynopsisEmpirically thorough and conceptually clear, Crafting State-Nations will have a substantial impact on the study of comparative political institutions and the conception and understanding of nationalism and democracy.Trade ReviewUseful and important. Choice For its conceptual innovation, erudition, and real-world applicability, this book deserves to be widely read... The authors tell us that the goal of their analysis is "to expand our collective political imaginations" (p. xiv) about how to combine democracy and ethnic diversity. They have brilliantly succeeded in meeting that goal. -- Ashutosh Varshney Journal of Democracy This book offers a compelling account of "state-nation" -ism as a political model. -- Louise Tillin Publius The book makes a very timely and important intervention to understanding nationalism and democracy in the study of comparative politics. -- Rohit K. Dasgupta Asian Affairs As they intended, Stepan, Linz, and Yadav have imagined alternative democratic formations for managing deeply pluralistic societies. Their models of state-nations, and of federacies, expand the realm of what might be considered politically possible in democracies. For this reason, their work will be of interest to scholars interested in pluralistic societies and concerned about democracy in all parts of the world. -- Daniel Jasper International Journal on World PeaceTable of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresPreface1. Comparative Theory and Political Practice: Do We Need a ''State-Nation'' Model as Well as a ''Nation-State'' Model?2. India as a State-Nation: Shared Political Community amidst Deep Cultural Diversity3. Four Indian Cases That Challenge State-Nation Theory?4. Tamils in India: How State-Nation Policies Helped Construct Multiple but Complementary Identities5. Tamils in Sri Lanka: How Nation-State Policies Helped Construct Polar and Conflictual Identities6. Ukraine: State-Nation Policies in a Unitary State7. Federacy: A Formula for Democratically Managing MultinationalSocieties in Unitary States8. The U.S. Federal Model and Multinational Societies: Some Problems for Democratic Theory and PracticeBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The European Union and Democracy Promotion A
Book SynopsisDesigned to spur debate on how to incorporate democracy and human rights initiatives into the mainstream foreign policy of the EU and its member states, this study challenges the standard view that the EU has established itself as a distinctive normative power.Trade ReviewThe individual chapters are clearly written and well structured, offering a wealth of information and sound analyses of recent developments, and discussing the shortcomings of the theoretical frameworks employed to date to understand Europe's failure to make the promotion of democratic values the cornerstone of its foreign policy. Choice This book can be used as a handbook for political science students in order to have a better understanding of the European Union's commitment to democratisation attempts around the world. -- Nihan Akincilar Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Introduction: Idealism at BayChapter 2. Unfinished Business: European Political Conditionality After Eastern EnlargementChapter 3. The Balkans: European InducementsChapter 4. Ukraine: A New PartnershipChapter 5. Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe: A Paper Tiger?Chapter 6. Central Asia: Limited ModernizationChapter 7. Morocco: A Flawed ResponseChapter 8. The Gulf Cooperation Council: The Challenges of SecurityChapter 9. Iraq: A New European EngagementChapter 10. Nigeria: Conflict, Energy, and Bad GovernanceList of Contributors Index
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Beacon Press Daring Democracy Igniting Power Meaning and
Book SynopsisAn optimistic book for Americans who are asking, in the wake of Trump’s victory, What do we do now? The answer: We need to organize and fight to protect and expand our democracy.Americans are distraught as tightly held economic and political power drowns out their voices and values. Legendary Diet for a Small Planet author Frances Moore Lappé and organizer-scholar Adam Eichen offer a fresh, surprising response to this core crisis. This intergenerational duo opens with an essential truth: It’s not the magnitude of a challenge that crushes the human spirit. It’s feeling powerless—in this case, fearing that to stand up for democracy is futile. It’s not, Lappé and Eichen argue. With riveting stories and little-known evidence, they demystify how we got here, exposing the well-orchestrated effort that has robbed Americans of their rightful power. But at the heart of this unique book are solutions. Even in this di
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Ohio State University Press Democratic Politics in Ohio Democratic Politics
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Ohio State University Press Democracy Autonomy and Conflict in Comparative
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University of Minnesota Press Beyond Gated Politics
Book SynopsisAn intervention into the landscape of contemporary political theory. This book argues that the survival of democracy depends on recognizing the failings of disengaged liberal democracy - the exclusions and subjugations that accompany every democratic "we," for example - and experimenting with more radical modes of democratic theory and action.
