Empire Versus Democracy: The Triumph of Corporate and Military Power In Empire Versus Democracy, Carl Boggs traces the authoritarian trajectory of American politics since World War II, with emphasis on…
Higher Education for Democracy Democracy and higher education are inextricably linked: universities not only have the ability to be key arbiters of how democracy…
Christian Democracy and the Fall of Communism The role of Christian Democracy in the collapse of the Communist Bloc Debates on the role of Christian Democracy in…
Radical Democracy C. Douglas Lummis writes as if he were talking with intelligent friends rather than articulating political theory. He reminds us…
Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics Medicaid is the single largest public health insurer in the United States, covering upwards of 70 million Americans. Crucially, Medicaid…
Middle Class, Civil Society and Democracy in Asia This book offers a timely analysis of the tripartite links between the middle class, civil society and democratic experiences in…
The Divide: How Fanatical Certitude Is Destroying Democracy (The MIT Press) Why our obsession with truth—the idea that some undeniable truth will make politics unnecessary—is driving our political polarization. In The…
War and Democracy: Labor and the Politics of Peace Challenging the conventional wisdom that mass mobilization warfare fosters democratic reform and expands economic, social, and political rights, War and…
Democratic Religion from Locke to Obama. Faith and the Civic Life of Democracy Debating or making speeches, American politicians invariably cite tenets of Christian faith—even as they unfailingly defend the liberal principles of…
Chinese Democracy after Tiananmen In 1989, most observers believed that China’s political reform process had been violently short-circuited, but few would now dispute that…