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Democracy and the Problem of Free Speech
Free Press 1995; US$ 21.95Freedom of speech is one of our greatest legal rights and Cass Sunstein is one of our greatest legal theorists. This book is a must read for anyone who wants to think seriously about the free speech issues facing this generation. -- Akhil Amar, Southmayd Professor, Yale Law School This is an important book. Beautifully clear and carefully argued,... more...
Dominant Political Parties and Democracy
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 125.00This book examines dominant parties in both established democracies and new democracies and explores the relationship between dominant parties and the democratic process. Bridging existing literatures, the authors analyse dominant parties at national and sub-national, district and intra-party levels and take a fresh look at some of the classic cases... more...
Social Capital in Developing Democracies
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 24.00Explores the contribution of social capital to the process of democratization and the limits of that contribution. more...
Political Representation
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 26.00Draws from political science, history, political theory, economics, and anthropology to answer the most important questions about political representation. more...
Presidents, Parties, and Prime Ministers
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 23.00David J. Samuels and Matthew S. Shugart provide the first systematic analysis of how democratic constitutional design shapes party politics. more...
Getting A Grip 2
Small Planet Media 2010; US$ 14.95Designated by The New York Times Book Review as a must-read in 2008 for the next U.S. president, Lappé’s unique take and laser-like logic invite readers to try on a new, invigorating way of seeing the world. With her characteristic boldness, she takes on a set of disempowering ideas driving economic and ecological crises, challenging... more...
The Left Hand of God
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99The unholy alliance of the Political Right and the Religious Right threatens to destroy the America we love. It also threatens to generate a popular aversion to God and religion by identifying religious values with a pro-war, pro-business, pro-rich, anti-science, and anti-environmental stance. Over the past few decades, the Republicans have achieved... more...
Importing Democracy: Ideas from Around the World to Reform and Revitalize American Politics and Government
ABC-CLIO 2010; US$ 45.00This unique work brings together a comparative analysis of American institutions, a tour of the world's political systems, and a manifesto for reform, offering insights on democracy that could revitalize U.S. politics and government. more...
Australia and the Insular Imagination
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2009; US$ 85.00This book maps the seascape borders of Australia's insular imagination. It explores how the boundaries and contours of the nation were made and remade in the first years of the war on terror, offering a striking reassessment of the territoriality of "the island continent." more...
Reaping the Whirlwind
Georgetown University Press 2007; US$ 21.95As early as the sixteenth century the liberal democratic state has been forced to confront the question of religion in politics. The result has been a tense and uncomfortable balancing act. Today, in the public square of liberal democracy, a number of religious confessions and beliefs compete for attention. In the American experience, some sense of... more...









