American Progressivism: A Reader by Ronald J. Pestritto,William Atto

Transparency and Authoritarian Rule in Southeast Asia: Singapore and Malaysia (Routledge/City University of Hong Kong Southeast Asia Series)

In Transparency and Authoritarian Rule in Southeast Asia, Rodan rejects the thought that the 1997-98 Asian fiscal hindrance was once additional facts that eventually capitalism can merely enhance inside liberal social and political associations, and that new know-how inevitably undermines authoritarian keep watch over.

Margin of Victory: How Technologists Help Politicians Win Elections: How Technologists Help Politicians Win Elections (New Trends and Ideas in American Politics)

This e-book illuminates glossy political know-how, analyzing very important applied sciences, businesses, and folks; placing fresh recommendations into historic context; and describing the prospective destiny makes use of of expertise in electoral politics.

Spain's 'Second Transition'?: The Socialist government of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (South European Society and Politics)

Few may have imagined the advancements and the level of reforms that happened less than Spanish top Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero among 2004 and 2008. lower than Zapatero, Spain swiftly withdrew Spanish troops from Iraq, held a really public political debate at the Spanish Civil conflict and the Franco dictatorship, handed very innovative social laws that included homosexual marriage and adoption as good as a sweeping gender equality act, and accelerated autonomy in six of Spain’s 17 areas.

Four Crises of American Democracy: Representation, Mastery, Discipline, Anticipation

Within the final decade, observers of Western governments became more and more inquisitive about an obvious quandary of democracy. They argue that endemic corruption, insufficient prone, and extending voter disaffection have produced a dire consequence: a world resurgence of authoritarianism. The political weather surrounding the 2016 presidential election within the usa has simply bolstered the belief of democratic situation.