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Pub. Date
[2002]
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"For more than thirty years, Kevin Phillips' insight into American politics and economics has helped to make history as well as record it. Now he turns his attention to the United States' history of great wealth and power, a sweeping cavalcade from the American Revolution to what he calls "the Second Gilded Age" at the turn of the twenty-first century." "The Second Gilded Age has been staggering enough in its concentration of wealth to dwarf the original...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 11
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Every four years, coverage of the presidential elections turns into a horse-race story about who is leading, and who said what then. Fleischer explains the past, present, and future of American elections; how the election process actually works and why it matters; and how young people can become involved-- not just this year, but for years to come. -- adapted from back cover
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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it's too late-from the New York Times bestselling authors of How Democracies Die. America is undergoing a massive experiment: It is moving, in fits and starts, toward a multiracial democracy, something few societies have ever done. But the prospect of change has sparked an authoritarian backlash that threatens the very foundations of our political system. Why is democracy under assault...
6) Democracy
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Series
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines democracies and democratic republics, presenting their strengths, weaknesses, and the institutions associated with them, with examples of how they are run in countries throughout the world.
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Pub. Date
2017.
Description
If you can't trust those in charge, who can you trust?
From government to business, banks to media, trust in institutions is at an all-time low. But this isn't the age of distrust--far from it.
In this revolutionary book, world-renowned trust expert Rachel Botsman reveals that we are at the tipping point of one of the biggest social transformations in human history--with fundamental consequences for everyone. A new world order is emerging: we might...
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Pub. Date
2007
Description
This book provides a clear, detailed, and current introduction to women's political represetnation across a wide range of countries and regions. The authors have used broad statistical overviews and detailed case study accounts to document both historical trends and the contemporary state of women's political strength in diverse countries. Key features: global case studies, latest information available on women in politcs, numerous visuals to illustrate...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"The US government was founded on the idea of rule by the people. This means that citizens have a say in how the government works. They choose leaders to represent them. Rule by the People explores this idea, looking at different ways people can participate in government"--
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Pub. Date
©2011
Description
This volume examines how political parties ensure the functioning of the democratic process in contemporary societies. Based on unprecedented cross-national data, the authors find that the process of party government is still alive and well in most contemporary democracies.
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"An insider's account of how politicians representing a radical minority of Americans are using "the greatest deliberative body in the world" to hijack our democracy. Every major decision governing our diverse, majority-female, and increasingly liberal country bears the stamp of the US Senate, yet the Senate allows an almost exclusively white, predominantly male, and radically conservative minority of the American electorate to impose its will on...
Pub. Date
2009
Description
"Citizens living in presidential or parliamentary systems face different political choices as do voters casting votes in elections governed by rules of proportional representation or plurality. Political commentators seem to know how such rules influence political behaviour. They firmly believe, for example, that candidates running in plurality systems are better known and held more accountable to their constituencies than candidates competing in...
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Pub. Date
2006.
Description
An official, narrative history of the U.S. House of Representatives takes a close-up look at the influence of this important political body throughout American history, profiling some of the high-profile figures--including Henry Clay, Tip O'Neill, John C. Calhoun, Shirley Chisholm, and others--who have played important roles in the political process.
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