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Political Science Democracy

No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy, 2nd edition

by (author) Richard Swift

Publisher
Between the Lines
Initial publish date
Mar 2010
Category
Democracy
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781897071632
    Publish Date
    Mar 2010
    List Price
    $13.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781771130486
    Publish Date
    Mar 2010
    List Price
    $12.99 USD

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Description

In this updated edition of the No-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.

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 not only a guide to the rich diversity of forms of elected government, but it also contains practical ideas for empowering today’s voters around the world.

About the author

Richard Swift is an internationally regarded journalist and a former editor of New Internationalist magazine. He has done stories from many parts of the world on issues as varied as famine and the plight of farmers, slums, the prison system and struggles for national liberation. Swift is author of S.O.S. Alternatives to Capitalism, now in its second edition; The No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy and Trigger Issues: Mosquito, and editor of Ties That Bind: Canada and the Third World. He is on the editorial board of Canadian Dimension magazine. He has also worked as a radio journalist.

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