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Democracy in America and Two Essays on America (Penguin Classics)
A contemporary study of the early American nation and its evolving democracy, from a French aristocrat and sociologistIn 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant, set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him 9 months and cover 7,000 miles. The result was Democracy in America, a subtle and prescient analysis of the life and institutions of 19th-century America. Tocqueville looked to the flourishing deomcratic system in America as a possible model for post-revolutionary France, believing that the egalitarian ideal... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0140447601
- UPC: 042516142645
- ASIN: 0140447601
- ISBN: 0140447601
- Brand: Penguin Books
- Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
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On Liberty (Dover Thrift Editions)
Discussed and debated from time immemorial, the concept of personal liberty went without codification until the 1859 publication of On Liberty. John Stuart Mill's complete and resolute dedication to the cause of freedom inspired this treatise, an enduring work through which the concept remains well known and studied.The British economist, philosopher, and ethical theorist's argument does not focus on "the so-called Liberty of the Will…but Civil, or Social Liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual." Mill asks and answers p... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0486421309
- UPC: 800759421305
- ASIN: 0486421309
- ISBN: 9780486421308
- Brand: John Stuart Mill
- Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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The Point of It All: A Lifetime of Great Loves and Endeavors
Created and compiled by Charles Krauthammer before his death, The Point of It All is a powerful collection of the influential columnist's most important works. Spanning the personal, the political and the philosophical, it includes never-before-published speeches and a major new essay about the effect of today's populist movements on the future of global democracy. Edited and with an introduction by the columnist's son, Daniel Krauthammer, it is the most intimate and profound book yet by the legendary writer and thinker. In his decades of work as America's preeminent political commentator, C... [Read More]
- ASIN: B07GD5XDM4
- ASIN: B07GD5XDM4
- Manufacturer: Crown Forum
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Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy
The 23 essays (or "love songs") that make up the now classic volume Air Guitar trawl a "vast, invisible underground empire" of pleasure, through record stores, honky-tonks, art galleries, jazz clubs, cocktail lounges, surf shops and hot-rod stores, as restlessly on the move as the America they depict. Air Guitar pioneered a kind of plain-talking in cultural criticism, willingly subjective and always candid and direct. A valuable reading tool for art lovers, neophytes, students and teachers alike, Hickey's book--now in its eighth printing--has galvanized a generation of art lovers, with new tak... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0963726455
- ASIN: 0963726455
- ISBN: 0963726455
- Brand: Brand: Art Issues Press
- Manufacturer: Art Issues Press
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What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “I find myself thinking deeply about what it means to love America, as I surely do.” —Dan Rather At a moment of crisis over our national identity, venerated journalist Dan Rather has emerged as a voice of reason and integrity, reflecting on—and writing passionately about—what it means to be an American. Now, with this collection of original essays, he reminds us of the principles upon which the United States was founded. Looking at the freedoms that define us, from the vote to the press; the values that have transformed us, from empathy to inclusi... [Read More]
- ASIN: B06XH2LZFN
- ASIN: B06XH2LZFN
- Manufacturer: Algonquin Books
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The Twilight of Equality?: Neoliberalism, Cultural Politics, and the Attack on Democracy
By now, we've all heard about the shocking redistribution of wealth that's occurred during the last thirty years, and particularly during the last decade. But economic changes like this don't occur in a vacuum; they're always linked to politics. The Twilight of Equality? searches out these links through an analysis of the politics of the 1990s, the decade when neoliberalism-free market economics-became gospel. After a brilliant historical examination of how racial and gender inequities were woven into the very theoretical underpinnings of the neoliberal model of the state, Duggan shows how the... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0807079553
- UPC: 046442079556
- ASIN: 0807079553
- ISBN: 0807079553
- Brand: Brand: Beacon Press
- Manufacturer: Beacon Press
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Moyers on Democracy
People know Bill Moyers from his many years of path-breaking journalism on television. But he is also one of America's most sought-after public speakers. In this collection of speeches, Moyers celebrates the promise of American democracy and offers a passionate defense of its principles of fairness and justice. Moyers on Democracy takes on crucial issues such as economic inequality, our broken electoral process, our weakened independent press, and the despoiling of the earth we share as our common gift.
- ASIN: 0307387739
- ASIN: 0307387739
- ISBN: 0307387739
- Brand: Moyers, Bill D.
