Democracy

Name: Democracy
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Price: 47.75 AUD

By: Charles Tilly

Write A Review

Paperback | 2 April 2007

At a Glance

Paperback
248 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
22.86 x 15.24 x 1.42

Paperback

RRP $51.99

$47.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $11.94 with

or

Ships in 5 to 7 business days

Democracy identifies the general processes causing democratisation and de-democratisation at a national level across the world over the last few hundred years.

It singles out integration of trust networks into public politics, insulation of public politics from categorical inequality, and suppression of autonomous coercive power centres as crucial processes.

Through analytic narratives and comparisons of multiple regimes, mostly since World War II, this book makes the case for recasting current theories of democracy, democratisation, and de-democratisation.

About the Author

Charles Tilly (PhD Harvard, 1958) taught at the University of Delaware, Harvard University, the University of Toronto, the University of Michigan, and the New School for Social Research before becoming Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science at Columbia University. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has published fifty books and monographs. His recent books from Cambridge University Press include Dynamics of Contention (with Doug McAdam and Sidney Tarrow, 2001), Silence and Voice in the Study of Contentious Politics (with Ronald Aminzade and others, 2001), The Politics of Collective Violence (2003), Contention and Democracy in Europe, 1650-2000 (2004), and Trust and Rule (2005).

Industry Reviews

'In this compelling work, Charles Tilly brings his unrivaled historical knowledge to bear on fundamental questions of democracy. His argument focuses on long-run social processes, not only those that further democratization but also those that often rapidly undermine it. In restoring the centrality of history to scholarship on democratization, he sets a research agenda that will occupy scholars for some time to come.' Elisabeth Jean Wood, Yale University and the Santa Fe Institute 'Accessibly written, the volume will reward a broad readership.' Political Studies Review 'Tilly presents the book as the 'culmination and synthesis' (p. xii) of his democratisation work and its final pages contain a provocative challenge to those in the democratisation business. ... those interested in promoting democracy should focus on supporting the three process-based developments he identifies. Accessibly written, the volume will reward a broad readership." Political Studies Review

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $89.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

More in Political Structures & Democracy

Coming Up Short

a memoir of my America

Paperback

RRP $36.99

$29.75

20%
OFF

The People's Guide to the Australian Constitution

Paperback

RRP $19.99

$18.99

Technofeudalism

What Killed Capitalism

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF

Abundance

How We Build a Better Future

Paperback

RRP $36.99

$29.75

20%
OFF

$26.99

Remaking Democracy : How We Make the Worlds We Want - Danielle Chynoweth

$43.75

The Art of Elastic Politics : Ethnic Food, Immigrant Lives and Multiracial Neoliberalism - Charles T. Lee

$48.75

16%
OFF

Polarization and Democracy in Latin America : Legacies of the Left Turn - Santiago Anria

$28.75

18%
OFF

How Australian Democracy Works

And why we need it more than ever

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$28.75

18%
OFF

A Promised Land

The Presidential Memoirs Vol. 1

Hardcover

RRP $65.00

$48.99

25%
OFF

The Alchemy of Leadership

Seven Australian Prime Ministers in a Turbulent Twenty-First Century

Paperback

RRP $39.99

$31.75

21%
OFF

Demagogues and Despots

Democracies on the brink

Paperback

RRP $32.99

$28.75

13%
OFF

How the World Works

Paperback

RRP $29.99

$24.99

17%
OFF

The End of History and the Last Man

Paperback

RRP $27.99

$23.75

15%
OFF

Aiming Higher

Universities and Australia's Future: Vantage Point Issue 3

Paperback

RRP $19.99

$18.75