Practical Politics category: 1369 books
Deeply Divided
Racial Politics and Social Movements in Post-War America
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
By many measures--commonsensical or statistical--the United States has not been more divided politically or economically in the last hundred years than it is now. How have we gone from the striking bipartisan cooperation and relative economic equality of the war years and post-war period to the extreme...
by Robert Barylski
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
If Russia is to become a viable democracy, it will need a viable state to make and enforce decisions that nurture societal cohesion and sustain complex economic activity. Armed forces are essential attributes of viable modern states, but what happens when states undergo major structural changes? What...
Stick Your Neck Out
A Street-Smart Guide to Creating Change in Your Community and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2005
As President of the Giraffe Heroes Project, which since 1982 has been recognizing people who "stick their necks out for the common good," John Graham has seen what hundreds of average citizens around the world have done to bring about constructive change. He's drawn on their experiences,...
by José M. Magone
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
This fully revised and updated third edition reflects the considerable changes in Spain over the last decade as the country celebrates 40 years of its constitution. The author gives fresh insight into the formal and informal workings of this dynamic southern European democracy. Thoroughly examining...
Party System Change in South India
Political Entrepreneurs, Patterns and Processes
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
This book provides a systematic exploration of party system change. By applying the concept of political entrepreneurship and using a detailed case study of the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, it demonstrates how party leaders can exercise their agency and drive party system change.
Recent...
Forging Power
Coalition Politics in India
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2005
This volume looks at the evolution of coalition politics in India, both at the national and provincial levels. It investigates the processes that led to coalition governments. It explores the formation of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the Janata Party...
A Roadmap for Understanding African Politics
Leadership and Political Integration in Nigeria
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This book examines the impact of post-colonial leadership on political integration in Nigeria, offering an in-depth understanding of the historical and contemporary forces that shape Nigeria's national politics as well as African politics generally. Okafor discusses how Nigeria's pre-colonial and...
Ruff-Around Politics
The Political Candidate's Guide to Earning "a" Vote
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
In addition to the information contained in the "Short Description," Ruff-Around Politics addresses issues pertaining to campaign protocols, voter registration and identification, national and world security, the media's role in politics, and matters of "life." Also, and in some regards most importantly,...
Means of Ascent
The Years of Lyndon Johnson II
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2011
In Means of Ascent, Book Two of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Robert A. Caro brings alive Lyndon Johnson in his wilderness years.
Here, Johnson’s almost mythic personality—part genius, part behemoth, at once hotly emotional and icily calculating—is seen at its most nakedly ambitious. This...
The Establishment
And How They Get Away with it
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
A major bestseller in the UK and a six-time Best Book of 2014, The Establishment is a sweeping look at how power and money have made British politics hugely undemocratic. Power, money, and undemocratic politics—wait, does that sound familiar?
Who wields power in politics? It is a question...
GAME CHANGER Eight Weeks That Transformed British Politics
Inside Corbyn’s Election Machine
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2018
When Theresa May called a snap election in 2017, Labour was more than twenty points behind in the polls and it seemed the only question was how big her landslide would be.
The experts argued campaigns don’t move opinions much and young voters would not turn out. But Jeremy Corbyn and his...
Political Rules of the Road
Representatives, Senators and Presidents Share their Rules for Success in Congress, Politics and Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Political Rules of the Road is a collection of informal rules that members of Congress have used to guide their political careers and private lives. Our current and former representatives, senators, governors, cabinet officials, and presidents have valuable advice to offer about how to be successful...
Out of the Wreckage
A New Politics for an Age of Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
A thrilling new route to a better society
A toxic ideology of extreme competition and individualism has come to dominate our world. It misrepresents human nature, destroying hope and common purpose. Only a positive vision can replace it, a new story that re-engages people in politics and lights...
Dollarocracy
How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
Fresh from the first 10 billion election campaign, two award-winning authors show how unbridled campaign spending defines our politics and, failing a dramatic intervention, signals the end of our democracy.
Blending vivid reporting from the 2012 campaign trail and deep perspective from decades...