Author: Ordway TeadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Democracy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
New Adventures in Democracy
Author: Ordway TeadAdventures in Democracy
Author: Neill AtkinsonPublisher: Otago University Press
ISBN:
Category : Democracy
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The year 2003 is the 150th anniversary of Parliamentary elections in New Zealand and this book was commissioned by the Electoral Commission to celebrate. In a well-illustrated and readable text, the book takes the reader through the evolution of modern voting.
New Adventures in Democracy, Pratical Applications of the Democratic Idea, by Ordway Tead
Author: Ordway TeadThe Politics of Quality
Author: Leslie LipsonDemocracy Incorporated
Author: Sheldon S. WolinPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691178488
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Democracy is struggling in America--by now this statement is almost cliché. But what if the country is no longer a democracy at all? In Democracy Incorporated, Sheldon Wolin considers the unthinkable: has America unwittingly morphed into a new and strange kind of political hybrid, one where economic and state powers are conjoined and virtually unbridled? Can the nation check its descent into what the author terms "inverted totalitarianism"? Wolin portrays a country where citizens are politically uninterested and submissive--and where elites are eager to keep them that way. At best the nation has become a "managed democracy" where the public is shepherded, not sovereign. At worst it is a place where corporate power no longer answers to state controls. Wolin makes clear that today's America is in no way morally or politically comparable to totalitarian states like Nazi Germany, yet he warns that unchecked economic power risks verging on total power and has its own unnerving pathologies. Wolin examines the myths and mythmaking that justify today's politics, the quest for an ever-expanding economy, and the perverse attractions of an endless war on terror. He argues passionately that democracy's best hope lies in citizens themselves learning anew to exercise power at the local level. Democracy Incorporated is one of the most worrying diagnoses of America's political ills to emerge in decades. It is sure to be a lightning rod for political debate for years to come. Now with a new introduction by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Chris Hedges, Democracy Incorporated remains an essential work for understanding the state of democracy in America.
The Politics of Equality
Author: Leslie LipsonPublisher: Victoria University Press
ISBN: 0864736835
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
In January, 1939, Leslie Lipson became the foundation Professor of Political Science at Victoria, and in the University of New Zealand as a whole. During his seven years in Wellington he wrote The Politics of Equality: New Zealand's Adventures in Democracy, published in 1948 by the University of Chicago Press. This was immediately recognised as a classic contribution to our political literature, but it has long been out of print.
Adventures of the Symbolic
Author: Warren BreckmanPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 023114394X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Warren Breckman critically revisits thrilling experiments in the aftermath of Marxism.
Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy: Adventures in Politics - 1980 - 2020
Author: Brian HassettPublisher: Gets Things Done Publishing
ISBN: 9780994726247
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
This is a book that makes democracy fun. Who ever heard of such a thing?! As legendary New Hampshire activist Granny D put it - "Democracy isn't something we have, it's something we do." This 400 page book is about 40 years of "doing" - from the Carter-Reagan debate through meeting every candidate at the New Hampshire primary of 2020. It's 100,000 words with 100 photos that tell a story of everything from being involved in campaigns to the culture of the country as they unfolded. It has firsthand accounts of discovering political rallies are really rock concerts, to how to get involved, to backgrounds told entertainingly about everything from "vote swapping" to gerrymandering to third parties. It's been compared to Hunter Thompson's "Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail" - but it's really "Fun & Loving on the Trail." It has a Jack Kerouac "On The Road" undercurrent, with a Grateful Dead soundtrack of Adventure. John Lennon is mentioned as often as any politician. If you want a book that rips politicos and the democratic process - this is not it. This sees and celebrates the good in others - from presidents to protesters, from voters to reporters. It's a celebration of the process - while encouraging participation in the present. It's about weaving the playfulness of the Merry Pranksters into the seriousness of deciding our leaders. It's about how we got here and where we're going. It's about political rallies and rallying friends. It's storytelling with substance - history with humor - and the incredible lightness of being. It's about following your dreams to the front row of the revolution. It's a road trip with a narrator full of Adventure Tales and a knack for getting into the center of the action. It spans Gary Hart to Bernie Sanders, Bill Clinton to Pete Buttigieg, Howard Dean to Elizabeth Warren. It takes the reader from big tube TVs to YouTube videos. It captures political concerts from Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson & Aretha Franklin ushering in Bill Clinton to Bruce Springsteen, U2 & Garth Brooks welcoming Barack Obama. It celebrates the new wave of political leaders who give voice to an open future of possibilities, while also paying tribute to some giants we've lost - from Vaclav Havel to Paul Tsongas, Tim Russert to Abbie Hoffman. If one of the meanings of life is to be engaged and inspire others - this is a how-to manual. If you thought your voice didn't matter - this is an all-access pass to the choir where everybody's encouraged to sing. This is about getting yourself to the places you want to be - and having the journey be a blast. It's a celebration of America - from Rockwellian small towns to rocking Manhattan - from the tiniest campaign offices to a million people on The Mall in Washington. It covers every 4-year cycle from Jimmy Carter being President to Joe Biden's nomination. You'll go from a rally with 50 people to one with 5,000 in a couple pages. You'll experience the elation of victories from Obama at Barackefeller Center in New York to Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire - and also be in the room for the shock of a candidate withdrawing or the perfect storm of a tsunami hitting like at the Hillary "victory party" in 2016. You'll be reminded why all this matters and why it's so important to be involved. It's the ever-unfolding story of humanity - and these are your years to be part of it. You'll learn new ideas about empowering your children to vote and how a local election is as important as the White House Super Bowl. You'll be a fly on the wall with the journalists who cover it - and in the cloakroom of the Senate when the language gets salty. We each only get one vote - but this will show you how to turn that into a party. A political party.
The Mask and the Flag
Author: Paolo GerbaudoPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190491566
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The populist turn to street protest and the reasons behind its global resurgence are the twin themes of this timely analysis
Our democracy
Author: Educational Policies CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Democracy
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description