Henry Carter Hull

"A history of the Democratic Party from Andrew Jackson to Joe Biden"--

While the type of small political party In Ireland has varied, their fate, it seems, has not. Although some enjoy a brief time in the sun, termination is the long-term prospects for all minor parties. The usual pattern is a speedy ascent, an impact on the political system including a time in government, followed by a prolonged termination. This book examines this pattern of evolution for minor, or small, parties in Irish politics. As the Irish state...

It wasn't so much a big blue machine that chugged its way across Ontario's political landscape in the spring of 1995 - it was more a big purple bulldozer driven by leader Mike Harris and a new breed of Tories. Gone were the pinstripes and the cigar-chomping backroom boys of the forty-two years of Tory rule. These Tories were young, hip, and they were riding the wave of their Common Sense Revolution, a platform launched a year earlier. Still, there...

Everyone's interested in U.S. politics. They want to know how the Republicans became the party of the rich, and Democrats became so damned liberal. History buffs often ponder the origin and changes that took place in the Republican Party since its inception long before the Civil War. Through the help of researchers, the history has come to light, including the beginnings before calling themselves Republicans. Then, the Early Republicans and the Civil...

"USA 2025" is a compelling and insightful exploration of what America could look like in the years to come. As we enter a new decade, the United States is facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities, and this book provides a detailed analysis of the potential social, political, and economic transformations that could shape the future of the country. Starting with a detailed analysis of demographic trends, the book considers how changes in the...

Acknowledging that the Republican Party's compass is askew, former congressman Bob Beauprez makes the case for the GOP to return to its founding values and principles. Analyzing the successes, failures, and lost opportunities of the Republican-controlled Congress and White House, Beauprez identifies several crumbling foundations that led to the election defeats in 2006-including his own. He explains his own guiding principles by drawing upon his real-world...

Mark A. Smith is Associate Professor of Political Science and Adjunct Professor of Communication at the University of Washington. He is the author of American Business and Political Power: Public Opinion, Elections, and Democracy. Political analyst Mark Smith offers the most original and compelling explanation yet of why America has swung to the right in recent decades. How did the GOP transform itself from a party outgunned and outmaneuvered into...

I am retired as an environmental health and public health professional. I am now writing books about the Spiritual Awakening techniques and organizational methods created by Bill Wilson the founder of Alcoholic Anonymous. I refer to his entire life work project as a Corporate Spiritual Democracy (or some combination of those three words) which has been successfully implemented as 12 Step programs in our country and around the world for over seventy...

Volveremos, en los años setenta. Vamo a volvé, en 2019. ¿En qué consiste el Medioevo Peronista? ¿Por qué se produce su eterno-retorno? ¿Es cierto que nuestros días más felices siempre fueron peronistas? ¿Será que el peronismo es un intérprete legítimo de las aspiraciones de democracia y justicia social argentinas? ¿O será que las promesas enunciadas por la Leyenda Peronista y su hijo, el Relato Kirchnerista, son más importantes a la...

Frederic C. Howe lived in interesting times. By education (at Johns Hopkins in the early 1890s) and instinct he was a progressive, in the best sense of that term. From the Cleveland of Tom Johnson to the Washington of FDR he 'unlearned' his early prejudices and given values, yet 'under the ruins' of it all he kept his idealism. Howe's autobiographical record was originally published in 1925. Out of print for some time, this book is now again available,...