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The 2016 election was a watershed for the United States. Alberta looks as Trump's victory not as the creator of this era of polarization and bruising partisanship, but rather as its most manifest consequence. When George W. Bush left office, the Republicans had no vision, no generation of new leaders, and no energy in the party's base. In the bloody struggle for the party's identity, the stage was set for an outsider to crash the party. How did the...
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The single greatest priority for the Bush administration has been the consolidation of executive power. That power has been wielded like never before for partisan gain: to win current and future elections for Republicans across America. The Democrats had everything going for them in the 2006 election, but all the obstacles Republicans have been constructing paid off by denying them an even bigger win. Democrats are confident going into 2008, but the...
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"For those who witnessed the global collapse of socialism, its resurrection in the twenty-first century comes as a surprise, even a shock. How can socialism work now when it has never worked before? Bestselling author Dinesh D'Souza argues that the socialism advanced today by the likes of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, Ilhan Omar, and Elizabeth Warren is very different from the socialism of Lenin, Mao, and Castro. It is "identity socialism,"...
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It is almost a commonplace of the political moralists that every failure on the part of England to satisfy the moderate and constitutional demands of the Irish people for reform has been followed invariably by a deplorable outbreak of extremist" activities in Ireland. Unfortunately for the moral, that constitutional demands should therefore be promptly and fully conceded, the statement is almost exactly the reverse of the truth, if Irish history as...
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"From Fox News' politics editor Chris Stirewalt -- a fun and lively account of America's populist tradition, from Andrew Jackson and Teddy Roosevelt, to Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan, and Donald Trump. Whatever the ideological fad of the moment, American populism has always been home to a fascinating assortment of charismatic leaders, characters, kooks, cranks, and sometimes charlatans who have--with widely varying degrees of success--led the charge of...
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American politics is typically a story about winners. The fading away of defeated politicians and political movements is a feature of American politics that ensures political stability and a peaceful transition of power. But American history has also been built on defeated candidates, failed presidents, and social movements that at pivotal moments did not dissipate as expected but instead persisted and eventually achieved success for the loser's ideas...
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The African National Congress is light years beyond the liberation movement of old. It remains a juggernaut, but its control and dominance are no longer watertight. The ANC lives the contradictions of weaknesses, cracks and factions while retaining its colossal status. As a party-movement it draws on its liberation credentials, and extracts immense power from its deep anchorage in South Africa's people. It is immersed in electoral politics that marks...
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An impassioned call to arms for Democrats to embrace the principles that made the party and the country great-a true moral vision for leadership at home and abroad
In this powerful and provocative manifesto, a cri de coeur for Democrats who have grown increasingly frustrated with their party's leaders, former senator Gary Hart takes the Democrats to task for choosing caution and calculation in place of moral principles. That path, Hart says, will...
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This book passionately explains the real possibility of a third party taking a third or more of the vote away from the Democrats and Republicans in the 2012 elections. The author lays out a path for victory that captures the feelings of many discontented voters across the country. Even if you are a loyal party member of one of the two major parties, this book is meant to get you thinking and maybe be persuaded to a new way of thinking. The author...
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"Por mérito propio o por deficiencias ajenas, la mujer política a la que le adosaban todos los defectos y ninguna virtud superó la prueba ácida de un peronismo que se apuró a jubilarla en un pacto explícito con Macri y, llegado el momento, fue ella la que ganó la iniciativa, armó a dedo la fórmula presidencial de la unidad y recuperó con un movimiento imprevisto a los aliados que había perdido durante sus años de equivocaciones en la Rosada....
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En los últimos 17 años, el movimiento chavista ha cambiado el tipo de organización partidista en la que se apoya para mantener y acrecentar su poder, ganar elecciones y ordenar su base social de respaldo. Comenzó en la práctica con una estructura similar a los partidos de cuadros y fue introduciendo variaciones en distintos períodos hasta convertirse hoy en un partido de masas con un robusto aparato burocrático y que tiene el objetivo de generar...
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Este libro contribuye al estudio de la integridad electoral abordando uno de sus principales eslabones: el financiamiento de los partidos políticos. Aquí, el lector encontrará sólidos argumentos sobre el peligro que corre el sistema democrático con el financiamiento ilegal de los partidos, así como una síntesis de las propuestas de los expertos para controlar la higiene de las finanzas partidistas. Utilizando el caso mexicano, se ofrece una...
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Congressional scholars Mann and Ornstein identify two overriding problems that have led Congress and the U.S. to the brink of institutional collapse: the serious mismatch between our political parties, and a governing system that makes it extremely difficult for majorities to act. With dysfunction rooted in long-term political trends, a coarsened political culture and a new partisan media, the authors conclude that there is no single reform that can...
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Authoritarian regimes have made a concerted effort to shrink the space available for civil society by restricting access to domestic decision-making, transparency, and accountability. An ultimate power ruler is known as an autocrat. A democracy's three branches of government - executive, judicial, and legislative - serve as an essential check on an executive leader's unchecked and uncontested power. The executive branch has grown at the expense of...
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"A leading political analyst navigates an unfamiliar terrain of what it means to be a conservative in the Trump Era in Still Right. Since 2016, "conservative" has come to mean "supportive of the policies of the Trump Administration": building his "wall," enacting ruinous tariffs and limiting trade, alienating our allies and kowtowing to dictators, spending wildly, and generally doing the very opposite of what conservatism actually calls for. As a...
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An assessment of the state of the Democratic Party in the new millennium, the betrayal of progressive ideals, and how real change can happen.
The 2006 elections put the Democrats in the majority in both houses of Congress, yet those hoping for change were deeply disappointed. Likewise, the striking victory of Barack Obama and the Democrats in 2008 created a wave of optimism, but the promise would not be fulfilled. In this book, Lance
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This is the first comprehensive analysis of how Sinn Féin has transformed itself from 'political wing' of the Republican movement to a mainstream force in Irish politics. In this book by one of Ireland's leading political journalists, Deaglán de Bréadún provides an incisive account of how the party has arrived at a position, in the space of one generation, where it is in power north of the border and knocking on the door of government in the south....
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Liberal values are the hallmark of a civilised society. Yet they depend on an optimistic view of the human condition, Stripped of this essential ingredient, liberalism has become a hollowed-out abstraction. Tracing its effects through the media, politics and the public services, the author argues that hollowed-out liberalism has helped to produce our present discontent. Unless we stop boasting about our values and try to recover their essence, liberal...
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Indicates how the rightward shift in the ideology of House Republicans has been mistaken for a broader "polarization" of both parties as well as voters.
There is a widespread belief that American politics is becoming more polarized, in the sense that the Republican Party and electorate are becoming more conservative while the Democratic Party and electorate are becoming more liberal. But is this truly the case? The Phantom of a Polarized America...
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The words "optimism" and "the left" do not seem to go together very well these days. The dominant view on the left-reinforced by the election of Donald Trump-is as follows: (1) progress in today's world has largely stopped and in many ways reversed; (2) the left is weak and at the mercy of a rapacious capitalism and a marauding right; and (3) the outlook for the future is bleak, with ordinary citizens suffering even more deprivation and the planet...
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