The pursuit of political power is strategic as never before. Ministers, MPs, and candidates parrot the same catchphrases. The public service has become politicized. And decision making is increasingly centralized in the Prime Minister’s...
Politics and government
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Author:Marland, AlexSummary: -
Author:Abedin, HumaSummary:In this beautifully written and propulsive memoir, Huma Abedin-Hillary Clinton's famously private top aide and longtime advisor-emerges from the wings of American political history to take command of her own story. The daughter of...
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Author:Kilcullen, DavidSummary:2014 has the potential to go down as a crucial year in modern world history. A resurgent and bellicose Russia took over Crimea and fueled a civil war in Eastern Ukraine. Post-Saddam Iraq, in many respects a creature of the United States...
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Author:Carty, R. KennethSummary:The Liberal Party of Canada is one of the most successful parties in the democratic world. It dominated Canadian politics for a century, practising an inclusive style of “big tent” politics that enabled it to fend off opponents on both...
- Author:Gingrich, NewtSummary:
Bestselling author Newt Gingrich exposes the anti-American forces that have grown so large and so aggressive in their quest for power. The struggle between the defenders of America as an exceptional nation and the forces of anti-...
- Author:Karl, JonathanSummary:
Picking up where the New York Times bestselling Front Row at the Trump Show left off, this is the explosive look at the aftermath of the election-and the events that followed Donald Trump's leaving the White House-from ABC News...
- Author:Sanders, BernieSummary:
In The Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution, Independent congressman, presidential candidate and activist Bernie Sanders continues his fight against the imbalances in the nation's status quo, and shows you how to make a...
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Author:Boyko, JohnSummary:In the late 1920s, Canada's economy was showing all the signs of a full-fledged depression. Life savings were evaporating, unemployment was up, and exports were dramatically down. Riding on the popularity of his promise to "blast"...
- Author:Isaacson, WalterSummary:
In this colorful and intimate narrative, Isaacson provides the full sweep of Franklin's amazing life, from his days as a runaway printer to his triumphs as a statesman, scientist, and Founding Father.
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Author:McCarthy, Andrew C.Summary:Despite Clinton's commanding lead in the polls, hyper-partisan intelligence officials decided they needed an "insurance policy" against a Trump presidency. Thus was born the collusion narrative, built on an anonymously sourced "dossier...
- Author:Lavoie, FrédérickSummary:
Voir Cuba avant que ça change ; Voir Cuba avant l’après. Sur l’île des Caraïbes, le présent semble pencher vers l’avenir. Entre le réchauffement des relations avec les États-Unis et la fin annoncée du règne des Castro, le pays est « en...
- Author:Brodie, IanSummary:
Offers a first-hand view of the inner workings of the Canadian federal government, with a particular focus on the interplay between the Prime Minister's Office, the Privy Council Office, the federal cabinet, and the role of...
- Author:Nickel, Sarah A.Summary:
Established narratives portray Indigenous unity as emerging solely in response to the political agenda of the settler state. But unity has long shaped the modern Indigenous political movement. With Indigenous perspectives in the...
- Author:Cathcart, Thomas, Klein, DanielSummary:
What did Donald Rumsfeld mean when he said, "The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence"? And what's the essence behind Bill Clinton's gem, "It depends on what the meaning of the word is is"? Whether they are misleading with...
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Author:Dunbar-Ortiz, RoxanneSummary:Today in the United States, there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the fifteen million native people who once inhabited this land. The centuries-...
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Author:Olive, DavidSummary:Barack Obama, junior senator from Illinois, first captured America’s attention with his keynote address to the Democratic National Convention in 2004. Now, as presumptive Democratic candidate for President, Obama’s superb and...
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Author:Shrivastava, MeenalSummary:As a precocious young girl, Surekha knew very little about the details of her mother Amma's unusual past and that of Babu, her mysterious and sometimes absent father. The tense, uncertain family life created by her parents'...
- Author:Duthu, N. BruceSummary:
Duthu highlights the major events, the differing principles, and the evolving perspectives that have governed relations among the Native American Indian tribes, the federal government, and the states.
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Author:Summary:American Government does more than any other text to get students to think analytically about American politics and government. The successful Five Principles of Politics framework integrated throughout the full and core versions helps...
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Author:Zygarʹ, MikhailSummary:Based on an unprecedented series of interviews with Vladimir Putin's inner circle, Zygar presents a radically different view of power and politics in Russia, and a reconstruction of the machinations of courtiers running riot.
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