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BenBella Books American Nero: The History of the Destruction of
Book SynopsisDonald Trump is eroding the rule of law! We've heard it said many times, and we can feel it in our guts. But what does "rule of law" really mean? And what happens when it breaks down? From Richard Painter, a senate candidate and law professor who served as White House chief ethics counsel under President George W. Bush, and New York Times bestselling author Peter Golenbock, American Nero is an in-depth exploration the rule of law—the legal bedrock on which this country was founded. Painter and Golenbock present a clear description of rule of law—arguably the single most important principle underlying our civilization. They also describe the abuses of power that have occurred throughout our nation's history. Beginning in Puritan New England with the infamous Salem Witch Trials, American Nero makes vivid stops at The Red Scare of the 1920s, Japanese-American internment, the McCarthy Era, and, much more recently, President Trump's attempt to violate the First Amendment by banning Muslims from entering the US. While Trump is not the first offender, he is arguably the most blatant, and this unflinchingly honest and insightful work presents in devastating detail the ways in which our current president has trampled the rule of law with his attacks on the freedom of the press, the independence of the judiciary, and the autonomy of the justice department. This is not a book about right vs. left —instead, it is about the rule of law, a principle that transcends partisan politics, and how vital it is to the survival of our country. This book serves as a call-to-action, looking ahead to a brighter future for our country, one where citizens and officials alike protect our rights and honor their responsibilities. Timely and revealing, American Nero shares the lessons of history and lays the framework for returning to a society that respects the rule of law—an America that is consistent with our Founding Fathers' vision of a genuinely free nation.Trade Review"A quintessential book! Usually, political experts do not understand or appreciate enough of the psychological domain, and psychological experts enough of the political domain, for the two areas to meet. This has proven a debilitating deficiency in the era of Donald Trump. Richard Painter and Peter Golenbock take an important step to correcting this . . . Through parallels with this sick presidency, they issue a stark warning before we go the same route as two other empires that collapsed, both more established and longer in duration than we so far, because of a leader's psychological defects." —Bandy X. Lee, professor at Yale School of Medicine and editor of The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump "Whenever Richard Painter appears in public to offer his lacerating opinions on Donald Trump's unethical actions, I stop to listen. In this revealing book, Richard Painter and Peter Golenbock place those sharp opinions in a fascinating historical context." —David Maraniss, author of The Red Scare and My Father Table of ContentsContents Introduction Three Narcissists: One Ancient, One Colonial, and One ModernChapter 1 The Rule of Law in AmericaChapter 2 Assaults on the Rule of Law in Early AmericaChapter 3 The Civil War and Its LegacyChapter 4 Immigration, the Red Scare, and Japanese American InternmentChapter 5 Russian Assault on the Rule of LawChapter 6 The Nazi Assault on the Rule of LawChapter 7 McCarthyismChapter 8 Race and the Rule of LawChapter 9 The Phony War: Science vs. ReligionChapter 10 The Stain of VietnamChapter 11 Tricky Dick and Dirty TricksChapter 12 Iran ContraChapter 13 The Clinton ImpeachmentChapter 14 WChapter 15 “But Her Email . . .”Chapter 16 Who Is Donald Trump?Chapter 17 A Man of Many Assets or a Foreign Asset?Chapter 18 Draining the SwampChapter 19 The Steele Dossier and More: The Trump-Russia ConnectionChapter 20 Russia Hacks the WorldChapter 21 Putin Crowns Our PresidentChapter 22 Lies, Alternative Facts, Fake News, and the Free PressChapter 23 Trump the CampaignerChapter 24 Blowing Up Bridges, Building WallsChapter 25 Two Tragic FiguresChapter 26 Robert Mueller: Trump’s Worst NightmareChapter 27 The Battle to Stop Robert MuellerChapter 28 The Supreme CourtChapter 29 Barr’s Inside JobChapter 30 The Mueller ReportChapter 31 Ukraine, China, and MoreConclusion Looking AheadEndnotesAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsIndex
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Word & Spirit Resources, LLC Prophetic Patriotism: A Call to Action
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CALAMO PR No Second Amendment No First
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Wisconsin Historical Society Press The Documentary History of the Ratification of
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Rutgers University Press San Francisco Year Zero: Political Upheaval, Punk
Book SynopsisSan Francisco is a city of contradictions. It is one of the most socially liberal cities in America, but it also has some of the nation’s worst income inequality. It is a playground for tech millionaires, with an outrageously high cost of living, yet it also supports vibrant alternative and avant-garde scenes. So how did the city get this way? In San Francisco Year Zero, San Francisco native Lincoln Mitchell traces the roots of the current situation back to 1978, when three key events occurred: the assassination of George Moscone and Harvey Milk occurring fewer than two weeks after the massacre of Peoples Temple members in Jonestown, Guyana, the explosion of the city’s punk rock scene, and a breakthrough season for the San Francisco Giants. Through these three strands, Mitchell explores the rifts between the city’s pro-business and progressive-left politicians, the emergence of Dianne Feinstein as a political powerhouse, the increasing prominence of the city’s LGBT community, punk’s reinvigoration of the Bay Area’s radical cultural politics, and the ways that the Giants helped unify one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse cities in the nation. Written from a unique insider’s perspective, San