Democracy Unchained: How to Rebuild Government for the People (Orr David)(Paperback)

Democracy Unchained: How to Rebuild Government for the People (Orr David)(Paperback)

A stellar group of America's leading political thinkers explore how to reboot our democracy The presidential election of 2016 highlighted some long-standing flaws in American democracy and added a few new ones. Across the political spectrum, most Americans do not believe that democracy is

Democracy Administered: How Public Administration Shapes Representative Government (Bertelli Anthony Michael)(Paperback)

How does representative government function when public administration can reshape democracy? The traditional narrative of public administration balances the accountability of managers, a problem of control, with the need for effective administration, a problem of capability. The discretion modern

Policing Iraq: Legitimacy, Democracy, and Empire in a Developing State (Wozniak Jesse)(Paperback)

Policing Iraq chronicles the efforts of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq to rebuild their police force and criminal justice system in the wake of the US invasion. Jesse S. G. Wozniak conducted extensive ethnographic research during multiple stays in the KRG, observing such signpost

Democracy (Fitzpatrick Anne)(Paperback)

As long as people have lived in community they have had systems of government. With historical and full-color photographs complementing documentary texts, Odysseys in Government invites advanced readers along on a journey to experience four of the most well-known formal governing systems like never

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

How Democracy Ends (Runciman David)(Paperback / softback)

All political systems come to an end, even democracies - David Runciman shows us how to recognise the signs and how to think about what might come

People Without Power - the war on populism and the fight for democracy (Frank Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

Power & the People - Five Lessons from the Birthplace of Democracy (Scott Alev)(Paperback / softback)

An enlightening, entertaining and bitesize book about how Ancient Athenian democracy relates to the most urgent political issues of our day, for fans of Mary Beard's Women & Power and Yanis Varoufakis's Talking to my Daughter about the

Buick Nailhead: How to Rebuild & Modify (Weldon Gary)(Paperback)

Learn how to rebuild and upgrade your Buick Nailhead with the first book ever dedicated to the subject In this all-new book from Nailhead racer and veteran engine builder Gary Weldon, you will learn everything you need to know about how to rebuild and upgrade the venerable Buick Nailhead engine

Political Grammars: The Unconscious Foundations of Modern Democracy (Tarizzo Davide)(Paperback)

Do we need to be a 'people,' populus, in order to embrace democracy and live together in peace? If so, what is a populus? Is it by definition a nation? What exactly do we mean by nationality? In this book, Davide Tarizzo takes up the problem of modern democratic, liberal peoples-how to define

How to Rebuild Honda B-Series Engines (Siu Jason)(Paperback)

The photos in this edition are black and white. The first book of its kind, How to Rebuild the Honda B-Series Engine shows exactly how to rebuild the ever-popular Honda B-series engine. The book explains variations between the different B-series designations and elaborates upon the features that

Race Matters, 25th Anniversary: With a New Introduction (West Cornel)(Paperback)

The fundamental litmus test for American democracy-its economy, government, criminal justice system, education, mass media, and culture-remains: how broad and intense are the arbitrary powers used and deployed against black people. In this sense, the problem of the twenty-first century remains the

The Judge in a Democracy (Barak Aharon)(Paperback)

Whether examining election outcomes, the legal status of terrorism suspects, or if (or how) people can be sentenced to death, a judge in a modern democracy assumes a role that raises some of the most contentious political issues of our day. But do judges even have a role beyond deciding the

Systems of Government: Democracy (Connolly Sean)(Paperback / softback)

A dispassionate look at the five types of government that have helped shape our modern

The Case for Economic Democracy (Cumbers Andrew)(Paperback)

The idea that the people have a right to shape political decisions through democratic means is widely accepted. The same cannot be said of the decisions that impact on our everyday economic life in the workplace and beyond. Andrew Cumbers shows why this is wrong, and why, in the context of the

The New Fourth Branch: Institutions for Protecting Constitutional Democracy (Tushnet Mark)(Paperback)

Twenty-first-century constitutions now typically include a new 'fourth branch' of government, a group of institutions charged with protecting constitutional democracy, including electoral management bodies, anticorruption agencies, and ombuds offices. This book offers the first general theory of

Ford Fe Engines: How to Rebuild (Rabotnick Barry)(Paperback)

Learn what you need to rebuild a Ford FE Engine for reliability and durability from FE master, owner of Survival Motorsports, and veteran author Barry Rabotnick.In Ford FE Engines: How to Rebuild, Barry shows you how to rebuild one of these legendary engines. CarTech's unique Workbench series

The Specter of Dictatorship: Judicial Enabling of Presidential Power (Driesen David M.)(Paperback)

Reveals how the U.S. Supreme Court's presidentialism threatens our democracy and what to do about it. Donald Trump's presidency made many Americans wonder whether our system of checks and balances would prove robust enough to withstand an onslaught from a despotic chief executive. In The Specter of

How to Rebuild and Modify Ford Flathead V-8 Engines (Bishop Mike)(Paperback)

The ultimate Ford flathead resource for hot rodders and restorers.The last commercially produced Ford Flathead V-8 was cast over 60 years ago. Simple by today's high-tech standards, during its performance reign from the late '30s through the mid '50s, the flathead was unsurpassed for go-fast power

Against Elections - The Case for Democracy (Reybrouck David Van)(Paperback / softback)

Democracy is in bad health. This book offers a new diagnosis - and an ancient remedy. It shows that the original purpose of elections was to exclude the people from power by appointing an elite to govern over them. Based on studies and trials from around the globe, it presents the practical case

Democracy in Classical Athens (Carey Christopher)(Paperback)

For two centuries classical Athens enjoyed almost uninterrupted democratic government. This was not a parliamentary democracy of the modern sort but a direct democracy in which all citizens were free to participate in the business of government. Throughout this period Athens was the cultural centre

The People Speak: Democracy Is Not a Spectator Sport (Arnove Anthony)(Paperback)

God's Belongers - The four ways people engage with church and how we encourage them (Walker David)(Paperback / softback)

The Anti-Capitalist Chronicles (Harvey David)(Paperback)

'David Harvey is an inspiration for me, and for people who desperately want a just world order. One of the most perceptive and intelligent thinkers the progressive movement has.' - Owen Jones, Columnist, Political Commentator, Author, and Left-Wing Activist Distinguished Professor of Anthropology