Authors:Dan Reiter, Allan C. Stam,
Publisher: Princeton University Pre
Keywords: war, democracies
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2002-01-21
List price: $30.95
ISBN-10: 0691089493
ISBN-13: 9780691089492

Why do democracies win wars? This is a critical question in the study of international relations, as a traditional view--expressed most famously by Alexis de Tocqueville--has been that democracies are inferior in crafting foreign policy and fighting wars. In Democracies at War, the first major study of its kind, Dan Reiter and Allan Stam come to a very different conclusion. Democracies tend to win the wars they fight--specifically, about eighty percent of the time. Complementing their wide-ranging case-study analysis, the authors apply innovative statistical tests and new hypotheses. In unusua

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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Keywords: democracy, book, journal, democracies, divergence, global
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2001-09-13
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0801868424
ISBN-13: 9780801868429

Drawn from outstanding articles published in the Journal of Democracy, The Global Divergence of Democracies follows the enthusiastically received earlier volume, The Global Resurgence of Democracy. The tremendous momentum of democratic expansion that characterized the 1980s and the first half of the 1990s has drawn to a halt. Significantly, this halt has not yet been followed by a "reverse wave" of democratic breakdowns, and democracy remains unchallenged as a global model and ideal of governance. The values of freedom, human rights, and popular sovereignty have continued to gain strength i

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Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: introductory, survey, democracies, liberal, government, local
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1992-11-26
List price: $52.95
ISBN-10: 0415088755
ISBN-13: 9780415088756

The quality and nature of local government varies widely between countries. This introductory text looks at the workings of local government in England and Wales, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Canada and the USA. The chapters have a similar format so the student has a framework for systematic comparisons of the different case studies and a comprehensive conclusion summarises major differences and relationships between the structures studied.

Authors:Susan J. Pharr, Robert D. Putnam,
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: democracies, disaffected
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2000-05-08
List price: $37.50
ISBN-10: 0691049246
ISBN-13: 9780691049243

It is a notable irony that as democracy replaces other forms of governing throughout the world, citizens of the most established and prosperous democracies (the United States and Canada, Western European nations, and Japan) increasingly report dissatisfaction and frustration with their governments. Here, some of the most influential political scientists at work today examine why this is so in a volume unique in both its publication of original data and its conclusion that low public confidence in democratic leaders and institutions is a function of actual performance, changing expectations, an

Authors:Markus Crepaz, Jurg Steiner,
Publisher: Longma
Keywords: democracies, european
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2008-05-24
List price: $74.00
ISBN-10: 0205642578
ISBN-13: 9780205642571

Organized thematically rather than country-by-country, European Democracies is an introduction to the politics and governments of Western, Central, and Eastern Europe. Considering the countries of Europe from both the "supranational" level of the European Union and the "subnational" level of regions, this text employs a comparative approach to survey issues ranging from parties and policy to democratization and globalization. These issues are illustrated with in-depth examples from a variety of European countries as well as examples from politics in the United States. Throughout, Markus Crepaz

Author: Professor Robert E. Lane
Publisher: Yale University Pre
Keywords: democracies, market, happiness, loss
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2001-09-01
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0300091060
ISBN-13: 9780300091069

Why in prosperous market democracies today do so many people regard themselves as unhappy? Robert E. Lane draws on extensive research in many fields to show that the main sources of well-being in advanced economies are friendships and a good family life; income has little to do with happiness once a person rises above the poverty level. Lane urges us to alter priorities and emphasize companionship over higher income.

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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: contemporary, society, capital, social, flux, evolution, democracies
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 2004-03-26
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 0195171608
ISBN-13: 9780195171600

In his national bestseller Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam illuminated the decline of social capital in the US. Now, in Democracies in Flux, Putnam brings together a group of leading scholars who broaden his findings as they examine the state of social capital in eight advanced democracies around the world. The book is packed with many intriguing revelations. The contributors note, for instance, that waning participation in unions, churches, and political parties seems to be virtually universal, a troubling discovery as these forms of social capital are especially important for empowering less ed