客服公告:2025年博客來春節過年各項服務詳情
The decade of democratic reforms in Afghanistan, 1963-1973, is often viewed as a golden era of stability and progress.......more
This book focuses on international influences and global factors that surrounded Ben Ali’s regime breakdown and the demo......more
THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHY OF THE NEW BRITISH PRIME MINISTER ’Required reading for anyone who has an interest in who gove......more
...more
...more
Focusing on prominent accounts by 10 distinguished women writers, who travelled to the Ottoman Empire (in particular, to......more
Why women’s voices are outnumbered online and what we can do about it, by a New York Times comment moderator. If you’ve ......more
Gateway to the Social Contract brings together a selection of writings from political theorists Thomas Hobbes, John Lock......more
Since the 1980s the American chief executive has shifted from a paradigm of the "modern presidency" to the "partisan pre......more
Since the 1980s the American chief executive has shifted from a paradigm of the "modern presidency" to the "partisan pre......more
...more
This groundbreaking collection offers the first book-length contribution to ongoing debates around how election monitors......more
...more
In this open access book, Kofi Anani finds ways forward through the Blended Representation Principle (BRP), which stipul......more
...more
McGuinty holds up a torch, lighting the way for politicians struggling to be a "good one." Politics can seem like a roug......more
Forensic political biography of the Labour Party leader Hailed as a human-rights champion and political outsider, what s......more
Why democracy is under assault across the globe by the leaders entrusted to preserve it Democracies around the world are......more
How neoliberal governments neutralize democracy by treating citizens as a set of social enemies Why do neoliberal polici......more
A much-needed defense of liberalism--what it is, why it is under threat, and why we need it more than ever--from one of ......more
THE FIRST EXAMINATION OF DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA AND WHY IT WORKED IN AMERICA AND FAILED IN MOST OTHER PLACES. Alexis de To......more
This book argues that the pursuit of war and the further militarisation of British democracy since 9/11 has led the UK i......more
Enlargement is often considered to be the strongest foreign policy tool available to the European Union, and is instrume......more
This book disentangles the complex processes of democratic transitions where regime change also requires a shift from a ......more
Following the Arab Uprisings, new ways of understanding sectarianism and sect-based differences emerged. But these persp......more
"Chilling and convincing, Antidemocratic is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand American politics in 2024." --H......more
In time for the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, a bold case for reimagining the American project and makin......more
The fear of playing the fool is a universal psychological phenomenon and an underappreciated driver of human behavior; i......more
An urgent and gripping look at the erosion of voting rights and its implications for democracy, told through the stories......more
...more
The monarchy is the heart of the United Kingdom’s social, political and constitutional construction. The King is a non-p......more
Political theory influenced by philosophy examines the political as the sphere of human interaction that is distinct fro......more
Imagine an American president who imprisoned critics, spread a culture of white supremacy, and tried to upend the law so......more
How Tocqueville’s ideas can help us build resilient liberal democracies in a divided world How can today’s liberal democ......more
From a brilliant new voice, a book which teaches us a better way to communicate and participate in society - to create a......more
The authoritarian regime in China is a prime target of the US-led war on autocracy; however, the regime claims a majorit......more
The authoritarian regime in China is a prime target of the US-led war on autocracy; however, the regime claims a majorit......more
Ongoing struggles over core principles of democratic governance The regime question--often boiled down to "democracy or ......more
Ongoing struggles over core principles of democratic governance The regime question--often boiled down to "democracy or ......more
An "eye-opening" (The New York Times), "absolutely fascinating" (Fareed Zakaria, CNN host and commentator) look at a how......more
The book proposes that loss of affect for liberal democracy is a key problem today, in need of closer analysis. Manifest......more
The Hidden Face of Local Power explicates the purpose, role, and consequences of appointed boards in U.S. cities. Mirya ......more
The Hidden Face of Local Power explicates the purpose, role, and consequences of appointed boards in U.S. cities. Mirya ......more
A grounding exploration of how our online prowess shapes the very essence of democracy The electronic age compels us to ......more
An upcoming memoir from Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski in which she shares how her passion for the state and its people h......more
The Routledge Handbook of Anti-Corruption Research and Practice takes a multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach ......more
...more
When Lenin and the Bolsheviks shut down the Constituent Assembly after only one session, it was said to mark the end of ......more
In 2022, the Collins Dictionary announced that its word of the year was "permacrisis," which it defined as "an extended ......more
Local government in the UK is in crisis. It is now neither local in terms of the geography and populations of its princi......more
...more
The era when theorists could urge democrats to whistle their way through the world with an air of ’philosophical superfi......more
