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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Fool Proof
Book SynopsisThe fear of playing the fool is a universal psychological phenomenon and an underappreciated driver of human behavior;Trade Review"Wool is nice. So why do we just hate having it pulled over our eyes? Why would we rather be poor than cheated, mistaken than misled? Why would we rather be corpses than chumps? Smart, beautifully written, and grounded in science, Fool Proof explains how our aversion to being duped can make us the biggest suckers of all time. This book is a gem. Trust me. Would I lie to you?" — Daniel Gilbert, Harvard University, best-selling author of Stumbling on Happiness “Fascinating, highly original, and terrific. Wilkinson-Ryan gets at the heart of a fundamental problem - and greatly illuminates law, policy, and human life in the process." — Cass R. Sunstein, Harvard University, co-author of The New York Times bestseller Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness "The fear of playing the sucker is so engrained in our psyches that it seems to be instinctual. But, as Fool Proof brilliantly reveals, exploitation narratives are profoundly shaped by racist and sexist stereotypes and frequently weaponized to bolster an inequitable social order. Contracts expert, moral psychologist, and mother of two, Tess Wilkinson-Ryan draws on a fascinating trove of empirical research and familiar experiences to question the tradeoff between avoiding scams and caring for each other—and to illuminate a path to greater moral integrity." — Dorothy Roberts, University of Pennsylvania, author of Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty “Thought-provoking and delightful on every page, Fool Proof is one of those books every curious reader will find themselves in. It reads like a fascinating conversation with someone brilliant you just met at a dinner party. With expertise and enthusiasm to burn, Wilkinson-Ryan has crafted a book I won’t be cooling off from anytime soon.” — Amanda Montell, author of Cultish and Wordslut
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HarperCollins Koresh
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Penguin Books Canada Ltd Party of One
Book SynopsisIn time for the federal election that promises to be a referendum on Stephen Harper's tenure, Party of One is a scathing look at the majority government of a prime minister determined to remake Canada. In Party of One, investigative journalist Michael Harris closely examines the majority government of a prime minister essentially unchecked by the opposition and empowered by the general election victory of May 2011. Harris looks at Stephen Harper's policies, instincts, and the often breathtaking gap between his stated political principles and his practices. He argues that Harper is more than a master of controlling information; he is a profoundly anti-democratic figure. In the F-35 debacle, the government's sin wasn't only in keeping the facts from Canadians, it was in inventing them. He illustrates how Harper has made war on every independent source of information in Canada since coming to power. H
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Oxford University Press Tribes and Politics in Yemen
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University of Illinois Press Free Spirits
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Calling on an impressive range of sources including weekly journals, essays, letters, and various organizational reports, Lause clearly demonstrates the wealth of evidence supporting the influence of spiritualists… Recommended."--Choice "Opens a door between works that consider spiritualism as a purely religious phenomenon and works that deal with the history of the reform movements of the time in purely political or economic terms. By developing this thesis, Lause shows how limited previous treatments of progressive reform have been."--John B. Buescher, author of The Remarkable Life of John Murray Spear: Agitator for the Spirit Land "Historians of religion, culture, and politics will all learn something new. . . . Free Spirits is filled with fascinating material."--The Journal of Southern History "There is virtually no scholarship on the influence and counter-influence of spiritualism and politics. The fresh insights on Lincoln, who is generally protected from any real alliance with spiritualism by virtue of his 'difficult' wife, is a great contribution, as are the messages from the southern dead."--Cathy Gutierrez, author of Plato's Ghost: Spiritualism in the American Renaissance"Opens a door between works that consider spiritualism as a purely religious phenomenon and works that deal with the history of the reform movements of the time in purely political or economic terms. By developing this thesis, Lause shows how limited previous treatments of progressive reform have been."--John B. Buescher, author of The Remarkable Life of John Murray Spear: Agitator for the Spirit Land
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Three Rivers Press The Audacity of Hope Thoughts on Reclaiming the
Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Barack Obama’s lucid vision of America’s place in the world and call for a new kind of politics that builds upon our shared understandings as Americans, based on his years in the Senate “In our lowdown, dispiriting era, Obama’s talent for proposing humane, sensible solutions with uplifting, elegant prose does fill one with hope.”—Michael Kazin, The Washington Post In July 2004, four years before his presidency, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners’ minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future, or what Obama called “the audacity of hope.&rdq
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Random House USA Inc Revolution 1989
Book SynopsisRevolution 1989 is the first in-depth, authoritative account of a few months that changed the world.At the start of 1989, six European nations were Soviet vassal states. By year's end, they had all declared national independence and embarked on the road to democracy. How did it happen so quickly? Victor Sebestyen, who was on the scene as a reporter, draws on his firsthand knowledge of the events, on scores of interviews with witnesses and participants, and on newly uncovered archival material. He tells the story through the eyes of ordinary men and women as well as through the strategic moves of world leaders. He shows how the KGB helped bring down former allies; how the United States tried to slow the process; and why the collapse of the Iron Curtain was the catalyst for the fall of the entire Soviet empire.
