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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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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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Considers the problems confronting political life by reviewing, assessing, and expanding on the ideas of Sheldon Wolin. This book consists of three sections linked by the underlying theme of Wolin's monumental effort to define "the political" and the conditions of democratic life.

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Democracy in Its Essence analyzes Hans Kelsens political theory as a pluralist, relativist, constitutional, proceduralist, and liberal theory of representative democracy, characterized by its strong recall to the values of tolerance, responsibility, and respect toward the other as well as to the idea of politics as space for compromise.

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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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In Democratic Theory Naturalized, Walter Horn proposes his theory of "CHOICE Voluntarism" to distill populism to its core premise: giving people the power to govern themselves without the constraints imposed by those on the left or the right. Horn analyzes what makes for fair aggregation and appropriate, deliberative representation.

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Based upon historical case studies, this work suggests a general pattern regarding democratization and foreign expansion by examining the degree to which the military is oriented, and the cohesion of economic social groups in the face of military assault.

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This book spearheads a new area of researchthe link between migration and democratization. It argues that return migrants can play an important role in the consolidation process of young democracies. Based on original quantitative and qualitative data, it analyzes the political attitudes and experiences of Philippine labor migrants.

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Looks at a conversation among practitioners of two very different fields: ancient history and political theory. The topic of the conversation is classical Greek democracy and its contemporary relevance.

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A gripping, insider's view of the CIA by former spy, Melissa Boyle Mahle

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Explores abuses perpetrated in the name of multiculturalism, discussing battles over political values, school curricula, and censorship.

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This is the first comprehensive study of the operation of direct rule between 1972 and 2007 as a system of governance. How direct rule moulded the institutions of governance is analysed in detail. In addition, direct rule is compared with devolution, identifying the deficiencies and advantages of both systems. -- .

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This book probes the extreme variation in discourses on violence and punishment. Its comprehensive examination brings together normative political-theoretical discourses on punishment, historical changes in violence and punishment, and perspectives on punishment from political powers, world religions, literature and film, criminology, and theodicy.

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Analyzing leadership, committee, and procedural restructuring in four periods, this book argues that coalitions promoting a wide range of member interests drive change in both the House and Senate. It shows that multiple interests determine institutional innovation within a period; and that different interests are important in different periods.

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This text analyses and discusses the past, present and future status of Marxist philosophy. It examines questions fundamental to Marxist philosophy such as the hegemonic and post-hegemonic role of Marxism in social movements, and the need to broaden Marxism by making use of Western concepts.

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To understand what conditions make democracies stable or unstable, effective or ineffective, Professor Eckstein examines the stability and effectiveness of Norwegian democracy. He finds them both to be high. He then examines several theories derived from the study of other democracies or from comparative studies of other democratic and nondemocrati

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