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The dramatic story of the peoples' fight for the right to vote

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The analyses in this book focus on the participation of the people within New Zealands system of government. The chapters provide a thorough examination of the governments size, accessibility, structure, electoral system, and active committees in order to explain trends in the participation of sub-state actors, such as indigenous peoples and other minority groups.

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Markets for this work are school, public, and college and university libraries, and college courses on American history, American government and politics, and American political theory.

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Markets for this work are school, public, and college and university libraries, and college courses on American history, American government and politics, and American political theory.

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In October 2004, more than 8 million citizens of Afghanistan turned out to vote in the first democratic election in the turbulent 5,000-year history of the country. This incredible voter turnout was a significant setback to the former Taliban regime and their al Qaeda allies. This book gives an account of Afghanistan's first presidential election.

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Argues for participatory democracy without dependence on abstract metaphysical foundations, and stresses the relationship among democracy and civil society, civic education and culture. This book is divided into sections including 'American Theory: Democracy, Liberalism, and Rights' and 'American Practice: Leadership, Citizenship, and Censorship'.

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Successful democracies throughout history--from ancient Athens to Britain on the cusp of the industrial age--have used the technology of their time to gather information for better governance. Our challenge is no different today, but it is more urgent because the accelerating pace of technological change creates potentially enormous dangers as well

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Africa's Social Cleavages and Democratization explains the variation in the occurrence and intensity of African ethnic and religious conflicts. Using the most current data, Kimemia argues that social cleavages have led to polarized party systems and political competition, adversely affecting democracy.

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Africa's Social Cleavages and Democratization explains the variation in the occurrence and intensity of African ethnic and religious conflicts. Using the most current data, Kimemia argues that social cleavages have led to polarized party systems and political competition, adversely affecting democracy.

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Onwumechili provides an exciting perspective on African military coups, and reminds us that democracy is not synonymous solely with Western societies.

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This theme is examined from two focal pointsthat of praxis and that of security.

Major theorists such as Robert Dahl and noted democractic leaders such as former Argentine President Raul Alfonsin join forces to spell out the essential ingredients for avoiding disaster in transitional periods of post-authoritarian states.

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This theme is examined from two focal pointsthat of praxis and that of security.

Major theorists such as Robert Dahl and noted democractic leaders such as former Argentine President Raul Alfonsin join forces to spell out the essential ingredients for avoiding disaster in transitional periods of post-authoritarian states.

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Amor mundi, love of the world, is vital to democracy and public happiness, and also to the Earth and the environment. But it has been largely lost in modern society. What is it How was it lost Can it be recovered This volume argues that it canand should berecovered, and such as ramifications for Christian political ethics.

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This volume examines the political reality in the post-Arab Spring period from the standpoint of both the relevant literature and fresh perspectives on assessing the mediating political, religious, and economic factors affecting the region.

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Athens has long been famed as the birthplace of democracy. But who had the power in Ancient Athens And was the democracy an unqualified success Tracing the development if democracy from its origins, and making use of ancient sources, Barrow examines these and other questions about this political story.

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This title aims to transform the way Australians understand republicanism. It offers Australian viewpoints, from the famous to the obscure, the official to the flagrantly informal, the rhetorical to the ridiculous.