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Democracy on Rocky Ground

Author : Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
ISBN 13 : 1564324443
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (643 download)

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Download or read book Democracy on Rocky Ground written by Human Rights Watch (Organization) and published by Human Rights Watch. This book was released on 2009 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Police and protestors clashed in Armenia's capital, Yerevan, on March 1, 2008, bringing to a head the country's latest electoral dispute--over the results of a presidential poll in February 2008. On that day, in episodes at different city center locations, police variously set upon protestors without warning or resistance, negotiated, withdrew, returned to the offensive, and finally fought a pitched battle with a small group of protestors. At least ten people died--eight protestors and two police officers--and scores were injured ... The Armenian authorities' response to the March 1 events has been one-sided. While they have convicted dozens of opposition members, sometimes in flawed and politically motivated trials, for organizing the demonstration and participating in violent disorder, they have not prosecuted any law enforcement official for excessive use of force. The authorities have also dismissed as unfounded all allegations of ill-treatment and torture in detention"--Cover, p. [4].

Democracy on Rocky Ground

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Book Rating : 4.:/5 (838 download)

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Tocqueville and the Frontiers of Democracy

Author : Richard Boyd
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107009634
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Tocqueville and the Frontiers of Democracy written by Richard Boyd and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-29 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays uses Alexis de Tocqueville's writings to explore the dilemmas of democratization in the twenty-first century.

Defeating Authoritarian Leaders in Postcommunist Countries

Author : Valerie J. Bunce
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107378168
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Defeating Authoritarian Leaders in Postcommunist Countries written by Valerie J. Bunce and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1998 to 2005, six elections took place in postcommunist Europe that had the surprising outcome of empowering the opposition and defeating authoritarian incumbents or their designated successors. Valerie J. Bunce and Sharon L. Wolchik compare these unexpected electoral breakthroughs. They draw three conclusions. First, the opposition was victorious because of the hard and creative work of a transnational network composed of local opposition and civil society groups, members of the international democracy assistance community and graduates of successful electoral challenges to authoritarian rule in other countries. Second, the remarkable run of these upset elections reflected the ability of this network to diffuse an ensemble of innovative electoral strategies across state boundaries. Finally, elections can serve as a powerful mechanism for democratic change. This is especially the case when civil society is strong, the transfer of political power is through constitutional means, and opposition leaders win with small mandates.

Democracy & the Arts

Author : Arthur M. Melzer
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801435416
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book Democracy & the Arts written by Arthur M. Melzer and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, some of our most prominent cultural critics explore the relationships between culture and politics as played out in the world of novels, television, museums, and even fashion. The authors - John Simon, Greil Marcus, Arthur C. Danto, and other well-known commentators from across the political spectrum - examine the arts in their relation to democracy and consider whether and how they serve one another.

Democracy's Mountain

Author : Ruth M. Alexander
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806193301
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Democracy's Mountain written by Ruth M. Alexander and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At 14,259 feet, Longs Peak towers over Colorado’s northern Front Range. A prized location for mountaineering since the 1870s, Longs has been a place of astonishing climbing feats—and, unsurprisingly, of significant risk and harm. Careless and unlucky climbers have experienced serious injury and death on the peak, while their activities, equipment, and trash have damaged fragile alpine resources. As a site of outdoor adventure attracting mostly white people, Longs has mirrored the United States’ tenacious racial divides, even into the twenty-first century. In telling the history of Longs Peak and its climbers, Ruth M. Alexander shows how Rocky Mountain National Park, like the National Park Service (NPS), has struggled to contend with three fundamental obligations—to facilitate visitor enjoyment, protect natural resources, and manage the park as a site of democracy. Too often, it has treated these obligations as competing rather than complementary commitments, reflecting national discord over their meaning and value. Yet the history of Longs also shows us how, over time, climbers, the park, and the NPS have attempted to align these obligations in policy and practice. By putting mountain climbers and their relationship to Longs Peak and its rangers at the center of the story of Rocky Mountain National Park, Alexander exposes the significant role outdoor recreationists have had—as both citizens and privileged adventurers—in shaping the peak’s meaning, use, and management. Since 2000, the park has promoted climber enjoyment and safety, helped preserve the environment, facilitated tribal connections to the park, and attracted a more diverse group of visitors and climbers. Yet, Alexander argues, more work needs to be done. Alexander’s nuanced account of Longs Peak reveals the dangers of undermining national parks’ fundamental obligations and presents a powerful appeal to meet them fairly and fully.

