Practical Politics category: 1369 books

Violence and Power is a collection of original essays written by Dr. Ken G. Irish-Bramble. The essays were all written while the author was a graduate student at NYU. The essays cover a wide range of topics in the field of political science and Caribbean studies. While they are somewhat dated, they each cover timeless topics and provide meaningful insight.

Toward Better Governance in China takes a fresh look at the latest efforts made by Chinese leaders to promote governance-based reform. It asserts that the improvement of governance has now become one of the breakthrough points of the much anticipated political reform. Although the Chinese government...

American Federalism in Practice is an original and important contribution to our understanding of contemporary health policy. It also illustrates how contentious public policy is debated, formulated, and implemented in today's overheated political environment. Health care reform is perhaps...

A study of areas of anthropological practice and theory that may be seen as having significance to anarchist thought — focusing on largely ethical issues relating to what anthropologists do, particularly by way of collecting information and the motivations for it. Barclay reviews the more significant...

The American Congress Reader provides a supplement to the popular and updated American Congress undergraduate textbook. By the same authors who drew upon Capitol Hill experience and nationally recognized scholarship to present a crisp introduction and analysis of Congress's inner mechanics, the Reader...

The corruption of public officials in the United States and its corrosive impact on public policy, political stability and democratic institutions, earns it a spot among the most critical public crises of the last decade. There have been scandals involving elected officials across the political spectrum...

Multicultural liberalism promotes societal solidarity and economic independence, thereby reinforcing the individual as a state sanctioned means to reinforcing patriotism. Multiculturalism is explored as a means to support and promote a diversity of minorities, regardless of race, and as a defining feature of liberalized national patriotism.

Not long ago, neighborhoods such as the South Bronx, South Central Los Angeles, and Boston's Roxbury were crime-ridden wastelands of vacant lots and burned-out buildings, notorious symbols of urban decay. In House by House, Block by Block, Alexander von Hoffman tells the remarkable stories of how...

Adopting a comparative perspective, this book traces the social, political, economic and cultural conditions under which environmental movements have emerged, and assesses the transformative capacities of these movements.

The increased use of direct democracy measures across the United States has brought attention to the individual petitioner however their motivations and goals continue to be an enigma. Drawing on behavioral, historical and legal analysis to provide a more concrete depiction of these individuals,...

A call to arms, a chance for those born in the 70s and 80s to respond to the chaos. We can not stop the debt bomb but we can remove the Boomer politicians from office. There will be a general election in May. This is our opportunity to kick them out of power. This is a terrible time to be young. Graduates...

Boyett has written a book that will inspire you, lift your spirits, renew your faith in what progressives can accomplish, and show you a way forward. Getting Things Done in Washington tells the exciting stories of six great moments of progressive legislative history and the people who made them happen: James...

Una obra que propone una agenda ciudadana centrada en el combate a la impunidad, la corrupción y las violaciones a los derechos humanos. En las reformas del sistema de partidos y de representación, y en la defensa de minorías y de la desdichada mayoría compuesta por los consumidores. En...

Marco Rubio es el primer hispano en la historia con serias opciones de llegar a la Casa Blanca. Hijo de inmigrantes que huyeron de Cuba antes de la llegada del castrismo y que se quedaron a medio camino de hacer realidad el sueño americano, Rubio es una figura con una fuerte carga simbólica. Su...