To begin with I was in love and I am in love so thats not hard, Barbara Bush told her granddaughter Ellie LeBlond Sosa on her porch in Kennebunkport, Maine.
Why our belief in government by the people is unrealistic-and what we can do about itDemocracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and government, and offers a provocative alternative view grounded in the actual human nature of democratic citizens.
Veteran political journalist Scott Farris tells the stories of legendary presidential also-rans, from Henry Clay to Stephen Douglas, from William Jennings Bryan to Thomas Dewey, and from Adlai Stevenson to Al Gore.
A Congressional Medal of Honor AccountExtraordinary Valor is the story of Special Forces Major John Duffy's Medal of Honor gallantry at Firebase Charlie, and the heroism of South Vietnamese paratrooper, Major L Vn M, who fought by his side.
How digital media are transforming Arab culture, literature, and politicsIn recent years, Arab activists have confronted authoritarian regimes both on the street and online, leaking videos and exposing atrocities, and demanding political rights.
As national political fights are waged at the state level, democracy itself pays the priceOver the past generation, the Democratic and Republican parties have each become nationally coordinated political teams.
How social networks shaped the imperial Chinese stateChina was the world's leading superpower for almost two millennia, falling behind only in the last two centuries and now rising to dominance again.
A definitive biography of the French aristocrat who became one of democracy's greatest championsIn 1831, at the age of twenty-five, Alexis de Tocqueville made his fateful journey to America, where he observed the thrilling reality of a functioning democracy.
In the steamy summer of 1787, as America's founding fathers fashioned their Constitution, they told the most powerful institution in their new nation what it must not do: "e;Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.
Faith in the Voting Booth by National Association of Evangelicals leaders Leith Anderson and Galen Carey will help you clarify your own positions in light of your faith before you enter the voting booth.
Das ultimative Leitfadenbuch zur Politik, Medien und GesellschaftTauchen Sie ein in das Ergebnis eines jahrzehntelangen, tiefgreifenden Studiums der Tagespresse, und entdecken Sie die verborgenen Verbindungen und Wechselwirkungen zwischen Mensch, Medien und Politik.
Una de las discusiones que perdura desde el fin de la última dictadura militar en la Argentina es la que se refiere a la naturaleza criminal de los actos perpetrados desde el Estado en aquel período.
Born in a paper mill town in Maine's western foothills, Muskie was one of six children of a Polish immigrant and a Polish-American mother whose English was worse than her husband's.
Este ensayo aborda la problemática de la constitución y las características, las fortalezas y las debilidades de la hegemonía neoconservadora más o menos duradera, la hegemonía menemista, reinante en la política argentina en la reciente década de los noventa.
Aproximarse a la comprensión de la obra de un sociólogo como Edelberto Torres-Rivas exige establecer esa conexión capital entre biografía e historia sobre la que tan inspiradoramente escribiera Charles Wright Milis.
John Jenkins, Maines first Black state senator and mayor of both Lewiston and Auburn, led a remarkable life and his influence extended far beyond his politics and his constituents.
'Ground-breaking' - Daily Mail'In explaining the rise to power of Kim Yo Jong, Lee displays his deep knowledge and understanding of North Korea's extreme, ruthless and self-obsessed dynastic autocracy, the creators and rulers of a de-facto nuclear weapon state.
Con una amplia visión académica, en un tema de rigurosa actualidad, la compilación que presentan los Doctores Corbetta y Piana sobre el realismo político reúne una serie de investigaciones y ensayos de autores de reconocida trayectoria en la materia, con una preocupación común: la reconstrucción de un concepto y una forma de entender el poder que nos acompaña desde Tucídides, con grandes representantes del estudio de la política como Maquiavelo, Hobbes, Weber y Schmitt, hasta los actuales realistas de las relaciones internacionales.
Für Menschen auf der ganzen Welt, außerhalb der Wall-Street, bietet Bitcoin eine Möglichkeit, sich von Inflation, politischen Unruhen und einem veralteten Geldsystem zu befreien.
América Latina conoció un notable avance de los mecanismos de democracia directa a raíz del movimiento de reformas constitucionales que se desarrollo en la región durante la década de los noventa del siglo pasado.
POLITICIAN * PRISONER * PARENTA portrait of one of the most charismatic, but unknown, world leadersAung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and crusader for democracyin Myanmar, is once again behind bars.
Los estudios que se presentan en esta obra abordan un tema de renovado interés en América Latina: la introducción y el uso de mecanismos de democracia directa (MDD).
