Títulos em Política e Governo

Chris Collins rose to the highest levels of business and politics—only to face a fall from grace that nearly destroyed him. As a successful entrepreneur and the first member of Congress to endorse Donald J. Trump for President, Collins was a power player at the peak of American influence. You could often find him in the halls of Congress, in Presidential meetings in the Roosevelt room, aboard Air Force One, or inside the Oval Office.

Described by Jeffrey Masson as "the single best introduction to animal rights ever written," this new book by Tom Regan will structure the animal rights debate for generations to come. In a style at once simple and elegant, Regan dispels the negative image of animal rights advocates perpetrated by the mass media, unmasks the fraudulent rhetoric of "humane treatment" favored by animal exploiters, and explains why existing laws function to legitimize institutional cruelty.

Hyperpolitics describes the paradoxical state of affairs today, in which politicization seemingly has few political consequences. Anton Jäger's incisive appraisal sets the benchmark by which future histories of the present will be judged. Politics is back.

Barack Obama didn’t break the system. He mastered it. This is not a tribute. And it’s not a takedown. It’s a clear-eyed walk through one of the most disciplined presidencies in American history. From a kid with no defined center to a commander-in-chief who made calm look presidential and control look easy. He didn’t storm in with fire. He played the long game. He passed healthcare reform when everyone said it couldn’t be done. He ordered drone strikes with surgical silence. He addressed racism while trying not to set the country on fire.

Rassismus, Hetze, Gewalt gegen »linke Zecken«, Homosexuelle und Migranten, offene Holocaust-Leugnung – so erlebten die Lehrkräfte Laura Nickel und Max Teske den Alltag an ihrer Schule. Entsetzt und zum Handeln entschlossen veröffentlichten sie einen Brandbrief, in dem sie »eine Mauer des Schweigens« anprangerten sowie die fehlende Unterstützung für Schulen durch Ämter, Politik und Eltern.

Why do some nations prosper while others collapse into poverty and tyranny? What are the warning signs that a free society is sliding toward enslavement? In this groundbreaking work, David R. Young reveals a complete political spectrum that encompasses all political systems—one based not on the false dichotomy of warring ideologies, but on the fundamental relationship between government and the governed.

Auf den Straßen deutscher Großstädte tobt ein Machtkampf: Kriminelle arabisch-stämmige Clans haben in Berlin, Bremen, Dortmund oder Essen über Jahre Großstadtkieze erobert – und kaum jemand hat sie aufgehalten. Nun hat der Staat den Kampf mit den Familienbanden aufgenommen. Bereits seit 2003 verfolgen die SPIEGEL-TV-Reporter Thomas Heise und Claas Meyer-Heuer die kriminellen Machenschaften dieser Clans.

The Art of War, one of the most important Chinese texts in history, was written more than two thousand years ago. It can be listened to as a treatise that teaches about human nature and actions during conflicts, but its lessons can also be applied to politics, business, and life itself, regardless of the era.

Die liberale Weltordnung, wie wir sie seit Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs kennen, löst sich auf: Multilaterale Zusammenarbeit weicht multipolaren Rivalitäten. Ein neues internationales System entsteht, getrieben von drei großen Kräften: dem globalen Westen, dem globalen Osten und dem globalen Süden. Im Zentrum steht der eskalierende Wettbewerb zwischen den Vereinigten Staaten und China, die beide versuchen, bilaterale Abkommen und regionale Allianzen zu schmieden. Doch letztlich wird der globale Süden entscheiden, ob die Zukunft in Richtung Kooperation oder Fragmentierung tendiert.

In ihrem neuen Buch erzählt Jana Hensel vom Ende eines großen ostdeutschen Traums. Was vor über 35 Jahren als Aufbruch in eine neue Ära begann, wird heute von vielen Ostdeutschen zunehmend infrage gestellt – die Demokratie selbst gerät ins Wanken. Scharfsinnig zeichnet Hensel den langen Weg nach rechts nach, der für viele einst links begann und durch eine wiedervereinte Republik führt, die mitten in einer ihrer schwersten Krisen steckt.

