Government category: 19669 books
Burning Our Money
How Government wastes our cash and what we can do about it
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Britain is in the midst of a fierce battle over government spending. With debts mounting rapidly, the ?700 billion annual bill is no longer sustainable. But cuts face a wall of opposition, with dire warnings that they will ravage our society: hospital waiting lists will grow, schools will close and...
Hell at the Gates:
The Inside Story of Ireland's Financial Downfall
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
On 28 November 2010, the Irish government infamously agreed to a bailout from the Troika to save Ireland’s failing economy. This decision had huge and long-lasting social implications for Ireland and her people, and led to the annihilation of Fianna Fáil and its allies in the 2011 general election....
Inside the Room
The Untold Story of Ireland’s Crisis Government
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
March 2011: Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore have just formed a coalition government between Fine Gael and Labour. Ireland’s banks are broken, unemployment is heading for half a million, the public finances are in deficit, international lenders rate Ireland as ‘junk’ and the country is in an IMF...
Serving With Pride in the Public Eye
A Story About Striving for Success in Local Government
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
This book is about the difficulty of serving in local government. It’s about finding meaning in public service and developing a deep sense of pride in making a difference to the well being of our communities. I wrote this book to provide hope and guidance to my colleagues in administration and their...
by J.J. Holt
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
This is a summary of The Rule of Nobody: Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government by Philip K. Howard summarized by J.J. Holt
Conundrum
Why Every Government Gets Things Wrong - And What We Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Government failure is affecting everyone. The single mum worried sick by a tax credit demand from HMRC to 'repay' thousands of pounds she never received; the family whose holiday was ruined because the Passport Office couldn't issue passports in time; the school that couldn't open at the start of...
Covenant of Liberty
The Ideological Origins of the Tea Party Movement
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Today's Tea Party activists are motivated by the same ideological desires as our nation's Founding Fathers, argues Michael Patrick Leahy in this illuminating work of political history.
Today's political class—in both parties and at all levels of government—shows a blatant disregard for...
Confessions
A Lion's Roar. A Poet's War.
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
This manuscript will give you a brief glimpse into the mind of a contemporary Sikh. Unable to compromise, I give to you a collection of poetic, philosophical, and factual confessions.
Chapter One
Mothers and fathers were murdered, sisters were violated, brothers were tortured and executed,...
General Bo Mya
Chairman of the Karen National Union
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
General Bo Mya Chairman of the Karen National Union ISBN: 9781301458523
Title: General Bo Mya
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Publisher: Smashwords, Inc.
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President Bashar al-Assad of Syria
and the Al-Nusra Front and Foreign Mujahideen uprising to create the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and the Al-Nusra Front and Foreign Mujahideen uprising to create the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
. . . there would be no direct negotiations with Israel until a new US president takes office. The US was the only party qualified to sponsor any direct...
Only If they Could Hear Me Cry
A Personal Reflection of Poverty and Homelessness In America
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
Americans, as we put a spoonful of food to our mouths, millions of our fellow Americans cannot feed themselves or their children. The Republican politicians alike have lethargically responded to Americans living in abject conditions. They seem to be more concern about the federal deficit than about...
The Beltway Bible
A Totally Serious A-Z Guide to Our No-Good, Corrupt, Incompetent, Terrible, Depressing, and Sometimes Hilarious Government
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
How is legislation crafted?How do you lose an election? What do “bundler,” “quorum call” and “omnibus” mean? Why do some of the White House’s most important meetings occur at a Starbucks? Why are Washington insiders obsessed with something called Jumbo Slice?What, exactly, is a “skintern?”...
by R. A. W. Rhodes
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2011
As citizens, why do we care about the everyday life of ministers and civil servants? We care because the decisions of the great and the good affect all our lives, for good or ill. For all their personal, political, and policy failings and foibles, they make a difference. So, we want to know what ministers...
by Newt Gingrich
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
The presidency of Donald Trump marks a profound change in the trajectory of American government, politics, and culture. Like his administration, the movement that put him in office represents a phenomenon that is worth studying.
Donald Trump is unlike any president we've ever had. He is the...