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  • Jihad vs. McWorld

    Terrorism's Challenge to Democracy

    by Benjamin Barber ...
    Jihad vs. McWorld is a groundbreaking work, an elegant and illuminating analysis of the central conflict of our times: consumerist capitalism versus religious and tribal fundamentalism. These diametrically opposed but strangely intertwined forces are tearing apart--and bringing together--the world as we know it, undermining democracy and the nation-state on which it depends.On the one hand, ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Aristocracy of Everyone

    by Benjamin Barber ...
    In this brilliant, controversial, and profoundly original book, Benjamin R. Barber fundamentally alters the terms of the current debate over the value of opportunity in American education, politics, and culture.Barber argues that the fashionable rallying cries of cultural literacy and political correctness completely miss the point of what is wrong with our society. While we fret about "the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Theories of Democracy

    A Reader

    by John Locke, Thomas Paine, Alexis Tocqueville, John Rawls, Niccolo Machiavelli, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Winthrop, Horace Mann, Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman, Arthur Bentley, Robert Dahl, Joseph Schumpeter, Anthony Downs, John Dewey, Benjamin Barber, Max Weber, Noberto Bobbio, Michel Foucault, William Connolly, Jurgen Habermas, Mahatma Gandhi, Jean-bertrand Aristide, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Liberal/Democratic Divide, Sheldon Wolin, Anne Phillips, John Stuart Mill, Iris Marion Young, Aung San Suu Kyi, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Aristotle, James Madison, Robert Bellah, Chantal Mouffe, Cornel West ...
    Theories of Democracy builds on Robert Dahl's observation that there is no single theory of democracy; only theories. Beyond the broad commitment to rule by the majority, democracy involves a set of contentious debates concerning the proper function and scope of power, equality, freedom, justice, and interests. In this anthology, Ronald J. Terchek and Thomas C. Conte have brilliantly assembled the ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • A Passion for Democracy

    American Essays

    by Benjamin R. Barber ...
    Benjamin Barber is one of America's preeminent political theorists. He has been a significant voice in the continuing debate about the nature and role of democracy in the contemporary world. A Passion for Democracy collects twenty of his most important writings on American democracy. Together they refine his distinctive position in democratic theory. Barber's conception of "strong democracy" ... Read more

    $47.59 USD

  • If Mayors Ruled the World

    Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities

    by Benjamin R.,Barber ...
    In the face of the most perilous challenges of our time—climate change, terrorism, poverty, and trafficking of drugs, guns, and people—the nations of the world seem paralyzed. The problems are too big, too interdependent, too divisive for the nation-state. Is the nation-state, once democracy's best hope, today democratically dysfunctional? Obsolete? The answer, says Benjamin Barber in this highly ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Truth of Power

    Intellectual Affairs in the Clinton White House

    by Benjamin R. Barber ...
    Ideas and the presidency flirt with each other, but can they really get along?President Clinton had a romance with big ideas. He intently cultivated intellectuals, seducing them with his characteristic charm and with the promise of real influence on the political stage. Yet most often he disappointed the big thinkers whose advice he sought.Benjamin Barber was first invited to Camp David in 1994, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Conquest of Politics

    Liberal Philosophy in Democratic Times

    by Benjamin R. Barber ...
    The description for this book, The Conquest of Politics: Liberal Philosophy in Democratic Times, will be forthcoming. ... Read more

    $38.19 USD

  • War after September 11

    by Lloyd J. Dumas, Robert K. Fullinwider, Judith Lichtenberg, David Luban, Benjamin R. Barber, William A. Galston, Paul W. Kahn ...
    Series series Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy Studies
    What are the limits of justified retaliation against aggression? What actions are morally permissible in preventing future aggression? Against whom may retaliation be aimed? These questions have long been part of the debate over the ethics of warfare. They all took on new meaning after terrorists hijacked four U.S. airliners on September 11, 2001.War after September 11 considers the just aims and ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Climate Change and the Politics of Interdependence

    by Benjamin R. Barber, Hildegarde Hannum ...
    Series series Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures
    The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.We have created a system in which votes made with the dollar speak louder than votes at the poll. Today’s capitalism, Benjamin Barber argues, makes little distinction between wants and needs. Half a century ago, the model capitalist was one who ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Strong Democracy in Crisis

    Promise or Peril?

    by Seyla Benhabib, Carol Gilligan, Audrey Latura, Robbie McClintock, Claire Snyder-Hall, Jane Mansbridge, Patrick J. Deneen, Benjamin R. Barber, Charles E. Butterworth, Sungmoon Kim, Bhikhu Parekh, Manfred B. Steger, Tracy Strong ...
    This is a robust and relevant collection from a truly distinguished group of political theorists actively rethinking the promise and perils of democracy. The book is coherent in its focus on a common theme and aim: to advance and refine the political project of promoting democratic theory and practice. While the contributors are admirers of the promotion of various models of democracy they also ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Cool Cities

    Urban Sovereignty and the Fix for Global Warming

    by Benjamin R. Barber ...
    A pointed argument that cities—not nation-states—can and must take the lead in fighting climate changeClimate change is the most urgent challenge we face in an interdependent world where independent nations have grown increasingly unable to cooperate effectively on sustainability. In this book, renowned political theorist Benjamin R. Barber describes how cities, by assuming important aspects of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Essential Communitarian Reader

    by Ronald Bayer, Benjamin R. Barber, Daniel A. Bell, Robert N. Bellah, Senator Bill Bradley, Senator Dan Coats, Roger L. Conner, Ralf Dahrendorf, John J. DiIulio Jr., William J. Doherty, Jean Bethke Elshtain0, Amitai Etzioni1, James S. Fishkin3, William Galston4, Mary Ann Glendon5, Robert E. Goodin6, Peter Katz7, Mark Kleiman8, Judith Martin9, Dallin H. Oaks0, Diane Ravitch1, Philip Selznik2, Fred Siegel3, Thomas A. Spragens Jr.4, Charles Taylor5, Daniel J. Tichenor6, Linda J. Waite7, Alan Wolfe8 ...
    Series series Rights & Responsibilities
    This outstanding new book shows why communitarian thought has had such a profound influence on contemporary American public policy, from strengthening our neighborhoods to fighting AIDS and educating our children. Edited by Amitai Etzioni, founder of the Communitarian Network and author of the best-selling books The Spirit of Community and The New Golden Rule, this comprehensive collection ... Read more

    $40.99 USD