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Originally published in 1896, "Robert's Rules of Order," remains to this day the manual of choice when it comes to conducting orderly productive proceedings. As General Henry M. Robert describes in his preface to the work, "The object of Rules of Order is to assist an assembly to accomplish in the best possible manner the work for which it was designed. To do this it is necessary to restrain the individual somewhat, as the right of an individual,...
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'By the Light of Burning Dreams' chronicles some of the most important moments of activism from the 60s and 70s, and ties them into the arrival of today's major political players and major progressive movements. David and Margaret Talbot are both very well-connected, with contacts such as Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., George R.R. Martin,Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Klein, and Oliver Stone. From the founder of Salon, and the author of 'The Devil's Chessboard.'...
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Constitutional democracy is not just any old form of democracy. It has a peculiar logic and is premised upon some exacting criteria and principles including good laws and institutions predicated on specific fundamental core values and principles. But it is, when fully ingrained in the public sensibility, a sort of civic serum necessary to inoculate free citizens against the ravages of anti-democratic populism, authoritarianism, racism, nativism, discrimination,...
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Una discusión política de gran envergadura. Dos generaciones, dos maneras distintas de entender España, frente a frente.
Pablo Iglesias y Enric Juliana son personalidades extraordinariamente lúcidas y creativas y sin duda dos de los mejores conocedores del contexto político y social español actual. Pertenecientes a tradiciones intelectuales y políticas distintas, sus visiones se complementan en un diálogo que conforma una panorámica inédita...
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Why don't young people vote? It's a question, that has been asked by pollsters for years. The 18- to 24-year-old demographic records the lowest voter turnout at elections and it doesn't look to be showing signs of stopping. Being one of this demographic, Mitchell Agg looks into this question and tries to shed light on why his peers don't enter polling stations on election day. Through four main reasons, Mitchell helps us answer this question as well...
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La tesis sobre la que se desarrollan los argumentos desplegados a lo largo de este texto es que la expansión del campo cultural llevada a cabo por la revolución bolivariana para ampliar el número de beneficiarios de la acción del Estado petrolero −es decir, el movimiento que lucha contra los efectos de una modernización excluyente desde arriba, con sus propias formas y experimentos de modernización desde abajo− no se traduce en un verdadero...
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Since Israel began its construction in 2002, the Wall has sparked intense debate, being condemned as illegal by the International Court of Justice.
Israel claims it is a security measure to protect Israeli citizens from terrorist attacks. Opponents point to the serious impact on the rights of Palestinians, depriving them of their land, mobility and access to health and educational services.
This book explores the Palestinian experience...
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Fighting Corporate Abuse demonstrates, through compelling and revelatory analysis, the legislation and regulation needed to deal with the abuses in the corporate sector that have been revealed in recent years. It highlights the more general contribution of company law and practice to the current crisis in capitalism.
The first section develops a controversial argument, using detailed illustrations and vivid examples which show how the various...
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Aunque muchas veces estén expuestos a la hostilidad y la desconfianza públicas, y debilitados por las transformaciones económicas de las últimas décadas, los sindicatos argentinos siguen siendo llamativamente fuertes: mantienen su capacidad de movilización y presión política y, sobre todo, son un espacio genuino de militancia y contención para muchos trabajadores. En este libro, se argumenta que esa resistencia responde a la capacidad de...
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'So You Want to Run for Public Office' is a complete guide on how to become a successful candidate for public office. Learn how to define an election, raise money, conduct a survey, budget a campaign, devise and execute an advertising strategy, make the most of free media, and monitor the pressure points of a political campaign to keep it on track. This book includes real life examples of successes and failures, and valuable instruction on how to...
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After WWII, the world entered a phase of extreme dynamics. The USA outpaced all other countries. More than 50 years later, it no longer has the radical esprit that brought about its hegemony. Still, America of the information revolution remains the world's only superpower. But as the necessity of change, expressed in a variety of systemic crises, accelerated, the USA fell into patterns of reactive politics similar to those that led to the downfall...
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Hailed as the must-read political book of the year by commentators on all sides of the great divide, Power Trip is the explosive memoir of one of Westminster's most controversial figures. From 1999 to 2009, Damian McBride worked at the heart of the Treasury and No. 10. He was a pivotal member of Gordon Brown's inner circle before a notorious scandal propelled him out of Downing Street and onto the front pages. Known by friend and foe as 'Mad Dog'...
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From Deplorable to Neanderthal Thinking is what a family of three authors saw, heard, read, and wrote during the election of nonpolitician businessman, Donald J Trump, his one-term presidency, and multiple failed efforts under the leadership of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to remove him from office.
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Die westliche Welt ist Veränderungen ausgesetzt ist, die zu ihrem Niedergang und dem Verlust der Zweitausendjährigen Herrschaft über den Rest der Welt führen wird. Diese Entwicklungen und die darauf basierende Analyse des Autors werden in dem mehrteiligen Buch über den tiefen Fall des Westens beschrieben.
Der Autor sieht, dass Dreiviertel der Welt nicht mehr bereit ist, die Hegemonie des weißen Mannes und des Westens weiter hinzunehmen. Der...
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¿Por qué la fuerza política que sacó al país de su peor crisis y encabezó durante doce años las transformaciones más profundas de la Argentina contemporánea perdió las elecciones en diciembre de 2015? ¿Por qué por primera vez en nuestra historia la derecha neoliberal pudo llegar al gobierno por la vía electoral? ¿Qué fue lo que sucedió? Las respuestas a estos interrogantes exigen reflexiones y discusiones que aún hoy son una asignatura...
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The description for this book, Issue Evolution: Race and the Transformation of American Politics, will be forthcoming. "This is one of the most important books in political science to have been published in the post-World War II era. It is a book indispensable for anyone who wishes to understand contemporary American politics and public opinion."---Bernard Grofman, International Journal of Public Opinion Research
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"Vinieron por su marido. Las camionetas llegaron con estruendo, los ocupantes bajaron entre gritos, sus nietos jugaban en la calle, ambos corrieron asustados. Eran las siete y media de la tarde. Los siguieron al menos seis hombres. Otros quedaron afuera, de guardia.
"They came for her husband. The trucks arrived with a crash, the occupants came down screaming, their grandchildren played in the street, both ran scared. It was seven thirty in the...
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En la primera década del siglo XXI, la Comunidad Valenciana ha atraído la atención de la opinión pública las amplias mayorías electorales del Partido Popular, la política de grandes y costosos eventos -con las consiguientes inversiones públicas- y por la notoriedad de las causas judiciales relacionadas con la corrupción política que salpican a los principales dirigentes del PP y del gobierno autónomo. La anomalía valenciana emerge como...
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Ken Kollman is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan.
In Outside Lobbying, Ken Kollman explores why and when interest group leaders in Washington seek to mobilize the public in order to influence policy decisions in Congress. In the past, political scientists have argued that lobbying groups make outside appeals primarily because of their own internal dynamics--to recruit new members, for example. Kollman, however,...
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