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"Winner of the Luebbert Best Book Award, Comparative Politics Section of the American Political Science Association" "Winner of the 2018 Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research, International Science Council" Rafaela M. Dancygier is associate professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University. She is the author of Immigration and Conflict in Europe.
As Europe's Muslim communities continue to grow, so does...
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The November 2020 US election was arguably the most consequential since the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln-and grassroots leaders and organizers played crucial roles in the contention for the presidency and control of both houses of Congress.
Power Concedes Nothing tells the stories behind a victory that won both the White House and the Senate and powered progressive candidates to new levels of influence. It describes the on-the-ground efforts...
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Un ensayo pequeño para entender la importancia de la democracia
Las mentiras o la pereza intelectual de los economistas, de los Estados, de la justicia, crean una legalidad de fachada, pudiendo ser considerada como un engaño; sustituir el poder del monarca por gobiernos que aplican leyes más o menos dictatoriales, no representa un progreso en sí.
Es un problema de conciencia moral que se plantea cuando las leyes son solamente favorables a la...
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Plus d'un devoir, le vote est à la fois un droit et un acte citoyen.
Les mensonges ou la paresse intellectuelle des économistes, des États, de la justice, créent une légalité de façade, pouvant être considérée comme une duperie ; remplacer le pouvoir du monarque par des gouvernements appliquant des lois plus ou moins dictatoriales, ne représente pas un progrès en soi.
Une question de conscience morale se pose lorsque les lois sont uniquement...
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"Winner of the European Politics & Society Best Book Award, American Political Science Association" Isabela Mares is the Arnold Wolfers Professor of Political Science and the director of the European Union Center at Yale University. Her books include (with Lauren E. Young) Conditionality and Coercion: Electoral Clientelism in Eastern Europe and Taxation, Wage Bargaining, and Unemployment.
How reforms limiting electoral misconduct completed the process...
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Let Adam Brandon, one of America's leading activists, explain the past, the present, and the future of American conservatism-from Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan to the rise of the Tea Party and the fight against Obamacare to the election of Donald Trump and his battle to drain the swamp in Washington-and offer advice from his unique perspective on how to bridge the generational and political divides in the United States for a better future.
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487) The Wizards of Oz
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"The Wizards of Oz" is a work of fiction. However, every character in the book is based on a real person. Every occurrence is based on an actual happening. All the language, though vile is based on the language used by those individuals
The humor and sarcasm are only meant to draw you into a true and traitorous reality: a political system that feeds on power and greed and money.
As you read on, you will be horrified by the people and events that pervade...
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À l'occasion des prochaines élections présidentielles d'avril 2017, nombreux sont les Français qui expriment leur souhait de pouvoir voter pour un candidat hors partis politiques
L'effondrement de notre société semble irréversible. La dette cumulée de tous les États du monde augmente de 8 milliards d'euro toutes les 24 heures. C'est la fuite en avant des crédits pour des lendemains qui ne chantent plus. Le capitalisme a fait de ses victimes...
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Clientelism and Democracy in Belize: From My Hand to Yours, Dylan Vernon revisits the modern political
history of Belize from 1954 to 2013 through the unique analytic lens of the
often unspoken but ubiquitous political clientelism, in which politicians
provide resources and services to people in return for political support.
Presenting Belize as an illustrative and critical case of rampant and damaging
political clientelism in the Commonwealth...
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More than a legal obligation, voting is our right as citizens and defines our democracies.
The lies or intellectual laziness of our economists, administrations, and judicial systems creates a façade of legality, which could be considered fraudulent: replacing the power of a Monarchy by that of a Government applying relatively dictatorial laws, does not equal progress.
A matter of moral conscience arises when laws are only in favour of the same...
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Written with enthusiasm and integrity, congenial State Representative Park Cannon has been declared the winner of each of her four elections and this was all before she turned 30. In the Universal Guide to Running For Office Park Cannon will guide politicians, future elected officials, and activists through the process of building, networking, and marketing yourself while running as you are.
Featured in Cosmopolitan, Essence, CNN, BET, Blavity,...
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The must-read summary of William F. Buckley Jr.'s book: "Flying High: Remembering Barry Goldwater".
This complete summary of "Flying High" by William F. Buckley Jr. presents his tribute to the former presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, and recalls the successes and mistakes of his quest for the White House. Regarded as an inspiration for the Conservative movement even today, Goldwater is honoured and remembered in this remembrance.
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"Winner of the 2014 Doris Graber Award, Political Communication Section of the American Political Science Association" Rasmus Kleis Nielsen is research fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford and assistant professor at Roskilde University in Denmark.
Political campaigns today are won or lost in the so-called ground war--the strategic deployment of teams of staffers, volunteers, and paid part-timers...
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"[White] revolutionized the art of political reporting." -William F. BuckleyA national bestseller, The Making of the President 1964 is the critically acclaimed account of the 1964 presidential campaign, from the assassination of JFK though the battle for power between Lyndon B. Johnson and Barry Goldwater. Author Theodore H. White made history with his Pulitzer Prize-winning The Making of the President series-detailed narrative histories that revolutionized...
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To survive the climate crisis, we need money, brainpower and infrastructure for the most effective climate solutions. Those resources are currently being squandered by the nuclear weapons industry. We'll also need the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters to stop pointing nuclear missiles at each other and start building unprecedented global cooperation. Can we "feed two birds with one scone" by converting assets from nuclear weapons of mass extinction...
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This first full-length biography of Alton Brooks Parker provides an in-depth look into the life, career, and legacy of one of the most important New Yorkers of the Gilded Age. Parker had the courage to challenge Theodore Roosevelt for the presidency in 1904-at the height of Roosevelt's popularity-and was a transition point between the conservative and the new, progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Based on new archival research, this book contributes...
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Women Will Vote celebrates the 2017 centenary of women's right to full suffrage in New York State. Susan Goodier and Karen Pastorello highlight the activism of rural, urban, African American, Jewish, immigrant, and European American women, as well as male suffragists, both upstate and downstate, that led to the positive outcome of the 1917 referendum. Goodier and Pastorello argue that the popular nature of the women's suffrage movement in New York...
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At first glance, issues like economic inequality, healthcare, climate change, and abortion seem unrelated. However, when thinking and talking about them, people reliably fall into two camps: conservative and liberal. What explains this divide? Why do conservatives and liberals hold the positions they do? And what is the conceptual nature of those who decide elections, commonly called the "political middle"? The answers are profound. They have to do...
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Introductions are a jump start for all our conversations. When done well, we effectively express our core values and life's work and, in doing so, open ourselves to a world of new connections and professional possibilities. When delivered poorly, conversations can fizzle and, unfortunately, opportunities fade. Author and entrepreneur Holley M. Murchison knows firsthand how challenging introductions can be-at the age of thirty-three she's had over...
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A history of the 1940 U.S. presidential election, when bitterly divided Americans debated the fate of the nation and the world.
In 1940, against the explosive backdrop of the Nazi onslaught in Europe, two farsighted candidates for the U.S. presidency-Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, running for an unprecedented third term, and talented Republican businessman Wendell Willkie-found themselves on the defensive against American isolationists and their...
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