Category Archives: Political Ideologies

The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Communism; History / General; History / Europe … Continue reading →

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Neoliberalism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

Anchored in the principles of the free-market economics, “neoliberalism” has been associated with such different political leaders as Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Augusto Pinochet, and Junichiro Koizumi. In its heyday during the late 1990s, neoliberalism emerged … Continue reading →

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Organizing Democracy: The Construction of Agency in Practice

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

`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

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

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

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

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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Extreme Politics: Nationalism, Violence, and the End of Eastern Europe

Posted on February 25, 2010 by singleton

Why do some violent conflicts endure across the centuries, while others become dimly remembered ancient struggles among forgotten peoples? Is nationalism really the powerful force that it appeared to be in the 1990s? This wide-ranging work examines the conceptual intersection … Continue reading →

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Building Party Systems in Developing Democracies

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

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)

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

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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Why Not Socialism?

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

Is socialism desirable? Is it even possible? In this concise book, one of the world’s leading political philosophers presents with clarity and wit a compelling moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles in its way are exaggerated. There … Continue reading →

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Democracy and Moral Conflict

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

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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