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Constituents often fail to hold their representatives accountable for federal spending decisions--even though those very choices have a pervasive influence on American life. Why does this happen Breaking new ground in the study of representation, The Impression of Influence demonstrates how legislators skillfully inform constituents with strategic

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Explores how democracy has been constricted and deformed by economic power-brokers and a self-serving political class from Birmingham to Bangalore. This book considers the different tools people in power have used to manipulate democratic principles, such as freedom, to their advantage.

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Pragmatism and its consequences are central issues in American politics. This title explores the subject and makes a case for adopting a pragmatist approach to democratic politics - and for giving priority to democracy in the process of selecting and reforming political institutions.

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Connects the rejection of compromise to the domination of campaigning over governing - the permanent campaign - in American democracy. This title shows that campaigning for political office calls for a mindset that blocks compromise - standing tenaciously on principle to mobilize voters and mistrusting opponents in order to defeat them.

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To govern in a democracy, political leaders have to compromise. When they do not, the result is political paralysis - dramatically demonstrated by the gridlock in Congress in recent years. This book shows why compromise is so important, what stands in the way of achieving it, and how citizens can make defensible compromises more likely.

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Looks at the political participation of individual citizens alongside the political advocacy of thousands of organized interests - membership associations such as unions, professional associations, trade associations, and citizens groups, as well as organizations like corporations, hospitals, and universities.

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Blistering essays critiquing how constant crisis has given rise to a new authoritarianism that threatens democracy, personal liberty and education.

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A searing account of the social divisions in contemporary America, and how this led to a Trump presidency.

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Examines the roles violence and terrorism have played in the exercise of democratic ideals in America. This book explores how crowds, rallying behind the principle of popular sovereignty and desiring to make law conform to justice, can disdain law and engage in violence.

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Examines the ways in which the Westminster system has influenced the shaping of responsible government and democracy across Asia, Australasia and the Pacific. It also examines the ways the Westminster system has been adapted in these different countries in the light of local practices and traditions.

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How we strengthen democracy in the face of rising autocracy

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An urgent, historically-grounded take on the four major factors that undermine American democracy, and what we can do to address them

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If Australians, Canadians and Americans are, like Britons, living under 'elective dictatorships', then how can their elected single-party 'government machines' be kept in check That is the key question examined in this book.

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The rise of populist movements, especially in Western democracies, has prompted considerable thoughtful analysis. This book cites the global financial crisis as the proximate cause but finds the ultimate source in the twin failures of modern capitalism and the democratic state to fulfil a meaningful social contract for the vast majority of people.

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Based on interviews with longtime and newly elected committee people and ward leaders speaking candidly about their experiences in the ward system, Green Shoots of Democracy within the Philadelphia Democratic Party is an in-depth analysis of partisan politics on the grassroots level.