Libros de Política 2617 resultados

Thompson, Nato

One of the country's leading activist curators explores how corporations and governments have used art and culture to mystify and manipulate us.The production of culture was once the domain of artists, but beginning in the early 1900s, the emerging fields of public relations, advertising and marketing transformed the way the powerful communicate with the rest of us. A century l...

Clint Emerson

These 100 skills, adapted for civilians from actual field experiences of special forces operations, offer a complete hands-on and practical guide to help you survive in the wild no matter the climate or terrain; be prepared for any crisis; and have the critical life-saving knowledge for staying safe in any hostile environment or disaster.Yesterday's survival guide is no longer ...

Peter Joseph

In our interconnected world, self-interest and social-interest are rapidly becoming indistinguishable. If current negative trajectories remain, including growing climate destabilization, biodiversity loss, and economic inequality, an impending future of ecological collapse and societal destabilization will make "personal success" virtually meaningless. Yet our broken social sys...

Solnit, Rebecca

A book as powerful and influential as Rebecca Solnit's Men Explain Things to Me, her Hope in the Dark was written to counter the despair of radicals at a moment when they were focused on their losses and had turned their back to the victories behind them--and the unimaginable changes soon to come. In it, she makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a world whose ...

Susan Bordo

A play-by-play of the political forces (both right and left) and media culture that vilified Hillary Clinton during her 2016 Presidential campaign, from cultural critic and feminist scholar Susan Bordo. The Destruction of Hillary Clintonis an answer to the question we've all been asking: How did an extraordinarily well-qualified, experienced, and admired candidate--whose victor...

Mauricio Rojas

Tim Marshall

From the renewed sense of nationalism in China, to troubled identities in Europe and the USA, to the terrifying rise of Islamic State, the world is a confusing place right now and we need to understand the symbols, old and new, that people are rallying round. For thousands of years flags have represented our hopes and dreams. We wave them. Burn them. March under their colors. A...

Raymond Wacks

In this highly topical introduction, Professor Raymond Wacks explains and evaluates the leading theories of justice that have shaped our societies and their legislative and judicial systems, and explores the extent to which fundamental notions like fairness, equality and freedom are reflected in contemporary society.By analysing some of the world's most pressing challenges, inc...

Bini Adamczak

Communism for Kids, by Bini Adamczak, is in fact for everyone, an inspired and necessary book especially now, a moment when people feel that we are on the verge of the destruction of the world, and without any new world to hope for, or believe in. Have two hundred years of capitalism brought us freedom? Or just more inequality than has ever been experienced by humans on earth? ...

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Peter Kornbluh

Galeano, Eduardo

"Escribí Las venas para difundir ideas ajenas y experiencias propias que quizás ayuden un poquito, en su realista medida, a despejar los interrogantes que nos persiguen desde siempre: ¿es América Latina una región del mundo condenada a la humillación y a la pobreza? ¿Condenada por quién? ¿Culpa de Dios, culpa de la naturaleza? ¿No será la desgracia un producto de la historia, h...

Marisa Revilla

El presente libro pretende introducir algunas reflexiones acerca de la relación entre ONG y la política, que alimenten un debate sobre estas organizaciones y sobre lo que pueden aportar a la vida política denuestras sociedades. Su contenido se articula en torno a tres grandesejes del análisis: la solidaridad como valor central y legitimador detoda la cultura no gubernamental. e...

Constant, Benjamin

«J'ai défendu quarante ans le même principe, liberté en tout, en religion, en philosophie, en littérature, en industrie, en politique : et par liberté, j'entends le triomphe de l'individualité, tant sur l'autorité qui voudrait gouverner par le despotisme, que sur les masses qui réclament le droit d'asservir la minorité à la majorité. Le despotisme n'a aucun droit. La majorité a...

Robert Goodin Y Hans-Dieter Klingemann

Clinton, Hillary Rodham

"In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I've often felt I had to be careful in public, like I was up on a wire without a net. Now I'm letting my guard down." --Hillary Rodham Clinton, from the introduction of What HappenedFor the first time, Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential e...

Machiavelli, Niccolo (Maquiavelo)

Written during the Italian Renaissance, Niccolo Machiavelli's astute observations on how to read people and situations, especially for acquiring and maintaining political power, is a classic primer for politicians and business leaders alike. Whether you approach this reading for its historical significance or choose to apply this knowledge toward achieving success in your own l...

