The Irresistible Movement of Democracy
Author: John Simpson Penman
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Published: 1923
Total Pages: 752
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Parties, Movements, and Democracy in the Developing World
Author: Nancy Bermeo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016-12
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 1107156793
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comparative study of the role of political parties and movements in the founding and survival of developing world democracies.
Democracy in Retreat
Author: Joshua Kurlantzick
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2013-03-19
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 030018896X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDIVSince the end of the Cold War, the assumption among most political theorists has been that as nations develop economically, they will also become more democratic—especially if a vibrant middle class takes root. This assumption underlies the expansion of the European Union and much of American foreign policy, bolstered by such examples as South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, and even to some extent Russia. Where democratization has failed or retreated, aberrant conditions take the blame: Islamism, authoritarian Chinese influence, or perhaps the rise of local autocrats./divDIV /divDIVBut what if the failures of democracy are not exceptions? In this thought-provoking study of democratization, Joshua Kurlantzick proposes that the spate of retreating democracies, one after another over the past two decades, is not just a series of exceptions. Instead, it reflects a new and disturbing trend: democracy in worldwide decline. The author investigates the state of democracy in a variety of countries, why the middle class has turned against democracy in some cases, and whether the decline in global democratization is reversible./div
Movements and Parties
Author: Sidney Tarrow
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-08-26
Total Pages: 580
ISBN-13: 1009033433
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow do social movements intersect with the agendas of mainstream political parties? When they are integrated with parties, are they coopted? Or are they more radically transformative? Examining major episodes of contention in American politics – from the Civil War era to the women's rights and civil rights movements to the Tea Party and Trumpism today – Sidney Tarrow tackles these questions and provides a new account of how the interactions between movements and parties have been transformed over the course of American history. He shows that the relationships between movements and parties have been central to American democratization – at times expanding it and at times threatening its future. Today, movement politics have become more widespread as the parties have become weaker. The future of American democracy hangs in the balance.
The Democracy Project
Author: David Graeber
Publisher: Doubleday UK
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 081299356X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores the idea of democracy, its current state of crisis, and its potential as a tool for change, sharing historical perspectives on the effectiveness of democratic uprisings in various times and cultures.
Freedom in the World 2018
Author: Freedom House
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2019-01-31
Total Pages: 1265
ISBN-13: 1538112035
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFreedom in the World, the Freedom House flagship survey whose findings have been published annually since 1972, is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties. The survey ratings and narrative reports on 195 countries and fifteen territories are used by policymakers, the media, international corporations, civic activists, and human rights defenders to monitor trends in democracy and track improvements and setbacks in freedom worldwide. The Freedom in the World political rights and civil liberties ratings are determined through a multi-layered process of research and evaluation by a team of regional analysts and eminent scholars. The analysts used a broad range of sources of information, including foreign and domestic news reports, academic studies, nongovernmental organizations, think tanks, individual professional contacts, and visits to the region, in conducting their research. The methodology of the survey is derived in large measure from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and these standards are applied to all countries and territories, irrespective of geographical location, ethnic or religious composition, or level of economic development.
Democracy Protests
Author: Dawn Brancati
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016-09-08
Total Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 110713773X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents a rich analysis of modern democracy protests globally, using qualitative and quantitative evidence to describe trends in causes and consequences.
Opposing Democracy in the Digital Age
Author: Aim Sinpeng
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2021-03-02
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 0472038486
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOpposing Democracy in the Digital Age is about why ordinary people in a democratizing state oppose democracy and how they leverage both traditional and social media to do so. Aim Sinpeng focuses on the people behind popular, large-scale antidemocratic movements that helped bring down democracy in 2006 and 2014 in Thailand. The yellow shirts (PAD—People’s Alliance for Democracy) that are the focus of the book are antidemocratic movements grown out of democratic periods in Thailand, but became the catalyst for the country’s democratic breakdown. Why, when, and how supporters of these movements mobilize offline and online to bring down democracy are some of the key questions that Sinpeng answers. While the book primarily uses a qualitative methodological approach, it also uses several quantitative tools to analyze social media data in the later chapters. This is one of few studies in the field of regime transition that focuses on antidemocratic mobilization and takes the role of social media seriously.
Demanding Democracy
Author: Marc Stears
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2013-03-03
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 0691157901
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat today's political thinkers can learn from the radical democratic movements of twentieth-century America This is a major work of history and political theory that traces radical democratic thought in America across the twentieth century, seeking to recover ideas that could reenergize democratic activism today. The question of how citizens should behave as they struggle to create a more democratic society has haunted the United States throughout its history. Should citizens restrict themselves to patient persuasion or take to the streets and seek to impose change? Marc Stears argues that anyone who continues to wrestle with these questions could learn from the radical democratic tradition that was forged in the twentieth century by political activists, including progressives, trade unionists, civil rights campaigners, and members of the student New Left. These activists and their movements insisted that American campaigners for democratic change should be free to strike out in whatever ways they thought necessary, so long as their actions enhanced the political virtues of citizens and contributed to the eventual triumph of the democratic cause. Reevaluating the moral and strategic arguments, and the triumphs and excesses, of this radical democratic tradition, Stears contends that it still offers a compelling account of citizen behavior—one that is fairer, more inclusive, and more truly democratic than those advanced by political theorists today.
Democracy Moving
Author: Ariel Nereson
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2022-01-20
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 0472055127
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores the potential of movement to create and revise historical narratives of race and nation
