"Unless democracy is critically defined, dictators can pose as democrats and the oppressed can see despotism as the answer to their prayers. Democracy, however, will not automatically solve the world's problems.
As conceived by Joan Didion, these personages and events constitute the terminal fallout of democracy, a fallout that also includes fact-finding junkets, senatorial groupies, the international arms market, and the Orwellian newspeak of the ...
The concept of democracy is far from new, but this comprehensive volume addresses some of the volatile questions that continue to puzzle even the best of us.
This book reviews the historical development of democracy and the backlash against it, the theoretical character of modern democracy, the practical problems of establishing and maintaining democracy, and the meaning of democracy and its ...
This book provides an in-depth evidence-based analysis on the issue of democracy and good governance, using hundreds of actual examples comparing the Chinese and Western political systems based on theories, structure, processes and ...
Focusing on local movements to achieve equal distribution of social, economic, and political rights and natural resources, Democracy examines how ordinary and extraordinary men and women of different cultural and religious backgrounds have ...
Principles to realization - Cherif Bassiouni
A Reader Ricardo Blaug. has in ordinary usage as well as democratic discourse. William E. Connolly writes, To reform ... 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 1. Bernard R. Berelson, Paul F. Lazarsfeld, and William N. McPhee, Voting: A ...
As the U.S. strives to establish democracy in Iraq and contemplates its own democratic system in the wake of a series of controversial presidential elections, David Beetham offers new insights into democracy.
Can international pressure force Burma to democratize? Does the United States actively promote democracy in the developing world? This collection of essays provides the answers to these questions and more.
Democracy: Demokratia
But as we know, this was by no means the end of the story.
Democracy
An international manifesto on democracy traces its evolution and the ways in which women and minorities have historically fought to win democratic rights, in an account that describes successful implementations of democracy in formerly ...
Democracy: The Challenge We Face
Democracy
Democracy is the political equivalent of drunk driving. Thus, democracy is a defective form of government. Democracy is a method by which the masses shoot themselves in their feet.
aDiscusses various aspects of democracy, including its history, ideology, key figures, and global growth.
For reasons which many persons thought ridiculous, Mrs.
A general introduction highlights democracy's historical complexity and guides you through the current areas of controversy. The extensive bibliography follows the same structure as the text to help you deepen your study.