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What's the Big Idea?: 30 Years of the Australia Institute - Paperback

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by Anna Chang (Editor), Alice Grundy (Editor)To celebrate the Australia Institute's 30th anniversary we have asked some of the greatest minds from Australia and around the world to share a big idea.To mark The Australia Institute's 30 years of big ideas, we have asked some of our good friends and leading thinkers from Australia and around the world to share a big idea for a better Australia.The Australia Institute has spent the last 30 years producing research that matters, and this anthology...

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by Martin Luther King (Author), Reginald Dwayne Betts (Afterword by)A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's essay "Letter from Birmingham Jail," part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins.With an afterword by Reginald Dwayne Betts On April 16, 1923, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., responded to an open letter written and published by eight white clergyman admonishing the civil rights demonstrations happening in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. King drafted his...

The Authoritarian Moment: How the Left Weaponized America's Institutions Against Dissent - Hardcover

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by Ben Shapiro (Author)New York Times BestsellerHow far are Americans willing to go to force each other to fall in line?According to the establishment media, the intelligentsia, and our political chattering class, the greatest threat to American freedom lies in right-wing authoritarianism. We've heard that some 75 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump represent the rise of American fascism; that conservatives have allowed authoritarianism to bloom in their midst, creating a grave dange...

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by Alexander Dugin (Author) Number of Pages: 216 Dimensions: 0.49 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: March 04, 2025

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by Mitchell Bard (Author)While critics claim that a nefarious Israel Lobby dictates U.S. policy in the Middle East, the Arab Lobby in this country is older, richer, and more powerful than the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). The Arab Lobby is the first book in more than 25 years to investigate the scope and activities of this diffuse yet powerful network. Author Mitchell Bard courageously explores the invisible alliance that threatens Israel and undermines America's interests...

Closing the Books: Transitional Justice in Historical Perspective - Paperback

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by Jon Elster (Author)After a change of political system, notably a transition from an autocratic to a democratic, or at least constitutional, regime, a process of transitional justice emerges in which wrongdoers from the previous regime are judged responsible and victims are compensated. John Elster looks at examples and proposes a framework for explaining variations. In addition to the numerous transitions after 1945 in Western Europe and after 1989 in Eastern Europe, transitional justice h...

China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power - Paperback

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by Rob Gifford (Author)Route 312 is the Chinese Route 66. It flows three thousand miles from east to west, passing through the factory towns of the coastal areas, through the rural heart of China, then up into the Gobi Desert, where it merges with the Old Silk Road. The highway witnesses every part of the social and economic revolution that is turning China upside down. In this utterly surprising and deeply personal book, acclaimed National Public Radio reporter Rob Gifford, a fluent Mandarin...

An Africana Philosophy of Temporality: Homo Liminalis - Paperback

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by Michael E. Sawyer (Author)Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Ontological Body Chapter 3: Its About Time Chapter 4: Othello the Negro Chapter 5: The Genealogy of (im)Morals Chapter 6: ConclusionBack JacketThis book is a timely intervention in the areas of philosophy, history, and literature. As an exploration of the modern political order and its racial genealogy, it emerges at a moment when scholars and activists alike are wrestling with how to understand subject formation from the pe...

Migrant Citizenship: Race, Rights, and Reform in the U.S. Farm Labor Camp Program - Paperback

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by Ver?nica Mart?nez-Matsuda (Author)An examination of the Farm Security Administration's migrant camp system and the people it served Today's concern for the quality of the produce on our plates has done little to guarantee U.S. farmworkers the necessary protections of sanitary housing, medical attention, and fair labor standards. The political discourse on farmworkers' rights is dominated by the view that migrant workers are not entitled to better protections because they are "noncitizens,"...

The Constitution of the United States of America: A gender inclusive edition - Paperback

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by Karen Gross (Author), Founding Fathers (Based on a Book by)The United States Constitution is America's bedrock governing document. It is the source from which all laws and policies stem. Unfortunately, significant portions of the text exclude those who do not identify with he/him pronouns. If we wish to live in a country where every person feels welcome, included, and invested in teh future of this nation, then why would we not ensure our words match our intentions? This gender inclusive e...

A Federalist Alternative for European Governance - Paperback

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by Sergio Fabbrini (Author) Number of Pages: 272 Dimensions: 0.57 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: December 19, 2024

Rogue State: A Guide to the Worlds Only Superpower - Paperback

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by William Blum (Author)Rogue State and its author came to sudden international attention when Osama Bin Laden quoted the book publicly in January 2006, propelling the book to the top of the bestseller charts in a matter of hours.It is an essential guide to the crimes and misdemeanours of the world's only superpower.'After reading Rogue State, it is impossible to hang fast to the comforting illusion that the "American way" is some kind of enlightenment.'Will Self'A book of charges to be tied ...

