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The concept of decentralization embraces several distinct processes, including the deconcentration of governmental and administrative functions, involving both their physical relocation and the devolution of powers, whether political or economic.

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This book engages with decolonial social and cultural analyses of global entangled inequalities by focusing on their local articulations globally and, in particular, in Germany, Trinidad and Tobago and the United Kingdom.

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From Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Stewart, the definitive story of the war between President Trump and America's principal law enforcement agencies.

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The democratic surge in the past twenty years has led many Americans to assume that all societies are, or should be, making progress toward becoming practicing democracies.

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In Russia, as in other new federations and those undergoing constitutional reform, wealthy and politically cohesive regions can substantially alter the rules of intergovernmental relations to their benefit within the context of bilateral bargaining.

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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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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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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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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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Explores the moral foundations and the political prospects of the welfare state in the United States. This volume confronts powerful criticisms that have been leveled against the welfare state by conservatives, liberals, and radicals and suggests reforms in welfare state programs that might meet these criticisms.

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This book is about the structure and the basic political institutions of a democratic polity in which the citizens would rule as equally valuable and fully participating members of a self-governing collectivity.

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Case studies from around the world and theoretical discussion show how the capacity to act collectively on local problems can be developed, strengthening democracy while changing social and economic outcomes.

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Voter turnout was unusually high in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. At first glance, that level of participation largely spurred by war in Iraq and a burgeoning culture war at home might look like vindication of democracy.

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A discussion of how democracy works in the practice of political regulation of clear air in the UK, France, Germany and the USA. It looks at social change and social integration rather than issues of governance and administration in terms of effectiveness and democratic legitimation.

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Leading scholars analyze three disruptions in the 2020 presidential campaign and election: disruptions to the status quo caused by the renewed quest for racial justice and greater diversity of candidates;

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Achen and Bartels argue that democratic theory needs to be founded on identity groups and political parties, not on the preferences of individual voters. Democracy for Realists provides a powerful challenge to conventional thinking, pointing the way toward a fundamentally different understanding of the realities and potential of democratic government. --Provided by publisher.

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Democracies across the globe are in crisis as authoritarian regimes rise and populist leaders emerge worldwide. Democracy in Crisis across the World weaves threads of history and politics in two parts to analyze how long this trend may last and what the future may bring.