Many democracies find it difficult to act swiftly on problems such as climate change and
biodiversity loss. This is reflected in long-standing debates in research and policy about …

This report explores what is known about the roles of the mass media in transitions to
democracy. It offers a fundamental overview of thinking regarding democratisation through …

Many fear that democracies are suffering from a legitimacy crisis. This book focuses
on'democratic deficits', reflecting how far the perceived democratic performance of any state …

Early in the 1950s my parents tired of summer holidays mostly spent on chilly wind-swept
beaches and embarked, with hire car, tents, and four young children, on what was, in the …

Dies ist die sechste, grundlegend überarbeitete, aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage einer
Einführung in klassische und moderne Theorien der Demokratie, die erstmals 1995 …

In this seventh edition, John A. Booth, Christine J. Wade, and Thomas W. Walker update a
classic in the field which invites students to explore the histories, economies, and politics of …

Although there is now a wealth of scholarship concerning the onset, duration, and
termination of civil wars, there is not nearly as much empirical research by political scientists …

This paper examines how the system change following the collapse of socialism affected the
political outlook of citizens by comparing the satisfaction with democracy among several …

This book provides an introduction to democratic theory and empirical research on
democracy and democratization. The book first examines conceptions of democracy from …

In today's liberal democracies, does the political process focus on the people, or on the
political leaders representing them? In 'Toward Leader Democracy', Jan Pakulski and …