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Random House USA Inc Muzzled
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pirate Enlightenment or the Real Libertalia
Book SynopsisThe final posthumous work by the coauthor of the major New York Times bestseller The Dawn of Everything.Pirates have long lived in the realm of romance and fantasy, symbolizing risk, lawlessness, and radical visions of freedom. But at the root of this mythology is a rich history of pirate societiesvibrant, imaginative experiments in self-governance and alternative social formations at the edges of the European empire.In graduate school, David Graeber conducted ethnographic field research in Madagascar for his doctoral thesis on the island's politics and history of slavery and magic. During this time, he encountered the Zana-Malata, an ethnic group of mixed descendants of the many pirates who settled on the island at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia, Graeber's final posthumous book, is the outgrowth of this early research and the culmination of ideas that he developed in his classic, best
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WW Norton & Co Public Citizens
Book SynopsisThe story of the dramatic postwar struggle over the proper role of citizens and government in American society.Trade Review"Elegantly argued and meticulously documented…Sabin makes his case intelligently and forcefully." -- Timothy Noah, New York Times Book Review"Crisp, clear, eloquent, and carefully focused on the political changes of the 1970s." -- Kim Phillips-Fein, The New Republic"Carefully researched and patiently argued." -- Louis Menand, New Yorker"There is a stereotype of the cleavage in American politics, which is that Democrats want to use the government to do big things, and Republicans don’t, and that is the fight. But if you look more deeply…there’s a bit of a divided Democratic soul here…There’s a great new book on this called Public Citizens by Paul Sabin." -- Ezra Klein on The Ezra Klein Show"[Sabin's] cogent history is timely and likely to be enduring. An insightful and squirm-inducing account of how the good guys won and then lost." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred)"Sabin crafts a coherent historical narrative out of the alphabet soup of government agencies and public interest groups, and sheds light on major developments in American politics. This deep dive delivers plenty of rewards." -- Publishers Weekly"This book could not be more timely. Paul Sabin powerfully demonstrates that the liberal postwar order was not only undercut by the rise of the right, but also by an activist left that for good reason decried government’s deafness to citizens’ needs and participation. How best to serve the public interest is the greatest challenge of our time, and we could have no better guide through the historical thicket than Sabin." -- Lizabeth Cohen, author of Saving America's Cities"Paul Sabin’s history of America’s 1960s and ’70s is directly relevant to the country’s civic, political, and ethical choices in the decades ahead. This is a surprising, insightful, and lastingly useful book." -- James Fallows, author of Our Towns"Astute and nuanced, Paul Sabin uses Ralph Nader and the public interest movement he helped spawn to tell a fascinating story of American governance and the limits of markets, regulation, and citizen action." -- Richard White, author of Railroaded"Paul Sabin has written a fascinating account of the forgotten history of public interest liberalism. Looking back at Ralph Nader and allied good government warriors, Sabin offers a powerful reminder that the attack on big government didn’t just come from the right but the left as well." -- Julian Zelizer, author of Burning Down the House"Long before 'the Reagan Revolution,' an army of citizen activists launched a searing attack on liberalism, big government, and the administrative state—and helped pave the way for market-oriented conservatism. Paul Sabin’s timely, provocative, and deeply ironic account should be required reading for everyone interested in environmentalism, consumerism, political economy, and the 1970s." -- Laura Kalman, author of The Long Reach of the Sixties
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Basic Books Adam Smith
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Alfred A. Knopf Cheap Land Colorado
Book Synopsis From Pulitzer Prize finalist and National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author of Newjack, a passage through an America lived wild and off the grid, where along with independence and stunning views come fierce winds, neighbors with criminal pasts, and minimal government and medical services.“In these dispatches, [Conover] invites readers to ride shotgun along an unraveling edge of the American West, where sepia-toned myths about making a fresh start collide with modern modes of alienation, volatility, and exile.... In a nation whose edges have come to define its center, this is essential reading.”—Jessica Bruder, author of Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century In May 2017, Ted Conover went to Colorado to explore firsthand a rural way of life that is about living cheaply, on your own land—and keeping clear of the mainstream. The failed subdivisions of the enormous San Luis Valley make this possibl
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Mariner Books Spain in Our Hearts
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Random House USA Inc End of Discussion How the Lefts Outrage Industry
Book SynopsisWith a new foreword for the paperback edition reflecting Trump's election and the recent uproar surrounding right-leaning speakers on college campuses, this unapologetic conservative duo featured on FOX News, Townhall, The Federalist, and CNN combat the silencing of free speech in America.They're trying to silence you. But don't let them dictate the End of Discussion. In the age of Trump, a prejudice against free speech is spreading, fueled by a growing movement that believes ideas must be squelched to protect people. The presidential election of 2016 should have been the clearest sign yet to the Left that trying to convince half the country to shut up is not the same as actually convincing them. And yet, in its wake, the impulse to stifle and punish incorrect viewpoints, and the deplorables who voice them, is alive and well. It's a vicious and ironic cycle, especially in academia, where dissenting speech is deemed dangerous and equated to violence -- while
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Random House USA Inc HomeLand
Book SynopsisA moving reflection on the complicated nature of home and homeland, and the heartache and adventure of leaving an adopted country in order to return to your native land—this is a “winsome memoir of departure and reversal . . . about the way a series of unknowns accrue into a life” (Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror).When the New Yorker writer Rebecca Mead relocated to her birth city, London, with her family in the summer of 2018, she was both fleeing the political situation in America and seeking to expose her son to a wider world. With a keen sense of what she’d given up as she left New York, her home of thirty years, she tried to knit herself into the fabric of a changed London. The move raised poignant questions about place: What does it mean to leave the place you have adopted as home and country? And what is the value and cost of uprooting yourself?In a deft mix of memoir and reportage, drawing on literature and
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Random House USA Inc Utopia Everymans Library