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University of Minnesota Press Doorstep Democracy
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is a wonderful, wise account of what a grass roots election is all about. Young idealist people need to read this thoughtful book. I wish he would have won, but I am so glad he ran and wrote about it." —Myron Orfield, executive director, Institute on Race & Poverty and former Minnesota State Representative"In Doorstep Democracy, James Read taps into a growing trend in progressive campaigns—real conversations between candidates and voters as a strategy that wins elections while engaging people in social and political change." —Jeff Blodgett, executive director, Wellstone Action!
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Carolina Academic Press InitiativeCentered Politics
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Little Creek Press Blue Jeans in High Places the Coming Makeover of
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St Martin's Press The Death of Democracy
Book SynopsisA riveting account of how the Nazi Party came to power and how the failures of the Weimar Republic and the shortsightedness of German politicians allowed it to happen.Why did democracy fall apart so quickly and completely in Germany in the 1930s? How did a democratic government allow Adolf Hitler to seize power? In The Death of Democracy, Benjamin Carter Hett answers these questions, and the story he tells has disturbing resonances for our own time.To say that Hitler was elected is too simple. He would never have come to power if Germany's leading politicians had not responded to a spate of populist insurgencies by trying to co-opt him, a strategy that backed them into a corner from which the only way out was to bring the Nazis in. Hett lays bare the misguided confidence of conservative politicians who believed that Hitler and his followers would willingly support them, not recognizing that their efforts to use the Nazis actually played into Hitler's ha
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Metropolitan Books Democracy May Not Exist but Well Miss It When Its
Book SynopsisWhat is democracy really? What do we mean when we use the term? And can it ever truly exist? Astra Taylor, hailed as a New Civil Rights Leader (LA Times), provides surprising answers.There is no shortage of democracy, at least in name, and yet it is in crisis everywhere we look. From a cabal of thieving plutocrats in the White House to campaign finance and gerrymandering, it is clear that democracyspecifically the principle of government by and for the peopleis not living up to its promise.In Democracy Might Not Exist, but We''ll Miss It When It''s Gone, Astra Taylor shows that real democracyfully inclusive and completely egalitarianhas in fact never existed. In a tone that is both philosophical and anecdotal, weaving together history, theory, the stories of individuals, and interviews with such leading thinkers as Cornel West, Danielle Allen, and Slavoj Zizek, Taylor invites us to reexamine the term. Is democracy a means or an end
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Picador USA Minority Rule
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Roaring Brook Press Why the People
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St Martin's Press Collision of Power
Book SynopsisA closely observed, gripping chronicle of politics and journalism during a decade of turmoil. The New York Times Book ReviewPolitics. Money. Media. Tech. It's all here in Collision of Power.All the President''s Men for a new generation. Town & CountryMarty Baron took charge of The Washington Postnewsroom in 2013, after nearly a dozen years leading The Boston Globe. Just seven months into his new job, Baron received explosive news: Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, would buy the Post, marking a sudden end to control by the venerated family that had presided over the paper for 80 years. Just over two years later, Donald Trump won the presidency.Now, the capital's newspaper, owned by one of the world's richest men, was tasked with reporting on a president who had campaigned against the press as the lowest form of humanity. Pressures on Baron and his colleagues were immense and unrele
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Henry Holt & Company Inc Where Have All the Democrats Gone
Book SynopsisA Wall Street Journal Best Political Book of 2023A much-needed wake-up call for the Democrats, which reveals how the party has lost sight of its core principles and endangered its political futurefrom the authors of one of the most influential political books of the 21st century (The New York Times)For decades, American politics has been plagued by a breakdown between the Democratic and Republican parties, in which victory has inevitably led to defeat and vice versa. Both parties have lost sight of the people at the center of the American electorate, leading to polarization and paralysis. In Where Have All the Democrats Gone?, John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira reveal the tectonic changes shaping the country's current political landscape that both pundits and political scientists have missed.The Democratic Party, once the preserve of small towns as well as big cities and of the industrial working class and the newly immigrated, has ab
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St Martin's Press Unlocking Your Inner Zelensky
