Government category: 19669 books
The Effective Public Manager
Achieving Success in Government Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
The Effective Public Manager
Thoroughly revised and updated, the fifth edition of The Effective Public Manager offers public administrators and students a classic resource and a highly-accessible guide to the fundamentals of leading and managing public organizations. In this new edition the...
How to Run A Government
So that Citizens Benefit and Taxpayers Don't Go Crazy
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Billions of citizens around the world are frustrated with their governments. Why is this? And what can we do about it? In this groundbreaking book Michael Barber draws on his wealth of international experience advising political leaders, to show how those in power can make good on their promises.
'Refreshingly...
by Robert S. Devine
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Since becoming president, George W. Bush has walked away from the Kyoto Protocol, pushed for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, undermined protections for endangered species and wilderness, and retreated from his campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide. But the president’s agenda...
Coyote Warrior
One Man, Three Tribes, and the Trial That Forged a Nation
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
A Civil Action meets Indian country, as one man takes on the federal government and the largest boondoggle in U.S. history--and wins.
Bernie Sanders and the Boundaries of Reform
Socialism in Burlington
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Today, Bernie Sanders is a household name, a wildly popular presidential candidate and an icon for progressive Democrats in the United States. But back in the 1980s, this “democratic socialist”—though some folks would prefer the term “social democrat”—was mayor of Burlington, Vermont,...
Mayor
The Best Job in Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
In 2007, after serving almost fifteen years on the Philadelphia City Council, Michael A. Nutter became the ninety-eighth mayor of his hometown of Philadelphia. From the time he was sworn in until he left office in 2016, there were triumphs and challenges, from the mundane to the unexpected, from snow...
The American Revolution of 1800
How Jefferson Rescued Democracy from Tyranny and Faction—and What This Means Today
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
In this brilliant historical classic, Dan Sisson provides the definitive window into key concepts that have formed the backdrop of our democracy: the nature of revolution, stewardship of power, liberty, and the ever-present danger of factions and tyranny. Most contemporary historians celebrate Jefferson’s...
It's Even Worse Than It Looks
How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Hyperpartisanship is as old as American democracy. But now, acrimony is not confined to a moment; it's a permanent state of affairs and has seeped into every part of the political process. Identifying the overriding problems that have led Congress-and the United States-to the brink of institutional...
Wrong and Dangerous
Ten Right Wing Myths about Our Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2012
The primary purpose of the United States Constitution is to limit Congress. There is no separation of church and state. The Second Amendment allows citizens to threaten the government. These are just a few of the myths about our constitution peddled by the Far Right—a toxic coalition of Fox News...
Hostage Nation
Colombia's Guerrilla Army and the Failed War on Drugs
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
A blistering journalistic exposé: an account of government negligence, corporate malfeasance, familial struggle, drugs, politics, murder, and a daring rescue operation in the Colombian jungle.
On July 2, 2008, when three American private contractors and Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid...
The Deep State
How an Army of Bureaucrats Protected Barack Obama and Is Working to Destroy the Trump Agenda
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
Former Congressman and current Fox News contributor Jason Chaffetz explains how we ended up with a federal government that actively works to defend the Democratic party and undermine Trump.
The liberal media frequently declares the Obama years were free of scandal. They pretend this is true...
Rule and Ruin:The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party
The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
As the 2012 elections approach, the Republican Party is rocketing rightward away from the center of public opinion. Republicans in Congress threaten to shut down the government and force a U.S. debt default. Tea Party activists mount primary challenges against Republican officeholders who appear to...
Stealing America
What My Experience with Criminal Gangs Taught Me about Obama, Hillary, and the Democratic Party
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
WHY HILLARY, OBAMA, AND THE ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ARE NO BETTER THAN A GANG OF THIEVES
In the fall of 2014, outspoken author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza found himself hauled into federal court for improperly donating money to an old friend’s Senate campaign. D’Souza pleaded guilty...
Burma in Revolt
Opium and Insurgency since 1948
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1999
In 1948, Burma was a promising young democracy with a bustling free market economy and a standard of living that surpassed nearly all of its other Asian neighbours. Fifty years later, Burma is one of the poorest nations in the world, with a military dictatorship in Rangoon and 50,000 armed rebels...