Famous for his political treatise The Prince, which advises would-be kings on the best strategies for governing, Machiavelli turns his attention to the inner workings of a successful republic and the people necessary to maintain it in his Discourses on Livy. Comparing contemporary societies to ancient Rome, with examples from Livy’s The History of Rome, Machiavelli tries to identify the foundations of a well-working republic, examining social and political aspects, such as voting, citizenship, warfare and religion.

WIRD RUSSLAND EUROPÄISCHES NATO-TERRITORIUM ANGREIFEN? Aktuell kann niemand diese Frage beantworten, sicher aber ist: Ziehen sich die USA mittelfristig aus Europa zurück, wie es unter Donald Trump den Anschein hat, werden sich die Europäer gegen einen Angriff kaum effektiv verteidigen können. Jana Puglierin führt die Bedrohungen vor Augen, denen Europa ausgesetzt ist: konventionell, hybrid, atomar.

Das deutsche Schulsystem steht am Abgrund: marode Gebäude, veraltete Lehrpläne, ungleiche Chancen, überforderte Kinder und ausgebrannte Lehrer. Schonungslos zeigt Silke Müller in ihrem neuen Hörbuch, wie Schule Kindern die Lebenschancen raubt und fordert ein radikales Umdenken. Mit ihren visionären Ideen verlangt Silke Müller nach einer Reform, die Schulen endlich menschlich, gerecht und zukunftssicher macht.

Step behind the portraits, poetry, and pageantry to uncover the real woman who shaped one of the most extraordinary chapters in English history. The Virgin Queen Unveiled reveals the remarkable life of Elizabeth I—her dangers, her triumphs, her brilliance, and the decisions that forged the destiny of a nation.

Like two intrepid leftist sleuths, Herb Boyd and Don Rojas take a deep dive into the files of the CIA, mainly inspired by Malcolm X's belief that he was under surveillance. They unearth and disclose enough evidence to confirm Malcolm's suspicion as well as to suggest, through circumstantial documentation, at least one agent stalking him. The book offers valuable insight into the history of government agencies spying on Black activists, and targeting Malcolm was just among the most notable of those in the CIA's crosshairs.

As America approaches its 250th anniversary, free speech and press freedom face unprecedented threats from campus censorship, social media content moderation, and government pressure campaigns. From college students afraid to voice opinions in class to journalists facing investigations, the First Amendment foundations of American democracy are under multiple threats in ways the Founders never imagined.

We live in a world of outrageous pain. Postmodernity—with its correct critique of pre-modernity's often fundamentalist and dogmatic stories about value—has deconstructed value and said value is not real. At the same time, regressive religious fundamentalism is on the rise all through the world. Fundamentalism, like post-modernism, says there is no universal Field of Value. Instead, it claims that value is mediated only through its particular prism of revelation. Outrageous pain is caused when we fail to recognize that we are all in a shared Field of Value.

In the aftermath of Joseph Stalin’s ironfisted rule, the Soviet Union was at a crossroads. Would it break from the dictator’s brutal regime or continue the campaign of violence and fear? As historian Mark B. Smith shows in Exit Stalin, the answer was both. Smith tells the story of the Soviet Union from Gagarin to Gorbachev, shedding light on how a moderated ideology of Bolshevism and the practices of central planning played out in the everyday lives of Soviet citizens.

The Dream Maker is the extraordinary early biography of Patrick Atkinson — a young North Dakota man who stepped unarmed into war zones, red-light districts, drug corridors, and the darkest corners of the world to protect children and women no one else would help. Written and narrated by award-winning journalist Monica Hannan, this internationally selling powerful and unforgettable true story reveals the hidden lives of the children and mothers Atkinson rescued, the peril he faced, and the unexpected moments of grace that shaped them all.

In 2017, a small crew gathered in a windowless Pentagon room to put AI at the heart of how America makes war. Led by a Marine Corps colonel haunted by the deaths of US troops and prospect of AI-enhanced rivals, the Project Maven team raced to send AI into combat, igniting controversy and forever changing the US military. Summoning the mayhem of a tech startup, the group wrestled Pentagon bureaucrats and each other, enlisted an initially reluctant Silicon Valley, and convinced US forces to deploy little-tested AI systems in hot wars.