Book SynopsisVolodymyr Zelensky captivated the world when his country was invaded by Russia in February 2022. His appearances were accompanied by countless inspiring statements. But there''s a single one that informs Unlocking Your Inner Zelensky: We are all simple people.Jessie Kanzer sees Zelensky as a Spiritual Leader for Our Times. As a Soviet refugee, she picks up on the deep philosophical ramifications behind his words. Rich and yet easy-to-read, the life lessons in Unlocking Your Inner Zelensky are accessible and wise, and are more about starting where you are than about war.Kanzer herself has a bit part in Zelensky''s life story, acting in one of his movies filmed in the States. She''s a self-described spiritual nerd who followed Zelensky long before he stood before a blue and yellow backdrop on the national stage. She writes, What is so incredible about our man Volodymyr is that his belief in himself stems not from seeing himself as special, but from
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Dynamics of Democratization
Book SynopsisLindberg, University of Florida; Sara Meerow, University of Amsterdam; James Raymond Vreeland, Georgetown University; Sharon L. Wolchik, George Washington UniversityTrade ReviewThis volume is an engaging survey of what is known and not known about the causes and consequences of democratization. Foreign AffairsTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I: Democracy and DictatorshipChapter 1. Hybrid Regimes: When Democracy and Autocracy MixChapter 2. Dictatorship and Democracy through the Prism of Arab ElectionsChapter 3. The Unexpected Resilience of Latin American DemocracyChapter 4. Sustaining Party Rule in China: Coercion, Co- optation, and Their ConsequencesChapter 5. Fighting Reversion: Strong Legislatures as the Key to Bolstering DemocracyPart II: Democracy and Development Chapter 6. Economic Development and Demo cratizationChapter 7. Persistent Authoritarianism and the Future of Democracy in AfricaChapter 8. Democracy and Development: Legacy EffectsPart III: Does Democracy Diffuse?Chapter 9. Policy Makers, Intellectuals, and Democracy Promotion in Twentieth-Century American Foreign PolicyChapter 10. International Dimensions of ElectionsChapter 11. International Diffusion and Demo cratic ChangeConclusionList of Contributors Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Dynamics of Democratization
Book SynopsisLindberg, University of Florida; Sara Meerow, University of Amsterdam; James Raymond Vreeland, Georgetown University; Sharon L. Wolchik, George Washington UniversityTrade ReviewThis volume is an engaging survey of what is known and not known about the causes and consequences of democratization. Foreign AffairsTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I: Democracy and DictatorshipChapter 1. Hybrid Regimes: When Democracy and Autocracy MixChapter 2. Dictatorship and Democracy through the Prism of Arab ElectionsChapter 3. The Unexpected Resilience of Latin American DemocracyChapter 4. Sustaining Party Rule in China: Coercion, Co- optation, and Their ConsequencesChapter 5. Fighting Reversion: Strong Legislatures as the Key to Bolstering DemocracyPart II: Democracy and Development Chapter 6. Economic Development and Demo cratizationChapter 7. Persistent Authoritarianism and the Future of Democracy in AfricaChapter 8. Democracy and Development: Legacy EffectsPart III: Does Democracy Diffuse?Chapter 9. Policy Makers, Intellectuals, and Democracy Promotion in Twentieth-Century American Foreign PolicyChapter 10. International Dimensions of ElectionsChapter 11. International Diffusion and Demo cratic ChangeConclusionList of Contributors Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Resurgence of the Latin American Left
Book SynopsisLatin America experienced an unprecedented wave of left-leaning governments between 1998 and 2010. This title examines the causes of this leftward turn and the consequences it carries for the region in the twenty-first century. It looks at several major themes regarding the contemporary Latin American Left.Trade ReviewThe Levitsky/Roberts work, nonetheless, will stand as the most comprehensive treatment to date of the re-emergence of the Latin American left, and of the variable performance in office of the 'first generation' of left and centre-left governments. -- Philip Chrimes International Affairs A must read for those interested in understanding the return of Latin America to the Left and the variation inherent in it. Choice Impressive and authoritative... this is a very fine volume. -- Peadar Kirby European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies A wide range of ideological perspectives... Levitsky and Roberts open the volume with a solid essay. -- Marc Becker Latin American PerspectivesTable of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresPrefaceAbbreviations Introduction. Latin America's "Left Turn": A Framework for AnalysisPart I: Thematic IssuesChapter 1. Evidence from Public OpinionChapter 2. Economic Constraints and Presidential AgencyChapter 3. The Left: Destroyer or Savior of the Market Model?Chapter 4. The Political Left, the Export Boom, and the Populist TemptationChapter 5. Social Policy and Redistribution: Chile and UruguayChapter 6. The Diversity of Left Party Linkages and Competitive AdvantagesChapter 7. The Left and Participatory Democracy: Brazil, Uruguay, and VenezuelaChapter 8. The Left and Citizenship RightsPart II: Case AnalysesChapter 9. Venezuela: Hugo Chávez and the Populist LeftChapter 10. Bolivia: Origins and Policies of the Movimiento al SocialismoChapter 11. Ecuador: Rafael Correa and the Citizens' RevolutionChapter 12. Argentina: Left Populism in Comparative Perspective, 2003–2009Chapter 13. Brazil: The PT in PowerChapter 14. Chile: The Left after NeoliberalismChapter 15. Uruguay: A Social Democratic Government in Latin AmericaChapter 16. Peru: The Left Turn That Wasn'tConclusion. Democracy, Development, and the LeftReferencesContributorsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Embracing Democracy in the Western Balkans
