Importing democracy ideas from around the world to reform and revitalize american politics and government by raymond a smith westport ct praeger publishers 2010 244 pp 4495 raymond a smith hopes to initiate classroom conversation about the short comings of and possible improvements to the democratic performance of the. Each of the 21 chapters in importing democracy ideas from around the world to reform and revitalize american politics and government highlights a feature of a foreign nations political system that is absent in the us system chapters also draw on brief case studies from countries as diverse as australia brazil iceland india germany and . Each of the 21 chapters in importing democracy ideas from around the world to reform and revitalize american politics and government highlights a feature of a foreign nations political system that is absent in the us system chapters also draw on brief case studies from countries as diverse as australia brazil iceland india germany and . Get this from a library importing democracy ideas from around the world to reform and revitalize american politics and government raymond a smith. Importing democracy ideas from around the world to reform and revitalize american politics and government new trends and ideas in american politics by smith raymond a editor praeger 2010 06 02 hardcover like new ships the next business day like new each of our books is meticulously inspected and accurately described we do not generalize or bulk list descriptions