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Reflections on Democracy and Urban Form

Leading scholars explore the connections between democracy and justice, architecture and urban design, the growth of cities, cosmopolitanism, inclusion, and free speech.This book builds on conversations t…

Tracyanne & Danny

Tracyanne & Danny

Product Information Tracyanne & Danny is a new collaborative project between singer-songwriters Tracyanne Campbell (Camera Obscura) and Danny Coughlan (Crybaby). Tracyanne hails from Glasgow, Scotland. L…

Decrypting Sovereignty as Archism

Using the theory of encryption of power in a tight connection with the theory of archism sheds light on sovereignty and thus politics.Archism is that prevailing form of power that seeks to go nameless ins…

Peter Neumann

Direct Democracy in Factual Issues in Germany

The suggestion to write a relevant overview in English - including the terminology, the historical development, the normative framework and the current status in Germany - goes back to several lectures gi…

Reena N. Goldthree

Democracy's Foot Soldiers

A captivating history of the Afro-Caribbean soldiers who fought for the British Empire in World War I and their transnational campaign for equalityFollowing the outbreak of World War I, tens of thousands …

Aaron Rwodzi

Multiparty Democracy in Zimbabwe

This book provides a comprehensive account of the tumultuous political landscape of Zimbabwe. Delving into historical and contemporary perspectives, the author analyses the relationship between the ruling…

Corey Brettschneider

The Presidents and the People

Imagine an American president who imprisoned critics, spread a culture of white supremacy and tried to upend the law so that he could commit crimes with impunity. In this propulsive and eminently readable…

Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man, Sarah Leah Whitson

From Apartheid to Democracy

"Neither utopian nor resigned, From Apartheid to Democracy is a pragmatic road map for transforming an undemocratic one-state reality into a democratic one. The world desperately needs the conversati…

Ambrogio A Caiani

Losing a Kingdom, Gaining the World

Despite its many crises, especially in Western Europe, there are 1.3 billion Catholics in the world today. The Church remains a powerful but controversial institution.In Losing a Kingdom, Gaining the Worl…

Michael Ghanem

Germany: an ineptocracy and kakistocracy?

There is indeed cause for concern about the state of German democracy. Even our Federal President repeatedly calls for its defence. But what kind of democracy do we actually have? What can individuals rea…

Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt

Tyranny of the Minority

THE MUCH-ANTICIPATED FOLLOW-UP TO INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER HOW DEMOCRACIES DIE- essential reading ahead of the 2024 US election'Tyranny of the Minorityis an exceptional book, one of the best guides out th…

Michael Ghanem

Germany: an ineptocracy and kakistocracy?

There is indeed cause for concern about the state of German democracy. Even our Federal President repeatedly calls for its defence. But what kind of democracy do we actually have? What can individuals rea…

Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man, Sarah Leah Whitson

From Apartheid to Democracy

A decisive break from the failed Oslo Accords and an innovative plan to create the foundations for peace and self-determination in Israel-Palestine.For more than three decades, the illusion of a two-state…

Timothy L. Lake

The Power of Love and Democracy in the Philosophies of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Cornel West

This book locates an ethic of love as central to the democratic philosophies of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Cornel West. While much has been written about King's moral vision, social activism, and theolog…

Democracy Under Scrutiny

Chapters 1.- Introduction 2.- Better Polarized than Unstructured The Underpinnings of Political Discontent with Democracy in Four Small Latin American Countries 3.- Corruption Perception Satisfaction with…

Jessica Nichole Devoto

A Woman Clothed with the Sun

In September 2017, a rare astronomical alignment mirrored a passage from the Book of Revelation about a woman clothed with the sun giving birth to a king-child. Around this time, America was entering a ne…

Robin Kester

This Is Not A Democracy

Sarah Bosetti

Make Democracy Great Again!

Was verbindet einen AfD-Wähler und eine Klimaaktivistin? Die Angst, dass die Welt, wie sie ist, untergehen wird. Von wegen gespaltene Gesellschaft! Egal, ob rechts oder links, 'alter weißer Mann' oder jun…

Hollie A Teague

Progress Denied

Sometimes, history isn't what it appears to be. For instance, in the early 1920s, a thriving Southern Black community was literally voted out of existence by local white citizens. The North Texas city of …