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Regime Change
The phenomenal bestseller making global headlines
AvMaggie Haberman,Jonathan Swan
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
4,6 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(26)
263 kr
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER‘A flabbergasting feat of political reporting . . . A news bomb on every page’ Tina Brown, Observer‘A blockbuster’ Guardian ‘Gobsmacking’ Daily Mail ‘Eye-popping’ Economist ‘Deeply reported and gripping' Financial Times‘Riveting’ Fintan O'Toole, New York Times‘Exceptional . . . packed with news that will stay news’ David Remnick, New Yorker‘It’s sparked fear – and leak inquiries – in the White House’ Sunday Times*Few expected Donald Trump to return to the White House stronger than before. The indictments, convictions, assassination attempts, and four years of political exile made him not weaker but more powerful, more vengeful, and more willing to gamble than any President that came before him.Regime Change is the definitive account of the first year of Donald Trump’s second presidency, based on hundreds of interviews and unprecedented reporting from deep within the administration’s most closely guarded rooms. Journalists Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman investigate the decisions that have defined Trump’s second term, which has been liberated from every constraint that defined his first. The generals who once told him ‘no’ are gone, and the lawyers who remain have learned to pick their battles.Haberman and Swan take you behind the scenes of a presidency that has launched a new war in the Middle East, sealed the border, deployed National Guard troops into American cities, transformed the Justice Department into an instrument of retribution against the President’s enemies, and turned the office itself into a brazen vehicle for profit. They reveal a President operating almost entirely on instinct and a White House operating at the edge of political power.Regime Change shows how Trump has wielded that power, who has tried to stop him, and why nearly all of them have failed. A landmark work of real-time political history, this is the story of a President who has fundamentally altered how the world understands American power.
Regime Change
Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
AvMaggie Haberman,Jonathan Swan
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
340 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Regime Change is exceptional. It transcends its genre...the book is packed with news that will stay news...This is reporting of consequence. David Remnick, The New Yorker A flabbergasting feat of political reporting. Tina Brown Riveting and richly textured...What the authors add is the vivid detail that makes these events feel actual. They wrest reality itself back from the distorted world of entertainment, illusion, fantasy, and denial that Trump has generated around himself. It is this flood of provocation, atrocity, self-dealing, and fabrication that makes Haberman and Swans counternarrative so vital. Fintan OToole, The New York Times A riveting, intimate, and revelatory account of the most radical and consequential presidency of our time.From the two reporters who have covered him more closely than perhaps anyone else over the past decade comes this definitive portrait of Donald Trump in the White House. Regime Change covers the first year of Trumps second presidencya term liberated from every constraint that defined his first. The generals who once told him no are gone, and the lawyers who remain have learned to pick their battles. His administration has flouted court orders and he has claimed powers that Congress once checked. What remains is a President willing to take enormous risks that have upended global markets and toppled heads of state; an imperial President operating almost entirely on instinct alone. Based on hundreds of interviews and unprecedented reporting from deep within the administrations most closely guarded rooms, Regime Change takes the reader inside the Situation Room and into the secret Oval Office deliberations that have launched a new war in the Middle East and seen Trump seal the border, surge National Guard troops into cities, and send immigration agents into deadly clashes with protestors. Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan bring us behind the scenes of a presidency that has transformed the culture, turned the Justice Department into an agent of retribution against the Presidents enemies and the office itself into a brazen vehicle for profit. They reveal a second term propelled by a historical irony that Trump himself has come to understand: that the indictments, the convictions, the assassination attempts, and four years of exile made him not weaker but far more powerful, more vengeful, and more willing to gamble than any President in modern history. This is the story of how Trump has used that power, who has tried to stop him, and why nearly all of them have failed. It is also the story of something American journalists are more accustomed to chronicling in distant capitals than in their own: a President who has fundamentally altered the nature of the office he holdsand, with it, how the rest of the world understands American power. It is an account of Regime Change right here in Americaa landmark real-time history of a modern presidency like no other.