Book SynopsisThe authors ask whether the Western Balkans are embracing democracy by creating functional, resilient institutions-governmental, administrative, journalistic, and economic-and fostering popular trust in the legitimacy of those institutions.Trade Review"This book presents new information which is the result of recent research. The scholarship is superior. The authors have addressed almost all of the relevant topics in a discussion of democratization and integration." (Nick Miller, Boise State University)"Table of ContentsPrefacePart I: Conceptual Foundations1. Geriatric Mental Health Care in the Twenty-first Century2. Concepts Underlying Geriatric Mental Health CarePart II: A Clinical Guide3. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment4. Interviewing and Developing an Alliance5. Age-Related Changes in Cognition in Later Life6. Cognitive Impairment in Older Persons7. Alzheimer Disease8. Other Dementias9. Managing the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia10. Mood Disorders11. Anxiety Disorders12. Schizophrenia in Later Life13. Alcohol Abuse, Substance Abuse, and Medication Mismanagement14. Other Psychiatric Disorders and Behavioral Conditions15. Family CaregivingPart III: Special Clinical Issues16. Assessing the Capacity of Older Persons17. Elder Abuse18. Violent Deaths19. Disasters and Terrorism20. End-of-Life Care21. Geriatric Mental Health PoliciesReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Liberation Technology
Book SynopsisHoward, Muzammil M. Hussain, Rebecca MacKinnon, Patrick Meier, Evgeny Morozov, Xiao Qiang, Rafal Rohozinski, Mehdi YahyanejadTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Liberation vs. Control in CyberspaceChapter 1. Liberation TechnologyChapter 2. Liberation vs. Control: The Future of CyberspaceChapter 3. International Mechanisms of Cyberspace ControlsChapter 4. Whither Internet Control?Part II: Liberation Technology in ChinaChapter 5. The Battle for the Chinese InternetChapter 6. China's "Networked Authoritarianism"Part III: Liberation Technology in the Middle EastChapter 7. Ushahidi as a Liberation TechnologyChapter 8. Egypt and Tunisia: The Role of Digital MediaChapter 9. Circumventing Internet Censorship in the Arab WorldChapter 10. Social Media, Dissent, and Iran's Green MovementPart IV: Policy RecommendationsChapter 11. Challenges for International PolicyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Liberation Technology
Book SynopsisHoward, Muzammil M. Hussain, Rebecca MacKinnon, Patrick Meier, Evgeny Morozov, Xiao Qiang, Rafal Rohozinski, Mehdi YahyanejadTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Liberation vs. Control in CyberspaceChapter 1. Liberation TechnologyChapter 2. Liberation vs. Control: The Future of CyberspaceChapter 3. International Mechanisms of Cyberspace ControlsChapter 4. Whither Internet Control?Part II: Liberation Technology in ChinaChapter 5. The Battle for the Chinese InternetChapter 6. China's "Networked Authoritarianism"Part III: Liberation Technology in the Middle EastChapter 7. Ushahidi as a Liberation TechnologyChapter 8. Egypt and Tunisia: The Role of Digital MediaChapter 9. Circumventing Internet Censorship in the Arab WorldChapter 10. Social Media, Dissent, and Iran's Green MovementPart IV: Policy RecommendationsChapter 11. Challenges for International PolicyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Wrong
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA compelling exploration of the psychological factors behind misinformation and belief.—Library JournalDannagal Goldthwaite Young's insightful book Wrong investigates the political and philosophical reasons why people rely on information that they know is false.—Foreword ReviewsAn intriguing deep dive into the current American information environment.—Publishers WeeklyMisinformation has been a topic of increasing concern in recent years, and in Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation, Dannagal Goldthwaite Young examines the unique cultural structures in the United States that make its citizens particularly susceptible.[Wrong] offers valuable insight and works to strengthen democracy and the social connectedness still possible in the United States.—Shelf AwarenessRecognizing how deep this crisis goes leaves us in a difficult place. Getting people to reject demonstrable lies isn't simply a matter of bludgeoning them with facts. As the communications scholar Dannagal Goldthwaite Young writes in 'Wrong: How Media, Politics and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation' (2023), the impulse to berate and mock people who believe conspiratorial falsehoods will typically backfire....Building trust requires cultivating...social connection instead of torching it. But extending compassionate overtures to people who believe things that are odious and harmful is risky too.—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times Book ReviewTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPART I1. "People Like Us Believe These Things."2. How do we Know What we Know?3. America's Asymmetrical Identity Alignment4. I'm One of Them: Social Identity5. The Epistemic Divide: "People Like Us Understand the World This Way."PART II6. How Political News Rewards Identity Performances and Activates Identity Threat7. Separate Me: Identity Distillation through Partisan Media8. Curate Me: Identity Distillation Through Social Media9. Solutions to Identity-Driven Wrongness
