Local Government category: 1701 books
Politics and Pasta
How I Prosecuted Mobsters, Rebuilt a Dying City, Dined with Sinatra, Spent Five Years in a Federally Funded Gated Community, and Lived to Tell the Tale
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
The story behind the podcast Crimetown, as told by the notorious Buddy Cianci himself.
An election is a war and "to the victor belongs the spoils." That’s the real democratic process. After all, you'll never see a victorious politician tell his supporters, "I want to thank...
Everyday Law on the Street
City Governance in an Age of Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
Toronto prides itself on being “the world’s most diverse city,” and its officials seek to support this diversity through programs and policies designed to promote social inclusion. Yet this progressive vision of law often falls short in practice, limited by problems inherent in the...
Fear City
New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST
An epic, riveting history of New York City on the edge of disaster—and an anatomy of the austerity politics that continue to shape the world today
When the news broke in 1975 that New York City was on the brink of fiscal collapse, few believed it was possible....
Revolution Detroit
Strategies for Urban Reinvention
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
After decades of suburban sprawl, job loss, and lack of regional government, Detroit has become a symbol of post-industrial distress and also one of the most complex urban environments in the world. In Revolution Detroit: Strategies for Urban Reinvention, John Gallagher argues that Detroit's experience...
by Cynthia McKinney
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Elected six times to the House from the state of Georgia, Cynthia McKinney cut a trail through Congressional deceit like a hot ember through ash. She discovered legislators who passed laws without reading them. Party leaders who colluded across party lines against their constituents' interests. Black-skinned...
by Joan Didion
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
An astonishing account of Cuban exiles, CIA informants, and cocaine traffickers in Florida by the New York Times–bestselling author of South and West.
In Miami, the National Book Award–winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking looks beyond postcard images of fluorescent waters, backlit...
Wasting Police Time
The Crazy World of the War on Crime
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2013
The No1 best-seller about law and order that the government lied about... Wasting Police Time is the hilarious and shocking truth about Britain's criminal justice system.
Ever wondered why you can't find a policeman when you want one?
PC David Copperfield has the answer: they're all...
The Failed American Presidency
The Barack Hussein Obama Years, 2009 - ?, In Poetry and Prose
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
Obama. Love him? Hate him? Do you really understand him? First time author, Brian P. Noonan, tackled this last question with the release of his ebook, "The Failed American Presidency". Looking back on President Obama's five years in office reveals a person clothed in the red, white and blue...
How to Make a Million Jobs
A Charter for Social Enterprise
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
In this timely and provocative book, social entrepreneur Colin Crooks makes startling revelations about the true scale and dispiriting depth of the workless problem in the UK. He shows, through unique and powerful personal insights, just how profound the challenges are for some of our most vulnerable...
The Soprano State
New Jersey's Culture of Corruption
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2008
The Soprano State details the you-couldn't-make-this-up true story of the corruption that has pervaded New Jersey politics, government, and business for the past thirty years. From Jimmy Hoffa purportedly being buried somewhere beneath the end zone in Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands, through allegations...
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.
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...
Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right
What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Texas may well be America's most controversial state. Evangelicals dominate the halls of power, millions of its people live in poverty, and its death row is the busiest in the country. Skeptical outsiders have found much to be offended by in the state's politics and attitude. And yet, according to...
by Elisa Hategan
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
Set in 1990s Toronto, RACE TRAITOR is the visceral true story of a teenage girl who becomes entangled in Canada’s most powerful white supremacist group, the Heritage Front – a domestic terrorist group later revealed to have been created and funded with the assistance of Canada’s spy agency,...