Practical Politics category: 1369 books
by Anoushiravan Ehteshami
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2007
The oil rich monarchies of the Arabian Peninsula are frequently dismissed as having no democratic systems compared to most other regions of the world. Indeed, the United States justified its action in Iraq by proclaiming that democracy and freedom must be adopted both in Iraq and throughout the wider...
Presidential Campaigns in Latin America
Electoral Strategies and Success Contagion
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
How do presidential candidates in new democracies choose their campaign strategies, and what strategies do they adopt? In contrast to the claim that campaigns around the world are becoming more similar to one another, Taylor Boas argues that new democracies are likely to develop nationally specific...
by Stephen Kotkin, Bruce Allen Elleman
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015
The remote vastness of Mongolia has remained somewhat of a mystery to most Westerners - no less so in the 20th century. Homeland of the legendary conqueror Chingiz Khan, in modern times Mongolia itself has been the object of imperial rivalry. For most of the 20th century it was under Soviet domination....
The Fight for Influence
Russia in Central Asia
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
Russian influence in Central Asia is waning. Since attaining independence, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan have forged their own paths-building relationships with outside powers and throwing off the last vestiges of Soviet domination. But in many ways, Moscow still...
The Quest for Japan's New Constitution
An Analysis of Visions and Constitutional Reform Proposals 1980-2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
This book examines the many attempts over the last three decades to revise Japan’s constitution. As the book shows, these attempts at revision have been relatively conservative, aiming to embed in the constitution visions of a different future for Japan. Specific reforms advocated include: enabling...
Alternatives to Appeasement
Neville Chamberlain and Hitler's Germany
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeasing Hitler's Germany has been widely condemned. However, historians (and politicians) have been divided about the viability of alternative courses of action. Andrew David Stedman's illuminating new study of British foreign policy before World War II systematically...
Original Spin
Downing Street and the Press in Victorian Britain
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2015
Secret lunches, off-the-record briefings, the leaking of confidential information and tightly-organised media launches - the well-known world of modern political spin. But is this really a new phenomenon or have politicians been manipulating the press for as long as newspapers have existed? In this...
Radical Pacifism in Modern America
Egalitarianism and Protest
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
Radical Pacifism in Modern America traces cycles of success and decline in the radical wing of the American peace movement, an egalitarian strain of pacifism that stood at the vanguard of antimilitarist organizing and American radical dissent from 1940 to 1970.
Using traditional archival material...
Invisible Agents
Spirits in a Central African History
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2012
Invisible Agents shows how personal and deeply felt spiritual beliefs can inspire social movements and influence historical change. Conventional historiography concentrates on the secular, materialist, or moral sources of political agency. Instead, David M. Gordon argues, when people perceive spirits...
Democratic Transformations
Eight Conflicts in the Negotiation of American Identity
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
What will it take for the American people to enact a more democratic version of themselves? How to better educate democratic minds and democratic hearts? In response to these crucial predicaments, this innovative book proposes that instead of ignoring or repressing the conflicted nature of American...
by RW Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2019
RW Johnson’s bestselling book How Long Will South Africa Survive? was described by Alec Hogg as ‘a masterpiece in unblemished reality’. Published at the height of the Zuma presidency it offered a chilling warning: the ANC appeared determined to drive South Africa into the abyss.
Since...
by Margaret Scammell, Holli Semetko
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
This title was first published in 2000. Offering original insights into the relationship between media and democratic theory, this volume brings together a renowned collection of international specialists who examine media and democracy, professional journalism, the anatomy of content and the current...
Yes We Did?
From King's Dream to Obama's Promise
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Barack Obama's presidential victory demonstrated unprecedented racial progress on a national level. Not since the civil rights legislation of the 1960s has the United States seen such remarkable advances. During Obama's historic campaign, however, prominent African Americans voiced concern about his...
Turkey's Path to Democratization
Barriers, Actors, Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
In this timely book, the author addresses a number of key questions about Turkey's hard road to democratization. Is it still underway? What are the hindrances or blockages? What are the motivations and roles of civil society groupings in this evolving democracy? What is the current stance of and role...