democracy

Writing a few months prior to her assassination, Bhutto explores the complicated history between the Middle East and the West. She traces the roots of international terrorism across the world, including American support for Pakistani general Zia-ul-Haq, who destroyed political parties, eliminated an independent judiciary, marginalized NGOs, suspended the protection of human rights, and aligned Pakistani intelligence agencies with the most radical elements of the Afghan mujahideen. She speaks out not just to the West, but to the Muslims across the globe who are at a crossroads between the past and the future, between education and ignorance, between peace and terrorism, and between dictatorship and democracy. Democracy and Islam are not incompatible, and the clash between Islam and the West is not inevitable.--From publisher description.

Presents a collection of essays on some of the most controversial issues facing America including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Examines Washington politics and government officials who have cracked the system.

Based partly on the author's observations of the American political and social conditions during a visit in 1831-1832.

An illustrated overview of democracy that describes its origins and major figures and events in its history, particularly in America.

The author argues that the inexorable march of technology is reshaping the contours of political discourse, and the way that people think about the political processes in which they find themselves ensnarled.

An edited and abridged version of Alexis de Tocqueville's study of the United States, written in 1831 when the democracy was still young, encompassing the history, geography, politics, legal system, economy, and culture of America, and addressing issues such as a free press and racism that are still pertinent in the twenty-first century.

Several articles discuss issues surrounding democracy.