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The Counterrevolution
The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement
AvVictor Davis Hanson
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
362 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
From the author of the New York Times best-selling The Case for Trump, the story of Trump's triumphant comeback and what his second term means for the future of our country.When Donald Trump left office in January 2021, most observers thought his political career was over. Silenced on social media, pilloried by the press, and targeted for prosecution, the ex-president's future appeared bleak. But in the months and years that followed, Trump staged a historic political comeback, rising from disgrace to win a second presidential term that launched a social, cultural, political, and economic transformation for America.Here, best-selling author Victor Davis Hanson pinpoints how Trump regained power and came to lead an American counterrevolution. As Hanson reveals, the success and aggressiveness of Trump's second-term agenda can only be fully understood as the product of his four years in the political and legal wilderness. Hanson details the tactical errors and overreaches of Trump's opponents, as well as how Trump took note of those persecuting him and shaped his renewed agenda around striking back.Packed with indispensable insight into the larger patterns behind Donald Trump's rise, fall, and victorious return, The Counterrevolution is the definitive account of how a reelection transformed contemporary American history.
Dags att rösta : valskola 2026
Häftad, Svenska, 2026
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
94 kr
/LÄTTLÄST/

Den 13 september 2026 är det val i Sverige. Valdeltagandet brukar vara högt, vilket är ett tecken på en väl fungerande demokrati. Men det skulle kunna vara ännu fler som röstar. Dags att rösta – Valskola 2026 är en lättläst handbok för dig som vill rösta, men är osäker på hur, var, när och varför.
I boken presenteras de åtta partierna i riksdagen, deras historia och vad de tycker är viktigt i några politiska frågor som brott, vård, skola, försvar, energi, invandring och funktionsrätt. Boken innehåller också information om vårt valsystem, hur det går till att rösta och vad som händer i riksdag och regering efter valet. I slutet av den finns en lista med ord som ofta används i politiken, som integration, glesbygd och budget.
Dags att rösta är utgiven av den lättlästa nyhetstidningen 8 Sidor och skriven av journalisten Bengt Fredrikson. Boken finns att ladda ner kostnadsfritt på 8 Sidors sajt 8sidor.se. Där finns också lättlästa nyheter och information om politik och demokrati före, under och efter valet.
Konsten att välja parti : en handbok för dig som tänker rösta i nästa val
AvHenrik Oscarsson
Häftad, Svenska, 2026
159 kr
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Ny upplaga valåret 2026! Först utgiven 2022.
Röster om första upplagan:
Mycket bra! Ska rekommendera den till alla som funderar, inte minst de förstagångsväljare jag stöter på. Nyttig även för mig som gammal politiker. // Bengt Westerberg
Rolig, inkluderande och pedagogisk. // Jenny Alversjö, TV4
sympatiskt lättläst och aldrig mästrande // Lina Wennersten Bergner, Forskning & Framsteg
Gå och rösta är en sak -- men hur går det till när vi bestämmer oss för vilket parti som ska få vår röst? Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson, professor i statsvetenskap vid Göteborgs universitet och återkommande valexpert i SVT, delar med sig av praktiska tips och analyser av väljarbeteende till alla som går till valurnorna i höst. Ur innehållet: Varför vi alls har val · Hur man kan veta något om varför väljare röstar som de gör · Valen är den största ritualen · Väljarna själva berättar · Gå på känslan! · Gör en valkompass · Välj det minst dåliga · Rösta ärligt · Ett samhälle ihop
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72
AvHunter S. Thompson
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
167 kr
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The best, the fastest, the hippest and the most unorthodox account ever published of the US presidential electoral process in all its madness and corruption.In 1972 Hunter S. Thompson, the creator and king of Gonzo journalism, covered the US presidential campaign for Rolling Stone magazine alongside the establishment newsmen of Washington. The result is a classic piece of subversive reportage and a fantastic ride on the rollercoaster of Hunter’s uniquely savage imagination. In his own words, written years before Watergate: ‘It is Nixon himself who represents that dark, venal and incurably violent side of the American character almost every other country in the world has learned to fear and despise.’
Politiskt deltagande : val, partier och protester
AvKatrin Uba,Jenny Jansson
Häftad, Svenska, 2023
410 kr
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Politiskt deltagande är en grundbult i alla demokratier. Trots det är det långt ifrån alla som deltar i politiken. Den här boken diskuterar vad det är som gör att vissa människor deltar i politiken och andra inte. De mest centrala teoretiska och empiriska bidragen inom forskning om politiskt deltagande presenteras, i synnerhet diskuteras betydelsen av motivation, resurser och nätverk för individers politiska deltagande. Fyra former av deltagande får särskild plats i boken: valdeltagande, partimedlemskap, deltagande i protestaktioner och användning av sociala medier för politiska syften. Boken antar ett jämförande perspektiv med fokus på europeiska länder och för att exemplifiera de teorier som beskrivs används framför allt enkätundersökningar och valstatistik.Politiskt deltagande. Val, partier och protester vänder sig till studenter i samhällsvetenskapliga ämnen och är särskilt utformad för grundkurser i statsvetenskap.
