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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...
Empire and International Order
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95Empire and International Order presents a critical examination of how useful the concept of empire is for understanding varieties of international order across time and place. Original contributions from an international team of upcoming and distinguished scholars analyse a wealth of theoretical approaches alongside contemporary themes enabling the... more...
Democracy versus Modernization
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 155.00This book seeks to "re-think democracy." Over the past years, there has been a tendency in the global policy community and, even more widely, in the world?s media, to focus on democracy as the "gold standard" by which all things political are measured.? This book re-examines democracy in Russia and in the world more generally, as idea, desired ideal,... more...
Democracy and the Global Order
Wiley 2013; US$ 37.95This book provides a highly original account of the changing meaning of democracy in the contemporary world, offering both an historical and philosophical analysis of the nature and prospects of democracy today. more...
Mechanisms of Trust
Campus Verlag 2013; US$ 35.57Hauptbeschreibung Das Vertrauen in die Institutionen des demokratischen Staates sinkt. Die Nachrichtenmedien werden von dieser Entwicklung nicht verschont. In einer länderübergreifenden Analyse kommt Jan Müller zu dem überraschenden Ergebnis, dass zwar in westlichen Demokratien ein ausgeprägter Vertrauensverlust in die Medien zu verzeichnen ist,... more...
Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century
Wiley 2013; US$ 19.95For decades, liberal democracy has been extolled as the best system of governance to have emerged out of the long experience of history. Today, such a confident assertion is far from self-evident. Democracy, in crisis across the West, must prove itself. In the West today, the authors argue, we no longer live in "industrial democracies," but "consumer... more...
Imperialism and Global Political Economy
Wiley 2013; US$ 24.95In Imperialism and Global Political Economy Alex Callinicos intervenes in one of the main political and intellectual debates of the day. The global policies of the United States in the past decade have encouraged the widespread belief that we live in a new era of imperialism. But is this belief true, and what does 'imperialism' mean? Callinicos... more...
Decentring the West
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95Decentring the West aims to demonstrate the urgent need to revisit the foundations of the global democratic consensus. By examining the views of democracy that exist in the countries on the semi-periphery of the world system such as Russia, Turkey, Bolivia, Venezuela, Brazil and China, as well as within the core (Estonia, Denmark and Sweden) the authors... more...
In the Name of the People
Andrews UK 2013; US$ 17.99Are our 'democracies' truly democratic? In the Name of the People examines the myth of modern democracy and finds it wanting. The various oligarchies of the world blame the madness of modern life on the greed and stupidity of ordinary people: this book argues that, on the contrary, elites indulge a limitless greed for power and wealth under... more...









