Selections from FBI files on political activists including Betty Friedan, Abbie Hoffman, Martin Luther King, Aaron Swartz, and Malcolm X. The FBI has always kept tabs on political activists. During the directorship of J. Edgar Hoover, it was a Bureau-wide obsession. Did you see that guy who didn't quite look like a journalist, taking pictures at a demonstration He was probably FBI. Did you say …
"Cyber Republic presents a radical framework for rethinking politics and business in a post-work age of human-machine collaboration. It offers an optimistic and democratic roadmap for the future"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
The election of Donald Trump and the great disruption in the news and social media.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"The book considers the rates and conditions of women's participation in the public sphere and explores the implications for politics, democracy, and society"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Includes index.How social media and DIY communities have enabled new forms of political participation that emphasize doing and making rather than passive consumption.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Politics matter for financial markets and financial markets matter for politics, and nowhere is this relationship more apparent than in emerging markets. In this book, Santiso investigates the links between politics and finance in countries that have recently experienced both economic and democratic transitions. He focuses on elections, investigating whether there is a 'democratic premium' - wh…
Noam Chomsky as political gadfly, groundbreaking scholar, and intellectual guru: key issues in Chomsky's career and the sometimes contentious reception to his ideas.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
The authors of this ambitious book address a fundamental political question: why are leaders who produce peace and prosperity turned out of office while those who preside over corruption, war, and misery endure? Considering this political puzzle, they also answer the related economic question of why some countries experience successful economic development and others do not. The authors constru…
Based on the author's Ph. D. thesis, Harvard University, 2000.In America today we see rampant development, unsustainable resource exploitation, and commodification ruin both natural and built landscapes, disconnecting us from our surroundings and threatening our fundamental sense of place. Meanwhile, preservationists often respond with a counterproductive stance that rejects virtually any chang…