How They Broke Britain
AvJames O'Brien
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
155 kr
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***THE RUNAWAY BESTSELLER, WITH NEW MATERIAL FOR THE PAPERBACK***THE REVEALING, DEFINING ACCOUNT OF THE DARK NETWORK THAT BROKE OUR COUNTRY.Something has gone really wrong in Britain.Our economy has tanked, our freedoms are shrinking, and social divisions are growing. Our politicians seem most interested in their own careers, and much of the media only make things worse. We are living in a country almost unrecognisable from the one that existed a decade ago. But whose fault is it really? Who broke Britain and how did they do it?Bold and incisive as ever, James O'Brien reveals the shady network of influence that has created a broken Britain of strikes, shortages and scandals. He maps the web connecting dark think tanks to Downing Street, the journalists involved in selling it to the public and the media bosses pushing their own agendas. Over ten chapters, each focusing on a particular person complicit in the downfall, James O'Brien reveals how a select few have conspired - sometimes by incompetence, sometimes by design - to bring Britain to its knees.Instant Sunday Times bestseller, November 2023
Myth of the Rational Voter
Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies - New Edition
AvBryan Caplan
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
408 kr
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The greatest obstacle to sound economic policy is not entrenched special interests or rampant lobbying, but the popular misconceptions, irrational beliefs, and personal biases held by ordinary voters. This is economist Bryan Caplan's sobering assessment in this provocative and eye-opening book. Caplan argues that voters continually elect politicians who either share their biases or else pretend to, resulting in bad policies winning again and again by popular demand. Boldly calling into question our most basic assumptions about American politics, Caplan contends that democracy fails precisely because it does what voters want. Through an analysis of Americans' voting behavior and opinions on a range of economic issues, he makes the convincing case that noneconomists suffer from four prevailing biases: they underestimate the wisdom of the market mechanism, distrust foreigners, undervalue the benefits of conserving labor, and pessimistically believe the economy is going from bad to worse.Caplan lays out several bold ways to make democratic government work better--for example, urging economic educators to focus on correcting popular misconceptions and recommending that democracies do less and let markets take up the slack. The Myth of the Rational Voter takes an unflinching look at how people who vote under the influence of false beliefs ultimately end up with government that delivers lousy results. With the upcoming presidential election season drawing nearer, this thought-provoking book is sure to spark a long-overdue reappraisal of our elective system.
Politics of Congressional Elections
AvJamie L. Carson,Gary C. Jacobson
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
707 kr
The Politics of Congressional Elections is the most authoritative and accessible introduction available on congressional elections and the electoral process. By pairing historical data analysis and original research with fundamental concepts of representation and responsibility, Carson and Jacobson help students develop the tools to evaluate Congress, as well as their own role in the electoral process.The eleventh edition offers an engaging examination of congressional candidates, campaigns, and elections by incorporating coverage of the most recent elections and the changing roles of voters, incumbents, challengers, and campaign contributions. This edition also highlights the impact of the January 6th insurrection, inflation and the economy, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, infrastructure legislation, and the narrowing majorities in both chambers. Brought completely up-to-date with the latest data from the American National Election Study, the Cooperative Election Study, and the Federal Election Commission, and including coverage and analysis of the 2020 and 2022 elections, this seminal work continues to offer a systematic account of what goes on in congressional elections. Moreover, the authors’ framing demonstrates how electoral politics reflect and shape other components of the American political system, with profound consequences for representative government.Key revision highlights include: Updated coverage through the 2022 elections including congressional primariesExpanded analysis of campaign finance and voter behavior in recent electionsUpdated figures and tables, with color versions available in the e-book and PowerPoint slidesGreater emphasis on nationalized politics and a return to more party-centered electionsEnhanced analysis of congressional elections data back to the pre–Civil War era.
