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Focusing on prominent accounts by 10 distinguished women writers, who travelled to the Ottoman Empire (in particular, to......more

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The monarchy is the heart of the United Kingdom’s social, political and constitutional construction. The King is a non-p......more

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Shifting Sands shows that Alberta is not the conservative monoculture people think it is. The Viewpoint Alberta dataset ......more

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The definitive translation of Plato’s Republic, the most influential text in the history of Western philosophy "No one e......more

Supermajorities used to be the norm in American politics, yet today it seems unimaginable that our nation could break ha......more

From the celebrated author of the international bestseller The End of History and the Last Man and other books on the mo......more

A renowned political theorist offers a road map to the dark forces that threaten democracy "Politics is different now be......more

Analyzes how Taiwan’s #MeToo movement emerged from the Netflix series Wave Makers, showing how fictional storytelling mo......more

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An overview of successive Canadian governments, from Confederation to the present, placed in the historical context of e......more

Despite innovation to address ailing trust and rising inequalities, democratic reformers ignore the most common way that......more

An urgent case that the survival of democracy depends on reinventing the press, with ten pioneering reforms to help jour......more

An eye-opening examination into a chilling paradox: our hunger for security--from border walls to video doorbells--is ma......more

In Unions, Race, and Popular Democracy, Kim Scipes dives deep into the historical intricacies of labor organizing, focus......more

This collection of six volumes has shaped America, from colonial times to the present day. Since its founding, the Unite......more

A grounding exploration of how our online prowess shapes the very essence of democracy. The electronic age compels us to......more

A lively, eye-opening account of the Roman Republic’s fall from democracy to dictatorship and the uncanny parallels to o......more

An eye-opening look at the small communities of propagandists revolutionizing politics, culture, and society "Essential ......more

A much-needed defense of liberalism--what it is, why it is under threat, and why we need it more than ever--from one of ......more

Herodotus and the Birth of Freedom examines Herodotus’ presentation of Persia in the History, arguing that Herodotus con......more

European integration has been built on the promise of democracy. Not only should the Member States be founded on democra......more

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Contributions by Anthony Bak Buccitelli, Richard Bauman, Norma Cantú, Miguel Díaz-Barriga, Margaret Dorsey, Ehsan Estiri......more

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Territorializing Democracy argues that the political control of space is key to understanding political participation in......more

From one of the most influential officeholders in Texas and one of the most influential power brokers in Washington over......more

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The rise of the far right in the European Parliament and the institutional pushback it provoked In recent years, far-rig......more

Stephen K. Medvic’s Campaigns and Elections is a comprehensive yet compact core text that addresses two distinct but rel......more

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After being ousted by the team he founded, the Kansas City Crows, Professor Kevin Dempsey returns home to Wichita for a ......more

This book analyzes the political thought of Frederick Douglass within the larger Black Republican tradition of the ninet......more

Poverty, exclusion and lack of participation are symptomatic of state and market-based approaches to human rights. Oche ......more

Why do some democracies self-destruct? Using the collapse of democracy in ancient Athens and the Weimar Republic, as wel......more

INSIDE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: A historian and former presidential speechwriter traces the origins and legacy o......more

A blueprint for rescuing our fragile democracy by harnessing AI Democracy is in retreat at home and abroad. Our institut......more

The construction, control and preservation of the Official Record is inherently contested. Those seeking greater opennes......more

Since the nation’s founding, Black Americans have had a unique perspective on the U.S. experience--a "second sight"--tha......more

Building on the work of key twentieth-century US and Indian thinkers, a bold argument that oppressed groups can--and sho......more

Hungary, once the poster-child of liberal democracy, is fast becoming an autocracy under Viktor Orbán. After winning an ......more

The idea that a wave of distrust has swept over established democracies in recent years is commonly accepted. This book ......more

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This part handbook, part history, and part personal narrative will open readers’ eyes to the oft-overlooked arm of gover......more

Our political landscape is crowded with competing voices--claims, demands, grievances, and even acts of violence--all ma......more

In this book, Studebaker develops a theory of legitimacy to explain the crisis of liberal democracy in established democ......more

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An urgent and shocking examination of how the ultra-rich dominate democracies, hoard political power, and maintain inequ......more

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This book explains how electoral "democracy" is inherently undemocratic - enshrining rule by elites rather than popular ......more

A myth-busting investigation of small donors: who they are, how they spend their money, and whose campaigns actually ben......more

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This book examines the relationship between democracy and extremism through Germany’s political party, Alternative for G......more

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