Book Synopsis First published in 1516, during a period of astonishing political and technological change, Sir Thomas More's Utopia depicts an imaginary society free of private property, sexual discrimination, violence, and religious intolerance. Raphael Hythloday, a philospher and world traveler, describes to the author and his friend an island nation he has visited called Utopia (combining the Greek ou-topos and eu-topos, for no place and good place, respectively). Hythloday believes the rational social order of the Utopians is far superior to anything in Europe, while his listeners find many of their customs appealing but absurd. Given the enigmatic ambivalence of the character that More named after himself and the playful Greek puns he sprinkled throughout (including Hythloday's name, which means knowing nonsense), it is difficult to know what precisely More meant his readers to make of all the innovations of his Utopia. But
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group The Republic
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Rowman & Littlefield The Essential Ronald Reagan A Profile in Courage
Book SynopsisRecounts the life and career of American president Ronald Reagan. This work covers his small-town Midwestern roots through to his Hollywood film star days to his presidential role as redeemer of the American dream and victorious leader in the Cold War. It also analyzes the qualities of leadership that enabled him to meet each challenge and crisis.Trade Review...a masterpiece of compression; strongly recommended as a first book to read on Reagan. -- Michael Potemra * National Review *As Edwards rightly notes, Reagan is an 'American for the ages.' -- Loredana Vuoto * The Weekly Standard *Ronald Reagan stands as the most consequential president of the second half of the 20th century. In The Essential Ronald Reagan, Lee Edwards tells the Reagan story as a leading scholar of American conservatism and a gifted writer can. -- Michael Barone, senior writer, U.S. News & World ReportThe Essential Ronald Reagan is a masterful political biography of a great American president. -- Edwin Meese III, Presidential Counselor, 1981-1985, U.S. Attorney General 1985-1988I'm often asked to recommend a short biography of Ronald Reagan, one that concisely strikes at the core of the man, his ideas, and what he did. The Essential Ronald Reagan is the book that I will now recommend. Lee Edwards has produced a well-written, well-researched, balanced, engaging, and insightful biography of Ronald Reagan. -- Paul Kengor, Ph.D., author of God and Ronald Reagan and professor at Grove City CollegeOffers the first comprehensive political portrait of the man. * Forecast *Lee Edwards, who wrote the first biography of Ronald Reagan in 1967, has now written the revised edition—incorporating the stunning accomplishments of Reagan as Governor of California and President of the U.S. This is the essential biography of one of our greatest presidents. -- Martin Anderson, Keith and Jan Hurlbut Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University...this book reveals a man whose amiable facade guarded a more thoughtful and knowledgeable interior. * Publishers Weekly *This book is not just a checklist of accomplishments, but also a concise, penetrating study of Reagan's formation and leadership...Edwards consciously creates a succinct political biography...This assessment of Reagan's presidency is something one sees far too little of in the Reagan literature—and it is an honest one. -- Matthew James Sitman * Townhall *Overall, readers will find this book to be both well-written and informative. The author has provided an important political analysis of Reagan and his presidency. * Foreword Reviews *"The Essential Ronald Reagan is a very good introduction to America's 40th president. ...As the quasi-official historian of the conservative movement, Edwards is a fitting guide to Reagan's life and legacy." -- John J. Miller * Washington Examiner *Edwards offers an interesting perspective on Reagan's transformation from a liberal Democrat who was an ethusiastic supporter of Franklin Roosevelt to a conservative Republican who eschewed big government... Readers will find this book to be both well-written and informative. The author has provided an important political analysis of Reagan and his presidency. -- Robin Dasher-Alston * Foreword Reviews *In 147 pages of text, Lee Edwards has accomplished what Ronald Reagan's official biographer, Edmund Morris, was unable to do in 674: He has captured the essence of the 40th president's character. -- Peter Hannaford * The Weekly Standard *Table of ContentsPart 1 Preface Part 2 Introduction: A Time for Testing Chapter 3 From the Heartland Chapter 4 Going Hollywood Chapter 5 Communism and Capitalism Chapter 6 In the Ring at Last Chapter 7 The Biggest Role of All Chapter 8 Golden Years Chapter 9 The Reagan Doctrine Chapter 10 Never Again Part 11 Bibliographic Essay Part 12 Notes Part 13 Index Part 14 Acknowledgments Part 15 About the Author
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Rowman & Littlefield The Politics of Life 25 Rules for Survival in a
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWashington journalist and author Crawford (Attack the Messenger) gives Machiavelli a user-friendly 21st century update with this guide to life's struggles for the unwary, the good-natured and the 'never met a man I didn't like' gang. . . Crawford is adept in his use of anecdotes to illustrate tough truths in a logical framework, providing excellent advice for launching endeavors, moving in a positive direction, surviving the scoundrels and embracing life. * Publishers Weekly *Finally, a book that cleverly uses real politics to help people gain ground in their own lives. The ten commandments will get you to heaven, but Craig Crawford's 25 rules will help you survive the purgatory on earth. Read this —before it's too late! -- Larry J. Sabato, director, University of Virginia Center for Politics and author of The Kenneday Half-CenturyCraig Crawford, a Washington pundit, has written a fascinating and insightful guidebook on the use of power in public life, and ways to avoid the pitfalls. He shows it takes a little bit of Machiavelli to play the game in politics—and life—and succeed. -- Helen Thomas, Dean, White House Press Corps, Hearst ColumnistTable of ContentsForeword Introduction Chapter 1: Life is a Filthy Battle for Control Chapter 2: Better to Boldly Assert Than Cautiously Deny Chapter 3: Love Helps, but Fear Motivates Chapter 4: Popular Lies Beat Unpopular Truth Chapter 5: Ambition Is Never Satisfied Chapter 6: Only the Flexible Succeed Chapter 7: Better to Imitate a Winner Than Be an Original Loser Chapter 8: Never Keep Your Word If Circumstances Change Chapter 9: To Control Others, First Walk in Their Shoes Chapter 10: The More Visible Your Power, the More Its Limits Are Known Chapter 11: Arrogance Makes an Easy Target Chapter 12: Most Would Rather Follow a Leader Than Lead a Following Chapter 13: Those Who Prefer to Lead A Following Cannot Be Trusted Chapter 14: Never Seek a Favor That Could Cost Too Much to Return Chapter 15: Leading the Way for Change Seldom Pays Chapter 16: Wanting Power Requires Less Intelligence Than Seeking Power Chapter 17: Those Who Are Dependent on You Will Be the Most Faithful Chapter 18: A True Enemy Should Be Eliminated, Never Tolerated Chapter 19: In Dealing with Passive Aggression, Be More Passive and More Aggressive Chapter 20: Victory Can Sometimes Be Concealed in Compromise Chapter 21: Implement Painful Choices Quickly to Minimize the Effects Chapter 22: Distribute Rewards Slowly to Prolong the Effects Chapter 23: Allowing Others to Speak Truthfully Diminishes Their Respect for You Chapter 24: Never Postpone Inevitable Conflict Chapter 25: The Powerful Never Give Up Control; It Must Be Taken Away
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Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) Culture Warrior
Book SynopsisWith three straight #1 bestsellers and more than 4 million copies of his books in print, the most powerful traditional force in the American media now takes off his gloves in the ongoing struggle for America’s heart and soul.Bill O’Reilly is the very embodiment of the idea of a Culture Warrior—and in this book he lives up to the title brilliantly, with all the brashness and forthrightness at his command. He sees that America is in the midst of a fierce culture war between those who embrace traditional values and those who want to change America into a “secular-progressive” country. This is a conflict that differs in many ways from the usual liberal/conservative divide, but it is no less heated, and the stakes are even higher.In Culture Warrior, Bill O’Reilly defines this war and analyzes the competing philosophies of the traditionalist and secular-progressive camps. He examines why the nation’s motto “E Pluribus
