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Ist unsere Demokratie noch zu retten? Das System steckt in der Krise. Liegt der Ausweg in mehr direkter Demokratie? Oder ist das Volk zu "dumm", um in wesentlichen Fragen selbst zu entscheiden? Lässt es sich zu leicht manipulieren und geht rechten Populisten auf den Leim? Wenn Außenseiter bei Wahlen erfolgreich sind, heißt es oft, die Bürger hätten "falsch" abgestimmt. Aber wer entscheidet, was "richtig" ist? In Deutschland gibt es freie Wahlen für alle erst seit gut hundert Jahren.

For more than half a century, the United States has been pursuing a grand imperial strategy with the aim of staking out the globe. Our leaders have shown themselves willing, as in the Cuban missile crisis, to follow the dream of dominance no matter how high the risks. Now the Bush administration is intensifying this process, driving us toward the final frontiers of imperial control, toward a choice between the prerogatives of power and a livable Earth.

In the 20th century, European democracies collapsed into fascism, Nazism and communism. These were movements in which a leader or a party claimed to give voice to the people, promised to protect them from global existential threats, and rejected reason in favour of myth. European history shows us that societies can break, democracies can fall, ethics can collapse, and ordinary people can find themselves in unimaginable circumstances. History can familiarise, and it can warn.

In a collection of original essays, the venerated television journalist, Dan Rather, celebrates our shared values and what matters most in our great country, and shows us what patriotism looks like. Writing about the institutions that sustain us, such as public libraries, public schools, and national parks; the values that have transformed us, such as the struggle for civil rights; and the drive toward science and innovation that has made the US great, Rather brings his experience on the frontlines of the world's biggest stories, and offers listeners a way forward.

Only once in the last 250,000 years have humans stumbled upon a way to lift ourselves out of the endless cycle of poverty, hunger, and war that defines most of history. If democracy, individualism, and the free market were humankind’s destiny, they should have appeared and taken hold a bit earlier in the evolutionary record. The emergence of freedom and prosperity was nothing short of a miracle.

We are told that, when we vote and elect representatives, we gain a voice in government and its policies. Yet, it hasn't translated our preferences into higher living standards for the majority of us. In America, the wealthy few have built a system that works in their favor, while maintaining the illusion of democracy. American voters have little influence on policies engineered by lawmakers. Political scientists call it the "income bias", causing lawmakers to compete to satisfy preferences of donors from the top one percent instead of the middle class.

Originally published anonymously, The Federalist Papers first appeared in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers exhorting voters to ratify the proposed Constitution of the United States. Still hotly debated and open to often controversial interpretations, the arguments first presented here by three of America's greatest patriots and political theorists were created during a critical moment in our nation's history.

From an internationally acclaimed economist, a provocative call to jump-start economic growth by aggressively overhauling liberal democracy. Around the world, people who are angry at stagnant wages and growing inequality have rebelled against established governments and turned to political extremes. Liberal democracy, history's greatest engine of growth, now struggles to overcome unprecedented economic headwinds - from aging populations to scarce resources to unsustainable debt burdens.

Ancient Greece first coined the concept of democracy, yet almost every major ancient Greek thinker - from Plato and Aristotle onward - was ambivalent toward or even hostile to democracy in any form. The explanation for this is quite simple: The elite perceived majority power as tantamount to a dictatorship of the proletariat. In ancient Greece, there can be traced not only the rudiments of modern democratic society but the entire Western tradition of antidemocratic thought.

When Jeff Weaver hopped in a car with Bernie Sanders in the summer of 1986, he had no idea the Vermont backroads would lead them all the way to the 2016 presidential campaign. In How Bernie Won, Weaver shows listeners how Bernie built a movement that would sweep America and inspire millions. He vowed not to run a negative campaign. He would focus on policies, not personalities. He would not be beholden to big money. He would actually make America great. Weaver also shows how they overcame significant challenges.

For more than a year, Hillary Clinton has laid out an ambitious agenda to improve the lives of the American people and make our country stronger and safer. Stronger Together presents that agenda in full, relating stories from the American people and outlining the Clinton/Kaine campaign's plans on everything from apprenticeships to the Zika virus.

Något har gått snett med vår svenska demokrati. Genom ett offentligt mångmiljardstöd - som de själva beslutar om - har partierna gjort sig ekonomiskt oberoende av sina medlemmar. Det har skapat en samförståndskultur, där de olika lägren nu har mer gemensamt med varandra än med de väljargrupper som de påstår sig företräda. Den härskande klassen är en underhållande skildring av en politisk aristokrati med tillhörande privilegier. Rekryteringsbasen utgörs av de knappa tre procent av befolkningen som ännu tillhör ett parti och toppaktörerna har ofta en likartad profil.

