Election Reform

In contrast to the anxiety surrounding our voting system, with stories about voter suppression and manipulation, there are actually quite a few positive initiatives toward voting rights reform. Professor Joshua A. Douglas, an expert on our electoral system, examines these encouraging developments in this inspiring book about how regular Americans are working to take back their democracy, one community at a time.

Bloomsbury presents What If Reform Wins, written and read by Peter Chappell. *This audiobook includes an exclusive conversation between the author and journalist John Merrick* 'Farage is Britain's new prime minister. Nirvana or nightmare? Whatever our reaction, we all need to take this scenario...

An instant New York Times bestseller: An acclaimed legal scholar’s “important” (New York Times) and “fascinating” (Economist) exposé of how the Supreme Court uses unsigned and unexplained orders to change the law behind closed doors. The Supreme Court has always had the authority to...

John Taylor Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of rote-memorization drills. Gatto's earlier book, Dumbing Us Down, introduced the now-famous expression of the title into the common vernacular. Weapons of Mass Instruction adds another chilling metaphor to the brief against conventional schooling.

Paul Keating was one of the most forceful, controversial, and consequential leaders in modern Australian political history. From Bankstown to Blaxland, from the Treasury benches to the Lodge, Keating helped reshape the country’s economy, Labor’s identity, and Australia’s sense of itself. As Treasurer under Bob Hawke, he was central to the reforms that floated the Australian dollar, opened the financial system, reshaped taxation, and forced Australia out of the protected habits of the postwar order. Those reforms made the country more competitive and more exposed, more modern and more ...

'Immensely readable ... Lamb's assessment is cool and considered: a thoughtful overview of the conclave's fruit in Leo's first year, and the challenges he faces. The author's gifts for rendering complexity digestible are on full display: American Hope is the most thorough and insightful overview...

The Bridge to Equality: Selma’s Bloody March and the Battle for Voting Rights What does it take to change the course of history? In 1965, a small group of courageous individuals in Selma, Alabama, sparked a revolution that would forever alter the landscape of American democracy. The battle for voting rights—once a distant dream—was about to become a reality. Selma was more than a city. It was the epicenter of a struggle that demanded the nation’s attention. The images of peaceful protesters being brutally attacked on the Edmund Pettus Bridge shook the world, forcing a country built ...

"People have been arguing against the Electoral College from the beginning. But no one, at least in recent years, has laid out the case as comprehensively and as readably as Jesse Wegman does in 'Let the People Pick the President.'" -- The New York Times Book Review This program is read by the...

Buying the Vote analyzes the rise and decline of campaign finance reform by tracking the evolution of both the ways in which presidential campaigns have been funded since the late nineteenth century. Through close examinations of major Supreme Court decisions, Mutch shows how the Court has fashioned a new and profoundly inegalitarian definition of American democracy.

How to Lose a Country is a warning to the world that populism and nationalism don’t march fully-formed into government; they creep. Award-winning author and journalist Ece Temelkuran identifies the early warning signs of this phenomenon, sprouting up across the world from Eastern Europe to...

Free and fair elections are the bedrock of a constitutional republic and democratic governance. Transparent and equitable electoral processes are crucial for preventing political instability, enabling meaningful citizen participation, and accurately reflecting the will of the people. “Behind the Curtain” offers an in-depth examination of election integrity, exploring the mechanisms that protect electoral processes and the complex challenges threatening them, such as voter fraud, ballot manipulation, cybersecurity threats, and administrative errors. The book details how electoral fraud ...

"Money in Politics: Achieving Campaign Finance Reform and Dark-Money Transparency" by Sage Ellison provides a vital guide to understanding and combating the overwhelming influence of money in political systems. Recognizing the frustrations many feel about the lack of transparency in campaign financing, Ellison empowers listeners to reclaim their voice and push for necessary reforms. The book addresses key challenges including the opaque nature of political donations and the pervasive impact of dark money on elections.

**Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction** This is the definitive history of Britain’s tumultuous relationship with Europe – as it’s never been told before. 'Powerful, precise, morally engaged, wonderfully alert to character, context and the greater purpose of political...

Red. Blue. Enough. Voter Discretion Advised is a political wake-up call—three books in one, all pointing to the same truth: Americans aren’t divided. They’re disillusioned. In this combined volume, author MICHAEL TAYLOR explores: The conservative movement’s identity crisis (The Conservative Companion) The Democratic Party’s ideological transformation (The Shift) The rise of the politically homeless, independent, and unaffiliated majority (None of the Above) Over 51% of Americans now identify as politically independent. Yet the system—and the media—pretend it’s still a two-...

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Read by Rory Kinnear (Black Mirror, James Bond, Toxic Town) From political journalist Daniel Trilling, If We Tolerate This is a vital look at Britain's alarming shift towards far-right politics and what can be done to reverse it. The language of the far right is now in the mouths of our...

In a divided America, the biggest solvable problem fueling political extremism and dysfunction is hiding in plain sight: party primaries. The Primary Solution is the “thought-provoking” (Arnold Schwarzenegger) answer the country needs. Congress has become an unproductive and unaccountable...

As the 2020 presidential campaign begins to take shape, there is widespread distrust of the fairness and accuracy of American elections. In this timely and accessible book, Richard L. Hasen uses riveting stories illustrating four factors increasing the mistrust. Voter suppression has escalated as a Republican tool aimed to depress turnout of likely Democratic voters, fueling suspicion. Pockets of incompetence in election administration, often in large cities controlled by Democrats, have created an opening to claims of unfairness.

Shock to the System is the definitive account of the rise of Reform and what came next. Nigel Farage’s story was meant to end on 23 June 2016, when Britain voted to leave the European Union. But his in-and-out journey over the following decade helped finish Theresa May, Rishi Sunak – and...

Brought to you by Penguin. Hope is in short supply right now, things aren’t working and many of us feel stuck… What’s the answer? It’s all of us. With curiosity rather than authority, by resisting the pull towards just one strong voice and opening up meaningful debate with many...