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For many, the election of Donald Trump in 2016 was a dream come true. Millions saw him as a redeemer destined to make America great again. For others, his election came as a shock and established forces and institutions immediately began to conspire to wreck his presidency. Now, years after leaving the White House, the frenzy to lock Trump up is turning the U.S. into a banana republic.How can a single event provoke such strong reactions and dangerous outcomes? This book goes beyond the banalities of Trump haters, media bias, and academic prejudice to explain this phenomenon and answer underlying questions. It shows that to understand modern America, we must recall what the Founding Fathers wanted the country to become and compare it with what it has become.In detail, this book identifies the origin of American Exceptionalism and tracks its role in the nation's rise from a handful of breakaway colonies to a superpower surpassing the Roman Empire in wealth and influence. It also shows how America's greatness is crumbling as the Founders' vision has been corrupted by forces on both the left and the right.Radical Betrayal is a must-read for everyone who wishes to understand the crisis happening in today's America.

"A literary and political biography of the Gilded Age Minnesota congressman Ignatius Donnelly, bestselling populist author of nonfiction and fiction on topics ranging from Atlantis to Shakespearean ciphers to world-ending comets and popular revolutions"--

During World War I, the British government found itself in need of new sources of revenue to finance the war effort. In this book, the Fabian Research Department provides a variety of ideas for how the government can raise the necessary funds without overburdening the working class. This book remains relevant today for students of economics and political science.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Clarke's groundbreaking book provides practical guidelines for community organizing, focusing on local democratic governance and the mobilization of citizens. Its relevance and significance in today's context has only grown in light of recent events that have brought community organizing to the forefront of civil society activism.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Bipartisanship has been essential to America's success throughout its history. Today, however, there seems waning interest by politicians in both parties to work together to address pressing issues and find solutions.In Across the Aisle, highly respected Republicans and Democrats argue persuasively that, time and again, bipartisanship on the local, state, and national levels has proven integral to moving America forward. Citing numerous examples, the contributors convincingly demonstrate that in the past and even in the present, politicians have set aside their differences and achieved compromises that put their towns, states, and country first. A compelling and inspirational reminder that a two-party system built on compromise and mutual respect is integral to a functioning democracy, Across the Aisle offers a lodestone for our divisive time.

This book dissects the reproductive intentions and behaviours of the one-child generation cohort in China, situated in the wider context of changing family life patterns and gendered lenses. Demonstrating that the one-child family is still favoured by the one-child generation, this book uncovers the socioeconomic dimensions and mechanisms of family relations underlying young people¿s decision-making processes. It also incorporates individual considerations and experiences of childbearing from over 50 interviews to contribute to the development of China's social policy. Whereas men¿s childbearing beliefs were relatively unexplored in the literature, the author included male interviewees to better reflect gender differences in relation to childbearing, employment and family. Analysing the relationship between life routine and the desire (or lack thereof) to increase China's population, the author argues that the current childbearing policy fails to accommodate theneeds and demands of young people, thus limiting the uptake of Chinäs new policy.

Den 23. april 1924 bliver Nina Bang udnævnt som den første kvindelige danske minister. Men der skal gå 23 år, før man igen ser en kvinde på en ministerpost. Og først fra 1970’erne er der flere kvinder på alle ministerhold. Ved 100-årsjubilæet havde 84 danske ministre været kvinder.Vi møder hver af disse kvinder i en kort fortælling fra deres ministertid. En historie om noget, ministeren gjorde, ikke gjorde, lovede, fik succes med eller fejlede med. Det er historier om magt og misforståelser. Om popularitet og modstand. Om vilje og problemer.Bogen giver et nyt og enestående indblik i dansk politik de seneste 100 år.Hver fortælling ledsages af et journalistisk foto af ministeren.

This book considers the responses of states to migrant girls who are separated from family and enter state care systems as unaccompanied or trafficked young people. The book draws on research with girls and social work practitioners in the UK to explore what can happen when separated girls encounter professionals at borders and within care systems. It considers how separated girls adapt to different ideas of what it means to be a girl in destination countries, and how this is affected by their other intersecting identities. The book identifies how girls can feel welcomed, but also how young migrants can be seen in excluding ways. It argues that narratives of the fragile 'refugee child' are unhelpful ways to understand individual girls. Using theories and clear language relevant to both academics and practitioners, the author fills a gap in the research on migrant and trafficked young women who frequently represent the minority in care systems globally. 

