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  • Elite Foundations of Liberal Democracy

    by John Higley, Michael Burton ...
    Series series Elite Transformations
    This compelling and convincing study represents the culmination of the authors' several decades of research on the pivotal role played by elites in the success or failure of political regimes. Revising the classical theory of elites and politics, John Higley and Michael Burton distinguish basic types of elites and associated political regimes. They canvas political change during the modern ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Elites, Non-Elites, and Political Realism

    Diminishing Futures for Western Societies

    by John Higley ...
    This provocative and groundbreaking book challenges accepted wisdom about the role of elites in both maintaining and undermining democracy in an increasingly authoritarian world. John Higley traces patterns of elite political behavior and the political orientations of non-elite populations throughout modern history to show what is and is not possible in contemporary politics. He situates these ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Western Elites and Societies in Twenty-First Century Politics

    Avoiding Calamity

    by John Higley ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book focuses on threats to the continued viability of Western institutions and practices for which it is not easy to conceive remedies consistent with the Western tradition. Higley argues that structural difficulties in postindustrial societies, particularly the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and elsewhere, threatened troubles that political manipulation by elites might not be ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • The Palgrave Handbook of Political Elites

    by Maurizio Cotta, Jean-Pascal Daloz, Ursula Hoffmann-Lange, Jan Pakulski, Elena Semenova ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This handbook presents a comprehensive view of the current theory and research surrounding political elites, which is now a pivotal subject for academic study and public discourse. In 40 chapters by leading scholars, it displays the field’s richness and diversity. The handbook is organized in six sections, each introduced by a co-editor, focusing on theories about political elites, methods for ... Read more

    $332.99 USD

  • Successful Turkey Hunting

    by John Higley ...
    Successful Turkey Hunting is based on five years of columns written for the publications of the National Wild Turkey Federation, with a few stories from other publications tossed in the mix. Authors John Higley and J.J. Reich have expanded and updated the articles to fit the format of this book. Included are such subjects as what drives turkey behavior, the importance of calling, how anyone can ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Endangered West

    Myopic Elites and Fragile Social Orders in a Threatening World

    by John Higley ...
    Bold political elites and unique forms of social order brought the West to world dominance, but both are weakening dramatically in the contemporary period. The Endangered West makes the case for the continuation of Western power on as wide a global basis as is prudent. Is the survival of Western influence possible, or must we resign ourselves to its eventually being subordinated to more ruthless ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Elitism (Routledge Revivals)

    by John Higley, G Field ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1980, this book presents an important critique of prevailing political doctrine in Western societies at a time of major change in circumstances of Western civilization. G. Lowell Field and John Higley stress the importance of a more realistic appraisal of elite and mass roles in politics, arguing that political stability and any real degree of representative democracy depend ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • Political Order and Political Decay

    From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy

    by Francis Fukuyama ...
    The second volume of the bestselling landmark work on the history of the modern stateWriting in The Wall Street Journal, David Gress called Francis Fukuyama's Origins of Political Order "magisterial in its learning and admirably immodest in its ambition." In The New York Times Book Review, Michael Lind described the book as "a major achievement by one of the leading public intellectuals of our ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Liberalism and Its Discontents

    by Francis Fukuyama ...
    A short book about the challenges to liberalism from the right and the left by the bestselling author of The Origins of Political Order.Classical liberalism is in a state of crisis. Developed in the wake of Europe’s wars over religion and nationalism, liberalism is a system for governing diverse societies, which is grounded in fundamental principles of equality and the rule of law. It emphasizes ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Populism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Cas Mudde, Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Populism is a central concept in the current media debates about politics and elections. However, like most political buzzwords, the term often floats from one meaning to another, and both social scientists and journalists use it to denote diverse phenomena. What is populism really? Who are the populist leaders? And what is the relationship between populism and democracy? This book answers these ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Red Skin, White Masks

    Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition

    by Glen Sean Coulthard ...
    Series series Indigenous Americas
    WINNER OF:Frantz Fanon Outstanding Book from the Caribbean Philosophical AssociationCanadian Political Science Association’s C.B. MacPherson PrizeStudies in Political Economy Book PrizeOver the past forty years, recognition has become the dominant mode of negotiation and decolonization between the nation-state and Indigenous nations in North America. The term “recognition” shapes debates over ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Third Wave

    Democratization in the Late 20th Century

    by Samuel P. Huntington ...
    Series series The Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series
    Between 1974 and 1990 more than thirty countries in southern Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe shifted from authoritarian to democratic systems of government. This global democratic revolution is probably the most important political trend in the late twentieth century. In The Third Wave, Samuel P. Huntington analyzes the causes and nature of these democratic transitions, ... Read more

    $21.99 USD