On Extremism and Democracy in Europe is a collection of short and accessible essays on the far right populism Euroscepticism and liberal democracy by one of the leading academic and public voices today. On Extremism and Democracy in Europe is a collection of sho... Lees meer.

On Extremism and Democracy in Europe is a collection of short and accessible essays on the far right populism Euroscepticism and liberal democracy by one of the leading academic and public voices today. On Extremism and Democracy in Europe is a collection of sho... Lees meer.

The current perception of democratic crisis in Western Europe gives a renewed urgency to a new perspective on the way democracy was reconstructed after World War II and the principles that underpinned its postwar transformation. This study accounts for the formation of... Lees meer.

Can participatory budgeting help make public services really work for the public. Incorporating a range of experiments in ten different countries this book provides the first comprehensive analysis of participatory budgeting in Europe and the effect it has had on demo... Lees meer.

In the early 1990s Albania arguably Europe s most closed and repressive state began a startling transition out of forty years of self-imposed Communist isolation. Albanians who were not allowed to practice religion travel abroad wear jeans or read decadent Weste... Lees meer.

With an astonishing unity of inspiration that serves as a counterbalance to the richness and variety of his themes and positions Albert O. Hirschman great political economist of our time introduces us to the study of Western Europe the United States and Latin Americ... Lees meer.

Political history in the industrial world has indeed ended argues this pioneering study but the winner has been social democracy - an ideology and political movement that has been as influential as it has been misunderstood. Berman looks at the history of social democ... Lees meer.

Although populism has become something of a buzzword in discussions about politics it tends to be studied by country or region. This is the first book to offer a genuine cross-regional perspective on populism and its impact on democracy. By analyzing current experien... Lees meer.

Although populism has become something of a buzzword in discussions about politics it tends to be studied by country or region. This is the first book to offer a genuine cross-regional perspective on populism and its impact on democracy. By analyzing current experien... Lees meer.

The Rise and Fall of the People s Parties explores the striking parallels between the history of democracy and that of the people s parties since 1918. It demonstrates that understanding the rise and fall of the people s parties is pivotal to understanding the contempor... Lees meer.

A compulsively readable account of the collapse of Europe s last Communist regime and the dramatic events that followed Los Angeles Review of Books . In the early 1990s Albania arguably Europe s most closed and repressive state began a startling transition out of... Lees meer.

Predictions of the coming collapse of Chinese politics are today commonplace however this thought-provoking book explores a radically different alternative. China it argues is a one-party-dominated political system whose surprising levels of public support and resil... Lees meer.

Heavily revised in the sixth edition this descriptive comprehensive text by Tom Patterson is known for its engaging narrative future oriented approach and its ability to tie together the latest scholarship with real-life politics. By using a narrative The American... Lees meer.

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In his years as president of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy met with an impressive series of leading thinkers to discuss the future of Europe. He set the bar high by asking them to tell him something he had not heard before. The philosophers economists politi... Lees meer.