Democracy category: 2250 books

This book tells the inside story of Europe's first presidential campaign, the candidates, how they were chosen, the campaign trail, the TV debates and the tense negotiations which followed. It explains what led to this new way of choosing the Commission president and what it means for the future of the EU.

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Erwann Michel-Kerjan and Paul Slovic in his book “The Irrational Economist: Making Decisions in a Dangerous world”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However...

"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government". That observation was made by our third president, Thomas Jefferson. He also made the statement that "The course of history shows that as government grows, liberty...

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...

In contemporary India, since the end of 2013, a virtual stampede of ideas have been set to unleash catastrophic causalities, as the multiplicities of obsessively espoused ideas are roaming without proper channelizing mechanism and streamlining structures. There is a stampede of stupidities pervading...

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Arthur C. Brooks in his book “Who Really Cares, The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work...

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe in their book “Give Us Liberty, A Tea Party Manifesto”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does not replace in...

This edited collection outlines the issues central to youth engagement in research and social innovation. Youth-driven innovation for social change is increasingly recognized as holding potential for the development of sustainable strategies to tackle some of the most pressing global challenges of...

In 21st century Britain, a 'perfect storm' seems to have engulfed many of its institutions. This book is the first wholesale consideration of the crisis of legitimacy that has taken root in Britain's key institutions and explores the crisis across them to determine if a set of shared underlying pathologies exist to create this collective crisis.

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Martha Zoller in her book “Indivisible: Uniting Values for a Divided America”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does not replace in any...

POLITICAL IDEOLOGY AND THE LIBERAL CENTRE. This book is the fifth in a series of texts on government and politics designed for students and the general reader (see the author's other publications for a full list of titles). The books are linked but are designed to stand alone. Politics and political...

Human aspiration is soaring, but political ideas remain chained to the past. Quality of Life for All imagines a world where humanity breaks those chains and moves beyond current thinking – seeking to go beyond divisive politics without loss of diversity, and beyond Capitalism, Marxism and...

This edited collection interprets and assesses the transformation of Brazil under the Workers' Party. It addresses the extent of the changes the Workers' Party has brought about and examines how successful these have been, as well as how continuity and social change in Brazil have affected key domains of economy, society, and politics.

The Quadruple Innovation Helix concept is the synthesis of top-down policies and practices from Government, University and Industry balanced and shaped by bottom-up initiatives and actions by Civil Society. In addition, of significance is the complementary expansion and completion of the Quadruple...