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Johns Hopkins University Press Democracy after Communism A Journal of Democracy
Book SynopsisTamas formerly of Georgetown University; Vladimir Tismaneanu, University of Maryland at College Park; Grigory Yavlinsky, member of the Russian State Duma (parliament).Trade ReviewA thoughtful collection of essays on the hazards, practical and conceptual, of one of the monumental changes in world affairs in our time. -- Bohdan Harasymiw International Journal 2004Table of ContentsContents: I. The Exit from Communism 1. How Different Are Postcommunist Transitions: Ghia Nodia 2. Comparing East and South: Valerie Bunce 3. The Persistence of Postcommunist Elites: John Higley, Judith Kullberg, and Jan Pakulsk i4. Civil Society after Communism: Aleksander Smolar 5. Understanding Postcommunist Transitions: Leszek Balcerowicz 6. Estonia's Success Story: Mart Laar 7. The Postcommunist Wars: Charles H. Fairbanks, Jr. II. The East European Experience 8. The Postcommunist Divide: Jacques Rupnik 9. Europe Transformed: Richard Rose 10. Reassessing the Revolutions of 1989: Vladimir Tismaneanu 11. The Transformation of Central Europe: Bronislaw Gereme k12. Victory Defeated: G.M. Tamas 13. The International Context: Jacques Rupnik 14. A Diverging Europe: Richard Rose 15. History and Memory: The Revolutions of 1989-91: Aleksander Smolar III. The Post-Soviet Experience 16. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Michael McFaul 17. The Primacy of History and Culture: Zbigniew Brzezinski 18. The Impact of Nationalism: Ghia Nodia 19. From Democratization to "Guided Democracy": Archie Brown 20. The Advantages of Radical Reform: Anders Aslund 21. Disillusionment in the Caucasus and Central Asia: Charles H. Fairbanks, Jr. 22. Sovereignty and Uncertainty in Ukraine: Nadia Diuk 23. Russia's Hybrid Regime: Lilia Shevtsova 24. Putin's Path: M. Steven Fish 25. Going Backwards: Grigory Yavlinsky 26. A Mixed Record, an Uncertain Future: Michael McFaul
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Random House USA Inc Young Radicals In the War for American Ideals
Book SynopsisFrom the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Hamilton: The Revolution, the stunning story of five American radicals fighting for their ideals as the country goes mad around them “Inspiring and entertaining.”—David Brooks, The New York Times “It’s not difficult to see why [Lin-Manuel] Miranda would have been attracted to [Jeremy] McCarter as a writing partner.”—The Wall Street Journal “One of the exciting new nonfiction books this summer.”—Time Where do we find our ideals? What does it mean to live for them—and to risk dying for them? For Americans during World War I, these weren’t abstract questions. Young Radicals tells the story of five activists, intellectuals and troublemakers who agitated for freedom and equality in the hopeful years before the war, then fought to de
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University of Minnesota Press Freegans
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Eat this book. If you’re lucky enough to find it in the trash, dig it out and bite in. It’s sociologically fresh and environmentally nutritious. Alex V. Barnard writes crisply and invitingly, and his analysis of the ‘fetishism of waste’ is novel and helpful. This is ethnography as it is meant to be: going through the trash and thrash of everyday life and uncovering analytic treasures—free to be had, if we only stop to look."—Michael Bell, University of Wisconsin-Madison "In Freegans, Alex V. Barnard examines how this group of activists aims to change the way we live on this world, one overripe tomato at a time."—Tristram Stuart, author of Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal"Readers with interests in social justice, activist movements, environmentalism, consumerism, and food waste will find this book thought-provoking."—Library Journal"Barnard’s book is refreshing ... an important and thorough critique of food waste."—On the Brink"The timeliness of many themes, from political disenfranchisement and social movements to climate change and food security, make this a compelling and urgent read. Barnard’s easy and accessible writing style ensures this book is also engaging and valuable to a non-academic audience."—Environmental Politics"This engaging, well-written book, full of vivid observations and interviews, is sure to attract a wide readership. Highly recommended."—CHOICE"This work will shed light on how alternative activists are enacting a more sustainable future today, and citizens who are doubtful that sustainability can be attained via conscious consumption might find inspiration in freegans’ radical waste politics."—Food, Culture & Society"Barnard succeeds in making visible drivers of ecological destruction in capitalism and provides a thoughtful analysis of the strengths, weaknesses and inconsistencies of anti- capitalist social movements."—Environmental Values"A wonderful text for a social movement class looking for a well written, enjoyable read to illustrate the recruitment, tactics, role of identity and culture, and decline of a movement."—Mobilization"This thorough account reminds us of the dangers of capitalist co-option and the need to stick to our values when the world around us appears blind. Freegans reveal a more complete story of capitalist waste and want that to contribute to unraveling these complex issues."—The British Journal of Sociology"A critical addition to undergraduate and graduate classes on the subject."—Agriculture and Human Values"Barnard’s re-conceptualization of freegans’ speeches and practices offers other interesting insights."—European Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsContentsPreface Introduction: A Brief History of a Tomato 1. Capitalism’s Cast-offs2. Diving In, Opting Out3. Waving the Banana in the Big Apple4. A New World Out of Waste5. The Ultimate Boycott?6. Backlash, Conflict, and DeclineConclusion: Salvaging SustainabilityAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Democracys Dangers Discontents The Tyranny of
Book SynopsisBy democracy we usually mean a government comprising popular rule, individual human rights and freedom, and a free-market economy. Yet the flaws in traditional Athenian democracy can instruct us on the weaknesses of that first element of modern democracies shared with Athens: rule by all citizens equally. In Democracy's Dangers and Discontents, Bruce Thornton discusses those criticisms first aired by ancient critics of Athenian democracy, then traces the historical process by which the Republic of the founders has evolved into something similar to ancient democracy, and finally argues for the relevance of those critiques to contemporary US policy. He asserts that many of the problems we face today are the consequences of the increasing democratization of our government and that the flaws of democracy, being ultimately an expression of the flaws in human nature, are unlikely to be corrected. Yet, he says, the continuing vigour of the US Constitution and the American character give us
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. American Individualism Hoover Institution Press
Book SynopsisIn late 1921, then secretary of commerce Herbert Hoover decided to distil from his experiences a coherent understanding of the American experiment he cherished. The result was the 1922 book American Individualism. In it, Hoover expounded and vigorously defended what has come to be called American exceptionalism: the set of beliefs and values that still makes America unique.