State-Owned Enterprises in Developed Market Economies - Paperback

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by Chiara F. del Bo (Author), Massimo Florio (Author), Marco Frigerio (Author) Number of Pages: 96 Dimensions: 0.2 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: March 06, 2025

DEI Exposed: How the Biggest Con of the Century Almost Toppled Higher Education - Hardcover

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by Stanley K. Ridgley (Author)DEI Exposed puts the spotlight on a Big Con: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. DEI gurus siphoned funds for education into social engineering programs. They suckered and swindled some of the smartest people in the U.S., cost universities dearly in terms of funds and reputation, and ruined the livelihoods of countless faculty members. DEI has fueled antisemitism on college campuses and, ironically, robbed many students of fair treatment and freedom of speech-two t...

Europeanisation as Violence: Souths and Easts as Method - Hardcover

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by Kolar Aparna (Editor), Daria Krivonos (Editor), Elisa Pascucci (Editor)The book explores the violence enacted on Europe's many internal and external Souths and Easts through forms of political, cultural and security-development related "Europeanisation". It proposes inter-referencing between South and East as a space of political possibilities emerging through and despite of the violence of Europeanisation.Back JacketThis book presents a fresh perspective on Europeanisation, framing it as ...

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by Steve Zolno (Author)This is neither fiction nor fantasy. It is a description of events as they actually happened.The death of democracy came quietly and unexpectedly in the year 2018. No one expected the end to come so quickly, although now looking back all the warning signs were there.Within the early years of the twenty-first century the forces of democracy died a painful, slow death in Russia, Venezuela, Poland, Egypt, and many other nations. But because of what we considered our long a...

Generation '68: The Elite Revolution and Its Legacy - Paperback

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by Kerry Bolton (Author)Marked by cultural revolution and bold, new ways of thinking and living, including revolutions in philosophical thought, economic practices, and cultural touchstones such as music and dress, the 1960s ushered in a new era. However, in Generation '68: The Elite Revolution and Its Legacy, prolific author Kerry R. Bolton argues that the supposed "grassroots" youth revolt of the 1960s was anything but; instead of a bottom-up revolt of the youth, it was in fact a top-down r...

The Future of U.S. Global Health Work in Asia - Paperback

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by Jennifer Bouey (Author), Beth Grill (Author), Ishita Ghai (Author)This report summarizes literature and subject-matter experts' opinions on why Asia could benefit from a new regional public health agency and how U.S. global health strategies can better support disease surveillance and response networks in Asia. Number of Pages: 70 Dimensions: 0.15 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 28, 2025

The Freedom Agenda: Why America Must Spread Democracy (Just Not the Way George Bush Did) - Paperback

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by James Traub (Author)As we leave behind an era in which America tried to assert democracy by force (and often failed), the question arises: what part of our efforts to spread democracy can we preserve for the future? In The Freedom Agenda, James Traub traces the history of America's democratic evangelizing, offering an assessment of the George W. Bush administration's failed efforts abroad. And he puts forth the argument that democracy matters--for human rights, the resolution of conflicts,...

The Experience of Defeat: Milton and Some Contemporaries - Paperback

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by Christopher Hill (Author)What happened to the radicals when the English Revolution failed? The Restoration, which re-established Charles II as king of England in 1660, marked the end of "God's cause"--a struggle for liberty and republican freedom. While most accounts of this period concentrate on the court, Christopher Hill focuses on those who mourned the passing of the most radical era in English history. The radical protestant clergy, as well as republican intellectuals and writers gene...

Martialling Peace: How the Peacekeeping Myth Legitimises Warfare - Paperback

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by Nicole Wegner (Author)This is a not a book about peacekeeping practices. This is a book about storytelling, fantasies, and the ways that people connect emotionally to myths about peacekeeping. The celebration of peacekeeping as a legitimate and desirable use of military force is expressed through the unproblematized acceptance of militarism. Introducing a novel framework--martial peace--the book offers an in-depth examination of the Canadian Armed Forces missions to Afghanistan and the use...

