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  • Keeping the Republicby Mitch Daniels

    Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 9.99

    Upon leaving the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was asked what sort of government the delegates had created. His reply to the crowd: "A republic, if you can keep it." Now America's most respected governor explains just how close we've come to losing the republic, and how we can restore it to greatness. Indiana Governor Mitch... more...

  • Revolving Gridlockby David W. Brady; Craig Volden

    Westview Press 2005; US$ 34.00

    Despite the early prospects for bipartisan unity on terrorism initiatives, government gridlock continues on most major issues in the wake of the 2004 elections. In this fully revised edition, political scientists David W. Brady and Craig Volden demonstrate that gridlock is not a product of divided government, party politics, or any of the usual scapegoats.... more...

  • Norwayby Knut Heidar

    Westview Press 2000; US$ 43.00

    A discussion of the political system of Norway focusing on political parties, democracy and accountability in one of the richest countries in the world that still is anchored in an egalitarian culture with a strong local base and facing the challenge of a dynamic Europeization process. more...

  • Every Secret Thingby Gillian Slovo

    Little, Brown Book Group 2009; Not Available

    A passionate witness to the colossal upheaval that has transformed her native South Africa, Gillian Slovo has written a memoir that is far more than a story of her own life. For she is the daughter of Joe Slovo and Ruth First, South Africa's pioneering anti-apartheid white activists, a daughter who always had to come second to political commitment.... more...

  • African Anarchismby Sam Mbah; Chaz Bufe

    See Sharp Press 1997; US$ 8.00

    African Anarchism covers a wide range of topics, including anarchistic elements in traditional African socieites, African communalism, Africa's economic and political development, the lintering social, political, and economic effects of colonialism, the development of "African socialism, the failure of "African socialism, and a possible means of... more...

  • Listening to Grasshoppersby Arundhati Roy

    Penguin Books Ltd 2009; Not Available

    This series of essays examines the dark side of democracy in contemporary India. It looks closely at how religious majoritarianism, cultural nationalism and neo-fascism simmer just under the surface of a country that projects itself as the world's largest democracy. Beginning with the state-backed pogrom against Muslims in Gujarat in 2002, Arundhati... more...

  • Lobbyingby Zetter Lionel

    Harriman House 2011; US$ 13.16

    Fully revised, updated and expanded second edition Lobbying is a global industry which thrives wherever democracy is established. This book straddles the globe, from the USA to Japan. It covers the Westminster and Scottish Parliaments, and the Welsh, Northern Ireland and London Assemblies. It examines the lobbying scenes in the USA and Brussels. Finally,... more...

  • Is Our Children Learning?by Paul Begala

    Simon & Schuster 2001; Not Available

    He was a poor student who somehow got into the finest schools. He was a National Guardsman who somehow missed a year of service. He was a failed businessman who somehow was made rich. He was a minority investor who somehow was made managing partner of the Texas Rangers. He was a defeated politician who somehow was made governor. You can hardly blame... more...

  • Blacklashby Deneen Borelli

    Threshold Editions 2012; Not Available

    A prominent African-American conservative activist and Fox News contributor delivers an explosive look at how Obama?s policies are actually harming the black community and America as a whole. This country is at a crossroads. We can either reverse direction or nosedive into a welfare nation?a ?government plantation? where the underclass are doomed... more...

  • The Paranoid Style in American Politicsby Richard Hofstadter; Sean Wilentz

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2012; US$ 16.95

    This timely reissue of Richard Hofstadter's classic work on the fringe groups that influence American electoral politics offers an invaluable perspective on contemporary domestic affairs.In The Paranoid Style in American Politics , acclaimed historian Richard Hofstadter examines the competing forces in American political discourse and how fringe groups... more...