Named one of The Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of NonfictionWhile the North prevailed in the Civil War, ending slavery and giving the country a "e;new birth of freedom,"e; Heather Cox Richardson argues in this provocative work that democracy's blood-soaked victory was ephemeral.
Named one of The Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of NonfictionWhile the North prevailed in the Civil War, ending slavery and giving the country a "e;new birth of freedom,"e; Heather Cox Richardson argues in this provocative work that democracy's blood-soaked victory was ephemeral.
Kenneth Minogue offers a brilliant and provocative exploration of liberalism in the Western world today: its roots and its influences, its present state, and its prospects in the new century.
This book presents the theoretical and practical arguments for liberalism in the classical tradition as defined by Mises as "e;the liberal doctrine of the harmony of the rightly understood interests of all members of a free society founded on the principle of private ownership of the means of production.
En correspondencia con su programa, los gobiernos liberales de la década de 1850 a 1860 se emprendieron dos ciclos de reformas que le dieron una primer ciclo reformista, que corresponde al legado del presidente liberal caucano José Hilario López (1849 - 1853), se caracterizó por impulsar transformaciones de corte radical en el comercio y las finanzas públicas del estado, así como la consagración de las libertades individuales y el voto universal masculino, consiguiendo, además, destruir el sistema tradicional de tenencia de tierras y la institución de la esclavitud.
'If I were a voter in Britain, I would vote for [Jeremy Corbyn]' - Noam Chomsky, 2017Global Discontents is an essential guide to geopolitics and how to fight back, from the world's leading public intellectualWhat kind of world are we leaving to our grandchildren?
AN ORIGIN STORY BOOK'Provides clarity, scholarship, wit and essential insight into why our world is the way it is' Adam Rutherford'I wish I could make Ian and Dorian's work mandatory' Sathnam SangheraA coherent political philosophy or a vacuous cop-out?
A GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A whodunnit political page-turner' Melissa Benn, New Statesman 'The best political book I have read for a long while' Rod Liddle, The Spectator From the No.
Two of the UK's leading economists call for an end to extreme individualism as the engine of prosperity 'provocative but thought-provoking and nuanced' TelegraphThroughout history, successful societies have created institutions which channel both competition and co-operation to achieve complex goals of general benefit.
Durante los últimos años, las limitaciones de la izquierda progresista en el ejercicio del poder contribuyeron a fortalecer el espectro político de la derecha en diversos países.
Maroun Abboud presents in his book "From Al -Jarab" a new and innovative vision to build an independent state after the extraction of Lebanon's independence.
In The Conscience of a Liberal Paul Krugman, one of the US s most respected economists and outspoken commentators, lays out his vision of a New Deal for a fairer society.
Liberalismo en debate: política, filosofía y sociedad ofrece un profundo análisis de este influyente pensamiento, explorando su evolución histórica y su interacción con otras ideologías.
Auge y ocaso de la era liberal: una pequeña historia del siglo XXI retrata la evolución del sistema político internacional desde el fin de la Guerra Fría hasta la llegada al poder de Donald Trump.
A landmark book that completely transforms our understanding of the crisis of liberalism, from two pre-eminent intellectualsWhy did the West, after winning the Cold War, lose its political balance?
The essential account of geopolitics right now, from one of our greatest living intellectuals - including a new afterword on President Donald Trump Noam Chomsky: philosopher, political writer, fearless activist.
Liberalism is one of the most central and pervasive political theories and ideologies, yet it is subject to different interpretations as well as misappropriations.
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Anchored in the principles of free-market economics, neoliberalism emerged in the 1990s as the world's most dominant economic paradigm.
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Anchored in the principles of free-market economics, neoliberalism emerged in the 1990s as the world's most dominant economic paradigm.
Introductory Economics is written for the curious reader who is trying to follow the often-contradictory economic explanations found in many public controversies.
A prodigiously brilliant thinker who sharply challenged the beliefs of his age, the political and social radical John Stuart Mill was the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century.
"Wokismus und Hypermoralität: Anmerkungen zur neuen Tugendwächterei"In der gegenwärtigen politischen Debatte, bestimmen zunehmend moralische Überzeugungen die öffentliche Debatte.
