Democracy category: 2250 books
by Noam Chomsky, Stanley Rogouski, Alex Fradkin
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
With urgency and clarity, Noam Chomsky speaks with the movement as it transitions from occupying tent camps to occupying the national conscience
by Thomas Paine
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 that inspired men and women in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776. In clear, concise language it explained the advantages of and the need for immediate independence. It...
The Know Your Bill of Rights Book
Don't Lose Your Constitutional Rights--Learn Them!
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Have you ever had trouble understanding the United States Bill of Rights?
Have you ever wondered what was really meant by one or more of the ten amendments?
Have you ever been unsure as to how these rights apply to modern society?
Have you even questioned if the Bill of Rights...
by George W. Carey
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
A concise overview of the competing political philosophies that have shaped United States history.
Who are the most influential thinkers, and which are the most important concepts, events, and documents in the study of the American political tradition? How ought we regard the beliefs and motivations...
Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia
An Introduction to Governments and Political Regimes
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017
This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the political systems of all ASEAN countries and Timor-Leste from a comparative perspective. It investigates the political institutions, actors and processes in eleven states, covering democracies as well as autocratic regimes. Each country study...
Young People’s Voting Behaviour in Europe
A Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
This book uses various concepts of ‘age’ to examine young people’s voting behaviour in six European countries between 1981 and 2000. It addresses questions such as: what are the determinants of voting choices among young people, and to what extent are these factors different from those of adults?Through...
by Frances Millard
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009
This book is a political history of democratic elections in Poland from the first fully competitive parliamentary elections in 1991 to the unexpected, most recent election in 2007. Until now, there has been no equivalent study covering similar developments in this, or any other, post-communist country;...
by Chris Buskirk
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
The success of the Trump presidency will be judged in large part on his ability to reduce the size and scope of the deep state. The unelected, unaccountable permanent bureaucratic leviathan that winds itself around the body and squeezes its life out must be dismantled if Trump’s legacy is to be...
Power Crisis
The Self-Destruction of a State Labor Party
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010
Written by former minister and Labor historian Rodney Cavalier, Power Crisis is an explosive account of the self-destruction of the New South Wales Labor government, which has seen a turnover of four premiers in five years, and is heading for rejection and even humiliation by voters at the next state...
by Skye Blue
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
By what authority does your government govern you? Do they have your explicit consent? Did they ask for your permission? And why is it that our paid employees, the politicians, tell us what the rules are? Don't we own and pay for the government to exist? For hundreds of years people have explored...
Our Worst Preference
Reforming the Electoral System
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2015
This work draws mainly from papers and an article written by Politician and Economist Brendan Halligan on Ireland's Single Transferable Vote system (STV), spanning some 30 years. Each chapter examines how the Irish system of Proportional Representation (PR), the Single Transferable Vote, is riddled...
Reining in the Imperial Presidency
Lessons and Recommendations Relating to the Presidency of George W. Bush
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Through transcripts, memos, and analysis, Representative John C. Conyers, Jr. and the House Judiciary Committee reveal how the Bush administration again and again assumed more power than the Constitution allows, and circumvented the traditional checks and balances of our system. From ignoring laws...
Dynasties and Interludes
Past and Present in Canadian Electoral Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2016
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An overview of the history of elections and voting in Canada, including minority governments, dynasties, and social movements.
Dynasties and Interludes provides a comprehensive and unique overview of elections and voting in Canada from Confederation...
by Thomas Paine, Joyce Appleby
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Common Sense and Other Writings, by Thomas Paine, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics* *series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the...