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Looking at eight case studies of Asian democracies, the contributors to this volume analyze the role of political parties in stabilizing and institutionalizing democracies. An essential resource for students and scholars of Asian politics, especially those with a focus on comparative politics, political parties and institutions.

This edited volume explores the past, present, and future of the Korean Peninsula, with special focus on South Korea, by connecting developments in politics with those in international relations and diplomacy.

Boat arrivals have defined and divided 21st-century Australia. This book examines the 'Stop the Boats' era from between the 2013 and 2022 federal elections. During this time the dominant political view has been that to accept a single boat, family or person is to risk being overwhelmed by many others. It follows that government must do whatever it takes to command Australia's borders and deter unauthorized arrivals; that is, Stop the Boats!This book sets out the key political events and arguments for and against Australia's assurance that anyone who comes without permission will never be able to stay. It examines the impact of this commitment on regional and international relations, on those who seek refuge in Australia, and on those who call it 'home'. This volume serves as a valuable political history and analysis for scholars, policymakers, students, journalists and anyone who is interested in questions of contemporary exclusion and belonging.

Almost one hundred years have passed since Walter Lippmann and John Dewey published their famous reflections on the "problems of the public," but their thoughts remain surprisingly relevant as resources for thinking through our current crisis-plagued predicament. This book takes stock of the reception history of Lippmann's and Dewey's ideas about publics, communication, and political decision-making and shows how their ideas can inspire a way forward.Lippmann and Dewey were only two of many twentieth-century thinkers trying to imagine how a modern industrial democracy might (or might not) come to pass, but despite that, the "Lippmann/Dewey debate" became a symbol of the two alleged options: an epistocracy, on the one hand, and grassroots participation, on the other. In this book, distinguished scholars from rhetoric, communication, sociology, and media and journalism studies reconsider this debate in order to assess its contemporary relevance for our time, which, in some respects, bears a striking resemblance to the 1920s. In this way, the book explains how and why Lippmann and Dewey are indispensable resources for anyone concerned with the future of democratic deliberation and decision-making.In addition to the editor, the contributors to this volume include Nathan Crick, Robert Danisch, Steve Fuller, William Keith, Bruno Latour, John Durham Peters, Patricia Roberts-Miller, Michael Schudson, Anna Shechtman, Slavko Splichal, Lisa S. Villadsen, and Scott Welsh.

Es herrscht beinahe ein gesellschaftlicher Konsens, dass sich Fake News im demokratischen Kontext und in einer pluralistischen Gesellschaft als diskursfeindlich erweisen. Ausgehend von dieser These, erfasst der Autor das tatsächliche Gefährdungspotential mittels empirischer Daten in einem interdisziplinären Ansatz. Im Anschluss untersucht der Autor bereits de lege lata vorhandene Regulierungsmechanismen ¿ mit besonderem Fokus auf das NetzDG und das Strafrecht. Aufgrund des vom Autor festgestellten Desiderats an Problemlösungsmechanismen, richtet er sodann den Blick auf Möglichkeiten der (Straf-)Rechtsgenese. Hierbei greift er auf Erkenntnisse aus der von ihm angestellten Rechtsvergleichung zurück und entwickelt ¿ ausgehend von dem Individualrechtsgut des unbeeinflussten Willensbildungsprozesses ¿ einen Lösungsvorschlag im Rahmen strafverfassungsrechtlicher Analyse.

The pandemic exposed long-standing and inherent inequities in societies and opened old wounds of discrimination, dissent, and division. Governance in such uncertain times need to focus on the short-term needs but cannot lose sight of the longer-term impact of structural inequalities and cultural and social fissures embedded in political systems.

America is undergoing a massive experiment, moving toward a multiracial democracy. But the prospect of change has sparked an authoritarian backlash that threatens the very foundations of the American political system. From two bestselling authors comes a call to reform the United States' antiquated political institutions before it's too late.

