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Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life

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The international bestseller—don’t compete without it!A major bestseller in Japan, Financial Times Top Ten book of the year, Book-of-the-Month Club bestseller, and required reading at the best business schools, Thinking Strategically is a crash course in outmaneauvering any rival. This entertaining guide builds on scores of case studies taken from business, sports, the movies, politics, and gambling. It outlines the basics of good strategy making and then shows ho… More >>

Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life

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New Politics – Dignity


Music video by New Politics performing Dignity. (C) 2010 RCA Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment

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Does Politics exist to express the laziness of the people?

Someone has to decide who actually has to do some work, right? And that is what Politicians do for us. They broker deals so somebody else has to work more than the people they represent (often including themselves). The stronger the Politics, the greater the expression of wanting someone else to have to do all the garbage jobs and get no thanks for it.

This includes Government, Office and schoolyard politics. They all seem pretty much the same these days (once again!)

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Health Care Reform and American Politics : What Everyone Needs to Know

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by President Obama in March 2010 is a landmark in U.S. social legislation. The new law extends health insurance to nearly all Americans, fulfilling a century-long quest and bringing the United States to parity with other industrial nations. Affordable Care aims to control rapidly rising health care costs and promises to make the United States more equal, reversing four decades of rising disparities between the ve… More >>

Health Care Reform and American Politics : What Everyone Needs to Know

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American Politics Today

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Politics is about conflict.Are your students cynical about conflict in American politics? Do they believe politicians generally fight for the sake of fighting, or to gain short-term advantage? Do they believe policy makers should simply set aside their differences and “listen to what the people want”? Bianco and Canon show students that conflict—and the compromise that is necessary to resolve it—is a normal, healthy part of the process that … More >>

American Politics Today

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Georgia Politics in a State of Change

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Georgia Politics in a State of Change combines historical background and the most current scholarship to tell the story of Georgia politics from the state’s founding to the institutions, policies, and people changing Georgia today.   Written with an entertaining, conversational style, this concise text provides expansive treatment of Georgia politics and covers new ground not available in any other book on the subject. … More >>

Georgia Politics in a State of Change

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Teaching Obama Politics


Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) explains why president Barack Obama needs to learn some basic lessons about politics in light of his most recent cave-in to Republicans on tax cuts for the rich.

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How do European politics of 1919 affect the politics of Europe today?

How do European politics of 1919 affect the politics of Europe today?

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George Lakoff: Moral Politics


UC Berkeley professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics George Lakoff explores how successful political debates are framed by using language targeted to people’s values instead of their support for specific government programs in this public lecture sponsored by the Helen Edison Series at UC San Diego. Series: “Helen Edison Lecture Series” [11/2005] [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 11194]

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Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition, and Health, Revised and Expanded Edition

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An accessible and balanced account, Food Politics laid the groundwork for today’s food revolution and changed the way we respond to food industry marketing practices. Now, a new introduction and concluding chapter bring us up to date on the key events in that movement. This pathbreaking, prize-winning book helps us understand more clearly than ever before what we eat and why.Amazon.com Review
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Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition, and Health, Revised and Expanded Edition

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Government in America: People, Politics, and Policy, Brief Edition

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Updated in a new 11th edition, Government in America: People, Politics, and Policy, illustrates the impact that government has on the daily lives of each and every American, particularly its effect on students.  Designed around the theme that “politics matters,” this descriptive text emphasizes public policy — what government actually does. It contains recent political developments and policy on the global economic recession and addresses President Barack Oba… More >>

Government in America: People, Politics, and Policy, Brief Edition

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What is the life of politics really like?

I’m 13, and have a few career options I want to learn about. One of them is in politics. If you are, were, or know someone in politics, I would appreciate any info you can give me. What’s good, bad, etc. And please don’t sugar-coat it because of my age, I need to know. Just the truth, as much you can give me.

~Thanks!

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Politics By Aristotle

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Aristotle’s life was primarily that of a scholar. However, like the other ancient philosophers, it was not the stereotypical ivory tower existence. His father was court physician to Amyntas III of Macedon, so Aristotle grew up in a royal household. Aristotle also knew Philip of Macedon (son of Amyntas III) and there is a tradition that says Aristotle tutored Philip’s son Alexander, who would later be called “the Great” after expanding the Macedonian Empire all the w… More >>

Politics By Aristotle

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Secrets to Winning at Office Politics: How to Achieve Your Goals and Increase Your Influence at Work

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Get Ahead, Gain Influence, Get What You Want

Office politics are an unavoidable fact of life in every workplace. To accomplish your personal and business goals, you must learn to successfully play the political game in your organization. Whether you are a new player or a seasoned veteran, Secrets to Winning at Office Politics can help you increase your personal power without compromising your integrity or taking advantage of others. This smart, practical guid… More >>

Secrets to Winning at Office Politics: How to Achieve Your Goals and Increase Your Influence at Work

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Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer–and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class

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A groundbreaking work that identifies the real culprit behind one of the great economic crimes of our time— the growing inequality of incomes between the vast majority of Americans and the richest of the rich. We all know that the very rich have gotten a lot richer these past few decades while most Americans haven’t. In fact, the exorbitantly paid have continued to thrive during the current economic crisis, even as the rest of Americans have continued to fall be… More >>

Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer–and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class

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