Politics category: 19839 books
by Paul Mattick
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Originally published in 1978, the essays in this text discuss issues surrounding inflation, governmental roles in economic matters and varying economic systems and theories with a particular lean towards discussing capitalism evaluating how all of these factors affect the economic state of America....
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Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Based on a new data-set covering 29 European and neighboring countries, this volume shows how, Europeans view and evaluate democracy: what are their conceptions of democracy, how do they assess the quality of democracy in their own country, and to what extent do they consider their country's democracy...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This book addresses key questions on biofuels within agrarian political economy, political sociology and political ecology. Contributions are based on fresh empirical materials from different parts of the world. The book starts with four key questions in agrarian political economy: Who owns what?...
Cities and the Politics of Difference
Multiculturalism and Diversity in Urban Planning
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Demographic change and a growing sensitivity to the diversity of urban communities have increasingly led planners to recognize the necessity of planning for diversity. Edited by Michael A. Burayidi, Cities and the Politics of Difference offers a guide for making diversity a cornerstone of planning...
Germany Today (RLE: German Politics)
Introductory Studies
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
This book, originally published in 1971, provides clear analysis of German affairs at the end of the 1960s. Without neglecting the historical dimension of recent developments, it examines some of the problems the German people faced in the post-war years. Written by experts, but nonethless in an accessible...
Lobbying Reconsidered
Politics Under the Influence
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Lobbying Reconsidered: Politics Under the Influence, reveals how lobbying is a complex process that involves more than just relationships, friends, access, favors, and influence. This book offers a broader perspective on this important dimension of American public policymaking. As a person who straddles...
Presidential Leadership in Political Time
Reprise and Reappraisal?Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
A bestselling classic with a new chapter on President Barack Obama
Renowned scholar Stephen Skowronek's insights have fundamentally altered our understanding of the American presidency. His "political time" thesis has been particularly influential, revealing how presidents reckon...
by Capitol Reader
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Jerome R. Corsi in his book “The Obama Nation: leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does not...
Leader Symbols and Personality Cult in North Korea
The Leader State
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
The legitimacy of the North Korean state is based solely on the leaders’ personal legitimacy, and is maintained by the indoctrination of people with leader symbols and the enactment of leadership cults in daily life. It can thus be dubbed a "leader state". The frequency of leader symbols...
Disability, Civil Rights, and Public Policy
The Politics of Implementation
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
An examination of US public policymaking and securing rights for people with disabilities.
Following on the heels of other Civil Rights movements, disability rights laws emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Often these laws were more symbolic than precise in terms of objectives and strategies...
by Edward Shannon LaMonte
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
This well-written volume explores the relationships between politics and welfare programs for low-income residents in Birmingham during four periods in the twentieth century:
• 1900-1917, the formative period of city building when welfare was predominantly a responsibility of the private...
by Neil McNaughton
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Topical reading essential for exam success.
- Review all the key developments in UK politics from the last year, with expert analysis you can draw on both throughout your course and in the exams
- Go beyond your textbooks to build a bank of up-to-date examples and data, helping you develop...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014
Political leadership has made a comeback. It was studied intensively not only by political scientists but also by political sociologists and psychologists, Sovietologists, political anthropologists, and by scholars in comparative and development studies from the 1940s to the 1970s. Thereafter, the...
The Kavanaugh Battle
The Fight for the Supreme Court and for the Future of the U.S. with speeches by Judge Kavanaugh, Christine Ford and Senator Collins
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2019
“For the Democratic Party, the Kavanaugh battle was the Little Bighorn, as seen from General Custer’s point of view.” –Pat Buchanan, political commentator, Oct. 2018 One of the most bitter confirmation debates in U.S history has recently ended, when Justice Kavanaugh was sworn in as Justice...