Politics category: 19839 books
The Luck of Politics
True Tales of Disaster and Outrageous Fortune
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2015
A delightful look at chance and outrageous fortune
In 1968, John Howard missed out on winning the state seat of Drummoyne by just 420 votes. Howard reflects: ‘I think back how fortunate I was to have lost.’ It left him free to stand for a safe federal seat in 1974 and become one of Australia’s...
UKIP
Inside the Campaign to Redraw the Map of British Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
The UK Independence Party (Ukip) is the most significant new force in British politics for a generation. Under the leadership of Nigel Farage, the party has enjoyed a remarkable rise, winning the 2014 European Parliament elections as well as two parliamentary by-elections, and attracting mainstream...
Politics at Work
How Companies Turn Their Workers into Lobbyists
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Employers are increasingly recruiting their workers into politics to change elections and public policy-sometimes in coercive ways. Using a diverse array of evidence, including national surveys of workers and employers, as well as in-depth interviews with top corporate managers, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez's...
The Power of Nightmares or Politics of Fear.
'Al Qaeda' is a Manufactured Intelligence Front."
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
The Power of Nightmares or Politics of Fear. "'Al Qaeda' is a Manufactured Intelligence Front." Dissolution of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union collapsed between 19 January 1990 to 31 December 1991. The old enemy of the United States Communism ended. The United States needed a new World...
The Birth of Politics
Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2015
In The Birth of Politics, Melissa Lane introduces the reader to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democracy, to the Romans, who created a republic and then transformed it into an empire. Tracing the origins of our political concepts from Socrates to Plutarch...
by Hugo Drochon
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Nietzsche's impact on the world of culture, philosophy, and the arts is uncontested, but his political thought remains mired in controversy. By placing Nietzsche back in his late-nineteenth-century German context, Nietzsche's Great Politics moves away from the disputes surrounding Nietzsche's appropriation...
The Price of the Ticket
Barack Obama and the Rise and Decline of Black Politics
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
The historical significance of Barack Obama's triumph in the presidential election of 2008 scarcely requires comment. Yet it contains an irony: he won a victory as an African American only by denying that he should discuss issues that target the concerns of African Americans. Obama's very success,...
by Richard Hofstadter
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2012
This timely reissue of Richard Hofstadter's classic work on the fringe groups that influence American electoral politics offers an invaluable perspective on contemporary domestic affairs.In The Paranoid Style in American Politics, acclaimed historian Richard Hofstadter examines the competing forces...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada, Second Edition updates and expands its exploration of a wide range of organized group and social movement activity in Canadian politics. Particularly distinctive is the inclusion of Quebec nationalism and Aboriginal politics. Many other areas of collective...
The Politics of Inequality
A Political History of the Idea of Economic Inequality in America
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2007
Since the early days of the American republic, political thinkers have maintained that a grossly unequal division of property, wealth, and power would lead to the erosion of democratic life. Yet over the past thirty-five years, neoconservatives and neoliberals alike have redrawn the tenets of American...
Black Churches and Local Politics
Clergy Influence, Organizational Partnerships, and Civic Empowerment
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2005
This book on black churches and urban politics uses case studies from various cities to examine the strategies and tactics of activist clergy and congregations. These case studies illustrate how black activist clergy and congregations negotiate the political terrains of their respective cities. The...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2008
The politics of the internet has entered the social science mainstream. From debates about its impact on parties and election campaigns following momentous presidential contests in the United States, to concerns over international security, privacy and surveillance in the post-9/11, post-7/7 environment;...
by Ronald M. Peters, Jr., Cindy Simon Rosenthal
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010
When the Democrats retook control of the U.S. House of Representatives in January 2007 after twelve years in the wilderness, Nancy Pelosi became the first woman speaker in American history. In Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the New American Politics, Ron Peters, one of America's leading scholars of Congress,...
by Gwyneth H. McClendon
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
How envy, spite, and the pursuit of admiration influence politics
Why do governments underspend on policies that would make their constituents better off? Why do people participate in contentious politics when they could reap benefits if they were to abstain? In Envy in Politics, Gwyneth McClendon...