Practical Politics category: 1369 books
Summary: Throw Them All Out - Peter Schweizer
How Politicians and Their Friends Get Rich Off Insider Stock Tips, Land Deals, and Cronyism That Would Send the Rest of Us to Prison
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Complete summary of Peter Schweizer's book: "Throw Them All Out: How Politicians and Their Friends Get Rich Off Insider Stock Tips, Land Deals, and Cronyism That Would Send the Rest of Us to Prison".This summary of the ideas from Peter Schweizer's book "Throw Them All Out" shows how Washington politicians...
Eight Years vs. Three Weeks – Executive Orders Signed by Barack Obama and Donald Trump
A Review of the Current Presidential Actions as Opposed to the Legacy of the Former President (Including Inaugural Speeches)
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
During his years in office, from 2009 to 2017, Barack Obama signed more landmark legislation than any Democratic president since Lyndon Baines Johnson. His main reforms include the "Obamacare", changes of the financial regulation as a response to the Great Recession; as well as reforms...
by Harlan M. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
This accessible workbook has been developed to provide readers with a solid grounding in economic principles. It offers a critical examination of 40 economic theorems and concepts - such as wealth distribution, supply and demand and finance - and the contexts in which they should be understood.
The Outrage Industry
Political Opinion Media and the New Incivility
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
In early 2012, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh claimed that Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown University law student who advocated for insurance coverage of contraceptives, "wants to be paid to have sex." Over the next few days, Limbaugh attacked Fluke personally, often in crude terms, while...
American Higher Education in Crisis?
What Everyone Needs to Know®
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
American higher education is at a crossroads. Technological innovations and disruptive market forces are buffeting colleges and universities at the very time their financial structure grows increasingly fragile. Disinvestment by states has driven up tuition prices at public colleges, and student debt...
Grassroots
A Field Guide for Feminist Activism
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2005
From the authors of Manifesta, an activism handbook that illustrates how to truly make the personal political.
Grassroots is an activism handbook for social justice. Aimed at everyone from students to professionals, stay-at-home moms to artists, Grassroots answers the perennial question: What...
by Adil H. Mouhammed
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
This book provides a brief yet rigorous introduction to various quantitative methods used in economic decision-making. It has no prerequisites other than high school algebra. The book begins with matrix algebra and calculus, which are then used in the book's core modes. Once the reader grasps matrix...
Policy-Analyse in der Schweiz
Besonderheiten, Theorien, Beispiele
Language: German
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Die öffentliche Politik wird in der Schweizer Politikwissenschaft sehr aktiv beforscht. Ihre Erforschung dient der Lösung gesellschaftlicher Probleme. So untersucht die Policy-Analyse etwa das Verhältnis zwischen Politik und Verwaltung oder die sich verändernde Rolle des Staates. Der neue Band...
by Joosr
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries...
by Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2008
This book examines the complex relationship between the state, society and business in China, focusing on the experience of the island province of Hainan. This island, for many years a provincial backwater, was given provincial rank in 1988 and became the testing ground for experiments of an economic,...
by Jennifer Stromer-Galley
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2013
As the plugged-in presidential campaign has arguably reached maturity, Presidential Campaigning in the Internet Age challenges popular claims about the democratizing effect of Digital Communication Technologies (DCTs). Analyzing campaign strategies, structures, and tactics from the past five presidential...
Evaluating Elections
A Handbook of Methods and Standards
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
In competitive and contested democratic elections, insuring integrity is critical. Evaluating Elections shows why systematic analysis and reporting of election performance is important and how data-driven performance management can be used by election officials to improve elections. The authors outline...
by Melanie Williamson
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
The American Government, including the national, state, and local levels, has more than 400,000 elected and appointed public officials according to a New York Times estimate. This book is written to guide every potential new politician down the path of filing for, gathering support, and running for...
by
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Campaigns on the Cutting Edge evaluates the current trends of today’s campaigns and assesses the innovative changes these well-tuned organizations are making on the presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial levels. As technology now allows candidates to announce their candidacies online,...