Why Religion Is Good for American Democracy, Wuthnow Robert
Автор: Sharp Gene Название: From Dictatorship to Democracy ISBN: 1846688396 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781846688393 Издательство: Profile Рейтинг: Цена: 1365.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A how-to guide that inspired the Arab Spring.
Автор: de Tocqueville Alexis, Tocqueville Alexis De Название: Democracy in America ISBN: 0226805360 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226805368 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 3326.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This translation is considered by many to be the definitive edition of de Tocqueville`s classic work. Annotated, and with substantial references, placing the work and its author in the broader contexts of political philosophy, the volume also contains a comprehensive introduction.
Автор: Talisse, Robert B. (w. Alton Jones Professor Of Philosophy And Professor Political Science, W. Alton Jones Professor Of Philosophy And Professor Polit Название: Overdoing Democracy: Why We Must Put Politics in its Place ISBN: 0190924195 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190924195 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 3436.00 р. 4909.00-30% Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: We live in an age of political polarization. As political beliefs on the left and the right have been pulled closer to the extremes, so have our social environments: we seldom interact with those with whom we don't see eye to eye. Making matters worse, we are being appealed to--by companies, products, and teams, for example--based on our deep-seated, polarized beliefs. Our choice of Starbucks or Dunkin' Donuts, Costco or Sam's Club, soccer or football, New York Times vs. Wall Street Journal is an expression of our beliefs and a reinforcement of our choice to stay within the confines of our self-selected political community, making us even more polarized. Letting it bleed into these choices in every corner of our lives, we take democracy too far and it ends up keeping us apart. We overdo democracy. When we overdo democracy, we allow it to undermine and crowd out many of the most important social goods that democracy is meant to deliver. What's more, in overdoing democracy, we spoil certain social goods that democracy needs in order to flourish. A thriving democracy needs citizens to reserve space in their social lives for collective activities that are not structured by political allegiances. To ensure the health and the future of democracy, we need to forge civic friendships by working together in social contexts in which political affiliations and party loyalties are not merely suppressed, but utterly beside the point. Drawing on his extensive research, Talisse sheds light on just how deeply entrenched our political polarization has become and opens our eyes to how often we allow politics to dictate the way we see almost everything. By limiting our interactions with others and our experience of the world so that we only encounter the politically like-minded, we are actually damaging the thing that democracy is meant to preserve in the first place: the more fundamental good of recognizing and respecting each other's standing as equals.
Автор: Grayling A. C. Название: Democracy and Its Crisis ISBN: 1786074060 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781786074065 Издательство: TBS/GBS Рейтинг: Цена: 2176.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: An urgent exploration of the challenges facing democracy today
Автор: Archibugi Название: Global Democracy ISBN: 0521174988 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521174985 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4118.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Democracy is increasingly seen as the only legitimate form of government, but few people would regard international relations as governed according to democratic principles. This book examines current democratic deficits, models of global politics that democrats could endorse, and promising pathways to global democratic change.
Автор: Kemp, David Название: Democratic nation ISBN: 0522873464 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780522873467 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5877.00 р. 7346.00-20% Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: Tells the story of the political battle after Federation to achieve unprecedented levels of social and economic equality, while preserving both national independence and individual freedom.
Автор: Rosanvallon Pierre Название: Good Government: Democracy Beyond Elections ISBN: 0674979435 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780674979437 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 6011.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Faced with government`s ineptitude, people are attracted to strong leaders and bold action. As Pierre Rosanvallon demonstrates, "presidentialism" may reflect the particular concerns of today, but its many precursors show that democracy has always struggled with tension between popular government and concentrated authority.
Описание: Challenges conventional wisdom about how the public thinks about and evaluates democracy. Mining both political theory and over 75 years of public opinion data, the book argues that Americans think about democracy in ways that go beyond voting or elected representation.