Francisco Year Zero deftly weaves together the personal and the political, putting a human face on the social upheavals that transformed a city. Trade Review"Lincoln Mitchell presents a new and brilliant understanding of San Francisco, America's most progressive city, by describing and interpreting its culture through the extraordinary prism of politics, baseball, and the punk rock scene in the seventies. The reader learns how and why San Francisco, frequently chided derisively by President Trump and other right wing politicians for our ‘San Francisco values,’ developed those values that eventually become an indelible part of American values everywhere.” -- Art Agnos * Mayor of San Francisco, 1988-1991 *"San Francisco Year Zero parses the year 1978--the annus horribilis and nadir--of San Francisco's 'time of troubles.' Mitchell's brilliant political analysis has, as a counterpoint,an analysis of the 1978 Giants season. This creative mixture makes San Francisco Year Zero an extraordinarily important contribution to the historiography of San Francisco." -- Charles A. Fracchia Sr. * Historian, author, founder and president emeritus of the San Francisco Historical Society *"Mitchell's comprehensive portrayal of the zeitgeist of 1978 San Francisco is illuminated by a prism sided by the unlikely trio of baseball, punk, and our city’s political traumas. His writing manifests the passion of a participant with the certainty of a historian. He has perfectly captured that dark uncertain moment when San Francisco was seen in black and white, between the psychedelic era of hippies and the city's reemergence as a diverse cultural Mecca." -- Penelope Houston * singer and songwriter, the Avengers *"The 1978 Giants were a truly special, exciting and fun team. Mitchell does a wonderful job telling the story of that team, but what makes this book truly compelling is that he shows why baseball and the Giants were so important to the extraordinary period in San Francisco that 1978 was. By doing that, Mitchell provides an indispensable perspective and resource not only for baseball fans, but for anybody who wants to understand how San Francisco got to be the city it is today. Mitchell has woven a tale of politics, murder, cults, punk rock and baseball together to provide an entertaining, powerful, cohesive and holistic picture of San Francisco during the year that changed everything in our city." -- Bob Lurie * San Francisco Giants Owner, 1976-1992 *"From the perspective of an adolescent growing up in post-hippie San Francisco, Lincoln Mitchell brings a totally new and riveting perspective to every facet of San Francisco in 1978 from Major League Baseball, to the early days of punk rock to the tragic, tumultuous and violent politics. San Francisco Year Zero sheds new light on how the events of that pivotal year shaped politics in San Francisco and the rest of our country for the next four decades and to this day. And it’s a gentle reminder that it’s still not too late for us to once again chart the progressive political course that was cut short by the political assassinations and messianic violence that rocked San Francisco and America 40 years ago." -- San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin"The book is both rigorous political science that would be very useful to scholars of urban politics generally and San Francisco more specifically, but is also a highly readable and fun book that gives a deeper perspective into San Francisco in 1978. Mitchell captures both the larger political issues that defined the city then and continue to impact it now as well as the feel of what it meant to be growing up in San Francisco at the time.” -- Kenneth Sherrill * Professor Emeritus of political science, Hunter College, CUNY *"1978 was a year that shook and reshaped San Francisco just as brutally and profoundly as 1906 had, though the changes it wrought were due to cultural, social and political upheaval instead of shifting tectonic plates. In San Francisco Year Zero, Lincoln Mitchell paints a cinematic and insightful portrait of a year in which such disparate characters as Harvey Milk, Jim Jones, Johnny Rotten, Jello Biafra, Jerry Garcia, Bill Graham, Dianne Feinstein, Penelope Houston, Vida Blue and Jack Clark all left lasting marks on The City By The Bay. If you love San Francisco, urban history, baseball and/or punk rock, this is an essential read." -- Dan Epstein * author of Big Hair and Plastic Grass: Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s *"This freewheeling narrative captures the chaos of 1978 well, with a decade’s worth of highs and lows packed into one memorable calendar year....San Francisco Year Zero is still a rollicking look at a very unique year in a very unique city." * Foreword Reviews *The Page 99 Test: Lincoln A. Mitchell's "San Francisco Year Zero" http://page99test.blogspot.com/2019/10/lincoln-mitchells-san-francisco-year.html * The Page 99 Test *"Dead Kennedys in the West: The Politicized Punks of 1970s San Francisco - The New Punk Generation Made the Hippies Look Past Their Prime" excerpt from San Francisco Year Zero https://lithub.com/dead-kennedys-in-the-west-the-politicized-punks-of-1970s-san-francisco/ * Literary Hub *"Lincoln Mitchell connects the dots of the last 41 years of San Francisco" - California Sun podcast http://californiasun.libsyn.com/lincoln-mitchell * California Sun podcast *"‘Year Zero’ uses baseball, politics to explain how 1978 forever changed SF" by Brandon Yu https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/year-zero-uses-baseball-politics-to-explain-how-1978-forever-changed-sf * San Francisco Chronicle *Sports Byline interview with Lincoln Mitchell * Sports Byline *"The Year That Was: 1978 and the Making of Contemporary San Francisco" https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archive/podcast/year-was-1978-and-making-contemporary-san-francisco * The Commonwealth Club Podcast *"What does baseball have to do with punk rock and politics?" by Victoria Ivie http://pcccourier.com/main-story/what-does-baseball-have-to-do-with-punk-rock-and-politics.html * PCC Courier *"Lincoln A. Mitchell writes fluidly and skillfully about his old home with wistful nostalgia. A reconciliation