Truly eye-opening . . . The most accessible and coherent introduction to Chomskys ideas Irish Times The land of the free. The home of the brave. But what has America achieved in the aim of spreading democracy except wreak havoc across...Loe edasi...
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Begin Again, a politically astute, lyrical meditation on how ordinary people can shake off their reliance on a small group of professional politicians and assume responsibility for...Loe edasi...
Since 2020, the Free Speech Union (FSU) has been protecting ordinary people from being cancelled for their lawful beliefs. As a Director of the FSU, Dr Ben Jones has been involved in helping thousands of members, including students, feminists, liber...Loe edasi...
This timely book challenges seven widespread misconceptions about democracy that continue to shape public and academic debates about its past, present, and future.Drawing on historical evidence, comparative research, and case illustrations,...Loe edasi...
This book explores the political worldviews of progressive American social movements and how they play an increasingly important role in defining social problems, setting the national political agenda, and offering viable policy solutions.A...Loe edasi...
This book explores the political worldviews of progressive American social movements and their growing role in defining social problems, setting the national political agenda, and offering viable policy solutions. An important reference for academic...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Michigan State University Press, ISBN-13: 9781611865660)
Our political landscape is crowded with competing voices—claims, demands, grievances, and even acts of violence—all made in the name of some idea of “the people.” This powerful concept has been wielded both to assert democratic sovereignty and 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...
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...
First published in 1982, The Transition to Democracy in Spain by José Maravall explores Spains post-Franco shift to democracy, analyzing political reforms, social divisions, and the Socialist Partys role. A vital resource for students of Spanish a...Loe edasi...
In contrast to much of the current literature that treats Trump’s authoritarianism as new and singular, this book shows that authoritarianism in the United States instead has a long history that explains the extent to which authoritarianism has be...Loe edasi...
In contrast to much of the current literature that treats Trump’s authoritarianism as new and singular, this book shows that authoritarianism in the United States instead has a long history that explains the extent to which authoritarianism has be...Loe edasi...
An “astute” and “insightful” (Financial Times) exploration of the forces that keep us from getting things done, and how we can restore confidence in government America was once a country that did big things. But today, even while facing a hos...Loe edasi...
An expert guide to the sui generis nature of the European Unions human rights regime, exploring it as a singular regional player in international human rights law....Loe edasi...
Religion, Performances, and Democracy examine how religion has profoundly influenced the socio-political and cultural landscape of South Asia, shaping identities, public and private spaces, and social relationships over centuries....Loe edasi...
This book highlights pressing challenges confronting liberal democracy and the rule of law by presenting a series of compelling narratives from individuals who experience the expression of dissensus over liberal democracy in their professional lives...Loe edasi...
This book analyses the compatibility of data retention in the UK with the European Convention on Human Rights. This is explored through a variety of ways including providing an account of democracy and why secret surveillance poses a threat to it, a...Loe edasi...
This volume demonstrates how Wittgensteins philosophy can illuminate our understanding of politics and open new ways of conceptualizing democratic theory and practice. Its focus is on language, reason and communication as central to identifying pres...Loe edasi...
This book offers the first systematic theorisation of transnational public spheres from non-Western, spatial, and infrastructural perspectives and will be of interest to researchers in International Relations, Political Science, Political Theory, So...Loe edasi...
This book introduces a new framework for understanding how the relationship between political parties and the state shapes the development of political parties, party systems, and democratic consolidation....Loe edasi...
This book explores the challenges climate change poses to the endurance of democracy, situating this theme within the context of the decline in global freedom documented since the early 21st century....Loe edasi...
This book argues that, under certain societal and institutional conditions, party-, interest group- and bureaucracy-based elites can interact positively to extend political timeframes beyond short electoral terms and foster reasoned long-term planni...Loe edasi...
This book advances a theory to deal with the challenges connected to the liberal democratic ideal that all people are free to codetermine the future of their society and equally entitled to their religion and beliefs, given the historical bias towar...Loe edasi...
Since 2020, the Free Speech Union (FSU) has been protecting ordinary people from being cancelled for their lawful beliefs. As a Director of the FSU, Dr Ben Jones has been involved in helping thousands of members, including students, feminists, liber...Loe edasi...
This timely book challenges seven widespread misconceptions about democracy that continue to shape public and academic debates about its past, present, and future.Drawing on historical evidence, comparative research, and case illustrations,...Loe edasi...
This book explores the political worldviews of progressive American social movements and how they play an increasingly important role in defining social problems, setting the national political agenda, and offering viable policy solutions.A...Loe edasi...
This book explores the political worldviews of progressive American social movements and their growing role in defining social problems, setting the national political agenda, and offering viable policy solutions. An important reference for academic...Loe edasi...
Government institutions have betrayed the trust of the American people for too long. Instead of serving a democracy that is of, by, and for the people, these organizations have been captured by the corporate greed of regulatory agencies—the agencies...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Michigan State University Press, ISBN-13: 9781611865660)
Our political landscape is crowded with competing voices—claims, demands, grievances, and even acts of violence—all made in the name of some idea of “the people.” This powerful concept has been wielded both to assert democratic sovereignty and 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...
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...
First published in 1982, The Transition to Democracy in Spain by José Maravall explores Spains post-Franco shift to democracy, analyzing political reforms, social divisions, and the Socialist Partys role. A vital resource for students of Spanish a...Loe edasi...
In contrast to much of the current literature that treats Trump’s authoritarianism as new and singular, this book shows that authoritarianism in the United States instead has a long history that explains the extent to which authoritarianism has be...Loe edasi...
