Political Science
POINT OF IT ALL: A LIFETIME OF GREAT LOVES AND ENDEAVORS
Written by Krauthammer, Charles
Created and compiled by Charles Krauthammer before his death, The Point of It All is a powerful collection of the influential columnist's most important works. Spanning the personal, the political and the philosophical, it includes never-before-published speeches and a major new essay about the effect of today's populist movements on the future of global democracy.
CRIME IN PROGRESS: INSIDE THE STEELE DOSSIER AND THE FUSION GPS INVESTIGATION OF DONALD TRUMP
Written by Fritsch, Peter
The never-before-told inside story of the high-stakes, four-year-long investigation into Donald Trump's Russia ties--culminating in the Steele dossier, and sparking the Mueller report--from the founders of political opposition research company Fusion GPS "Crime in Progress untangles one of the great mysteries of the Trump era--the full story of the Steele dossier--and provides
FIFTH RISK: UNDOING DEMOCRACY
Written by Lewis, Michael
The morning after Trump was elected president, the people who ran the US Department of Energy waited to brief the administration's transition team on the agency it would soon be running. Nobody appeared. Across all departments the stories were the same: Trump appointees were few and far between; those who did show up were shockingly uninformed about the functions of their new workplace.
CARCERAL CAPITALISM
Written by Wang, Jackie
Essays on the contemporary continuum of incarceration: the biopolitics of juvenile delinquency, predatory policing, the political economy of fees and fines, and algorithmic policing.
UNFREEDOM OF THE PRESS
Written by Levin, Mark R
From six-time #1 New York Times bestselling author, FOX News star, and radio host Mark R.
WHAT UNITES US: REFLECTIONS ON PATRIOTISM
Written by Kirschner, Elliot
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "I find myself thinking deeply about what it means to love America, as I surely do." --Dan Rather
MCMINDFULNESS: HOW MINDFULNESS BECAME THE NEW CAPITALIST SPIRITUALITY
Written by Purser, Ronald
A lively and razor-sharp critique of mindfulness as it has been enthusiastically co-opted by corporations, public schools, and the US military. Mindfulness is now all the rage. From celebrity endorsements to monks, neuroscientists and meditation coaches rubbing shoulders with CEOs at the World Economic Forum in Davos, it is clear that mindfulness has gone mainstream. Some have even called it a revolution. But what if, instead of changing the world, mindfulness has become a banal form of capitalist spirituality that mindlessly avoids social and political transformation, reinforcing the neoliberal status quo? InMcMindfulness, Ronald Purser debunks the so-called "mindfulness revolution," exposing how corporations, schools, governments and the military have coopted it as technique for social control and self-pacification. A lively and razor-sharp critique, Purser busts the myths its salesmen rely on, challenging the narrative that stress is self-imposed and mindfulness is the cure-all. If we are to harness the truly revolutionary potential of mindfulness, we have to cast off its neoliberal shackles, liberating mindfulness for a collective awakening.A lively and razor-sharp critique of mindfulness as it has been enthusiastically co-opted by corporations, public schools, and the US military. Mindfulness is now all the rage. From celebrity endorsements to monks, neuroscientists and meditation coaches rubbing shoulders with CEOs at the World Economic Forum in Davos, it is clear that mindfulness has gone mainstream.
DOWN TO EARTH: POLITICS IN THE NEW CLIMATIC REGIME
Written by LaTour, Bruno
The present ecological mutation has organized the whole political landscape for the last thirty years. This could explain the deadly cocktail of exploding inequalities, massive deregulation, and conversion of the dream of globalization into a nightmare for most people.
IN DEFENSE OF OPEN SOCIETY
Written by Soros, George
An impassioned defense of open society, academic and media freedom, and human rights.
BARACK AND JOE: THE MAKING OF AN EXTRAORDINARY PARTNERSHIP
Written by Levingston, Steven
A vivid and inspiring account of the "bromance" between Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
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