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Hackers have a bad reputation, as shady deployers of bots and destroyers of infrastructure. In Coding Democracy, Maureen Webb offers another view. Hackers, she argues, can be vital disruptors. Hacking is becoming a practice, an ethos, and a metaphor for a new wave of activism in which ordinary citizens are inventing new forms of distributed, decentralized democracy for a digital era. Confronted with concentrations of power, mass surveillance, and authoritarianism enabled by new technology, the hacking movement is trying to "build out" democracy into cyberspace.

*Shortlisted for the 2020 Arthur Ross Book Award* From America’s leading scholar of democracy, a personal, passionate call to action against the rising authoritarianism that challenges our world order—and the very value of liberty Larry Diamond has made it his life's work to secure...

In this challenging work, Christopher Lasch makes an accessible critique of what is wrong with the values and beliefs of America's professional and managerial elites. The distinguished historian argues that democracy today is threatened not by the masses, as Jose Ortega y Gasset ( The Revolt of the Masses) had said, but by the elites. These elites - mobile and increasingly global in outlook - refuse to accept limits or ties to nation and place.

As European empires crumbled in the 20th century, the power structures that had dominated the world for centuries were up for renegotiation. Yet instead of a rebirth for democracy, what emerged was a silent coup – namely, the unstoppable rise of global corporate power. Exposing the origins of...

Brought to you by Penguin. A landmark book that completely transforms our understanding of the crisis of liberalism, from two pre-eminent intellectuals Why did the West, after winning the Cold War, lose its political balance? In the early 1990s, hopes for the eastward spread of liberal democracy...

In this international history of Reconstruction, Don Doyle chronicles the world events inspired by the Civil War. Between 1865 and 1870, France withdrew from Mexico, Russia sold Alaska to the US, and Britain proclaimed the new state of Canada. British workers demanded more voting rights, Spain toppled Queen Isabella II and ended slavery in its Caribbean colonies, Cubans rose against Spanish rule, France overthrew Napoleon III, and the kingdom of Pope Pius IX fell before the Italian Risorgimento. 

In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and civil servant, made a nine-month journey through the eastern United States. The result was Democracy in America, a monumental study of the strengths and weaknesses of the nation’s evolving politics. His insightful work has become one of the most influential political texts ever written on America.

在社会冲突与利益博弈的夹击下，一座原本不起眼的古代希腊城邦，被残酷的历史巨轮“逼”出了影响后世数千年的民主政治制度。权力的天平如何从少数贵族家族手中，惊险且艰难地转移到广泛的平民阶层？这不仅是一场轰...

在短短两小时的通勤与沉浸式聆听中，见证三千年文明的兴衰与民主制度的生死激荡，看透从青铜时代神话到现代公民政治的权力演变。对于渴望在碎片时间构建宏大历史视野的求知者而言，这是一场极具启发性的思想之旅。...

استمع إلى قصة ولادة الديمقراطية من رحم الأزمات والصراعات السياسية التي عصفت بمجتمع أثينا القديم. رحلة صوتية تأخذك إلى شوارع مدينة صغيرة تحدت سلطة النبلاء والمال،...

Duik in drieduizend jaar Europese geschiedenis, van mythische goden tot het harde experiment van de eerste democratie. Maak van je wandeling of rit naar werk een sfeervolle luisterreis langs meedogenloze machtsspelletjes en gevallen wereldrijken. Deze boeiende tijdreis biedt een overzichtelijk...

O nascimento da democracia na História Antiga não foi pacífico; foi uma intensa luta política por direitos e poder. Transforme seu trajeto diário em uma jornada épica e reflexiva pelas ruas poeirentas da Ática, onde o conceito de cidadania coletiva foi forjado em meio a crises sociais...

Attraversa tre millenni di storia europea, dai miti dell'Olimpo alla complessa genesi della democrazia moderna. Ideale per trasformare i tuoi spostamenti in un viaggio epico e rigoroso, questo racconto immersivo svela come un arcipelago frammentato sia diventato la matrice politica...

سيرة تاريخية ملهمة توثق أعظم حركات التحرر، حيث تتقاطع تضحيات القيادة السياسية مع معارك الكفاح ضد القمع والفصل العنصري. تضعك هذه التجربة الصوتية في قلب التحولات...

Viaje por três milênios de história épica, onde a mitologia colide com a violenta invenção da democracia política. Perfeito para transformar seu trajeto diário em uma imersão intelectual, este relato sonoro substitui a visão romântica da antiguidade por um verdadeiro laboratório de...

Vivi il violento scontro di classe nell'antica Grecia che ha generato il più grande esperimento politico: la democrazia. Perfetto per trasformare i tuoi tragitti quotidiani in un viaggio storicamente immersivo, questo saggio svela le vere origini del potere condiviso. Tra riforme audaci e...

Domina el análisis político y descifra por qué la revuelta populista amenaza constantemente a las democracias modernas. Ya sea que escuches las noticias rumbo al trabajo o busques claridad intelectual lejos del ruido partidista, esta guía objetiva transforma la confusión en conocimiento...

血と暴力、そして激しい階級闘争が渦巻く古代ギリシャの小さな都市国家はいかにして民主主義という奇跡を生み出したのか。完成された理想郷ではなく、泥臭い試行錯誤の末に勝ち取られた自治の真の姿がここにありま...

国家による極限の人種隔離政策といかにして決別し、血塗られた分断から歴史的転換を経て民主主義を勝ち取ったのか、その痛ましくも力強い軌跡を体感する社会派ノンフィクション。毎日の通勤時間や知的好奇心を満た...

古代の神々への畏れは、いかにして現代へと続く民主主義という熱狂的で残酷なシステムを生み出したのか。三千年に及ぶ地中海世界の興亡を辿り、私たちが無意識に信じる社会の前提を根本から揺さぶる、壮大な歴史と...