The global energy economy is undergoing a profound transformation, yielding several pivotal objectives. Foremost among these is mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and toxic pollutants. Another essential goal involves promoting more sustainable economies, thereby curbing material consumption and reducing our reliance on resource extraction. Further priorities include fostering energy security and economic resilience by reducing dependence on external energy sources. All these aims overlap in one common policy: accelerating the renewable energy capacity deployment. Complementing this paradigm shift is the complete electrification of economic activities and households, resulting in the need to incentivize green electricity generation.In this context, this book undertakes a comprehensive exploration of the regulatory framework underpinning the advancement of green electricity. After reviewing the political and economic dimensions, it offers an exhaustive analysis of ongoing developments in four legal domains: The WTO, EU, Germany, and Turkey.Furthermore, the book presents a legal analysis of the intricate interplay between the WTO and EU law coupled with the German and Turkish models. It focuses on the most topical and relevant issues, including the effect of the ongoing energy crisis on state aid for green electricity in the EU; WTO case law on local content requirement components of the promotion schemes; the intricate legal, economic, and political challenges that accompany Germany¿s Energiewende and its phasing out of coal and nuclear energy; and Turkey¿s regulatory endeavors to bolster its energy self-sufficiency strategy.Following a thorough examination encompassing theoretical, regulatory, and comparative aspects, the book moves beyond the applicable legal framework to make concrete proposals on the future design of green electricity promotion in Germany and Turkey so as to facilitate a rapid but socially equitable energytransition by incentivizing economic efficiency.

Der Open-Access Band diskutiert das neue Bürgergeld in seiner sozialpolitischen Geschichte und Bedeutung. Das seit 2023 in Deutschland geltende ¿Bürgergeld¿ sollte die unbeliebte Sozialleistung ¿Hartz 4¿ ablösen, zugleich aber auch (noch) kein ¿Grundeinkommen¿ sein. Es war ein weiter Weg zum Bürgergeld, und für viele Menschen ist der Weg zum Bürgergeld noch weit. Der Band nimmt zugleich das Problem der Nichtinanspruchnahme in den Blick. Denn bei bedürftigkeitsgeprüften Sozialleistungen gilt mehr als für andere Leistungen: Es ist ein weiter Weg vom individuellen Anspruch bis zum Leistungsbezug. Die Beiträge gehen damit auch der Frage nach, warum so viele Menschen auf ihren sozialrechtlichen Anspruch verzichten und ob sich durch das Bürgergeld etwas an diesem Sachverhalt ändern kann. Die Beiträge verbinden Wissenschaft, Praxis und Politik mit dem Ziel, das Bürgerrecht auf das Bürgergeld auch zu einer Aufgabe der Sozialen Arbeit werden zu lassen.

Veterans of the United States (U.S.) Armed Forces may be eligible for a broad range of benefits and services provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). These benefits are codified in Title 38 of the United States Code (U.S.C.). This booklet contains overviews of the most commonly sought information about Veterans' benefits and services.

The North American Wildlife Conservation Model (NAM) is the driver of a strong anthropocentric stance, which has legalized an ongoing, annual exploitation of hundreds of millions of wild animals, who are killed in the United States through trapping, hunting and other lethal practices. Increasingly, the American public opposes the killing of wild animals for recreation, trophies and profit but has little-if any-knowledge of the Model. The purpose of this book is to empower the public with knowledge about the NAM's insufficiencies and to help expedite the shift from lethal to compassionate conservation, an endeavour urgently needed particularly under the threats of climate change, human population growth and accelerating plant and animal species extinctions.With a focus on trapping, this book exposes the NAM's belief in human supremacy and its consequences for wild animals and their ecosystems, the same value that is driving the ongoing global destruction of nature and accelerating species extinction. Motivated by a deep concern for wild animals who suffer and whose lives are extinguished each year by 'sportsmen and women', this book exposes the violent treatment of wild animals inherent in governmental-promoted hunting and trapping programs, while emphasizing the importance of empathy and compassion for other animals in conservation and in our lives.

Ces dernières années, la crise écologique et économique mondiale, les guerres et la pandémie qui a frappé quasiment tous les pays sur la planète nous ont conduits vers des confinements répétés, des restrictions, des rappels de produits contaminés et des pénuries parfois importantes. Ces évènements ont éveillé chez certains d'entre nous un désir d'autonomie, chez d'autres, la peur d'un futur plus chaotique, mais pour beaucoup, une simple envie d'une consommation plus juste, saine et écologique. On se dit souvent que pour être autoconsommateur ou autoproducteur, il faut aller vivre à la campagne ou sur une île déserte. Mais est-il possible d'être, au moins partiellement, autonome en vivant en ville ? La réponse est: oui. Dans cet ouvrage, vous trouverez des réponses à vos questions, des conseils pour entamer une nouvelle façon de vivre, pour acquérir les bases de l'autosuffisance : - Réaliser vos conserves de plats préparés, de légumes, - Faire vos pains sans levure, vos confitures, - Cultiver vos légumes et vos fruits bio en appartement, les stocker dans de bonnes conditions, débuter en permaculture, - Trouver des ressources en eau potable, - Faire un élevage de truites, d'escargots, de lapins, de poules, etc.- Fabriquer ses produits d'hygiène et d'entretien maison, - Chauffer son habitation sans électricité, fabriquer sa propre énergie renouvelable, - Faire face à de futures pénuries, savoir comment réagir pendant et après des catastrophes naturelles, - Débuter dans la pêche en mer, en eau douce, la chasse, la cueillette sauvage, les équipements, les calendriers, - Continuer à communiquer avec ses proches sans réseau téléphonique ni internet, - Des conseils, des listes conséquentes, des recettes de cuisine, du bricolage, des astuces, des références d'ouvrages et bien plus encore. Ce guide vos apportera des solutions simples pour débuter en autosuffisance.

