The decade of democratic reforms in Afghanistan, 1963-1973, is often viewed as a golden era of stability and progress.......more

Why women’s voices are outnumbered online and what we can do about it, by a New York Times comment moderator. If you’ve ......more

Since the 1980s the American chief executive has shifted from a paradigm of the "modern presidency" to the "partisan pre......more

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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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Voter turnout in local elections is paradoxical. It is where government is closest to those governed and where many firs......more

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An intimate and powerful rumination on American gun violence by Paul Auster, one of our greatest living writers and "gen......more

How Israelis envision and plan for the future of their country Does Israel have a plan? What does the country want to lo......more

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While many scholars, policymakers, and development practitioners view decentralization as a way to increase participatio......more

This book presents the results of a collaborative research project through which our team completed a multisite ethnogra......more

Traditional institutions are often considered inadequate to govern for the long term as their politicians promote short-......more

Traditional institutions are often considered inadequate to govern for the long term as their politicians promote short-......more

Capitalism produces crises and crises reproduce capitalism. We need an ecosocialist way out. Crisis is a buzzword, but d......more

Most people equate democracy with discussion, speech, and making one’s voice heard. But where does silence fit in? Democ......more

This book mainly seeks to explain, define and update the recurring forms of populism in the 21st century. Examples used ......more

THE FIRST EXAMINATION OF DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA AND WHY IT WORKED IN AMERICA AND FAILED IN MOST OTHER PLACES. Alexis de To......more

Reveals how corporate greed led to scandal, corruption, and the January 6th insurrection--and how we can stop it from ha......more

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at......more

The book discusses Dr Ambedkar s philosophical intervention on power for reclaiming human dignity and locates its signif......more

For readers of Hood Feminism and Against White Feminism An incisive examination of how the pillars of feminism have erod......more

This book explores the human rights principle of participation and the human right to participation. The work presents a......more

"A closely observed, gripping chronicle of politics and journalism during a decade of turmoil." --The New York Times Boo......more

This book offers the first comparative study of the foundations, consolidation and contestation of regime guardianship i......more

Democracy is in decline and the share of world’s population living in freedom under democratic government has decreased ......more

This volume examines the state of democracy in South Asia after the first two decades of the millennium. It shows how th......more

Gateway to the Social Contract brings together a selection of writings from political theorists Thomas Hobbes, John Lock......more

From the insider who--according to The New Yorker--offers a "forceful critique...of Big Tech’s steady erosion of democra......more

Thomas R. Martin recounts the unmatched political and military career of Phocion of Athens, and his tragic downfall Phoc......more

When God is "dead" and governments themselves are increasingly subject to the power of global corporations, massive move......more

As European empires crumbled in the 20th century, the power structures that had dominated the world for centuries were u......more

A brilliant exploration of freedom—what it is, how it’s been misunderstood, and why it’s our only chance for survival—by......more

Distorting Democracy will awaken Americans to the perils of our system by unveiling the Electoral College’s origins, his......more

Ethnic minorities make contemporary Europe increasingly diverse. The wisdom in research on ethnicity is that it is a tro......more

A provocative exploration of how America’s democratic crisis is rooted in a dangerous mismatch between our Constitution ......more

The study of Indian politics has witnessed a dramatic revival worldwide in the last few decades. There have been signifi......more

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Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) is the leading thinker of politics and the humanities in the modern era and continues to draw ......more

Denmark, Norway, and Sweden enjoy some of the happiest populations and highest standards of living in the world, thanks ......more

What is it that unites the European Union as a polity? Why is it necessary to democratise the EU? Can EU politicisation ......more

Humanizing Humanity is distinctively framed advocacy of the ways in which the concept of humanity has been defended by v......more

This book disentangles the complex processes of democratic transitions where regime change also requires a shift from a ......more

Democracy is struggling in an age of populism and post-truth. In a world swirling with competing political groups statin......more

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A panoramic history of American individualism from its nineteenth-century origins to today’s bitterly divided politics I......more

An original defense of the unique value of voting in a democracy Voting is only one of the many ways that citizens can p......more

This book examines troupes, plays, festivals, performative practices, and audiences active during the final years of the......more

We are all subjected to the power of the state and other entities such as the EU. But what justifies the far-reaching po......more

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Across North and South America, Indigenous people play a dual political role, building self-governing structures in thei......more

Across North and South America, Indigenous people play a dual political role, building self-governing structures in thei......more

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To counter pervasive levels of citizen disengagement from political institutions, this book examines democratic innovati......more

This book presents the results of a collaborative research project through which our team completed a multisite ethnogra......more

This book presents the results of a collaborative research project through which our team completed a multisite ethnogra......more

Authoritarianism seems to be everywhere in the political world--even the definition of authoritarianism as any form of n......more

The President’s Dilemma in Asia provides one of the first comprehensive and comparative theory of presidential governmen......more

The book examines the influence of context in which elections in contemporary India take place. It explores the interpla......more

"There is a Red Storm rising in the East--and America is already under assault from the Chinese Communist Party." --Lou ......more

As India’s power and prominence rise on the international stage, its longstanding tradition of democracy is under threat......more

As India’s power and prominence rise on the international stage, its longstanding tradition of democracy is under threat......more

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Originally published in 1986, Politics and Government in African States 1960-1985 deals with the politics of sub-Saharan......more

Authoritarianism operates on a visceral level rather than relying on arguments. How can we counter authoritarian affects......more

Classic analysis of America’s unique political character, quoted heavily by politicians and perennially popping up on hi......more

An innovative examination of the shift by American political parties toward issue-based differentiation Recent Democrati......more

An innovative examination of the shift by American political parties toward issue-based differentiation Recent Democrati......more

This book examines retrospective pledge voting; the phenomenon of whether and under which conditions citizens are likely......more

"There is a fundamental contradiction at the heart of American politics that has endured since our nation’s birth. The d......more

Federalist Solutions to Pakistan’s Political Crises investigates the transformative potential of communal democratic nor......more