Public Affairs category: 1291 books
by Mollie Ziegler Hemingway
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
How bad is the problem of media bias? The answer can be summed up in a few words: President Donald J. Trump. Whether you love him or hate him, there’s no question that Trump gained a huge amount of support for his willingness to criticize the media in harsh and unsparing terms. The media seems...
by William H. Sleeman
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
Sir William Henry Sleeman (8 August 1788 – 10 February 1856) was a British soldier and administrator in British India.A great admirer of India's rich natural beauty, he was born in Stratton, Cornwall, the son of Philip Sleeman, a yeoman and supervisor of excise of St Tudy. In 1809 William joined...
by Barbara Goodwin
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
This book is about the virtues and social justice of random distribution. The first chapter is a utopian fragment about a future country, Aleatoria, where everything, including political power, jobs and money, is distributed by lottery. The rest of the book is devoted to considering the idea of the lottery...
by Nick de Bois
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Shortlisted for the Political Books Awards ‘Best Parliamentary Memoir 2018’
You are not an executive who can make and enforce decisions. You are a legislator who votes on making laws.
You are not a counsellor, a housing officer, benefits clerk, bank or trading standards officer,...
Occupy
Dissecting Occupy Wall Street
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Danny Schechter the "News Dissector," a veteran journalist, filmmaker, and participant in many social movements, began covering Occupy Wall Street for Al Jazeera and other leading websites, international TV News programs, and Progressive Radio Network shows. Occupy collects his essays, blog reports,...
Bet You Didn't See That One Coming
Obama, Trump, and the End of Washington's Regular Order
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
The 24/7 media circus that follows President Trump distracts from the fundamental issue of what his election means for America going forward.
Bet You Didn’t See That One Coming explains how Barack Obama’s progressive policies helped ignite the ultimate anti-Obama political warrior—and...
by Elaine C. Kamarck
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
Failure should not be an option in the presidency, but for too long it has been the norm.
From the botched attempt to rescue the U.S. diplomats held hostage by Iran in 1980 under President Jimmy Carter and the missed intelligence on Al Qaeda before 9-11 under George W. Bush to, most recently,...
Look for the Union Label: History of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
History of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
This work provides a history of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Topics covered include: the union's influence on political legislation and global economy; the story of the East European immigrants at the turn of the 20th century; and the union's spirit of social reform.
If Mayors Ruled the World
Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
The Fate of the West
The Battle to Save the World's Most Successful Political Idea
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
The West seems to be in retreat--even from itself--and cracks have appeared in the structures of international collaboration built after 1945. We live in a time of disintegration and rekindling of old nationalisms.
Yet the end of the West has been predicted by academics, philosophers and rival...
Nation of Devils
Democratic Leadership and the Problem of Obedience
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
by Lionel Alvarez
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
If you live in a developing country with few opportunities for advancement, it is natural to develop a strong desire to move to a new country with more opportunities in order to make your life and those of your family members better. What's more, it is your right to act on this desire so that you...
The Pragmatist
Bill de Blasio's Quest to Save the Soul of New York
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2017
When Michael Bloomberg handed over the city to Bill de Blasio, New York and the country were experiencing record levels of income inequality. De Blasio was the first progressive elected to City Hall in twenty years. Invoking Fiorello La Guardia's name, he pledged to improve the lives of those marginalized...
Governor General and the Prime Ministers, The
The Making and Unmaking of Governments
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
Since Canada may be faced with a period of minority governments, it has become increasingly important to understand the role of the Head-of-State, the Governor General, in facing the challenge of dysfunctionality. Edward McWhinney clearly lays out the present powers and responsibilities of the office,...