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Liberty and Democracy Philosophic Reflections on
Book SynopsisContributors grapple with the issue of the proper role of democracy in a society that is committed to respecting protecting the individual rights of all. They challenge conventional thinking, offering provocative ideas on democracy and individual freedom.
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Peter Lang Publishing Inc Changing Images of Law in Film and Television
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Constitution of the United States and Related
Book SynopsisThis highly useful volume contains the complete text of The Constitution of the United States, including all 26 amendments, as well as the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the key sections of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. Also included is a fine introduction by editor Martin Shapiro. .Table of ContentsIntroduction vii The Constitution of the United States The Historical Document xxvi The Constitution of the United States 1 Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 The Historical Document and Political Behavior 36 Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964 (Key Sections) 37 Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Key Sections) 66 Related Documents The Declaration of Independence 78 The Articles of Confederation 84 Selected Bibliography 97
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Baraka Books An Independent Quebec The Past the Present and
Book SynopsisDrawing on his rich experience in public service and teaching, Jacques Parizeau, former premier of Quebec, explains how the idea of an independent Quebec first took root and evolved. Parizeau also provides lively commentary on the Quiet Revolution in the 1960s, on his career as finance minister under Premier René Lévesque, and on his own administration in the mid-1990s.Trade ReviewOn all issues, Jacques Parizeau has interesting things to say. . . . There are too many mediocre politicians for us not to welcome the idea that a politician is also a thinker." —La Presse (Montreal)"What Parizeau brilliantly illustrates is that today ‘no country is too small to develop as long as it is part of large trade space or market." —Le Devoir (Montreal)"Parizeau, the former premier of Quebec and leader of the Yes camp in the 1995 independence referendum, delivers a thorough overview of the history and future of the separatist movement in the province." —Annotation ©2010 Book News Inc. Portland, OR"Explosive conclusions!" —The National Post"I agree 100% with Bob Sirois." —Bobby Holik, two-time Stanley Cup winner with the New Jersey Devils
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BookBaby America in Crisis
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St Martin's Press Divided We Fall
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Johns Hopkins University Press Saddam Husayn and Islam 19682003
Book SynopsisSources include open source material but internal secret files and highly classified audiotapes of Saddam Hussein that were made available to researchers at the Conflict Records Research Center at National Defense University and some documents at the Hoover Institution.Trade ReviewAmatzia Baram, a distinguished historian of Saddam Hussein's Iraq, provides novel insights regarding Saddam Hussein's use of Islam in this intelligent new study... The author is a master storyteller. The book, though lengthy and scholarly, is a page-turner... Essential reading for scholars of modern Iraqi history and of Islam and politics. H-Net Reviews
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Rowman & Littlefield The End of Authority How a Loss of Legitimacy and
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn this magisterial work, Schoen, best known as a high-powered pollster and political analyst, presents a provocative and powerfully argued thesis that governments face a crisis of authority that undermines their ability to generate loyalty and support. So profound is this situation that 'we face a crisis that threatens the political and economic foundations of the global order,' he says. Schoen argues that 'the crisis of authority stems from the failure of institutions, especially of government but also of business to provide effective leadership.' The consequence, Schoen writes, is that 'the loss of trust is rendering us, in a collective sense, impotent and inactive in the face of enormous global challenges.' Schoen calls on readers to 'reform and improve international institutional leadership,' to 'strengthen nation-state governance,' and to 'direct specific reform and relief efforts ... in order to ensure that the benefits ... reach the people for whom they're intended.' This book is data rich, and the author never gets out ahead of the evidence. If Schoen's thesis is true, the global crisis of leadership is more of a threat than climate change or international conflicts. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels. * CHOICE *As a pollster, commentator, and political strategist, Doug Schoen has made a career of providing invaluable analysis of events and trends. In The End of Authority, Doug sounds the alarm on the rising public distrust of government globally, and offers his ideas for rebuilding confidence—not only in America, but around the world. -- William Jefferson Clinton, former President of the United StatesThe world has always been changing, but never so fast. What is the future of the market economy? Democracy? Liberal values? There are certainly more questions than there are answers, but Schoen gives us more than one could hope with competence, passion and inspiration. -- Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of the Republic of Poland 1995 – 2005An intriguing, timely, stimulating – and helpful – look at the startling breakdown of trust in government, as it becomes more and more authoritarian. Democrat Doug Schoen has impressed this Republican with his heartfelt desire to break the bounds of partisan politics and stop this corrosive rot eating at our body politique. -- Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-In-Chief, Forbes, Inc.Over the years, many in Canada have been impressed with the very high quality of Doug Schoen’s research and the incisive nature of his conclusions and commentary. I have followed his work closely and know that this book will further enhance his strong reputation for leadership in the fields of political analysis and public policy in America and elsewhere in the world. -- The Right Honorable Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister of Canada, 1984-1993Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Crisis of Authority Chapter 1: Why the Crisis of Authority Matters Chapter 2: Documenting and Understanding the Loss of Trust Chapter 3: How Trust Works in Democracies and Autocracies Chapter 4: Broken Trust in Democracies and Autocracies Chapter 5: Income Inequality and the Crisis of Capitalism Chapter 6: Income Inequality: What’s Causing It, Why it Matters, and What to Do Chapter 7: Political Corruption and Crony Capitalism Chapter 8: The Rise of Anti-Systemic Politics: Europe and the United States Chapter 9: The Rise of Anti-Systemic Politics: Russia, India, The Middle East, and Africa Chapter 10: Technology: Builder and Betrayer of Trust Chapter 11: The Need for Bold Solutions Conclusion: No Time to Lose
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Amberley Publishing Soldiers of a Different God
Book SynopsisThe untold story of how an unlikely anti-Islamic alliance of gay activists, feminists, fascists, evangelical Christians, populist politicians, and surfing rabbis from California fuelled the rise of the hard right across Europe and gave us President Donald J Trump.
