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Felix Hoehn
Local Governments and Canadian Law

Though constitutionally subordinate to the provinces, local governments have evolved into vital democratic institutions with expanding roles in shaping policy, regulating land use, and responding to commu…

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Kate Baldwin
Faith in Democracy

Why have some churches in Africa engaged in advocacy for stronger liberal democratic institutions while others have not? Faith in Democracy explores this question, emphasizing the benefits of liberal demo…

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Maxime Lepoutre
Democratic Falsehoods

Falsehoods can gravely endanger democratic societies. When disinformation circulates widely, it can alter the outcome of elections, erode trust in democratic institutions, undermine support for critically…

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Caroline Heldman, Lori Cox Han
Political Representation in America

How do laws governing voting and elections shape political representation and power in the USA?Are some demographic and socioeconomic groups of Americans over- or under-represented in Congress, state legi…

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Ignacio Arana Araya
Presidential Personalities and Constitutional Power Grabs in Latin America, 1945-2021

The active erosion of democratic institutions and norms by national political leaders has become a growing global concern. Attempts to expand presidential power have been commonplace across regimes, count…

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Maeve Cooke
Transformations in Critical Theory

No matter where or how we live, we face enormous challenges today: inequalities continue to deepen, democratic institutions are being attacked and undermined, the environment is being destroyed and climat…

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Hans-Jörg Trenz
Trust, Media, and Democracy

This book explores how trust, media, and democracy are deeply connected in times of digital change and political uncertainty. It shows how trust in democratic institutions and government is built, challen…

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Coups d'etat in Twenty-First Century Africa

Providing a comprehensive analysis of coups, this open access book explores why coups in post-independence Africa persist despite decades of progress towards democratization and stability.Arguing that the…

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Brett J. Kyle, Tricia D. Olsen, Andrew G. Reiter
State Violence and Democracy in Latin America

Rethinking Political Violence

This book explores why state violence has proliferated across Latin America despite the adoption of extensive political and legal reforms intended to deter such violence. The authors argue that legacy con…

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Frank Hindriks
The Structure of the Open Society

How are we to live together in a diverse society? In a time of polarization, fragmentation, and inequality, the liberal answer to this question requires a new defense. Democratic institutions are under th…

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Thibaud Marcesse
The Accommodation of Democracy

In The Accommodation of Democracy, Thibaud Marcesse documents the implementation of the world's largest publics works program--called the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme or NREGS--in India's mo…

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Gissur Ó Erlingsson, David Karlsson, Richard Öhrvall, Jessika Wide
Swedish Local Democracy at the Crossroads

As democratic systems come under increasing strain worldwide, assessing their strength and resilience is more urgent than ever. Some argue that local democracy can serve as a bulwark against democratic ba…

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Sergey Aleksashenko
Post-Cold War Russia and the Missed Opportunity for Global Stability

The collapse of the USSR sparked hopes of a peaceful 'end of history', but these were quickly dashed. Why did the opportunity for the two former superpower adversaries to become partners slip away?This bo…

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Andre Pagliarini
Lula

In 2022, left-wing former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won an unprecedented third term in Brazil, defeating far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. While the return of the only working-class president …

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De-democratization Processes in Poland in 2015-23

Europa Country Perspectives

The crisis of liberal democracy is clearly visible today, manifesting itself, inter alia, in the declining interest of citizens in participating in elections; the disappearance, or at least weakening, of …

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Maeve Cooke
Transformations in Critical Theory

No matter where or how we live, we face enormous challenges today: inequalities continue to deepen, democratic institutions are being attacked and undermined, the environment is being destroyed and climat…

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John O. Mcginnis
Why Democracy Needs the Rich

Why Democracy Needs the Rich challenges the prevailing belief that wealth undermines democracy, offering instead a bracing, thought-provoking claim that the rich play an essential role in sustaining and i…

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Andre Pagliarini
Lula

In 2022, left-wing former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won an unprecedented third term in Brazil, defeating far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. While the return of the only working-class president …

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Richard G. Smith
Student Resistance to Dictatorship in Chile, 1973-1990

Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements

This book documents and analyses Chilean university and school students' opposition to the Pinochet regime during the latter years of the 1970s and the 1980s. The book focuses on key episodes such as the …

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Susan C. Stokes
The Backsliders - Why Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies

Why democracy is under assault across the globe by the leaders entrusted to preserve itDemocracies around the world are getting swept up in a wave of democratic erosion. Since the beginning of the twenty-…

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