In the wake of Kamala Harris’s defeat to Donald Trump, President Yoon Suk Yeol’s foiled attempt to declare martial law in South Korea earlier this week, and the news that the Romanian court has annulled the first-round results of its Presidential election, the concept of democracy remains firmly under the microscope.
It is vital to stay informed in times of political upheaval. But with the work of reputable journalists being thwarted by tech billionaire-led social media platforms, it is increasingly difficult to access quality, well-researched news and commentary.
For the Association of University Presses Digital Digest, we’ve compiled a list of books on democracy from leading political scientists and up-and-coming academics, including titles from our Global Studies of the Far Right series and forthcoming paperbacks on Russian Strategy and Power. Browse the titles in our virtual bookstore below. Use code EVENT30 at checkout for 30% off RRP.
Democracy on demand
By Matt Qvortrup
Blitzkrieg and the Russian art of war
By Andrew Monaghan
The ethics of researching the far right
Edited by Antonia Vaughan, Joan Braune, Meghan Tinsley and Aurelien Mondon
Beyond nationalism
By JoĂŁo Labareda
The Official Record
Edited by Peter Finn and Robert Ledger
Passages
By Sam Okoth Opondo and Michael J. Shapiro
Political ecologies of the far right
Edited by Irma Kinga Allen, Kristoffer Ekberg, StĂĄle Holgersen and Andreas Malm
Local government and democracy in Britain
By Neil Barnett and J. Chandler
Visualising far-right environments
Edited by Bernhard Forchtner
Depleting democracies
By Michael Minkenberg and Zsuzsanna VĂ©gh
Devolution in Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region
By Georgina Blakeley and Brendan Evans
Representative democracy?