Elections as Instruments of Democracy: Majoritarian and ...
 not inspiring: I am a strong proponent of proportional representation and I bought this book along with Lijphart's Patterns of Democracy. I read Powell's book first and was very excited in the beginning, but as the book went on I found some of his [... more]
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Democracy Delayed: The Case of Castro's Cuba
Details and overview clear and cogent understanding complete: Details of Value, Overview Clear and Cogent, Understanding Complete This book (Juan Lopez 2002 Democracy Delayed John Hopkins University Press) is a "must read" for one trying [... more]
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The Ideas That Conquered The World: Peace, Democracy, ...
Virtuous Circle of Free Markets, Democracy and Peace: Michael Mandelbaum clearly explains that the liberal theory of history is made up of two tenets: 1. Free markets, through their workings such as constitutionalism, civil society, the rule of law, [... more]
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The Real World of Democracy
Not Real, Not Relevant: MacPherson was once an internationally-acclaimed thinker. He won much praise in Canada and abroad for his books. "The Real World of Democracy" is a short, dated book, full of irrelevancies and preposterous logic. Here [... more]
CDN$16.95
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Democracy and Its Critics
Fine update on themes introduced in Polyarchy: This is a highly readable summary of Dahl's earlier work. Non-academics will find his use of dialogue easily accessible. Perhaps it's greatest success is the way that it thoughtfully approaches the basic [... more]
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Taking the Risk Out of Democracy: Corporate Propaganda ...
a seminal analysis of corporate propaganda: "Taking the Risk Out of Democracy : Corporate Propaganda Versus Freedom and Liberty" is a pioneering work in the field of corporate propaganda analysis which reveals just how much of a major force [... more]
CDN$21.88
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Democracy Defended
Author's Comments: I am the author of Democracy Defended. The Amazon form forces me to rate my own book: consider the source. I offer this review because the "book description" posted at Amazon is unintelligible and is unauthorized by me; [... more]
CDN$41.95
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Direct Democracy In Switzerland
Fascinating, Instructive For Democracies in the 21st Century: Surprisingly, I found this not only a facscinating but instructive study for me as a citizen of democracy in America. For beyond its merit as a description of democratic governance in [... more]
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Best Democracy Money Can Buy
Very good book.: Very good book. Maybe the people who say that Palast is a lie are the same people that think that Oswald acted alone... The Bush election was a fraud. Yes, the Florida electionwas a fraud. About the evil IMF and the World Bank, I agree [... more]
CDN$16.02
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Democracy and Disagreement
From Amazon.com: Well-situated at the nexus of several trends in political theory and academic publishing, Democracy and Disagreement addresses contemporary theories of "deliberative democracy" in a highly accessible style intended to bring [... more]
CDN$28.09
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Democracy and Disagreement
From Amazon.com: Well-situated at the nexus of several trends in political theory and academic publishing, Democracy and Disagreement addresses contemporary theories of "deliberative democracy" in a highly accessible style intended to bring [... more]
CDN$47.93
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The Primacy of Politics: Social Democracy and the Making ...
We Need our History: This is a great book and it works on a number of different levels. I begin with my title because one of the themes of the book is understanding the history and context of various political ideologies and movements. If we do not [... more]
CDN$70.95
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