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Princeton Studies in Political Behavior: Democracy Erodes from the Top: Leaders Citizens and the Challenge of Populism in Europe (Hardcover)

Why leaders not citizens are the driving force in Europe s crisis of democracy A seeming explosion of support for right-wing populist parties has triggered widespread fears that liberal democracy is facing its worst crisis since the 1930s. Democracy... more

Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right: The Far Right and the Environment (Paperback)

At the beginning of the twenty-first century both the crisis of liberal democracy as visible in for example the rise of far-right actors in Europe and the United States and environmental crises from declining biodiversity to climate change are... more

Defending Freedom: How We Can Win the Fight for an Open Society (Paperback)

We are witnessing a crisis of liberal democracy. A widespread fear of social decline rapid globalization and uncontrolled immigration have culminated in a prevailing mood of hostility towards the established order. Confidence in democratic institutions... more

Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century: A Middle Way Between West and East (Hardcover)

For decades liberal democracy has been extolled as the best system of governance to have emerged out of the long experience of history. Today such a confident assertion is far from self-evident. Democracy in crisis across the West must prove itself. In... more

How the Liberal Arts Can Save Liberal Democracy (Paperback)

The essential relationship between the liberal arts and liberal democracy is defined in terms of the former providing to the latter both a discourse of mutual respect and an enlarged culture. What corrodes liberal arts within colleges and universities... more

African Philosophy: Critical Perspective Africa beyond Liberal Democracy: In Search of Context-Relevant Models of Democracy for the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)

The contributors to this volume ask whether democracy is universal or culturally bound how the adoption of Western liberal models of democracy has hindered democratisation in Africa and how indigenous African political thought can be utilised to design... more

Power Conflict and Democracy: American Political Parties and the Maintenance of Liberal Democracy (Paperback)

Surveying American politics from Eisenhower to Clinton this text analyzes the role of the election campaign - its promises and processes - on the development of consistent clear and comprehensive policies. It explores basic issues of governability and... more

The Crisis of Democracy: Report on the Governability of Democracies to the Trilateral Commission (Hardcover - Used) 0814713645 9780814713648

The Crisis of Democracy: Report on the Governability of Democracies to the Trilateral Commission by Crozier Michel; Huntington Samuel P.; Watanuki Joji more

Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century: Democracy Under Threat: A Crisis of Legitimacy? (Hardcover)

This book addresses some of the most pressing questions of our time: Is democracy threatened by globalisation? Is there a legitimacy crisis in contemporary democracies? Is the welfare state in individual countries under pressure from global trends?... more

Pre-Owned Media Spectacle and the Crisis of Democracy: Terrorism War and Election Battles (Cultural Politics & the Promise of Democracy) Paperback

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Routledge Library Editions: Political Sc Direct Action and Liberal Democracy (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 6) (Paperback)

This study focuses primarily on the nature of direct action in relation to contemporary movements and considers the role of direct action methods in past campaigns for constitutional and social rights. Boycotts sit-ins obstructions civil disobedience... more

Pre-Owned Terrorism Versus Democracy: Third Edition: The Liberal State Response (Political Violence) Paperback

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Pre-Owned Terrorism Versus Democracy: The Liberal State Response (Paperback 9780415587990) by Paul Wilkinson

9780415587990. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Paperback. Edition: 3. Language: English. Contains: Tables black & white. Political Violence. Includes: tables black & white. Intended for college/higher education audience. This book examines the terrorist... more

Against Obligation: The Multiple Sources of Authority in a Liberal Democracy (Hardcover)

Do citizens of a nation such as the United States have a moral duty to obey the law? Do officials when interpreting the Constitution have an obligation to follow what that text meant when ratified? To follow precedent? To follow what the Supreme Court... more

Power and Policy in Liberal Democracies (Paperback)

Why has Japan found it easier to pursue a consistent industrial policy than the United States? Why does Britain provide health care collectively whereas France relies on private provision? Why is the American government unable to ensure the safety of... more

The Future of Liberal Democracy (Hardcover)

Top scholars and practitioners from a variety of ideological perspectives consider liberal democracy and the Jeffersonian legacy both in relation to key issues in the practice and theory of rights (human rights individual rights) and in relation to key... more

Understanding Liberal Democracy: Essays in Political Philosophy (Hardcover)

Understanding Liberal Democracy presents notable work by Nicholas Wolterstorff at the intersection between political philosophy and religion. Alongside his influential earlier essays it includes nine new essays in which Wolterstorff develops original... more

Pre-Owned C B MacPherson: And the Problem of Liberal Democracy (Paperback 9781853312137) by Dr. Jules Townshend

9781853312137. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 192. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p. In this sympathetic restatement of C B Macpherson s ideas Townshend provides an overview of Macpherson s theory of... more

Library of Liberal Thought The New Democracy (Paperback)

When The New Democracy first appeared in 1912 it was widely regarded as one of the most influential works of the Progressive Era. Yet despite continuing interest in the political thought of the Progressive Era both Weyl and The New Democracy slipped... more

The Construction of Liberal Democracy : The Role of Civil-Military Institutions in State and Nation-Building in West Germany and South Africa

The Construction of Liberal Democracy: The Role of Civil-Military Institutions in State and Nation-Building in West Germany and South Africa more

Passions and Constraint: On the Theory of Liberal Democracy (Paperback)

In this collection of essays on the core values of liberalism Stephen Holmes--noted for his scathing reviews of books by liberalism s opponents--challenges commonly held assumptions about liberal theory. By placing it into its original historical... more

Pre-Owned The Pitfalls of Liberal Democracy and Late Nationalism in South Africa (Hardcover 9780230608153) by M Muiu

9780230608153. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. 2008 ed. Language: English. Pages: 239. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 239 p. This book compares African and Afrikaner nationalisms to demonstrate that the transition from apartheid to liberal... more

Pre-Owned Creating Citizens: Political Education and Liberal Democracy (Paperback 9780199270194) by Eamonn Callan

9780199270194. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 262. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 262 p. Oxford Political Theory. Oxford Political Theory presents the best new work in contemporary political theory. It is... more

The Death of Liberal Democracy?

It s a paradox. Liberals are everywhere. In every political party socialists and conservatives alike. Yet Liberal democracy is struggling across Europe and its new form is yet to be re-born. This book provides a vision of what that re-born version... more

Prospects for Green Liberal Democracy (Paperback)

Both eco-authoritarian and democratic scholars have claimed that a liberal democracy cannot pay due attention to the environment. However such claims call for profound analysis. Jagers argues that much in the debate on liberal democracy and... more

Routledge Research in Comparative Politi Immigration and Public Opinion in Liberal Democracies (Hardcover)

Although ambivalence characterizes the stance of scholars toward the desirability of close opinion-policy linkages in general it is especially evident with regard to immigration. The controversy and disagreement about whether public opinion should... more

Pre-Owned Anti-Pluralism: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy (Paperback 9780300251807) by William a Galston

9780300251807. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 176. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 176 p. Politics and Culture. The Great Recession institutional dysfunction a growing divide between urban and rural prospects... more

Pre-Owned Finding a New Feminism: Rethinking the Woman Question for Liberal Democracy (Paperback 9780847681891) by Pamela Grande Jensen Ann Charney Colmo Jean Bethke Elshtain

9780847681891. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 240. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 240 p. Contains: Illustrations black & white. This collection of original essays by prominent scholars of political theory... more

Cold War Social Science: Knowledge Production Liberal Democracy and Human Nature (Hardcover)

From World War II to the early 1970s American social science research expanded in dramatic and unprecedented fashion. This volume offers fascinating perspectives on the rise of U.S. practitioners as global leaders in the field exploring how why and... more

Gramsci s Democratic Theory: Contributions to a Post-Liberal Democracy (Paperback)

An in-depth study of Antonio Gramsci s prison notebooks (Quaderni del carcere) and his specific contributions to radical democratic theory. The book encompasses English Italian and French debates on the subject as well as political and philosophical... more

Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européenn: Community and Democracy in South Africa: Liberal Versus Communitarian Perspectives (Paperback)

The achievement of democratic forms of government ranging from liberal to communitarian strands has been a major priority for developing countries in their post-colonial histories. South Africa s quest to establish a multi-party democratic system of... more

Comparing Liberal Democracies : The United States United Kingdom France Germany and the European Union (Paperback)

In this age of a globalism understanding the governments and politics of other countries is important in understanding the world around us. In Comparing Liberal Democracies author Arthur B. Gunlicks contributes to this understanding in a discussion of... more

Misunderstanding International Relations: A Focus on Liberal Democracies (Hardcover)

This book examines the ways in which the study and practice of international relations are misunderstood both by scholars and politicians. It begins by examining critical errors in reasoning and argument which determine the way key issues in the field... more

Pre-Owned When Protest Becomes Crime: Politics and Law in Liberal Democracies (Hardcover 9780745340050) by Carolijn Terwindt

9780745340050. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Pages: 304. Library binding. 304 p. Anthropology Culture and Society . 2 b&w photographs. Intended for professional and scholarly audience. How does protest become criminalised? Applying an... more

Pre-Owned Terrorism Versus Democracy: The Liberal State Response (Paperback) 0415384788 9780415384780

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Pre-Owned Liberal Democracy and Political Science (Paperback) 0801845114 9780801845116

Ceaser concludes with a case study that puts his theory to work--and analysis of the susceptibility of our political culture to the influence of intellectuals and to contemporary critics of the Constitution. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in... more

Pre-Owned The Shadow of Unfairness: A Plebeian Theory of Liberal Democracy Paperback

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Reinventing Social Emancipation: Democratizing Democracy : Beyond the Liberal Democratic Canon (Paperback)

The majorconflicts between the Global North and the South can be expected toresult from the confrontation of alternative conceptions of democracy mainly between liberal or representative democracy and participatorydemocracy. The hegemonic model of... more