of the good times with the worst times are difficult but nevertheless compelling. A+ narrative." * San Francisco Book Review *"New Books Network--New Books in the American West" interview with Lincoln Mitchell https://newbooksnetwork.com/lincoln-mitchell-san-francisco-year-zero-rutgers-up-2019/ * New Books Network *Baseball by the Book podcast interview with Lincoln Mitchellhttps://baseballbythebook.libsyn.com/episode-229-san-francisco-year-one * Baseball by the Book podcast *Bergino Baseball Clubhouse podcast interview with Lincoln Mitchell https://berginobaseballclubhouse.podbean.com/e/san-francisco-year-zero-with-lincoln-mitchell/ * Bergino Baseball Clubhouse *KCRW "Press Play" interview with Lincoln Mitchell https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/how-rep-karen-bass-sees-impeachment-playing-out/1978-shaped-san-francisco-into-a-modern-city * "Press Play," KCRW *"All in all it is a very interesting book. Well worth purchasing for not only punk rock fans but also for people interested in the history of San Francisco." * Punk Globe *Lincoln Mitchell discusses San Francisco Year Zero on Bar Crawl Radio https://player.acast.com/bar-crawl-radio/episodes/san-francisco-1978-murder-gay-rights-jonestown-no-end-trump * Bar Crawl Radio *"What lessons can the US learn from the British election results?" interview with Lincoln Mitchell * Al Jazeera English *Drinks with Tony podcast interview with Lincoln A. Mitchell http://www.drinkswithtony.com/lincoln-a-mitchell-65/ * Drinks with Tony *Infinite Inning podcast - Episde 130 "A Death in the Family" interview with Lincoln Mitchell https://www.spreaker.com/user/11343337/infinite-inning-130-a-death-in-the-famil * Infinite Inning podcast *"1978: the year that changed San Francisco forever" by Lincoln A. Mitchell https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/05/san-francisco-1978-changed-city * The Guardian *"Sound On: Impeachment, 2020 Fundraising, Vaping Ban" podcast interview with Lincoln Mitchell https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2020-01-03/sound-on-impeachment-2020-fundraising-vaping-ban-podcast * Bloomberg Radio *"For those who aren’t as politically inclined, Mitchell covers the key cultural components of San Francisco in 1978. Whether it is cheering on a mediocre Giants team at an awful stadium, a growing concern for fellow San Franciscans who had left for Guyana with Jim Jones, or the evolving music scene, Mitchell paints a vivid picture of the city in 1978. I learned a lot from this book and came away with a much better view of the complexities of San Francisco. If you are looking for an interesting read, I would suggest picking up a copy." * Start Spreading the News *"Essential reading for newcomers and old-timers alike." * The Frisc *Lincoln Mitchell interview on "The Chip Franklin Show," KGO 810 https://omny.fm/shows/the-chip-franklin-show/january-28-2020-how-san-francisco-became-san-franc * "The Chip Franklin Show," KGO 810 *"Lincoln Mitchell on His Love of Baseball and Politics" https://www.storiedsf.com/episodes/s3e5-part-1-lincoln-mitchell-on-his-love-of-baseball-and-politics * Storied SF *"Lincoln Mitchell on San Francisco in 1978," Part II https://www.storiedsf.com/episodes/s3e5-part-2-lincoln-mitchell-on-san-francisco-in-1978 * Storied SF *Lincoln Mitchell interview on the Marty Lurie Show http://www.loveofthegameproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Mitchell_Lincoln041820.mp3 * Marty Lurie Show - KNBR *"How San Francisco's quirky politics gave California an edge in the Covid-19 fight" by Lincoln Mitchell https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/21/opinions/san-francisco-california-covid-19-response-mitchell/index.html * CNN.com *"Mitchell writes with clarity, effortlessly switching between the main parts of the narrative while simultaneously bringing in other peripheral observations and facts. I am sure San Fransicans will reveal in this, while those who have never ventured to the city should find the events of 1978 captivating." * Scanner Zine *"Mitchell charts the tensions in San Francisco's politics between the struggle for progressive policies—led by the emergent political force of the LGBT community and influenced by the radicalism of punk rock—and the pro-business policies that were ultimately implemented. His recounting of the Giants 1978 season, which unified the city, is meticulous. This book is a good starting point to understand today's San Francisco. Recommended." * Choice *"SSTN Interview with Lincoln Mitchell" * Start Spreading the News *"Talkin' Yankees" interview with Lincoln Mitchell * Talkin' Yankees *"7 Questions on San Francisco, Social Movements, and Politics with Author Lincoln Mitchell" https://www.thecampaignworkshop.com/blog/7-questions/social-movements?utm_content=131047336utm_medium=socialutm_source=twitterhss_channel=tw-1012407859831820291 * The Campaign Workshop *Jeff Santos Show - 6/19/20 HR-3 Joe Sanberg Lincoln Mitchell interview https://soundcloud.com/ron-crider/61920-hr-3-joe-sanberg-lincoln-mitchell * Jeff Santos Show *"The Jeff Santos Show" interview with Lincoln Mitchell https://soundcloud.com/ron-crider/72920-hr-3-joe-williams-lincoln-mitchell * Jeff Santos Show *"San Francisco Year Zero makes a welcome contribution to the urban history of this left-coast city and will be an engaging read for those interested in the city’s political, musical, and baseball past." * Journal of Urban Affairs *"Harvey Milk's murder is a stark reminder of the persistence of police brutality" by Lincoln Mitchell https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/27/harvey-milk-assassination-police-brutality * The Guardian *"The author’s enthusiasm for [baseball] and the [Giants] come through, both in the minute detail in which he reports statistics that only a hardcore fan will understand, but in making us care about a baseball season in which the Giants finish, after all, only in third place. Here, the mix of the author’s own memories of going to games as an 11-year-old with his scholarly reflections on the team’s 1978 season pay off." * Urban History *"1978 was a harrowing year of tragedy and political upheaval in San Francisco, but there were also some bright spots — including a burgeoning punk rock scene and a Giants team that spent much of the summer atop the NL West — and Mitchell ties it all together in this compulsively readable tome." * Los Angeles Daily News *28 all-star books about California baseball including the Giants, Dodgers, A’s and more: "1978 was a harrowing year of tragedy and political upheaval in San Francisco, but there were also some bright spots — including a burgeoning punk rock scene and a Giants team that spent much of the summer atop the NL West — and Mitchell ties it all together in this compulsively readable tome." * San Jose Mercury News *Table of ContentsContents List of Tables Preface 1 New Year’s 1978 2 San Francisco in 1978 3 Spring Training 4 Heading to the ‘Stick 5 Harvey Milk 6 The Band is Called What? 7 The Pennant Race 8 A Month Like No Other 9 The Long Shadow of 1978 10 Neighborhoods, Natives and Those Hills Acknowledgments Index
