Taming Politics

Author : John F. Burns
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520234116
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taming the Elephant written by John F. Burns and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final of four volumes in the 'California History Sesquicentennial Series', this text compiles original essays which treat the consequential role of post-Gold Rush California government, politics and law in the building of a dynamic state with lasting impact to the present day.

Author : Harvey Yunis
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501711377
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taming Democracy written by Harvey Yunis and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does one speak to a large, diverse mass of ordinary, sovereign citizens and persuade them to render wise decisions? For Thucydides, Plato, and Demosthenes, who observed classical Athenian democracy in action, this was an urgent question. Harvey Yunis looks at how these three—historian, philosopher, politician respectively—explored the instructive potential of political rhetoric as a means of "taming democracy," Plato's metaphor for controlling the fractious demos through language. Yunis offers new insights into the ideas of the three thinkers: Thucydides' bipolar model of Periclean versus demagogic rhetoric; Plato's engagement with political rhetoric in the Gorgias, the Phaedrus, and the Laws; and Demosthenes' attempt both to instruct and to persuade his political audience. Yunis illuminates both the concrete historical problem of political deliberation in Athens and the intellectual and literary responses that the problem evoked. Few, if any, other books on classical Athens afford such a combination of perspectives from history, drama, philosophy, and politics. Writing with unusual clarity and cogency, Yunis translates all texts and explains the relevant issues. His book can profitably be read by anyone concerned with the issues at the heart of classical and contemporary democracy.

Author : Sarah Sunn Bush
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107069645
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Taming of Democracy Assistance written by Sarah Sunn Bush and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most government programs seeking to aid democracy abroad do not directly confront dictators. This book explains how organizational politics 'tamed' democracy assistance.

Author : Stephen M. Walt
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393292711
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taming American Power: The Global Response to U.S. Primacy written by Stephen M. Walt and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2006-09-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the 2006 Gelber Prize: "A brilliant contribution to the American foreign policy debate."—Anatol Lieven, New York Times Book Review At a time when America's dominance abroad was being tested like never before, Taming American Power provided for the first time a "rigorous critique of current U.S. strategy" (Washington Post Book World) from the vantage point of its fiercest opponents. Stephen M. Walt examines America's place as the world's singular superpower and the strategies that rival states have devised to counter it. Hailed as a "landmark book" by Foreign Affairs, Taming American Power makes the case that this ever-increasing tide of opposition not only could threaten America's ability to achieve its foreign policy goals today but also may undermine its dominant position in years to come.

Author : Kalevi Jaakko Holsti
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521541923
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taming the Sovereigns written by Kalevi Jaakko Holsti and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-22 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Kalevi Holsti examines the nature of change in international politics.

Author : Dovile Budryte
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351896202
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taming Nationalism? Political Community Building in the Post-Soviet Baltic States written by Dovile Budryte and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revisiting the process of political community building in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, this book analyzes the roles that international actors have played in these processes and assesses the unintended consequences of this involvement. The study differs from other works on ethnic minorities and nationalism in the former Soviet Union by exploring the use of minority rights discourse and the salience of historical memory. Case studies examine the transformation of nationalism in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - all former Soviet republics - which have experienced Soviet nationalities policy first-hand. Primarily intended for an academic audience and practitioners interested in promoting tolerance in multi-ethnic societies, the book's historical narrative will also appeal to readers with a general interest in the former Soviet Union and post-Communism.

Author : Kevin Arceneaux
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108415105
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taming Intuition written by Kevin Arceneaux and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-11 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Individuals vary in their ability to reflect on and override partisan impulses, affecting their ability to rationally evaluate politicians.

Author : Justin Steinberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107141303
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spinoza's Political Psychology written by Justin Steinberg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and novel interpretation of Spinoza's political writings that reveals the significance of the affects for political life.

Author : Robert William Bennett
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804754101
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taming the Electoral College written by Robert William Bennett and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the history and weaknesses of the electoral college and proposes reforms that could be made to our electoral process without a constitutional amendment.

Author : Charles R. Johnson
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834800004
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taming the Ox written by Charles R. Johnson and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned author and National Book Award winner Dr. Charles Johnson writes that his creative work and Buddhist practice are the two activities in his life that have reinforced each other—and have anchored him. In this wide and varied collection of essays, reviews, and short stories, Johnson offers writings that passionately and compellingly illuminate how politics, race, and spiritual life intersect in our changing culture. Throughout his long and varied creative career, Johnson has been a cartoonist and illustrator, screen- and teleplay writer, novelist, philosopher, short fiction writer, essayist, literary scholar, and professor. His work is often philosophically, politically, and spiritually oriented, and he has deeply explored racial issues in the United States, most notably in his novel Middle Passage, which won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1990. Johnson received a MacArthur Fellowship, or "Genius Grant," in 1998. Taming the Ox is a wonderful reflection of what Johnson has learned during his passage through American literature, the visual arts, and the Buddhadharma.