Democracy
When it comes to today, a Weberian sociolog think democracy is different than other political regimes since it proposes freedom first. This notion defines the ultimate purpose of democracy: equality. Yet, there is never pure freedom occuring ... [... more]
Bella Online |
The Law of Democracy: Legal Structure of the Political ...
 The Law of Democracy offers a systematic exploration of the legal construction of American democracy. The book brings together a cluster of issues in law regulating the design of democratic institutions, and the book employs a variety of methods ... [... more]
$111.00
Amazon.com |
Political Terminology – Democracy And Republic
The term democracy comes from the Greek “demokratia” with “demos” meaning “people,” and “-kratia” meaning “rule.” Political terms are highly charged and often volatile because they change over time; they may change drastically as events change. ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Will The Bush Administration Abandon Democracy In Iraq?
Could we have set up a different kind of democracy? Lebanon might have seen the perfect model before the Israeli bombing. The non-violent Cedar Revolution ended Syria’s occupation of the country and was followed promptly by free elections. ... [... more]
Bella Online |
America's Greatest Democracy
But this is not the democracy that Plato spoke of in his The Republic (c. 370 B.C.) as "a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a kind of equality to equals and unequals alike," nor that Aristotle in his ... [... more]
Ludwig von Mises Institute |
Does Democracy Threaten The Free Market?
Advancing the scholarship of liberty in the tradition of the Austrian School. Daily Article / Posted on 4/10/2003 by Joseph N. Potts Ludwig von Mises Institute - Tu Ne Cede Malis Does Democracy Threaten the Free Market? [... more]
Ludwig von Mises Institute |
A Real Democracy
Yet in a real sense the Founding Fathers did provide democracy, a lot of it, but in the voluntary private sector. They left the vast bulk of the people's business to the people themselves. As a young Alexis de Tocqueville found in his 1831-32 ... [... more]
Ludwig von Mises Institute |
Does Democracy Get It?
All this puts democracy in a bind. The harder the majority pushes, the harder the minority pushes back. The solutions Sun Chief Scientist Bill Joy has suggested - identify all users, charge for email, charge extra for "first-class" service ... [... more]
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Democracy and Development
This book is a uniquely wide-ranging study of the meaning of democracy and the factors which determine its level. Drawing on data from all 132 sovereign states of the Third World, it first specifies the essential elements of democracy (the holding of ... [... more]
$99.00
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The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and ...
"A work of tremendous originality and insight."—Washington Post. A national bestseller, including extended stays on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post lists, this major work by Newsweek International editor Fareed ... [... more]
$15.95
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The Rise of American Democracy: The Crisis of the New ...
Now available in three separate paperbacks designed for college courses, The Rise of American Democracy, acclaimed as the definitive study of the period by one of the greatest American historians, traces a historical arc from the earliest days of the ... [... more]
$18.75
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Re-Envisioning Education and Democracy (PB)
The fate of public education and therefore the future of our democracy is at risk. Powerful forces are eroding commitment to public schools and weakening democratic resolve. Yet even in deeply troubling times, it is possible to broaden social imagination ... [... more]
$39.99
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