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Although it is generally understood that American neoconservatives pushed hard for the war in Iraq, this book forcefully argues that the neocons' goal was not the spread of democracy, but the protection of Israel's interests in the Middle East. Showing that the neocon movement has always identified closely with the interests of Israel's Likudnik right wing, the discussion contends that neocon advice on Iraq was the exact opposite of conventional United...
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The must-read summary of David Horowitz's book: "Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and the American Left".
This complete summary of "Unholy Alliance" by David Horowitz, a notorious conservative public figure and former leftist radical, presents his argument that there is a dangerous link between American liberals and Islamic radicals. He also argues that the radical left's origins can be found in communism and that their malevolent intentions should...
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Iran in a Reconnecting Eurasia examines the full scope of Iranian national interests in the South Caucasus and Central Asia and analyzes the broad outlines of Iranian engagement over the coming years. It is part of a six-part CSIS series, "Eurasia from the Outside In," which includes studies focusing on Turkey, the European Union, Iran, India, Russia, and China.
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Un elogio del poder de la palabra y de cómo lo que decimos puede tener resultados tangibles
En estos tiempos en el que los nervios y las emociones se encuentran a flor de piel, este libro surge con un propósito filosófico-político: pensar con los lectores sobre cuestiones de cultura política que se viven día a día, de un modo abierto, sin caer en la jerga académica. El argumento principal es cómo pensar en un método o una postura que se...
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This book critically introduces two compelling contemporary schools of Marxian thought: the New Reading of Marx of Michael Heinrich and Werner Bonefeld, and the postoperaismo of Antonio Negri. Each stake novel claims on Marx's value theory, the first revisiting key categories of the critique of political economy through Frankfurt School critical theory, the second calling the law of value into crisis with reference to Marx's rediscovered 'Fragment...
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Ireland has been marketed as the poster boy of EU austerity. EU elites and neoliberal commentators claim that the country's ability to suffer economic pain will attract investors and generate a recovery.
In Austerity Ireland, Kieran Allen challenges this official image and argues that the Irish state's response to the crash is typical of the Eurozone countries, serving to protect the economic privilege of the powerful, to the detriment of the...
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A passionate argument for the geopolitical autonomy of Latin America, Carlos Fuentes's 1984 CBC Massey lectures trace the region's unique historical and cultural tensions and call upon foreign powers to cease interference in a sphere of influence they rarely fully understand. Fuentes sees the turbulence in Latin America ending not with political solutions, but economic ones. Foreshadowing the end of the Cold War, the signing and expansion of NAFTA,...
7908) Story of Crass
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Crass was the anarcho-punk face of a revolutionary movement founded by radical thinkers and artists Penny Rimbaud, Gee Vaucher, and Steve Ignorant. When punk ruled the waves, Crass waived the rules and took it further, putting out their own records, films, and magazines and setting up a series of situationist pranks that were dutifully covered by the world's press. Not just another iconoclastic band, Crass was a musical, social, and political phenomenon.
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The must-read summary of Michael Mandelbaum's book: "Democracy's Good Name: The Rise and Risks of the World's Most Popular Form of Government ".
This complete summary of "Democracy's Good Name" by Michael Mandelbaum, a renowned American writer and professor, provides an overview of his analysis of the reasons of the rise of democracy throughout the world and examination of the methods and risks of promoting democracy.
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7910) TO GET UKRAINE
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Since Maidan in Kyiv and Russian presence in the Crimea, Ukraine has never been the same. In 2014, the country is deeply divided by the conflict imposed on the Ukrainians. But since nobody actually asked the nation, author Oleksandr Shyshko decided to take matters into his own hands and look for the answer to the ultimate question – who are the Ukrainians and what do they want. Shyshko spent his time researching the national identity of native Ukrainians,...
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A blueprint for constructing responsible liberalism…
Establishing liberalism that offers freedom and social justice is possible. Doing so requires examining the history of liberal ideas and culture over the last two centuries, followed by a major overhaul of existing systems, which includes coming to terms with liberalism's past and its major limitations, as well as upgrading liberal economics and preparing for technological disruption.
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Maurizio Viroli is professor emeritus of politics at Princeton University, professor of government at the University of Texas, Austin, and professor of political communication at the University of Italian Switzerland in Lugano. His many books include Niccolò's Smile: A Biography of Machiavelli (Hill & Wang) and Redeeming "The Prince": The Meaning of Machiavelli's Masterpiece (Princeton).
Twenty essential tips for picking great leaders from the...
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En un formidable esfuerzo de selección, Martín Bergel propone una sugestiva clave de lectura de un corpus que parece inabarcable: a contrapelo de una interpretación de Mariátegui que lo asimila a una tradición "nacional-popular", esta Antología recupera la riqueza de un pensamiento tan tensionado por su voluntad de marxismo para encauzar los problemas peruanos como por la inquietud cosmopolita y el internacionalismo.
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7914) The Democracy Amendments: How to Amend Our U.S. Constitution to Rescue Democracy For All Citizens
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Our democracy is in trouble and we the people know it. Our U.S. political system is completely distorted as it's currently financed and structured. Problems with the way we select our political leaders have been on full display in the 2016 Presidential election.
Once elected, Washington politicians are not equally and properly representing our broad citizen interests, since they regularly tip outcomes of law, policy, and regulation toward the interests...
7915) Femmes fortes: Récit
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Une radio privée, créée et contrlée par des hommes autoproclamés féministes, qui montent une équipe de production pour réaliser une série d'émissions ciblant exclusivement une audience féminine. Chaque thème d'actualité abordé sera diffusé sous forme de podcasts, mais aussi, occasionnellement, de livre. Ainsi est née Femmes fortes qui en vient à poser sa première question d'intérêt national : « comment va notre pays ? » Un appel...
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Ilan Pappe has long been a controversial figure in Israel, here; he gives a full account of his break with mainstream Israeli scholarship and its consequences.
Growing up in a conventional Israeli community and influenced by the utopian visions of Theodor Herzl, Pappe was barely aware of the Nakba in his high school years. This intellectual biography traces his journey of discovery, from the whispers of Palestinian classmates, to his realisation...
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To promote evidence-based policy making, the Asian Development Bank partnered with Innovations for Poverty Action and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab in 2012 to deliver a 3-day conference on impact evaluation and public policy in Bangkok. Over 200 scholars, practitioners and policy makers from 34 countries attended the conference. Each day of the conference focused on one of three areas that have high relevance to the region and have received...
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De quoi le réalisme est-il le nom ?
Que dit-on exactement au nom du réalisme ? À qui et à quoi sert-il ? Si le réalisme implique un ça va de soi, les auteurs de ce livre démontrent en revanche que le mot, tel qu'il est employé, ne va jamais de soi.
Autrefois élément de distinction entre pensée de droite et pensée de gauche, le réalisme apparaît aujourd'hui comme un mot-repère traduisant la dilution, recherchée par certains, des...
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This publication examines the need to expand social protection coverage of the informal sector to support working age productivity, reduce vulnerability, and improve economic opportunity. Case studies from Bangladesh, the People's Republic of China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Thailand offer suggestions to close social protection gaps and recommend policy solutions to create equitable and inclusive social protection programs for...
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The must-read summary of Linda Brandi Cateura's book: "Voices of American Muslims: 23 Profiles".
This complete summary of "Voices of American Muslims" by Linda Brandi Cateura presents her analysis of the situation of American Muslims following 9/11. She redeems their reputation through personal interviews that give us a clear account of their life narratives.
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