Practical Politics category: 1369 books
by Christina E. Bejarano
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Many questions remain unanswered about the observable differences in voting behavior, partisanship, and cultural attitudes among men and women. Latino political participation in the United States is generally lower than the rest of the population, mainly due to their high proportion of youth and foreign...
Earth v. Trump: For a Failure to Protect
The Climate Defenders' Guide to Washington Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2017
Commentaries on today's federal politics of climate change and clean energy technologies like wind, solar and energy efficiency. The author highlights efforts of the Trump administration to roll back federal climate and clean energy policies and environmental regulations dating back to the mid-1970s.
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Beyond the Internet
Unplugging the Protest Movement Wave
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
The western economic and financial crisis began with the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 and led the European Union countries into recession. After this, governments started to implement austerity measures, such as cuts in public spending, including public subsidies and jobs, and rising prices....
by Melissa Ziegler Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
Numerous scholars have noticed that certain political institutions, including federalism, majoritarian electoral systems, and presidentialism, are linked to lower levels of income redistribution. This book offers a political geography explanation for those observed patterns. Each of these institutions...
Ambition in America
Political Power and the Collapse of Citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
Most Americans admire the determination and drive of artists, athletes, and CEOs, but they seem to despise similar ambition in their elected officials. The structure of political representation and the separation of powers detailed in the United States Constitution were intended to restrain self-interested...
Opposition and Intimidation
The Abortion Wars and Strategies of Political Harassment
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
The abortion fight has long been a crucible of political tactics, with both sides employing strategies ranging from litigation to civil disobedience to outright violence. Anti-abortion activists have arguably been more tactically innovative than their pro-choice peers. Opposition and Intimidation...
Kant’s Political Theory
Interpretations and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Past interpreters of Kant’s thought seldom viewed his writings on politics as having much importance, especially in comparison with his writings on ethics, which (along with his major works, such as the Critique of Pure Reason) received the lion’s share of attention. But in recent years a new...
Democracy and the Politics of Electoral System Choice
Engineering Electoral Dominance
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2012
Amel Ahmed brings new historical evidence and a novel theoretical framework to bear on the study of democratization. Looking at the politics of electoral system choice at the time of suffrage expansion among early democratizers, she shows that the electoral systems used in advanced democracies today...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This book offers a critical and comparative examination of international support to political parties and party systems in emerging and prospective new democracies in several world regions. It combines the insights of a strong international grouping of leading academics and pioneering doctoral studies,...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
What legacies have previous reformers like Zhao Ziyang left to today’s China? Does China have feasible political alternatives to today’s repressive ‘market Leninism’ and corrupt ‘state capitalism’? Does Zhao’s legacy indicate an alternative to the past and for the future?
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Tracing the political
Depoliticisation, governance and the state
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Over the past two decades politicians have delegated many political decisions to expert agencies or ‘quangos’, and portrayed the associated issues, like monetary or drug policy, as technocratic or managerial. At the same time an increasing number of important political decisions are being removed...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2017
The 2016 election has inspired millions of U.S. citizens—and struck panic in the hearts of millions more. This book explains the allure of Trump, examines how Trump's success ties into the hopes and fears of many Americans, and calls into question the limitations of our democratic system.
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The Politics of Consolation
Memory and the Meaning of September 11
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
What meaning can be found in calamity and suffering? This question is in some sense perennial, reverberating through the canons of theology, philosophy, and literature. Today, The Politics of Consolation reveals, it is also a significant part of American political leadership. Faced with uncertainty,...
India's 2009 Elections
Coalition Politics, Party Competition and Congress Continuity
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2011
India's 2009 Elections is an inquiry into the 15th General Elections of India. It explores how the elections played out, what factors influenced the electorate, and how the elections are an important contribution to India's democracy.
Authored by renowned scholars and analysts from...