Автор: Leininger, Julia Название: Conflicting Objectives in Democracy Promotion ISBN: 0415825903 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415825900 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 13779.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Thomas A. Spragens, Jr. Название: Capitalism and Democracy: Prosperity, Justice, and the Good Society ISBN: 0268200130 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780268200138 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 12540.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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This book serves as an introduction to the ongoing political debate about the relationship of capitalism and democracy. In recent years, the ideological battles between advocates of free markets and minimal government, on the one hand, and adherents of greater democratic equality and some form of the welfare state, on the other hand, have returned in full force. Anyone who wants to make sense of contemporary American politics and policy battles needs to have some understanding of the divergent beliefs and goals that animate this debate. In Capitalism and Democracy, Thomas A. Spragens, Jr., examines the opposing sides of the free market versus welfare state debate through the lenses of political economy, moral philosophy, and political theory. He asks: Do unchecked markets maximize prosperity, or do they at times produce wasteful and damaging outcomes? Are market distributions morally appropriate, or does fairness require some form of redistribution? Would a society of free markets and minimal government be the best kind of society possible, or would it have serious problems? After leading the reader through a series of thought experiments designed to compare and clarify the thought processes and beliefs held by supporters of each side, Spragens explains why there are no definitive answers to these questions. He concludes, however, that some answers are better than others, and he explains why his own judgement is that a vigorous free marketplace provides great benefits to a democratic society, both economically and politically, but that it also requires regulation and supplementation by collective action for a society to maximize prosperity, to mitigate some of the unfairness of the human condition, and to be faithful to important democratic purposes and ideals. This engaging and accessible book will interest students and scholars of political economy, democratic theory, and theories of social justice. It will also appeal to general readers who are seeking greater clarity and understanding of contemporary debates about government's role in the economy.
Описание: Drawing on original fieldwork in Nigeria, Portia Roelofs argues for an innovative re-conceptualisation of good governance. Contributing to debates around technocracy, populism and the survival of democracy amidst conditions of inequality and mistrust, Roelofs offers a new account of what it means for leaders to be accountable and transparent. Centred on the rise of the 'Lagos Model' in the Yoruba south-west, this book places the voices of roadside traders and small-time market leaders alongside those of local government officials, political godfathers and technocrats. In doing so, it theorises 'socially-embedded' good governance. Roelofs demonstrates the value of fieldwork for political theory and the associated possibilities for decolonising the study of politics. Challenging the long-held assumptions of the World Bank and other international institutions that African political systems are pathologically dysfunctional, Roelofs demonstrates that politics in Nigeria has much to teach us about good governance.
Автор: Rosenblum Nancy L. Название: Good Neighbors: The Democracy of Everyday Life in America ISBN: 0691169438 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691169439 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 5544.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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"Love thy neighbor" is an impossible exhortation. Good neighbors greet us on the street and do small favors, but neighbors also startle us with sounds at night and unleash their demons on us, they monitor and reproach us, and betray us to authorities. The moral principles prescribed for friendship, civil society, and democratic public life apply imperfectly to life around home, where we interact day to day without the formal institutions, rules of conduct, and means of enforcement that guide us in other settings.
In "Good Neighbors," Nancy Rosenblum explores how encounters among neighbors create a democracy of everyday life, which has been with us since the beginning of American history and is expressed in settler, immigrant, and suburban narratives and in novels, poetry, and popular culture. During disasters, like Hurricane Katrina, the democracy of everyday life is a resource for neighbors who improvise rescue and care. Degraded, this framework can give way to betrayal by neighbors, as faced by the Japanese Americans interned during World War II, or to terrible violence such as the lynching of African Americans. Under extreme conditions the barest act of neighborliness is a bulwark against total ethical breakdown. The elements of the democracy of everyday life--reciprocity, speaking out, and "live and let live"--comprise a democratic ideal not reducible to public principles of justice or civic virtue, but it is no less important. The democracy of everyday life, Rosenblum argues, is the deep substrate of democracy in America and can be its saving remnant.
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