Democracy Unchained

Author : David Orr
Publisher : The New Press
ISBN 13 : 1620975149
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Democracy Unchained written by David Orr and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 delivering on its promises of fairness, justice, shared prosperity, or security in a changing world. The nation cannot even begin to address climate change and economic justice if it remains paralyzed by political gridlock. Democracy Unchained is about making American democracy work to solve problems that have long impaired our system of governance. The book is the collective work of thirty of the most perceptive writers, practitioners, scientists, educators, and journalists writing today, who are committed to moving the political conversation from the present anger and angst to the positive and constructive change necessary to achieve the full promise of a durable democracy that works for everyone and protects our common future. Including essays by Yasha Mounk on populism, Chisun Lee on money and politics, Ras Baraka on building democracy from the ground up, and Bill McKibben on climate, Democracy Unchained is the articulation of faith in democracy and will be required reading for all who are working to make democracy a reality. Table of Contents Foreword Introduction David W. Orr Part I. The Crisis of Democracy Populism and Democracy Yascha Mounk Reconstructing Our Constitutional Democracy K. Sabeel Rahman Restoring Healthy Party Competition Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson When Democracy Becomes Something Else: The Problem of Elections and What to Do About It Andrew Gumbel The Best Answer to Money in Politics After Citizens United: Public Campaign Financing in the Empire State and Beyond Chisun Lee Remaking the Presidency After Trump Jeremi Suri The Problem of Presidentialism Stephen Skowronek Part II. Foundations of Democracy Renewing the American Democratic Faith Steven C. Rockefeller American Land, American Democracy Eric Freyfogle Race and Democracy: The Kennedys, Obama, Trump, and Us Michael Eric Dyson Liberty and Justice for All: Latina Activist Efforts to Strengthen Democracy in 2018 Maria Hinojosa What Black Women Teach Us About Democracy Andra Gillespie and Nadia E. Brown Engines of Democracy: Racial Justice and Cultural Power Rashad Robinson Civic and Environmental Education: Protecting the Planet and Our Democracy Judy Braus The Supreme Court's Legitimacy Crisis and Constitutional Democracy’s Future Dawn Johnsen Part III. Policy Challenges Can Democracy Survive the Internet? David Hickton The New New Deal: How to Reregulate Capitalism Robert Kuttner First Understand Why They're Winning: How to Save Democracy from the Anti-Immigrant Far Right Sasha Polakow-Suransky No Time Left: How the System Is Failing to Address Our Ultimate Crisis Bill McKibben Powering Democracy Through Clean Energy Denise G. Fairchild The Long Crisis: American Foreign Policy Before and After Trump Jessica Tuchman Mathews Part IV. Who Acts, and How? The Case for Strong Government William S. Becker The States Nick Rathod Democracy in a Struggling Swing State Amy Hanauer Can Independent Voters Save American Democracy? Why 42 Percent of American Voters Are Independent and How They Can Transform Our Political System Jaqueline Salit and Thom Reilly Philanthropy and Democracy Stephen B. Heintz Keeping the Republic Dan Moulthrop The Future of Democracy Mayor Ras Baraka Building a University Where All People Matter Michael M. Crow, William B. Dabars, and Derrick M. Anderson Biophilia and Direct Democracy Timothy Beatley Purpose-Driven Capitalism Mindy Lubber Restoring Democracy: Nature's Trust, Human Survival, and Constitutional Fiduciary Governance 397 Mary Christina Wood Conclusion Ganesh Sitaraman

Atlas of the 2020 Elections

Author : Robert H. Watrel
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538151987
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Atlas of the 2020 Elections written by Robert H. Watrel and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-05-04 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2020 presidential election was one of the most historic, contested, and contentious in American history. Joe Biden was the oldest person elected president. Kamala Harris was the first female elected vice president and the first vice president of Black and Asian descent. The primaries, campaigns, and elections were held for the first time amid an international and national pandemic. Despite this, voter turnout was the highest in 120 years. Donald Trump was the first president in modern times who refused to concede, leading to numerous lawsuits over the election process and results, although election litigation and state officials found no evidence of large-scale voter fraud. Nevertheless, continued claims of a stolen election led to a riotous mob occupation of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in an attempt to overturn the Electoral College results. The Atlas of the 2020 Elections explains the results of the 2020 elections with a series of unique maps unleashing the illustrative power of cartography and the relevance of history and political geography. The contributors—a balanced mix of geographers, political scientists, and historians—provide a comprehensive examination of the election process from the primary campaigns through the general election and post-election events. In addition to the presidential election, the Atlas has full coverage of other important races, including congressional races, state races, and local and state referenda. Illustrated with more than 150 meticulously drawn full-color maps and numerous graphs and tables, the Atlas will be an essential reference and a fascinating resource for scholars, teachers, students, pundits, campaign staff, and political junkies alike, and for all who care about the American democratic process.

