Practical Politics category: 1369 books
Poor America
A Comparative-Historical Study of Poverty in the U.S. and Western Europe
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2007
Poor America describes the sharp contrast in the extent of poverty between the United States and six Western European countries. While 36 million Americans live below the poverty line, a much smaller percent of Western Europeans struggle with the same problem. Samuel J. Eldersveld seeks to discover...
Thinking Whole
Rejecting Half-Witted Left & Right Brain Limitations
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
“Professor Larry Bell’s Thinking Whole is a profound book on living life to the fullest, following passions, and seeking out curiosities with drive and vigor. Thinking Whole is about not allowing yourself to be pigeonholed by the constrictions and pressures of conformity in society today.
The...
The Face of the Earth: Environment and World History
Environment and World History
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2015
Although the organizing principle of virtually every world history text is "development", the editor of this volume maintains that this traditional approach fails to address the issue of sustainability. By adopting the ecological process as their major theme, the authors show how the process...
Donald Trump VS. Kim Jong-Un
A Spiritual Battle Between Two Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Who will pull the trigger first, Kim Jong-un or Donald Trump?
The North Korean issue is entering the final phase.Happy Science conducted spiritual interviews with the guardian spirits of Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump on August 29th, the day North Korea launched a missile over Japan. This book...
The World After the Trump-Kim Summit
Spiritual Interview with the Guardian Spirit of Dr. Henry Kissinger
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2018
This book is a spiritual interview with the guardian spirit of Dr. Henry Kissinger, the American international political scientist, which was conducted by the extraordinary spiritual power of Master Ryuho Okawa of Happy Science.
Splitting America
How Politicians, Super PACs and the News Media Mirror High Conflict Divorce
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Something nasty is happening in America. Have you noticed the trend? There’s more bullying, more incivility, more disrespect and even more relationship violence between us at home, at work, in our communities and in the news. And, it seems to be increasing rather than decreasing. We have noticed a...
by L. Lynn Cleland
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2011
Save Our System describes our nation's key systemic problems, problem causes, evolution, and solutions, and actions we can to take to return our nation to its underlying principles. It starts by exploring the key problems that plague our current political climate that may lead to more government systems'...
Permanent Alliance?
NATO and the Transatlantic Bargain from Truman to Obama
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
This book is an interpretive analysis of transatlantic security relations from the preparation of the North Atlantic Treaty to the Obama administration.
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Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Central America constitutes a fascinating case study of the challenges, opportunities and characteristics of the process of transformation in today’s global economy. Comprised of a politically diverse range of societies, this region has long been of interest to students of economic development and...
The Democratic Imagination
Envisioning Popular Power in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Democracy is very much an open question in the early twenty-first century. While voter participation declines in many traditional democracies, new movements for democracy are emerging around the world. This book brings the question of democracy out of the halls of political power and home to our daily...
Participatory Democracy in Southern Europe
Causes, Characteristics and Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Citizen participation is a central component of democratic governance. As participatory schemes have grown in number and gained in social legitimacy over recent years, the research community has analyzed the virtues of participatory policies from several points of view, but usually giving focus to...
Civic Work, Civic Lessons
Two Generations Reflect on Public Service
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
Civic Work, Civic Lessons explains how and why people of all ages, and particularly young people, should engage in public service as a vocation or avocation. Its authors are 57 years apart in age, but united in their passion for public service, which they term “civic work.” The book provides unique...
Everyday Forms of State Formation
Revolution and the Negotiation of Rule in Modern Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1994
Everyday Forms of State Formation is the first book to systematically examine the relationship between popular cultures and state formation in revolutionary and post-revolutionary Mexico. While most accounts have emphasized either the role of peasants and peasant rebellions or that of state formation...
Gender and Corruption
Historical Roots and New Avenues for Research
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
The link between gender and corruption has been studied since the late 1990s. Debates have been heated and scholars accused of bringing forward stereotypical beliefs about women as the “fair” sex. Policy proposals for bringing more women to office have been criticized for promoting unrealistic...