Democracy and Its Crisis (Grayling A. C.)(Paperback)

Democracy and Its Crisis (Grayling A. C.)(Paperback)

The EU referendum in the UK and Trump's victory in the USA sent shockwaves through our democratic systems. In Democracy and Its Crisis A. C. Grayling investigates why the institutions of representative democracy seem unable to hold up against forces they were designed to manage, and why it matters

Good State - On the Principles of Democracy (Grayling A. C.)(Paperback / softback)

The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy (Schmitt Carl)(Paperback)

The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy offers a powerful criticism of the inconsistencies of representative democracy.Described both as 'the Hobbes of our age' and as 'the philosophical godfather of Nazism,' Carl Schmitt was a brilliant and controversial political theorist whose doctrine of

Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics (Geoghegan Peter)(Paperback)

Democracy is in crisis, and unaccountable and untraceable flows of money are helping to destroy it. Politicians lie gleefully, making wild claims that can be shared instantly with millions of people on social media. Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Jair Bolsonaro and populists in many other countries

Democracy Project - A History, a Crisis, a Movement (Graeber David)(Paperback / softback)

From small beginnings its demonstrations spread across the world to cities like Cairo, Athens, Barcelona and London and gave a glimpse of a new way. This book looks at the actions of the 99 per cent asks: why was it so effective? What went right? And what can we all do now to make our world

God Argument - The Case Against Religion and for Humanism (Grayling Professor A. C.)(Paperback / softback)

History of Philosophy (Grayling A. C.)(Paperback / softback)

Democracy in Theory and Practice (Whelan Frederick G.)(Paperback)

Democracy in Theory and Practice presents an authoritative overview of democratic theory today. Its distinctive approach links theory to practice, emphasizing the wide variety of institutions and procedures through which core democratic principles are implemented and the normative and practical

Hornblower and the Crisis (Forester C.S.)(Paperback / softback)

Democracy in America and Two Essays on America (Tocqueville Alexis De)(Paperback)

A contemporary study of the early American nation and its evolving democracy, from a French aristocrat and sociologist In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant, set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him 9

Democracy for Sale: Elections, Clientelism, and the State in Indonesia (Aspinall Edward)(Paperback)

Democracy for Sale is an on-the-ground account of Indonesian democracy, analyzing its election campaigns and behind-the-scenes machinations. Edward Aspinall and Ward Berenschot assess the informal networks and political strategies that shape access to power and privilege in the messy political

Good Book - A Secular Bible (Grayling Professor A. C.)(Paperback / softback)

Athens: A History of the World's First Democracy (Mitchell Thomas N.)(Paperback)

A history of the world's first democracy from its beginnings in Athens circa fifth century B.C. to its downfall 200 years later The first democracy, established in ancient Greece more than 2,500 years ago, has served as the foundation for every democratic system of government instituted down the

Hunger and Fury - The Crisis of Democracy in the Balkans (Mujanovic Jasmin)(Paperback / softback)

A cool analysis of authoritarian tendencies among the Balkans' entrenched elites and the hollowness of existing 'democratisation' approaches. ONE OF 'THE SPECTATOR' BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2018, CHOSEN BY KAPIL

Communicating the Future: Solutions for Environment, Economy and Democracy (Bennett W. Lance)(Paperback)

We are facing an unprecedented environmental crisis. How can we communicate and act more effectively to make the political and economic changes required to survive within the life support capacities of our planet? This is the question at the heart of scholar W. Lance Bennett's much-anticipated

Challenge of Things - Thinking Through Troubled Times (Grayling Professor A. C.)(Paperback / softback)

Firefighting - The Financial Crisis and its Lessons (Bernanke Ben S.)(Paperback / softback)

The primary architects of the response to the 2008 financial crisis offer a magnificent big-picture synthesis - from why it happened to where we are

Housing Shock: The Irish Housing Crisis and How to Solve It (Hearne Rory)(Paperback)

Hearne contextualises the Irish housing crisis within its broader global context by examining the origins of the contemporary crisis in terms of the extension of neoliberalism, marketisation and financialisation in housing. He examines the profound social, political and economic impacts of the

Caring Democracy: Markets, Equality, and Justice (Tronto Joan C.)(Paperback)

A rethinking of American democracy that puts caring responsibilities at the center Americans now face a caring deficit: there are simply too many demands on people's time for us to care adequately for our children, elderly people, and ourselves.At the same time, political involvement in the United

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

Turkey's Necropolitical Laboratory: Democracy, Violence and Resistance (Bargu Banu)(Paperback)

This book makes a strong case that Turkey's regime and its vicissitudes are dependent on a necropolitical undercurrent. Building on the insights of critical and contemporary theory, the essays address the multiple ways in which lives are brought into the fold of power. Once there, they are

Russell: A Very Short Introduction (Grayling A. C.)(Paperback)

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this account of his life and work A. C. Grayling introduces both his technical contributions to logic and philosophy, and his wide-ranging views on education, politics, war, and sexual

Mystery of Things (Grayling Prof A.C.)(Paperback / softback)

Following the huge success of THE MEANING OF THINGS and THE REASON OF THINGS, a third collection of bestselling essays from Britain's top

Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice (Flyvbjerg Bent)(Paperback)

'It's like the story of Little Town,' an influential actor says in Rationality and Power when choosing a metaphor to describe how he manipulated rationality to gain power, 'The bell ringer . . . has to set the church clock. So he calls the telephone exchange and asks what time it is, and the