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University of Minnesota Press Conversations in Maine: A New Edition
Book SynopsisMeditations on activism following the turbulent 1960s—back in print After the Detroit Rebellion of 1967, James and Grace Lee Boggs decided they should rethink what activism looks like. Pairing with trusted veteran activists Freddy and Lyman Paine, they ruminated on central questions emerging from their politics and activism, and they discussed the purpose and responsibilities human beings share for the future. The recorded dialogue among these four friends invites readers to consider the fundamentals of activism with tough, thought-provoking questions. Their conversations at the Paines’ home on Sutton Island, Maine, not only function as political act but also present unsettling truths and develop connections between philosophy, music, art, gender difference, family structure, Marxism, and more. Conversations in Maine is a call to all citizens to work together and think deeply about the kind of future we can create. Trade Review"Conversations in Maine was an essential text for my generation of radicals."—Robin D.G. Kelley
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Power Choice An Introduction to Political
Book SynopsisPower & Choice provides a general, comparative introduction to the major concepts and themes of political science. The authorâs goal when writing the book was a text that is conceptually alive and that engages students with concrete examples of analysis without losing them âœin a clutter of definitional minutiae."
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Rowman & Littlefield Rage on the Right: The American Militia Movement
Book SynopsisRage on the Right examines the rise, fall, and reemergence of the militia/alt-right movement from the 1990s through 2018. Using the lenses of history, culture, ideology, and social movement theory Crothers explores the diverse ways contemporary right-wing social movements have used American social and economic context to build themselves into a potent force in American political life. Just as the 1990s militia movement drew life from deeply embedded values and myths central to American political culture and political history, so, too, do the contemporary militia and alt-right movements. Right-wing social movements are as American as apple pieand must be understood as a core and enduring component of American political life. Ideal for undergraduate courses on social movements, political violence, and contemporary political history, this text explores the cultural rootedness of the militia and alt-right in America while also understanding the ways contemporary politics build on historical legacies to promote right wing populism in the United States. Highlights Traces the evolution of the militia and alt-right movements in the United States since the 1990s Situates right-wing populism in its cultural and ideological position in American politics Examines interaction of key events in the history of the militia and alt-right movements in the US with actions of entrepreneurial movement leaders and supporters in government and society Links the rise of the Donald Trump as candidate and president to the (re)emergence of the militia and the alt-right in the United StatesTrade ReviewThis new edition of Rage on the Right has been updated with exceedingly careful and deft descriptions of and explanations for the shifting character of the right wing of the United States political spectrum into the Trump era. A masterful job! -- Charles Lockhart, Texas Christian UniversityIn this new edition, Lane Crothers reminds us that right wing movement politics have found new life in the America of the Trump presidency, underscoring the importance and prescience of Crothers’ analysis. This new edition is most welcome for the insights and analysis it brings to the newest chapter of an old American phenomenon. -- Robert J. Spitzer, Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, SUNY Cortland, Author, “Guns across America”
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PublicAffairs,U.S. Radicals Chasing Utopia
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MIT Press Ltd Molecular Revolution in Brazil
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Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc Understanding Revolution
Book SynopsisUnderstanding Revolution concisely, but thoroughly, explains one of the most fundamental sources of political change in the modern world. Designed to be accessible to undergraduate students, the book systematically explores such questions as: What should be defined as a revolution?; Is there a "typical" pattern to the course of a revolution?; What are the roles of ideologies, structures (e.g., the state, class structures in the international system), and individuals in shaping revolutions?; What causes groups to mobilize behind revolutionary leaders?; What happens after a revolutionary group assumes power, or fails?. The discussion highlights points of agreement and debate within the social science literature, and brief case studies of revolutions and revolutionary movements bring concepts to life.Trade ReviewAn excellent primer.... Highly recommended. All undergraduate, graduate, and research collections. One of the best teaching texts I have seen for undergraduate courses on revolution and political violence.One of the best teaching texts I have seen for undergraduate courses on revolution and political violence.Table of Contents Understanding Revolution. The "Life Course" of a Revolution. The Structural Causes of Revolution. The Role of Ideology, Part 1: Liberalism and Nationalism. The Role of Ideology, Part 2: Marxism and Religious Thought. The Sources of Revolutionary Leadership. Mobilizing the Masses. The Outcomes of Revolution. The Study of Revolution. Appendix: Case Studies, 1776-2008.