There is nothing more American than saying f*ck this sh*t and crossing the Atlantic to give your children a better life. Luckily that door swings both ways, because life in North America has taken a turn for the worse over the last generation. Half memoir and half manual, this book tells the story of a single mom's move from the suburbs of Washington, DC to the southern coast of Spain in plain language and easy to follow steps to help you recreate this journey for your own family.

The purpose of this book is to offer those who identify with America's democratic political left (broadly defined to include Democrats, Democratic Socialists, Greens, Libertarians, and even liberal Republicans) a guide to understanding how rigorous analysis can be applied in order to identify public policies that are both consistent with their values, and likely to actually work. The book argues the importance of reference to basic scientific principles (in particular, social science and economic principles) and factual evidence for people who identify with the political left, rather than them assuming automatic positions on issues. Foundational scientific principles such as general equilibrium, Keynesian economics, asymmetric information, the use of proxy variables, and causal inference, are discussed and explained.The book consists of 12 chapters. Following two foundational chapters, the book addresses areas including monetary policy, income redistribution, healthcare, social security, education, immigration, climate change, the proper roles of the public and private sectors of the economy, and race relations.Written in accessible, engaging and non-technical language, Public Policy for Progressives will be of interest to scholars and students of economics, philosophy, political science, and public policy, as well as policy makers themselves.

This book argues that hate speech is not protected. Based on an examination of Supreme Court case law and First Amendment theory, the book finds that hate speech lies outside the Supreme Court's hierarchy of speech protection because it advances no ideas of social value.

Provides complete and up-to-date information on the world's nations, including brand-new geopolitical maps, details on prominent figures and parties, contact information for diploatic missions, population statistics, geographic information, including climate and natural hazards, and facts on transportation, trade, and communication infrastructure.

The exciting story of New York in the progressive era told by the reformers and visionaries who shaped its history,

"A galvanizing history of abortion recentering people of color to put forth a timely argument that we must liberate abortion for all"--

This book presents the evolution of the science technology paradigm in Japan and analyzes the critical community and local governance issues from the perspectives of the changing risk landscape, Society 5.0, and digital transformation. It also provides suggestions for the future development of a resilient society and community, by drawing lessons from other countries.Advancements in science technology in recent decades in Japan and the world might have increased our capacity to tackle the adverse human consequences of various kinds of disasters and environmental issues. However, the accompanied and interlinking phenomena of urbanization, climate change, rural to urban migration, population decreases, and aged population have posed new challenges, especially in the small, medium-sized cities, and in rural areas of Japan. This is also enhanced by the risk of cascading, complex and systemic risk, which is defining a new normal as "e;living with uncertainties"e;.Society 5.0 is defined as "e;A human-centered society that balances economic advancement with the resolution of social problems by a system that highly integrates cyberspace and physical space."e; Society 5.0 was proposed in the 5th Science and Technology Basic Plan as a future society that Japan should aspire to. Society 5.0 achieves a high degree of convergence between cyberspace (virtual space) and physical space (real space), compared with the past information society (Society 4.0) that people would access a cloud service (databases) in cyberspace via the Internet and search for, retrieve, and analyze information or data.In Japan, in the initial stage, a great deal of confusion about the number of people infected with coronavirus occurred. Not only made it inefficient, but it did not produce the accurate data needed for critical decisions.Japan may have unique disadvantages compared with other countries. Trying to drive digitization without thoroughly understanding these disadvantages and addressing them head-on will only lead to failed digital transformations.With these three pillars of changing risk landscape, Society 5.0, and Digital transformation drive, the book will analyze the evolution of the science technology paradigm in Japan, will go deeper into the critical community and local governance issues, and will provide suggestions for future development of resilient society and community, by drawing lessons from overseas disaster risk reduction.