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Random House USA Inc The Hardest Job in the World: The American
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the veteran political journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent, a deep dive into the history, evolution, and current state of the American presidency, and how we can make the job less impossible and more productive—featuring a new post-2020–election epilogue“This is a great gift to our sense of the actual presidency, a primer on leadership.”—Ken BurnsImagine you have just been elected president. You are now commander-in-chief, chief executive, chief diplomat, chief legislator, chief of party, chief voice of the people, first responder, chief priest, and world leader. You’re expected to fulfill your campaign promises, but you’re also expected to solve the urgent crises of the day. What’s on your to-do list? Where would you even start? What shocks aren’t you thinking about? The American presidency is in trouble. It has become overburdened, misunderstood, almost impossible to do. “The problems in the job unfolded before Donald Trump was elected, and the challenges of governing today will confront his successors,” writes John Dickerson. After all, the founders never intended for our system of checks and balances to have one superior Chief Magistrate, with Congress demoted to “the little brother who can’t keep up.” In this eye-opening book, John Dickerson writes about presidents in history such a Washington, Lincoln, FDR, and Eisenhower, and and in contemporary times, from LBJ and Reagan and Bush, Obama, and Trump, to show how a complex job has been done, and why we need to reevaluate how we view the presidency, how we choose our presidents, and what we expect from them once they are in office. Think of the presidential campaign as a job interview. Are we asking the right questions? Are we looking for good campaigners, or good presidents? Once a candidate gets the job, what can they do to thrive? Drawing on research and interviews with current and former White House staffers, Dickerson defines what the job of president actually entails, identifies the things that only the president can do, and analyzes how presidents in history have managed the burden. What qualities make for a good president? Who did it well? Why did Bill Clinton call the White House “the crown jewel in the American penal system”? The presidency is a job of surprises with high stakes, requiring vision, management skill, and an even temperament. Ultimately, in order to evaluate candidates properly for the job, we need to adjust our expectations, and be more realistic about the goals, the requirements, and the limitations of the office. As Dickerson writes, “Americans need their president to succeed, but the presidency is set up for failure. It doesn’t have to be.”
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Penguin Putnam Inc A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing
Book SynopsisThe instant #1 bestseller, now updated with new reporting.“This taut and terrifying book is among the most closely observed accounts of Donald J. Trump’s shambolic tenure in office to date. - Dwight Garner, The New York TimesWashington Post national investigative reporter Carol Leonnig and White House bureau chief Philip Rucker, both Pulitzer Prize winners, provide the definitive insider narrative of Donald Trump’s presidency “I alone can fix it.” So proclaimed Donald J. Trump on July 21, 2016, accepting the Republican presidential nomination and promising to restore what he described as a fallen nation. Yet as he undertook the actual work of the commander in chief, it became nearly impossible to see beyond the daily chaos of scandal, investigation, and constant bluster. In fact, there were patterns to his behavior and that of his associates. The universal value of the Trump administration was loyalty—not to the country, but to the president himself—and Trump’s North Star was always the perpetuation of his own power. With deep and unmatched sources throughout Washington, D.C., Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker reveal the forty-fifth president up close. Here, for the first time, certain officials who felt honor-bound not to divulge what they witnessed in positions of trust tell the truth for the benefit of history. A peerless and gripping narrative, A Very Stable Genius not only reveals President Trump at his most unvarnished but shows how he tested the strength of America’s democracy and its common heart as a nation.
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Amalion Publishing Migrations, mobilités et réseaux religieux au
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Brepols N.V. Land, Power, and Society in Medieval Castile: A
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PIE - Peter Lang Governing Europe: How to Make the EU More
Book SynopsisThis book is a collection of the contributions to the Governing Europe project, which tackles the current situation and the future developments of the European mechanism of governance, putting forward a series of policy and institutional recommendations for the medium and long term, aimed at improving the democratic nature and the effectiveness of the European decision-making processes.
