Reexamining a classical work of Social Anthropology, African Political Systems (1940), edited by Fortes and Evans-Pritchard, this book looks at the colonial and academic context from which the work arose, as well as its reception and its subject mat...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Michigan State University Press, ISBN-13: 9781611865660)
Our political landscape is crowded with competing voicesclaims, demands, grievances, and even acts of violenceall made in the name of some idea of the people. This powerful concept has been wielded both to assert democratic sovereignty and to justif...Loe edasi...
This isnt a textbookits a warriors manual. Every principle is battlefield-tested. Every strategy is proven under fire. Every leadership lesson comes from officers who have sustained combat operations while the enemy actively sought to destroy the...Loe edasi...
Emancipation War chronicles the great military, political, and legal struggle that amended the U.S. Constitution to outlaw slavery once and for all-- Provided by publisher....Loe edasi...
The appointment of a committee of inquiry to examine a question of current political controversy is a common occurrence in Britain. First published in 1975, in this new study for the Royal Institute of Public Administration, the author explores the...Loe edasi...
The definitive biography of Sidney J. CattsFloridas fiery governor who fused pulpit rhetoric with populist politics in the early twentieth century. Cracker Messiah by Wayne Flynt is a riveting portrait of Sidney J. Catts, one...Loe edasi...
A Southern senator at the crossroads of change. Duncan Upshaw Fletcher: Dixies Reluctant Progressive is the definitive portrait of one of Floridas most influential yet overlooked political figures. Serving in the U.S. Senate from 1909 to...Loe edasi...
Explores whether liberal democracies can govern legitimately for the long term Traditional institutions are often considered inadequate to govern for the long term as their politicians promote short-term thinking which can harm the...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009652162)
Tracing appeals to community and the common in contemporary political thought and philosophy on both sides of the Atlantic, this book argues that these concepts lead to a dangerous political romanticism and authoritarian drift that is incompatible w...Loe edasi...
Explores how legitimacy should be treated in countries where authoritarian alternatives to democracy lack credibility. In this book, Studebaker develops a theory of legitimacy to explain the crisis of liberal democracy in established democ...Loe edasi...
In a period of mounting global anxiety and widespread political unrest about democracys future, the moment has come for more thinking about thinking, and for considering the surprising connections between thinking and democracy....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009750035)
Why do governments get overthrown? Why are many political systems chronically unstable? This book answers these questions by explaining why some Latin American political systems have been among the most unstable-and how others escaped from chronic i...Loe edasi...
Why do governments get overthrown? Why are many political systems chronically unstable? This book answers these questions by explaining why some Latin American political systems have been among the most unstable-and how others escaped from chronic i...Loe edasi...
This Element contributes to a better understanding of the question of why voters support politicians who subvert democracy. It focuses on the interplay between democracy and nationalism by focusing on the experiences of Serbia, Poland, Hungary, Isra...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009734707)
This Element contributes to a better understanding of the question of why voters support politicians who subvert democracy. It focuses on the interplay between democracy and nationalism by focusing on the experiences of Serbia, Poland, Hungary, Isra...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009578738)
Across history, lotteries were used in political selection to combat corruption, ideological polarization, and inequity in access to governance. Today, democracy seems to be facing similar challenges. This Element responds to recent calls to incorpo...Loe edasi...
Across history, lotteries were used in political selection to combat corruption, ideological polarization, and inequity in access to governance. Today, democracy seems to be facing similar challenges. This Element responds to recent calls to incorpo...Loe edasi...
This Element mentions how Donald Trump saw the federal bureaucracy as the breeding ground of the deep state, a powerful collection of bureaucratic experts determined to undermine the policies for which he was convinced he had a mandate. He transla...Loe edasi...
