Democracy category: 2250 books
A Struggle for Power
The American Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2011
From one of the great political journalists of our time comes a boldly argued reinterpretation of the central event in our collective past—a book that portrays the American Revolution not as a clash of ideologies but as a Machiavellian struggle for power.
by Thomas Paine
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves—and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives—and destroyed them.
Now, Penguin...
Original Meanings
Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2010
From abortion to same-sex marriage, today's most urgent political debates will hinge on this two-part question: What did the United States Constitution originally mean and who now understands its meaning best? Rakove chronicles the Constitution from inception to ratification and, in doing so, traces...
by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
A selection of nineteen essential essays from The Federalist Papers in their original lengths by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, with notes by Richard Beeman
Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and—above all—essential reads from American political history,...
The Conservative Mind
From Burke to Eliot
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2018
The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot by Russell Kirk is arguably one of the greatest contributions to twentieth-century American Conservatism. Brilliant in every respect, from its conception to its choice of significant figures representing the history of intellectual conservatism, The Conservative Mind launched the modern American Conservative Movement. A must-read.
E-government in Europe
Re-booting the State
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2006
This book traces the development of e-government and its applications across Europe, exploring the effects of information and communication technology (ICTs) upon political action and processes.
Explores a range of concepts and topics underpinning e-government in Europe:
the degree to...
The American Dream
In History, Politics, and Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness: these words have long represented the promise of America, a “shimmering vision of a fruitful country open to all who come, learn, work, save, invest, and play by the rules.” In 2004, Cal Jillson took stock of this vision and showed how the nation’s...
On Empire
America, War, and Global Supremacy
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2008
In there four incisive and keenly perceptive essays, one of out most celebrated and respected historians of modern Europe looks at the world situation and some of the major political problems confronting us at the start of the third millennium.
With his usual measured and brilliant historical...
The Inaugural Address, 2009
Together with Abraham Lincoln's First and Second Inaugural Addresses and The Gettysburg Address and Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2009
Celebrate the inauguration of America's 44th president with this New York Times bestseller
Tying into the official theme for the 2009 inaugural ceremony, "A New Birth of Freedom" from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Penguin presents a keepsake edition commemorating the inauguration...
If You Can Keep It
The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
#1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas delivers an extraordinary book that is part history and part rousing call to arms, steeped in a critical analysis of our founding fathers' original intentions for America.
In 1787, when the Constitution was drafted, a woman asked Ben Franklin...
The Making of America
The Substance and Meaning of the Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2014
The United States of America has been blessed with the world’s greatest political success formula. In a little over a century, this formula allowed a small segment of the human family—less than 6 percent—to become the richest nation on earth. It allowed them to create more than half of the world’s...
The Invisible Hand in Popular Culture
Liberty vs. Authority in American Film and TV
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Popular culture often champions freedom as the fundamentally American way of life and celebrates the virtues of independence and self-reliance. But film and television have also explored the tension between freedom and other core values, such as order and political stability. What may look like healthy,...
by Machiavelli, Nicolo
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
". . . a wise prince should establish himself on that which is in his own control and not in that of others; he must endeavour only to avoid hatred, as is noted." Presenting a controversial yet realistic political theory, Machiavelli, through his "The Prince", has raised a political debate that remained...
Riot. Strike. Riot
The New Era of Uprisings
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Award winning poet Joshua Clover theorises the riot as the form of the coming insurrection
Baltimore. Ferguson. Tottenham. Clichy-sous-Bois. Oakland. Ours has become an “age of riots” as the struggle of people versus state and capital has taken to the streets. Award-winning poet and scholar...