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"Over 175 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville, an astute political scientist, came to the United States to evaluate the meaning and actual functioning of democracy. Here, Tocqueville discusses the advantages and dangers of majority rule?which he thought could be as tyrannical as the rule of a monarchy. He analyzes the influence of political parties and the press on the government and the effect of equality on the social, political, and economic life...
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"A bold guide to how we must re-envision citizenship if American democracy is to survive The United States faces dangerous threats from Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, terrorists, climate change, and future pandemics, but the greatest peril to the country comes not from abroad but from within, from none other than ourselves. The question facing us is whether we are prepared to do what is necessary to save our democracy. The Bill of Obligations is...
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In the book, Tocqueville examines the democratic revolution that he believed had been occurring over the previous several hundred years. In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont were sent by the French government to study the American prison system. In his later letters Tocqueville indicates that he and Beaumont used their official business as a pretext to study American society instead. They arrived in New York City in May of that year...
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"With his trademark blend of political history, social science, economics, and pop culture ... Jonah Goldberg makes the timely case that America and other democracies are in peril as they lose the will to defend the values and institutions that sustain freedom and prosperity. Instead we are surrendering to populism, nationalism and other forms of tribalism."--Amazon.com summary.
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In the book, Tocqueville examines the democratic revolution that he believed had been occurring over the previous several hundred years. In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont were sent by the French government to study the American prison system. In his later letters Tocqueville indicates that he and Beaumont used their official business as a pretext to study American society instead. They arrived in New York City in May of that year...
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Schumpeter's Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy is perhaps the most important and influential book on the subject ever written. This volume is the result of an effort to weld into a readable form the bulk of almost forty years' thought, observation and research on the subject of socialism. The problem of democracy forced its way into the place it now occupies in this volume because it proved impossible to state my views on the relation between the...
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It is their moment in history. The next Camelon generation begins with the passing of King Dewi of Wales, slain by marauding Roman legions left in the area. His eighty-year-old granddaughter Creirwy, the Mother Superior of Pembrokeshire abbey, learns of his untimely, demise as chaos descends on the world. The surviving descendants of Camelon regroup in secrecy with the help of the sea dragons reunite in an underground portal beneath the abbey.
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Today, we face the greatest challenges in human history.
There is a widespread collapse of confidence in current politics and economics, and our environment is teetering on the brink of catastrophe. The challenges are enormous, but so are the opportunities to create a society based on the wellbeing of all.
This rigorously researched, compact and accessible book makes sense of the situation, offers hope and radical solutions. Above all, it empowers...
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Conservatives are busy trying to save the world. The world is going to heck in a handbasket, and liberals are trying to figure out whether to hold angry peace rallies or celebrate the environment by leaving their signs on the grass for productive people to clean up. If only they knew how many trees and bunny rabbits were murdered on 9/11 by people unconcerned with carbon emissions. Liberals like to declare every conservative on the planet to be either...
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Our founders had envisioned a great country and a great democracy. The color of the Liberian national flag and the form of government and the Liberian Constitution are telltale signs.
Liberians living both at home and in the diaspora know that our country is headed in the wrong direction. From one failed leadership to another poor governance, the hopes of the people have been dashed or dismissed from one election cycle to the next. Politicians use...
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Resist! Goals and Tactics for Changemakers offers an encyclopedic guide for how you can be a changemaker. Critics fault recent democracy uprisings for not having a positive plan for change, so this comprehensive guide includes international models of democratic local and national examples. The extensive book outlines major economic, environmental and political problems with examples of tactics currently used to solve them. It includes theories about...
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Treinta personas, no todos especialistas pero sí comprometidas con el Chile que queremos, son convocados a "redactar" el articulado de una nueva Constitución.
El resultado expresa los anhelos de la mayoría y la urgencia de las transformaciones necesarias para un nuevo contrato social que los recoja.
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"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government". That observation was made by our third president, Thomas Jefferson. He also made the statement that "The course of history shows that as government grows, liberty decreases". This book chronicles the steady growth of our government since this nation was founded. It also notes the manner in which that growth has diminished...
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Get the Summary of Adam Kinzinger's Renegade in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Renegade" by Adam Kinzinger offers a detailed account of the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, the events leading up to it, and its aftermath from the perspective of the congressman and former Air Force pilot. Kinzinger, a critic of Trumpism, describes the former president's inaction during the assault and his role in spreading election...
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Get the Summary of Mark R. Levine's Unfreedom of the Press in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Mark R. Levin is a master statesman as well as a respected journalist. He believes there is an anomaly present in the operations of the modern American press, whose effects may be devastating even to the public. Hence, in this book he explains his fears and calls for a quick intervention to correct...
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Is war and conflict ever completely resolved in the discussion of international relations? Why mention the opium epidemic in Afghanistan in a study about the de-escalation of conflict in Iraq? How can relationships with moderate Sunni tribes in Iraq be rebuilt into an alliance for the preservation of the democratic peace? The subject of this American foreign policy for Iraq included an episode of conflict that started in March of 2003 and lasted for...
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In 1831, the then twenty-seven year old Alexis de Tocqueville, was sent with Gustave de Beaumont to America by the French Government to study and make a report on the American prison system. Over a period of nine months the two traveled all over America making notes not only on the prison systems but on all aspects of American society and government. From these notes Tocqueville wrote "Democracy in America", an exhaustive analysis of the successes...
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"Your pen is your biggest enemy" is the kind of warning M. P. Prabhakaran says he used to receive from his friends every time he published a provocative social or political commentary. He published them in The East-West Inquirer, an online monthly, of which he is editor and publisher. He has cited the warning in the preface to this book. The preface also says that, pointing to the subject of the commentary, those well-meaning friends would follow...
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Get the Summary of John Stuart' Mill's On Liberty in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: On Liberty, a philosophical work by John Stuart Mill, published in 1859 discuses ethical system of utilitarianism of the society and the state. In it, Mill advocates the rights of the individual against Society, with special emphasis to the importance of individuality. The main focus of this book is on...
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