17 books in Political Science - Democracy
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Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy
On Being an American Citizen
Written by Susan Griffin
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $14.95
What does is it mean to be a citizen of the United States? Susan Griffin’s provocative investigation of that question takes us from the Declaration of Independence to the Iraq War, with many stops in between. Her conclusion: democracy is nothing less than a revolution of consciousness, and the revolution has... Read more >
On Being an American Citizen
Written by Susan Griffin
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $14.95
What does is it mean to be a citizen of the United States? Susan Griffin’s provocative investigation of that question takes us from the Declaration of Independence to the Iraq War, with many stops in between. Her conclusion: democracy is nothing less than a revolution of consciousness, and the revolution has... Read more >
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hardcover.
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Open and Shut
Why America Has Barack Obama, and Canada Has Stephen Harper
Written by John Ibbitson
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2009
Price: $14.95
Last November America elected its first black president. Canada, too, went to the polls that month. The difference for the two nations was remarkable: Americans had a clear choice between an indecisive, has-been who represented at best more of the same and a progressive, eloquent, African American, the first ever black... Read more >
Why America Has Barack Obama, and Canada Has Stephen Harper
Written by John Ibbitson
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2009
Price: $14.95
Last November America elected its first black president. Canada, too, went to the polls that month. The difference for the two nations was remarkable: Americans had a clear choice between an indecisive, has-been who represented at best more of the same and a progressive, eloquent, African American, the first ever black... Read more >
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Democracy For Beginners
Written by Robert Cavalier
Illustrated by Reuben Negron
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $14.95
With all the talk about “democracy” these days, it’s surprising how little time is spent concentrating on the concept of democracy itself, its history and justification as a form of political governance. Democracy For Beginners looks at democracy’s rich evolution in its varied forms, and at some of the challenges democracies... Read more >
Written by Robert Cavalier
Illustrated by Reuben Negron
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $14.95
With all the talk about “democracy” these days, it’s surprising how little time is spent concentrating on the concept of democracy itself, its history and justification as a form of political governance. Democracy For Beginners looks at democracy’s rich evolution in its varied forms, and at some of the challenges democracies... Read more >
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On Empire
America, War, and Global Supremacy
Written by Eric Hobsbawm
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $19.95
In there four incisive and keenly perceptive essays, one of out most celebrated and respected historians of modern Europe looks at the world situation and some of the major political problems confronting us at the start of the third millennium.
With his usual measured and brilliant historical perspective, Eric Hobsbawm traces the... Read more >
America, War, and Global Supremacy
Written by Eric Hobsbawm
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $19.95
In there four incisive and keenly perceptive essays, one of out most celebrated and respected historians of modern Europe looks at the world situation and some of the major political problems confronting us at the start of the third millennium.
With his usual measured and brilliant historical perspective, Eric Hobsbawm traces the... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Supercapitalism
The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life
Written by Robert B. Reich
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $15.95
From one of America's foremost economic and political thinkers comes a vital analysis of our new hypercompetitive and turbo-charged global economy and the effect it is having on American democracy. With his customary wit and insight, Reich shows how widening inequality of income and wealth, heightened job insecurity, and corporate corruption... Read more >
The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life
Written by Robert B. Reich
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $15.95
From one of America's foremost economic and political thinkers comes a vital analysis of our new hypercompetitive and turbo-charged global economy and the effect it is having on American democracy. With his customary wit and insight, Reich shows how widening inequality of income and wealth, heightened job insecurity, and corporate corruption... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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On Empire
America, War, and Global Supremacy
Written by Eric Hobsbawm
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: March 18, 2008
Price: $19.95
In there four incisive and keenly perceptive essays, one of out most celebrated and respected historians of modern Europe looks at the world situation and some of the major political problems confronting us at the start of the third millennium.
With his usual measured and brilliant historical perspective, Eric Hobsbawm traces the... Read more >
America, War, and Global Supremacy
Written by Eric Hobsbawm
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: March 18, 2008
Price: $19.95
In there four incisive and keenly perceptive essays, one of out most celebrated and respected historians of modern Europe looks at the world situation and some of the major political problems confronting us at the start of the third millennium.