- Manufacturer: Anchor
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Perfect Wave: More Essays on Art and Democracy
When Dave Hickey was twelve, he rode the surfer’s dream: the perfect wave. And, like so many things in life we long for, it didn’t quite turn out----he shot the pier and dashed himself against the rocks of Sunset Cliffs in Ocean Beach, which just about killed him. Fortunately, for Hickey and for us, he survived, and continues to battle, decades into a career as one of America’s foremost critical iconoclasts, a trusted, even cherished no-nonsense voice commenting on the all-too-often nonsensical worlds of art and culture. Perfect Wave brings together essays on a wide range of subjects ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0226333132
- ASIN: 0226333132
- ISBN: 0226333132
- Manufacturer: University of Chicago Press
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World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability
The reigning consensus holds that the combination of free markets and democracy would transform the third world and sweep away the ethnic hatred and religious zealotry associated with underdevelopment. In this revelatory investigation of the true impact of globalization, Yale Law School professor Amy Chua explains why many developing countries are in fact consumed by ethnic violence after adopting free market democracy. Chua shows how in non-Western countries around the globe, free markets have concentrated starkly disproportionate wealth in the hands of a resented ethnic minority. These “ma... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0385721862
- ASIN: 0385721862
- ISBN: 0385721862
- Brand: Amy Chua
- Manufacturer: Anchor
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War with Russia?: From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate
Is America in a new Cold War with Russia? How does a new Cold War affect the safety and security of the United States? Does Vladimir Putin really want to destabilize the West? What should Donald Trump and America’s allies do?America is in a new Cold War with Russia even more dangerous than the one the world barely survived in the twentieth century. The Soviet Union is gone, but the two nuclear superpowers are again locked in political and military confrontations, now from Ukraine to Syria. All of this is exacerbated by Washington’s war-like demonizing of the Kremlin leadership and by Russi... [Read More]
- ASIN: B07JD4PBWW
- ASIN: B07JD4PBWW
- Manufacturer: Hot Books
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It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
When he accepted the invitation to deliver the Jefferson Lecture―our nation’s highest honor for distinguished intellectual achievement―Wendell Berry wanted a fresh start, not only in looking at the groundwork of the problems facing our nation and the earth itself, but in gaining hope from some examples of repair during Late Capitalism. The result is the greatest speech he has delivered in his six decades of public life. With this transcript of his speech, along with heretofore uncollected essays, It All Turns on Affection will take its place as another major testament to Berry’s contri... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1619021145
- ASIN: 1619021145
- ISBN: 1619021145
- Brand: Counterpoint LLC
- Manufacturer: Counterpoint
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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners’ minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future, or what Obama called “the audacity of hope.” The Audacity of Hope is Barack Obama’s call for a different brand of politics—a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the “endless clash of armies” we see ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0307237702
- ASIN: 0307237702
- ISBN: 0307237702
- Brand: Three Rivers Press CA
- Manufacturer: Broadway Books
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The Best of FPRI's Essays on Democratic Transitions: 2006-2015 (FPRI's 60th Anniversary Collections Book 2)
In honor of FPRI’s 60th anniversary, each of its research programs produced an edited volume meant to provide the reader with a taste of the quality analysis we produced on a diverse array of topics over the past decade. They were published periodically over the course of this historic year.FPRI's Project on Democratic Transitions' goal has been to analyze the successes and failures of attempted democratization in the post-communist region and in selected nearby countries, and to disseminate the practical policy conclusions that flow from this research. With the changing geopolitical and eco... [Read More]
- ASIN: B01DE4EIBA
- ASIN: B01DE4EIBA
- Manufacturer: Foreign Policy Research Institute
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The Second Treatise on Civil Government (Great Books in Philosophy)
As one of the early Enlightenment philosophers in England, John Locke sought to bring reason and critical intelligence to the discussion of the origins of civil society.Endeavoring to reconstruct the nature and purpose of government, a social contract theory is proposed. The Second Treatise sets forth a detailed discussion of how civil society came to be and the nature of its inception. Locke's discussion of tacit consent, separation of powers, and the right of citizens to revolt against repressive governments, has made The Second Treatise one of the most influential essays in the history of p... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0879753374
- ASIN: 0879753374
- ISBN: 0879753374
- Manufacturer: Prometheus
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Passionate Declarations: Essays On War And Justice
From the bestselling author of A People's History of the United States comes this selection of passionate, honest, and piercing essays looking at American political ideology. Howard Zinn brings to Passionate Declarations the same astrin
- ASIN: 0060557672
- ASIN: 0060557672
- ISBN: 0060557672
- Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
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Democracy in America and Two Essays on America
A study of America's national government, egalitarian ideals, and character offers reflections on the effect of majority rule on the rights of individuals and provides insight into the rewards and responsibilities of a democratic government,
- UPC: 2168541
- Rating: 5.0
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Air Guitar : Essays on Art and Democracy
Essays explore the influence of art in twentieth-century American culture, including jazz, basketball, professional wrestling, magic, gambling, entrepreneurship, series television and automotive
- UPC: 198601
- Rating: 4.0
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Democracy in America : And Two Essays on America
Translation of: De la daemocratie en Amaerique and Quinze jours dans le
- UPC: 649289062
- Rating: 4.0
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Black Reconstruction in America : An Essay Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880
9780199385652
- UPC: 35988539
- Rating: 5.0
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SO WHAT HAPPENED TO GOD, Religion, Science, and Democracy?: Poems & Essays (Paperback)
72 poems and 72 short essays. Includes reflections and midrashim on the Hebrew Bible and the High Holy Days. This unique offering pairs brief essays and poems that probe and tweak our notions about, well,
- UPC: 603059139
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Essays of a Citizen: From National Security State to Democracy - eBook
First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa
- UPC: 409446992
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Challenges to Democracy: Essays in Honour and Memory of Isaiah Berlin - eBook
This title was first published in 2000: The essays gathered in this volume cover a wide range of theoretical and practical issues concerning a variety of problems which democracies confront time and again. Their aim
- UPC: 561751897
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Essays on Modernism, Democracy and Well-being - eBook
A tour de force in understanding the failure of democracy in providing human well-being.Has democracy ended human suffering, a task that the political system set out for itself? Or is democracy incompatible with modernity and,
- UPC: 574390990
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The Common Good of Constitutional Democracy : Essays in Political Philosophy and on Catholic Social Teaching
The Common Good of Constitutional Democracy offers a rich collection of essays in political philosophy by Swiss philosopher Martin Rhonheimer. Like his other books in both ethical theory and applied ethics, which have recently been
- UPC: 21019714
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Perfect Wave : More Essays on Art and Democracy
When Dave Hickey was twelve, he rode the surfer's dream: the perfect wave. And, like so many things in life we long for, it didn't quite turn out----he shot the pier and dashed himself against
- UPC: 55971606
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