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Metropolitan Books Democracy May Not Exist but Well Miss It When Its
Book SynopsisWhat is democracy really? What do we mean when we use the term? And can it ever truly exist? Astra Taylor, hailed as a New Civil Rights Leader (LA Times), provides surprising answers.There is no shortage of democracy, at least in name, and yet it is in crisis everywhere we look. From a cabal of thieving plutocrats in the White House to campaign finance and gerrymandering, it is clear that democracyspecifically the principle of government by and for the peopleis not living up to its promise.In Democracy Might Not Exist, but We''ll Miss It When It''s Gone, Astra Taylor shows that real democracyfully inclusive and completely egalitarianhas in fact never existed. In a tone that is both philosophical and anecdotal, weaving together history, theory, the stories of individuals, and interviews with such leading thinkers as Cornel West, Danielle Allen, and Slavoj Zizek, Taylor invites us to reexamine the term. Is democracy a means or an end
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Picador USA Minority Rule
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Roaring Brook Press Why the People
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St Martin's Press Collision of Power
Book SynopsisA closely observed, gripping chronicle of politics and journalism during a decade of turmoil. The New York Times Book ReviewPolitics. Money. Media. Tech. It's all here in Collision of Power.All the President''s Men for a new generation. Town & CountryMarty Baron took charge of The Washington Postnewsroom in 2013, after nearly a dozen years leading The Boston Globe. Just seven months into his new job, Baron received explosive news: Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, would buy the Post, marking a sudden end to control by the venerated family that had presided over the paper for 80 years. Just over two years later, Donald Trump won the presidency.Now, the capital's newspaper, owned by one of the world's richest men, was tasked with reporting on a president who had campaigned against the press as the lowest form of humanity. Pressures on Baron and his colleagues were immense and unrele
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St Martin's Press Unlocking Your Inner Zelensky
Book SynopsisVolodymyr Zelensky captivated the world when his country was invaded by Russia in February 2022. His appearances were accompanied by countless inspiring statements. But there''s a single one that informs Unlocking Your Inner Zelensky: We are all simple people.Jessie Kanzer sees Zelensky as a Spiritual Leader for Our Times. As a Soviet refugee, she picks up on the deep philosophical ramifications behind his words. Rich and yet easy-to-read, the life lessons in Unlocking Your Inner Zelensky are accessible and wise, and are more about starting where you are than about war.Kanzer herself has a bit part in Zelensky''s life story, acting in one of his movies filmed in the States. She''s a self-described spiritual nerd who followed Zelensky long before he stood before a blue and yellow backdrop on the national stage. She writes, What is so incredible about our man Volodymyr is that his belief in himself stems not from seeing himself as special, but from
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Dynamics of Democratization
Book SynopsisLindberg, University of Florida; Sara Meerow, University of Amsterdam; James Raymond Vreeland, Georgetown University; Sharon L. Wolchik, George Washington UniversityTrade ReviewThis volume is an engaging survey of what is known and not known about the causes and consequences of democratization. Foreign AffairsTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I: Democracy and DictatorshipChapter 1. Hybrid Regimes: When Democracy and Autocracy MixChapter 2. Dictatorship and Democracy through the Prism of Arab ElectionsChapter 3. The Unexpected Resilience of Latin American DemocracyChapter 4. Sustaining Party Rule in China: Coercion, Co- optation, and Their ConsequencesChapter 5. Fighting Reversion: Strong Legislatures as the Key to Bolstering DemocracyPart II: Democracy and Development Chapter 6. Economic Development and Demo cratizationChapter 7. Persistent Authoritarianism and the Future of Democracy in AfricaChapter 8. Democracy and Development: Legacy EffectsPart III: Does Democracy Diffuse?Chapter 9. Policy Makers, Intellectuals, and Democracy Promotion in Twentieth-Century American Foreign PolicyChapter 10. International Dimensions of ElectionsChapter 11. International Diffusion and Demo cratic ChangeConclusionList of Contributors Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Dynamics of Democratization
Book SynopsisLindberg, University of Florida; Sara Meerow, University of Amsterdam; James Raymond Vreeland, Georgetown University; Sharon L. Wolchik, George Washington UniversityTrade ReviewThis volume is an engaging survey of what is known and not known about the causes and consequences of democratization. Foreign AffairsTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I: Democracy and DictatorshipChapter 1. Hybrid Regimes: When Democracy and Autocracy MixChapter 2. Dictatorship and Democracy through the Prism of Arab ElectionsChapter 3. The Unexpected Resilience of Latin American DemocracyChapter 4. Sustaining Party Rule in China: Coercion, Co- optation, and Their ConsequencesChapter 5. Fighting Reversion: Strong Legislatures as the Key to Bolstering DemocracyPart II: Democracy and Development Chapter 6. Economic Development and Demo cratizationChapter 7. Persistent Authoritarianism and the Future of Democracy in AfricaChapter 8. Democracy and Development: Legacy EffectsPart III: Does Democracy Diffuse?Chapter 9. Policy Makers, Intellectuals, and Democracy Promotion in Twentieth-Century American Foreign PolicyChapter 10. International Dimensions of ElectionsChapter 11. International Diffusion and Demo cratic ChangeConclusionList of Contributors Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Resurgence of the Latin American Left