With his usual measured and brilliant historical perspective, Eric Hobsbawm traces the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Being America
Liberty, Commerce, and Violence in an American World
Written by Jedediah Purdy
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.00
Having risen to national attention with his first book, For Common Things, Jedediah Purdy now cements his claim to being one of the most arresting public intellectuals of his generation. In Being America, Purdy turns his erudition and unique perspective to America’s relationship with a world that both admires and hates... Read more >
Liberty, Commerce, and Violence in an American World
Written by Jedediah Purdy
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.00
Having risen to national attention with his first book, For Common Things, Jedediah Purdy now cements his claim to being one of the most arresting public intellectuals of his generation. In Being America, Purdy turns his erudition and unique perspective to America’s relationship with a world that both admires and hates... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Supercapitalism
Written by Robert B. Reich
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 4, 2007
Price: $15.95
From the greatly admired author of The Work of Nations and The Future of Success, one of America's greatest economic and political thinkers as well as a distinguished public servant in three national administrations, a breakthrough book on the clash between capitalism and democracy.
Mid-twentieth-century capitalism has turned into global capitalism, and... Read more >
Written by Robert B. Reich
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 4, 2007
Price: $15.95
From the greatly admired author of The Work of Nations and The Future of Success, one of America's greatest economic and political thinkers as well as a distinguished public servant in three national administrations, a breakthrough book on the clash between capitalism and democracy.
Mid-twentieth-century capitalism has turned into global capitalism, and... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Politics Lost
From RFK to W: How Politicians Have Become Less Courageous and More Interested in Keeping Power than in Doing What's Right for America
Written by Joe Klein
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: June 19, 2007
Price: $14.00
People on the right are furious. People on the left are livid. And the center isn’t holding. There is only one thing on which almost everyone agrees: there is something very wrong in Washington. The country is being run by pollsters. Few politicians are able to win the voters’ trust. Blame... Read more >
From RFK to W: How Politicians Have Become Less Courageous and More Interested in Keeping Power than in Doing What's Right for America
Written by Joe Klein
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: June 19, 2007
Price: $14.00
People on the right are furious. People on the left are livid. And the center isn’t holding. There is only one thing on which almost everyone agrees: there is something very wrong in Washington. The country is being run by pollsters. Few politicians are able to win the voters’ trust. Blame... Read more >
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Politics Lost
How American Democracy Was Trivialized By People Who Think You're Stupid
Written by Joe Klein
Read by Joe Klein
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 18, 2006
Price: $13.98
People on the right are furious. People on the left are livid. And the center isn’t holding. There is only one thing on which almost everyone agrees: there is something very wrong in Washington. The country is being run by pollsters. Few politicians are able to win the voters’ trust. Blame... Read more >
How American Democracy Was Trivialized By People Who Think You're Stupid
Written by Joe Klein
Read by Joe Klein
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 18, 2006
Price: $13.98
People on the right are furious. People on the left are livid. And the center isn’t holding. There is only one thing on which almost everyone agrees: there is something very wrong in Washington. The country is being run by pollsters. Few politicians are able to win the voters’ trust. Blame... Read more >
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Politics Lost
How American Democracy Was Trivialized By People Who Think You're Stupid
Written by Joe Klein
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: April 18, 2006
Price: $14.00
People on the right are furious. People on the left are livid. And the center isn’t holding. There is only one thing on which almost everyone agrees: there is something very wrong in Washington. The country is being run by pollsters. Few politicians are able to win the voters’ trust. Blame... Read more >
How American Democracy Was Trivialized By People Who Think You're Stupid
Written by Joe Klein
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: April 18, 2006
Price: $14.00
People on the right are furious. People on the left are livid. And the center isn’t holding. There is only one thing on which almost everyone agrees: there is something very wrong in Washington. The country is being run by pollsters. Few politicians are able to win the voters’ trust. Blame... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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What Would Jefferson Do?
A Return to Democracy
Written by Thom Hartmann
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2005
Price: $14.95
Today, some 80 nations can be described as fully democratic. Yet in numerous countries around the world, democracy has failed or is tottering, and in the United States its principles are increasingly under siege from corporate and other forces.
