Democracy's Paradox

Democracy's ParadoxDoes populism indicate a radical crisis in Western democratic political systems? Is it a revolt by those who feel they have too little voice in the affairs of state or are otherwise marginalized or oppressed? Or are populist movements part of the democratic process? Bringing together different anthropological experiences of current populist movements, this volume makes a timely contribution to these questions. Contrary to more conventional

to tease out an important and innovative explanation of why lyric songs enjoyed such a remarkable renaissance in the eighteenth century

the Jewish struggle was not only against an overpowering and fierce nature but also against the political regimes that ruled over the various colonies of the Americas and often looked unfavorably upon the establishment and tleration of Jewish communities in their own territory

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offering an exceptionally broad coverage of the politics of the Russian Federation

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A brief discussion of the Sāṃkhya and the Advaita theories of the self and the critique of these views from the Nyāya standpoint are included

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Presents a feminist perspective on educational leadership

Britain today is falling apart

Drawing from the strategic theory of Carl von Clausewitz

questions of value in aesthetics