Politics category: 19839 books
by Andreas Heuer
Language: German
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Language: German
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Wissenschaftlicher Aufsatz aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte, Columbia Universität New York, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In this paper I examine two main thinkers who articulated the theologico-political conflict as a major problem of politics and modern...
Quarterly Essay 56 Clivosaurus
The Politics of Clive Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Who is Clive Palmer, and what does his ascent say about Australia’s creaking political system? In Clivosaurus, Guy Rundle observes Palmer close up, examining his rise to prominence, his beliefs, his deals and his politics – not to mention his poetry. Rundle shows that neither the government nor...
Wealth and Democracy
How Great Fortunes and Government Created America's Aristocracy
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2002
For more than thirty years, Kevin Phillips' insight into American politics and economics has helped to make history as well as record it. His bestselling books, including The Emerging Republican Majority (1969) and The Politics of Rich and Poor (1990), have influenced presidential campaigns and changed...
by Lawrence R. Jacobs, Theda Skocpol
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by President Obama in March 2010 is a landmark in U.S. social legislation. The new law extends health insurance to nearly all Americans, fulfilling a century-long quest and bringing the United States to parity with other industrial nations. Affordable...
Sexual Minorities and Politics
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
The political representation and involvement of sexual minorities in the United States has been highly contested and fiercely debated. As recent legislative and judicial victories create inroads towards equality for this growing population, members and advocates of these minorities navigate evolving...
Alpha Dogs
The Americans Who Turned Political Spin into a Global Business
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2008
Alpha Dogs is the story of the men from an enormously influential campaign business called Sawyer Miller who served as backroom strategists on every presidential contest from Richard Nixon's to George W. Bush's. David Sawyer was a New England aristocrat with dreams of a career as a filmmaker; Scott...
by Stuart Chisholm
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013
Guns are a hot topic. They’re controversial. They’re political. A discussion on guns is a discussion about life and death, and this brings morality and emotion into play. Public opinion is divided and entire groups have aligned against one another, each one touting “facts” that support their...
All Things Possible
Setbacks and Success in Politics and Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
In this full and frank memoir—a personal story of duty, family, justice, politics and resilience—New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reflects on his rise, fall, and rise in politics, and recounts his defining personal and political moments and tough but necessary lessons he has learned along the way.
With 16-page of color photos.
Tax and Spend
The Welfare State, Tax Politics, and the Limits of American Liberalism
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2011
Taxes dominate contemporary American politics. Yet while many rail against big government, few Americans are prepared to give up the benefits they receive from the state. In Tax and Spend, historian Molly C. Michelmore examines an unexpected source of this contradiction and shows why many Americans...
Grand Old Party
A History of the Republicans
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
From Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War through the disputed election of George W. Bush and beyond, the Republican Party has been at the dramatic center of American politics for 150 years. In Grand Old Party, the first comprehensive history of the Republicans in 40 years, Lewis L. Gould traces the...
The Birth of Modern Politics
Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
The 1828 presidential election, which pitted Major General Andrew Jackson against incumbent John Quincy Adams, has long been hailed as a watershed moment in American political history. It was the contest in which an unlettered, hot-tempered southwestern frontiersman, trumpeted by his supporters as...
The Counterrevolution of Slavery
Politics and Ideology in Antebellum South Carolina
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2003
In this comprehensive analysis of politics and ideology in antebellum South Carolina, Manisha Sinha offers a provocative new look at the roots of southern separatism and the causes of the Civil War. Challenging works that portray secession as a fight for white liberty, she argues instead that it was...
The Change I Believe In
Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
On the night of the 2008 presidential election, Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel spoke for many: “For the first time in decades, electoral politics became a vehicle for raising expectations and spreading hope.” But, she cautioned, “We progressives need to be as clear-eyed, tough, and pragmatic...
The Performance of Politics:Obama's Victory and the Democratic Struggle for Power
Obama's Victory and the Democratic Struggle for Power
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2010
Contemporary observers of politics in America often reduce democracy to demography. Whatever portion of the vote not explained by the class, gender, race, and religious differences of voters is attributed to the candidates' positions on the issues of the day. But are these the only--or even the main--factors...