In What Would Jefferson Do? Thom Hartmann shows why democracy is not an... Read more >
A Return to Democracy
Written by Thom Hartmann
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2005
Price: $14.95
Today, some 80 nations can be described as fully democratic. Yet in numerous countries around the world, democracy has failed or is tottering, and in the United States its principles are increasingly under siege from corporate and other forces.
In What Would Jefferson Do? Thom Hartmann shows why democracy is not an... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Moyers on America
A Journalist and His Times
Written by Bill Moyers
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: June 14, 2005
Price: $13.95
During the fifty years he has been variously a reporter, a political spokesperson, and a broadcaster, Bill Moyers has demonstrated a deep commitment to understanding the workings of our government and the role of the individual in society. His essays and commentaries, such as the recent “Shivers Down the Spine,” “A... Read more >
A Journalist and His Times
Written by Bill Moyers
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: June 14, 2005
Price: $13.95
During the fifty years he has been variously a reporter, a political spokesperson, and a broadcaster, Bill Moyers has demonstrated a deep commitment to understanding the workings of our government and the role of the individual in society. His essays and commentaries, such as the recent “Shivers Down the Spine,” “A... Read more >
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What Would Jefferson Do?
A Return to Democracy
Written by Thom Hartmann
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: July 27, 2004
Price: $14.95
When the Founding Fathers were searching for the best and fairest form of government, they studied the models of Athenian democracy, the Roman republic, and the Iroquois Confederacy and created what is now called a modern liberal democracy. Today, 81 nations can be described as fully democratic. Yet in numerous countries... Read more >
A Return to Democracy
Written by Thom Hartmann
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: July 27, 2004
Price: $14.95
When the Founding Fathers were searching for the best and fairest form of government, they studied the models of Athenian democracy, the Roman republic, and the Iroquois Confederacy and created what is now called a modern liberal democracy. Today, 81 nations can be described as fully democratic. Yet in numerous countries... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Democracy in America
The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II
Written by Alexis De Tocqueville
Introduction by Joseph Epstein
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 1, 2004
Price: $7.95
From America's call for a free press to its embrace of the capitalist system, Democracy in America--first published in 1835--enlightens, entertains, and endures as a brilliant study of our national government and character. Philosopher John Stuart Mill called it "among the most remarkable productions of our time." Woodrow Wilson wrote that... Read more >
The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II
Written by Alexis De Tocqueville
Introduction by Joseph Epstein
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 1, 2004
Price: $7.95
From America's call for a free press to its embrace of the capitalist system, Democracy in America--first published in 1835--enlightens, entertains, and endures as a brilliant study of our national government and character. Philosopher John Stuart Mill called it "among the most remarkable productions of our time." Woodrow Wilson wrote that... Read more >
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Being America
Liberty, Commerce, and Violence in an American World
Written by Jedediah Purdy
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2004
Price: $14.00
Having risen to national attention with his first book, For Common Things, Jedediah Purdy now cements his claim to being one of the most arresting public intellectuals of his generation. In Being America, Purdy turns his erudition and unique perspective to America’s relationship with a world that both admires and hates... Read more >
Liberty, Commerce, and Violence in an American World
Written by Jedediah Purdy
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2004
Price: $14.00
Having risen to national attention with his first book, For Common Things, Jedediah Purdy now cements his claim to being one of the most arresting public intellectuals of his generation. In Being America, Purdy turns his erudition and unique perspective to America’s relationship with a world that both admires and hates... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II
Written by Alexis De Tocqueville
Introduction by Joseph Epstein
Format: Paperback, 976 pages
On Sale: April 4, 2000
Price: $7.99
From America's call for a free press to its embrace of the capitalist system, Democracy in America--first published in 1835--enlightens, entertains, and endures as a brilliant study of our national government and character. Philosopher John Stuart Mill called it "among the most remarkable productions of our time." Woodrow Wilson wrote that... Read more >
Written by Alexis De Tocqueville
Introduction by Joseph Epstein
Format: Paperback, 976 pages
On Sale: April 4, 2000
Price: $7.99
From America's call for a free press to its embrace of the capitalist system, Democracy in America--first published in 1835--enlightens, entertains, and endures as a brilliant study of our national government and character. Philosopher John Stuart Mill called it "among the most remarkable productions of our time." Woodrow Wilson wrote that... Read more >
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