Democracy - James Laxar

A series of books for Key stages 3 - 4, aimed at secondary schoollibrarians, these 4 titles provide an overview of key and contemporarypolitical and social issues covered at this stage of the curriculum.

GroundWork delivers easy to access information and the background behindthese sometimes controversial topics in a lively and accessible way.Each book in the series addresses key questions about pressing socialissues from: what is climate change and where do we go from here?;globalisation and the widening gap between the rich and the rest of thepopulation; to bridging the gap between different cultures andreligions; and the controversial topic of genocide and who is at threatfrom this ultimate crime against humanity?

Democracy looks at Globalisation and the and key threats todemocracy across the globe, even in countries where it has beenlong-established, demonstrating that democracy is about much more thanjust having the right to vote.