The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It (Mounk Yascha)(Paperback)

The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It (Mounk Yascha)(Paperback)

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice'Everyone worried about the state of contemporary politics should read this book.'--Anne-Marie Slaughter'A trenchant survey from 1989, with its democratic euphoria, to the current map of autocratic striving.'--David Remnick, New YorkerThe world is in

People Vs Tech - How the internet is killing democracy (and how we save it) (Bartlett Jamie)(Paperback / softback)

`This book could not have come at a better moment... The People Vs Tech makes clear that there is still time - just - for us to take back control.' - Camilla Cavendish, Sunday Times The internet was meant to set us free.Tech has radically changed the way we live our lives. But have we unwittingly

Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Achen Christopher H.)(Paperback)

Why our belief in government by the people is unrealistic--and what we can do about it Democracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and government, and offers a provocative alternative view grounded in the actual human

The Great Experiment: How to Make Diverse Democracies Work - Yascha Mounk

One of our most important political thinkers looks to the greatest challenge of our time: how to live together equally and peacefully in diverse democracies.It's easy to be pessimistic about the fate of democracy in multi-ethnic societies. At the end of the Second World War, fewer than one in

Despot's Accomplice - How the West is Aiding and Abetting the Decline of Democracy (Klaas Brian)(Paperback / softback)

Why the West is losing the global battle for democracy and how to start winning it

You Call This Democracy?: How to Fix Our Government and Deliver Power to the People (Rusch Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

A 2021 YALSA EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION FINALIST America is the greatest democracy in the world . . . isn't it? Author Elizabeth Rusch examines some of the more problematic aspects of our government but, more importantly, offers ways for young people to fix them. The political landscape has never

Chatter - The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It

Setting the People Free: The Story of Democracy, Second Edition (Dunn John)(Paperback)

Why does democracy--as a word and as an idea--loom so large in the political imagination, though it has so often been misused and misunderstood? Setting the People Free starts by tracing the roots of democracy from an improvised remedy for a local Greek difficulty 2,500 years ago, through its near

The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell (Herz Rachel)(Paperback)

Why do some people like a certain aroma and others hate it? Is smell personal or cultural? How does it affect our choices and our actions?The Scent of Desire is the definitive psychological study of the importance of smell in our lives, from nourishment to procreation to our relationships with

Establishment - And how they get away with it (Jones Owen)(Paperback / softback)

Behind our democracy lurks a powerful but unaccountable network of people who wield massive power and reap huge profits in the process. In this book, the author takes you on a journey into the heart of our Establishment, from the lobbies of Westminster to the newsrooms, boardrooms and trading rooms

Five Ideas to Fight for: How Our Freedom Is Under Threat and Why It Matters (Lester Anthony)(Paperback)

― Human Rights ― Equality ― Free Speech ― Privacy ― The Rule of Law These five ideas are vitally important to the way of life we enjoy today. The battle to establish them in law was long and difficult, and Anthony Lester was at the heart of the thirty-year campaign that resulted in the

Pain: What It Is, Why It Happens and How to Cope

Told through case studies and medical history, this is an enlightening, in-depth book on the fascinating science behind pain and the complexities of its treatment, by one of the leading doctors in this area. Pain is a universal human experience, but we understand very little about the mechanics

Introduction to the Study of Religion (Rodrigues Hillary P.)(Paperback)

Why do people study religion? How have they studied it in the past? How do we study religion today? Is the academic study of religion the same as religious education? These and many other questions are addressed in this engaging introduction to the discipline of religious studies, written by two

What's the Point of School?: Rediscovering the Heart of Education (Claxton Guy)(Paperback)

Why the education system is failing our kids and how we can start the revolution that will save our schools With their emphasis on regurgitated knowledge and stressful exams, today's schools actually do more harm than good. Guiding readers past the sterile debates about City Academies and

Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) (Anderson Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments-and why we can't see it One in four American workers says their workplace is a 'dictatorship.' Yet that number almost certainly would be higher if we recognized employers for what they are-private governments with sweeping authoritarian power

Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better (Reich Rob)(Paperback)

The troubling ethics and politics of philanthropyIs philanthropy, by its very nature, a threat to today's democracy? Though we may laud wealthy individuals who give away their money for society's benefit, Just Giving shows how such generosity not only isn't the unassailable good we think it to be

War in Human Civilization (Gat Azar)(Paperback)

Why do people go to war? Is it rooted in human nature or is it a late cultural invention? How does war relate to the other fundamental developments in the history of human civilization? And what of war today--is it a declining phenomenon or simply changing its shape? In this sweeping study of war

Democracy Unchained: How to Rebuild Government for the People (Orr David)(Paperback)

A stellar group of America's leading political thinkers explore how to reboot our democracy The presidential election of 2016 highlighted some long-standing flaws in American democracy and added a few new ones. Across the political spectrum, most Americans do not believe that democracy is

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (Heath Chip)(Pevná vazba)

Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives? The primary obstacle is a conflict that's built into our brains, say Chip and Dan Heath, authors of the critically acclaimed bestseller Made to Stick. Psychologists have discovered that our minds

How We Invented Freedom & Why It Matters (Hannan Daniel)(Paperback / softback)

A timely, ambitious and vivid history of freedom - and how it happens to be a uniquely British

How Propaganda Works (Stanley Jason)(Paperback)

How propaganda undermines democracy and why we need to pay attentionOur democracy today is fraught with political campaigns, lobbyists, liberal media, and Fox News commentators, all using language to influence the way we think and reason about public issues. Even so, many of us believe that

The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology: A Manifesto for Reforming the Culture of Scientific Practice (Chambers Chris)(Paperback)

Why psychology is in peril as a scientific discipline--and how to save it Psychological science has made extraordinary discoveries about the human mind, but can we trust everything its practitioners are telling us? In recent years, it has become increasingly apparent that a lot of research in

Authentic: How to Be Yourself and Why It Matters (Joseph Stephen)(Paperback)

The hunger for authenticity guides us throughout our lives. People strive for joined-up living, where on the one hand what they say and do reflects what they think and feel, and on the other what they think and feel reflects who they are. Stephen Joseph has pioneered developments in research into

Firm Commitment: Why the Corporation Is Failing Us and How to Restore Trust in It (Mayer Colin)(Paperback)

The corporation is one of the most important and remarkable institutions in the world. It affects all our lives continuously. It feeds, entertains, houses and, employs us. It generates vast amounts of revenue for those who own it and it invests a substantial proportion of the wealth that we