Book SynopsisLatin America experienced an unprecedented wave of left-leaning governments between 1998 and 2010. This title examines the causes of this leftward turn and the consequences it carries for the region in the twenty-first century. It looks at several major themes regarding the contemporary Latin American Left.Trade ReviewThe Levitsky/Roberts work, nonetheless, will stand as the most comprehensive treatment to date of the re-emergence of the Latin American left, and of the variable performance in office of the 'first generation' of left and centre-left governments. -- Philip Chrimes International Affairs A must read for those interested in understanding the return of Latin America to the Left and the variation inherent in it. Choice Impressive and authoritative... this is a very fine volume. -- Peadar Kirby European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies A wide range of ideological perspectives... Levitsky and Roberts open the volume with a solid essay. -- Marc Becker Latin American PerspectivesTable of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresPrefaceAbbreviations Introduction. Latin America's "Left Turn": A Framework for AnalysisPart I: Thematic IssuesChapter 1. Evidence from Public OpinionChapter 2. Economic Constraints and Presidential AgencyChapter 3. The Left: Destroyer or Savior of the Market Model?Chapter 4. The Political Left, the Export Boom, and the Populist TemptationChapter 5. Social Policy and Redistribution: Chile and UruguayChapter 6. The Diversity of Left Party Linkages and Competitive AdvantagesChapter 7. The Left and Participatory Democracy: Brazil, Uruguay, and VenezuelaChapter 8. The Left and Citizenship RightsPart II: Case AnalysesChapter 9. Venezuela: Hugo Chávez and the Populist LeftChapter 10. Bolivia: Origins and Policies of the Movimiento al SocialismoChapter 11. Ecuador: Rafael Correa and the Citizens' RevolutionChapter 12. Argentina: Left Populism in Comparative Perspective, 2003–2009Chapter 13. Brazil: The PT in PowerChapter 14. Chile: The Left after NeoliberalismChapter 15. Uruguay: A Social Democratic Government in Latin AmericaChapter 16. Peru: The Left Turn That Wasn'tConclusion. Democracy, Development, and the LeftReferencesContributorsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Embracing Democracy in the Western Balkans
Book SynopsisThe authors ask whether the Western Balkans are embracing democracy by creating functional, resilient institutions-governmental, administrative, journalistic, and economic-and fostering popular trust in the legitimacy of those institutions.Trade Review"This book presents new information which is the result of recent research. The scholarship is superior. The authors have addressed almost all of the relevant topics in a discussion of democratization and integration." (Nick Miller, Boise State University)"Table of ContentsPrefacePart I: Conceptual Foundations1. Geriatric Mental Health Care in the Twenty-first Century2. Concepts Underlying Geriatric Mental Health CarePart II: A Clinical Guide3. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment4. Interviewing and Developing an Alliance5. Age-Related Changes in Cognition in Later Life6. Cognitive Impairment in Older Persons7. Alzheimer Disease8. Other Dementias9. Managing the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia10. Mood Disorders11. Anxiety Disorders12. Schizophrenia in Later Life13. Alcohol Abuse, Substance Abuse, and Medication Mismanagement14. Other Psychiatric Disorders and Behavioral Conditions15. Family CaregivingPart III: Special Clinical Issues16. Assessing the Capacity of Older Persons17. Elder Abuse18. Violent Deaths19. Disasters and Terrorism20. End-of-Life Care21. Geriatric Mental Health PoliciesReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Liberation Technology
Book SynopsisHoward, Muzammil M. Hussain, Rebecca MacKinnon, Patrick Meier, Evgeny Morozov, Xiao Qiang, Rafal Rohozinski, Mehdi YahyanejadTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Liberation vs. Control in CyberspaceChapter 1. Liberation TechnologyChapter 2. Liberation vs. Control: The Future of CyberspaceChapter 3. International Mechanisms of Cyberspace ControlsChapter 4. Whither Internet Control?Part II: Liberation Technology in ChinaChapter 5. The Battle for the Chinese InternetChapter 6. China's "Networked Authoritarianism"Part III: Liberation Technology in the Middle EastChapter 7. Ushahidi as a Liberation TechnologyChapter 8. Egypt and Tunisia: The Role of Digital MediaChapter 9. Circumventing Internet Censorship in the Arab WorldChapter 10. Social Media, Dissent, and Iran's Green MovementPart IV: Policy RecommendationsChapter 11. Challenges for International PolicyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Liberation Technology
