Democracy category: 2250 books

This study departs from traditional interpretations of cohabitation in French politics, which suggest French institutions are capable of coping when the President and Prime Minister originate from different political parties. Instead, it offers the opposite view that cohabitation leads to partisan conflict and inertia in the policy-making process.

Throughout her long career of “afflicting the comfortable and comforting the afflicted,” the cause closest to Molly Ivins’s heart was working to protect the freedoms we all value. Sadly, today we’re living in a time when dissent is equated with giving aid to terrorists, when any of us can...

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Stephen A. Slivinski in his book “Buck Wild: How Republicans Blew the Bank and Became the Party of Big Government”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However...

Noted political scientist Benjamin Ginsberg has written an essential text for courses on the United States presidency. An invaluable resource, Ginsberg’s comprehensive analysis emphasizes the historical, constitutional, and legal dimensions of presidential power. He explores the history and essential...

This fascinating e-book continues the story taking the reader from the time of full blow killings on the battlefield toward the peace truce operations currently being negotiated in the Middle East today. The e-book is packed with many online pictures and newspaper articles and video links to help the...

Widely cited by journalists and bloggers as the man to read to understand the political races, New York Times Magazine writer Matt Bai has written a book about the Democratic Party that?s as riveting as it is timely and vital. The Argument takes readers to the front lines of the grassroots progressive...

This book studies the impact of cleavages on electoral choices. Based on a case study of Switzerland, it analyses how cleavages divide voters into voting blocs and how this influences Swiss voting behaviour and the Swiss party system. The first part examines the development of salient cleavages such...

With The Keys to the White House: A Surefire Guide to Predicting the Next President, average citizens are giving the pollsters and pundits a run for their money. In this book, prominent political analyst and historian Allan J. Lichtman presents thirteen historical factors, or "keys" (four...

In the summer of 2014 Scotland stood on the brink of an historic independence referendum and a vote that could have brought an end to the union between England and Scotland that had lasted since 1707. As the debate intensified, two experienced Newsweek correspondents – one Scottish, one English...

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Jim Wallis in his book “God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and Left Doesn’t Get It Right”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work...

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Stephen Mansfield in his book “The Faith of Barack Obama”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does not replace in any case Stephen Mansfield’s...

Last November America elected its first black president. Canada, too, went to the polls that month. The difference for the two nations was remarkable: Americans had a clear choice between an indecisive, has-been who represented at best more of the same and a progressive, eloquent, African American,...

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge in his book “The Right Nation: How Conservatives Won”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does not...

The Left is a world of do-gooders and no matter what the cause, from global warming to saving the salamanders, they have one thing in common. They need a massive, kick-ass, centralized government to accomplish their do-gooder goals. Those on the Right generally want to be left alone and embrace personal...