Political structures: democracy books

In 1799, at the behest of President George Washington, Patrick Henry came out of retirement to defend the Constitution...  Read More >>

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Americans face increasingly stark choices each presidential election and a growing sense that our government can't...  Read More >>

This book analyses how the country changed from the austerity of the 1940's to the affluence of the 1950's. The...  Read More >>

Democratic Disunity: Rhetorical Tribalism in 2020 maintains that while attention has focused on the tribal bifurcation...  Read More >>

This book characterizes Mill as a political instrumentalist and an epistemic democrat, analyzing the epistemic arguments...  Read More >>

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Have you ever wondered why civil political discussions seem impossible without resorting to shouting and name-calling?This...  Read More >>

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This book reflects the political, welfare, and general social attitudes in the Czech Republic, which has 30 years...  Read More >>

An urgent and gripping look at the erosion of voting rights and its implications for democracy, told through the...  Read More >>

Imagine an American president who imprisoned critics, spread a culture of white supremacy, and tried to upend the...  Read More >>

Imagine an American president who imprisoned critics, spread a culture of white supremacy, and tried to upend the...  Read More >>

This handbook comprehensively and systematically explores the current understanding, and unchartered research paths,...  Read More >>

In recent years, political polarization between right and left has resurfaced as a serious problem in modern representative...  Read More >>

An ""eye-opening"" (The New York Times), ""absolutely fascinating"" (Fareed Zakaria, CNN host and commentator) look...  Read More >>

This book explores how local caudillos stay in power and why some are more successful than others in retaining office....  Read More >>

An incisive, lyrically written, and deeply reported account of India's descent into authoritarianism  Read More >>

An incisive, lyrically written, and deeply reported account of India's descent into authoritarianism  Read More >>

A spirited defense of the Enlightenment against assaults from both the left and the right that explains its urgent...  Read More >>

"In ""DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: The Right-Wing's Challenge to the Popular Vote and the Battle to Save Our Nation,"" acclaimed...  Read More >>

From the author of When America Stopped Being Great, an insightful and urgent assessment of America's past, present...  Read More >>

A major history from the Founding to our embittered present that ""explains the void"" (Politico) at the center...  Read More >>

"Dieser spannende Aufsatz konzentriert sich auf die Erkl�rung und Analyse von Thomas Hobbes' ""Leviathan"", einem...  Read More >>

A century of expanding government has distorted financial markets, stoked massive inequality, and soaked America...  Read More >>