Ana Sofia Cardenal

Rivero, Ángel / Del Palacio Martín, Jorge / Varios Autores

El populismo es un elemento consustancial a la democracia pues el político populista siempre ha formado parte de su paisaje: el político que buscaba avivar el rescoldo de los temores sociales para hacer de ellos su medro. Sin embargo, más allá de la figura populista del demagogo, este endemismo de la democracia puede dar lugar a patologías más preocupantes. ...

Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels

Escrito en 1848 por dos revolucionarios de 28 y 30 años, olvidado o revitalizado según el momento histórico, el Manifiesto Comunista se irradió por todo el globo y se tradujo a todas las lenguas, excediendo largamente la esfera del movimiento obrero y las izquierdas. Incluso después del fin del comunismo soviético y la declinación de los partidos marxistas, el Manifiesto se afi...

Elegantly designed, The Constitution of the United States of America with the Declaration of Independence puts indispensible documents of America's heritage in the palm of your hand. This portable, pocket-sized volume includes the full text of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States of America, and the twenty-seven amendments to the Constitution. ...

Machiavelli, Niccolo (Maquiavelo)

"[I]t is safer to be feared than loved." These words embody the spirit of The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli's classic work of political philosophy. Machiavelli's advice for how a ruler should acquire and ruthlessly exercise power over others continues to be relevant to contemporary readers more than five centuries after it was first published. The Prince is one of Barnes & Noble'...

Julio César Herrero

Todas las opiniones son respetables? Que es un buen argumento? Como se construye? Que tipo de argumentos utilizan los politicos y los tertulianos? Como saber si argumentan bien o mal? Que estrategias utilizan quienes debaten? Como refutar un argumento? Todo vale en los analisis y en los debates? Son algunas de las cuestiones que se abordan en este libro, destinado a todo aquel ...

Thomas Hobbes

Considerada como una de las grandes obras de la filosofía política, Leviatán resume las teorías de Thomas Hobbes sobre un estado ideal y su creación. Publicado en 1651 por primera vez, este libro refleja la estructura de una sociedad y de un gobierno legítimo, y es quizás un ejemplo prematuro de la teoría del contrato social, que esboza la necesidad de tener un soberano absolut...

Lemke, Thomas

En su Introducción a la biopolítica, Thomas Lemke, además de un agudo análisis y lectura crítica de las principales tesis enfocadas a la definición de geopolítica y al establecimiento de una metodología de estudio en el área, presenta una reflexión sumamente propositiva, en la que defiende la necesidad de un enfoque interdisciplinario en el estudio de la materia. Plantea que, a...

Varoufakis, Yanis

Durante la primavera de 2015, las negociaciones para renovar los programas de rescate entre el recién elegido gobierno griego de Syriza (el partido de izquierda radical) y la troika pasaban por un momento tan difícil y confuso que, en un momento de exasperación, Christine Lagarde, la directora del Fondo Monetario Internacional, reclamó a ambos que se comportaran como adultos. ...

Levitsky, Steven / Ziblatt, Daniel

A bracing, revelatory look at the demise of liberal democracies around the world--and a road map for rescuing our ownDonald Trump's presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we'd be asking: Is our democracy in danger? Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt have spent more than twenty years studying the breakdown of democracies in Europe and L...

Chomsky, Noam

Chomsky disecciona los diez principios fundamentales de la concentración de la riqueza y el poder en Estados Unidos, que a efectos prácticos han secuestrado la democracia en favor de los intereses de una élite políticofinanciera, sumiendo a un gran porcentaje de la población en la miseria y desesperanza más absolutas. Con su habitual agudeza, Chomsky muestra cómo los principale...

Michael Wolff

With extraordinary access to the Trump White House, Michael Wolff tells the inside storyof the most controversial presidency of our timeThe first nine months of Donald Trump's term were stormy, outrageous--and absolutely mesmerizing. Now, thanks to his deep access to the West Wing, bestselling author Michael Wolff tells the riveting story of how Trump launched a tenure as volat...

Thomas E. Ricks

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Thomas E. Ricks, a dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, two icons who preserved democracy from the threats of authoritarianismA New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017A dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, who preserved democracy from the threats of authoritarianism, from the left and righ...