Party System

Since 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has maintained unrivalled control over the country, persisting even in the face of economic calamity, widespread social upheaval, and violence against its own people. Yet the party does not sustain dominance through repressive tactics alone - it pairs this with surprising responsiveness to the public. The Party and the People explores how this paradox has helped the CCP endure for decades, and how this balance has shifted increasingly toward repression under the rule of President Xi Jinping.

One of America's most historic political trials is undoubtedly that of Angela Davis. Opening with a letter from James Baldwin to Davis, and including contributions from numerous radicals such as Black Panthers George Jackson, Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, and Erica Huggins, this book is not only an account of Davis's incarceration and the struggles surrounding it, but also perhaps the most comprehensive and thorough analysis of the prison system of the United States.

Two young women, dormitory mates, embark on their education at a big state university. Five years later, one is earning a good salary at a prestigious accounting firm. With no loans to repay, she lives in a fashionable apartment with her fiance. The other woman, saddled with burdensome debt and a low GPA, is still struggling to finish her degree in tourism. In an era of skyrocketing tuition and mounting concern over whether college is "worth it", Paying for the Party is an indispensable contribution to the dialogue assessing the state of American higher education.

A startling account of how the underrated Dwight Eisenhower saved the world from nuclear holocaust, by the bestselling author of The War Lovers. Upon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower set about to make good on his campaign promise to end the Korean War. Yet while Eisenhower was...

This study seeks to offer a possible correlation between the most important concepts of modern Geopolitics, thus facilitating a better understanding of its impact on human survival. Our main objective is to clarify the logical and cause-and-effect relationship between the decisions of rulers and the potential extinction of the planet-issues of great concern for the common person as well as for historians, political scientists, economists, and contemporary jurists. In this text, we aim to highlight the relationship between politics, power, and wars, and how, directly or indirectly, these ...

The New York Times bestseller about the historic dealings between Ronald Reagan and Tip O’Neill—“A superb tribute to the neglected art of compromise” (Daily News (New York)). Tip and the Gipper is an “entertaining and insightful” (The Wall Street Journal) history of a time when two...

Following his book Captured on corporate capture of regulatory and government agencies, and his years of experience as a prosecutor, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse here turns his attention to the right-wing scheme to capture the courts, and how it influenced the Trump administration's appointment of over 230 "business-friendly" judges, including the last three justices of the United States Supreme Court.

Hyperpartisanship has gridlocked the American government. Congress' approval ratings are at record lows, and both Democrats and Republicans are disgusted by the government's inability to get anything done. In It's Even Worse Than It Looks, Congressional scholars Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein present a grim picture of how party polarization and tribal politics have led Congress - and the United States - to the brink of institutional failure.

Why is it so much easier for the Democratic Party to win the national popular vote than to build and maintain a majority in Congress? Why can Democrats sweep statewide offices in places like Pennsylvania and Michigan yet fail to take control of the same states' legislatures? Many place exclusive blame on partisan gerrymandering and voter suppression. But as political scientist Jonathan A. Rodden demonstrates in Why Cities Lose, the left's electoral challenges have deeper roots in economic and political geography.

Today’s raucous revolt against Washington and Wall Street is a classic populist uprising. Now two respected political pollsters show what it means for the future of American politics. The riotous tea parties and town hall meetings of last summer seemingly took everyone by surprise. They shouldn’t have. Populist movements have always arisen in times of economic hardship. Here, Scott Rasmussen and Doug Schoen explore the heart of the uprising that has thrown American politics into turmoil.

American consumers demand choice. The assortment of products in American stores is beyond belief to anyone from the Third World. So why are only two choices for anything political acceptable to Americans? It seems totally illogical. It reminds me of the illogical change in behavior of an addict. These are people who are normal in seemingly every way yet give up everything and everyone in their lives for a drug which is a short-term high, and self-destructive. How can that be? Research has convinced me it's more than coincidence.

How Trump's Black History Event Further Exposed The Democratic Party In this provocative and insightful analysis, independent political commentator Tim Black examines Donald Trump's 2025 Black History Month event, revealing the complex reality beneath partisan narratives. When Trump hosted Black influencers at the White House and announced plans for a National Garden of American Heroes featuring Black historical figures, the political establishment's reactions were predictable. But Tim Black offers something different: an unfiltered, principle-based assessment that challenges both parties. ...

What if the real fight for America didn’t start in Washington—but in a van parked behind a strip mall? When 64-year-old David Mercer, a former nonprofit founder now living in his car, uploads a video declaring he’s suing both major political parties for abandoning the people, he has no idea the spark he’s about to ignite. What begins as a desperate cry for help becomes a national movement—uniting veterans, teachers, mothers, whistleblowers, and coal miners across the country. Led by civil rights attorney Rosa Calderón, the class-action lawsuit shakes the foundations of American ...

Congressional scholars Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein identify two overriding problems that have led Congress—and the United States—to the brink of institutional collapse. But they offer a panoply of useful ideas and reforms, endorsing some solutions, like greater public participation and institutional restructuring, while debunking others, like independent or third-party candidates. Above all, they call on the media as well as the public to focus on the true causes of dysfunction rather than just throwing the bums out every election cycle.

Nyerere's economic policies, his successes and failures in pursuit of economic development under socialism, are some of the subjects addressed by Godfrey Mwakikagile in this book. A Tanzanian himself., he also looks at how life was under Nyerere since the sixties. The work is also a critical examination of the political situation in Tanzania since independence when the country was known as Tanganyika before uniting with Zanzibar. Mwakikagile also looks at the transition that has taken place in Tanzania from one-party rule to multiparty democracy, and from socialism to capitalism since the ...

Do the parties you attend never seem to change? Are you tired of hearing about people's jobs, social status, and kid's accomplishments? Are the words spewing out of their mouths annoying, self-centered, hypocritical, and full of BS. Bucky Binklewinker helps you get away from all of that non-sense by changing the conversation to something everyone enjoys. He asks questions about Humans, Animals, Science, Sports, and Other topics. These questions are thought provoking, interesting, and funny...and some of the answers might surprise you. Bucky also provides his own personal commentary after ...

Unfinished Revolution 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...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Power Systems by Noam Chomsky, read by Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian. In this new collection of conversations, conducted from 2010 to 2012, Noam Chomsky explores the most immediate and urgent concerns: the future of democracy in the Arab world, the...

Six years in the making--with unprecedented access to Nancy Reagan and the couple's closest friends--here is the first volume in the definitive portrait of the remarkable, career-building partnership between Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis. 16-page photo insert...

ObamaCare 2014?!? Yes - 2014 is the year that Washington began to require everyone to maintain a certain level of health insurance. That means our law will then require each and every one of our citizens in the United States of America to purchase a health insurance product. Yes – in the land of the free & the home of the brave – our decision for health care will be forced upon us by our own government as a condition of citizenship. This would be a first in the history of our free America that such a requirement to purchase a private product will be forced upon us in order to create a ...