Democracy category: 2250 books
James Madison Rules America
The Constitutional Origins of Congressional Partisanship
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
James Madison Rules America examines congressional party legislative and electoral strategy in the context of our constitutional separation of powers. In a departure from recent books that have described Congress as 'the broken branch' or the 'Second Civil War,' William Connelly argues that partisanship,...
by David Runciman
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: September 5, 2018
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: September 5, 2018
Com leveza e profundidade, David Runciman analisa as ameaças sofridas pela democracia ao redor do mundo. É preciso levar a sério a ideia de que a democracia chegará ao fim. Não será como nos anos 1930 ou 1970, em que foi atacada por irrupções de violência política: somos mais ricos, mais...
by Luiz Philippe de Orleans e Bragança
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Por que o Brasil é um país atrasado?, livro de estreia do ativista político, empresário e descendente da família real Luiz Philippe de Orleans e Bragança, revela a construção de um Estado autocrático e interventor, fato que atingiu seu ápice com a Constituição de 1988. No decorrer da obra,...
Rise, Decline and Renewal
The Democratic Party in Maine
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2018
Rise, Decline and Renewal tells the remarkable story of the Maine Democratic Party – how it suddenly rose from irrelevance in 1954 with the election of Governor Ed Muskie, successfully challenged the ruling Republican Party over the next two decades, and initiated a creative period of wide-ranging...
Party Politics in Central and Eastern Europe
Does EU Membership Matter?
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
What impact has EU membership had on party politics in Central and Eastern Europe? Although there is an emerging body of literature on the Europeanization of political parties, most of these accounts focus exclusively on Western Europe. Drawing on a range of qualitative and quantitative approaches...
The Fate of the West
The Battle to Save the World's Most Successful Political Idea
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
The West seems to be in retreat--even from itself--and cracks have appeared in the structures of international collaboration built after 1945. We live in a time of disintegration and rekindling of old nationalisms.
Yet the end of the West has been predicted by academics, philosophers and rival...
Nation of Devils
Democratic Leadership and the Problem of Obedience
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Blood on their Hands
General Johan Booysen Reveals His Truth
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
When Johan Booysen hears that the new Provincial Police Chief takes backhanders from a Durban businessman, he decides to give her the benefit of the doubt. But the evidence becomes impossible to ignore and he soon gets dragged down the corridors of power and politics into a web of intrigue, deceit and...
by David Cole (Introduction), Richard Kreitner (Editor)
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2015
We’ve been living in 1984 since 1941. That was the year the Justice Department first authorized the wiretapping of Americans. “We shudder to think of what its agents will do with this new authorization,” The Nation warned in an editorial that year.
Ever since then, our writers have investigated,...
Impeachment, A Uniquely Political Punishment
Or, How Bill Clinton Was Paid Back For Twenty Years of Predatory Behavior Toward Women
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
This book is a legal treatise on impeachment law, and something more: a meditation on the inexorable course of retribution that finally caught up with Bill Clinton, making him only the second U.S. President in history to be impeached. If you’re a student of political science or law, this book...
Let Them In
The Case for Open Borders
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2008
A conservative columnist makes an eye-opening case for why immigration improves the lives of Americans and is important for the future of the country
Separating fact from myth in today’s heated immigration debate, a member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board contends that foreign workers...
by Saul Alinsky
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2010
Legendary community organizer Saul Alinsky inspired a generation of activists and politicians with Reveille for Radicals, the original handbook for social change. Alinsky writes both practically and philosophically, never wavering from his belief that the American dream can only be achieved by an...
by John David
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
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"This writer is spot on . . . making him one of the biggest dreamers in America at the present time. His writing is eloquent and concise."
". . . every American not currently in...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
‘… in the new South Africa there is nobody, not even the president, who is above the law; that the rule of law generally, and in particular the independence of the judiciary, should be respected.’ – Nelson Mandela In late 1996, South Africa’s Constitution acquired the force of law. Its Bill...