Bringing together leading and emerging scholars on European politics, this collection explores how dilemmas associated w......more
This book delves into the core of representative democracy in order to explain its main features - institutional and ima......more
The Arab Spring initially ignited excitement for Arab society in Israel. But following the outbreak of the uprising in S......more
Voter turnout in local elections is paradoxical. It is where government is closest to those governed and where many firs......more
Because the constitutional separation of powers often leads to delay or obstruction rather than coordinated policymaking......more
Because the constitutional separation of powers often leads to delay or obstruction rather than coordinated policymaking......more
The book discusses boundaries of electoral inclusion and mechanisms of electoral representation in contemporary democrac......more
Liberal Education and Democracy addresses three vital arguments for liberal education and its integral relationship to d......more
Suffering Victory recounts the commitment of Soviet liberal intellectuals to democratic transition during the effervesce......more
Suffering Victory recounts the commitment of Soviet liberal intellectuals to democratic transition during the effervesce......more
From California Governor Gavin Newsom comes an intimate and poignant account of identity, belonging, and the defining mo......more
The figurative "body" of public opinion presents challenges to readers of the nineteenth-century British fiction insofar......more
"This study of the writing of Roland Barthes breaks down the divide between lived experience and the language of a liter......more
"This study of the writing of Roland Barthes breaks down the divide between lived experience and the language of a liter......more
Democracy is future-oriented and self-correcting: today’s problems can be solved, we are told, in tomorrow’s elections. ......more
Out-of-control debt. Populism. Political vitriol and corruption. Where did America go wrong? Or rather, when did America......more
From "the nation’s leading cultural historian" (David Brooks, New York Times), the long-developing cultural divisions be......more
On the essential role of higher education and academic freedom in thriving democracies. Higher education is facing an ex......more
Much of the world today views America as an imperialist nation bent on global military, economic, and cultural dominatio......more
Talking to Tyrants breaks new ground in the study of Classical Greek history and political thought, exploring the previo......more
"Voting rights journalist Ari Berman has been detailing threats to our democracy for years, and his new book Minority Ru......more
How minority issues concern all of us, and why a new conception of justice grounded in solidarity can revitalize democra......more
How Black activism has helped achieve and maintain democracy for all Americans In 2020, Black Americans continued a ce......more
How Black activism has helped achieve and maintain democracy for all Americans In 2020, Black Americans continued a ce......more
The "philosopher of truth" (Jill Lepore, The New Yorker) shows why truth is an essential democratic value--and how it ca......more
This book enquires into the state of health of contemporary democracies, offering a sociological reading of democracy to......more
In a divided America, the biggest solvable problem fueling political extremism and dysfunction is hiding in plain sight:......more
Resulting from a collaborative approach, Doing Democracy in "Third Places" presents the results of multi-site ethnograph......more
Resulting from a collaborative approach, Doing Democracy in "Third Places" presents the results of multi-site ethnograph......more
...more
This introductory American politics textbook highlights political controversies and debates that make politics compellin......more
This introductory American politics textbook highlights political controversies and debates that make politics compellin......more
This book explains the prevalence of electoral authoritarianism (or multi-party autocracy) in the politics of sub-Sahara......more
Human dignity, equality, and freedom are central to the South African Constitution. This book examines these values thro......more
A searing argument--and work of meticulous scholarship--about how American political scientists misinterpreted the elite......more
A new approach to democratic theory that empowers its citizens. Democracy is a complex social system. A Systemic Theory ......more
The New York Times bestselling author of They Knew, Hiding in Plain Sight, and The View from Flyover Country navigates a......more
What is it that unites the European Union as a polity? Why is it necessary to democratise the EU? Can EU politicisation ......more
"[A] bracingly original book." --Harold Holzer, ?Wall Street Journal How a band of antislavery leaders recovered the rad......more
This book explores the European Central Bank’s (ECB) political role, and the politics of its increased empowerment, in t......more
This book revitalizes the discourse on backsliding democracy and the global rise of autocracy, extending the consequence......more
This book revitalizes the discourse on backsliding democracy and the global rise of autocracy, extending the consequence......more
Bringing together experts from across the social sciences, this volume examines the consolidation of authoritarianism in......more
Bringing together experts from across the social sciences, this volume examines the consolidation of authoritarianism in......more
This book analyses the evolving nature of democratic threats and identifies strategies necessary to safeguard democratic......more
This book explores how the loyalist rebuttal to the American patriot movement during the decade leading up to 1776 deriv......more