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Select Books Inc Turning Point: Picking Up the Pieces after Eight
Book SynopsisEach political cycle, candidates vying for public office warn that the upcoming election is the most important event of the millennium. For many whose names appear on a ballot, the statement is at least partially accurate: their political future rides on the outcome. The rest of us take such forebodings with a grain of salt. After all, how much damage can a single candidate (even a president) inflict given our time tested system of checks and balances? Turning Point makes the case for “plenty”; Barack Obama’s transformative agenda has indeed remade America – to the detriment of our economy and culture. In his third book, Governor Robert L. Ehrlich details the considerable damage inflicted to date, while analyzing how progressive policy has made America a far more insecure and weaker country. Culled from published opinion pieces authored by the Governor over the last eight years, Turning Point is a concise, articulate indictment of Western European style progressivism brought to America by its most charismatic (and dangerous) salesman. The presidential election of 2016 is a pivotal one. As such, Ehrlich asks whether Obama’s agenda is indeed America’s future. In other words, has the cumulative impact of progressivism reached the point of no return – or – will the next election cycle be a turning point for the return of common sense conservatism? Those of you who subscribe to the former point of view will appreciate Turning Point’s conclusions, if not the accompanying analysis, while readers belonging to the loyal opposition will find plenty of material to keep them up at night. Regardless of which side of the political spectrum you may identify with, however, all will find Governor Ehrlich’s new book an enlightening, if not entertaining read. Enjoy…Trade Review"According to Ehrlich (America: Hope for Change), former Republican Governor of Maryland, the presidency of Barack Obama has been detrimental to the economy and foreign policy of the United Statesnot to mention race relations, family structure, health care, and many other aspects of American life. That is the pessimistic premise of this collection of weekly Baltimore Sun and Washington Post columns spanning President Obama's term in office. They chronicle such noteworthy moments as the optimistic period following the 2012 presidential election, the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act, and the barbs and mudslinging of the 2012 election and its aftermath. The author captures, in honest, albeit alarmed, fashion, one conservative American's impressions of living under a progressive presidency. However, he never loses his sense of humor, concluding with satirical "what-if" pieces, including an article detailing a news day in an alternate-universe America with President Mitt Romney and an Obama diary entry revealing the "truth" behind the Benghazi terrorist attack. This comprehensive collection will be a necessary read for right-leaning audiences as 2015 begets 2016 and election season gets into full swing." Publishers Weekly
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The Library of America Common Sense, The Crisis, & Other Writings from
Book SynopsisAn authoritative collection of Thomas Paine’s essential writings on American politics and governance—including the landmark Revolutionary War pamphlet, Common Sense After a life of obscurity and failure in England, Thomas Paine came to America in 1774 at age 37. Within fourteen months he published Common Sense, the most influential pamphlet of the American Revolution, and began a career that would see him hailed and reviled in the American nation he helped create. Collected in this volume are Paine's most influential texts. In Common Sense, he sets forth an inspiring vision of an independent America as an asylum for freedom and an example of popular self-government in a world oppressed by despotism and hereditary privilege. The American Crisis, begun during “the times that try men’s souls” in 1776, is a masterpiece of popular pamphleteering in which Paine vividly reports current developments, taunts and ridicules British adversaries, and enjoins his readers to remember the immense stakes of their struggle. They are joined in this invaluable reader by a selection of Paine’s other American pamphlets and his letters to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and others.
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Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S. The Art of Protest: A Visual History of Dissent
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Berrett-Koehler The Reunited States of America: How We Can Bridge
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The New York Review of Books, Inc The Reckless Mind: Revised Edition
Book SynopsisEuropean history of the past century is full of examples of philosophers, writers, and scholars who supported or excused the worst tyrannies of the age. How was this possible? How could intellectuals whose work depends on freedom defend those who would deny it? In profiles of six leading twentieth-century thinkers—Martin Heidegger, Carl Schmitt, Walter Benjamin, Alexandre Kojève, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida—Mark Lilla explores the psychology of political commitment. As continental Europe gave birth to two great ideological systems in the twentieth century, communism and fascism, it also gave birth to a new social type, the philotyrannical intellectual. Lilla shows how these thinkers were not only grappling with enduring philosophical questions, they were also writing out of their own experiences and passions. These profiles demonstrate how intellectuals can be driven into a political sphere they scarcely understand, with momentous results.In a new afterword, Lilla traces how the intellectual world has changed since the end of the cold war. The ideological passions of the past have been replaced in the West, he argues, by a dogma of individual autonomy and freedom that both obscures the historical forces at work in the present and sanctions ignorance about them, leaving us ill-equipped to understand those who are inflamed by the new global ideologies of our time.
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Te Herenga Waka University Press Shirley Smith: An Examined Life
Book SynopsisShirley Smith was one of the most remarkable New Zealanders of the 20th century, a woman whose lifelong commitment to social justice, legal reform, gender equality and community service left a profound legacy. She was born in Wellington in1916. While her childhood was clouded by loss – her mother died when she was three months old and her beloved father, lawyer and later Supreme Court Judge David Smith, served overseas during the war – she had a privileged upbringing. She studied classics at Oxford University, where she threw herself into social, cultural and political activities. Despite contracting TB and spending months in a Swiss clinic, she graduated with a good Second and an intellectual and moral education that would guide her through the rest of her life. She returned to New Zealand when war broke out, and taught classics at Victoria and Auckland University Colleges, before marrying eminent economist and public servant Dr W.B. Sutch in 1944, and giving birth to a daughter in 1945. She kept her surname – unusual at the time – and poured her energy into issues of human rights and social causes. She qualified as a lawyer at the age of 40, and in her career of 40 years broke down many barriers, her relationship with the Mongrel Mob epitomising her role as a champion of the marginalised and vulnerable. In 1974, Bill Sutch was arrested and charged with espionage. After a sensational trial he was acquitted by a jury, but the question of his guilt has never been settled in the court of public opinion. Shirley had reached her own political turning point in 1956, with Khrushchev’s revelations about Stalin and the Hungarian crisis, but she remained loyal to her husband, and the ongoing controversy weighed heavily on her later years. Shirley Smith: An Examined Life tells the story of a remarkably warm and generous woman, one with a rare gift for frankness, an implacable sense of principle, and a personality of complexity and formidable energy. Her life was shaped by some of the most turbulent currents of the 20th century, and she in turn helped shape her country for the better.
