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Ciudadanía en 3D: Democracia Digital Deliberativa. Un análisis exploratorio
Edhasa 2013; US$ 10.45El presente estudio tiene como objetivo analizar un fenómeno de gran trascendencia para la mejora potencial de la participación ciudadana en los asuntos públicos y la implicación social en los procesos de toma de decisiones. Se trata de la democracia digital deliberativa (3D), que requiere mayor exploración y profundización. Los resultados obtenidos... more...
The Social and Economic Origins of Monarchy in Jordan
Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 85.00An interpretative history of the emergence and consolidation of the modern state in Jordan, this book examines the resilience of the Hashemite monarchy and the economic sources of social power under Ottoman, British, and post-colonial Hashemite rule. more...
Von der Postdemokratie zur Neodemokratie
Springer 2013; US$ 29.95Der Autor hat die aktuelle Debatte über die Niedergangsszenarien der Postdemokratie zum Anlass genommen eine positivere Version der Entwicklung zur Neodemokratie anzubieten. Nach einer theoretischen Auseinandersetzung mit den Thesen zur Postdemokratie werden die neuesten Entwicklungen im Bereich der Demokratie erörtert,... more...
Arbitrary Rule
University of Chicago Press 2013; US$ 44.00Slavery appears as a figurative construct during the English revolution of the mid-seventeenth century, and again in the American and French revolutions, when radicals represent their treatment as a form of political slavery. What, if anything, does figurative, political slavery have to do with transatlantic slavery? In Arbitrary Rule , Mary Nyquist... more...
Transnational Muslim Politics
Routledge 2001; US$ 52.95This radical book argues that translocal forces are leading the emergence of a wider Muslim public sphere. It will be invaluable for researchers in international relations, Islamic studies, cultural studies, sociology, religion and politics. more...
Democracy in Practice
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 59.95bThis unique textbook provides students with a detailed look at many different aspects of democracy in practice: clearly describing and analysing all three existing models of democracy: * participatory democracy * referenda and initiatives * representative or liberal democracy. Using numerous real life examples from all over the world, this text... more...
Concepts and Theories of Modern Democracy
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 45.95The first aim of this text book is to define and examine the principle concepts that are employed when people write or argue about modern democratic politics, to discuss the implications of using the concepts in this way or that, and to examine the normative theories associated with the concepts. A second purpose is to summarise methods of analysis... more...
Encyclopedia of Democratic Thought
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 605.00Containing almost 200 entries from 'accountability' to the 'Westminster model' the Encyclopedia of Democratic Thought explores all the ideas that matter to democracy past, present and future. It is destined to become the first port-of-call for all students, teachers and researchers of political science interested in democratic ideas, democratic practice,... more...
Democratization
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 160.00This book examines the relationship between indicators of resource distribution and democratization in the group of 170 countries with data ranging from the 1850s to the present day. Vanhanen constructs a compelling argument, concluding that the emergence of democracy is closely linked to resource distribution. more...
Republicanism
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 55.95In this collection of writings, leading historians of political thought and political theorists provide an overview of traditional and contemporary republicanism. The first part of the book presents studies of ancient and modern versions of republicanism in Athenian and Roman political thought, as well as in Machiavelli and Montesquieu. The second... more...