The theory of socialist democracy and the rule of law with Chinese characteristics is one of the important contents of the theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and it is also a basic component of the theoretical system of socialist law with Chinese characteristics. To understand the theory of socialist democracy and the rule of law with Chinese characteristics, we must connect with the great practice of Reform and Opening-up in contemporary China, and we must also connect with the overall context of the development of Marxist jurisprudence theory. Systematically sorting out the ideological origin, formation and enrichment process of the theory of socialist democracy and rule of law with Chinese characteristics, focusing on explaining the basic content and major characteristics of the theory of socialist democracy and rule of law with Chinese characteristics, clarifying the social functions, social foundations, leadership, promotion process and promotion methods of the socialist theory of democracy and the rule of law with Chinese characteristics, and placing the socialist theory of democracy and the rule of law within the "Five-in-one" overall layout of socialism with Chinese characteristics, "A Research on Socialist Democracy and Rule of Law with Chinese Characteristics" reveals the relationship between democracy and the rule of law and economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, social construction, and ecological civilization. In addition, it also expounds the internal relationship between democracy and the rule of law, the cause of human rights, and the leadership of the party. The theoretical elaboration of these issues constitutes a complete system that together explains why a large Eastern country like China needs to build democracy and the rule of law, what kind of democracy and rule of law to build, how to build democracy and rule of law, and how to comprehensively promote the rule of law in the current historical process of Reform and Opening-up, social transformation and development, thus explaining the "Chinese characteristics" and "socialist characteristics of the primary stage" of the theory of democracy and rule of law, etc.

By understanding the dynamics that encourage identity distillation, Wrong explains how to reverse this dangerous trend and strengthen American democracy in the process.

"America is undergoing a massive experiment: it is moving, in fits and starts, toward a multiracial democracy, something few societies have ever done. But the prospect of change has sparked an authoritarian backlash that threatens the very foundations of our political system. Why is democracy under assault here, and not in other wealthy, diversifying nations? And what can we do to save it? ... [The authors present a] framework for understanding these volatile times. They draw on a wealth of examples--from 1930s France to present-day Thailand--to explain why and how political parties turn against democracy. They then show how our Constitution makes us uniquely vulnerable to attacks from within"--

Between crisis mode and a spirit of renewal: where is democracy heading? The challenges facing the political system in Germany to find the right answers in the future may never have been greater.The Futurium, the House of Futures in Berlin, is focusing on the futures of democracy in its new theme. It is about democracy in progress: what experiences do people in Germany have with this democracy, how do they advocate for participation and involvement, what wishes and desires do they have?For example, we meet a city school spokesperson in Frankfurt/Main, a blind musician in Berlin, a former civil rights activist from East Germany in Leipzig, a local politician from Cameroon in a village near Munich, and a young Muslim woman in Mönchengladbach who is committed to diversity.A journey through the republic in ten encounters.From person to person.

A brutal, bloody, and at times hopeful history of the vote; a primer on the opponents fighting to take it away; and a playbook for how we can save our democracy before it’s too late—from the former U.S. Attorney General on the front lines of this fightVoting is our most important right as Americans—“the right that protects all the others,” as Lyndon Johnson famously said when he signed the Voting Rights Act—but it’s also the one most violently contested throughout U.S. history. Since the gutting of the act in the landmark Shelby County v. Holder case in 2013, many states have passed laws restricting the vote. After the 2020 election, President Trump’s effort to overturn the vote has evolved into a slow-motion coup, with many Republicans launching an all-out assault on our democracy. The vote seems to be in unprecedented peril.  But the peril is not at all unprecedented. America is a fragile democracy, Eric Holder argues, whose citizens have only had unfettered access to the ballot since the 1960s. He takes readers through three dramatic stories of how the vote was won: first by white men, through violence and insurrection; then by white women, through protests and mass imprisonments; and finally by African Americans, in the face of lynchings and terrorism. Next, he dives into how the vote has been stripped away since Shelby—a case in which Holder was one of the parties. He ends with visionary chapters on how we can reverse this tide of voter suppression and become a true democracy where every voice is heard and every vote is counted. Full of surprising history, intensive analysis, and actionable plans for the future, this is a powerful primer on our most urgent political struggle from one of the country's leading advocates.

Examines Nigeria's challenges with consolidating democracy and the crisis of governance arising from structural errors of the state and the fundamental contradictions of society in Nigeria's Fourth Republic.

From fake news to infringement of privacy in digital spheres, the changing landscapes of media and public communication have completely transformed contemporary democracies in recent decades. Disruptions of media functioning can be seen as evidence for a transition from democracy to post-democracy, but how plausible is this scenario? Using empirical evidence, the author asks how imminent the threat of the end of democracy is, and how it can be restored. Exploring the creative and destructive ways individuals and groups make use of new digital and social media in democratic societies across the world, the book presents a much-needed critical theory of the public sphere as we enter the new digital age.

