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Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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An in-depth, comprehensive, and theoretically-informed examination of Arab politics of the last decade. The Arab Spring revolts of 2011 and the rise of ISIS in 2014, demand an updated analysis of the topic.
"Mehran Kamrava examines a broad range of political, economic, and social variables that have shaped conceptions of power, the functions and institutions of the state, the rise and evolution of social movements, the eruption of civil war in some...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A captivating study of US state secrecy that examines how officials use it to hoard power and prevent meaningful public oversight. The United States was founded on the promise of a transparent government, but time and again we have abandoned the ideals of our open republic. In recent history, we have permitted ourselves to engage in costly wars, opened ourselves to preventable attacks, and ceded unaccountable power to officials both elected and unelected....
11) The fifth risk
Author
Language
English
Description
What are the consequences if the people given control over our government have no idea how it works? In Agriculture the funding of vital programs like food stamps and school lunches is being slashed. The Commerce Department may not have enough staff to conduct the 2020 Census properly. Over at Energy, where international nuclear risk is managed, it's not clear there will be enough inspectors to track and locate black market uranium before terrorists...
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A bold call to reexamine how our government operates-and sometimes fails to-from President Obama's former deputy chief technology officer and the founder of Code for America. Just when we most need our government to work-to decarbonize our infrastructure and economy, to help the vulnerable through a pandemic, to defend ourselves against global threats-it is faltering. Government at all levels has limped into the digital age, offering online services...
15) The dangerous case of Donald Trump: 27 psychiatrists and mental health experts assess a president
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Since the start of Donald Trump's presidential run, one question has quietly but urgently permeated the observations of concerned citizens: What is wrong with him? Constrained by the American Psychiatric Association's "Goldwater rule," which inhibits mental health professionals from diagnosing public figures they have not personally examined, many of those qualified to answer this question have shied away from discussing the issue at all. The public...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
From the former Secretary of Defense and author of the best-selling memoir Duty, a characteristically direct, informed, and urgent assessment of why big institutions are failing us and how smart, committed leadership can effect real improvement regardless of scale. Across the realms of civic and private enterprise alike, bureaucracies vitally impact our security, freedoms, and everyday life. With so much at stake, competence, efficiency, and fiscal...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It is comforting to see President Donald Trump as a crazy man, a one-off, an exception -- not a reflection on us or our democracy. But in ways I never anticipated, his rise was absolutely predictable and a mirror on our soul. What does it say about us, that we elected someone so manifestly unfit and unprepared to determine mankind's future? Trump is a symptom of a world in distress, not its sole cause. Blaming him for all our troubles misses the deeper,...
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Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
"The president makes sure everybody follows the laws. They are responsible for keeping the federal government moving. But what do you know about this important office of government? Explore presidential powers, see how those powers are balanced, and meet the cabinet that helps the president do their important work. It's key social studies curriculum made approachable for all!"--
Author
Publisher
World Mental Health Coalition
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Why does Donald Trump speak and act as he does? Why does he need to deny the obvious seriousness of a pandemic? Why must he provoke violence? Why do many in the country still support and follow him? What caused his ascendancy in the first place?Dr. Lee's epic new book is "the missing piece: that answers these questions with accessible language. She presents her analysis at the end of its term, as a nation grapples with why, after almost 200,000 coronavirus...
20) The dangerous case of Donald Trump: 37 psychiatrists and mental health experts assess a president
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"He's only getting worse. Donald Trump's erratic behavior throughout his presidential campaign caused many of us to ask: What is wrong with him? After the election, politicians and pundits assured us he would change once he took office and would live up to his role as president. After spending two years in the most powerful position in the world, however, Trump has only gotten worse. He rants. He lashes out. He threatens violence. He holds rallies...