Imperfetta, esigente, fragile. Eppure irrinunciabile, perché non ha rivali se si tratta di garantire la ricerca della felicità individuale, nel rispetto e nella considerazione degli altri. È la democrazia. La respiriamo ogni giorno, fa così parte del nostro paesaggio mentale e del nostro vocabolario di base che avremmo difficoltà a delinearne i connotati, come accade quando qualcosa ci sembra troppo familiare.

Elezioni Usa, Biden la sinistra e l'Europa: Elezioni Usa, Noam Chomsky: "Biden ascolti anche la sinistra", di Anna Lombardi; Da LeBron a Lady Gaga, le star di sport e cinema in festa per la svolta, di Gabriele Romagnoli; Trump, niente resa. Ma nel partito repubblicano c'è una fronda, di Alberto Flores D'Arcais; La scrittrice Margo Jefferson: "Kamala è il futuro e il simbolo: la promessa americana è ancora valida", di Antonio Monda; Merkel vuole l'intesa sui dazi e tende la mano a Washington, di Tonia Mastrobuoni; Cosa chiede Biden all'Europa, di Marta Dassù.

Governo in fibrillazione e un Paese in apnea: Governo, spuntano "i democratici". Un gruppo per blindare Conte, di Tommaso Ciriaco; Conte va in pressing su Italia viva: "Dentro o fuori in pochi giorni",di Tommaso Ciriaco; Governo, il Paese in apnea, di Ezio Mauro; I Responsabili in campo, pronto il gruppo al Senato: "Interlocutori del governo", di Goffredo De Marchis; Renzi-Conte, scontro vicino. E il premier vuole un voto in Parlamento, di Tommaso Ciriaco; Governo, sono i nuovi scilipoti lo scudo per salvarsi, di Filippo Ceccarelli; Governo, Conte alza il muro del silenzio.

La crisi del Partico democratico analizzata in cinque articoli di Repubblica: La Toscana che non perdona i dem: “Hanno dimenticato i più deboli”, di Massimo Vanni; Il risveglio della sinistra, umanità contro tribù, di Nadia Urbinati; Un fronte democratico per battere i populisti, di Eugenio Scalfari; Dal Pci al Pd, quando cambiare nome è la scorciatoia della politica, di Filippo Ceccarelli; Zingaretti, oltre la sinistra: una rete con Gentiloni, cattolici e sindacalisti, di Goffredo de Marchis.

Asser Amdisen er historiker og giver en opsang til alle tilhængere af demokrati. For vi er ved at sætte flere hundrede års udvikling over styr. Bogen vil forandre dit syn på det samfund, du er en del af, og gør dig klogere på, hvordan vi er havnet, hvor vi er. Asser Amdisen (f. 1972) er cand.mag. i historie med speciale i 1700-tallets idéhistorie. Han har arbejdet på en lang række museer, været i bestyrelsen for Organisationen af Danske Museer og sidder i bestyrelsen for Brandbjerg Højskole. Han har været højskoleforstander i Ryslinge og har holdt talrige foredrag om historiske emner ru

«Hay que recuperar el respeto por los contenidos en la acción política, por la sustancia, por el fondo.» «El desafío es inmenso porque los cimientos de nuestras sociedades se están tambaleando, mientras el orden internacional amenaza con fragmentarse.» «Un partido emergente como Ciudadanos tiene un recorrido grande. Y el Partido Popular, si evita el riesgo de centrifugación y recupera el dinamismo de su proyecto político con una imagen reconocible para el electorado, no es un partido desahuciado.»

Josep Fontana explica cómo el sistema capitalista es hoy como es y cómo desde el poder se ha favorecido siempre su desarrollo a costa del bienestar social. Un desarrollo que se basó inicialmente en arrebatar la tierra y los recursos naturales a quienes los usaban comunalmente, y en liquidar las reglamentaciones colectivas de los trabajadores de oficio para poder someterlos a nuevas reglas que hicieran posible expropiarlos de una mayor parte del fruto de su trabajo.

En un recorrido fascinante que nos lleva del mundo árabe en tiempos de Mahoma a las ciudades-Estado de la Italia medieval, de la Latinoamérica de las dictaduras a la Suecia que inventó la socialdemocracia, de la caótica República de Weimar a la China imperial, El pasillo estrecho nos introduce en el que tal vez sea el proceso más fascinante de la historia: el de la obtención de la libertad.