Practical Politics category: 1369 books
The Complete Idiot's Guide to U.S. Government and Politics
A Comprehensive Look at the System and Policies That Define Our Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
The governed must know their government.
Understanding how our government functions and the political forces that influence it is vital for all Americans. As a comprehensive overview and history of the subject, this book is designed to help anyone interested in learning about our government...
The Activists' Handbook
A Step-by-Step Guide to Participatory Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
A priceless resource for everyone ready to make a difference, environmental activist Aidan Ricketts offers a step-by-step handbook for citizens eager to start or get involved in grass-roots movements and beyond. Providing all essential practical tools, methods and strategies needed for a successful...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Robert's Rules, 2nd Edition
Put Parliamentary Procedure on Your Side
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
The whens, hows and whys of keeping order.
Robert's Rules have long been the ultimate guide for running meetings and outlining procedures. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Robert's Rules, Second Edition, teaches readers everything from the ladder of motions to how to use Robert's Rules for any...
Get Out the Vote
How to Increase Voter Turnout
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
The most important element in every election is getting voters to the polls-these get-out-the-vote (GOTV) efforts make the difference between winning and losing office.
With the first two editions of Get Out the Vote, Donald P. Green and Alan S. Gerber broke ground by introducing a new scientific...
Political Tool Kit
Secrets of Winning Campaigns
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
From city councils to governorships, from county commissioners to coroners, there are thousands of contested or vacant elected offices each year throughout the United States. In Political Tool Kit, author Ron Parsons provides a practical guide for citizens who are seeking an opportunity to participate...
by Deborah L. Rhode
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
For most of recorded history, men have held nearly all of the most powerful leadership positions. Today, although women occupy an increasing percentage of leadership positions, in America they hold less than a fifth of positions in both the public and private sectors. The United States ranks 78th...
The Seduction of the Simple
Insights on Singapore's future directions
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
At the crossroads of Singapore history, noted public intellectual and entrepreneur Devadas Krishnadas shares his insights on the intersecting realms of the social, political, and economic spheres of Singapore and where he thinks the country is headed. In the past two years, pivotal events such as...
Is Congress Broken?
The Virtues and Defects of Partisanship and Gridlock
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Making Congress Work, Again, Within the Constitutional System
Congress for many years has ranked low in public esteem-joining journalists, bankers, and union leaders at the bottom of polls. And in recent years there's been good reason for the public disregard, with the rise of hyper-partisanship...
How to Hack a Party Line
The Democrats and Silicon Valley
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
The gripping story of the emergence of a powerful new force in American politics
Sara Miles's How to Hack the Party Line is the first book to explain the political significance of the high-technology industry, and to show the birth of a relationship between the new millionaires of the Information...
Are You Stupid?
A Second Revolution Might Save America From Herself
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
After WWII, the world entered a phase of extreme dynamics. The USA outpaced all other countries. More than 50 years later, it no longer has the radical esprit that brought about its hegemony. Still, America of the information revolution remains the world’s only superpower. But as the necessity of change,...
Corruption and Criminal Justice
Bridging Economic and Legal Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
The author addresses the role of criminal justice in anti-corruption by investigating assumptions in the classic law and economics approach and debating the underlying criteria for an efficient criminal justice system. Drawing on real life challenges from the policy world, the book combines insights...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
The Oxford Handbook of Governance presents an authoritative and accessible state-of-the-art analysis of the social science literature on governance. The volume presents the core concepts and knowledge that have evolved in the study of governance in different levels and arenas of politics and policymaking....
Exposing the Demagogues
Right-wing and National Populist Parties in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
Europe’s right-wing and national populist parties are on the upswing, even despite some recent electoral setbacks. They have entered parliaments across Europe and some parties are even participating in national governments. What is remarkable is that right-wing and national populist parties have...
The New Prince
Machiavelli Updated for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince has been one of the most widely read and quoted book about politics during the past five centuries. But in the democracies of the information age, new ideas are needed to make government prosper through the next century. Now, Dick Morris, who contributed significantly...