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  • The Decline and Fall of the American Republic

    par Bruce Ackerman ...
    Collections Livre 12 - The Tanner Lectures
    "Audacious . . . offers a fierce critique of democracy's most dangerous adversary: the abuse of democratic power by democratically elected chief executives." (Benjamin R. Barber, New York Times bestselling author of Jihad vs. McWorld )Bruce Ackerman shows how the institutional dynamics of the last half-century have transformed the American presidency into a potential platform for political ... En savoir plus

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  • How to Save a Constitutional Democracy

    A New Edition for a Damaged Politics

    Updated to take stock of recent developments, Tom Ginsburg and Aziz Z. Huq’s prescient and insightful book shows how constitutional rules both hinder and hasten democratic decline.Around the world, autocratic leaders threaten the core structures of democratic self-rule. But democratic constitutions are not fail-proof safeguards. By looking at how such leaders exploit legal mechanisms to advance ... En savoir plus

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  • The Real Odessa

    How Perón Brought the Nazi War Criminals to Argentina

    par Uki Goñi ...
    The groundbreaking expose of an international conspiracy to protect Nazi war criminals—now with new material and an introduction by Phillip Sands.As Russian forces closed in on Berlin, and Hitler's premiership drew to a close, many Nazi officials fled Germany. In this startling, meticulously researched account, acclaimed journalist Uki Goni unravels the complex international network that led them ... En savoir plus

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  • The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America

    par Thom Hartmann ...
    Collections Livre 2 - The Thom Hartmann Hidden History Series
    “Hartmann delivers a full-throated indictment of the U.S. Supreme Court in this punchy polemic." **—**Publishers WeeklyThom Hartmann, the most popular progressive radio host in America and a New York Times bestselling author, explains how the Supreme Court has spilled beyond its Constitutional powers and how we the people should take that power back.Taking his typically in-depth, historically ... En savoir plus

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  • How to Think Like a Lawyer--and Why

    A Common-Sense Guide to Everyday Dilemmas

    par Kim Wehle ...
    Collections Livre 4 - Legal Expert Series
    A law professor and author teaches non-attorneys how to think like a lawyer to gain advantage in their lives—whether buying a house, negotiating a salary, or choosing the right healthcare.Lawyers aren’t like other people. They often argue points that are best left alone or look for mistakes in menus "just because." While their scrupulous attention to detail may be annoying, it can also be a ... En savoir plus

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  • The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment

    How to Talk about Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics

    par Thom Hartmann ...
    The New York Times–bestselling author explores the real history of guns in America and how to limit both their lethal impact and the gun lobby's power.Taking his typically in-depth, historically informed view, Thom Hartmann, the most popular progressive radio host in America, examines the brutal role guns have played in American history, from the genocide of the Native Americans to the enforcement ... En savoir plus

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  • Prius Or Pickup?

    How the Answers to Four Simple Questions Explain America's Great Divide

    "In this fascinating look at contemporary politics, [the authors] set out to explain what really causes the extreme political polarization seen today." — Publishers WeeklyWhat's in your garage: a Prius or a pickup? What's in your coffee cup: Starbucks or Dunkin' Donuts? What about your pet: cat or dog? As award-winning political scholars Marc Hetherington and Jonathan Weiler explain, even our ... En savoir plus

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  • Billionaires and Stealth Politics

    A look into the covert influence billionaires wield in American politics and the actions citizens can take to hold them more accountable.In 2016, when millions of Americans voted for Donald Trump, many believed his claims that personal wealth would free him from wealthy donors and allow him to "drain the swamp." But then Trump appointed several billionaires and multimillionaires to high-level ... En savoir plus

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  • Four Threats

    The Recurring Crises of American Democracy

    "A lively read about the cracks in the system. What's more, it offers some good ideas for how we might go about fixing them." —Jelani Cobb, The New YorkerWhile many Americans despair of the current state of US politics, most assume that our system of government and democracy itself are invulnerable to decay. Yet when we examine the past, we find that the United States has undergone repeated crises ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • Information Wars

    How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation & What We Can Do About It

    par Richard Stengel ...
    A "well-told" insider account of the State Department's twenty-first-century struggle to defend America against malicious propaganda and disinformation ( The Washington Post).Disinformation is nothing new. When Satan told Eve nothing would happen if she bit the apple, that was disinformation. But today, social media has made disinformation even more pervasive and pernicious. In a disturbing turn ... En savoir plus

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  • Democracy's Beginning

    The Athenian Story

    A history of the world's first democracy from its beginnings in Athens circa fifth century B.C. to its downfall 200 years later.The first democracy, established in ancient Greece more than 2,500 years ago, has served as the foundation for every democratic system of government instituted down the centuries. In this lively history, author Thomas N. Mitchell tells the full and remarkable story of how ... En savoir plus

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  • Blind Ambition

    The White House Years

    par John W. Dean ...
    A six-month New York Times bestseller: "Not only the best Watergate book, but a very good book indeed" ( The Sunday Times).As White House counsel to Richard Nixon, a young John W. Dean was one of the primary players in the Watergate scandal—and ultimately became the government's key witness in the investigations that ended the Nixon presidency. After the scandal subsided, Dean rebuilt his career, ... En savoir plus

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