Practical Politics category: 1369 books
The Obama Doctrine
American Grand Strategy Today
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
By mid-2015, the Obama presidency will be entering its final stages, and the race among the successors in both parties will be well underway. And while experts have already formed a provisional understanding of the Obama administration's foreign policy goals, the shape of the "Obama Doctrine"...
Open and Shut
Why America Has Barack Obama, and Canada Has Stephen Harper
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
Last November America elected its first black president. Canada, too, went to the polls that month. The difference for the two nations was remarkable: Americans had a clear choice between an indecisive, has-been who represented at best more of the same and a progressive, eloquent, African American,...
The Spirit of Compromise
Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It - Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2014
To govern in a democracy, political leaders have to compromise. When they do not, the result is political paralysis—dramatically demonstrated by the gridlock in Congress in recent years. In The Spirit of Compromise, eminent political thinkers Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson show why compromise is...
Degrees of Inequality
How the Politics of Higher Education Sabotaged the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
America's higher education system is failing its students. In the space of a generation, we have gone from being the best-educated society in the world to one surpassed by eleven other nations in college graduation rates. Higher education is evolving into a caste system with separate and unequal tiers...
by David J. Bodenhamer
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Though the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1788, its impact on our lives is as recent as today's news. Claims and counterclaims about the constitutionality of governmental actions are a habit of American politics. This document, which its framers designed to limit power, often has made political...
by William Bernhard, Tracy Sulkin
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Once elected, members of Congress face difficult decisions about how to allocate their time and effort. On which issues should they focus? What is the right balance between working in one’s district and on Capitol Hill? How much should they engage with the media to cultivate a national reputation?...
Campaign Confessions
Tales from the War Rooms of Politics
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2016
**A National Bestseller!
Canada’s Only Full-Time Political Campaign Manager — 50 Campaigns in 45 Years with 30 Victories**
John Laschinger opens the doors to the backrooms and war rooms of the political campaigns he has run, providing lessons for aspiring campaign managers, and exposing what really happens behind the scenes.
Constructing Identities in Mexican-American Political Organizations
Choosing Issues, Taking Sides
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
The formation of a group identity has always been a major preoccupation of Mexican American political organizations, whether they seek to assimilate into the dominant Anglo society or to remain separate from it. Yet organizations that sought to represent a broad cross section of the Mexican American...
Why Democracy is Broken
A Blueprint for Change
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2018
Democracy is being held hostage to the adversarial nature of party politics. We, the people, deserve better!
Since its inception in ancient Greece, democracy has stood the test of time for over 2,500 years. But it is under threat by the populist revolt - fuelled by the flames of voter discontent....
by Joseph Nye, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2008
What qualities make a leader succeed in business or politics? In an era when the information revolution has dramatically changed the playing field, when old organizational hierarchies have given way to fluid networks of contacts, and when mistrust of leaders is on the rise, our ideas about leadership...
The Great Betrayal
How the Government with the Largest Majority in the History of the Irish State Lost its People
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2015
From penalty points to water charges, funding cuts to tax hikes, The Great Betrayal is a cutting assessment of the upheavals, egos and scraps that shaped the 31st Dáil by Ireland’s most sagacious political pundit-turned-political operator
As the curtain falls on this government’s term...
Dumbing Down the Courts
How Politics Keeps the Smartest Judges Off the Bench
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Judges have enormous power. They determine whom we can marry, whether we can own firearms, whether the government can mandate that we buy certain products, and how we define “personhood.” But who gets to occupy these powerful positions? Up until now, there has been little systematic study of what...
Governor General and the Prime Ministers, The
The Making and Unmaking of Governments
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
Since Canada may be faced with a period of minority governments, it has become increasingly important to understand the role of the Head-of-State, the Governor General, in facing the challenge of dysfunctionality. Edward McWhinney clearly lays out the present powers and responsibilities of the office,...
Engaging Enemies
Hayek and the Left
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
Friedrich Hayek was a founding figure of the neo-liberalism that flourished in the 1980s. Yet, despite his antagonistic relationship with socialism, his work became a surprising source of inspiration for several influential thinkers on the left. This book explains the left’s unusual engagement with...