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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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But the rich are rather good at getting the poor to eat each other instead. In this provocative novella-length essay, Mike Robbins looks at how the British electoral system, social media, bullying by business, and a growing gap between rich and poor have led to deep fissures in British society. These have been exploited by those with an agenda of their own. As a result, democracy is now fragile. To repair it, we must look hard at the way information...
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Este texto ofrece herramientas y conceptos para hacer una oposición política novedosa. Desde el ámbito legal aporta iniciativas en cuanto a garantías y justas reglas para la actividad política, y desde el ámbito de la presión y movilización social ofrece un repertorio de estrategias, tácticas y símbolos, todo esto con ejemplos de experiencias históricas. Si pensamos en un proceso de paz exitoso es entonces imperativo ofrecer desde la academia...
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The long-awaited epilogue to what's been hailed as the must-read political book of the year by commentators on all sides of the great divide. In addition to material covering the phone-hacking scandal previously excluded for legal reasons, in these final three chapters of Power Trip Damian McBride details the aftermath of the book's publication and outlines his shocking predictions for the future of the Labour Party, politics and the economy with...
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The Toilet Paper Party Guide to Expressing Yourself to Congress, subtitled What to Say, How to Say It, Where to Send It, is a simple, user friendly, do-it-yourself manual. With this easy to read book and congressional directory, you have everything you need to successfully communicate with Congress. Clearly written expert advice and tips from Washington, D.C. insiders make it possible for anyone to have their voice heard. The book includes a comprehensive...
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Lee Ann Banaszak is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Pennsylvania State University.
Wyoming became the first American state to adopt female suffrage in 1869--a time when no country permitted women to vote. When the last Swiss canton enfranchised women in 1990, few countries barred women from the polls. Why did pro-suffrage activists in the United States and Switzerland have such varying success? Comparing suffrage campaigns in forty-eight...
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"So, what are you writing about?" I would be asked. "Err. It's just a piece about transnational democracy, adapting Zionism to globalization and this legal provision in the treaty of the European Union", I would blurt uncomfortably. The inquirers would either chuckle in confusion, stare blankly (should they have understood what I just said?) or run a million miles, out of fear of being cornered into a dull discussion. The truth is this essay IS all...
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This book develops new ways of thinking beyond the nation as a form of political community by transcending ethnonational categories of "us" and "them." Drawing on scholarship and cases spanning Pacific Asia and Europe, it provides a constructive agenda for critical nationalism studies.
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James Q. Wilson is the James Collins Professor of Management and Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of many books and has served on numerous national commissions concerned with public policy.
A major work by one of America's eminent political scientists, Political Organizations has had a profound impact on how we view the influence of interest groups on policymaking. James Wilson wrote this book to counter...
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La organización que plantean las democracias representativas postula adversarios políticos, quienes son parte necesaria en los sistemas democráticos. En este sentido, las maneras de promover el voto ciudadano por parte de los diferentes partidos políticos se hace privilegiando los gustos y emociones que le pueden suscitar al votante y menos las razones por las cuales merecen ser reconocidos por los ciudadanos.
En el arte de la persuasión electoral...
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Der globale Kapitalismus schreitet zunehmend voran. Lediglich 147 Konzerne - so Schweizer Wissenschaftler - steuern und kontrollieren die gesamte Weltwirtschaft und damit auch unser Leben. Die wahre Macht liege demnach nicht mehr bei den Staatsorganen, sondern bei internationalen Großkonzernen.
Wie kam diese Entwicklung zustande und was können wir selbst für unser eigenes Leben und für die Gesellschaft dagegen unternehmen?
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Liberal e hispánico no son términos que suelan ir asociados. Sin embargo, tanto en la América hispanohablante como en España el liberalismo ha sido, al menos desde 1812, un eje de pensamiento político y una asignatura pendiente que quizá haya llegado el momento de aprobar.
Doscientos años mas tarde de la firma de la Constitución español ¿dónde están hoy los liberales españoles? ¿Y los liberales peruanos, los argentinos o los mexicanos?...
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Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince has been one of the most widely read and quoted book about politics during the past five centuries. But, in the democracies of the information age, new ideas are needed to make government prosper through the next century. Now, Dick Morris, who contributed significantly to President Clinton's reelection in 1996 and, during the previous two decades, helped many public officials (Democrats and Republicans alike) gain...
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Madmen, Intellectuals, and Academic Scribblers presents a simple, economic framework for understanding the systematic causes of political change. Wayne A. Leighton and Edward J. López take up three interrelated questions: Why do democracies generate policies that impose net costs on society? Why do such policies persist over long periods of time, even if they are known to be socially wasteful and better alternatives exist? And, why do certain wasteful...
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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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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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¿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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Wealthy, educated, and more privileged people are more likely to participate and be represented in politics than their poorer, less educated, and less privileged counterparts. To reduce these inequalities, we need a better understanding of how the disadvantaged become motivated to participate. Moved to Action fills the current gap in this area of research by examining the commitments and pathways through which the underprivileged become engaged in...
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In Transforming Leadership, Burns illuminates the evolution of leadership structures, from the chieftains of tribal African societies, through Europe's absolute monarchies, to the blossoming of the Enlightenment's ideals of liberty and happiness during the American Revolution. Along the way he looks at key breakthroughs in leadership and the towering leaders who attempted to transform their worlds-Elizabeth I, Washington, Jefferson, Gandhi, Eleanor...
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