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PIE - Peter Lang La modernización y gobernanza del proyecto
Book SynopsisEste libro recoge las contribuciones realizadas al Seminario Doctoral sobre "La modernización y gobernanza del proyecto europeo en un marco plural con valores y objetivos compartidos", organizado en el Real Monasterio de Yuste por la Fundación Yuste entre el 19 y 24 de junio de 2019. Su contenido cubre diferentes áreas de investigación, entre las cuales se observan las líneas propuestas en el título de la publicación desde una perspectiva tan rica como diversa: la externalización de las políticas migratorias y fronterizas en la UE y la crisis de refugiados; los con?ictos sobre la Europa social y la Directiva sobre desplazamiento de trabajadores; la Unión Bancaria; los desafíos y las perspectivas de "renovación" y el desarrollo de una nueva identidad en Europa; la política de defensa; la democracia y sus riesgos en Europa; el artículo 50 del TUE a la luz del Brexit; los emigrantes europeos y el nuevo éxodo judío; la crisis en el derecho penal de la UE para reforzar los derechos fundamentales y los valores europeos; y los mecanismos de denuncia de las Agencias Europeas FRONTEX y EASO para proteger los derechos fundamentales.This book compiles the contributions made to the Doc- toral Seminar on "The European Project's Modernisation and Governance in a Plural Framework with Shared Values and Goals", organised by Yuste Foundation at the Royal Monastery of Yuste between 19 and 24 June 2019. Its contents cover di?erent research areas, including the lines proposed in the title of this publication from a rich and diverse perspective: the externalisation of migratory and border policies in the EU and the refugee crisis; con?icts over social Europe and the Directive concerning the posting of workers; the Banking Union; challenges and "renewal" perspectives and the development of a new identity in Europe; the defence policy; democracy and its risks in Europe; Art. 50 TEU in the light of Brexit; European emigrants and the new Jewish exodus; the crisis in the EU criminal law to strengthen fundamental rights and European values; and the complaint mechanisms of the European Agencies FRONTEX and EASO to protect fundamental rights.
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Constitutionalism v Diversity: Essays on Federal
Book Synopsis This book provides an in-depth analysis of how constitutionalism and diversity can be friends and foes alike in contemporary multinational democracies. By focusing mainly on the dynamics between Quebec and Canada and comparing these with ongoing issues in Catalonia and Spain, Flanders and Belgium, and South Tyrol and Italy, the authors offer new insights into the public management of national diversity. In doing so, they sought to unpack the numerous challenges divided societies are facing. The pieces that together form the title of this book are not merely of symbolic significance. Constitutionalism v Diversity: Essays on Federal Democracy echoes the four underlying principles of the Canadian Constitution that the Supreme Court of Canada identified in its famous 1998 Reference re Secession of Quebec. These are (1) federalism, (2) democracy, (3) constitutionalism and the rule of law, and (4) protection of minorities. While these four concepts are at the very core of both authors’ argument and approach, the Supreme Court of Canada’s Secession Reference is guiding them through the book by providing a robust and meaningful theoretical and analytical framework. These principles appear as universal normative parameters societies should see as ideals to pursue and translate – while adapting their content to the specific context – into concrete institutions and practices. Even more today this book shows the great analytical value of these four principles to critically appraise of the way multinational liberal democracies in general and federal systems in particular are evolving.Table of ContentsDave Guénette & Félix Mathieu: Fundamental Principles at Work- Fragile Nations: Quebec–Canada in a Comparative Perspective: Fragile Nations: A Theoretical and Analytical Framework- The Societal Culture Index and the Quebec–Canada Dynamics in Perspective- Fiscal Federalism and Social Justice in Canada and Spain: In Search of a Dual Equilibrium- Constitutional Initiatives in Quebec and Catalonia: The Illusion of the First Impression- Diving Deeper into Quebec–Canada Dynamics: Pierre Trudeau and Quebec’s Fragility- Canada-Quebec v Federal Democracy- Still Not Cheering, 40 Years Later: Understanding Quebec’s Perspective on 1982- Contemporary Issues and Ongoing Developments in Quebec–Canada: Canada and the COVID-19 Crisis: What About the Fundamental Principles?- Personal Federalism and the Protection of Minorities in Quebec’s English-language School Boards
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Emerging Trends in Asset Recovery
Book SynopsisStreet protests in the ‘Arab Spring’ countries have illustrated that public demand for recovering stolen assets has grown exponentially, as have expectations by concerned populations and governments. From a topic discussed in expert forums, it has thus become a topic of the people. The question is: Have practitioners and policy makers delivered on these expectations? Clearly, since the ratification of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) ten years ago, much progress has been made in streamlining respective legal and institutional frameworks. On the other hand, we also find that practical successes on the ground remain few and far apart, and largely limited to a handful of countries. This book asks why and, through the voice of renowned practitioners from a broad range of affected countries, analyses challenges that remain, identifies new stumbling blocks that have cropped up, and discusses practical solutions that are being tested with a view to overcoming these. The book is published by the Basel Institute on Governance’s International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR).Table of ContentsContents: Arnold Hottinger: Two years later: The Arab revolutions in transition – A. Saad/U. Feller/M. Frey/K. Shah/Ch. Welsh: Recovering stolen assets: The Egyptian perspective – Frederic Raffray: The rule of law and ‘Tommy Suharto’ - son of (former) President Suharto – Maria Schnebli: Lessons learned from the past: Today’s response from requested countries – Jason Sharman: Shell companies and asset recovery: Piercing the corporate veil – Markus E. Schulz: Beneficial ownership: The private sector perspective – Melis Mambetzhanov: Money laundering, corruption and the collapse of kleptocracies – Silvio Antonio Marques: Political immunities: Obstacles in the fight against corruption – Rudolf Wyss: Proactive cooperation within the mutual legal assistance procedure – Marcus Davies: Asset recovery: An ongoing dialogue – Olivier Longchamp/Mark Herkenrath: Money laundering, liability and sanctions for financial intermediaries - the issue of having the assets of politically exposed persons in Switzerland – Till Förster: Between restoration, adaptation and appropriation: Governance in post-conflict Côte d’Ivoire – Jesse Mwangi Wachanga: Hurdles in asset recovery and fighting corruption by developing countries: The Kenya experience – Dimitri Vlassis/Dorothee Gottwald/Ji Won Park: Chapter V of UNCAC: Five years on experiences, obstacles and reforms on asset recovery – Rita Adam/Valentin Zellweger: The proposed Swiss comprehensive act on asset recovery – Charles Monteith: Case and investigation strategy – Phil Mason: Being Janus: A donor agency’s approach to asset recovery – Daniel Thelesklaf/Amar Salihodzic: The role of financial intelligence units in fighting corruption and asset recovery – Phyllis Atkinson: Asset tracing – Richard E. Messick: How financial disclosure laws help in the recovery of stolen assets – L. Muzila/T. Berger/M. Mathias/M. Morales Illicit enrichment: An emerging tool in the asset recovery process – Charles Monteith: Non-conviction based forfeiture – Ronald Víquez Solís: Corruption and social damage in Costa Rica – Oscar Solorzano/Pedro Gomes Pereira: The Swiss plea-bargaining practice and asset recovery: The Alstom case – Nuria García Sanz/Manuel Ollé Sesé: Political corruption and human rights in Equatorial Guinea.
