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  • Globalization, Power, and Democracy

    Edited by Marc F. Plattner, Aleksander Smolar ...
    Series series A Journal of Democracy Book
    Though the year 2000 marks the turn of the century and of the millennium, the great turn in the realm of international politics occurred a decade earlier, with the Revolutions of 1989-91. The breakup of the Soviet Union's external empire in Eastern Europe, soon followed by the demise of the USSR itself, destroyed the bipolar structure that had characterized world politics for almost half a century ... Read more

    $31.89 CAD

  • Globalization, Power, and Democracy

    by Marc F. Plattner, Aleksander Smolar ...
    Series series A Journal of Democracy
    Essays exploring a world dramatically transformed by the collapse of communism—and the prospects for democracy in that realigned reality.The breakup of the Soviet Union's external empire in Eastern Europe, soon followed by the demise of the USSR itself, destroyed the bipolar structure that had characterized world politics for almost half a century. But while the dramatic collapse of communism left ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Human Rights In Our Time

    Essays In Memory Of Victor Baras

    Edited by Marc F. Plattner ...
    In the past decade, human rights as a component of U.S. foreign policy has been the subject of intense debate. First brought to the forefront by President Carter, it has also turned out to be one of the most controversial aspects of foreign policy during the Reagan administration. Policymakers who attempt to cope with human rights issues are immediately confronted with questions not only about the ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Democracy in Decline?

    Edited by Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner ...
    Series series A Journal of Democracy Book
    Eight preeminent scholars debate the future of democracy.For almost a decade, Freedom House’s annual survey has highlighted a decline in democracy in most regions of the globe. While some analysts draw upon this evidence to argue that the world has entered a “democratic recession,” others dispute that interpretation, emphasizing instead democracy’s success in maintaining the huge gains it made ... Read more

    $28.59 CAD

  • Authoritarianism Goes Global

    The Challenge to Democracy

    Edited by Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, Christopher Walker ...
    Series series A Journal of Democracy Book
    With democracy in decline, authoritarian governments are staging a comeback around the world.Over the past decade, illiberal powers have become emboldened and gained influence within the global arena. Leading authoritarian countries—including China, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela—have developed new tools and strategies to contain the spread of democracy and challenge the liberal ... Read more

    $41.79 CAD

  • Democracy in East Asia

    A New Century

    Edited by Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, Yun-han Chu ...
    Series series A Journal of Democracy Book
    Democratization scholars believe that the next regional wave of transitions to democracy may unfold in East and Southeast Asia.In their introduction to the 1998 edition of Democracy in East Asia, Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner predicted that East Asia, with its remarkable diversity of political regimes, economies, and religions, would likely be the most critical arena in the global struggle ... Read more

    $39.59 CAD

  • Democratization and Authoritarianism in the Arab World

    Edited by Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner ...
    Series series A Journal of Democracy Book
    Three years after the first mass protests of the Arab Spring, senior scholars weigh in on how democracy is faring.Beginning in December 2010, a series of uprisings swept the Arab world, toppling four longtime leaders and creating an apparent political opening in a region long impervious to the “third wave” of democratization. Despite the initial euphoria, the legacies of authoritarianism—polarized ... Read more

    $41.79 CAD

  • Liberation Technology

    Social Media and the Struggle for Democracy

    Edited by Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner ...
    Series series A Journal of Democracy Book
    The revolutions sweeping the Middle East provide dramatic evidence of the role that technology plays in mobilizing citizen protest and upending seemingly invulnerable authoritarian regimes. A grainy cell phone video of a Tunisian street vendor’s self-immolation helped spark the massive protests that toppled longtime ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and Egypt’s “Facebook revolution” forced the ruling ... Read more

    $34.09 CAD

  • In Search of Humanity

    Essays in Honor of Clifford Orwin

    by Andrea Radasanu, Timothy W. Burns, Brent Edwin Cusher, Donald Forbes, Bryan-Paul Frost, Ran Halévi, Henry Higuera, Robert Howse, S. N. Jaffe, Michael S. Kochin0, Noah Lawrence1, Mark J. Lutz2, Arthur M. Melzer3, Jeffrey Metzger4, Miguel Morgado5, Waller R. Newell6, Michael Palmer7, Lorraine Smith Pangle8, Thomas L. Pangle9, Marc F. Plattner0, Linda R. Rabieh1, Michael Rosano2, Susan Meld Shell3, Ryan K. Balot4, Paul A. Cantor5, Steven Forde6, Kenneth Hart Green7, L. Joseph Hebert Jr.8, Christopher Kelly9, William B. Parsons0, Diana J. Schaub1, Nathan Tarcov2, Richard Velkley3 ...
    This collection of essays, offered in honor of the distinguished career of prominent political philosophy professor Clifford Orwin, provides a wide context in which to consider the rise of “humanity” as one of the chief modern virtues. A relative of—and also a replacement for—formerly more prominent other-regarding virtues like justice and generosity, humanity and later compassion become the true ... Read more

    $71.69 CAD

  • Will China Democratize?

    by Andrew J. Nathan, Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner ...
    Series series A Journal of Democracy
    Leading experts on China offer their enlightening analysis on one of the most crucial and complex questions facing the future of international politics.Moving toward open markets and international trade has brought extraordinary economic success to China, yet its leadership still maintains an authoritarian grip over its massive population. From repressing political movements to controlling ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Chinese Politics and Government

    Power, Ideology and Organization

    by Sujian Guo ...
    Over the past two decades, China’s political reforms, open-door policy, dramatic economic growth, and increasingly assertive foreign policy have had an unprecedented regional and global impact. This introductory textbook provides students with a fundamental understanding of government and politics in China as well as the conceptual ability to explore the general patterns, impacts, and nature of ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD

  • After Europe

    by Ivan Krastev ...
    In this provocative book, renowned public intellectual Ivan Krastev reflects on the future of the European Union—and its potential lack of a future. With far-right nationalist parties on the rise across the continent and the United Kingdom planning for Brexit, the European Union is in disarray and plagued by doubts as never before. Krastev includes chapters devoted to Europe's major problems ... Read more

    $20.79 CAD