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Rowman & Littlefield Unchecked and Unbalanced
Book SynopsisIn Unchecked and Unbalanced, Arnold Kling provides a blueprint for those who are skeptical of political and financial elitism. At the heart of Kling''s argument is the growing discrepancy between two phenomena: knowledge is becoming more diffuse, while political power is becoming more concentrated. Kling sees this knowledge/power discrepancy at the heart of the financial crisis of 2008. Financial industry executives and regulatory officials lacked the ability to fathom the complexity of the system that had emerged. And, in response, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, said that they required still more power, including $700 billion to purchase toxic assets from banks. Kling warns that increased concentration of power is a problem, not a panacea, for our modern world and suggests reforms designed to curb the growth of government and allow citizens greater control over the allocation of public goods. Published in cooperation with the HooTrade ReviewThis is essential reading on the political dangers facing us today and the risk of excess centralization. Arnold Kling is one of my favorite commentators. -- Tyler Cowen, Holbert L. Harris Professor of Economics, George Mason University, and general director, Mercatus CenterIf it seems to you as if politicians and government officials are getting dumber, Arnold Kling has the explanation: As their power grows, they know less of what they need to know to exercise it wisely. Kling offers a remedy that is likely to arouse interest in the electorate, and apprehension in officialdom. -- Glenn Reynolds, Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law at University of Tennessee and author of the blog instapunditUnchecked and Unbalanced is an interesting book….The questions Kling asks are not always the ones I would have asked, but they are thought provoking nonetheless. * The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy, Spring 2011 *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Contents Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Chapter 1: The Financial Crisis of 2008 Chapter 4 Chapter 2: The Discrepancy Between Knowledge and Power Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Mechanisms for Decentralizing Power Chapter 6 Conclusion Chapter 7 Acknowledgements Chapter 8 Index
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Rowman & Littlefield Democracy in Danger: How Hackers and Activists
Book SynopsisWhen Jake Braun challenged hackers at DEFCON, the largest hacking conference in the world, to breach the security of a voting machine, a hacker in Europe conquered the task in less than two minutes. From hacking into voting machines to more mundane, but no less serious problems, our democracy faces unprecedented tests from without and within. In Democracy Endangered, cybersecurity expert Jake Braun, a veteran of three presidential campaigns and former White House Liaison to the Department of Homeland Security, reveals what the national security apparatus, local election administrators, and political parties have gotten wrong about election security and what America needs to do to protect the ballot box in 2020 and beyond.Trade ReviewWhile much has been written about the role of Russian propaganda, Democracy in Danger focuses instead on Russia’s hacking of voting systems across the United States, erasing voters from voter registration databases and hacking the websites of several secretaries of state. Written as a first-person narrative but packed with information, the book uses Braun’s background and expertise to stress the importance of securing our voting systems. . . . Democracy in Danger is a harrowing account of just how unprepared states were, and remain, to stop election-crippling Russian hacks. It explains the problem in thorough and clear detail, with a call to action to protect the fundamentals of American democracy. This is a good and important work. * Foreword Reviews *“From the frontlines of democracy as a political operative to the Department of Homeland Security to academia – Jake Braun has thought about the intersection of cybersecurity and America from all angles, and weaves his personal vignettes into Democracy in Danger. At home and abroad, from Europe to Africa, cyberattacks on democratic infrastructure are occurring regularly and we must all think and act with greater urgency. Jake understands true stakes and the solutions.” -- John F. Kerry, 68th U.S. Secretary of StateJake Braun has done a great service to the Nation with the publication of this book. There can be no doubt about the threat to our democracy from cyber space and the immediate need for us to get beyond politics to confront and defeat this threat. Jake’s journey of discovery and action sets the stage for the future. The book reflects my strong view