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Discusses the "Arab Spring", a series of uprisings in Arab countries due to the beginnings of democracy.

This book is a collection of articles in which authors debate whether countries are failing to establish working democracies, whether there can be democracy in the Middle East, how U.

A biography of the Burmese leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 while under house arrest.

Photographs, illustrations, and hand-written text by the author chronicle a year of her travels across the United States and her reflections on democracy, beginning with a celebration of Barack Obama's inauguration in Washington, D.

Chronicles Europes transformations from the late 18th century through the present and examines the European response to both prosperity and war.

Chronicles the life of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate from Burma who has spent much of her recent life under house arrest for promoting democracy against the ruling military regime.

Presents a brief overview of democracy as a system of government, from its beginnings in the city-state of Athens, Greece, through the Middle Ages in Europe, to its modern form in America.

Examines various democratic governments around the world including the United States and Canada, and describes how a democratic system works.

Provides an account of major events in the creation of the democratic process in the U.

Explains what democratic schools are and why the author believes they are desirable; and presents four real-life stories of schools that have instituted the reforms necessary to become democratic.

This book follows the stories of the ancient Greeks in Athens and the American colonists as they struggle to create democracies.

The former vice-president presents his analysis of how the politics of fear and secrecy has created a society and environment dangerously hostile to reason.

Twelve essays present opposing viewpoints on the future of democracy in the Middle East, including whether it can succeed in Iraq, whether Islamic culture is compatible with it, whether women's rights are essential to it in the region, and other related topics.

Presents a concise biography of Aung San Suu Kyi, the daughter of Gen.

The Virginia, a soft-spoken cowboy, moves to a frontier town in Wyoming in the late 1800s, bringing law and order, and finding love.