Reviews for Democracy and the nations

The average rating for Democracy and the nations based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-01-16 00:00:00 Mike Richardson Przeworski's book looks at the problems of transition to democracy, and how this can occur even when it is not in the interests of those making the decisions. Using rational choice analysis (game theory), he ranks the preferences of the different actors involved in the decision making process and establishes pathways to each potential result.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-11-09 00:00:00 Lee Gandolfi It is always remarkable when a thinker, well entrenched within a particular intellectual mileu, is nevertheless able to reorient the discipline with a new question. Well, I do not know the impact this book has had on identity theorists and cosmopolitanists, but it really should. At any rate, Honig explores the centrality of otherness to the constitutional/foundational moment in politics and also to a polity's constant articulations about its own nature. In this sense, this book is also a risky venture because Honig willing to turn the proverbial gaze onto herself and other theorists living and working in the west.