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September 29, 2024

Elections A Very Short Introduction [Audiobook]

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Free Download L. Sandy Maisel, Jennifer A. Yoder, Eric Jason Martin (Narrator), "Elections: A Very Short Introduction"
English | ASIN: B0DDQHGNZT | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~04:04:00 | 111 MB
Elections occur in all democracies and many nondemocratic regimes as well. They determine who will hold public office and who will have the power to govern. They connect citizens to those whom they choose to make decisions on their behalf and who regulate their behavior. This book looks comparatively at the key aspects of elections. In addition to describing types of electoral systems, it discusses the implications of the various systems for the administration of elections, voter participation, representation, government stability, and other factors. Where appropriate, it examines efforts to reform a nation’s (or a sub-national entity’s) system, exploring the impetus for reform and the effects of those reforms when implemented.
L. Sandy Maisel and Jennifer A. Yoder lay out the variety of electoral systems in the broadest terms-single-member district plurality systems; proportional systems; and mixed systems. They discuss voting and the various electoral institutions used to implement the ways in which voting occurs and how votes are tabulated across electoral systems. They analyze the consequences of each system, first for the functioning of the democracy, and second for the electoral strategies politicians employ, closing with a discussion of reforms under consideration in a number of countries.

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September 29, 2024

American Foreign Relations A Very Short Introduction

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Free Download American Foreign Relations: A Very Short Introduction by Andrew Preston, Keith Sellon-Wright, HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
English | May 01, 2019 | ISBN: B07RB7381K | 4 hours and 24 minutes | M4B 64 Kbps | 127 Mb
For better or worse – be it militarily, politically, economically, technologically, or culturally – Americans have had a profound role in shaping the wider world beyond them. The United States has been a savior to some, a curse to others, but either way such views are often based on a caricature of American actions and intentions. American foreign relations, then, is a subject of immense global importance that provokes strong emotions and much debate, but often based on deep misunderstanding.
This Very Short Introduction analyzes the key episodes, themes, and individuals in the history of American foreign relations. While discussing diplomacy and the periods of war that have shaped national and international history, it also addresses such topics as industrialization, globalization, imperialism, and immigration. Covering the Revolution through the War on Terror, it examines the connections between domestic politics and foreign affairs as well as the importance of ideals and values. Sharply written and highly engaging, American Foreign Relations offers a clear-eyed narrative of America’s role in the world and how it has evolved over time.
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September 24, 2024

Simone Weil A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

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Free Download Simone Weil: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by A. Rebecca Rozelle-Stone
English | May 22nd, 2024 | ISBN: 0192846965 | 161 pages | True PDF | 9.25 MB
This Very Short Introduction provides an overview of the intriguing and provocative life and ideas of twentieth century French philosopher, mystic, and social activist Simone Weil. Weil was not a typical, systematic philosopher. Despite her short life, Weil’s philosophy has much to offer us in our times of personal, communal, political, and environmental crises, both in the breath and poignancy of her philosophy, and the topics it covers.

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September 18, 2024

The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

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Free Download The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Martin Bunton
English | October 1, 2013 | ISBN: 9780199603930 | 160 pages | PDF | 6.05 Mb
The conflict between Palestine and Israel is one of the most highly publicized and bitter struggles of modern times, a dangerous tinderbox always poised to set the Middle East aflame-and to draw the United States into the fire. In this accessible and stimulating Very Short Introduction, Martin Bunton illuminates the history of the problem, reducing it to its very essence. Adopting a fresh and original approach, Bunton explores the Palestinian-Israeli dispute in twenty-year segments, to highlight the historical complexity of the conflict throughout successive decades. Each chapter starts with an examination of the relationships among people and events that marked particular years as historical stepping stones in the evolution of the conflict, including the 1897 Basle Congress, the 1917 Balfour Declaration and British occupation of Palestine, and the 1947 UN Partition Plan and the war for Palestine.

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September 18, 2024

Foucault A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

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Free Download Foucault: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Gary Gutting
English | December 1, 2019 | ISBN: 0198830785 | 160 pages | PDF | 2.01 Mb
Born in 1926 in France, Foucault is one of those rare philosophers who has become a cult figure. Over the course of his life he dabbled in drugs, politics, and the Paris SM scene, all whilst striving to understand the deep concepts of identity, knowledge, and power. From aesthetics to the penal system; from madness and civilisation to avant-garde literature, Foucault was happy to reject old models of thinking and replace them with versions that are still widely debated today. A major influence on Queer Theory and gender studies (he was openly gay and died of an AIDS-related illness in 1984), he also wrote on architecture, history, law, medicine, literature, politics, and of course philosophy.

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