Book SynopsisHoward, Muzammil M. Hussain, Rebecca MacKinnon, Patrick Meier, Evgeny Morozov, Xiao Qiang, Rafal Rohozinski, Mehdi YahyanejadTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Liberation vs. Control in CyberspaceChapter 1. Liberation TechnologyChapter 2. Liberation vs. Control: The Future of CyberspaceChapter 3. International Mechanisms of Cyberspace ControlsChapter 4. Whither Internet Control?Part II: Liberation Technology in ChinaChapter 5. The Battle for the Chinese InternetChapter 6. China's "Networked Authoritarianism"Part III: Liberation Technology in the Middle EastChapter 7. Ushahidi as a Liberation TechnologyChapter 8. Egypt and Tunisia: The Role of Digital MediaChapter 9. Circumventing Internet Censorship in the Arab WorldChapter 10. Social Media, Dissent, and Iran's Green MovementPart IV: Policy RecommendationsChapter 11. Challenges for International PolicyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Wrong
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA compelling exploration of the psychological factors behind misinformation and belief.—Library JournalDannagal Goldthwaite Young's insightful book Wrong investigates the political and philosophical reasons why people rely on information that they know is false.—Foreword ReviewsAn intriguing deep dive into the current American information environment.—Publishers WeeklyMisinformation has been a topic of increasing concern in recent years, and in Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation, Dannagal Goldthwaite Young examines the unique cultural structures in the United States that make its citizens particularly susceptible.[Wrong] offers valuable insight and works to strengthen democracy and the social connectedness still possible in the United States.—Shelf AwarenessRecognizing how deep this crisis goes leaves us in a difficult place. Getting people to reject demonstrable lies isn't simply a matter of bludgeoning them with facts. As the communications scholar Dannagal Goldthwaite Young writes in 'Wrong: How Media, Politics and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation' (2023), the impulse to berate and mock people who believe conspiratorial falsehoods will typically backfire....Building trust requires cultivating...social connection instead of torching it. But extending compassionate overtures to people who believe things that are odious and harmful is risky too.—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times Book ReviewTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPART I1. "People Like Us Believe These Things."2. How do we Know What we Know?3. America's Asymmetrical Identity Alignment4. I'm One of Them: Social Identity5. The Epistemic Divide: "People Like Us Understand the World This Way."PART II6. How Political News Rewards Identity Performances and Activates Identity Threat7. Separate Me: Identity Distillation through Partisan Media8. Curate Me: Identity Distillation Through Social Media9. Solutions to Identity-Driven Wrongness
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Rowman & Littlefield Unchecked and Unbalanced
Book SynopsisIn Unchecked and Unbalanced, Arnold Kling provides a blueprint for those who are skeptical of political and financial elitism. At the heart of Kling''s argument is the growing discrepancy between two phenomena: knowledge is becoming more diffuse, while political power is becoming more concentrated. Kling sees this knowledge/power discrepancy at the heart of the financial crisis of 2008. Financial industry executives and regulatory officials lacked the ability to fathom the complexity of the system that had emerged. And, in response, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, said that they required still more power, including $700 billion to purchase toxic assets from banks. Kling warns that increased concentration of power is a problem, not a panacea, for our modern world and suggests reforms designed to curb the growth of government and allow citizens greater control over the allocation of public goods. Published in cooperation with the HooTrade ReviewThis is essential reading on the political dangers facing us today and the risk of excess centralization. Arnold Kling is one of my favorite commentators. -- Tyler Cowen, Holbert L. Harris Professor of Economics, George Mason University, and general director, Mercatus CenterIf it seems to you as if politicians and government officials are getting dumber, Arnold Kling has the explanation: As their power grows, they know less of what they need to know to exercise it wisely. Kling offers a remedy that is likely to arouse interest in the electorate, and apprehension in officialdom. -- Glenn Reynolds, Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law at University of Tennessee and author of the blog instapunditUnchecked and Unbalanced is an interesting book….The questions Kling asks are not always the ones I would have asked, but they are thought provoking nonetheless. * The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy, Spring 2011 *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Contents Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Chapter 1: The Financial Crisis of 2008 Chapter 4 Chapter 2: The Discrepancy Between Knowledge and Power Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Mechanisms for Decentralizing Power Chapter 6 Conclusion Chapter 7 Acknowledgements Chapter 8 Index
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Basic Books How Democracy Ends
