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Las democracias, para mantener su vitalidad, requieren ser permanentemente evaluadas y revisadas, siendo su sistema electoral una pieza clave. En estas páginas el lector encontrara algunas reflexion……続きを見る

El clientelismo político en Colombia, desde hace unas cuatro décadas, se ha venido configurado como objeto de estudio de antropólogos, sociólogos, historiadores y politólogos, incluso, se ha configu……続きを見る

¿Cómo se defiende una democracia de los líderes que alcanzan el poder mediante mecanismos democráticos? ¿Cuál ha de ser la vía para enfrentar a los autócratas que, al calor del apoyo popular, preten……続きを見る

Der Soziologe Michael Zöller beleuchtet in seinem Beitrag in Kursbuch 174 die ideologischen Hintergründe des Konservatismus und sucht nach einem guten Grund, die CDU zu wählen. Der Text versteht sic……続きを見る

Political party organizations play large roles in democracies, yet their organizations differ widely, and their statutes change much more frequently than constitutions or electoral laws. How do thes……続きを見る

Recent decades have seen growing concern regarding problems of electoral integrity. The most overt malpractices used by rulers include imprisoning dissidents, harassing adversaries, coercing voters,……続きを見る

Political parties in the developing world often face serious electoral crises; from one election to the next, parties can be decisively voted out of national office. What happens to a party that exp……続きを見る

Written in preeminent legislative studies scholar Richard Fenno’s "homespun" story-telling style, Congressional Travels argues that authenticity -- knowing what a representative is like in his/her d……続きを見る

Bei demokratischen Wahlen muss man entscheiden. Doch für oder gegen wen? Die richtige Entscheidung ist ein Konglomerat aus subjektiven Gründen. Also kann – aus der Gegenperspektive gedacht – auch fa……続きを見る

Der Soziologe Harald Welzer erörtert seine Enttäuschung mit der deutschen Parteienlandschaft – und warum ihm Nichtwählen als gute Alternative erscheint. I Der Text versteht sich als Ergänzung und Ab……続きを見る

Was wäre, wenn statt unseres Wahlsystems ein Losverfahren über die Zusammensetzung der Regierung entscheiden würde? Der Journalist Florian Felix Weyh lässt dieses Gedankenexperiment zu, denn unser W……続きを見る

Jürgen Dollase nähert sich dem Thema "Richtig Wählen" aus der Richtung seines Expertenbereiches: der Gastronomie. Der Kritiker sinniert in seinem Beitrag in Kursbuch 174 darüber, wie festzustellen s……続きを見る

Der Soziologie-Professor Rainer Rilling bespricht in seinem Beitrag in Kursbuch 174 die Rolle von "Die Linke" als Einzelgänger und Außenseiterpartei - und warum sie als Partei der Zukunft aber stets……続きを見る

This collection of articles on population growth spans 20 years of the author's thinking and research on a wide range of issues. The book opens with a presentation of the early history of demography……続きを見る

In seinem prägnanten Beitrag in Kursbuch 174 erläutert der Philosoph Julian Nida-Rümelin wie die SPD ihren Anschluss an die Sozialdemokratie verloren hat und was es in Zukunft heißt, sich für die Pa……続きを見る

Placing the development of the Soviet and Russian central governments in theoretical context, this work breaks new ground in the study of contemporary Russian politics. Iulia Shevchenko's creative t……続きを見る

The Indian Constituent Assembly laid the foundations of the largest democracy in the world. The debates between the members of the Assembly form the bedrock of the Indian Constitution. The chapters ……続きを見る

Selecting political leaders by popular election is an unquestioned hallmark of representative democraciesーthe institutional manifestation of Lincoln’s promise of a government of the people and by t……続きを見る

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A thoughtful defense of traditional conservatism and a thorough assault on the way Donald Trump is betraying it.”ーDavid Brooks, in his New York Times column In a bold……続きを見る

Political Islam in Tunisia uncovers the secret history of Tunisia's main Islamist movement, Ennahda, from its origins in the 1960s to the present. Banned until the popular uprisings of 2010-11 and t……続きを見る

Since its publication in 1993, John Rawls's Political Liberalism has been central to debates concerning political legitimacy, democratic theory, toleration, and multiculturalism in contemporary pol……続きを見る

**An accessible, actionable blueprint for how Democrats can build lasting, durable changeーwithout having to amend the Constitution. “American democracy could disappear altogether within our own lif……続きを見る

Der ehemalige Bremer Senator für Stadtentwicklung und Umweltschutz und langjährige Grünen--Politiker Ralf Fücks gibt in seinem Beitrag in Kursbuch 174 Einblick in den Wandel von Bündnis 90/Die Grüne……続きを見る

The national committees of the major political parties in the United States are symbols of party government. They carry forward a national heritage of peaceful change in national politics and admini……続きを見る

Today’s antisemitism is difficult to recognize because it does not come dressed in a Nazi uniform and it does not openly proclaim its hatred or fear of Jews. This book looks at the kind of antisemit……続きを見る

Since the advent of the 1992 Maastricht Treaty, a key turning point in terms of the crystallisation of opposition towards the European Union (EU), Euroscepticism has become a transnational phenomeno……続きを見る

In the final years of the nineteenth century, as a large-scale movement of farmers and laborers swept much the country, the United States engaged in an ostensibly anti-colonial war against Spain and……続きを見る

Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson laid the foundations for today's political debates between Democrats and Republicans. Hamilton believed that freedom must be married with a strong central gov……続きを見る

In this book, Benjamin Farrer explains how activists can influence the policies they care about, even when they are outnumbered and their issues are ignored. The solution lies in a surprising place:……続きを見る

The general perception of modern Latin American political institutions emphasizes a continuing and random process of disorder and crisis, continually out of step with other regions in their progress……続きを見る