EDA - Democracy 1

On the essential role of higher education and academic freedom in thriving democracies. Higher education is facing an existential crisis. Students and staff are surveilled with cameras and facial re……続きを見る

In David Ben-Gurion and the Foundation of Israeli Democracy, Nir Kedar offers a poignant study of the primary national founder of the State of Israel and the first prime minister of Israel. Kedar pr……続きを見る

"Por que as democracias triunfam?" é uma obra que busca desafiar e desconstruir a ideia amplamente difundida de que a democracia, como modelo político, se encontra atualmente à beira de um colapso. ……続きを見る

Qui dirigera Washington le 20 janvier 2025 sera déterminant pour l’avenir des relations internationales et de la stabilité dans le Monde. Les États-Unis sont à un tournant. Soit ils contribuent par ……続きを見る

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’……続きを見る

“This collection contains everything we need to understand the world that gave us Trump, and to arm ourselves for the battles to come” (Sarah Jaffe, author of Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt)……続きを見る

"Lo primero que hay que destacar de esta obra colectiva es que da muestra de una diversidad de perspectivas teóricas, empíricas y analíticas que reflejan la vocación multidisciplinaria de la Cátedra……続きを見る

This book is the definitive guide to the topical issue of the relationship between political parties that embrace the democratic process and terrorist groups which eschew the legal and procedural st……続きを見る

Pundits and social observers have voiced alarm each year as fewer Americans involve themselves in voluntary groups that meet regularly. Thousands of nonprofit groups have been launched in recent tim……続きを見る

An urgent and deeply resonant case for the power of workplace democracy to restore balance between economy and society. What happens to a societyーand a planetーwhen capitalism outgrows democracy? T……続きを見る

L’auteur, Victor Ojeda mari, nous avertit dès le premier tome : « Cette biographie en plusieurs tomes, non déterminés, a été construite principalement à partir de faits, de personnages réels, de doc……続きを見る

Why is public debate increasingly polarised - and what can we do about it? Is our democracy corroding? In this original, eloquent essay, Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens explore the ethics and politics……続きを見る

The politics of corruption? With just a little sleaze. Walk the corridors of power. And some interesting back-alleys. The combined novels Corrupt and Sleaze as a single anthology "Electrifying" "A c……続きを見る

This book offers a fresh analysis of third wave popular protests in Africa, shedding light on the complex dynamics between political change and continuity in contemporary Africa. The book argues tha……続きを見る

Technology, politics and entertainment have merged to the point of confusion. Politactics, the third book from the Everyday Analysis collective, is a set of conversations about how to sift through t……続きを見る

This book investigates the role of ethnic federalism in Ethiopian politics, reflecting on a long history of division amongst the country’s political elites. The book argues that these patterns have ……続きを見る

LA HERMANA REPÚBLICA DE LA TRASPARENCIA, país surrealista en el que ser presidente de la república es sinónimo de semi dios; antaño, todo lo que tocaba se convertía en oro; ahora se transforma en me……続きを見る

Neste livro, todas as vozes vêm das ruas, trazendo consigo a potência política dos combates verdadeiros. Das periferias, dos territórios espoliados, das vidas precárias, dos sem-teto e sem-aposentad……続きを見る

Many who critique democracy as practiced in East Asia suggest that the Confucian political culture of these nations prevents democracy from being the robust participatory type, and limits it to a sp……続きを見る

Until 1989 most Soviet Jews wanting to immigrate to the United States left on visas for Israel via Vienna. In Vienna, with the assistance of American aid organizations, thousands of Soviet Jews tran……続きを見る

Churchill was perhaps the greatest British leader of the last hundred years.  But how did the man become the Prime Minister who led his country through WWII.  ‘Mr Churchill’ is a brillia……続きを見る

The Arab-Palestinian community, which constitutes 20 percent of Israel’s population, is an ethnic minority living mainly in ethnically homogeneous cities and villages. Arab-Palestinian Society in th……続きを見る

Beaucoup diront que je manque de respect envers le président de la République et que c’est inadmissible. Pourtant, j’estime qu’il faut, tout simplement, appeler un chat ; un chat et un chien ; un ch……続きを見る

Macron on est là pour un monde meilleur même si tu ne le veux pas ! « Pendant des mois, les gilets jaunes ont vu défiler par dizaines sur Facebook des images insoutenables de violences policières et……続きを見る

Throughout the Middle East, and in the west as well, there has been much discussion concerning the notion of Islamic rule and the application of shari'ah by the state. Central to these debates are t……続きを見る

Ute Daniel erzählt eine faszinierende Geschichte vom Widerspruch zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit der parlamentarischen Demokratie und fragt, wie diese Regierungsform so umgestaltet werden kann, d……続きを見る

Legislatures are vital to new democracies and to date no democracy has survived without one. Exploring the dynamics and mechanisms that facilitate or weaken the role of the Parliament, Ahmed Abdul K……続きを見る

Este libro reúne las ponencias del seminario Nuevas formas de democracia (CLACSO, 2007) y del coloquio Nuevos y viejos populismos (Universidad Javeriana y Goethe Institut, 2008) En total son 23 auto……続きを見る

Only one country in the world--Switzerland--is a direct democracy, in which, to an extent, the people pass their own laws, judge the constitutionality of statutes, and even have written, in effect, ……続きを見る

The essays in this volume originally appeared over a period of some years in Voice magazine. All were published well before the global financial turmoil of October 2008, to which all are linked. Oth……続きを見る