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Degrees of Democracy
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 23.00Examines responsiveness and representation across a range of policy domains in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. more...
The Death of "Why?"
Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2009; US$ 16.95In this impassioned critique of America's growing disengagement from civic life and ideals, Drum Major Institute Executive Director Andrea Batista Schlesinger dissects the forcible erosion of our youngest generation's capacity for inquiry and provides recommendations for restoring the social, educational and political infrastructures that are prerequisites... more...
The Quality of Democracy in Eastern Europe
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 70.00This book presents a positive assessment of democratic quality as it has developed in ten postcommunist countries. more...
Democratic Governance
Princeton University Press 2010; US$ 72.50Democratic Governance examines the changing nature of the modern state and reveals the dangers these changes pose to democracy. Mark Bevir shows how new ideas about governance have gradually displaced old-style notions of government in Britain and around the world. Policymakers cling to outdated concepts of representative government while at the... more...
The Prince
ReadHowYouWant 2009; US$ 4.99. . . a wise prince should establish himself on that which is in his own control and not in that of others; he must endeavour only to avoid hatred, as is noted. Presenting a controversial yet realistic political theory, Machiavelli, through his "The Prince", has raised a political debate that remained volatile for centuries. In an era that... more...
Pluralism, Socialism, and Political Legitimacy
Cambridge University Press 1992; US$ 27.00The processes of transition from communist rule in Eastern Europe invite reflection on the role of pluralism in rendering a political system legitimate and democratic. more...
Democracy's Victory and Crisis
Cambridge University Press 1997; US$ 48.00Leading scholars from a range of disciplines address questions central to the development and survival of democratic rule. more...
Democracy's Edges
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 37.00Democracy's Edges analyzes one of democracy's most enduring problems: how to establish the boundaries of democratic polities. more...
Democratic Deficit
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 28.00Examines the reasons behind the democratic deficit and analyzes the consequences for active citizenship, for governance and, ultimately, for democratization. more...
Turkish Democracy Today
I.B.Tauris 2006; US$ 85.00The experience of democracy in Turkey since its introduction in 1950 has been bloody, chequered but persistent. The complex cultural and economic stratification of Turkish society, together with its unique geopolitical status, straddling Eastern and Western zones of influence, in part accounts for the turbulence of Turkey's democratic experience.... more...









