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How and why has solidarity changed over time? Why have particular strategies, tactics, and strands of internationalism emerged or re-emerged at particular moments? And how has solidarity shaped the history of the US left in particular?
In Solidarity, Steve Striffler addresses these key questions, offering the first history of US-Latin American solidarity from the Haitian Revolution to the present day. Striffler traces the history of internationalism...
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John Sides is professor of political science at George Washington University. Twitter @johnmsides Michael Tesler is associate professor of political science at the University of California, Irvine. Lynn Vavreck is the Marvin Hoffenberg Professor of American Politics and Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles. Twitter @vavreck
A gripping in-depth look at the presidential election that stunned the world
Donald Trump's election...
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America's economy does not currently live up to our country's core values.
We are a nation founded on the ideals of coming together across differences to forge a common future. Yet, over the past fifty years, our economy has been, pulling us apart at unprecedented rates. By allowing top income earners and the wealthiest Americans to hoard wealth like almost never before, we belie what makes our country great. This is a threat to our well-being, our...
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Entre los escombros del huracán Maria, los puertorriqueños y los 'Puertopians' ultra-ricos están atrapados en una batalla campal sobre cómo reconstruir la isla. En esta vital y asombrosa investigación, la autora de best-sellers y activista Naomi Klein, revela cómo las fuerzas de las políticas de ""shock"" y del capitalismo del desastre, buscan minar la visión radical y resiliente de una recuperación justa. El cien por ciento de las regalías...
425) The Republic
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Republic, by Plato, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary historical,...
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In this new edited volume, Holger Henke and Fred Reno build
on their important collection Modern
Political Culture in the Caribbean (2003) and revisit some of the themes in
Caribbean political culture explored some eighteen years earlier. The
contributors to New Political Culture in the Caribbean consider more recent
developments precipitating significant changes in the political attitudes and
discourses in the region. Even the persistent themes in...
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Vanessa S. Williamson is a fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution. She is the coauthor of The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism.
A surprising and revealing look at what Americans really believe about taxes
Conventional wisdom holds that Americans hate taxes. But the conventional wisdom is wrong. Bringing together national survey data with in-depth interviews, Read My Lips presents a surprising picture of tax...
428) The Earth Wants YOU
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The Earth Wants YOU is a motivational handbook, filled with inspired visions of a wild, creative, Earth-led cultural revolution. Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping offer up a heady mix of humor, insightful critique, passionate commitment, emotional catharsis, and example after example of vibrant direct action. Stop shopping and feel the love as you sign up for the struggle of our lives! Earthalujah! Reverend Billy and his choir of singing-activists...
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The digital age has changed the way people contribute to worthy causes, with more and more donations coming from online sources. Making a Difference 2.0 serves as a bible for tech-savvy contributors and an essential starting block for beginners, explaining the ins and outs of online charity, how it can differ from traditional methods of fundraising and donating, and how to ensure your contribution is being put to its best use. The book is targeted...
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There are hundreds of ways to lead a more environmentally friendly, socially conscious, and liberally minded life-ways that can even be enjoyable. What readers will find in this friendly inclusive book are simple steps, lifestyle adjustments, and ideas that entertain:
Watching MSNBC instead of Fox News Powering a laptop with a solar-power-generating backpack
Wearing the flag with pride
Progressive financial investment
Where and how to find a like-minded...
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Extrait: "Qu'est-ce que le peuple considéré comme classe? Que désignait-on sous ce nom, au XVIIIe siècle, à la veille de la Révolution, et pendant la Révolution? En quoi le Peuple se distinguait-il de la Noblesse, de la Bourgeoisie? En quoi différait-il de la Populace? Questions délicates mais auxquelles je dois tout d'abord répondre, et par des définitions exactes. Pour bien comprendre les choses, il faut bien définir les mots."
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La violence fondée sur le genre va à l'encontre des valeurs essentielles des droits humains sur lesquelles est fondé le Conseil de l'Europe et auxquelles adhèrent ses États membres.
La violence fondée sur le genre désigne toute forme d'atteinte portée à une personne ou à un groupe de personnes en raison de leur sexe, de leur genre, de leur orientation sexuelle ou de leur identité de genre, réels ou perçus. La violence fondée sur le...
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"Winner of the Luebbert Best Book Award, Comparative Politics Section of the American Political Science Association" Dawn Langan Teele is the Janice and Julian Bers Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the editor of Field Experiments and Their Critics.
The important political motivations behind why women finally won the right to vote
In the 1880s, women were barred from voting in all national-level...
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Brexit. Trump. Ford Nation. In this timely book, David Moscrop asks why we make irrational political decisions and whether our stone-age brains can process democracy in the information age.
In an era overshadowed by income inequality, environmental catastrophes, terrorism at home and abroad, and the decline of democracy, Moscrop argues that the political decision-making process has never been more important. In fact, our survival may depend on it.
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Democracy is not a spectator sport! Learn how to get in the game with this comprehensive collection of more than two hundred community service opportunities and experiences. More than a simple resource guide, this unique handbook includes interviews, anecdotes, and commentary from the top folks in nonprofit and service fields and ties together the strands of volunteering, community service, and civic engagement. Whether you have a specific cause in...
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School strikes for the climate. A bold campaign for a Green New Deal. Fossil fuel divestment. Over the last few years, these and other youth-driven climate initiatives have grabbed the public's attention and irrevocably altered the dialogue about climate change in the United States. But where did this unprecedented wave of activism come from?
Movement Makers tells the behind-the-scenes story of how climate campaigns led by young people grew into...
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On November 4, 2008, the world entered a new era as Barack Obama was elected 44th president of the United States of America. With this momentous occasion, a new generation of foot soldiers was mobilized, ready to work for and with a man who convinced them that real change was possible. "Yes we can!" became more than an election slogan. It became the mantra of a movement. Generation O is the largest demographic group in the United States. They're armed...
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"Winner of the 2018 IPE Best Book Award, International Political Economy Section of the International Studies Association" "Winner of the 2018 ENMISA Distinguished Book Award, Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Section of the International Studies Association" "Selected for the Washington Post's Albies "for the best work on the political economy in 2017" (chosen by Daniel W. Drezner)" "Winner of the 2018 Best Book Award, Migration and Citizenship...
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"One of Bloomberg Opinion's Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2018 (Stephen L. Carter)" Jason Brennan is the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. His many books include Against Democracy and The Ethics of Voting (both Princeton).
Why you have the right to resist unjust government
The economist Albert O. Hirschman famously argued that...
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