Auroville in Tamil Nadu, South India, is an internationally recognized endeavour in prefiguring an alternative society: the largest, most diverse, dynamic and enduring of intentional communities worldwide. This book is a critical and insightful analysis of the utopian practice of this unique spiritual township, by a native scholar. The author explores how Auroville's founding spiritual and societal ideals are engaged in its communal political and economic organization, as well as various cultural practices and what enables and sustains this prefiguratively utopian practice. This in-depth, autoethnographic case study is an important resource for understanding prefigurative and utopian experiments - their challenges, potentialities and significance for the advancement of human society.

In recent years, failures in health and social care, mental health services, public housing and education have dominated headlines and been the subject of much public debate. The means for addressing such concerns remain notably legalistic and subject to a particular brand of liberal legalism that stifles the possibility of transformational intervention. This book argues that there is urgent need for a radical reassessment of the way the law mediates between citizens and the state. Drawing on historical and comparative research, literary, pictorial and cinematic treatments, and the insights of the disability rights movement, Nick O'Brien examines how the everyday regulation of street-level bureaucracy can play an integral part in reimagining postliberal politics and the role of the law.

THE FIRST EXAMINATION OF DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA AND WHY IT WORKED IN AMERICA AND FAILED IN MOST OTHER PLACES. Alexis de Tocqueville believed political equality, common in early America, built a strong foundation for democracy, a kind of government in which power belongs with the people and choices are made by the majority. De Tocqueville explains why republican representative democracy has succeeded in the United States while failing in so many other places. Democracy in America is part of the U.S. Heritage series a book that helped establish and form the United States of America. The revolutionary ideas and inspirational writings are included in this book for everyone, for students of all ages, to people who are actively involved in politics and their community and anyone interested in the amazing birth and history of America. LEARN WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN!HUMANIX BOOKS U.S. Heritage series is the definitive collection of political writings and history of the Founding Fathers that paved the way for the United States of America to become the indispensable nation and THE example of Democracy, Liberty and Freedom in the world.

"From historian and author of the popular daily newsletter Letters from an American, a vital narrative that explains how America, once a beacon of democracy, now teeters on the brink of autocracy--and how we can turn back. In the midst of the impeachment crisis of 2019, Heather Cox Richardson launched a daily Facebook essay providing the historical background of the daily torrent of news. The essays soon turned into a newsletter and, spread by word of mouth, its readership ballooned to more than 2 million dedicated readers who rely on its plainspoken and informed take on the present and past in America. In Democracy Awakening, Richardson crafts a compelling and original narrative, explaining how, over the decades, a small group of wealthy people have made war on American ideals. By weaponizing language and promoting false history they have led us into authoritarianism--creating a disaffected population and then promising to recreate an imagined past where those people could feel important again. She argues that taking our country back starts by remembering the elements of the nation's true history that marginalized Americans have always upheld. Their dedication to the principles on which this nation was founded has enabled us to renew and expand our commitment to democracy in the past. Richardson sees this history as a roadmap for the nation's future. Richardson's unique talent is to wrangle our giant, meandering, confusing news feed into a coherent story that singles out what we should pay attention to, what the historical roots and precedents are, and what possible paths lie ahead. Writing in her trademark calm prose, she manages to be both realistic and optimistic about the future of democracy. Richardson's easy command of history allows her to pivot effortlessly from the Founders to the abolitionists to Reconstruction to Goldwater to Mitch McConnell, highlighting the political legacies of the New Deal, the lingering fears of socialism, the death of the liberal consensus and birth of 'movement conservatism.' There are many books that tell us what has happened over the last five years. Democracy Awakening explains how we got to this perilous point, what our history really tells us about ourselves, and what the future of democracy can be"--

