Democracy category: 2250 books
Pierre Bourdieu
A Critical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2000
'This beautifully written and lucidly argued study is the most persuasive account of Bourdieu's work yet to be published. Lane illuminates much that can puzzle a foreign readership by expertly situating Bourdieu within a French context. At the same time he points to those aspects of Bourdieu's writing...
by Benjamin M. Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2010
From the author of Day of Reckoning, the acclaimed critique of Ronald Reagan’s economic policy (“Every citizen should read it,” said The New York Times): a persuasive, wide-ranging argument that economic growth provides far more than material benefits.
In clear-cut prose, Benjamin M....
Necro Citizenship
Death, Eroticism, and the Public Sphere in the Nineteenth-Century United States
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2001
In Necro Citizenship Russ Castronovo argues that the meaning of citizenship in the United States during the nineteenth century was bound to—and even dependent on—death. Deploying an impressive range of literary and cultural texts, Castronovo interrogates an American public sphere that fetishized...
by Capitol Reader
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Peter Berkowitz, Joseph Bottum, David Brooks, Danielle Crittenden, Dinesh D’Souza, Stanley Kurtz, Tod Lindberg, Rich Lowry, Heather Mac Donald, P.J. O’Rourke, Sally Satel, Richard Starr in their book “Why I Turned...
1776 - Commonsense - 2016
A Modern Day Comparison to an Age Old Condition
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2016
When a void in leadership exists, it is up to each one of us as American patriots to step forward and take point. This book is my attempt to temporarily fill that void. I offer commonsense reasoning in order to bring about honest discourse in an effort to create a unified purpose among ALL American...
by Don Chapman
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
“A call to arms for a fresh approach to the most fundamental right of passage – from birth to citizenship – that ought to be easily claimable.” PETER C. NEWMAN
When Vancouver-born Don Chapman was six years old, he was stripped of his Canadian citizenship, thanks to an arcane provision...
Notes on the State of Virginia
A Compilation of Data About the State's Natural Resources, Economy and the Nature of the Good Society
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
"Notes on the State of Virginia" is the only full-length book which Jefferson published during his lifetime. Widely considered the most important American book published before 1800, this book is both a compilation of data by Jefferson about the state's natural resources and economy, and...
Who Let the Dogs In?
Incredible Political Animals I Have Known
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2004
The dazzling, inimitable Molly Ivins is back, with her own personal Hall of Fame of America’s most amazing and outlandish politicians–the wicked, the wise, the witty, and the witless–drawn from more than twenty years of reporting on the folks who attempt to run our government (in some cases,...
Summary: Broken Government - John W. Dean
How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Complete summary of John W. Dean's book: "Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches".This summary of the ideas from John W. Dean's book "Broken Government" presents the author's belief that Republicans have transgressed or ignored traditional rules...
The Strategy of Campaigning
Lessons from Ronald Reagan and Boris Yeltsin
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2010
The Strategy of Campaigning explores the political careers of Ronald Reagan and Boris Yeltsin, two of the most galvanizing and often controversial political figures of our time. Both men overcame defeat early in their political careers and rose to the highest elected offices in their respective countries.
The...
Down & Dirty
The Plot to Steal the Presidency
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2001
Acclaimed journalist, Jake Tapper explains what actually happened, who got away with what and how both sides, Democrats and Republicans, plotted to steal the presidency in 2000.
How Bernie Won
Inside the Revolution That's Taking Back Our Country--and Where We Go from Here
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
The brilliant manager of Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign shows how Bernie took on the entire establishment and changed modern American politics for good.
When Jeff Weaver hopped in a car with Bernie Sanders in the summer of 1986, he had no idea the Vermont backroads would lead...
by Mike Lux
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
Having spent a lifetime fighting the good fight in the trenches of the progressive movement and Democratic Party, Mike Lux has seen the good, the bad, and the ugly of politics up close and personal. From the glorious victories to the staggering defeats to the persistent stagnation of never getting...
The Penguin Guide to the United States Constitution
A Fully Annotated Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and Amendments, and Selections from The Federalist Papers
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
What is the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court really allowed to do? This unique and handy guide includes the documents that guide our government, annotated with accessible explanations from one of America's most esteemed constitutional scholars.
Known across the country for his appearance...