Assembles leading theorists of a new paradigm of political theory, State Crimes Against Democracy, undertaking judicious and devoted hacking exposing the elusive nodes and circuitry that propagate elite dominance in world affairs, and what can be done to restore the demos to democracy.

MOHAMAD G. ALKADRY Old Dominion University, Norfolk, USA JOHN BURKE School of Law, KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan LANCE DEHAVEN-SMITH Professor, Florida State University, School of Public Administration and Policy, Florida, USA JOHN DIXON Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Department of Public Administration, College of Social Sciences, KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan CHRIS HINSON teaches as adjunct faculty at undergraduate and graduate levels in North Florida, USA COURTNEY JENSEN Georgia Southern University, Georgia, USA JOKULL JOHANNESSON Senior Lecturer, Northampton Business School, University of Northampton, UK NADA KAKABADSE Professor in Management and Business Research, Northampton Business School, Northampton University, UK DIEPIRIYE S. KUKU-SIEMONS Faculty Member, School of Social Sciences, University of Northampton, UK NIKOLAI MOURAVIEV Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan NIKOLAOS V. PAPPAS Lecturer in Marketing (Travel & Tourism), Northampton Business School, University of Northampton, UK HOLGER SIEMONS Senior Lecturer in International Business, Northampton Business School, University of Northampton, UK RISTE SIMNJANOVSKI Assistant Professor, School of Education, California Baptist University, California, USA SCOTT SPEHR Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations and Regional Studies, College of Social Sciences, KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan KYM THORNE Associate Professor, University of South Australia, Australia