"From historian and author of the popular daily newsletter Letters from an American, a vital narrative that explains how America, once a beacon of democracy, now teeters on the brink of autocracy--and how we can turn back. In the midst of the impeachment crisis of 2019, Heather Cox Richardson launched a daily Facebook essay providing the historical background of the daily torrent of news. The essays soon turned into a newsletter and, spread by word of mouth, its readership ballooned to more than 2 million dedicated readers who rely on its plainspoken and informed take on the present and past in America. In Democracy Awakening, Richardson crafts a compelling and original narrative, explaining how, over the decades, a small group of wealthy people have made war on American ideals. By weaponizing language and promoting false history they have led us into authoritarianism--creating a disaffected population and then promising to recreate an imagined past where those people could feel important again. She argues that taking our country back starts by remembering the elements of the nation's true history that marginalized Americans have always upheld. Their dedication to the principles on which this nation was founded has enabled us to renew and expand our commitment to democracy in the past. Richardson sees this history as a roadmap for the nation's future. Richardson's unique talent is to wrangle our giant, meandering, confusing news feed into a coherent story that singles out what we should pay attention to, what the historical roots and precedents are, and what possible paths lie ahead. Writing in her trademark calm prose, she manages to be both realistic and optimistic about the future of democracy. Richardson's easy command of history allows her to pivot effortlessly from the Founders to the abolitionists to Reconstruction to Goldwater to Mitch McConnell, highlighting the political legacies of the New Deal, the lingering fears of socialism, the death of the liberal consensus and birth of 'movement conservatism.' There are many books that tell us what has happened over the last five years. Democracy Awakening explains how we got to this perilous point, what our history really tells us about ourselves, and what the future of democracy can be"--

"A manifesto on how to defend truth and reality against Trumpism, post truth, and disinformation campaigns"--]cProvided by publisher.

"A stellar roster of essayists share their reimagings of the institutions of democracy and governance necessary to resolve the climate crisis, and call on the reader to do so as well"--

This book is based upon political knowledge with the addition of Biblical references. It encounters the current political structure of the entire world and how our vote can make a difference as an individual. It details how our job is to stop the hate and start loving others no matter what; making us choose to do the right thing. Anyone can accomplish this through their actions every day and their vote. There are discussions over various aspects, after which Alvin Dunbar has asked his readers to think intelligently before casting their vote because our lives are based upon our decisions when choosing someone as our leader. This book describes everything in the light of Biblical references so that the readers can make a difference in the lives they have been living and the life they can choose in the future. This book describes people who will manipulate the situation and use you for their ends. While Alvin Dunbar, in his book, outrightly advocates that you do this (because other people are bound to be doing it), although this is not always the best course of action. Hence, it would help if you planned better whom to vote for and what good that party is supposed to invest in the nation. If you will not think and forcefully cast your vote, then being a part of a free society is no use. Change Today!

Over the years Bill Gates has acquired political influence through his charitable work, and the book shows the controversial ways through which he utilises it. The charity internally sets a policy agenda for how to fix the world - based on one man's worldview - then imposes this vision onto the developing world by funding groups that align with it.

Norman Stamps' short work should be better know as it is both concise and through. It presents the conservative arguments of classical western political thought and describes the dangers to democracy, including from communism. It appeared at a time when academic American political thought was strongly biased in favour of new 'leftist' liberal thinking and was accordingly overlooked as out of step with then current trends. It deserves to be re-considered in view of the decades of failing American ideology and the present state of American democracy.

"As television began to overtake the political landscape in the 1960s, network broadcast companies, bolstered by powerful lobbying interests, dominated screens across the nation. Yet over the next three decades, the expansion of a different technology, cable, changed all of this. 24/7 Politics tells the story of how the cable industry worked with political leaders to create an entirely new approach to television, one that tethered politics to profits and divided and distracted Americans by feeding their appetite for entertainment--frequently at the expense of fostering responsible citizenship. In this timely and provocative book, Kathryn Cramer Brownell argues that cable television itself is not to blame for today's rampant polarization and scandal politics--the intentional restructuring of television as a political institution is. She describes how cable innovations--from C-SPAN coverage of congressional debates in the 1980s to MTV's foray into presidential politics in the 1990s--took on network broadcasting using market forces, giving rise to a more decentralized media world. Brownell shows how cable became an unstoppable medium for political communication that prioritized cult followings and loyalty to individual brands, fundamentally reshaped party politics, and, in the process, sowed the seeds of democratic upheaval. 24/7 Politics reveals how cable TV created new possibilities for antiestablishment voices and opened a pathway to political prominence for seemingly unlikely figures like Donald Trump by playing to narrow audiences and cultivating division instead of common ground."--]cPublisher's website.