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Measuring Democracy: A Bridge Between Scholarship and Politics

Pub Date:

02/2009

ISBN:

9780801890932

Format:

Pb+ 200 pages

Although democracy is a widely held value, concrete measurement of it is elusive. Gerardo L Munck's constructive assessment of...

Civil-Military Relations and Democracy

Pub Date:

10/1996

ISBN:

9780801855368

Format:

Pbk 200 pages

How will civil-military relations affect efforts to consolidate new democracies in developing and postcommunist countries? How...

Revolutionary Iran: Challenge and Response in the Middle East (POD)

Pub Date:

12/1987

ISBN:

9780801836107

Format:

Pbk 350 pages

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy Revisited

Pub Date:

08/1993

ISBN:

9780801847479

Format:

Pbk 152 pages

"Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy Revisited is must reading for anyone who considers him- or herself a political economist,...

Dynamics of Democratization: Dictatorship, Development, and Diffusion

Pub Date:

06/2011

ISBN:

9781421400082

Format:

Hb+ 344 pages

The explosive spread of democracy has radically transformed the international political landscape and captured the attention of...

Catastrophic Consequences: Civil Wars and American Interests

Pub Date:

07/2008

ISBN:

9780801889899

Format:

Pb+ 224 pages

Civil war and other types of radical domestic upheaval are replacing war as the preeminent threat to American security and economic...

European Union and Democracy Promotion: A Critical Global Assessment

Pub Date:

09/2010

ISBN:

9780801897320

Format:

Hbk 216 pages

The European Union has made firm commitments to democratic reforms and human rights initiatives around the world. This volume...

Debates on Democratization

Pub Date:

08/2010

ISBN:

9780801897771

Format:

Pb+ 344 pages

For more than twenty years, the Journal of Democracy has been a leading voice in the conversation between scholars and practitioners...

Latin America's Struggle for Democracy

Pub Date:

09/2008

ISBN:

9780801890598

Format:

Pb+ 328 pages

Almost thirty years have passed since Latin America joined democracy’s global “third wave,” and not a single government has reverted...

Contemporary Women's Movements in Hungary: Globalization, Democracy, and Gender Equality

Pub Date:

07/2010

ISBN:

9780801894053

Format:

Hbk 416 pages

As the first and only book in any language on contemporary women's movements in Hungary, this groundbreaking study focuses on...

Beyond Appeasement: Interpreting Interwar Peace Movements in World Politics

Pub Date:

07/2007

ISBN:

9780801473937

Format:

Pbk 256 pages

The interwar peace movements were, according to conventional interpretations, naive and ineffective. More seriously, the standard...

Planning the Unthinkable: How New Powers Will Use Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons

Pub Date:

08/2000

ISBN:

9780801487040

Format:

Pb+ 224 pages

The proliferation of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons is now the single most serious security concern for governments...

Democracy and the Rise of Women's Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa

Pub Date:

07/2010

ISBN:

9780801895791

Format:

Pb+ 184 pages

Despite a late and fitful start, democracy in Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe has recently shown promising growth. Kathleen...

Differences That Matter: Social Policy and the Working Poor in the United States and Canada

Pub Date:

04/2006

ISBN:

9780801473128

Format:

Pb+ 272 pages

This book shines a spotlight on the causes and consequences of working poverty, revealing how the lives of low-wage workers are...

New Structure of Labor Relations: Tripartism and Decentralization

Pub Date:

02/2004

ISBN:

9780801441844

Format:

Hbk 272 pages

Tripartism—the national-level interaction among representatives of labor, management, and government—occurs infrequently in the...