This book explores democratic fragility, an underdeveloped concept in the analyses of contemporary political regimes. Diagnoses of fragility commonly occur when states are brought to the brink of the abyss. Democracy and Its Fragility: Mapping...Loe edasi...
The collection offers a contribution to resistance to autocratization from scholars of eight countries in different stages of autocratization, as well as cross-cutting themes on international human rights institutions, sanctions, the political econo...Loe edasi...
THE FIRST EXAMINATION OF DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA AND WHY IT WORKED IN AMERICA AND FAILED IN MOST OTHER PLACES.Alexis de Tocqueville believed political equality, common in early America, built a strong foundation...Loe edasi...
This book explores what judges do and how they perceive their roles in the context of growing dissensus over liberal democracy.Focusing on the European landscape, it asks eighteen judges how they perceive their roles when judicial i...Loe edasi...
This groundbreaking collection offers the first book-length contribution to ongoing debates around how election observation can best support genuine democratic elections in Africa. In a three-part structure covering international ob...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Oct-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Pennsylvania State University Press, ISBN-13: 9780271096780)
Almost one hundred years have passed since Walter Lippmann and John Dewey published their famous reflections on the problems of the public, but their thoughts remain surprisingly relevant as resources for thinking through our current crisis-plagued...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Oct-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University Press of Kansas, ISBN-13: 9780700639748)
A bold explanation of how reactionary political movements appeal to racism to reconcile American democracy with antidemocratic practices.“All power to the people!” So goes the familiar slogan of 1960s racial justice politics. The mes...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: University Press of Kansas, ISBN-13: 9780700639731)
A bold explanation of how reactionary political movements appeal to racism to reconcile American democracy with antidemocratic practices.“All power to the people!” So goes the familiar slogan of 1960s racial justice politics. The mes...Loe edasi...
This book provides a comprehensive examination of how digital platforms shape deliberative processes and democratic engagement, combining theoretical insights with empirical evidence. This book provides a comprehensive examin...Loe edasi...
This book introduces a comprehensive model for evaluating the effects of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on human rights, democracy, and the rule of law and an innovative framework that merges Rights Impact Assessments (HRIAs) practices with AI-focus...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198902737)
Why do citizens often fail to resist democratic backsliding? Democratic Commitment claims that political culture is key to explaining enduring electoral support for elected leaders who openly dismantle democratic checks and balances. It posi...Loe edasi...
Ireland’s accession to the European Economic Community in 1973 provided great opportunities, as well as significant challenges to its relatively small civil service. This research traces Ireland’s internal adaptation to managing membership....Loe edasi...
With unrivalled political savvy and a keen sense of irony, distinguished political scientists Anthony King and Ivor Crewe open our eyes to the worst government horror stories and explain why the British political system is quite so prone to appalling...Loe edasi...
This book systematically examines regional-level qualities of democracy – representation, participation, and competition – in four countries of Central and Eastern Europe between 1994 and 2022 – from the establishment of regional self-government t...Loe edasi...
“Chilling and convincing, Antidemocratic is a must-read.” —Heather Cox Richardson, author of Democracy Awakening“David Daley has been at the absolute forefront of educating us about the theft of ou...Loe edasi...
The Constitution is designed to ensure that citizens control the government, but the Supreme Court has abused judicial review to undermine popular control of the government. This book proposes changes in constitutional doctrine to enable We the Peop...Loe edasi...
This book examines the history of intellectual conservatism from its late 18th century founding father, Edmund Burke to its last great representative, the recently died Sir Roger Scruton. Investigating this under-researched area of...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Sep-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781035350520)
This highly topical book investigates the EUs role in promoting democracy and human rights in post-Mubarak Egypt, with a focus on the EU funded Civil Society Facility (CSF) instrument. Bassant Hassib and Christian Kaunert assess projects under the 2...Loe edasi...
Written in an accessible style for a broad audience, these essays are designed to be conversation starters about where and how we can best support public education.Throughout his extraordinary career, educational psychologi...Loe edasi...
Sari: Technology, EducationConnections (the TEC Series)
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-Sep-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Teachers' College Press, ISBN-13: 9780807787236)
Written in an accessible style for a broad audience, these essays are designed to be conversation starters about where and how we can best support public education.Throughout his extraordinary career, educational psychologi...Loe edasi...
This book features methodological and theoretical perspectives that embody fundamental questions concerning the historical paradigm of Atlantic Studies and beyond to explore, cultural theory, visual culture, literature, and the narratives and icon...Loe edasi...
Based on studying political systems and the news industry, this book examines the tension between the hierarchical configurations of racial discrimination and the ideals of equality found in Western democracy to explore how and why the reality of...Loe edasi...
Christian Realism and the Revival of Public Theology analyses Niebuhr’s The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness eighty years after publication and argues that it provides pertinent lessons for the contemporary era....Loe edasi...
Israels democratic crisis, includes unprecedented anti-government demonstrations and sharp critique of the governments management of the Gaza War. The book covers in Israels history, constitutional order, social cleavages, psychological factors, a...Loe edasi...
The Heritage Guide to the Constitution A fully revised third edition of The Heritage Guide to the Constitution, a landmark collection featuring over one hundred distinguished scholars, this unique anthology delves into the endur...Loe edasi...
A rousing defense of public education as the cornerstone of American democracy, by the woman attacked by the far right as “the most dangerous person in the world”Attacks on schools and teachers have long been a hallmark of fascist regi...Loe edasi...
A tech insider who has been hailed by The New Yorker for her forceful critique of Big Tech describes what must be done to stop its erosion of democracy Over the past decades, under the cover of innovation, technology companies have succes...Loe edasi...
This book provides essential insights into contemporary political actors’ narratives of European integration.Focusing on the Future of Europe debate in parliaments, the book reveals how the question of democracy in Europe is addressed. Thro...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Sep-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Wales Press, ISBN-13: 9781837722853)
Reframing Tocqueville’s ideas through an Eastern lens: what democracy and freedom mean in China. This book adopts an Eastern or Chinese perspective on Alexis de Tocqueville’s political thought, highlighting the aristocratic nature of h...Loe edasi...
