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Complementing the author's case-study analysis, this book applies statistical tests and hypotheses. Taking a fresh approach to a question that has long merited a study, it yields crucial insights on security policy, the causes of war, and the interplay between domestic politics and international relations.

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Severe political polarization is increasingly afflicting old and new democracies alike, producing the erosion of democratic norms and rising societal anger. This volume is the first book-length comparative analysis of this troubling global phenomenon, offering in-depth case studies.

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This critical comparison of political culture in the United States and India argues that much can be learned about the parochial roots and global expansion of representative government by studying both the successes and the failures of these two great experiments in constitutional democracy.

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Assesses what associations do and don't do for democracy. This book explains how and when associational life expands the domain, inclusiveness, and authenticity of democracy. It looks at which associations are most likely to foster individuals' capacities for democratic citizenship.

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Despite three decades of preoccupation with development in Africa, the economies of most African nations are still stagnating or regressing. For most Africans, incomes are lower than they were two decades ago, health prospects are poorer, malnourishment is widespread, and infrastructures and social institutions are breaking down.

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From nationalist and ethnic revivals in the countries of east and central Europe to the former Soviet Union, to the politics of cultural separatism in Canada, this volume brings together thinkers who rearticulate and reconsider the foundations of democratic theory and practice in the light of the politics of identity/difference.

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While the romantic notions of social and economic equality once espoused by the socialist movement have been overshadowed by the realities of government power, bureaucractic inefficiency, and class divisions, Glassman claims that the quest for equality and social justice can and must be pursued within legal-democratic societies.

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Does democracy promote excellence Searching history, literature, and works of political theory, the contributors conclude that American democracy does indeed promote excellence despite thousands of years of political theory arguing the contrary.

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How can democracy facilitate an effective response to the problem of global warming The author discusses this question from two perspectives. He looks at the suitability of democratic decision-making, and explores whether democracy can exist on a supranational scale.

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Questions about democracy and human rights have emerged in the 21st century. This work is designed to respond to these questions with reference to Latin America, where democratic regimes have alternated with authoritarian governments and the human rights record is inconsistent at best.

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America emerged from the Enlightenment, thus the prevailing elements of politics in the United States are echoes of struggles amongst the moderate, the conservative, and the radical Enlightenment. This books attempts to understand the changing realities of power in the United States, as well as how they become authorized by attaining consent.

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When does democracy work well, and why Is democracy the best form of government These questions are of supreme importance as the United States seeks to promote its democratic values abroad. This book looks at ancient Athens to explain how and why directly democratic government by the people produces wealth, power, and security.

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In Democracy and Leadership, Weber draws from Platos virtues of the ideal city, updated with democratic values and insights from John Dewey, to present both a general and a democratic theory of leadership. Central to the project is the democratic turn away from thinking of leadership as persons to thinking of it as a process open to all.

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Probes the symbolic politics of foreignness. This book shows not only how our debates over foreignness help shore up our national or democratic identities, but how anxieties endemic to liberal democracy themselves animate ambivalence toward foreignness.

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This volume provides a fresh perspective on current democratic theory and practice by recovering the rich evaluations of democracy in the history of political thought. Each essay addresses a single thinkers reflections on the virtues and defects of democracy and the relationship between democracy and other regimes.

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This volume provides a fresh perspective on current democratic theory and practice by recovering the rich evaluations of democracy in the history of political thought. Each essay addresses a single thinkers reflections on the virtues and defects of democracy and the relationship between democracy and other regimes.

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A study of the emergence of democracy in Latin America. It shows that traditional theories of democratization fall short in explaining this phenomenon. It argues that democracy can be far more inclusive and can rely on a sphere of autonomous association and argument by citizens.