Democracy category: 2250 books

On Liberty: A Translation into Modern English This is a current language version of John Stuart Mill’s classic 1859 essay – translating the work into modern English to improve its readability and understandability. The translation is substantive but retains original word order and grammar...

The Progressives—those reformers responsible for the shape of many American institutions, from the Federal Reserve Board to the New School for Social Research—have always presented a mystery. What prompted middle-class citizens to support fundamental change in American life? Eric Rauchway shows...

2 works of Elizabeth Cady Stanton American social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement (1815-1902) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected....

This book poses a radical challenge to the legend of Socrates bequeathed by Plato and echoed by scholars through the ages: that Socrates was an innocent sage convicted and sentenced to death by the democratic mob, for merely questioning the political and religious ideas of his time. This legend conceals...

Are there laws that govern anarchy? Isn't that a contradiction in terms? It is, but it is Horvath's premise that intellectual anarchy is unhindered by such trivialities, with consequences that are far reaching and profoundly dangerous. What are the rules that govern anarchy? Rule 1:...

Vicente Fox offers his unique viewpoint as a former head of state, avid historian, and true admirer of America’s constitutional ideals. He knows where a Trump presidency can lead—and it is nowhere good. Let’s Move On is a political manifesto written in Fox’s trademark, no-nonsense style where...

Karl Heinrich Marx (5 May 1818 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economic historian, journalist and revolutionary socialist famous for developing Marxism, a socialist movement that has been incorporated by societies around the globe. He published various books during his lifetime, with the most...

 A Treatise on Government written by Aristotle.This book will tell you about examining how societies are run from the simple household to large city.The reader can gain knowledge from how groups are organized and governed.

 Dans cet essai, Dr. Diarra montre l’échec des intellectuels africains dans la gestion des pouvoirs d’État. Dans l’opposition, ils sont considérés comme des messies, mais parvenus au pouvoir, la politique se transforme en une porno-politique. Le pouvoir est alléchant...

What defines Communalism? What distinguishes it from other radical ideologies? What social and political alternatives does it offer? "Communalism as Alternative" answers these questions: it presents a broad overview of this political ideology and suggests some ways it can be translated into practical politics.

This is the revised edition of Anarchism: Arguments For and Against that Albert Meltzer was working on at the time of his death on May 7th, 1996. The book was important to Albert, and it was one whose arguments he returned to often in his other writings. Albert had become increasingly concerned...

The decade 1929-39 saw the steady coalescing of the ‘right’ wing point of view within the Congress leadership. Vallabhbhai Patel, Rajendra Prasad and C. Rajagopalachari were the chief articulators of this position. Originally inspired by Gandhi, the trio developed into an independent coterie as a...

This book traces the contributions made by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to the Indian freedom struggle, throughout a variety of stages of its evolution. An examination of this book will make known more than a few facets of Gandhi's qualities including his unfathomable sense of national pride, enthusiasm...

This book summary and analysis was created for individuals who want to extract the essential contents and are too busy to go through the full version. This book is not intended to replace the original book. Instead, we highly encourage you to buy the full version. Bryan Stevenson, a young lawyer...