Political Science

Fully updated chapters continue to address how technology and increasing levels of education have exposed people to more information than ever before. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled informed debates on any number of issues. Over the past several years, the rise of populism and conspiracy theories have taken this to new levels. All voices, even the most ridiculous, demand to be taken with equal seriousness, and any claim to the contrary is dismissed as undemocratic elitism.

読売新聞主筆が「密室政治」の内実を記した『派閥と多党化時代　政治の密室　増補新版』（雪華社・1967年）を緊急復刊！！現役政治記者時代の筆者は政界の深部まで入り込み、権謀術数渦巻く人間ドラマを鮮烈な筆致で描き出している。

The science on climate change has been clear for a very long time now. Yet despite decades of appeals, mass street protests, petition campaigns, and peaceful demonstrations, we are still facing a booming fossil fuel industry, rising seas, rising emission levels, and a rising temperature. With the stakes so high, why haven't we moved beyond peaceful protest? In this lyrical manifesto, noted climate scholar (and saboteur of SUV tires and coal mines) Andreas Malm makes an impassioned call for the climate movement to escalate its tactics in the face of ecological collapse.

Carl von Clausewitz's On War is the most significant attempt in Western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy. Since the work's first appearance in 1832, it has been enjoyed throughout the world, and has stimulated generations of soldiers, political leaders, and intellectuals.

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?

To stop harming our health and our planet in the name of growth, we need a new mythology for the 21st century, one that puts sustainable well-being above growth for growth’s sake and technology for technology’s sake. The current mythology—Technology-Driven Progress—is so taken for granted that it’s unrecognized as an imaginary construct. Basking in the powers of technology, we see ourselves as far removed from the ancients’ gods and goddesses.

The *Articles of Confederation*, part of the "Little Books of Wisdom" series, offers a compact and beautifully presented edition of America's first constitution, adopted in 1777. This foundational document established a framework for governance during the early years of the United States, emphasizing state sovereignty and a loosely organized central government.

In 1950, we, the people of India, gave ourselves a constitution that promised justice, liberty and equality to all its citizens. Decades later, as a nation, we still struggle with inequality in various forms—religion, sex, caste, gender. As we forge ahead, it is imperative to ask, ‘who is equal?’, and 'is the idea of equality elusive to achieve?'

Ordinary people often don’t recognize themselves in the stories liberal politicians tell about them, while the authoritarians speak a language of dominance and national greatness that connects. The Democrats need a new approach to messaging. Comeback spells it out—and provides a roadmap for trouncing Trumpism.

"The Communist Manifesto," co-authored by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848, is a profound critique of capitalism and a blueprint for a new social order, communism. It argues that the proletariat, or working class, will lead the revolution against the capitalist system's inherent class inequalities. Spanning four sections, the manifesto traces class struggles, critiques the bourgeoisie, reviews socialist and communist literature, and examines the position of communists relative to opposition parties.

本書は「政治的中立性」という曖昧な概念によって人々の言論活動を制限することの危険性を説くものである．公務員や放送への要求であるこの言葉は，いつしか独り歩きし，自由であるはずの私たちの言論空間が委縮して久しい．

Un análisis sagaz de la crisis de los relatos y las narrativas políticas contemporáneas. ¿Qué relación guarda la política con la ficción? ¿Por qué decidimos creer en ciertas ideas políticas en lugar de en otras? ¿Cómo influye la ideología en nuestra forma de imaginar el futuro individual y colectivo? Jorge Lago y Pablo Bustinduy abordan estas preguntas a partir de un diagnóstico histórico: vivimos un tiempo de crisis profunda de las ficciones políticas tradicionales.

Finanzkrise, Klimakrise, Energiekrise, Kriege: Die Einschläge scheinen plötzlich immer näher zu rücken. Viele fühlen sich gerade von den aktuellen Entwicklungen abgehängt. Was neu ist: Sie fürchten erstmalig um ihre eigene Zukunft und fragen sich: Wo ist künftig mein Platz in dem Ganzen? Und sie wünschen sich: Wie können sie selbst, mit ihren ganz persönlichen Stärken und Fähigkeiten, etwas besser machen? Und nicht einfach nur ein kleines Rädchen im Getriebe sein? Das Buch liefert die Anleitung für alle, die jetzt aufstehen wollen.

大人こそ必読の政治入門「裏金をつくる政治家が日本に必要？」「選挙って行く意味あるの？」。そんな疑問を持ったら、もしくは聞かれたら、誰もが経験している学校を思い出してほしい。

2016年のアメリカ大統領選では、政治経験のない実業家のドナルド・トランプ氏が注目を集めている。