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Basic Books The Overlooked Americans: The Resilience of Our
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£25.60
Basic Books Two Cheers for Politics: Why Democracy Is Flawed,
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£24.00
PublicAffairs Fixing France: How to Repair a Broken Republic
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£22.50
PublicAffairs In Defense of Open Society
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£20.80
SAGE Publications Inc Public Opinion: Democratic Ideals, Democratic Practice
£139.13
Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc Political Liberalization and Democratization in
Book SynopsisThe Arab world is experiencing a variety of factors - internal and external - that are leading to change. This work examines such factors that are shaping political liberalisation and democratisation in the Arab context, as well as the role played by particular social groups.
£28.81
University of Massachusetts Press Town Meeting: Practicing Democracy in Rural New
Book SynopsisAt Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln described government by the people as the great task remaining before us. Many citizens of modern America, frustrated and disheartened, are tempted to despair of realizing that ideal. Yet, it is a project still alive in parts of New England. This book traces the origins of town-meeting democracy in Ashfield, a community of just under 2,000 people in the foothills of the Berkshires in western Massachusetts. Donald Robinson begins by recounting several crises at the town's founding in the eighteenth century that helped to shape its character. He shows how the town has changed since then and examines how democratic self-government functions in the modern context. The picture is not pretty. Self-government carries no guarantees, and Ashfield is no utopia. Human failings are abundantly on display. Leaders mislead. Citizens don't pay attention and they forget hard-earned lessons. But in this candid account of the operation of democracy in one New England town, Robinson demonstrates that for better and for worse, Ashfield governs itself democratically. Citizens control the actions of their government. Not everyone participates, but all may, and everyone who lives in the town must accept and obey what town meeting decides.
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Ivan R Dee, Inc Locke in 90 Minutes
Book Synopsis“Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character....I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one’s friends to Western civilization.”—Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe. “Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them....I find them hard to stop reading.”—Richard Bernstein, New York Times. “Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise.”—Jim Holt, Wall Street Journal. These brief and enlightening explorations of our greatest thinkers bring their ideas to life in entertaining and accessible fashion. Philosophical thought is deciphered and made comprehensive and interesting to almost everyone. Far from being a novelty, each book is a highly refined appraisal of the philosopher and his work, authoritative and clearly presented.Trade ReviewWell-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them...I find them hard to stop reading. -- Richard Bernstein * The New York Times *Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise. -- Jim Holt * The Wall Street Journal *Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character...I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization. -- Katherine A. Powers * The Boston Globe *A godsend in this era of the short attention span. -- Daryl Royster Alexander * The New York Times *
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Sasquatch Books The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story of
Book SynopsisOne of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “10 Books Everyone Should Read” This fascinating study of democracy in the 21st century is a much-needed call for citizens to reach across the aisle and put power back into the hands of individuals—not Big Government Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer outline a simple but revolutionary argument for why our most basic assumptions about democracy need updating for the 21st century. They offer a roadmap for those looking for a way forward from an American life marked by divisive conversations. In a world with widespread political upheaval, a deep wellspring of civic engagement and collective action is emerging. America is finding that our cultural and political dialogue is spiking over everything from racial and social justice to fighting the ever-widening income gap, to climate change—even how we might best collaborate as active citizens to heal our democracy. Timely, inspiring, and highly charged, The Gardens of Democracy is a much-needed call to action for citizens to embrace their roles in a democratic society. To model positivity and good citizenship, plus ensure liberty and justice for all, we must achieve compromise by reaching across the aisle and putting the power to execute programs back in the hands of individuals, not big government. We must redefine how we view prosperity in order to move from a dog-eat-dog mentality that perpetuates the top 1% to a communal and inclusive movement that illustrates that we’re all better off when we’re all better off.
