LIBROS DEL AUTOR: ursula van beek

3 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: ursula van beek

  • Democracy under Pressure
    Ursula van Beek
    This book identifies the main factors shaping the fortunes of democracy globally. Why do some democracies in the same region and presumably subject to similar global influences remain stable while others regress? This is the question guiding all the authors of this edited book. In the search for answers, they examine 16 democracies in paired and tripled comparisons in sub-Sahar...
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    47,07 €

  • Democracy Under Stress
    Edmund Wnuk-Lipinski / Ursula J van Beek
    This book focuses on the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 and its implications for democracy. Why and how did the crisis come about? Are there any instructive lessons to be drawn from comparisons with the Great Depression of the 1930s? What are the democratic response mechanisms to cope with serious crises? Do they work? Is China a new trend setter? Do values matter? Are gl...
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    49,08 €

  • Democracy under Threat
    Ursula van Beek
    This book addresses some of the most pressing questions of our time: Is democracy threatened by globalisation? Is there a legitimacy crisis in contemporary democracies?  Is the welfare state in individual countries under pressure from global trends? What are the implications of high-level migration and rising populism for democracy?  Does authoritarianism pose a challenge? The ...
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    136,55 €