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Da Karsten Lauritzen efter knap 15 år, heraf fire som minister for det udskældte skatteområde, forlod politik, stod han tilbage med en afgørende erkendelse: Der er noget helt galt i det danske folkestyre. Det er ikke bare enkeltstående politikere, der i stadigt større omfang får stress...

Unser Gehirn hat ein Betriebssystem aus der Steinzeit. Das macht Politik komplizierter, als sie sein müsste und Social Media macht es noch schlimmer. Das Resultat? Zu viel Lärm, zu wenig Lösungen. Dabei ist die Schweizer Demokratie robuster, als sie im Moment wirkt. Wer hinter die Kulissen...

Was passiert, wenn künstliche Intelligenz in Ihr Zuhause einzieht, Ihr Auto fährt und beginnt, Ihre Entscheidungen zu treffen? Joanna Stern, leitende Technologiekolumnistin des Wall Street Journal, hat ihr Leben ein Jahr lang der künstlichen Intelligenz überlassen. Die Ergebnisse sind sowohl...

Draw the Line in Ohio by legal analyst Rory Riley Topping and Washington correspondent Josh Rultenberg offers a grounded, firsthand overview of unfair redistricting through the story of Ohio’s recent gerrymandering fight.

సోవియట్ సమాజం ఎంత అనాకర్షణీయమైన వ్యవస్థ అయినా అది ఉండబట్టే అంతర్జాతీయ రాజకీయాలలో అమెరికా సామ్రాజ్యదాహం...

米民主党内部からの告発。かつて「庶民の味方」だった党は、いつから「テックエリートと富裕層」のための党に変貌したのか。リベラル派の重鎮が、身内の病理を徹底解剖する全米話題の予言書。

From the leading political advisor and bestselling author, a revelatory account of how power is built and a blueprint for Democrats in 2026 and beyond. Supermajorities used to be the norm in American politics, yet today it seems unimaginable that our nation could break hard for one party or the...

INSTANT #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A scathing investigation into the apocalyptic thinking of the Christian nationalists, tech-bro reactionaries, and populist survivalists who increasingly define the contemporary right―and a recipe for how to fight them. The planet burns and shared reality...

Prepare-se, leitor, porque este, infelizmente, não é um livro qualquer. A PRIVATARIA TUCANA nos traz, de maneira chocante e até decepcionante, a dura realidade dos bastidores da política e do empresariado brasileiro, em conluio para roubar dinheiro público. Faz...

Como os políticos conquistam o território brasileiro? O jornalista Alceu Luís Castilho passou três anos pesquisando quase 13 mil declarações de bens de políticos eleitos entregues ao Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE). O resultado é um...

A Operação Lava Jato ganhou tamanha força e legitimidade na sociedade que dificilmente se nega sua influência em diversas esferas da vida política. Compreender como foi possível uma operação desse porte produzir resultados tão...

Muda Brasil – A democracia dos Estados Unidos, a eleição que estremeceu o mundo e uma proposta para a nação brasileira é um estudo político em três partes. A primeira aborda os pilares da democracia e o sistema de governo dos Estados Unidos...

AN INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER A HILL TIMES BEST BOOK 2024 Award-winning author and broadcast journalist Carol Off digs deep into six words whose meanings have been distorted and weaponized in recent years—including democracy, freedom and truth—and asks whether we can reclaim their value...

In this accessible guide for activists, scholar Lisa Mueller translates cutting-edge empirical research on effective protest to show how to make movements really matter We are in the middle of a historic swell of activism taking place throughout the world. From Occupy Wall Street and the Arab...

Learn how the perception of truth has been weaponized in modern politics with this "insightful" account of propaganda in Russia and beyond during the age of disinformation (New York Times).When information is a weapon, every opinion is an act of war. We live in a world of influence operations...

Politik verstehen leicht gemacht. Braucht man heute noch Parteien? Wie gerecht ist der Rechtsstaat? Wie entsteht ein Gesetz? Marietta Slomka ist Anchorwoman des ZDF-heute journals, die Vermittlung komplizierter Sachverhalte für ein breites Publikum ist ihr Beruf. In diesem Hörbuch erklärt sie auf leicht nachvollziehbare Weise die wichtigsten Fragen zur Politik.

From the former secretary of defense and author of the acclaimed #1 bestselling memoir, Duty, a candid, sweeping examination of power, and how it has been exercised, for good and bad, by American presidents in the post-Cold War world. Since the end of the Cold War, the global perception of the...

Politics makes strange bedfellows, and that becomes even more apparent when trying to analyze the science of politics. Pulling from an array of disciplines including social science, behavioral science, and mathematics, this audiobook analyzes key factors in the process of electing a leader: from dissecting those qualities considered to be ideal, to how potential leaders are portrayed, to voter behavior, to the voting process - casting, collecting, and counting the votes. 

Taboo!: The Hidden Culture of a Red Light Area is a journey of discovery into the infamous red-light district of Lahore, Pakistan, known as the Shahi Mohalla (the Royal Bazaar) or Heera Mandi (the market of diamonds). The phenomenon of prostitution coupled with music and dance performances has ancient roots in South Asia. Regardless of the stigma attached to prostitution, it has for centuries given rise to many well-known performing artists. Here author Fouzia Saeed paints a more realistic picture of the phenomenon.

If you enjoyed the chilling experience of In Cold Blood and were at the edge of your seat while watching Oliver Stone’s JFK, you’ll love this investigative look into all the facets of one of the top conspiracies of the 20th century and beyond. DiEugenio, who has spent decades researching the Kennedy assassination, takes both an analytical and conversational approach to his fascinating exploration of the pivotal historical events and scandals surrounding that day.