Alternative Christian Movements and the Struggle for Black Freedom
The Other Black Church places Father Divine, Charles Mason of COGIC, and Albert Cleage in conversation with the long history of Black theology and Black religious studies, and it suggests that alternative Christian movements are essential for thinking about African American critiques of and responses to the failures of US-based democracy.
Lippmann, Dewey, and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century
Almost one hundred years have passed since Walter Lippmann and John Dewey published their famous reflections on the "problems of the public," but their thoughts remain surprisingly relevant as resources for thinking through our current crisis-plagued predicament. This book takes stock of the reception history of Lippmann's and Dewey's ideas about ......
McCarthyism, Communism, and the Myth of Academic Freedom
Exposes the destruction of academic careers--and the complicity of educational institutions--in McCarthy's America The Prosecution of Professor Chandler Davis tells the true tale of a mathematician who found himself taking an involuntary break from chalking equations to sit opposite a row of self-righteous anti-Communist congressmen at the height ......
In an era when government seems remote and difficult to approach, participatory democracy may seem a hopelessly romantic notion. Yet nothing is more crucial to the future of American democracy than to develop some way of spurring greater citizen participation.
What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy
The insurrection of January 6, 2021, demonstrated conclusively that tribalism in the United States has become dangerous. The "other side" is no longer viewed as a well-intentioned opponent but as an existential threat. If we don't change course, American democracy is far from assured. This book outlines specific steps that average citizens can ......
The recent revival of democracy across much of the globe, and the fragility of many of the new regimes, has inspired renewed interest in the origins of dictatorship and democracy in modern times. Assembling renowned specialists on Eastern and Western Europe, the U.S., Latin America and Japan, The Social Construction of Democracy explores the ......
The recent revival of democracy across much of the globe, and the fragility of many of the new regimes, has inspired renewed interest in the origins of dictatorship and democracy in modern times. Assembling renowned specialists on Eastern and Western Europe, the U.S., Latin America and Japan, The Social Construction of Democracy explores the ......
As the 2016 election made clear, sovereignty is one of the most frequently invoked, polemical, and misunderstood concepts in politics. This book will help policymakers think clearly about what is at stake in the sovereignty debate and provides criteria for determining when it is appropriate to make bargains over sovereignty - and how to make them.
Success and Failure of Democracies to Create Equal Opportunities
This book documents a worrisome gap between principles and practice in democratic governance. The State of Access is a comparative, cross-disciplinary exploration of the ways in which democratic institutions fail or succeed to create the equal opportunities that they have promised to deliver to the people they serve.
