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Author : Patrick Smyth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Democracy Blindfolded written by Patrick Smyth and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Theo Padnos
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982120843
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)
Download or read book Blindfold written by Theo Padnos and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning journalist’s extraordinary account of being kidnapped and tortured in Syria by al Qaeda for two years—a revelatory memoir about war, human nature, and endurance that’s “the best of the genre, profound, poetic, and sorrowful” (The Atlantic). In 2012, American journalist Theo Padnos, fluent in Arabic, Russian, German, and French, traveled to a Turkish border town to write and report on the Syrian civil war. One afternoon in October, while walking through an olive grove, he met three young Syrians—who turned out to be al Qaeda operatives—and they captured him and kept him prisoner for nearly two years. On his first day, in the first of many prisons, Padnos was given a blindfold—a grime-stained scrap of fabric—that was his only possession throughout his horrific ordeal. Now, Padnos recounts his time in captivity in Syria, where he was frequently tortured at the hands of the al Qaeda affiliate, Jebhat al Nusra. We learn not only about Padnos’s harrowing experience, but we also get a firsthand account of life in a Syrian village, the nature of Islamic prisons, how captors interrogate someone suspected of being CIA, the ways that Islamic fighters shift identities and drift back and forth through the veil of Western civilization, and much more. No other journalist has lived among terrorists for as long as Theo has—and survived. As a resident of thirteen separate prisons in every part of rebel-occupied Syria, Theo witnessed a society adrift amid a steady stream of bombings, executions, torture, prayer, fasting, and exhibitions, all staged by the terrorists. Living within this tide of violence changed not only his personal identity but also profoundly altered his understanding of how to live. Offering fascinating, unprecedented insight into the state of Syria today, Blindfold is “a triumph of the human spirit” (The New York Times Book Review)—combining the emotional power of a captive’s memoir with a journalist’s account of a culture and a nation in conflict that is as urgent and important as ever.
Author : Ryszard Legutko
Publisher : Encounter Books
ISBN 13 : 1594038643
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (94 download)
Download or read book The Demon in Democracy written by Ryszard Legutko and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ryszard Legutko lived and suffered under communism for decades—and he fought with the Polish ant-communist movement to abolish it. Having lived for two decades under a liberal democracy, however, he has discovered that these two political systems have a lot more in common than one might think. They both stem from the same historical roots in early modernity, and accept similar presuppositions about history, society, religion, politics, culture, and human nature. In The Demon in Democracy, Legutko explores the shared objectives between these two political systems, and explains how liberal democracy has over time lurched towards the same goals as communism, albeit without Soviet style brutalality. Both systems, says Legutko, reduce human nature to that of the common man, who is led to believe himself liberated from the obligations of the past. Both the communist man and the liberal democratic man refuse to admit that there exists anything of value outside the political systems to which they pledged their loyalty. And both systems refuse to undertake any critical examination of their ideological prejudices.
Author : Derek Jones
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136798633
Total Pages : 10599 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)
Download or read book Censorship written by Derek Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2001-12-01 with total page 10599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Vijayendra Rao
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107019745
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Oral Democracy written by Vijayendra Rao and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies citizens' deliberation on governance and development in Indian democracy, and the influence of state policy and literacy, analysing three hundred village assemblies. This title is also available as Open Access.
Author : Alaa Al Aswany
Publisher : Gingko Library
ISBN 13 : 1909942723
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Democracy is the Answer written by Alaa Al Aswany and published by Gingko Library. This book was released on 2015-02-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Egyptian revolution unfolded throughout 2011 and the ensuing years, no one was better positioned to comment on it—and try to push it in productive directions—than best-selling novelist and political commentator Alaa Al-Aswany. For years a leading critic of the Mubarak regime, Al-Aswany used his weekly newspaper column for Al-Masry Al-Youm to propound the revolution’s ideals and to confront the increasingly troubled politics of its aftermath. This book presents, for the first time in English, all of Al-Aswany’s columns from the period, a comprehensive account of the turmoil of the post-revolutionary years, and a portrait of a country and a people in flux. Each column is presented along with a context-setting introduction, as well as notes and a glossary, all designed to give non-Egyptian readers the background they need to understand the events and figures that Al-Aswany chronicles. The result is a definitive portrait of Egypt today—how it got here, and where it might be headed.
Author : Elizabeth Deeds Ermarth
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780754649724
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (497 download)
Download or read book Rewriting Democracy written by Elizabeth Deeds Ermarth and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illuminating and comprehensive, this excellent volume addresses the problematic relationship between democratic institutions and the current critique of enlightenment and modernity. It focuses on the terms and conditions under which it would be possible to prevent events such as 9/11 or the genocide in Darfur in the future.
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Publisher : Combat Poverty Agency
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 17 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book A guide to resource materials, for anti-poverty and community groups, on social analysis and linking practice and policy written by and published by Combat Poverty Agency. This book was released on 1998 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dympna Glendenning
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1526514400
Total Pages : 946 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (265 download)
Download or read book Education and the Law written by Dympna Glendenning and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-25 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legal issues encroach into almost every aspect of modern day education in Ireland. This practical book examines these legal issues surrounding teaching and education, such as tortuous liability for injuries to teachers and students, the employment of teachers, school discipline, bullying, freedom of information, and the State's responsibility for educating children with special educational needs. Membership of the European Union has also resulted in many changes arising from the principles of free movement, non-discrimination and the common vocational training policy. These developments, as well as the key legislation (including the Education Act 1998, the Education (Welfare) Act 2000, the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 and the Disability Act 2005) are examined in detail. Education and the Law also takes an historical look at the legal aspects of the education system in Ireland, and it traces the distinctive development of the Irish education system but it also looks at the future direction of education in Ireland and at the likely impact of equality law, human rights law and membership of the enlarged European Community on Ireland's largely denominational education system.
