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“christopher hoene”

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  • Advancing Excellence and Public Trust in Government

    by George Amedee, Keenan Grenell, Christopher Hoene, Kenneth Penn, Irene Rubin, Don-Terry Veal, Sheila Smoot, John Thomas, Sandra Fabry Wirtz, Maria T. Folmar, Suzanne J. Piotrowski, William I. Sauser Jr., David Anderson, Richard Greene, Christa Slaton, Michael B. Smith, General Harold C. Moore, Juan Williams ...
    Over the last four decades the public trust in government in the United States has fallen dramatically due to a "perfect storm" of contributing factors, such as a seemingly never ending string of political scandals, partisan polarization and toxic attack politics, and miserable failures to respond to natural disasters or the devastation of the Great Recession. This book contains the academic ... Read more

    $85.99 USD

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  • The Obamas

    by Jodi Kantor ...
    Award-winning reporter Jodi Kantor takes readers deep inside the White House in an "insightful and evocative" portrait of Barack and Michelle Obama (Chicago Tribune) that will surprise even readers who thought they knew the two icons.When Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, he also won a long-running debate with his wife Michelle. Contrary to her fears, politics now seemed like a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • We Were Eight Years in Power

    An American Tragedy

    by Ta-Nehisi Coates ...
    **In this “urgently relevant”* collection featuring the landmark essay “The Case for Reparations,” the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me “reflects on race, Barack Obama’s presidency and its jarring aftermath”*—including the election of Donald Trump.New York Times Bestseller • Finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the Dayton ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • The Longest Decade

    by George Megalogenis ...
    Paul Keating and John Howard altered the nation’s body-clock. Between them, they dominated 30 years of power, as both treasurers and prime ministers. Typically, they have been seen only as antagonists with competing visions of Australia and its place in the world. In The Longest Decade, however, George Megalogenis argues that they also deserve to be seen as the twin architects of the political, ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Conscience of a Conservative

    by Barry M. Goldwater ...
    The Conscience of a Conservative reignited the American conservative movement and made Barry Goldwater a political star. It influenced countless conservatives in the United States, and helped lay the foundation for the Reagan Revolution in 1980. It covers topics such as education, labor unions and policies, civil rights, agricultural policy and farm subsidies, social welfare programs, and income ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

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  • Why Presidents Fail And How They Can Succeed Again

    by Elaine C. Kamarck ...
    At the beginning of the century, the majority of Americans were satisfied with the way things were going in the United States. And then a slow decline began, seemingly uninterrupted by changes in party or achievements by the White House. As the campaigning for the next president begins, the question we ask ourselves now is who will be the most competent leader? In Why Presidents Fail and How They ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Center

    People and Power in Political Washington

    by Stewart Alsop ...
    A portrait of Washington politics during one of the most turbulent eras in American history by the twentieth century's premier US government insider.During his three decades as a journalist and political pundit for the New York Herald Tribune and Newsweek magazine, Stewart Alsop covered many of the defining historical events of mid-to-late twentieth-century America, from the post–World War II boom ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dealing with Dysfunction

    Innovative Problem Solving in the Public Sector

    by Jorrit de Jong ...
    Series series Brookings / Ash Center Series, "Innovative Governance in the 21st Century"
    How can we intervene in the systemic bureaucratic dysfunction that beleaguers the public sector? De Jong examines the roots of this dysfunction and presents a novel approach to solving it. Drawing from academic literature on bureaucracy and problem solving in the public sector, and the clinical work of the Kafka Brigade-a social enterprise based in the Netherlands dedicated to diagnosing and ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Near Abroad

    Putin, the West and the Contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus

    by Gerard Toal ...
    Before Russia invaded Ukraine, it invaded Georgia. Both states are part of Russia's "near abroad" - newly independent states that were once part of the Soviet Union and are now Russia's neighbors. While the Russia-Georgia war of 2008 faded from the headlines in the wake of the global recession, the geopolitical contest that created it did not. Six years later, the spectre of a revanchist Russia ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Performance of Politics:Obama's Victory and the Democratic Struggle for Power

    Obama's Victory and the Democratic Struggle for Power

    by Jeffrey C. Alexander ...
    Contemporary observers of politics in America often reduce democracy to demography. Whatever portion of the vote not explained by the class, gender, race, and religious differences of voters is attributed to the candidates' positions on the issues of the day. But are these the only--or even the main--factors that determine the vote? The Performance of Politics develops a new way of looking at ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Serving With Pride in the Public Eye

    A Story About Striving for Success in Local Government

    by Randy Diehl ...
    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 political partners as they work through difficult times and climb over tremendous obstacles. It is ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • National Suicide

    How Washington Is Destroying the American Dream from A to Z

    by Martin L. Gross ...
    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 mismanagement, malfeasance and incompetence. Despite the strong foundation laid down by the founding fathers, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD