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Nation on the Take

How Big Money Corrupts Our Democracy and What We Can Do About It

by Wendell Potter, Nick Penniman ...

American democracy has become coin operated. Special interest groups increasingly control every level of government. The necessity of raising huge sums of campaign cash has completely changed the character of politics and policy making, determining what elected representatives stand for and how their time is spent. The marriage of great wealth and intense political influence has rendered our ... Read more

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American democracy has become coin operated. Special interest groups increasingly control every level of government. The necessity of raising huge sums of campaign cash has completely changed the character of politics and policy making, determining what elected representatives stand for and how their time is spent. The marriage of great wealth and intense political influence has rendered our
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Nature's Steward

A History of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida

by Nick Penniman ...

Nature's Steward chronicles the development of southwest Florida using the modern-day Conservancy of Southwest Florida as the lens through which to examine environmental history. A parallel track exists alongside the Conservancy's story, and that is the evolution of land acquisition practices and comprehensive growth management planning efforts at the state and federal levels. The reader will come ... Read more

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Nature's Steward chronicles the development of southwest Florida using the modern-day Conservancy of Southwest Florida as the lens through which to examine environmental history. A parallel track exists alongside the Conservancy's story, and that is the evolution of land acquisition practices and comprehensive growth management planning efforts at the state and federal levels. The reader will come
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Two Paths

America Divided or United

by John Kasich ...

When former Ohio governor John Kasich ran for president, his powerful message of hope and togetherness struck a chord with American voters. In Two Paths: America Divided or United, he carries that message forward by reflecting on the tumultuous 2016 campaign, sharing his concerns for America and his hopes for our future, and sounding a clarion call to reason and purpose, humility and dignity, ... Read more

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When former Ohio governor John Kasich ran for president, his powerful message of hope and togetherness struck a chord with American voters. In Two Paths: America Divided or United, he carries that message forward by reflecting on the tumultuous 2016 campaign, sharing his concerns for America and his hopes for our future, and sounding a clarion call to reason and purpose, humility and dignity,
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The Case for Decentralized Federalism

Edited by Ruth Hubbard, Gilles Paquet ...

Series series Governance Series
The Case for Decentralized Federalism and its sister volume The Case for Centralized Federalism are the outcome of the Federalism Redux Project, created to stimulate a serious and useful conversation on federalism in Canada. They provide the vocabulary and arguments needed to articulate the case for a centralized or a decentralized Canadian federalism.The Case for Decentralized Federalism brings ... Read more

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The Case for Decentralized Federalism and its sister volume The Case for Centralized Federalism are the outcome of the Federalism Redux Project, created to stimulate a serious and useful conversation on federalism in Canada. They provide the vocabulary and arguments needed to articulate the case for a centralized or a decentralized Canadian federalism.The Case for Decentralized Federalism brings
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Political Development

by Damien Kingsbury ...

This book fills a growing gap in the literature on international development by addressing the debates about good governance and institution-building within the context of political development.Political Development returns the key issues of human rights and democratization to the centre of the development debate and offers the reader an alternative to the conventional approach to, and definition ... Read more

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This book fills a growing gap in the literature on international development by addressing the debates about good governance and institution-building within the context of political development.Political Development returns the key issues of human rights and democratization to the centre of the development debate and offers the reader an alternative to the conventional approach to, and definition
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Decision Making by the Modern Supreme Court

by Richard L. Pacelle, Jr, Brett W. Curry, Bryan W. Marshall ...

There are three general models of Supreme Court decision making: the legal model, the attitudinal model and the strategic model. But each is somewhat incomplete. This book advances an integrated model of Supreme Court decision making that incorporates variables from each of the three models. In examining the modern Supreme Court, since Brown v. Board of Education, the book argues that decisions ... Read more

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There are three general models of Supreme Court decision making: the legal model, the attitudinal model and the strategic model. But each is somewhat incomplete. This book advances an integrated model of Supreme Court decision making that incorporates variables from each of the three models. In examining the modern Supreme Court, since Brown v. Board of Education, the book argues that decisions
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Syria under Bashar al-Asad

Modernisation and the Limits of Change

by Volker Perthes ...

