Practical Politics category: 1369 books
The Congressional Endgame
Interchamber Bargaining and Compromise
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
Congress is a bicameral legislature in which both the House and Senate must pass a bill before it can be enacted into law. The US bicameral system also differs from most democracies in that the two chambers have relatively equal power to legislate and must find ways to resolve their disputes. In the...
A Profile of the American Electorate
Partisan Behavior and the Need for Reform
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
A Profile of the American Electorate takes an extensive look at the political foundations and behaviors of citizens, yesterday and today. Presenting decades of data on voter choice, voter turnout, and public opinion in a way that is clear and accessible for students of political science, the book...
Trudeau
The Education of a Prime Minister
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2019
From one of Canada's most popular and connected political journalists, an unblinkered warts-and-all look at Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government's record in power. A must-read as we head into the 2019 federal election.
Canadians are becoming increasingly skeptical about their chameleon...
Towards a regional political class?
Professional politicians and regional institutions in Catalonia and Scotland
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Focussing on professional politicians Klaus Stolz investigates the interrelationship between political career patterns and political institutions in two of the most widely discussed cases of regionalism: Catalonia and Scotland. The study deals with two different yet closely related sets of questions:...
Discourse, Dictators and Democrats
Russia's Place in a Global Process
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Voting hides a familiar puzzle. Many people take the trouble to vote even though each voter's prospect of deciding the election is nearly nil. Russians vote even when pervasive electoral fraud virtually eliminates even that slim chance. The right to vote has commonly been won by protesters who risked...
Making policy move
Towards a politics of translation and assemblage
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Responding to increasing interest in the movement of policies between places, sites and settings, this timely book presents a critical alternative to approaches centred on ideas of policy transfer, dissemination or learning. Written by key people in the field, it argues that treating policy’s movement...
Fifty Years of EU-Turkey Relations
A Sisyphean Story
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2010
The publication of this book marks the fiftieth year of Turkey’s application to the European Economic Community for associate membership, and evaluates EU-Turkey relations in a historical perspective.
Examining the evolving approaches of Turkey and of the EU towards each other, the volume...
Mapping and Measuring Deliberation
Towards a New Deliberative Quality
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2018
Deliberative democracy has challenged two widely-accepted nostrums about democratic politics: that people lack the capacities for effective self-government; and that democratic procedures are arbitrary and do not reflect popular will; indeed, that the idea of popular will is itself illusory. On the...
All In
The Education of General David Petraeus
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
General David Petraeus is the most transformative leader the American military has seen since the generation of Marshall. In the New York Times bestseller All In, military expert Paula Broadwell examines Petraeus's career, his intellectual development as a military officer, and his impact on the U.S....
by Hunter S. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
From the legendary journalist and creator of “Gonzo” journalism Hunter S. Thompson comes the bestselling critical look at Nixon and McGovern’s 1972 presidential election.
Forty years after its original publication, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72 remains a cornerstone of...
The Bridge
The Life and Rise of Barack Obama
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
National Bestseller
In this nuanced and complex portrait of Barack Obama, Pulitzer Prize-winner David Remnick offers a thorough, intricate, and riveting account of the unique experiences that shaped our nation’s first African American president.
Through extensive on-the-record interviews...
Forged in Crisis
The Making of Five Courageous Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER
“Five gritty leaders whose extraordinary passion and perseverance changed history…a gripping read on a timeless and timely topic” —Angela Duckworth, #1 bestselling author of Grit
An enthralling historical narrative filled with critical leadership...
Between Two Worlds
My Life and Captivity in Iran
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
“Between Two Worlds is an extraordinary story of how an innocent young woman got caught up in the current of political events and met individuals whose stories vividly depict human rights violations in Iran.”
— Shirin Ebadi, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
Between Two World is the harrowing...
Eyewitness To Power
The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clinton
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2001
From Nixon to Clinton, Watergate to Whitewater, few Americans have observed the ups and downs of presidential leadership more closely over the past thirty years than David Gergen. A White House adviser to four presidents, both Republican and Democrat, he offers a vivid, behind-the-scenes account of...