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Fonthill Media Ltd The Foreign Policy of the Third Reich: 1933-1939
Book SynopsisEvery phase of the Third Reich's foreign policy was determined by its authoritarian leader, Adolf Hitler. Following his rise to power, his political acuity and utter lack of scruple enabled him to achieve numerous diplomatic successes against the well-intentioned but largely ineffectual Anglo-French democracies. First by duplicity, then by bluff and bluster, and finally by brinkmanship, Hitler succeeded in establishing a strengthened and united Greater Germany (Grossdeutschland) in preparation for a Second Great War. This book examines in depth the revanchist foreign policy of Hitler's Germany from 1933 to 1939: the withdrawal of Germany from the League of Nations, German rearmament, the introduction of compulsory military service and the enlargement of the German Armed Forces, the remilitarization of the Rhineland, the notorious Hossbach Conference, the Austrian 'Anschluss', the Munich Conference, the brazen seizures of Bohemia-Moravia and the Memel District, the Danzig crisis, the cynical brokering of the Nazi-Soviet Pact, and the German invasion of Western Poland.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I: German Diplomacy and the Inaction of the Western Powers; Part II: Annexation and Expansion; Part III: Preparations for War; Appendix A: The Reich Defence Law, 21 May 1935; Appendix B: The Hossbach Memorandum, 10 November 1937; Appendix C: Operation Otto: The Planned Invasion of Austria, 11 March 1938; Appendix D: Operation Green: The Secret Plan for an Aggressive War against Czechoslovakia, 30 May 1938; Appendix E: The Munich Agreement, 29 September 1938; Appendix F: Decree Regulating the Status of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, 16 March 1939; Appendix G: Memorandum from the German Government Denouncing the Anglo- German Naval Agreement, 27 April 1939; Appendix H: The Pact of Steel (The German-Italian Alliance) and Secret Additional Protocol, 22 May 1939; Appendix I: The Nazi-Soviet Pact (Treaty of Non-Aggression Between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) and Secret Additional Protocol, 23 August 1939; Appendix J: Proposal for a Settlement of the Problem of Danzig and the Polish Corridor and of the German-Polish Minorities Question, 31 August 1939; Appendix K: Directive No. 1 for the Conduct of the War, 31 August 1939; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.
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Atlantic Books Open: The Story Of Human Progress
Book SynopsisAN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEARHumanity's embrace of openness is the key to our success. The freedom to explore and exchange - whether it's goods, ideas or people - has led to stunning achievements in science, technology and culture. As a result, we live at a time of unprecedented wealth and opportunity. So why are we so intent on ruining it?From Stone Age hunter-gatherers to contemporary Chinese-American relations, Open explores how across time and cultures, we have struggled with a constant tension between our yearning for co-operation and our profound need for belonging. Providing a bold new framework for understanding human history, bestselling author and thinker Johan Norberg examines why we're often uncomfortable with openness - but also why it is essential for progress. Part sweeping history and part polemic, this urgent book makes a compelling case for why an open world with an open economy is worth fighting for more than ever.Trade ReviewClear, colourful and convincing, marshalling evidence from a range of eras and civilisations. [...] The author is often amusing as well as illuminating. * The Economist *No person or society is smart enough or wise enough or noble enough to solve the wicked problems of life by themselves. With clarity and grace, Johan Norberg reminds us that openness to things and ideas from others is the only route to well-being. * Steven Pinker *If we are to recover from the pandemic of 2020, the world needs openness more than ever: open minds, open hearts, open communications, open markets. Johan Norberg's superb book demonstrates, with hundreds of examples, how openness has been the key to the success of our species over 10,000 years and is the secret of prosperity and peace today. * Matt Ridley, author of The Rational Optimist *Johan Norberg has a great story to tell: how, throughout history, open societies have always closed down, but never for good. The tension between closed and open, between trading and tribalism drives both progress and reaction. Why are the virtues and benefits of openness always under threat? We can't live without it, yet too often it seems that we can't live with it either. Norberg has a powerful argument to give us insight and hope that man's curiosity and imagination is unstoppable. * Margaret Heffernan, author of Wilful Blindness *Norberg's excellent book tells us that openness is more than a defensive reaction to those who want to close borders to migrants, trade and new ideas... [it is] a deeply rooted trait that has played a major role in the success of individuals, nations and humanity itself. * Vince Cable *Johan Norberg makes a compelling case that we all thrive -- in every sense -- on 'open'... This is big thinking that deserves everyone's attention. * Michael Blastland, author of The Hidden Half *Johan Norberg reminds us that every great civilization has been destroyed by the end of openness. His essential book, then, is a timely reminder that the fate of our civilization rests on a defense of openness. Strongly recommended. * Andrew Keen, author of The Internet Is Not The Answer *This book is a blast of good sense. * The Economist on Progress *Generates powerful good-news vibes. * Esquire on Progress *Norberg has a strong case and he makes it with energy and charm. A pertinent book for grumpy times. * The Times on Progress *A prophet of anti-pessimism. -- Simon Jenkins * Guardian *Table of Contents0: Traders and tribalists 1: Open exchange 2: Open doors 3: Open minds 4: Open societies 5: Us and them 6: Zero-sum 7: Anticipatory anxiety 8: Fight or flight 9: Open or closed?
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