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Verlag Peter Lang Recovering Stolen Assets: With a preface by Eva
Book SynopsisDevelopment efforts will remain frustrated so long as corrupt leaders continue to steal their countries’ wealth and dispose of these ill-gotten gains in foreign jurisdictions. The prevention of such looting, and the recovery of the stolen assets are thus critical development issues and a cornerstone of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (2003) (UNCAC). However, to date experience with asset recovery is limited, and a number of legal and other obstacles continue to impede progress. This is the first comprehensive work on asset recovery, written by renowned practitioners and academics representing different legal systems and countries, all of whom have extensive experience in the asset recovery field. The authors notably discuss the ‘success stories’ of the past (the recovery of the assets of Sani Abacha, Ferdinand Marcos and Vladimiro Montesinos) and the concrete challenges for the future with regard to search, seizure, confiscation and repatriation of stolen assets. The book also provides perspectives on the role of technical assistance and donors in asset recovery and the likely impact of the UNCAC.Table of ContentsContents: Eva Joly: Preface: Repatriation of Assets - Préface : Rapatriement d’Actifs – Mark Pieth: Recovering Stolen Assets - A New Issue – Bernard Bertossa: What Makes Asset Recovery so Difficult in Practice? A Practitioner’s Perspective – Nuhu Ribadu: Challenges and Opportunities of Asset Recovery in a Developing Economy – Enrico Monfrini: The Abacha Case – Tim Daniel/James Maton: Recovering the Proceeds of Corruption: General Sani Abacha - A Nation’s Thief – Sergio Salvioni: Recovering the Proceeds of Corruption: Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines – Simeon V. Marcelo: The Long Road from Zurich to Manila: The Recovery of the Marcos Swiss Dollar Deposits – Guillermo Jorge: The Peruvian Efforts to Recover Proceeds from Montesinos’s Criminal Network of Corruption – Willie Hofmeyr: Navigating between Mutual Legal Assistance and Confiscation Systems – Alan Bacarese: Asset Recovery in a Common Law System: The United Kingdom – Paul Gully-Hart: International Asset Recovery of Corruption-Related Assets: Switzerland – René Brülhart: Asset Recovery from the Perspective of an Offshore Financial Centre (OFC): Liechtenstein – Hans-Peter Bauer: How to Deal with Politically Exposed Persons – Mary Jane Schirber/Frank E. Hydoski: Identification and Quantification – Jean-Bernard Schmid: Seizure – Tim Daniel/James Maton: Civil Proceedings to Recover Corruptly Acquired Assets of Public Officials – Pierre-Yves Morier: Is Autonomous Confiscation the Acme of Asset Recovery? – Nikos Passas: UNCAC, Technical Assistance and Development Efforts – Anne Lugon-Moulin: Asset Recovery: Concrete Challenges for Development Assistance – Cornelis De Jong: The Role of Donors – Pietro Veglio/Peter Siegenthaler: Monitoring the Restitution of Looted State Assets: the Role of Multilateral Development Banks (MDB’s) – Daniel Claman: The Promise and Limitations of Asset Recovery under the UNCAC – Dimitri Vlassis/Dorothee Gottwald: Implementing the Asset Recovery Provisions of the UNCAC – Antenor Madruga: Expectations of Developing Economies: A View from the Americas – Mark Pieth: Putting the Puzzle Together.
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De Gruyter E-Government: Implementation, Adoption and Synthesis in Developing Countries
Book SynopsisE-Government is a hot topic. The integration of Information and Communication Technologies into public service delivery worldwide offers a number of promising opportunities. This text refers in particular to the benefits derived from ubiquitous access to and delivery of government services to citizens, business partners and employees. This book analyses the fundamental technical and non-technical concepts that are essential for successful implementation of e-Government in diverse environments, especially in developing countries. This book is an indispensable resource for both e-Government practitioners and researchers in that it brings to the fore scholarly scrutiny, scientific debate, and best practice in e-Government. The author has a background in computer and information science and accentuates the multi-disciplinary nature of the issues surrounding e-Government.
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Bohlau Verlag Der Kampf um den Staatsvertrag 1945-1955:
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Bohlau Verlag Towards a European Constitution: A Historical and
Book SynopsisThis volume represents a historical comparison of the American and the EU European constitutional experiences and lessons to be derived therefrom for the present time. It is designed to deepen the understanding of the historical and political dimensions of constitutional designs and practises on two continents. Hopefully, such historical depth charts will expand the horizon of debates among experts and decision-makers. The first part concentrates on the historical dimension. It deals with the experiences and perceptions of basic American political principles, developments of international and humanitarian law, and the historical dimension of constitutional debates. The second part of the book aims at culling potential lessons from the American constitutional experience and the remarkable longevity of the U.S. constitution. Additional chapters concentrate on specific aspects and elements of the European constitutional debate (courts of law, human rights, minority protections, as well as gender equality). Still other contributions focus on the historical context of the recent European Constitutional Convention. Chapters on writing a European ''bill of rights'', the EU reform debates of the 1990s, and finally an analysis of the Brussels Constitutional Summit of June 2004 are also included. The spillover effects of the economic and monetary union on the constitutional debates are covered here, as well as Asian perceptions of European integration. Practitioners and scholars address in this volume historical, political and diplomatic dimensions and achievements in the process of European constitution making and its chances of success in the future. Finally, the current tensions in the Atlantic world are analysed and what they may portend for the future of European Union security options.
