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Category: Books (Political Science)
Author: Swift, Richard
Author: Swift, Richard
ISBN-10: 1906523304
ISBN-10: 1906523304
ISBN-13: 9781906523305
ISBN-13: 9781906523305
Publisher: New Internationalist
Publisher: New Internationalist
Pages: 144
Pages: 144
Binding: Paperback
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 01-Jun-2010
Pub Date: 01-Jun-2010
SKU: 1906523304-11-MING
SKU: 1906523304-11-MING
Item ID: 101376073

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Following the economic meltdown and the triumph of Barack Obama, have the chances of genuine democracy improved?

In this updated edition ofTheNo-Nonsense Guide to Democracy, Richard Swift explores how democracy has been constricted and deformed by economic power brokers and a self-serving political class from Birmingham to Bangalore. He considers the different tools people in power have used to manipulate democratic principles, such as freedom, to their advantage.

The book includes chapter-length discussions of topics such as the economic meltdown, Barack Obama, eco-democracy, democratizing the economy, and democracy in the global south. It is also a guide to the rich diversity of forms of elected government, and it contains practical ideas for empowering today's voters around the world.

Richard Swiftwas co-editor for theNew Internationalistmagazine from 1984 to 2007 and lives in Toronto. He has written and broadcast on questions of ecology and democracy for many years.

--Pitch to political magazines and journals including the Nation, In These Times, The Progressive, Mother Jones, as well as major newspapers and literary magazines including The Atlantic and Harper's. --No Nonsense Guides are popular with bloggers who focus on the subject--will email and pitch bloggers as well as send to the usual book sites --Display at the American Library Association, First Year Experience, and Political Science Association conferences --Inclusion in the CBSD subject catalog

Up-to-date edition of one the successful No-nonsense guides. Gives an indepth look into the history of democracy and how it has developed. Succinct introduction in fewer than 150 pages.

Richard Swift is Co-editor of the New Internationalist and author of the No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy.

An in-depth guide into the history of democracy and how it has developed.

Following the economic meltdown and thel�3