Political Science

Outlines the importance of political institutions in achieving good governance within a democratic polity. more...

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During a forty-year career in politics, Vice President Dick Cheney has been involved in some of the most consequential decisions in recent American history. He was one of a few select advisers in the room when President Gerald Ford decided to declare an end to the Vietnam War. Nearly thirty years later, from the presidential bunker below the White House in the moments immediately following the attacks of September 11, 2001, he helped shape the response: America's global war on terror. Yet for all of his influence, the world knows very little about Dick Cheney. The most powerful vice president in U.S. history has also been the most secretive and guarded of all public officials. ''Am I the evil genius in the corner that nobody ever sees come out of his hole?'' Cheney asked rhetorically in 2004. ''It's a nice way to operate, actually.''. Now, in Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President , New York Times bestselling author and Weekly Standard senior writer Stephen F. Hayes offers readers a groundbreaking view into the world of this most enigmatic man. Having had exclusive access to Cheney himself, Hayes draws upon hundreds of interviews with the vice president, his boyhood friends, political mentors, family members, reticent staffers, and senior Bush administration officials, to deliver a comprehensive portrait of one of the most important political figures in modern times. The wide range of topics Hayes covers includes Cheney's withdrawal from Yale; his early run-ins with the law; the incident that almost got him blackballed from working in the Ford White House; his meteoric rise to congressional leadership; his opposition to removing Saddam Hussein from power after the first Gulf War; the solo, cross-country drive he took after leaving the Pentagon; his selection as Bush's running mate; his commanding performance on 9/11; the aggressive intelligence and interrogation measures he pushed in the aftermath of those attacks; the n more...

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In this book, two leading experts on community action provide the first scholarly examination of the civic renewal movement that has emerged in the United States in recent decades. Sirianni Friedland examine civic innovation since the 1960s as social learning in four arenas (community organizing/development, civic environmentalism, community health, and public journalism), and they link local efforts to broader networks and to the development of "public policy for democracy. more...

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When it comes to pinpointing the stuff you really need to know, nobody does it better than CliffsNotes. This fast, effective tutorial helps you master core American government concepts - from the First Continental Congress and the Bill of Rights to modern political parties and economic policy - and get the best possible grade. more...

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Marx and Engels' 1848 declaration of the aims and ideals of the Communist movement. In 1848, revolutions in Europe toppled governments, tore apart families, and sent mobs into the streets of every major city on the continent. The Communist Manifesto was published that year, and it fanned the flames of revolution, shouting for a fair deal for the working man against the forces of globalism, against the merging of huge industrial conglomerates, and against governments sold out to special interests. more...

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