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Bohlau Verlag Der Idealstaat: Die Politischen Theorien Der
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Duncker & Humblot Handbuch Der Verfassungsorgane Im Grundgesetz
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Duncker & Humblot Mehrheitsprinzip Und Minderheitsregierung -
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Duncker & Humblot Der Gerichtshof Der Europaischen Union Und Das
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Harrassowitz Religion ALS Kultureller Ordnungsrahmen in
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Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Das Grundgesetz. Dokumentation Seiner Entstehung
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Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Das Grundgesetz. Dokumentation Seiner Entstehung
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Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Das Grundgesetz. Dokumentation Seiner Entstehung
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Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH The European Public Sphere: Media and
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Peter Lang AG Political Leadership in Morphogenetic Perspective
Book SynopsisThis book depicts a new research perspective of political leadership, in which the multi-level and dynamic leadership relation is explained as relations between the leader (human agency) and followers (sociological environment). In this sense, leadership comprises mutual influences between personal and structural domain. In morphogenesis, the subjective matrix of leadership keeps the division into private and public exposure, as well as individual and collective realization, which in fact means that the phenomenon of political leadership directly depends on the reality of the agent and structure. The author offers a new point of view for his primary research goal, which is a precise and systematic explication of the notion of political leadership in the morphogenetic scope. Table of ContentsPolitical leadership – Explaining leadership – New definition of political leadership – Human agency – Agency and structure – Analytical dualism – Political subjectivity – Morphogenetic approach – Micro-macro link – Margaret S. Archer
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Peter Lang AG Sovereignty in China’s Perspective
Book SynopsisThis book explores China’s perspective on sovereignty. The concept of sovereignty is universal, however, the understanding of it varies in different states and due to cultural backgrounds, history or the composition of ethnic groups. In order to comprehend China’s current perspective on sovereignty, the author connects Chinese historical ideas with the current international society. She locates misunderstandings of China’s past and present which could cause misjudgment of China’s perspective on sovereignty. Hence, the author analyzes China’s imperial history concerning sovereignty and foreign policies. She surveys the cultural, political, administrative and legal roots of the ancient empires because of their great influence on its current political arrangements. In addition, the study examines the divergence between the European and Chinese understanding on human rights.Table of ContentsSovereignty in Ancient China – Tributary system – Tianxia Order – Wufu System – Chinese Traditional World Order – Modern Sovereignty in the Late Qing Dynasty – Traditional Nationalism in China – Hua and Yi Distinction – State’s Sovereignty – People’s Sovereignty – Nationalism on the Sovereignty of Contemporary China – «Great Unification» – China’s Perspective on Humanitarian Intervention – China’s Endorsement of RtoP – China’s Aids to Africa – China’s Peacekeeping Operations – Core National Interest – Non-intervention – «One state, two systems» – One China Policy – Equal Sovereignty – Comparison between European and Chinese Perspectives on Sovereignty
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Peter Lang AG Verfassungsrechtliche Probleme Großer Koalitionen
Book SynopsisAnlass für die Aufarbeitung der verfassungsrechtlichen Probleme Großer Koalitionen gab die Dritte Große Koalition im 18. Deutschen Bundestag (22. Oktober 2013 bis 24. Oktober 2017), in welchem die Regierungsfraktionen über eine Zweidrittelmehrheit verfügten. Den Oppositionsfraktionen war es insbesondere nicht möglich, zwei wichtige Mittel des Opponierens, die Minderheitenenquete und die abstrakte Normenkontrolle, aus eigener Kraft zu nutzen. Dieses Dilemma entschärfte der Deutsche Bundestag etwas, indem er einen befristeten Geschäftsordnungskompromiss in 126a GO-BT aufnahm, dennoch wurde diese kleine parlamentarische Errungenschaft von der Rechtsprechung wieder deutlich abgemildert. Der Autor zieht hieraus als Lehre von der Dritten Großen Koalition die Notwendigkeit einer Verfassungsänderung.
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Bod Third Party Titles Die Auswirkungen des demographischen Wandels auf
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Lit Verlag Plurality Of Peaces In Legal Action: Analyzing
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Lit Verlag Federalism and Decentralization: Perspectives for
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VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K. European External Intelligence Co-operation
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ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Limits of a Post-Soviet State: How Informality
Book SynopsisThis book illustrates why and how informality in governance is not necessarily transitory or temporary, but a constant in most systems of the world. The difference between various administrative structures is not whether informality is present or not, but where, in which areas, it is located. The essays gathered in this volume demonstrate that, in some cases, informal mechanisms are self-protective, while, in others, they are perceived as normal responses and a set of tactics for individuals, classes, and communities to respond to unusual demands. Where expectations of the state, a company, or some commission are too far from citizens' existing models of normative behaviour, informal behaviour continues to thrive. Indeed, new tactics are adopted in order to cope with disjunctions between theory and reality as well as to serve as contrasts to values imposed by a centre of power, such as a central state, a city administration, or the management board of a large company. The focus of the papers contained in this book is two-fold and rests on an analysis of phenomena manifesting themselves "beyond" and "in spite of" the state. The first part deals with areas where the state is not always, or only marginally, active whilst the second analyses activities performed in conflict with state regulations (ie: behaviour often studied from a criminal and legal standpoint).
