Democracy and Its Critics (Dahl Robert A.)(Paperback)

Democracy and Its Critics (Dahl Robert A.)(Paperback)

In this prize-winning book, one of the most prominent political theorists of our time makes a major statement about what democracy is and why it is important. Robert Dahl examines the most basic assumptions of democratic theory, tests them against the questions raised by its critics, and recasts

On Democracy (Dahl Robert a.)(Paperback)

Written by the preeminent democratic theorist of our time, this book explains the nature, value, and mechanics of democracy. In a new introduction to this Veritas edition, Ian Shapiro considers how Dahl would respond to the ongoing challenges democracy faces in the modern world. 'Within the

Who Governs?: Democracy and Power in the American City (Dahl Robert A.)(Paperback)

'A major breakthrough in American political science, and a work destined, deservedly, to influence profoundly all future investigation of our politics... masterful, imaginative, and courageous. I recommend it unreservedly to the attention of all students of American politics.'--Willmoore

Militant Democracy and Its Critics: Populism, Parties, Extremism (Malkopoulou Anthoula)(Paperback)

Should representative governments restrict the democratic rights of their extremist opponents? The first edited collection to boast an international group of political scientists, legal scholars and philosophers debating the urgent question of how to combat anti-democratic extremism Asks whether it

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

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

Terrence Malick: Filmmaker and Philosopher (Sinnerbrink Robert)(Paperback)

Many critics have approached Terrence Malick's work from a philosophical perspective, arguing that his films express philosophy through cinema. With their remarkable images of nature, poetic voiceovers, and meditative reflections, Malick's cinema certainly invites philosophical engagement. In

The Jungian Tarot and Its Archetypal Imagery (Wang Robert)(Paperback)

No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy (Hariman Robert)(Paperback)

In No Caption Needed, Robert Hariman and John Louis Lucaites provide the definitive study of the iconic photograph as a dynamic form of public art. Their critical analyses of nine individual icons explore the photographs themselves and their subsequent circulation through an astonishing array of

Psychoanalysis - The Impossible Profession (Malcolm Janet)(Paperback / softback)

A fascinating exploration of psychoanlysis, its patients, practitioners and critics, from one of America's most respected and most controversial

Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition (Dahl Robert A.)(Paperback)

'A tightly woven explanation of the conditions under which cultures that do not tolerate political opposition may be transformed into societies that do.'--Foreign Affairs ' Dahl's] analysis is lucid, perceptive, and thorough.'--Times Literary Supplement Amidst all the emotional uproar about

Liberalism and Its Critics (Sandel Michael J.)(Paperback)

A classic collection of writings on political philosophy from leading thinkers of the late 20th century Much contemporary political philosophy has been a debate between utilitarianism on the one hand and Kantian, or rights-based ethics on the other. However, in recent decades liberalism has faced a

The Monk (Lewis Matthew)(Paperback)

'Few could sustain the glance of his eye, at once fiery and penetrating'Savaged by critics for its supposed profanity and obscenity, and bought in large numbers by readers eager to see whether it lived up to its lurid reputation, The Monk became a succ s de scandale when it was published in 1796 -

A Companion to the Works of Robert Musil (Payne Philip)(Paperback)

A panel of authors, critics, and academics convened by the Literaturhaus in Munich in 1999 voted Robert Musil's The Man without Qualities the most important German novel of the 20th century. Their collective judgment rests on strong foundations: on the work's encyclopedic compass, embracing

Boone: A Biography (Morgan Robert)(Paperback)

The story of Daniel Boone is the story of America--its ideals, its promise, its romance, and its destiny. Bestselling, critically acclaimed author Robert Morgan reveals the complex character of a frontiersman whose heroic life was far stranger and more fascinating than the myths that surround him

War for the Oaks (Bull Emma)(Paperback)

Acclaimed by critics and readers on its first publication in 1987, winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel, Emma Bull's War for the Oaks is one of the novels that has defined modern urban fantasy. Eddi McCandry sings rock and roll. But her boyfriend just dumped her, her band just broke up,

The Making of Citizen Kane, Revised Edition (Carringer Robert L.)(Paperback)

Citizen Kane, widely considered the greatest film ever made, continues to fascinate critics and historians as well as filmgoers. While credit for its genius has traditionally been attributed solely to its director, Orson Welles, Carringer's pioneering study documents the shared creative

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

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

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

Alhambra (Irwin Robert)(Paperback / softback)

The Alhambra, the 'red fort' on its rocky hill above Granada, with its fountained courts and gardens, and intricate decoration, has long been a byword for exotic and melancholy beauty. This book examines its

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

Time Series Analysis and Its Applications: With R Examples (Shumway Robert H.)(Paperback)

The fourth edition of this popular graduate textbook, like its predecessors, presents a balanced and comprehensive treatment of both time and frequency domain methods with accompanying theory. Numerous examples using nontrivial data illustrate solutions to problems such as discovering natural and