Author: Jon Elster
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: democracy, theory, studies, cambridge, deliberative
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 1998-03-28
List price: $32.99
ISBN-10: 0521596963
ISBN-13: 9780521596961
It is sometimes assumed that voting is the central mechanism for political decision making. The contributors to this volume focus on an alternative mechanism, which is decision by discussion or deliberation. This volume is characterized by a realistic approach to the issue of deliberative democracy. Rather than assuming that deliberative democracy is always ideal, the authors critically probe its limits and weaknesses as well as its strengths.Book DescriptionIt is sometimes assumed that voting is the central mechanism for political decision-making. The contributors to this volume focus on an a
Author: Sheldon S. Wolin
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: democracy, totalitarianism, inverted, managed, incorporated, specter
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2008-04-07
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0691135665
ISBN-13: 9780691135663
Democracy is struggling in America--by now this statement is almost cliché. But what if the country is no longer a democracy at all? In Democracy Incorporated, Sheldon Wolin considers the unthinkable: has America unwittingly morphed into a new and strange kind of political hybrid, one where economic and state powers are conjoined and virtually unbridled? Can the nation check its descent into what the author terms "inverted totalitarianism"? Wolin portrays a country where citizens are politically uninterested and submissive--and where elites are eager to keep them that way. At best the nation h
Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism (New in Paper)
Author: Sheldon S. Woli
Publisher: Princeton University Pre
Keywords: democracy, new, paper, totalitarianism, specter, incorporated, managed, inverted
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2010-02-21
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 069114589X
ISBN-13: 9780691145891
Democracy is struggling in America--by now this statement is almost cliché. But what if the country is no longer a democracy at all? In Democracy Incorporated, Sheldon Wolin considers the unthinkable: has America unwittingly morphed into a new and strange kind of political hybrid, one where economic and state powers are conjoined and virtually unbridled? Can the nation check its descent into what the author terms "inverted totalitarianism"? Wolin portrays a country where citizens are politically uninterested and submissive--and where elites are eager to keep them that way. At best the nation h
Democracy: The God that Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy, and Natural Order
Author: Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Publisher: Transaction Publisher
Keywords: democracy, natural, order, monarchy, economics, god, failed, politics
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 2001-07-30
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0765808684
ISBN-13: 9780765808684
The core of this book is a systematic treatment of the historic transformation of the West from monarchy to democracy. Revisionist in nature, it reaches the conclusion that monarchy is a lesser evil than democracy, but outlines deficiencies in both. Its methodology is axiomatic-deductive, allowing the writer to derive economic and sociological theorems, and then apply them to interpret historical events. A compelling chapter on time preference describes the progress of civilization as lowering time preferences as capital structure is built, and explains how the interaction between people can l
Author: Frances Moore Lappe
Publisher: Jossey-Ba
Keywords: democracy, bringing, life, country, save, edge, choosing
Number of Pages: 496
Published: 2005-10-28
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0787943118
ISBN-13: 9780787943110
Three out of five Americans, both Republicans and Democrats, feel our country is headed in the wrong direction. America is at the edge, a critical place at which we can either renew and revitalize or give in and lose that most precious American idealâ??democracyâ??and along with it the freedom, fairness, and opportunities it assures. Democracyâ??s Edge is a rousing battle cry that we canâ??and mustâ??act now. From Jefferson to Eisenhower, presidents from both parties have warned us of the danger of letting a closed, narrow group of business and government officials concentrate power over our
Authors:Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, Philip J. Costopo
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Pre
Keywords: democracy, book, journal, world, religions
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2005-01-26
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0801880807
ISBN-13: 9780801880803
Can religion be compatible with liberal democracy? World Religions and Democracy brings together insights from renowned scholars and world leaders in a provocative and timely discussion of religions’ role in the success or failure of democracy. An essay by Alfred Stepan outlines the concept of "twin tolerations" and differentiation, and creates a template that can be applied to all of the religion-democracy relationships observed and analyzed throughout the volume. "Twin tolerations" means that there is a clear distinction and a mutual respect between political authorities and religious
Authors:Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, Daniel Brumberg,
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Pre
Keywords: democracy, book, journal, middle, islam, east
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2003-07-03
List price: $27.00
ISBN-10: 0801878489
ISBN-13: 9780801878480
Islam and Democracy in the Middle East provides a comprehensive assessment of the origins and staying power of Middle East autocracies, as well as a sober account of the struggles of state reformers and opposition forces to promote civil liberties, competitive elections, and a pluralistic vision of Islam. Drawing on the insights of some twenty-five leading Western and Middle Eastern scholars, the book highlights the dualistic and often contradictory nature of political liberalization. As the case studies of Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, and Yemen suggest, political liberaliza