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Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft The Attitudinal Dimension of Civility: Voluntary
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Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Demokratischer Konstitutionalismus: Dieter Grimms
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Verlag Barbara Budrich The Governance of Small States in Turbulent
Book SynopsisWhat is special about small states? How do they adapt their policies and patterns of governance to meet turbulent times such as a new security environment and the international financial crisis? Answers to these and further questions are provided by experts. What are the constraints on and opportunities of governance of small states in an interdependent and increasingly turbulent global setting? How do small states deal with radical changes in the international environment? What is the role of political institutions in facilitating and constraining policy responses to a rapidly changing international environment? How can political leadership contribute to stability in times of change? This book seeks to answer these questions by taking a comparative perspective on the processes of change and adaptation in the governance of Norway and Slovakia. These two small European states with highly open economies have been exposed to the same set of global turbulences related to post Cold War changes in the security environment and the global financial crisis; they are also facing internal challenges that spring from rapidly rising expectations while demographic shifts put pressure on their welfare systems. Their governance structures and processes are informed by their different political-administrative cultures, different history and levels of stability of democratic governance structures and, indeed, by their different modes of attachment to the European Union and other regional integration frameworks. These differences and a comparative approach in exploring the questions raised above can shed light not only on the specific forms of adaptation of governance structures in two small European states, but also generate insights into the role of integration structures in facilitating and constraining change.Trade ReviewDer englischsprachige Sammelband wartet mit einer durch und durch sympathischen Idee auf. Entgegen dem zeitgenössischen Mainstream, wonach Staaten respektive Staaten(ver)bünde gar nicht groß genug sein können, um in einer globalisierten Welt als aktive Player zu bestehen, vertreten die Autorinnen und Autoren eine vor diesem Hintergrund kontraintuitiv anmutende Einschätzung. Demnach - so die Ausgangsthese - können gerade kleine Staaten genug Dynamik und Flexibilität aufbringen, um angesichts des permanenten Anpassungsdrucks des internationalen Wettbewerbs und der internationalen Politik dauerhaft zu überleben. Die vergleichend angelegte Studie zweier kleiner europäischer Staaten - Norwegen und die Slowakei - erstreckt sich über vier Bereiche, die allesamt als charakteristisch für politische Verfahrensweisen in kleinen Staaten ausgegeben werden. pw-portal.de, 09.08.2012
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V&R unipress GmbH Gesetzesrecht und Satzungsrecht bei der
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Verlag Barbara Budrich Post–Taliban Statebuilding in Afghanistan – The
Book SynopsisAfter nearly two decades of war, on February 2020, the Trump administration signed an agreement with the Taliban through which the US and its NATO allies' troops must leave Afghanistan within the following few months. This agreement also paves the ground for Intra-Afghan talks between the US backed Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban militant group. This book critically reviews the US/NATO military, peace-and-statebuilding intervention since 2001 in Afghanistan. In addition, based on collected field interviews, it presents the Afghan perception and discourse on the topics such as democracy, Islam, women rights, formal and informal governance, ethnic divide and the state democratic governmental design at the national and subnational level.
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PHI Learning Introduction to the Constitution of India
Book SynopsisTextbook providing detailed information on the Indian Constitution, including amendments, important cases, legislative procedures, and comparisons with other countries. Designed for students at various levels and beneficial for law and political science students as well as Civil and Judicial Services Examination candidates.
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. Apj Abdul Kalam Scientist and Humanist
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. Secularism
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors Ethnicity and Constitutional Reform in South Asia
Book SynopsisThe upsurge of ethno-political strife is a major threat to national, regional and international security. Given the above scenario, constitutional reform is of vital importance in preventing and resolving ethnic conflict. This probes into the problem of ethnicity in South Asia and examines if and to what extent constitutional reform is a way out.
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Deep & Deep Publications B.R.Ambedkar on Federalism, Ethnicity and Gender
Book SynopsisPapers presented at the National Seminar on "Ambedkar's Perspective on Indian Federalism, Ethnic Relations, and Gender", held at Aligarh during 13-14 Mar. 1999.
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Deep & Deep Publications Select World Constitutions
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Kalpaz Publications States in India, Pakistan, Central Asia and
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Pentagon Press Constitutional Evolution in Nepal
Book SynopsisIn its efforts to reach out to universities and think thanks outside Delhi, Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) has established academic linkages with universities outside Delhi. The present volume is the outcome of the joint seminar organized by ICWA, New Delhi and, University Department of Political Science, Bhim Rao Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur held at Muzaffarpur in January 2011 to understand the constitutional evolution in Nepal. There is a belief that the failure of the Constitution Assembly to frame the new constitution has the potential to jeopardize the 2006 peace deal between the major political parties of Nepal. Further, the people of Nepal are disappointed over unresolved differences among political parties, widespread corruption, and indefinite general strikes. The root of the problem lies in the 'trust deficit' among the key parties, which poses a serious threat to peace in Nepal apart from being a major obstacle in drafting the constitution. The most important task of constitution-making is the building of consensus, and developing a framework for coexistence and cooperation among communities, based on social justice, values and national identity. There is an earnest desire among the peoples of Nepal that their political leaders should come to a consensus and take the peace process forward and not squander this historic opportunity.
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Tulika Books Constitutional Concerns – Writings on Law and
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