Series series Adelphi series
Syria entered a new phase with the death of its long-serving leader, Hafiz al-Asad, and the accession of his son Bashar in 2000. While the new president has disappointed much of the hopes for political opening which he himself has created, Syria is clearly undergoing a process of change. The author analyses the factors of economic and political change in the country, and gives a portrait of its ... Read more

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Syria entered a new phase with the death of its long-serving leader, Hafiz al-Asad, and the accession of his son Bashar in 2000. While the new president has disappointed much of the hopes for political opening which he himself has created, Syria is clearly undergoing a process of change. The author analyses the factors of economic and political change in the country, and gives a portrait of its
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Selling U.S. Out

by J.R. Martin ...

Selling U.S. Out is not about some grand conspiracy. It is about how the toxic combination of ignorance, negligence, political ideology, corruption, and greed drove bad trade and economic policies that culminated in the economic collapse of 2008. While the trillions of dollars the U.S. government borrowed and injected into the system averted a total system meltdown, the borrowed money did not ... Read more

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Selling U.S. Out is not about some grand conspiracy. It is about how the toxic combination of ignorance, negligence, political ideology, corruption, and greed drove bad trade and economic policies that culminated in the economic collapse of 2008. While the trillions of dollars the U.S. government borrowed and injected into the system averted a total system meltdown, the borrowed money did not
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Understanding Caucuses and Primaries

Simply Put: Civics Lessons, #4

by Catherine McGrew Jaime ...

Series Book 4 - Simply Put: Civics Lessons
Every four years citizens of the United States go to the polling places in November to cast their vote for the next President of the United States. But few realize all that has gone in to the selection of one or both of the main candidates on the ballot. They've heard of primaries and caucuses, but aren't really sure what the difference is. And why are some delegates pledged and some unpledged? ... Read more

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Every four years citizens of the United States go to the polling places in November to cast their vote for the next President of the United States. But few realize all that has gone in to the selection of one or both of the main candidates on the ballot. They've heard of primaries and caucuses, but aren't really sure what the difference is. And why are some delegates pledged and some unpledged?
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Red Tape

Its Origins, Uses, and Abuses

by Herbert Kaufman ...

Series series A Brookings Classic
Death, taxes, and red tape. The inevitable trio no one can escape. That wry sense of reality colors Herbert Kaufman's classic study of red tape, the bureaucratic phenomenon that all of us have encountered in some form-from the confounding tax form filled out annually to the maddeningly time-consuming wait at the driver's license bureau.The complaints about red tape, Kaufman concedes, are legion. ... Read more

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Death, taxes, and red tape. The inevitable trio no one can escape. That wry sense of reality colors Herbert Kaufman's classic study of red tape, the bureaucratic phenomenon that all of us have encountered in some form-from the confounding tax form filled out annually to the maddeningly time-consuming wait at the driver's license bureau.The complaints about red tape, Kaufman concedes, are legion.
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A Quiet Evolution

The Emergence of Indigenous-Local Intergovernmental Partnerships in Canada

by Christopher Alcantara, Jen Nelles ...

Series series IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance
Much of the coverage surrounding the relationship between Indigenous communities and the Crown in Canada has focused on the federal, provincial, and territorial governments. Yet it is at the local level where some of the most important and significant partnerships are being made between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.In A Quiet Evolution, Christopher Alcantara and Jen Nelles look closely at ... Read more

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Much of the coverage surrounding the relationship between Indigenous communities and the Crown in Canada has focused on the federal, provincial, and territorial governments. Yet it is at the local level where some of the most important and significant partnerships are being made between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.In A Quiet Evolution, Christopher Alcantara and Jen Nelles look closely at
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The Progressive Squeeze: Jobs, Economy & Laws

by James Jackson ...

The Progressive Squeeze: Jobs, Economy, Laws, ObamaCare, Racism & Crime by attorney James A. Jackson is a must read before the USA 2012 elections.You can use this book in a serious but fun way to discuss with your kids (middle school and older) the USA elections in 2012, politics in general and the important things in life. (View it on a Kindle Fire or I-Pad as many of the pictures are in color. ... Read more

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The Progressive Squeeze: Jobs, Economy, Laws, ObamaCare, Racism & Crime by attorney James A. Jackson is a must read before the USA 2012 elections.You can use this book in a serious but fun way to discuss with your kids (middle school and older) the USA elections in 2012, politics in general and the important things in life. (View it on a Kindle Fire or I-Pad as many of the pictures are in color.
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