Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy – serie
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22 produkter
Theorising Democide
Why and How Democracies Fail
Av M. Chou
Inbunden, 2013
550 kr
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Beginning with the premise that democracies are often deeply implicated in their own downfall, The Theory of Democide challenges the conventional view of how and why democracies collapse by demonstrating that democratic collapse is often a direct result of the inherent logic of democracy itself.
Conception of Citizen Knowledge in Democratic Theory
Av L. Rapeli
Inbunden, 2013
550 kr
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What according to democratic theorists should the ordinary citizen know about politics? What does several decades of empirical research about citizens' political knowledge tell us? And why should we care? This book offers a comprehensive outline of the vast literature on political knowledge and by …
Democracy in Iran
Inbunden, 2013
550 kr
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Democratic government is something that has eluded Iran despite a series of non-violent revolutions aimed at establishing a system of governance that would promote both public freedom and political accountability. This explores the obstacles to the growth of democracy in Iran and posits a plan for …
Evolutionary Basic Democracy
A Critical Overture
Av J. Gagnon
Inbunden, 2013
550 kr
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No one in this world truly understands what democracy means. We operate democracy only through best guesses. This uncertainty has caused, and continues to cause, significant political troubles. This book offers a way forward. It provides a new tool that will allow us to understand democracy for the …
Hong Kong's Indigenous Democracy
Origins, Evolution and Contentions
Inbunden, 2015
1093 kr
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This book is a unique contribution to the study of democratization in Hong Kong, with chapters including the legal tradition in Hong Kong, the features of Hong Kong's indigenous democracy, the 2014 Umbrella Movement, and the evolution of the Chief Executive election.
Rethinking Civic Participation in Democratic Theory and Practice
Av Rod Dacombe
Inbunden, 2017
1202 kr
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This book makes an important contribution to contemporary debates over the place of civic participation in democratic theory and practice. Drawing on a detailed case study of the Blackbird Leys area of Oxford, the book employs a novel empirical approach to ask whether widespread participation in …
Rethinking Civic Participation in Democratic Theory and Practice
Av Rod Dacombe
Häftad, 2018
876 kr
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This book makes an important contribution to contemporary debates over the place of civic participation in democratic theory and practice. Drawing on a detailed case study of the Blackbird Leys area of Oxford, the book employs a novel empirical approach to ask whether widespread participation in …
Rethinking the Value of Democracy
A Comparative Perspective
Häftad, 2018
713 kr
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This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the instrumental value of democracy in a comparative perspective. Based on extensive analyses of quantitative studies from different disciplines, it explores both the expected beneficial and harmful impact of democracy. Democracy’s reputation as …
Liberal Democracy in Crisis
Rethinking Resistance under Neoliberal Governmentality
Häftad, 2019
767 kr
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This book rethinks resistance against neoliberalism in the context of the crisis of Western liberal democracy and the rise of new radical left parties in Europe. Drawing upon a wide range of methodological approaches in contemporary political and social theory, it explores how the aftermath of the …
Democracy in Europe
A Political Philosophy of the EU
Häftad, 2018
984 kr
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This book calls for a philosophical consideration of the development, challenges and successes of the European Union. The author argues that conceptual innovation is essential if progress on the European project is to be made; new meanings, rather than financial or institutional engineering …
Democracy, Rights and Rhetoric in Southeast Asia
Av Avery Poole
Inbunden, 2019
550 kr
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Southeast Asia is a vast, populous and diverse region. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) promotes democracy and human rights as central to regional order and cooperation, but most members are not democratic and have poor or questionable human rights records. This book explores why …
African National Congress and Participatory Democracy
From People's Power to Public Policy
Av Heidi Brooks
Inbunden, 2019
930 kr
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This book examines the development of democratic thought in the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa, with a focus on the movement’s ideas about participatory democracy. It makes particular reference to two key periods: the 1980s ‘people’s power’ movement and the subsequent years of …
African National Congress and Participatory Democracy
From People's Power to Public Policy
Av Heidi Brooks
Häftad, 2020
930 kr
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This book examines the development of democratic thought in the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa, with a focus on the movement’s ideas about participatory democracy. It makes particular reference to two key periods: the 1980s ‘people’s power’ movement and the subsequent years of …
Internet Use and Protest in Malaysia and other Authoritarian Regimes
Challenging Information Scarcity
Inbunden, 2021
1419 kr
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This book investigates the impact of internet use on anti-government protesting under authoritarian rule. By breaking up the causal chain into various steps, it provides a thorough and nuanced understanding of internet’s role in different stages of the mobilization process. It argues that the …
Internet Use and Protest in Malaysia and other Authoritarian Regimes
Challenging Information Scarcity
Häftad, 2022
1419 kr
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This book investigates the impact of internet use on anti-government protesting under authoritarian rule. By breaking up the causal chain into various steps, it provides a thorough and nuanced understanding of internet’s role in different stages of the mobilization process. It argues that the …
Visegrad Group and Democracy Promotion
Transition Experience and Beyond
Av Jan Hornat
Inbunden, 2021
790 kr
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This book explores the substance and strategies of democracy promotion conducted by the Visegrad Group states (V4) – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. As these states are currently deemed to face democratic backsliding over thirty years after their own democratic transformations, …
Political Opposition in Authoritarianism
Exit, Voice and Loyalty in Kazakhstan
Av Rico Isaacs
Inbunden, 2022
496 kr
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How might political opposition shape regime outcomes over time in an authoritarian system? Most studies on political opposition in authoritarian contexts tend to focus on the agency of the regime over and above that of the political opposition. Using Albert Hirschman’s framework of exit, voice and …
Deliberative Turn in Democratic Theory
Models, Methods, Misconceptions
Inbunden, 2024
1400 kr
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Thirty years of developments in deliberative democracy (DD) have consolidated this subfield of democratic theory. The acquired disciplinary prestige has made theorist and practitioners very confident about the ability of DD to address the legitimacy crisis experienced by liberal democracies at …
Deliberative Turn in Democratic Theory
Models, Methods, Misconceptions
Häftad, 2025
1400 kr
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Thirty years of developments in deliberative democracy (DD) have consolidated this subfield of democratic theory. The acquired disciplinary prestige has made theorist and practitioners very confident about the ability of DD to address the legitimacy crisis experienced by liberal democracies at …
Democracy in Europe
A Political Philosophy of the EU
Inbunden, 2018
1310 kr
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This book calls for a philosophical consideration of the development, challenges and successes of the European Union. The author argues that conceptual innovation is essential if progress on the European project is to be made; new meanings, rather than financial or institutional engineering …
Rethinking the Value of Democracy
A Comparative Perspective
Inbunden, 2018
984 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the instrumental value of democracy in a comparative perspective. Based on extensive analyses of quantitative studies from different disciplines, it explores both the expected beneficial and harmful impact of democracy. Democracy’s reputation as …
Liberal Democracy in Crisis
Rethinking Resistance under Neoliberal Governmentality
Inbunden, 2018
767 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book rethinks resistance against neoliberalism in the context of the crisis of Western liberal democracy and the rise of new radical left parties in Europe. Drawing upon a wide range of methodological approaches in contemporary political and social theory, it explores how the aftermath of the …