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Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc Building Democracy in Latin America
Book SynopsisThe third edition of this historically and theoretically grounded analysis of the democratic experience in Latin America reflects important developments both in the region and in the comparative politics literature.Placing the subject in a normative context, John Peeler gives significant attention to the adequacy of a purely electoral concept of democracy. He also addresses the problems that economic globalization pose for building vital democracies. One focus of this new edition is the recent 'left turn' in Latin America, which has seen the majority of the region's countries elect presidents with socialist or social democratic stances that directly challenge the previously dominant free market, neoliberal ideology.Trade ReviewThis is a very good book.... [It] will probably stand for some time as the best introduction to Latin America's complex experience with democracy. - Political Science Quarterly ""An excellent general introduction to the comparative politics of democratization in the region, interwoven with an intelligent and lucid discussion of democratic theory. It will make worthwhile reading for undergraduates... and for [anyone] engaged in current debates about the causes and dynamics of democratization and the contemporary politics of Latin America."" - Franklin Steves, JISWATable of ContentsIntroduction: Basic Issues in Democratic Theory.; Democracy and the Latin American Tradition.; Foundations: Establishing Democracy.; Maintenance: Stabilization and Consolidation.; Destabilization, Deconsolidation, Decay.; Latin American Democracy Today.; A New Vision of Democracy in a Globalized World.
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Smithsonian Books American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
Book SynopsisAmerican Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith is the companion volume to an exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History that celebrates the bold and radical experiment to test a wholly new form of government. Democracy is still a work in progress, but it is at the core of our nation's political, economic, and social life. This lavishly illustrated book explores democracy from the Revolution to the present using objects from the museum's collection, such as the portable writing box that Thomas Jefferson used while composing the Declaration of Independence, the inkstand with which Abraham Lincoln drafted the Emancipation Proclamation, Susan B. Anthony's iconic red shawl, and many more. Not only famous voices are presented: like democracy itself, the book and the exhibition preserve the voice of the people by showcasing campaign materials, protest signs, and a host of other items from everyday life that reflect the promises and challenges of American democracy throughout the nation's history.
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The Library of America Richard Hofstadter: Anti-Intellectualism in
Book SynopsisTogether for the first time: two masterworks on the undercurrents of the American mind by one of our greatest historiansRichard Hofstadter''s Anti-Intellectualism in American Life and The Paranoid Style in American Politics are two essential works that lay bare the worrying trends of irrationalism, demagoguery, destructive populism, and conspiratorial thinking that have long influenced American politics and culture. Whether underground or--as in our present moment--out in the open, these currents of resentment, suspicion, and conspiratorial delusion received their authoritative treatment from Hofstadter, among the greatest of twentieth-century American historians, at a time when many public intellectuals and scholars did not take them seriously enough. These two masterworks are joined here by Sean Wilentz''s selection of Hofstadter''s most trenchant uncollected writings of the postwar period: discussions of the Constitution''s framers, the personality and legacy of FDR, higher education and its discontents, the relationship of fundamentalism to right-wing politics, and the advent of the modern conservative movement.
