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Introduction : politology : the science of politics -- An analytical beginning : from anarchy to state formation -- Elements of politics : the building blocks of regimes -- The compounds : democracies and dictatorships -- A political world : regimes, countries, regions -- An electoral system : variables and parameters -- Laws of politics : primary and secondary -- The first law of politics : the law of shrinking support -- The second law of politics : the law of alternation in office -- Other constants of incumbent vote -- The operation of primary laws in dictatorships -- The laws of state expansion -- State spending in democracies and dictatorships -- Cuba : a historical outline -- Democracy in Cuba : a comparative analysis -- Dictatorship in Cuba : a comparative analysis -- A constitutional framework for a free Cuba -- Laws of politics : summary and Extension.

"Global business leader Mathias Döpfner offers a revolutionary roadmap to reshape global trade, strengthen our democracy, and safeguard our freedoms. Freedom is on the decline around the world. Autocrats in Europe, Asia, and the Mideast are undermining our open societies, human rights, and the rule of law. The Russian invasion in Ukraine was a wake-up call for the West, but the biggest threat remains China. For two generations, Americans and Europeans have believed that change will come through trade, but instead of dictatorships becoming more like Western democracies, unfettered free trade has strengthened our enemies and undermined our countries. We are caught in a trade trap, faced with the decision to choose either opportunism and submission or opposition and emancipation. In The Trade Trap, one of the world's most powerful business leaders traces the rise and costs of Western dependency on China and Russia. And he suggests a radical new approach to free trade: The establishment of a new values-based alliance of democracies. Membership is based on the adherence of three very simple criteria: the rule of law, human rights, and sustainability targets. Countries that comply with these criteria can engage in tariff-free trade with others. Those who don't will pay prohibitive tariffs. Sharing the author's encounters with major global figures including Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, George W. Bush, Angela Merkel, Jack Ma, and more, The Trade Trap offers personal insight into the dangerous consequences of doing business with autocrats along with a bold proposal for a values-based trade policy."

"This book presents a new theory for why political regimes emerge, and why they subsequently survive or break down. It then analyzes the emergence, survival, and fall of democracies and dictatorships in Latin America since 1900. Scott Mainwaring and Aníbal Pérez-Liñán argue for a theoretical approach situated between long-term structural and cultural explanations and short-term explanations that look at the decisions of specific leaders. They focus on the political preferences of powerful actors - the degree to which they embrace democracy as an intrinsically desirable end and their policy radicalism - to explain regime outcomes. They also demonstrate that transnational forces and influences are crucial to understand regional waves of democratization. Based on extensive research into the political histories of all twenty Latin American countries, this book offers the first extended analysis of regime emergence, survival, and failure for all of Latin America over a long period of time"--

The British diplomats -- The French diplomats -- The American diplomats

Empirische Untersuchung zum Verhältnis von öffentlicher Meinung und Politik in den neuen Demokratien des Mittelmeerraumes: Spanien, Portugal, Griechenland. Am Beispiel von 250 strittigen Fragen werden die Merkmale der aktuellen Demokratie herausgearbeitet, die Konsistenz zwischen Mehrheitswillen und Regierungspolitik geprüft. Der Zusammenhang von Meinung und Politik wird weiter untersucht im Blick auf die Relevanz unterschiedlicher institutioneller Strukturen, starker Mehrheiten der öffentlichen Meinung, unterschiedlicher Arten von Streitfragen und parteipolitischer Regierungszusammensetzung. In der Mehrheit der Fälle zeigt sich ein Widerspruch zwischen öffentlicher Meinung und Politik, v.a. bei Verteilungsfragen. Der Übergang zu einer Mehrheitsdemokratie ist noch nicht vollzogen. (AuD-Hng)