Author : Jules H. DANARSON
Publisher : Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. USA
ISBN 13 : 1649971508
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (499 download)
Download or read book Mitigating the Impediments to Political Communication in an Emerging Democracy written by Jules H. DANARSON and published by Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. USA. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sheds light on potential obstacles to FDI in developing countries, empowers the reader with the means to deal with these obstacles, and warns of the brutal consequences when they are not overcome in a careful and strategic way.
Author : Neil Collins
Publisher : Stylus Publishing, LLC.
ISBN 13 : 9781859182734
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (827 download)
Download or read book Understanding Corruption in Irish Politics written by Neil Collins and published by Stylus Publishing, LLC.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irish political life has experienced great turmoil in recent years because of the scale and intricacy of political corruption being uncovered by parliamentary and quasi-judicial inquiries. There is genuine popular amazement and growing cynicism towards the seemingly never-ending wave of scandal and attendant tribunals. To understand political corruption in Ireland, this pamphlet examines the concept within a political-science analytical framework that allows both historical and international comparison. The book challenges the current explanations of political corruption, particularly those that stress a turning away from a political "golden age" in the 1960s "Understanding Political Corruption in Irish Politics" chronicles political scandals in the 1990s, looks at their causes and explains their consequences. It also suggests reform strategies that will reduce the incentives drawing politicians towards corruption and increase the likelihood and expense of being detected.
Author : Ivan A. Snook
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135170258
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)
Download or read book Concepts of Indoctrination (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 20) written by Ivan A. Snook and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indoctrination is an important concept in educational philosophy. It bears on many areas of study, including ethics, epistemology and philosophy of science, and opens up new paths of investigation into such questions as classroom method and the rights of parents and their children. This book brings together a number of key articles which discuss indoctrination in relation to aspects of religion and morals, dotrines and moral responsibility. This volume combines both American and English interpretations of a crucial idea in the philosophy of education and helps bridge the gap between the teaching of the subject in the USA and the UK.
Author : Matti Mälkiä
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1591401313
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (914 download)
Download or read book ETransformation in Governance written by Matti Mälkiä and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: eTransformation in Governance: New Directions in Government and Politics is about transformation in government and governance due to the information society development. The book provides conceptual clarification of the e-transformation in governance, and presents empirical findings on the recent developments in Western countries. The book provides innovative and fresh views to recent developments and practices of e-governance.
Author : Jim Mac Laughlin
Publisher : Cork University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781859180280
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Ireland written by Jim Mac Laughlin and published by Cork University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tim Murphy
Publisher : Cork University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781859180709
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Rethinking the War on Drugs in Ireland written by Tim Murphy and published by Cork University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper presents an argument for the legalization of psychoactive drugs that are currently prohibited by law. Drawing on international drug policy research, the author examines the Irish policy in its historical, medical, social and political context. The legitimacy of current policy is severely undermined by such an examination, and the ineffectiveness of the war suggests that new options must be considered.
Author : John Hughes-Wilson
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 147460319X
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (746 download)
Download or read book Blindfold and Alone written by John Hughes-Wilson and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2015-10-29 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three hundred and fifty-one men were executed by British Army firing squads between September 1914 and November 1920. By far the greatest number, 266 were shot for desertion in the face of the enemy. The executions continue to haunt the history of the war, with talk today of shell shock and posthumous pardons. Using material released from the Public Records Office and other sources, the authors reveal what really happened and place the story of these executions firmly in the context of the military, social and medical context of the period.
Author : Ramfis S. Firethorn
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462822134
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)
Download or read book Blindfold on a Tightrope written by Ramfis S. Firethorn and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2001-03-11 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes a Man? Perhaps the question ought to be: How is a Man made? --Lets try again. By what process is the boy, the young male human, transformed into that kind of adult human male whom societies recognize as a Man? If it were merely a process of physical maturation, then the Twentieth Century would not have spent nearly a quarter its literary substance on exploring the question. There would be no massive accumulation of psychological difficulties associated with insecurity about the matter. Ramfis S. Firethorn asserts, in Blindfold on a Tightrope, that Manhood is a real psychological state, attained through ritual Mysteries which a healthy society provides to its young males; and that the absence of these Mysteries in post-industrial times has been psychologically debilitating to the individual (both male and female) and culturally devastating to society. No one can teach you the Mysteries; but in this book (which is part anthropological exploration, part poetic evocation) Firethorn points out some guideposts along the way. From the hunt to the dance, from ancient myths to modern misconceptions, exploring Manhood and Godhead, the author offers exercises that may help you identify the Gateway. Not for the faint-hearted nor prudish: this is a journey for those who want a spiritual challenge! When first published in 1993 the book was well-received by men and women alike: but there were those who did not like it, and perhaps the best review, the most important, came from a Southern California High Priestess who stormed into the publishers office, slammed her first down on the desk, and proclaimed: Men must not be allowed to think these thoughts! It can be transformative: it can also be dangerous.
