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Democracy is not naturally plausible. Why turn such important matters over to masses of people who have no expertise This title offers an alternative based on the idea that democratic authority and legitimacy must depend partly on democracy's tendency to make good decisions.

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Paints a portrait of Russian military politics. This book identifies three moments that gave rise to the Russian dilemma: Gorbachev's decision to invite military participation in Soviet politics; Yeltsin's acquiescence to a political system that gave generals a legitimate political presence; and, Putin's failure to press for military reforms.

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The book is an attempt at providing a basic understanding of public administration theory and practice in a democratic-capitalistic-republican state. It is unique in that the book provides rich democratic practices and introduces new theoretical constructs for reparation and democratic citizenship.

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Lisa Martin argues that legislatures actually serve foreign policy well by giving credibility to the international commitments that are made. Martin concludes that - if institutionalized - even rancorous domestic conversations between executives and legislature augment rather than impede states' international dealings.

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This edited volume adds to the growing body of knowledge on democratic and authoritarian regimes in sub-Saharan Africa, expanding the analysis to countries that have, to date, received scant attention. The authors examine democratic contestation in six countries as well as explanations for their trajectories.

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This volume conveys a critique of the mayors of Washington, D.C since 1968 and an analysis of public policies that have confronted D.C. since congress granted limited Home Rule. This analysis of public policy problems and assessment of contemporary mayors should be of interest across disciplines-political science, urban studies and public policy.

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Miller examines the evolution of the system in response to climactic social and economic changes and questions how the American political system will adapt to the crisis-filled world of the late twentieth century.

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This book holistically synthesizes the diverse literature on democracy theory and democratization to develop a model of change along a spectrum of democracy. The combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches makes the book ideal for comparative politics courses.

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Argues that among democracy's supporters there is a belief in the need to "transform" human beings in order to reconcile the reality of human self-interest with the ideal of selfless commitment. This book proposes a form of "democratic realism" that recognizes democracy the regime appropriate for imperfect humans.

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The American political reformer Herbert Croly wrote, "For better or worse, democracy cannot be disentangled from an aspiration toward human perfectibility." Democratic Faith is at once a trenchant analysis and a powerful critique of this underlying assumption that informs democratic theory. Patrick Deneen argues that among democracy's most ardent s

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Examines the changing nature of the modern state and reveals the dangers these changes pose to democracy. This title shows how fresh ideas about governance have gradually displaced old-style notions of government in Britain and around the world.

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Reinhold Niebuhr helps us to understand why our politics is broken and research on the brain confirms his analysis: we are all vain and self-righteous, and far too quick to reject anyone who thinks otherwise. To restore a democracy that works, we need to understand ourselves better and develop the humility such knowledge should engender.

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Reinhold Niebuhr helps us to understand why our politics is broken and research on the brain confirms his analysis: we are all vain and self-righteous, and far too quick to reject anyone who thinks otherwise. To restore a democracy that works, we need to understand ourselves better and develop the humility such knowledge should engender.

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This analysis of international relations provides insights into the global struggle between the Western democracies and Asian communism.

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Leading scholar of citizenship and migration Rainer Bauboeck proposes a theory of inclusion for democratic societies. Five prominent interlocutors comment on this theory. -- .

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Leading scholar of citizenship and migration Rainer Bauboeck proposes a theory of inclusion for democratic societies. Five prominent interlocutors comment on this theory. -- .

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It's a commonplace that citizens in Western democracies are disaffected with their political leaders and traditional democratic institutions. This title argues that this crisis of confidence is partly a crisis of understanding.

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Using case studies from Florida and the Caribbean, this book summarizes the state of coral reef conservation today, exploring the most effective way to protect vulnerable coral reef ecosystems while ensuring peoples voices are heard.

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In this work, the author applies a model of democratic organization for social change to his findings regarding the way literacy campaigns and Christian base communities were organized in four Latin American countries.

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Professor Pennock launches an encyclopedic study that evaluates and ultimately synthesizes a variety of democratic theories. After defining democracy and examining the basic tensions both within and between liberty and equality, and individualism and collectivism, the author sets forth two typologies of operational democratic theories, one related

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