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The essays in this collection emphasize the inherent dynamicism needed to sustain democratic governance in Latin America.

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Why do democracies avoid fighting each other This book examines research and speculation on the subject and tests this against the history of relations between democracies over two centuries. It concludes that constitutional democracies have a 'contracting advantage' - a unique ability to settle conflicts with each other by durable agreements.

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Rescaling the State provides a theoretically-informed and empirically-rich account of the process of devolution undertaken in the UK since 1997, focusing in particular on the devolution of economic governance. -- .

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Rethinking Pakistan brings together some of the best minds of the country and invites them to reflect upon the most pressing issues that it is facing in all spheres, including politics, external relations, environment, human rights, gender relations, religious fundamentalism, education, and freedom of expression. This edited collection is highly a

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An argument that draws on canonical and contemporary thinkers in political theory and science studiesfrom Machiavelli to Latourfor insights on bringing scientific expertise into representative democracy.

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America's historic greatness is in decline, subverted by moneyed special interests and their lobbyists who take advantage of our system of campaign financing to thwart the will of the people.

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Goldman examines the difficulties and uncertainties of developing a viable democratic society in Slovakia.

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This theoretical and empirical study is the first to examine the connection between the image and substance of Spain's democracy and the country's foreign policy in Central America.

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This work introduces the concepts of representation that lie at the heart of representative democracy. It explores the ways in which Australians have thought about and practised representation, and includes analysis of non-parliamentary institutions of representation.

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Does the objective of state building require significant modifications in the essence and form of democracy

This collection combines theoretical explorations with empirical case studies.

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Struggling or Recognition examines the important role psychological factors play in fostering changes toward more democratic structures.

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Examines the important role psychological factors play in fostering changes toward more democratic structures. This book presents an alternative to the theories of social and political changes that fail to test the causal assumption they make about human psychology.

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In this study Mr. Pool has shown what is meant by the word democracy on each side of the iron curtain. He has shown the different connotations of democracy; He has devised some new techniques involving a general theory of communication to measure the ways by which people in the East and West use the word.

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The best way to teach democracy has been the subject of an ongoing debate for 2,500 years. Unlike most books about teaching democracy, this one spends more time on how to teach democracy than the what and why of teaching democracy.

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The best way to teach democracy has been the subject of an ongoing debate for 2,500 years. Unlike most books about teaching democracy, this one spends more time on how to teach democracy than the what and why of teaching democracy.

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This study examines the process of democratic political consolidation as seen in Portugal. As Maravall has suggested, once democracies are re-established after a period of dictatorial rule, new problems emerge: the efficiency of the new political system, not just its legitimacy, becomes the main issue.

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An American academic describes the breakup of the Soviet Union and the formation of an independent Latvia from the vantage point of Riga, where he was acting as an advisor to the Latvian Parliament and was a visiting faculty member at the time of the events.

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It is the author's contention that the comic perspective offers insight and understanding on the actual operation of democracy. And they invite all those who wish to understand why American democracy is so comic to join them in their inquiry.

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Jacksonian Democracy has become almost a commonplace in American history. But in this penetrating analysis of one state-its voting cycles, party makeup, and social, ethnic, and religious patterns-Lee Benson shows that the concept bears little or no relation to New York history during the Jacksonian period. New York voters between 1816 and 1844 did

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