Category Archives: Democracy

A People’s History of the United States (P.S.)

A classic since its original landmark publication in 1980, Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States is the first scholarly work to tell America’s story from the bottom up—from the point of view of, and in the words … Continue reading

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Organizing Democracy: The Construction of Agency in Practice

`Governance has emerged a central concept in the fields of both political theory and public administration. But it has not done so without controversy and this book examines one of the primary concerns associated with the theory and practice of … Continue reading

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Vital Democracy: A Theory of Democracy in Action

Vital Democracy outlines a theory of democracy in action, based on four elementary forms of democracy–pendulum, consensus, voter and participatory democracy–that are thoroughly analyzed, compared and related to both the literature and the real world of democracy. Just like a … Continue reading

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Numbers Rule: The Vexing Mathematics of Democracy, from Plato to the Present

Since the very birth of democracy in ancient Greece, the simple act of voting has given rise to mathematical paradoxes that have puzzled some of the greatest philosophers, statesmen, and mathematicians. Numbers Rule traces the epic quest by these thinkers … Continue reading

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Machiavelli’s Liberal Republican Legacy

The significance of Machiavelli’s political thinking for the development of modern republicanism is a matter of great controversy. This reassessment examines the character of Machiavelli’s own republicanism by charting his influence on Marchamont Nedham, James Harrington, John Locke, Algernon Sidney, … Continue reading

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When the People Speak: Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation

All over the world, democratic reforms have brought power to the people, but under conditions where the people have little opportunity to think about the power that they exercise. In this book, James Fishkin combines a new theory of democracy … Continue reading

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Building Party Systems in Developing Democracies

This book addresses the question of why a party system with a modest number of nationally oriented political parties emerges in some democracies but not others. The number of parties and nationalization are the product of coordination between voters, candidates, … Continue reading

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Acting in an Uncertain World: An Essay on Technical Democracy (Inside Technology)

Controversies over such issues as nuclear waste, genetically modified organisms, asbestos, tobacco, gene therapy, avian flu, and cell phone towers arise almost daily as rapid scientific and technological advances create uncertainty and bring about unforeseen concerns. The authors of Acting … Continue reading

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Democracy and Moral Conflict

Why democracy? Most often this question is met with an appeal to some decidedly moral value, such as equality, liberty, dignity or even peace. But in contemporary democratic societies, there is deep disagreement and conflict about the precise nature and … Continue reading

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Income Inequality in Capitalist Democracies: The Interplay of Values and Institutions

There has been much concern about rising levels of income inequality in the societies of advanced industrial democracies. Commentators have attributed this increase to the impact of globalization, the decline of the welfare state, or the erosion of the power … Continue reading

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