Democracy, Governance, and Law

Introduction: The Spirit of Democracies; Mathieu Deflem

Part I. LAW AND POLITICS

Chapter 1. Mobilizing Law Against Democracy; Scott L. Cummings

Chapter 2. National Parliament as a Global Institution; Pertti Alasuutari

Chapter 3. Digital Democracy in a 'Black-Box' Regime: The Conservative Origins of Taiwan's Open Government Policy, 2011-2016; Terrence Ting-Yen Chen

Chapter 4. Bureaucratic Clientelism as Mechanism of Corruption in a Decentralized Democracy: The Case of Indonesia; Rahardhika Utama

Chapter 5. Democracy and Changing Security Landscapes: In Search of Constitutional Conjunctures; Chris Thornhill

Part II. DEBATE AND PARTICIPATION

Chapter 6. The Public Sphere: Democracy and the Right Peaceably to Assemble; Cary Federman

Chapter 7. How the State Shapes Municipal Debates; Meaghan Stiman

Chapter 8. In the Shadow of Sunshine Laws: Open Meeting Laws and Administrative Burdens; Sadie Dempsey

Chapter 9. Racial Justice Activism and Democracy: The Deliberative Role of Black Women Athletes; Brandii Brunson and Mathieu Deflem

Chapter 10. Who Is Allowed to Cooperate? Assessing the Concept of Membership of Interpol in Light of the Denial of Participation of Taiwan; Giulio Calcara and Luke Fisher

Part III. CRIME AND JUSTICE

Chapter 11. Disenfranchisement, Reenfranchisement, and Crime; Christopher Uggen and Emma Lookner

Chapter 12. Democracy Under Assault: Coordinated Destruction and Voter Suppression in Mississippi; Jordan Burke

Chapter 13. Sociological Dimensions of Justice: Analyzing Demographic Disparities in the Aftermath of the Capitol Insurrection; Karmvir Kaur Padda

Chapter 14. Punitive Publics: Direct Democracy and the Criminal Legal System in the United States; Andrew P. Davis and Teron J. Nunley

Chapter 15. Social Problems and Social Control: The Case of Abortion; Stacy Lee Burns and Mark Peyrot