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“richard tafel”

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  • You Can Control Your Governments

    How to Restore Real Democracy to the Citizen

    by Richard Tafel ...
    This book is about democralcy - in its truest sense. It describes how the average citizen can gain control over his elected representatives. It describes how the really important matters of governing - the issues - can, where enough citizens are concerned about them, be decided not by party leaders, but by the citizens themselves. And that the results will be better for the community. It brings ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • YOU Can Control Your Governments

    How to restore real democracy to the citizen

    by Richard Tafel ...
    A study about proven methods of Direct Democracy via citizen referendums, which should be instituted in USA and Canada. It describes how the really important matters of governing-the issues-can, where enough citizens are concerned about them, be decided not by party leaders, but by the citizens themselves. And that the results will be better for the community. It brings our cherished ideas about ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

    by John J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M. Walt ...
    Originally published in 2007, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, by John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen M. Walt of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, provoked both howls of outrage and cheers of gratitude for challenging what had been a taboo issue in America: the impact of the Israel lobby on U.S. foreign policy. A work of major importance, it remains as ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • It Still Takes a Candidate

    Why Women Don't Run for Office, Revised and Expanded Edition

    by Jennifer L. Lawless, Richard L. Fox ...
    It Still Takes A Candidate serves as the only systematic, nationwide empirical account of the manner in which gender affects political ambition. Based on data from the Citizen Political Ambition Panel Study, a national survey conducted of almost 3,800 'potential candidates' in 2001 and a second survey of more than 2,000 of these same individuals in 2008, Jennifer L. Lawless and Richard L. Fox find ... Read more

    $26.29 USD

  • The Crosswinds of Freedom, 1932–1988

    by James MacGregor Burns ...
    Series Book 3 - The American Experiment
    A Pulitzer Prize winner's "immensely readable" history of the United States from FDR's election to the final days of the Cold War ( Publishers Weekly).The Crosswinds of Freedom is an articulate and incisive examination of the United States during its rise to become the world's sole superpower. Here is a young democracy transformed by the Great Depression, the Second World War, the Cold War, the ... Read more

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  • Becoming a Candidate

    Political Ambition and the Decision to Run for Office

    by Jennifer L. Lawless ...
    Becoming a Candidate: Political Ambition and the Decision to Run for Office explores the factors that drive political ambition at the earliest stages. Using data from a comprehensive survey of thousands of eligible candidates, Jennifer L. Lawless systematically investigates what compels certain citizens to pursue elective positions and others to recoil at the notion. Lawless assesses personal ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • Immigrant Exclusion and Insecurity in Africa

    Coethnic Strangers

    by Claire L. Adida ...
    This book explores the diverse immigrant experiences in urban West Africa, where some groups integrate seamlessly while others face exclusion and violence. It shows, counterintuitively, that cultural similarities between immigrants and their hosts do not help immigrant integration and may, in fact, disrupt it. This book is one of the first to describe and explain in a systematic way immigrant ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • State-Building

    Theory and Practice

    Edited by Aidan Hehir, Neil Robinson ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
    This study brings together internationally renowned academics to provide a detailed insight into the theory and practice of state-building.State-building is one of the dominant themes in contemporary international relations. This text addresses both the theoretical logic behind state-building and key practical manifestations of this phenomenon. Unlike ‘how-to’ manuals that seek to identify best ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Quotable Elizabeth Warren

    Edited by Frank Marshall ...
    US Senator Elizabeth Warren has long been an original thinker and a powerful voice for the common man. Having worked her first job at the age of nine and witnessed first-hand the economic struggles of the American middle class, Warren never hesitates to tell the truth about the US economy. She has been a strong advocate for consumer protection; her work has led to the creation of the US Consumer ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Presidential Leadership in Public Opinion

    Causes and Consequences

    by Jeffrey E. Cohen ...
    Although presidents may have a difficult time actually leading the public and Congress, voters still desire strong leadership from their commander in chief. In Presidential Leadership in Public Opinion, Jeffrey E. Cohen argues that the perception of presidential leadership in American politics is affected not so much by what presidents accomplish but by whether voters think their president is a ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Opting Out of the European Union

    Diplomacy, Sovereignty and European Integration

    by Rebecca Adler-Nissen ...
    European integration continues to deepen despite major crises and attempts to take back sovereignty. A growing number of member states are reacting to a more constraining EU by negotiating opt-outs. This book provides the first in-depth account of how opt-outs work in practice. It examines the most controversial cases of differentiated integration: the British and Danish opt-outs from Economic and ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Reflections on Religion, the Divine, and the Constitution

    by George Anastaplo ...
    In Part One, the uses of divine revelation in the Western world are reviewed by recalling authors that include Euripides, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Plato, Maimonides, Cervantes, Hobbes, and Milton. The challenges posed by such monstrosities as Aztec human sacrifices and the Second World War Holocaust are recalled.In Part Two, the challenges of religion for and by Americans are examined. Documents ... Read more

    $55.09 USD