The No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy
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The No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy by Richard Swift
Explores how democracy has been constricted and deformed by economic power-brokers and a self-serving political class from Birmingham to Bangalore. Swift considers the different tools people in power have used to manipulate democratic principles, such as freedom, to their advantage. Includes chapter-length discussions of topics such as the economic meltdown, Barack Obama, eco-democracy, democratising the economy and democracy in the global south. It is also a guide to the rich diversity of forms of elected government full of practical advice for voters.
Richard Swift is an internationally regarded journalist and 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 The No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy and Trigger Issues: Mosquito, and editor of Ties That Bind: Canada and the Third World. He has also worked as a radio journalist. He lives in Toronto.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781906523305 |
| ISBN 10 | 1906523304 |
| Title | The No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy |
| Author | Richard Swift |
| Series | No-Nonsense Guides |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | New Internationalist Publications Ltd |
| Year published | 2010-03-04 |
| Number of pages | 152 |
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