Defend the Border and Save Lives: Solving Our Most Important Humanitarian and Security Crisis - Paperback

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by Tom Homan (Author)The definitive book on the border crisis by Tom Homan, who President Trump appointed "border czar." Former ICE Director Tom Homan has been at the forefront of the conservative fight to secure our borders and offers proof that illegal immigration is not a victimless crime. Illegal immigration is the most controversial and emotional issue this country faces today. President Trump was elected on his promise to fix illegal immigration and build a wall on our southern border....

Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich - Paperback

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by Peter Schweizer (Author)The definitive takedown by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Secret Empires.In 2000, Bill and Hillary Clinton owed millions of dollars in legal debt. Since then, they've earned over $130 million. Where did the money come from? Most people assume that the Clintons amassed their wealth through lucrative book deals and high-six figure fees for speaking gigs. Now, Peter Schweizer shows who is really behind those enormous payments.In his New York Times bestsell...

The Breach: Iran-Contra and the Assault on American Democracy - Hardcover

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by Alan McPherson (Author)A president defying Congress. Disrespect for the law. Attacks on the press. Evasion in the courts. The privatization of war. Quid pro quos with foreign nations. The mounting dangers to American democracy have long been with us. But all these perils first emerged together during the Iran-Contra scandal of the Reagan-Bush era. This opaque foreign policy mess has receded from history, a minor speedbump at the triumphant end of the Cold War. With American democracy in in...

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by Berber Bevernage (Editor), Eline Mestdagh (Editor), Walderez Ramalho (Editor)This book offers a global and systematic overview of populist politics of history in the twenty-first century. An international group of scholars interrogates how and why populists engage with the past. Twelve case studies focus on uses of history and memory by populist movements across the globe - ranging from Brazil to Bangladesh, from Poland to Tanzania. Five thematic chapters zoom in on key features of populis...

A Journey Through America: Patriotic Observations and Commentary - Hardcover

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by Lawrence Kadish (Author)A Journey Through America introduces insightful commentary on our American democracy. Author Lawrence Kadish draws from over eighty-five years of lived experience, allowing him to celebrate our nation's strengths, reflect on our self-inflicted errors, and draw attention to the challenges of a nation that remains humanity's last hope. An astute and insightful observer of our nation's political experience, Lawrence Kadish draws on his decades of advocacy on behalf of ...

Pay Up: The Future of Women and Work (and Why It's Different Than You Think) - Paperback

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by Reshma Saujani (Author)INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Reshma Saujani...offers a daring new approach: it's not our job to do more, it's time for our workplaces to pay up." --Tarana Burke, founder of the "me too" movement The founder of Girls Who Code and bestselling author of Brave, Not Perfect confronts the "big lie" of corporate feminism and presents a bold plan to address the burnout and inequity harming America's working women today. We told women that to break glass ceilings and succeed ...

The Breach: Iran-Contra and the Assault on American Democracy - Paperback

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A Political Theology of the Bureaucratic State - Hardcover

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by Steven T. Lane (Author)A Political Theology of the Bureaucratic State uses political theology to show the growing power of the bureaucratic state and responses to that power from the Christian tradition.Author BiographySteven T. Lane is visiting teaching faculty in the Department of Religion at Florida State University. Number of Pages: 172 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: October 31, 2024

Policies and Pain: A Personal and Philosophical Quest for Reform - Paperback

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by Spencer M. Dayton (Author)2024 Regal Summit Book Award Winner- 2024 American Writing Awards Finalist- 2024 International Impact Book Award Winner"Policies and Pain" is a compelling and meticulously researched exploration of leftist political philosophy, authored by Dr. Spencer M. Dayton. This book delves deep into the heart of leftist ideology, unraveling its complexities and showcasing its relevance in today's world.OverviewIn "Policies and Pain," Dr. Dayton takes readers on an intellectu...

Blaming China: It Might Feel Good But It Won't Fix America's Economy - Hardcover

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by Benjamin Shobert (Author)American society is angrier, more fragmented, and more polarized than at any time since the Civil War. We harbor deep insecurities about our economic future, our place in the world, our response to terrorism, and our deeply dysfunctional government. Over the next several years, Benjamin Shobert says, these four insecurities will be perverted and projected onto China in an attempt to shift blame for errors entirely of our own making. These misdirections will be sati...

What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies - Hardcover

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by Tim Urban (Author)From the creator of the wildly popular blog Wait But Why, a fun and fascinating deep dive into what the hell is going on in our strange, unprecedented modern times.Between 2013 and 2016, Tim Urban became one of the world's most popular bloggers, writing dozens of viral, long-form articles about everything from AI to colonizing Mars to procrastination. Then, he turned his attention to a new topic: the society around him. Why was everything such a mess? Why was everyone act...