Government category: 19669 books
Government Transparency
Impacts and Unintended Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
Transparency has become a global concept of responsible government. This book argues that the transnational discourse of transparency promotes potentially contradictory policy ideas that can lead to unintended consequences. It critically examines whether or not increased transparency really leads to increased democratic accountability.
Homer Simpson Goes to Washington
American Politics through Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2008
The modern landscape of American entertainment is filled with commentary on the state of the union. Many people now get their news from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report instead of Fox or CNN, and satirical political films such as Bulworth and Wag the Dog resonate with audiences and reviewers...
Showdown
Confronting Bias, Lies and the Special Interests That Divide America
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
The Ten Things You Can't Say in America struck a chord with eager readers across the country, exposing truths others have been too afraid to address. In his new book, Elder is out to slay entrenched and enmeshed special interest groups, government agencies with the capacity to meddle in Americans'...
by Jerry Crouso
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Covert operation is "an operation that is so planned and executed as to conceal the identity of or permit plausible denial. CIA is the US Government agency legally allowed to carry out covert action. These special activities include covert political influence and paramilitary operations. A black op...
THE POLITICS OF OBEDIENCE.
The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Étienne de la Boétie (1530-1563) wrote the following essay on the ultimate source and nature of political power in the early 1550s, while still a law student at the University of Orleans. In it he considers the origins of dictatorship and the means by which people can prevent political...
by Rand Paul
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
If the midterm elections were a declaration of war on the status quo, Rand Paul leads the battle charge. Voters fearful of growing government and debt have found voice in the Tea Party phenomenon and the movement continues to deliver a message that Washington, D.C. has found impossible to ignore.
In...
National Suicide
How Washington Is Destroying the American Dream from A to Z
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Government Racket, A Call for Revolution and The Tax Racket comes a scathing indictment of the dysfunctional federal government and its reckless disregard for the future of our country.
The government of the United States is a juggernaut of...
In Pursuit of Justice
Collected Writings 2000-2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Ralph Nader is one of America’s most controversial—and uncompromising— public figures. He is a man on a mission who believes that taking on the powers that be involves more than just talking about it—it also means taking action. From car safety in the 1960s to opposition to the World Trade...
Canada after Harper
His ideology-fuelled attack on Canadian society and values, and how we can now work to create the country we want
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
Most Canadians know that Stephen Harper has had a tremendous impact on the country since becoming prime minister in 2006. But few have the in-depth knowledge of how far his transformation has gone -- what has already been done, and what the consequences will be in the future.
This book brings...
Shadow Warriors
The Untold Story of Traitors, Saboteurs, and the Party of Surrender
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2007
“An alarming but necessary book that reads like a thriller. By raising uncomfortable questions, Ken Timmerman has performed a significant public service.”
–Michael Medved, nationally syndicated talk radio host
Some have called it the CIA’s greatest covert operation of all time.
It...
by Jim DeMint
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Serving within the supposed pinnacles of power as a respected and influential U.S. Senator from South Carolina, Jim DeMint often felt frustrated and powerless to fight against the frightening growth of the federal bureaucracy and refute the mistaken idea that ever-bigger government is the solution...
by Adolph Caso
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2011
According to Adolph Caso the dream behind "We the people..." has not yet been fulfilled although America came close in doing so with Dr. Martin Luther King in his "I have a dream" speech. A counter revolution against King took place which further vitiated the dream of Thomas Jefferson...
by Nakae Chomin
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1992
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1992
A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government takes the form of a debate between a spokesman for Western ideals of democracy and progress, and an advocate for adherence to traditional samurai values. Their discussion is moderated by the imperturbable Master Nankai, who loves nothing more than to drink...
The Sagebrush State, 4th Ed
Nevada’s History, Government, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2013
Nevada’s politics have been formed in large measure by its turbulent history and harsh environment. Bowers’ concise volume explains the dynamics of this process, which is strikingly unique among the fifty states. This is a readable and insightful explanation of how Nevada’s history has formed...