Sjonger, Rebecca
Summary: "What is the difference between a representative democracy and an autocracy or dictatorship? Are all democracies equal? Why are some people attracted to authoritarian governments? This fascinating book explains why democracy can be a fragile form of government, requiring constant effort and attention from its citizens. Discover the ways governments respond to the needs and wants of its people."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 321.8 SJOHardyman, Robyn
Summary: Find out more about democracy, which countries use it to govern, and learn some positives and negatives about this type of government.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 321.8 HARKilling Joke (Musical group)
Contents: Savage freedom (4:50) -- Democracy (3:40) -- Prozac people (6:55) -- Lanterns of hope (4:53) -- Aeon (8:04) -- Pilgrimage (6:30) -- Intellect (4:01) -- Medicine wheel (5:18) -- Absent friends (5:40) -- Another bloody election (4:26).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zoo/Butterfly Recordings 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK KILDavies, William
Summary: The University of London political economist draws on four hundred years of history to examine the systematic discrediting of scientists and experts by a modern public that disregards objective facts in favor of emotions, particularly fear and anxiety.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.01 DAVRichardson, Heather Cox
Summary: "From historian and author of the popular daily newsletter LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN, a vital narrative that explains how America, once a beacon of democracy, now teeters on the brink of autocracy--and how we can turn back. In the midst of the impeachment crisis of 2019, Heather Cox Richardson launched a daily Facebook essay providing the historical background of the daily torrent of news. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 320.473 RICSummary: Throughout Africa, democracy has long been touted as the cure for the continent's ongoing unrest. But can such a form of government flourish in countries where extreme poverty is the norm and violence is the chief tool of statecraft? Spanning the continent from Libya to South Africa, this program seeks to understand Africa's complex political situations, addressing the "Big Man" syndrome and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Examining Ukraine's past and present politics, this program features firsthand accounts from six Ukrainians who witnessed and took part in the 2004 Orange Revolution-a climactic chapter in the country's transition to a free, self-governing state. An in-depth look at Ukrainian history is provided, while candid interviews reflect both the optimism of citizens who welcome brand-new freedoms and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Reich, Robert B.
Summary: Offers an analysis of the clash between capitalism and democracy to create a system that has enlarged the economic pie while making democracy less effective, detailing inequities of income and wealth, job insecurity, and the escalating effects of global warming.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.97301 REILevitsky, Steven
Summary: "A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it's too late-from the New York Times bestselling authors of How Democracies Die. America is undergoing a massive experiment: It is moving, in fits and starts, toward a multiracial democracy, something few societies have ever done. But the prospect of change has sparked an authoritarian backlash that threatens the very foundations...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2023
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Summary: "For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the world is steadily becoming less democratic. Though the true culprits are dictators and counterfeit democrats, the West is often complicit in contributing to the global decline of democracy. In pursuit of short-term economic and political objectives, governments in Washington, London and Brussels ultimately make the world less prosperous and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 321.8 KLASjonger, Rebecca
Summary: "Young people all over the world are doing it. Whether through anti-racism protests, taking part in model governments, or joining global climate strikes, youth are strengthening democracy by exercising one of the fundamental democratic rights: participation. This thoughtful book uses real life examples to show how citizens can exercise their rights and make their communities and countries more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 321.8 SJOSjonger, Rebecca
Summary: "From its roots in ancient Greece to its revitalization in the Age of Enlightenment and beyond, democracy as a form of government has changed over time. Find out what threats democracy faces today, and how it is a process that requires constant upkeep and renewal."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing 2023
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Summary: "Democratic governments and processes are based on shared ideals for the common good of all citizens. Find out what these democratic values are and how to take part in democracy in your own country and community."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 321.8 SJOCartledge, Paul
Summary: "Ancient Greece first coined the concept of "democracy," yet almost every major ancient Greek thinker--from Plato and Aristotle onwards--were ambivalent or even hostile to democracy in any form. The explanation is quite simple: the elite perceived majority power as tantamount to a dictatorship of the proletariat. In ancient Greece there can be traced not only the rudiments of modern democratic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 321.8 CARKeane, John
Summary: "The complete history of democracy, its champions, and its detractors-from the assemblies of ancient Mesopotamia to present perils"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 321.809 KEADavis, Michael W. R.
Summary: The label "Arsenal of Democracy" was coined by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt in a fireside chat radio broadcast on December 29, 1940, nearly a year before the United States formally entered the war. Here is the pictorial story of one Detroiter's unique leadership in the miraculous speed Detroit's mass-production capacity was shifted to output of tanks, trucks, guns, and airplanes to support...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia Pub. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 DAVNichols, Thomas M.
Summary: "Over the past three decades, citizens of democracies who claim to value freedom, tolerance, and the rule of law have increasingly embraced illiberal politicians and platforms. Democracy is in trouble--but who is really to blame? In Our Own Worst Enemy, Tom Nichols challenges the current depictions of the rise of illiberal and anti-democratic movements in the United States and elsewhere as the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320 NICWhitehouse, Sheldon
Summary: "In Captured, U.S. Senator and former federal prosecutor Sheldon Whitehouse offers an eye-opening take on what corporate influence looks like today from the Senate Floor, adding a first-hand perspective to Jane Mayer's Dark Money. Americans know something is wrong in their government. Senator Whitehouse combines history, legal scholarship, and personal experiences to provide the first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 322 WHIShiva, Vandana
Summary: "Calls for a radical shift in the values that govern democracies, condemning the role that unrestricted capitalism has played in the destruction of environments and livelihoods"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2015
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Summary: "The suburbs have become too liberal and diverse for many white American conservatives, so "exurbia"-areas outside the cities and their suburbs-are becoming the staging ground for the radical right extremist insurgency..."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 MASSummary: In the postwar free world, America becomes the acknowledged leader, striving to rebuild democracies abroad. As the Iron Curtain falls and the Cold War begins, fear of communism spreads through the country, sparking Joseph McCarthy's communist witch-hunts. At the same time, the U.S. finally faces up to racial separatism when the groundbreaking Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2002
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Rachman, Gideon
Summary: "The author of Easternization, an award-winning journalist, offers an intimate look at the rise of strongman leaders around the globe, charting the most urgent political story of our era. We are in a new era: authoritarian leaders have become a central feature of global politics. Since 2000, self-styled strongmen have risen to power in capitals as diverse as Moscow, Beijing, Delhi, Brasilia,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.53 RACApplebaum, Anne
Summary: "A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist explains, with electrifying clarity, why some of her contemporaries have abandoned liberal democratic ideals in favor of strongman cults, nationalist movements, or one-party states. Across the world today, from the U.S. to Europe and beyond, liberal democracy is under siege while different forms of authoritarianism are on the rise. In Twilight...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 321.9 APPSummary: With help from the Wright brothers' introduction of the airplane, the country begins to soar. Woodrow Wilson and America reluctantly join the fight in World War I, while on the home front, women at last get the right to vote. The twenties roar with new levels of personal freedom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2002