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  • Presidents, Oligarchs and Bureaucrats

    Forms of Rule in the Post-Soviet Space

    by Margarete Klein, Hans-Henning Schröder ...
    Over the last decade the "transition paradigm", which is based on the conviction that authoritarian political systems would over time necessarily develop into democracies, has been subjected to serious criticism. The complex political and societal developments in the post-Soviet region in particular have exposed flaws in the claim that a shift from authoritarianism to democracy is inevitable. ... Read more

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  • Going to Extremes

    How Like Minds Unite and Divide

    by Cass R. Sunstein ...
    Why do people become extremists? What makes people become so dismissive of opposing views? Why is political and cultural polarization so pervasive in America? In Going to Extremes, renowned legal scholar and best-selling author Cass R. Sunstein offers startling insights into why and when people gravitate toward extremism. Sunstein marshals a wealth of evidence that shows that when like-minded ... Read more

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  • American Character

    A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good

    by Colin Woodard ...
    The bestselling author of American Nations and Nations Apart examines the history of and solutions to the key American question: how best to reconcile individual liberty with the maintenance of a free societyThe struggle between individual rights and the good of the community as a whole has been the basis of nearly every major disagreement in our history, from the debates at the Constitutional ... Read more

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  • The Political Uses of Motherhood in America

    by Cynthia Stavrianos ...
    Series series Routledge Series on Identity Politics
    As various contemporary groups use the language of motherhood to advance their political causes, maternal rhetoric has become very visible in the American political discourse of late. Yet while it has long been recognized that women have invoked their political status as mothers to organize and authorize their political action in the past, scholars have only just begun to examine the recent ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • Ideological Lunacy

    A Politically Conservative and Morally Liberal Hebrew Alpha Male Watches Crazed Liberal Swelled Botoxed Heads Explode Trying to Dislodge Them from Their (Redacted).

    by Eric aka the TYGRRRR EXPRESS ...
    "Put the varnish remover back on the shelf! You won't need it when reading Eric's latest book, Ideological Lunacy. In Eric's true, take no prisoners style he impales liberals with a mixture of facts, wit, and outright humor melded together in a writing style guaranteed to grab your attention and not let go. This is a must read for anyone who is wondering why America is upside down."Lt. Col. Bill ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Imperfection and Impartiality

    A Liberal Theory Of Social Justice

    by Marcel L.J. Wissenburg ...
    This text argues, from a liberal perspective, for a radical re- interpretation of existing ideas concerning social justice. Since the 1980s there has been debate between liberals and their critics, Concerning The Use Of Impartiality As A Notion On Which To Base Social theories of justice. In introducing an impartial standard of the right, the implications are often sexist, anthropocentric, ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Rediscovering Fire

    Basic Economic Lessons from the Soviet Experiment

    by Guinevere Liberty Nell ...
    In this book, Guinevere Liberty Nell visits this historical laboratory of social science to study the lessons in basic economics that it teaches.Nell observes that the founders of the Soviet experiment, Lenin and other Bolshevik leaders, wrote volumes of articles and books on Marxist theory and then proceeded to enact the very policies that they promised. Therefore the Soviet experiment provides ... Read more

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  • The Ironies of Citizenship

    Naturalization and Integration in Industrialized Countries

    by Thomas Janoski ...
    Explanations of naturalization and jus soli citizenship have relied on cultural, convergence, racialization, or capture theories, and they tend to be strongly affected by the literature on immigration. This study of naturalization breaks with the usual immigration theories and proposes an approach over centuries and decades toward explaining naturalization rates. First, it provides consistent ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Religion and Secularism in the European Union

    State of Affairs and Current Debates

    Edited by Jan Nelis, Caroline Sägesser, Jean-Philippe Schreiber ...
    Series Book 8 - Dynamiques citoyennes en Europe / Citizenship Dynamics in Europe
    The present volume monitors new developments concerning religious issues, faith-based organizations, State-Church relations and secularism in the EU, which especially during the past two decades have undergone profound changes, changes which continuously and increasingly alter mentalities and habits, whether belief-related or not. In this collective work, authors develop the major themes that are ... Read more

    $52.89 USD

  • Fighting Words

    A Tale of How Liberals Created Neo-Conservatism

    by Ben J. Wattenberg ...
    How did a nice, liberal Jewish boy from the Bronx come to be called a conservative?Ben J. Wattenberg has been at the center of American ideas and events since 1966, when he became a speechwriter for and aide to President Lyndon B. Johnson. Recruited out of the blue, Wattenberg worked closely with press secretary Bill Moyers and immersed himself in the world of high-powered Democratic strategy ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Boom! a Revolting Situation

    The Failure of Ideological Politics and the Disappointment of Ideological Government

    by Thomas Richard Harry ...
    The idea of revolution is to take action. The goal of revolution is positive change.Thomas Richard Harry Boom! A Revolting SituationBOOM! is a tough-minded eye-opening appraisal of American Democracy that highlights serious lack of choice in todays political arena. Party identification is unraveling; increasingly voters opt not to be identified with them. Nothing has yet developed to fill this ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • From Byron to bin Laden

    A History of Foreign War Volunteers

    by Nir Arielli ...
    What makes people fight and risk their lives for countries other than their own? Why did diverse individuals such as Lord Byron, George Orwell, Che Guevara, and Osama bin Laden all volunteer for ostensibly foreign causes? Nir Arielli helps us understand this perplexing phenomenon with a wide-ranging history of foreign-war volunteers, from the wars of the French Revolution to the civil war in Syria ... Read more

    $34.49 USD