on the need for immediate action. -- Francis X Taylor, Brig General, USAF (Retired), Former Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis (2014 to 2017)Democracy in Danger reads like a spy thriller, but feels like a horror movie. In his brilliant book, Jake Braun relates, in details emerging from his front row seat, the too-slow recognition of the vulnerabilities of our election system well before 2016 and how a series of missteps, blinders, bureacracy and politics led to the events surrounding the 2016 election. But all is not lost. Braun shows us how stakeholders, election officials and even hackers are building a community with one, and only one, goal: to save our elections and therefore our democracy. An engaging, detailed and honest account, Democracy in Danger is an essential read for those who have the same mission. -- Juliette Kayyem, former Assistant Secretary Department of Homeland Security, current Faculty at Harvard's Kennedy School of GovernmentTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Table Setting: The Putin Problem 2. Clusterf*ck 3. Mandela-Level Turnout 4. Reset? 5. Same-Old-Same-Old or Something New? 6. Here Come the Hackers 7. “You Have to Sit on Those Boxes” 8. “We Have No Evidence”: DEF CON 9. “Child’s Play” 10. Cyber Politics Epilogue Notes Index About the Author
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Basic Books How Democracy Ends
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Basic Books The Overlooked Americans: The Resilience of Our
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Basic Books Two Cheers for Politics: Why Democracy Is Flawed,
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PublicAffairs Fixing France: How to Repair a Broken Republic
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PublicAffairs In Defense of Open Society
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SAGE Publications Inc Public Opinion: Democratic Ideals, Democratic Practice
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Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc Political Liberalization and Democratization in
Book SynopsisThe Arab world is experiencing a variety of factors - internal and external - that are leading to change. This work examines such factors that are shaping political liberalisation and democratisation in the Arab context, as well as the role played by particular social groups.
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Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc Anthropology of Anger: Civil Society and
Book SynopsisMany scholars have argued that the ongoing democratization process in Africa is doomed to fail because the political reforms have been essentially imposed by external donors. Others have challenged the very roots of the current changes, alleging that Africa needs cultural and economic adjustments before being ready for sustainable democracy. Celestin Monga argues that both views are wrong. African peoples, he demonstrates, have been trying for decades to challenge authoritarianism, but their patterns of behaviour could not be captured by the classical tools used for measuring political participation and political culture. ""The Anthropology of Anger"" sheds light on the continent's long tradition of an indigenous form of activism. Analyzing social changes from a grassroots perspective, Monga shows that the quest for freedom in Africa is deeply entrenched. He goes beyond discussion of anger, ethnic conflicts and despair to provide new frameworks for understanding Africa's internal social dynamics, and to reveal how Africa - an unusual political ""market"" with highly creative political entrepreneurs - is renewing democratic theory.Table of ContentsThe Need for Some Alternative Ideas; How Africa Fits Into Democratic Theory; Changing Identities - Memory, Culture and Revolt; The Emergence of New Patterns of Free Expression; Democracy and the Politics of the Sacred; Civil Society and Public Sphere - the New Stakeholders; A Theory of Disenchantment and Violence.
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University of Massachusetts Press Town Meeting: Practicing Democracy in Rural New
Book SynopsisAt Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln described government by the people as the great task remaining before us. Many citizens of modern America, frustrated and disheartened, are tempted to despair of realizing that ideal. Yet, it is a project still alive in parts of New England. This book traces the origins of town-meeting democracy in Ashfield, a community of just under 2,000 people in the foothills of the Berkshires in western Massachusetts. Donald Robinson begins by recounting several crises at the town's founding in the eighteenth century that helped to shape its character. He shows how the town has changed since then and examines how democratic self-government functions in the modern context. The picture is not pretty. Self-government carries no guarantees, and Ashfield is no utopia. Human failings are abundantly on display. Leaders mislead. Citizens don't pay attention and they forget hard-earned lessons. But in this candid account of the operation of democracy in one New England town, Robinson demonstrates that for better and for worse, Ashfield governs itself democratically. Citizens control the actions of their government. Not everyone participates, but all may, and everyone who lives in the town must accept and obey what town meeting decides.
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Ivan R Dee, Inc Locke in 90 Minutes
Book Synopsis“Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character....I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one’s friends to Western civilization.”—Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe. “Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them....I find them hard to stop reading.”—Richard Bernstein, New York Times. “Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise.”—Jim Holt, Wall Street Journal. These brief and enlightening explorations of our greatest thinkers bring their ideas to life in entertaining and accessible fashion. Philosophical thought is deciphered and made comprehensive and interesting to almost everyone. Far from being a novelty, each book is a highly refined appraisal of the philosopher and his work, authoritative and clearly presented.Trade ReviewWell-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them...I find them hard to stop reading. -- Richard Bernstein * The New York Times *Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise. -- Jim Holt * The Wall Street Journal *Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character...I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization. -- Katherine A. Powers * The Boston Globe *A godsend in this era of the short attention span. -- Daryl Royster Alexander * The New York Times *
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Sasquatch Books The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story of
Book SynopsisOne of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “10 Books Everyone Should Read” This fascinating study of democracy in the 21st century is a much-needed call for citizens to reach across the aisle and put power back into the hands of individuals—not Big Government Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer outline a simple but revolutionary argument for why our most basic assumptions about democracy need updating for the 21st century. They offer a roadmap for those looking for a way forward from an American life marked by divisive conversations. In a world with widespread political upheaval, a deep wellspring of civic engagement and collective action is emerging. America is finding that our cultural and political dialogue is spiking over everything from racial and social justice to fighting the ever-widening income gap, to climate change—even how we might best collaborate as active citizens to heal our democracy. Timely, inspiring, and highly charged, The Gardens of Democracy is a much-needed call to action for citizens to embrace their roles in a democratic society. To model positivity and good citizenship, plus ensure liberty and justice for all, we must achieve compromise by reaching across the aisle and putting the power to execute programs back in the hands of individuals, not big government. We must redefine how we view prosperity in order to move from a dog-eat-dog mentality that perpetuates the top 1% to a communal and inclusive movement that illustrates that we’re all better off when we’re all better off.
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Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc Building Democracy in Latin America
Book SynopsisThe third edition of this historically and theoretically grounded analysis of the democratic experience in Latin America reflects important developments both in the region and in the comparative politics literature.Placing the subject in a normative context, John Peeler gives significant attention to the adequacy of a purely electoral concept of democracy. He also addresses the problems that economic globalization pose for building vital democracies. One focus of this new edition is the recent 'left turn' in Latin America, which has seen the majority of the region's countries elect presidents with socialist or social democratic stances that directly challenge the previously dominant free market, neoliberal ideology.Trade ReviewThis is a very good book.... [It] will probably stand for some time as the best introduction to Latin America's complex experience with democracy. - Political Science Quarterly ""An excellent general introduction to the comparative politics of democratization in the region, interwoven with an intelligent and lucid discussion of democratic theory. It will make worthwhile reading for undergraduates... and for [anyone] engaged in current debates about the causes and dynamics of democratization and the contemporary politics of Latin America."" - Franklin Steves, JISWATable of ContentsIntroduction: Basic Issues in Democratic Theory.; Democracy and the Latin American Tradition.; Foundations: Establishing Democracy.; Maintenance: Stabilization and Consolidation.; Destabilization, Deconsolidation, Decay.; Latin American Democracy Today.; A New Vision of Democracy in a Globalized World.
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Smithsonian Books American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
Book SynopsisAmerican Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith is the companion volume to an exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History that celebrates the bold and radical experiment to test a wholly new form of government. Democracy is still a work in progress, but it is at the core of our nation's political, economic, and social life. This lavishly illustrated book explores democracy from the Revolution to the present using objects from the museum's collection, such as the portable writing box that Thomas Jefferson used while composing the Declaration of Independence, the inkstand with which Abraham Lincoln drafted the Emancipation Proclamation, Susan B. Anthony's iconic red shawl, and many more. Not only famous voices are presented: like democracy itself, the book and the exhibition preserve the voice of the people by showcasing campaign materials, protest signs, and a host of other items from everyday life that reflect the promises and challenges of American democracy throughout the nation's history.
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