Political Parties category: 994 books
Losing the Center
The Decline of American Liberalism, 1968--1992
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Many Americans consider John F. Kennedy's presidency to represent the apex of American liberalism. Kennedy's "Vital Center" blueprint united middle-class and working-class Democrats and promoted freedom abroad while recognizing the limits of American power. Liberalism thrived in the early...
Local Politics and National Policy
Multi-level Conflicts in Japan and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
This book is about why and how central and local governments clash over important national policy decisions. Its empirical focus is on the local politics of Japan which has significantly shaped, and been shaped by, larger developments in national politics. The book argues that since the 1990s, changes...
Why the Left Hates America
Exposing the Lies That Have Obscured Our Nation's Greatness
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2004
"The American flag stands for hatred, warmongering, and imperialism."
"Our free-market system is responsible for killing and oppressing millions of people."
"This country breeds racists and sexists."
Is America really that bad? It is if you accept the lies and propaganda...
Grand New Party
How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2008
In a provocative challenge to Republican conventional wisdom, two of the Right's rising young thinkers call upon the GOP to focus on the interests and needs of working-class voters.Grand New Party lays bare the failures of the conservative revolution and presents a detailed blueprint for building...
They Knew They Were Right
The Rise of the Neocons
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2009
From its origins in 1930s Marxism to its unprecedented influence on George W. Bush's administration, neoconservatism has become one of the most powerful, reviled, and misunderstood intellectual movements in American history. But who are the neocons, and how did this obscure group of government officials,...
The Reunited States of America
How We Can Bridge the Partisan Divide
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Out of Many, One
In this era of poisonous partisanship, *The Reunited States of America is a lifesaving antidote. At a time when loyalty to party seems to be overpowering love of country, it not only explains how we can bridge the partisan divide but also tells the untold story of how our fellow...
Foxes in the Henhouse
How the Republicans Stole the South and the Heartland and What the Democrats Must Do to Run 'em Out
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2006
Like a newly discovered treasure map offering a path to buried riches, Foxes in the Henhouse is a hard-hitting political blueprint for how the Democrats can win again in the South and rural America. The authors document the Republicans' rise in the South and Midwest, expose the hypocrisy that marked...
The Argument
Inside the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2008
Widely cited by journalists and bloggers as the man to read to understand the political races, New York Times Magazine writer Matt Bai has written a book about the Democratic Party that?s as riveting as it is timely and vital. The Argument takes readers to the front lines of the grassroots progressive...
The Optimistic Leftist
Why the 21st Century Will Be Better Than You Think
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
"Advances an analysis that should encourage progressives, be cautionary for conservatives, and engage and enlighten everyone who cares about America's political and economic future." —James Fallows, national correspondent, The Atlantic
"A tonic—not because it will make you...
Hope Is Better Than Fear (e-book original)
Paying Jack Layton Forward
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
An e-book original inspired by the vision of late NDP leader Jack Layton with short, personal essays by a diverse line-up of Canadian writers and activists.
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HOPE IS BETTER THAN FEAR reflects upon and looks forward on a number of issues that Jack Layton championed over the course of his extraordinary...
by Charles Wheelan
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
A vision—and detailed road map to power—for a new party that will champion America’s rational center.
From debt ceiling standoffs to single-digit Congress approval ratings, America’s political system has never been more polarized—or paralyzed—than it is today. As best-selling author...
Writing Global Trade Governance
Discourse and the WTO
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Writing Global Trade Governance operationalises a key post-structuralist methodology in order to expand understanding on the institution at the heart of the global political economy. Despite the WTO’s centrality and the growing popularity of methods utilizing discourse theory, no other text has...
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...
Quarterly Essay 6 Beyond Belief
What Future for Labor?
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2002
In the second Quarterly Essay of 2002, John Button looks at what has gone wrong with the Labor Party. What has happened to the faith of the True Believers and why is the ALP so bad at recruiting new members? He offers a tough-minded analysis of what went wrong in the last election and asks why the...