Abraham Lincoln's Statesmanship and the Limits of Liberal Democracy (Schaff Jon D.)(Pevná vazba)

Abraham Lincoln's Statesmanship and the Limits of Liberal Democracy (Schaff Jon D.)(Pevná vazba)

This bold, groundbreaking study of American political development assesses the presidency of Abraham Lincoln through the lenses of governmental power, economic policy, expansion of executive power, and natural rights to show how Lincoln not only believed in the limitations of presidential power but

The Norwegian Exception?: Norway's Liberal Democracy Since 1814 (Fasting Mathilde)(Pevná vazba)

How did Norway become a highly successful liberal democracy? Will its prosperity and stability last, or has modern history been an exception? Is the Norwegian experience based on luck, or has a part been played by clever politicians and sound institutions, including a well-functioning rule of law?

The Demons of Liberal Democracy (Pabst Adrian)(Paperback)

Liberals blame the global retreat of liberal democracy on globalisation and authoritarian leaders. Only liberalism, so they assume, can defend democratic rule against multinationals or populists at home and abroad. In this provocative book, Adrian Pabst contends that liberal democracy is illiberal

Democracy in Crisis: The Neoliberal Roots of Popular Unrest (Vormann Boris)(Pevná vazba)

Liberal democracies on both sides of the Atlantic find themselves approaching a state of emergency, beset by potent populist challenges of the right and left. But what exactly lies at the core of widespread dissatisfaction with the status quo? And how can the challenge be overcome?In Democracy in

Law, Pragmatism, and Democracy (Posner Richard A.)(Paperback)

A liberal state is a representative democracy constrained by the rule of law. Richard Posner argues for a conception of the liberal state based on pragmatic theories of government. He views the actions of elected officials as guided by interests rather than by reason and the decisions of judges by

What Was the Battle of Gettysburg? (O'Connor Jim)(Paperback)

'Four score and seven years ago...' begins Abraham Lincoln's beautiful speech commemorating the three-day battle that turned the tide of the Civil War. The South had been winning up to this point. So how did Union troops stop General Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North? With

The Stakes: 2020 and the Survival of American Democracy (Kuttner Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Twilight of Democracy - The Failure of Politics and the Parting of Friends (Applebaum Anne)(Pevná vazba)

Islam in Liberal Europe: Freedom, Equality, and Intolerance (Hafez Kai)(Pevná vazba)

Islam in 'Liberal' Europe provides the first comprehensive overview of the political and social status of Islam and of Muslim migrants in Europe. In addition to offering a critical assessment of positive and negative trends in Islamic-Western relations, Kai Hafez also engages in a theoretical

The Myths We Live by: Adventures in Democracy, Free Speech and Other Liberal Inventions (Cave Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Discover how philosophy can shine a light on the world's most divisive

Xenophon's Socratic Education: Reason, Religion, and the Limits of Politics (Sebell Dustin)(Pevná vazba)

Me the People: How Populism Transforms Democracy (Urbinati Nadia)(Pevná vazba)

A timely and incisive assessment of what the success of populism means for democracy. Populist movements have recently appeared in nearly every democracy around the world. Yet our grasp of this disruptive political phenomenon remains woefully inadequate. Politicians of all stripes appeal to the

Democracy and Rule of Law in China's Shadow (Jones Brian Christopher)(Pevná vazba)

This book provides detailed insight into some of the most contentious events occurring in jurisdictions operating within China's vast shadow. Epic clashes between law and politics have become a regular fixture throughout the world, and no region has seen more of these than Asia. In some cases these

The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy (Bell Daniel a.)(Paperback)

How China's political model could prove to be a viable alternative to Western democracy Westerners tend to divide the political world into 'good' democracies and 'bad' authoritarian regimes. But the Chinese political model does not fit neatly in either category. Over the past three decades, China

The Betrayal of Liberal Economics (Witztum Amos)(Pevná vazba)

This multi-book set includes both Volumes of The Betrayal of Liberal Economics by Amos Witztum.The presumed sovereignty of individuals and the facilitating powers of the markets have generated a universal and ethically neutral conception of both social and economic organisation. This

Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point (Lehrman Lewis E.)(Pevná vazba)

- The pivotal speech that changed the course of Lincoln's career and America's history - Complete examination of the speech, including the full text delivered in 1854 in Peoria, Illinois To understand President Abraham Lincoln, one must understand the extraordinary antislavery speech Lincoln

Modi's India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy (Jaffrelot Christophe)(Pevná vazba)

A riveting account of how a popularly elected leader has steered the world's largest democracy toward authoritarianism and intolerance Over the past two decades, thanks to Narendra Modi, Hindu nationalism has been coupled with a form of national-populism that has ensured its success at the polls,

Humour, Subjectivity and World Politics: Everyday Articulations of Identity at the Limits of Order (Wedderburn Alister)(Pevná vazba)

Business & Economics (Kuyper Abraham)(Pevná vazba)

Kuyper on the Positive Potential of Business In his vast treasury of writings, Abraham Kuyper addressed nearly every sphere of society, including politics, science, and the arts. But his views on business and economics are often overlooked because he rarely engaged with that sphere directly. Still,

Learning Citizenship by Practicing Democracy: International Initiatives and Perspectives (Pinnington Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

For many years, the fields of citizenship education and participatory democracy have often operated independently from each other. During the last decade, the Transformative Learning Centre of the University of Toronto has nurtured multiple spaces for an interdisciplinary dialogue among scholars,

Never Ending Nightmare: The Neoliberal Assault on Democracy (Dardot Pierre)(Pevná vazba)

Neoliberalism's war against democracy and how to resist it How do we explain the strange survival of the forces responsible for the 2008 economic crisis, one of the worst since 1929? How do we explain the fact that neoliberalism has emerged from the crisis strengthened? When it broke, a number of

Crises of Democracy (Przeworski Adam)(Pevná vazba)

Is democracy in crisis? The current threats to democracy are not just political: they are deeply embedded in the democracies of today, in current economic, social, and cultural conditions. In Crises of Democracy, Adam Przeworski presents a panorama of the political situation throughout the world of

Democracy Without Shortcuts: A Participatory Conception of Deliberative Democracy (LaFont Cristina)(Pevná vazba)

This book articulates a participatory conception of deliberative democracy that takes the democratic ideal of self-government seriously. It aims to improve citizens' democratic control and vindicate the value of citizens' participation against conceptions that threaten to undermine it. The book

Quadrivium: The Four Classical Liberal Arts of Number, Geometry, Music, & Cosmology (Lundy Miranda)(Pevná vazba)

The quadrivium-the classical curriculum-comprises the four liberal arts of number, geometry, music, and cosmology. It was studied from antiquity to the Renaissance as a way of glimpsing the nature of reality. Geometry is number in space; music is number in time; and cosmology expresses number in