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Experiment Freedom: How We Lose It and How We Fight Back
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Experiment The Shortest History of Greece: The Odyssey of a
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£13.59
Berrett-Koehler When Money Talks: The High Price of Free Speech
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Counterpoint I Dream with Open Eyes: A Memoir
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£20.80
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial La revancha de los poderosos: Cómo los autócratas
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Cranberry Press The Commander in Chief: The Qualities Needed of
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Verso Books The Return of the Public: Democracy, Power and
Book SynopsisUnder the incurious gaze of the major media, the political establishment and the financial sector have become increasingly deceitful and dangerous in recent years. At the same time, journalists at Rupert Murdoch's News International and elsewhere have been breaking the law on an industrial scale. Now we are expected to stay quiet while those who presided over the shambles judge their own conduct.In The Return of the Public, Dan Hind argues for reform of the media as a necessary prelude to wider social transformation. A former commissioning editor, Hind urges us to focus on the powers of the media to instigate investigations and to publicize the results, powers that editors and owners are desperate to keep from general deliberation.Hind describes a programme of reform that is modest, simple and informed by years of experience. It is a programme that much of the media cannot bring themselves even to acknowledge, precisely because it threatens their private power. It is time the public had their say.Trade ReviewA superb analysis of the way in which citizens have lost power in a political and economic system built around the free market. -- Roy Greenslade * Guardian *A book marked by a somber and scathing rhetoric that recalls the Frankfurt School critique of thinkers such as Adorno and Marcuse. -- Boyd Tonkin * Independent *In his ingenious and quietly passionate argument, Dan Hind shows how we could take democracy into the media so that it becomes something regular people can shape-a part of how we rule ourselves instead of stealing democracy from us. -- Anthony Barnett, founder, openDemocracyDrawing on history and democratic theory, this book offers a powerful indictment of public exclusion. It is also original, breaking with standard corporatist approaches to reform. Well written, eloquent and very well worth reading. -- James Curran, co-author of Power Without ResponsibilityA persuasive and vital analysis. -- David Cromwell, co-editor of Media Lens * Times Higher Education Supplement *Winner, 2011 Best Book of Ideas * Bristol Festival of Ideas *
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Trans Pacific Press Governance and Democracy in Asia
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Trans Pacific Press Governance and Democracy in Asia
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£34.79
The University of Akron Press Superintending Democracy: The Courts and the
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£22.50
For Beginners Democracy for Beginners
Book SynopsisWith all the talk about democracy these days, it''s surprising how little time is spent concentrating on the concept of democracy itself, its history and justification as a form of political governance. DEMOCRACY FOR BEGINNERS looks at democracy''s rich evolution in its varied forms, and at some of the challenges democracies face today.Beginning with the rise of democracy in fifth-century Athens and ending with an exploration of what the future might hold - for example the notion of e-democracy- DEMOCRACY FOR BEGINNERS is an important resource for understanding the foundation on which our country stands. Readers will become familiar with ideas advanced by democracy''s advocates and architects, and by its critics, from Plato to contemporary social choice theoreticians.DEMOCRACY FOR BEGINNERS is the perfect introduction to the United States of America''s founding principles.
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For Beginners First Amendment for Begiinners
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Apollo Publishers Words to Win By: The Slogans, Logos, and Designs
Book SynopsisFrom “All the Way with LBJ” to red MAGA hats, famous and infamous slogans, logos, signage, and accessories from over a century of presidential elections are compiled in a striking visual encyclopedia.Presidential campaigns emerge in state fairs, stump speeches, and selfie lines; but when the crowds disperse and after ballots are cast, movements live on in posters, logos, slogans, and accessories. From Hillary pins to Warren Harding's “Return to Normalcy” banners, from buttons emblazoned with Dwight Eisenhower's trademark “I Like Ike” to Shepard Fairey's iconic “HOPE” poster for Barack Obama, and highly thought-out promotions for Biden and the rest of the 2020 presidential candidates, campaign materials serve as portals into the complex nature of American politics, values, and emotion.This collection of visual messaging, brimming with five hundred punchy color images from United States presidential campaigns from the turn of the twentieth century to today, contains the bold graphics, quippy one-liners, and cutting-edge designs that shaped the way America viewed its would-be leaders and revealed the way its would-be leaders viewed America in return. Presidential candidates might range from policy wonks to moral champions to experienced leaders, but they all rely on expert branding to convey their unique platforms to the public.In the fast-moving age of Twitter and Facebook, this tangible display of effective—and regrettable—American artifacts is destined to delight political junkies and design aficionados of all stripes.
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Belt Publishing The History of Democracy Has Yet to Be Written
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Belt Publishing The History of Democracy Has Yet to Be Written:
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Fondation Hardt Democratie Athenienne - Democratie Moderne:
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Librarie Philosophique J. Vrin Les Embarras de la Democratie
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Bohlau Verlag Krise Der Demokratie - Krise Der Wissenschaften?
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Bohlau Verlag Der Preis der Deutschen Einheit: Michail
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Duncker & Humblot Mensch Versus Staat: Hrsg. Und Ubersetzt Von
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Duncker & Humblot Vulnerabilitat Und Resilienz Der Freiheitlichen
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Erinnern an Demokratie in Deutschland:
Book SynopsisDer Band analysiert die ErzÃhlung der deutschen Demokratiegeschichte anhand ausgewÃhlter Museen und GedenkstÃtten.
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