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Why don't young people vote? It's a question, that has been asked by pollsters for years. The 18- to 24-year-old demographic records the lowest voter turnout at elections and it doesn't look to be showing signs of stopping. Being one of this demographic, Mitchell Agg looks into this question and tries to shed light on why his peers don't enter polling stations on election day. Through four main reasons, Mitchell helps us answer this question as well...
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Since 1980, America has been run by a corporate regime that has co-opted both political parties and shifted sovereignty from "we the people" to trans-national corporations. The result has been job insecurity for millions of workers, debts as far as the eye can see, and a dangerous quest for global domination. Democracy itself has been undermined and the Constitution weakened. This regime must be overturned! And, as Charles Derber demonstrates in his...
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Why do some nonviolent revolutions lead to successful democratization, while others fail to consolidate democratic change? And, what can activists do to push toward a victory over dictatorship that results in long-term political freedom? When Civil Resistance Succeeds: Building Democracy After Popular Nonviolent Uprisings (ICNC Press, 2018) by Jonathan Pinckney explores these questions, offering takeaways for a variety of readers interested in supporting...
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The largest war the world had ever seen, World War I caused thousands to lose their belief in God and their hope for the future. Yet LDS servicemen on the front lines kept the faith, despite numerous physical and spiritual dangers. Though these soldiers suffered hardships, these stories show how they‚ like the Army of Helaman‚ were miraculously preserved and protected according to the Lord's promises.
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Aunque muchas veces estén expuestos a la hostilidad y la desconfianza públicas, y debilitados por las transformaciones económicas de las últimas décadas, los sindicatos argentinos siguen siendo llamativamente fuertes: mantienen su capacidad de movilización y presión política y, sobre todo, son un espacio genuino de militancia y contención para muchos trabajadores. En este libro, se argumenta que esa resistencia responde a la capacidad de...
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David Lublin is Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and International Studies at the University of South Carolina.
In The Paradox of Representation David Lublin offers an unprecedented analysis of a vast range of rigorous, empirical evidence that exposes the central paradox of racial representation: Racial redistricting remains vital to the election of African Americans and Latinos but makes Congress less likely to adopt policies...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview: #1 I imagined a nightmare scenario where early one morning, my phone would buzz me awake and I would fumble for it in the dark. A staffer on the other end would inform me that there had been a horrible massacre at a Jewish site somewhere in Europe.
#2 The shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh was the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history. It...
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Esta obra recopila las experiencias pedagógicas, a partir de su trabajo de investigación, de un grupo de profesores de las Facultades de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad del Rosario. Con el fi n de dar visibilidad a la laboral investigativa y pedagógica de los profesores de estas facultades. El texto presenta los diferentes métodos y técnicas en que cada uno de los investigadores realiza sus ejercicios académicos...
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After WWII, the world entered a phase of extreme dynamics. The USA outpaced all other countries. More than 50 years later, it no longer has the radical esprit that brought about its hegemony. Still, America of the information revolution remains the world's only superpower. But as the necessity of change, expressed in a variety of systemic crises, accelerated, the USA fell into patterns of reactive politics similar to those that led to the downfall...
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'So You Want to Run for Public Office' is a complete guide on how to become a successful candidate for public office. Learn how to define an election, raise money, conduct a survey, budget a campaign, devise and execute an advertising strategy, make the most of free media, and monitor the pressure points of a political campaign to keep it on track. This book includes real life examples of successes and failures, and valuable instruction on how to...
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Hacia fines de 2001, la Argentina vivió la mayor debacle económica, social y política de su historia. Tras la renuncia de De la Rúa, la corporación política, encabezada por Eduardo Duhalde, buscó neutralizar el descalabro institucional, pero no pudo superar la profunda crisis de poder que el neoliberalismo había dejado, por lo cual debió convocar a elecciones para reconstruir legitimidad. En este convulsionado escenario surgió el kirchnerismo,...
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Something nasty is happening in America. Have you noticed the trend? There's more bullying, more incivility, more disrespect and even more relationship violence between us at home, at work, in our communities and in the news. And, it seems to be increasing rather than decreasing. We have noticed a pattern to this behavior that is all too familiar: Personal Attacks, Crisis Emotions, All-or-Nothing Solutions, Narcissistic Behavior and Negative Advocates....
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Do NOT read this material if you are an old liberal, a Democrat, an Obama supporter, or have HIGH Blood Pressure. I was raised as a staunch Democrat in the mid-West. I hated Ronald Regan. How Regan actually brought me into the Republican party. A forgotten story about Hillary & Beethoven. In defense of our mid-East friend, Israel. A Critique of Washington corruption. I'm a card carrying member of that "Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy", you know, Americans...
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What well-meaning Nigerians hope is that the Buhari administration meets their expectations in the change they desired and voted for. The administration should continue to learn from the mistakes of its predecessor, build upon those mistakes and deliver from that knowledge. The Buhari administration should appreciate this fact. It is the truth spoken to authority.
When Jonathan was there, he inherited and had to deal with many problems, just as the...
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George Tsebelis is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Nested Games: Rational Choice in Comparative Politics and coauthor of Bicameralism. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Hoover National Fellowship, and a Russell Sage Fellowship, he has published numerous papers on the institutions of the European Union and on comparative institutional analysis.
Political scientists have long...
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In 2008, the financial crisis caused many workers to lose their jobs. Middle-Class Jobs is a book that was written to try to focus on policies that could be created and passed to create middle-class jobs as well as solve many problems our country needs to address. The book is designed to be a basic reference guide in determining what types of policies could benefit communities by providing middle-class jobs.
Instead of chapters 1 and 2, the sections...
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La noche del 26 al 27 de septiembre de 2014 ocurrió un hecho crucial en la historia reciente de México, con la desaparición forzada de 43 estudiantes de la Escuela Normal de Ayotzinapa, en el estado de Guerrero, y el asesinato de seis personas más, tres de ellas estudiantes.
El 2 de marzo de 2015 empezó su trabajo el Grupo Interdisciplinario de Expertos Independiente (GIEI) designado por la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH)...
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