Elections & Political Process

Em análise aguda do contexto político nacional contemporâneo – sem, contudo, desconsiderar o cenário internacional –, a obra empreende uma verdadeira radiografia do populismo radical de direita do governo bolsonarista. Tudo isso torna esta obra uma escuta obrigatória para todos aqueles que desejam compreender melhor o contexto atual.

Lottocracy argues that the problem is with the heart of modern democracy: the election. Elections are failing as accountability mechanisms. Elections provide short-term incentives, leading elected politicians to downplay long-term catastrophic concerns. Elections create division where none need exist. The most powerful among us take advantage of this to control who is elected, what policies are enacted, and which problems are ignored. What should we do?

Over the past generation, the Democratic and Republican parties have each become nationally coordinated political teams. American political institutions, on the other hand, remain highly decentralized. Laboratories against Democracy shows how national political conflicts are increasingly flowing through the subnational institutions of state politics—with profound consequences for public policy and American democracy.

El retrato de una obsesión identitaria que paralizó Cataluña y amenaza al conjunto de España.Esta es la primera biografía completa no oficial de Carles Puigdemont, un hombre enfebrecido en su ensoñación patriótica, un independentista integral incomprendido entre los nacionalistas de su generación que habían medrado a la sombra del pujolismo. Inicialmente excluido de los círculos directores del procés, fue tejiendo desde la alcaldía de Gerona una red de alianzas con los sectores más duros y exaltados del independentismo de base.

Scott Coley exposes the inner workings of the religious right’s propaganda—and how Christians can resist it. Good evangelical Christians are Republican. It seems like it’s always been this way. That means the propaganda is working. Scott Coley trains a critical eye on the fusion of evangelicalism and right-wing politics in Ministers of Propaganda.

Lying has consequences, but generally for the one deceived. Advertisers, salespeople, media, and politicians often use some form of deception to conceal information. Even more critical, institutions you learned to trust from a young age have become untrustworthy and wield power for the sake of their benefit and not yours.

The hour is late, and the stakes are high. Including exclusive interviews with President Trump, Devin Nunes, Dan Bongino, and many others, Disappearing the President is an unsettling expose of a rogue cabal that will pay any price to annihilate the one man who threatens their agenda.

The Revolution Will Not Be Funded gathers essays by radical activists, educators, and non-profit staff from around the globe who critically rethink the long-term consequences of what they call the non-profit industrial complex.

How is popular knowledge of war shaped by the stories we consume, what are the boundaries of this knowledge, and how are these boundaries policed or contested by journalists producing knowledge from war zones? Based on years of fieldwork in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and Ukraine, Conflicted challenges normative conceptions of war by revealing how representational authority comes to be.

Explore the complex machinery of the United States government with this comprehensive and enlightening book. "We the People" offers listeners an in-depth examination of the structure, functions, and powers of the government as outlined by the Constitution and evolved over centuries. From the halls of Congress to the corridors of the White House, and the intricate networks of federal agencies, this book delves into the roles and responsibilities of each branch of government and explains how they work together to uphold the laws and ideals of the nation.