The Elgar Companion to Public Choice

Author : Michael Reksulak
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849806039
Total Pages : 625 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (498 download)

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Download or read book The Elgar Companion to Public Choice written by Michael Reksulak and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This is a comprehensive set of essays on myriad facets of public choice by many of the leading contributors in the field. The coverage is excellent and the essays are terrific. I highly recommend this book for researchers and students.' – Todd Sandler, University of Texas at Dallas, US The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, Second Edition brings together leading scholars in the field of political economy to introduce readers to the latest research in public choice. The Companion lays out a comprehensive history of the field and, in five additional parts, it explores public choice contributions to the study of the origins of the state, the organization of political activity, the analysis of decision-making in non-market institutions, the examination of tribal governance, and to modeling and predicting the behavior of international organizations and transnational terrorism. With broad and up-to-date coverage, this second edition will appeal to politicians and policymakers, academics and researchers in public and social choice and political science as well as graduate students in economics, political science and public administration.

The Democratic Dilemma

Author : Randolph A. Roth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521317733
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book The Democratic Dilemma written by Randolph A. Roth and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-25 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Democratic Dilemma seeks to explain Vermonters' extraordinary faith and idealism.

Realism and Democracy

Author : Elliott Abrams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108415628
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Realism and Democracy written by Elliott Abrams and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes a realpolitik argument for supporting democracy in the Arab world, drawing on four decades of policy experience.

The U.S. Democratic Review

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book The U.S. Democratic Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The United States Democratic Review

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The United States Democratic Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 1-3, 5-8 contain the political and literary portions; v. 4 the historical register department, of the numbers published from Oct. 1837 to Dec. 1840.

United States Magazine, and Democratic Review

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Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book United States Magazine, and Democratic Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The United States Magazine and Democratic Review

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Total Pages : 610 pages
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Download or read book The United States Magazine and Democratic Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

10-Step Guide to Becoming the Prime Minister of India

Author : Honey Makhija
Publisher : OrangeBooks Publication
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book 10-Step Guide to Becoming the Prime Minister of India written by Honey Makhija and published by OrangeBooks Publication. This book was released on 2024-08-31 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "10-Step Guide to Becoming the Prime Minister of India" is a comprehensive manual for aspiring leaders, offering a clear, step-by-step approach to achieving the highest office in the country. In his 11th book, Honey Makhija distills the complexities of Indian politics into actionable steps, from grassroots engagement to national leadership. With a focus on integrity, vision, and strategic planning, this book equips readers with the tools and strategies needed to navigate the political landscape, win the trust of the electorate, and sustain leadership in one of the world's largest democracies.

Brandeis on Democracy

Author : Louis Dembitz Brandeis
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Brandeis on Democracy written by Louis Dembitz Brandeis and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philippa Strum, our foremost authority on Louis Brandeis, gathers together for the first time a sterling selection from his most provocative and profound writings. A kind of "Portable Brandeis," this book provides a concise and readable guide to the thought of a truly great American. Brandeis, the Ralph Nader of the early twentieth century, was known as the "People's Attorney" for his continuous crusades on behalf of the public. He spoke before citizens' groups and legislative bodies, wrote articles for popular magazines, put his ideas about industrial democracy in the briefs he submitted as a lawyer and later in the opinions he wrote as a Supreme Court justice (1916-1938), and advised presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt. The problems Brandeis faced and the answers he fashioned could have leaped from today's newspapers: corruption in government, conflicts between majority rule and minority rights, movements to limit free speech and the right to privacy, gender equality, the importance of education, the causes of and possible solutions for poverty, the social costs of excessive political or corporate power, the uneasy relationship between lawyers and the public, efficiency and justice in the workplace, the tension between Federal power and states' autonomy, and the responsibility of citizens to their community. In all his endeavors, Brandeis emphasized both political and economic democracy, citizen participation, and a balance between rights and responsibilities. As leader of the American Zionist movement from 1914 through the 1930s, he dreamed of a democratic Jewish homeland in Palestine founded on Jeffersonian principles. And there were similar echoes of the Founding Fathers in his campaign against the corporate trusts in the United States. These selections from Brandeis's speeches, letters to family and colleagues, newspaper interviews, articles, and judicial opinions offer us the essence of Brandeis's genius and allow us to appreciate the range and relevance of his ideas for America today.