Burnt By Democracy
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Burnt By Democracy
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Author : Jacqueline Kennelly
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2023-11-30
Burnt By Democracy written by Jacqueline Kennelly and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-30 with Social Science categories.
Burnt by Democracy traces the political ascendance of neoliberalism and its effects on youth. The book explores democracy and citizenship as described in interviews with over forty young people – ages 16 to 30 – who have either experienced homelessness or identify as an activist, living in five liberal democracies: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Highlighting significant cuts to social and affordable housing, astronomical increases in the costs of higher education, and the transformation and erosion of state benefits systems, Jacqueline Kennelly argues that democracy’s decline is not occurring because young people are apathetic, or focused on informal politics, or unaware of their civic duties. Rather, it is because of collective misunderstanding about how democracy is actually structured, how individuals learn to participate, and how growing wealth inequality has undermined the capacity of those at the bottom to meaningfully advocate for changes that might improve their conditions. Against a vivid and often heart-breaking backdrop of stories from young people struggling to survive and thrive under conditions of ever-expanding state retrenchment and inequality, Burnt by Democracy makes a timely and impassioned plea for protecting and strengthening democracy by truly levelling the playing field for all.
Democracy Burning
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Author : Nigel Raab
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2011-01-10
Democracy Burning written by Nigel Raab and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-10 with History categories.
Nineteenth-century commentators often claimed that Russia burned to the ground every thirty years. In an empire whose cities were built of wood, firefighters had a visible presence throughout Russia's urban centres and became politically active across the country. Democracy Burning? studies the political, cultural, and social values of volunteer firefighters and reveals the ways in which their public organizations cooperated with the authoritarian state. Nigel Raab considers the important roles that nationalism, regionalism, militarism, photography, and civil society played in fire departments and challenges prevailing notions that volunteer organizations opposed the state. His analysis not only provides insights into questions about a nascent civic consciousness in the years leading to revolution but also reveals new and important information about other aspects of urban life. A skilled work of history and urban studies, Democracy Burning? forces us to rethink the way we consider large public organizations and their relation to authoritarian governments.
The Workshop Of Democracy 1863 1932
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Author : James MacGregor Burns
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2012-04-10
The Workshop Of Democracy 1863 1932 written by James MacGregor Burns and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-10 with History categories.
DIVDIVThe second volume of Burns’s acclaimed history of America, from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Great Depression/divDIV /divDIVAbraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address pointed to a new way to preserve an old hope—that democracy might prove a vibrant and lasting form of government for people of different races, religions, and aspirations. The scars of the Civil War would not soon heal, but with that one short speech, the president held out the possibility that such a nation might not simply survive, but flourish. The Workshop of Democracy explores more than a half-century of dramatic growth and transformation of the American landscape, through the addition of dozens of new states, the shattering tragedy of the First World War, the explosion of industry, and, in the end, the emergence of the United States as an new global power. /divDIV /divDIV /divDIV/div/div
Challenge To Democracy
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Author : Cecil Delisle Burns
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1935
Challenge To Democracy written by Cecil Delisle Burns and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1935 with Citizenship categories.
Is This The End
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Author : Charles a. Royals
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-05-25
Is This The End written by Charles a. Royals and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This book was written in an attempt to answer the question "Is This the End Burning American Democracy?" Attack on American democracy makes it imperative to have an account of events facing society as we know it, and also leave record of our struggle. American people must never give up the American dream, or the path which one travels to reach goals set achieving their dream. Democracy in America is the pathway to freedom, equality, fairness, liberty and justice in every human's pursuit of happiness. We all must question the ideals and action of a single individual, and do not become subordinate to government controlled by one. Democracy gives power to the people as government of the people, to be controlled by the people according to majority rule. We cannot forget from where we came, are get lost in where we are, but accept the challenge to achieve where we want to go.
The American Experiment
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Author : James MacGregor Burns
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2013-05-21
The American Experiment written by James MacGregor Burns and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-21 with History categories.
