Social Democracy and Welfare Capitalism: A Century of Income Security Politics What has brought about the widespread public provision of welfare and income security within free-market liberalism? Some social scientists have regarded welfare as a preindustrial atavism; others, as a functional requirement of industrial society. Most recently, scholars have stressed the reformist actions of center-left [...] Read more »
Democracy, Islam, and Secularism in Turkey (Religion, Culture, and Public Life)
Democracy, Islam, and Secularism in Turkey (Religion, Culture, and Public Life) While Turkey has grown as a world power, promoting the image of a progressive and stable nation, several choices in policy have strained its relationship with the East and the West. Providing historical, social, and religious context for this behavior, the essays in Democracy, [...] Read more »
The Eurozone Crisis and Social Democracy in Germany
Dr Michael Dauderstaedt of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung discusses the Eurozone crisis and its relationship to social democracy in Germany. This talk was recorded at the event ‘Social Democracy and Europe’s Crisis’, Birkbeck, University of London on 16th February 2012. Video Rating: 0 / 5 Read more »
Leonard Cohen – Democracy
Music video by Leonard Cohen performing Democracy. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 332778. (C) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Video Rating: 4 / 5 Read more »
Democracy Women’s Eyelit Sweater with Contrast, Beige, Medium
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Democracy in America, Volume I and II (Optimized for Kindle)
Democracy in America, Volume I and II (Optimized for Kindle) Endlessly quoted and referred to, Tocqueville’s great history is as relevant now as when it was first published in the mid-19th century, and it remains the most penetrating and astute picture of American life ever written.As Alexis de Tocqueville traveled through the young United States, [...] Read more »
Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism (New in Paper)
Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism (New in Paper) Democracy is struggling in America–by now this statement is almost clich. But what if the country is no longer a democracy at all? In Democracy Incorporated, Sheldon Wolin considers the unthinkable: has America unwittingly morphed into a new and strange kind of [...] Read more »
The Primacy of Politics: Social Democracy and the Making of Europe’s Twentieth Century
The Primacy of Politics: Social Democracy and the Making of Europe’s Twentieth Century Political history in the industrial world has indeed ended, argues this pioneering study, but the winner has been social democracy – an ideology and political movement that has been as influential as it has been misunderstood. Berman looks at the history of [...] Read more »
On Democracy (Yale Nota Bene)
On Democracy (Yale Nota Bene) The last half of the 20th century has been an era of democratic triumph. The main anti-democratic regimes – communist, fascist, Nazi – have disappeared, and new democracies are emerging vigorously or tentatively throughout the world. In this book, one of the most prominent political theorists of our time provides [...] Read more »
Ancient Greece: Athenian Democracy, Classroom Poster
Ancient Greece: Athenian Democracy, Classroom Poster Ancient Greece: Athenian Democracy,Classroom Poster 12″ x 18″ Poster on High Quality heavy 80lb satin cover paper – durable and can stand up to all kinds of abuse and it won’t pucker and wrinkle like others do. This new poster is a PosterEnvy EXCLUSIVE! That means you won’t find [...] Read more »