This book states that whilst academic research has long been grounded on the idea of western or scientific epistemologies, this often does not capture the uniqueness of Indigenous contexts, and particularly as it relates to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs were announced in 2015, accompanied by 17 goals and 169 targets. These goals are the means through which Agenda 2030 for sustainable development is to be pursued and realised over the next 15 years, and the contributions of Indigenous peoples are essential to achieving these goals.Indigenous peoples can be found in practically every region of the world, living on ancestral homelands in major cities, rainforests, mountain regions, desert plains, the arctic, and small Pacific Islands. Their languages, knowledges, and values are rooted in the landscapes and natural resources within their territories.However, many Indigenous peoples are now minorities within their homelands and globally, and there is a dearth of research based on Indigenous epistemologies and methodologies. Furthermore, academic research on Indigenous peoples is typically based on western lenses. Thus, the paucity of Indigenous methodologies within mainstream research discourses present challenges for implementing practical research designs and interpretations that can address epistemological distinctiveness within Indigenous communities.There is therefore the need to articulate, as well as bring to the nexus of research aimed at fostering sustainable development, a decolonising perspective in research design and practice.This is what this book wants to achieve. The contributions critically reflect on Indigenous approaches to research design and implementation, towards achieving the sustainable development goals, as well as the associated challenges and opportunities. The contributions also advanced knowledge, theory, and practice of Indigenous methodologies for sustainable development.

"Engineering a Self-Sufficient Future" is a groundbreaking exploration of the United States' potential journey towards complete energy self-sufficiency. The book meticulously maps out the existing challenges, opportunities, and innovations that could transform the U.S. from an energy-dependent nation to a leader in sustainable energy solutions.Key components of the book include:Historical Energy Landscape: A detailed overview of the U.S.'s energy dependencies, tracing the evolution of its energy consumption patterns, sources, and geopolitical implications.Renewable Revolution: Deep dives into the potential of solar, wind, hydroelectric, and geothermal power, showcasing advancements, challenges, and integration strategies.Beyond Oil and Gas: A critical examination of the transportation sector, detailing innovations in electric vehicles, battery technologies, and alternative fuels.The Nuclear Question: Balanced discourse on the role of nuclear energy in a self-sufficient future, considering both its potential and its controversies.Smart Grids and Storage: Insight into the infrastructure overhaul required to accommodate a decentralized, renewable-heavy energy grid, including advances in energy storage solutions.Energy Efficiency: Highlighting advancements in architecture, construction, and industrial processes that reduce energy consumption and bolster efficiency.Economic and Societal Impacts: Analyzing the economic benefits and challenges of transitioning to energy independence, from job creation to impacts on the consumer.Blueprint for the Future: An actionable roadmap for policymakers, businesses, and individuals, detailing steps towards achieving energy independence over the coming decades."Engineering a Self-Sufficient Future" not only delves into the technical aspects of energy independence but also addresses the socio-economic and political shifts required to realize this vision. Through a blend of rigorous research and forward-thinking strategies, the book offers a comprehensive guide for anyone interested in understanding and championing a sustainable energy future for the United States.

The breakthrough research in "Unveiling Afghanistan's Agricultural Export Potential: A Comprehensive Analysis" examines the country's agricultural landscape and its unrealized promise on the international stage. Written by a specialist in agricultural economics and international trade, this book explores the rural past and present of a country with a strong reputation for its agricultural prowess. Although Afghanistan's agricultural sector has long been overshadowed by the country's political turmoil and conflict, Ahmed sheds light on its many elements in this thorough work. He reveals the country's potential in the areas of cereals, legumes, fruits, nuts, herbs, spices, cattle, and dairy, while also discussing the obstacles that must be overcome. Ahmed's careful analysis integrates knowledge on how to revive important areas of agriculture, how to improve vital infrastructure, how to increase international cooperation, and how to get the economy back on track. This book provides a clear road map for policymakers, academics, and stakeholders interested in maximising Afghanistan's agricultural export potential by navigating the details with a blend of strategic vision and practical advice. To fully appreciate the dynamics of Afghan agriculture, its inherent potential, and the crucial role it can play in Afghanistan's economic recovery and global trade ties, "Unveiling Afghanistan's Agricultural Export Potential" is an invaluable resource.

USA oplever netop nu det ene forfærdelige skyderi efter det andet på skoler, tankstationer, indkøbscentre og i det offentlige rum. Våbenlovgivningen splitter amerikanerne som aldrig før, og i øjeblikket er der flere våben i USA end der er indbyggere. Hver dag bliver mere end 100 mennesker dræbt og 200 såret i hændelser, hvor der er våben involveret. Disse tal er helt ude af proportioner i forhold til resten af verden, og man må spørge sig selv, hvorfor USA adskiller sig så markant og indtager en førsteplads som det mest voldelige land i den vestlige verden. ”Nationens blod” er en tankevækkende historisk gennemgang af våbenvold i USA af den amerikanske forfatter Paul Auster. I bogen tager han livtag med USA’s våbenkultur og undersøger de kræfter, der har rodfæstet skydevåben dybt i landets nationale identitet. Udgivelsen er en storskrift-udgave til svagsynede i serien MAGNUMBØGER Lindhardt og Ringhof.