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author’s stunning trilogy of American history, spanning the birth of the Constitution to the final days of the Cold War. In these three volumes, Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winner James MacGregor Burns chronicles with depth and narrative panache the most significant cultural, economic, and political events of American history. In The Vineyard of Liberty, he combines the color and texture of early American life with meticulous scholarship. Focusing on the tensions leading up to the Civil War, Burns brilliantly shows how Americans became divided over the meaning of Liberty. In The Workshop of Democracy, Burns explores more than a half-century of dramatic growth and transformation of the American landscape, through the addition of dozens of new states, the shattering tragedy of the First World War, the explosion of industry, and, in the end, the emergence of the United States as a new global power. And in The Crosswinds of Freedom, Burns offers an articulate and incisive examination of the US during its rise to become the world’s sole superpower—through the Great Depression, the Second World War, the Cold War, and the rapid pace of technological change that gave rise to the “American Century.”
The Deadlock Of Democracy
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Author : James MacGregor Burns
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
The Deadlock Of Democracy written by James MacGregor Burns and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Political parties categories.
Beautiful Country Burn Again
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Author : Ben Fountain
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2018-11-01
Beautiful Country Burn Again written by Ben Fountain and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-01 with Political Science categories.
As Ben Fountain sees it, the United States is facing its third existential crisis. The first was the struggle over slavery, culminating in the Civil War. The second was the Great Depression, the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialised world, which brought about the New Deal. The third, is Donald Trump. But how will it end? Taking in America's love affair with firearms, celebrity culture, Russia, Obamacare, Hillary Clinton and, of course, Trump himself, Beautiful Country Burn Again explores how the United States reached a new crisis point and asks how America really can be great again.
Burnt Offerings
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Author : Floyd Sours
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2010-05-25
Burnt Offerings written by Floyd Sours and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-25 with Political Science categories.
A dark narrative that returns to its readers a much improved understanding of the culture in which they live. This scholarly compendium explores different kinds of freedom while giving the reader an entirely new view of many current political and social problems. The inclusion of three types of freedom make problem solving for many other issues potentially solvable as well. The centrol theme of this book lies in the relationship between inequality and equality. Aside from the obvious benefits of freedom and equality, the question of whether they are related to high crime rates, impoverished education, high rates of mental illness, and increasingly poor judgment in government is also discussed. In these discussions, hard statistical data is offered and logical explanations are offered. Speculation about where America may be headed politically is also included.
Beautiful Country Burn Again
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Author : Ben Fountain
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2018-09-25
Beautiful Country Burn Again written by Ben Fountain and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-25 with History categories.
In a sweeping work of reportage set over the course of 2016, New York Times bestselling author Ben Fountain recounts a surreal year of politics and an exploration of the third American existential crisis Twice before in its history, the United States has been faced with a crisis so severe it was forced to reinvent itself in order to survive: first, the struggle over slavery, culminating in the Civil War, and the second, the Great Depression, which led to President Roosevelt’s New Deal and the establishment of America as a social-democratic state. In a sequence of essays that excavate the past while laying bare the political upheaval of 2016, Ben Fountain argues that the United States may be facing a third existential crisis, one that will require a “burning” of the old order as America attempts to remake itself. Beautiful Country Burn Again narrates a shocking year in American politics, moving from the early days of the Iowa Caucus to the crystalizing moments of the Democratic and Republican national conventions, and culminating in the aftershocks of the weeks following election night. Along the way, Fountain probes deeply into history, illuminating the forces and watershed moments of the past that mirror and precipitated the present, from the hollowed-out notion of the American Dream, to Richard Nixon’s southern strategy, to our weaponized new conception of American exceptionalism, to the cult of celebrity that gave rise to Donald Trump. In an urgent and deeply incisive voice, Ben Fountain has fused history and the present day to paint a startling portrait of the state of our nation. Beautiful Country Burn Again is a searing indictment of how we came to this point, and where we may be headed.