In contrast to much of the current literature that treats Trump’s authoritarianism as new and singular, this book shows that authoritarianism in the United States instead has a long history that explains the extent to which authoritarianism has be...Loe edasi...
An “astute” and “insightful” (Financial Times) exploration of the forces that keep us from getting things done, and how we can restore confidence in government America was once a country that did big things. But today, even while facing a hos...Loe edasi...
An expert guide to the sui generis nature of the European Unions human rights regime, exploring it as a singular regional player in international human rights law....Loe edasi...
Religion, Performances, and Democracy examine how religion has profoundly influenced the socio-political and cultural landscape of South Asia, shaping identities, public and private spaces, and social relationships over centuries....Loe edasi...
This book highlights pressing challenges confronting liberal democracy and the rule of law by presenting a series of compelling narratives from individuals who experience the expression of dissensus over liberal democracy in their professional lives...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Scribner Book Company, ISBN-13: 9781668221532)
An urgent and shocking examination of how the ultra-rich dominate democracies, hoard political power, and maintain inequality—and how we might chart another path.The wealthy and powerful few have dominated the masses throughout most of...Loe edasi...
From the pre-eminent WWII historian, an ardent chronicle of the unprecedented and far-sighted U.S. postwar decision to aid its enemies as well as its allies via the Marshall Plan, which led to eight decades of peace and prosperity in the West t...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Teachers' College Press, ISBN-13: 9780807783696)
Transformative education and personal resilience unite to reveal how systemic racism undermines the democratic ideal. By advocating innovative school reforms and nurturing social growth, the narrative offers a roadmap for building inclusive communit...Loe edasi...
Drawing on a career of combining psychiatry, education, and civil rights activism, the work examines how insidious racism undermines democratic ideals while outlining trauma informed, relationship-based reforms in schools. It calls for early care an...Loe edasi...
This book analyses the compatibility of data retention in the UK with the European Convention on Human Rights. This is explored through a variety of ways including providing an account of democracy and why secret surveillance poses a threat to it, a...Loe edasi...
This volume demonstrates how Wittgensteins philosophy can illuminate our understanding of politics and open new ways of conceptualizing democratic theory and practice. Its focus is on language, reason and communication as central to identifying pres...Loe edasi...
This book offers the first systematic theorisation of transnational public spheres from non-Western, spatial, and infrastructural perspectives and will be of interest to researchers in International Relations, Political Science, Political Theory, So...Loe edasi...
This book introduces a new framework for understanding how the relationship between political parties and the state shapes the development of political parties, party systems, and democratic consolidation....Loe edasi...
This book explores the challenges climate change poses to the endurance of democracy, situating this theme within the context of the decline in global freedom documented since the early 21st century....Loe edasi...
This book argues that, under certain societal and institutional conditions, party-, interest group- and bureaucracy-based elites can interact positively to extend political timeframes beyond short electoral terms and foster reasoned long-term planni...Loe edasi...
This book advances a theory to deal with the challenges connected to the liberal democratic ideal that all people are free to codetermine the future of their society and equally entitled to their religion and beliefs, given the historical bias towar...Loe edasi...
This volume reconsiders pragmatist conceptions of democratic education, especially John Deweys. It addresses what democratic education can mean in the face of the current threats that are undermining democracy....Loe edasi...
Providing the tools for critical thinking, the sixth edition of Analyzing American Democracy: Politics and Political Science relies on statistical analysis, constitutional scholarship, and theoretical foundations to introduce the str...Loe edasi...
Providing the tools for critical thinking, the sixth edition of Analyzing American Democracy: Politics and Political Science relies on statistical analysis, constitutional scholarship, and theoretical foundations to introduce the str...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Bristol University Press, ISBN-13: 9781529225235)
Filling a significant gap in current scholarship, the book positions nationalism as a driving force behind Central and Eastern Europe’s political transformation and challenges. In particular, it demonstrates how rising populism and authoritarian regr...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Allen Lane, ISBN-13: 9780241661826)
A gripping new account of oligarchy from the most astute social scientist studying the phenomenon today (Guardian) The wealthy and powerful few have dominated the masses throughout most of human history. This is starkly visible now more t...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198965251)
Despite innovation to address ailing trust and rising inequalities, democratic reformers ignore the most common way that disaffected citizens encounter the state: in the frontline implementation of laws, policies, and services. Dominant thinking abou...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781805266020)
Why has the European Union failed to combat rising authoritarianism within its own ranks? And how can it defend democratic governance inside member countries?...Loe edasi...
Sari: Research Handbooks in Law and Politics series
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781800888739)
This comprehensive Research Handbook provides a detailed account of law and democracy through an examination of three key themes: democratic legal institutions, democratic legal theories and contemporary challenges to democracy. It provides case stud...Loe edasi...
In this revised and updated translation of Das Radikaldemokratische Museum, Sternfeld offers a timely critique of museums as they exist today and instead calls for museums to be reconceptualised as contested spaces for debate and new forms...Loe edasi...
In this revised and updated translation of Das Radikaldemokratische Museum, Sternfeld offers a timely critique of museums as they exist today and instead calls for museums to be reconceptualised as contested spaces for debate and new forms...Loe edasi...
In mainstream public economics it is tacitly implied that all facets of the public sector can be managed efficiently and fairly by any type of government. By contrast, this book argues that only a democratic government that can meet the conditions o...Loe edasi...
This book addresses the reasons why the contemporary far-right has gained political resonance in a variety of states across both the Global North and South. The chapters cover a variety of theoretical and conceptual issues, including analyses of dif...Loe edasi...
This book examines these requirements. It debates the political constituencies, agendas and institutions that are emerging from climate crisis, comparing evidence of emergent themes. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special i...Loe edasi...
