democracy

An introduction to different types of governments around the world and how they function.

Pericles moved his country to complete such works as building the Parthenon, Propylaea, and other projects, ending revolts against Athenian rule, leading Athens into the Peloponnesian War, and more, all while taking on various battles with domestic political rivals.

This book discusses the issues, challenges, and procedure of voting and voting right.

A look at American politics from the Depression to the present that argues that the change from bipartisan cooperation and economic equality to political polarization and economic inequality can be traced to the shifting racial geography of American politics in the 1960s.

In "Democracy at work", learn about another side of the American government, both past and present.

Presents a history of the political system known as democracy, beginning with its origins in ancient Greece where the term was coined--and its hostile reception from nearly every major Greek thinker of the time--up through democracy's manifestations in Macedonian and Roman government.

"Learn that there are many different kinds of governments. Examples of governments around the world frame a discussion of why it is important that citizens have a say in who governs them and the decisions that get made."--Amazon.

Explores how social media has affected the process of democracy and political discourse in the modern developed world, arguing that social media companies, like Facebook, have accidentally but predictably created online echo chambers so that our political and philosophical viewpoints are no longer regularly or at all challenged. Offers ideas for revamping the Internet and social media to make it friendlier to political discourse.

Explains what freedom means and specifies some of the protected freedoms in the Bill of Rights and the United Nations' Declaration of the Rights of the Child.

Collection of articles defending differing points of view with respect to the influence of the U.S. in world affairs.