Original Sin
President Biden's decline, its cover-up, and his disastrous choice to run again
AvJake Tapper,Alex Thompson
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
189 kr
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An explosive account of one of the most hubristic mistakes in American political history: Joe Biden's decision to run for reelection despite mounting evidence of his decline, and his team's increasingly desperate efforts to hide it.In Greek tragedy, the protagonist's effort to avoid his fate is what seals his fate. In 2024, American politics became a Greek tragedy.Joe Biden launched his successful 2020 bid for the White House with the stated goal of saving the nation from a second Trump term. He, his family and his senior aides were so convinced that only he could beat Trump again that they lied to themselves, allies and the public about his condition and limitations. At his debate with Trump on 28 June 2024, the consequences of that deception were exposed - all but dooming the Democrats to defeat later that year.Now the full, unsettling truth is being told for the first time. Here, two of America's best-respected political journalists take us behind closed doors to reveal the extent of Biden's decline and who knew about it, from White House staffers to senators to Hollywood celebrities. They paint President Biden's decision to run for re-election as shockingly narcissistic, delusional and reckless - and the wider cover-up as an act of unprecedented public deception. Rarely has hubris met nemesis so explosively.The story the authors tell raises fundamental issues of accountability and responsibility that will endure for decades. In the name of defeating what they called an existential threat to democracy, Biden and his inner circle ensured it, marking the beginning of a remarkable campaign of denial and gaslighting against the American public. His decision to run again was the original sin of his precedency - the moment that led directly to Donald Trump's return to power and all that has come since.
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
AvHunter S. Thompson
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
302 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
The 50th anniversary edition of “the best account yet published of what it feels like to be out there in the middle of the American political process” (The New York Times Book Review) featuring a new foreword from Johnny Knoxville.A half-century after its original publication, Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72 remains a cornerstone of American political journalism and one of the bestselling campaign books of all time. Thompson’s searing account of the battle for the 1972 presidency—from the Democratic primaries to the eventual showdown between George McGovern and Richard Nixon—is infused with the characteristic wit, intensity, and emotional engagement that made Thompson “the flamboyant apostle and avatar of gonzo journalism” (The New York Times). Hilarious, terrifying, insightful, and compulsively readable, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72 is an epic political adventure that captures the feel of the American democratic process better than any other book ever written—and that is just as relevant to the many ills and issues roiling the nation today. As Johnny Knoxville writes in his foreword to this 50th anniversary edition: “Hunter predicted it all.”
Elections
A Very Short Introduction
AvL. Sandy Maisel,Jennifer A. Yoder
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
135 kr
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Most citizens know how elections work in their own country, but not all elections are created equally. Elections occur in all democracies and many non-democratic regimes as well. They determine who will hold public office and who will have the power to govern. They connect citizens to those whom they choose to make decisions on their behalf and who regulate their behavior. This book looks comparatively at the key aspects of elections. In addition to describing types of electoral systems, it discusses the implications of the various systems for the administration of elections, voter participation, representation, government stability, and other factors. Where appropriate, it examines efforts to reform a nation's (or a sub-national entity's) system, exploring the impetus for reform and the effects of those reforms when implemented.Elections: A Very Short Introduction asks readers to view election systems critically and comparatively, to understand that all democracies do not function in the same way, to think about the reasons their system functions as it does-for good or ill-and to consider alternatives with which they might not previously have been familiar. L. Sandy Maisel and Jennifer A. Yoder lay out the variety of electoral systems in the broadest terms- single-member district plurality systems; proportional systems; and mixed systems. They discuss voting and the various electoral institutions used to implement the ways in which voting occurs and how votes are tabulated across electoral systems. They analyze the consequences of each system, first for the functioning of the democracy, and second for the electoral strategies politicians employ, closing with a discussion of reforms under consideration in a number of countries.
All Out War
The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain’s Political Class
AvTim Shipman
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
155 kr
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2017 #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘The best political book of the year’ Andrew Marr‘A superb work of storytelling and reporting. Sets new benchmark for the writing of contemporary political history’ GuardianThe only book to tell the full story of how and why Britain voted to leave the EU.This is the acclaimed inside story of the EU referendum in 2016 that takes you behind the scenes of the most extraordinary episode in British politics since the Second World War.With unparalleled access to all key players, this is a story of calculation, attempted coups and people torn between principles and loyalty. It is a book about our leaders and their closest aides, the decisions they make, how and why they make them and how they feel when they turn out to be so wrong.In All Out War, Tim Shipman has written a political history that reads like a thriller, exploring how and why David Cameron chose to take the biggest political gamble of his life, and why he lost.
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Elections That Changed the World
Fifteen Pivotal Moments That Shaped How We Live
AvDana Bash
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
301 kr
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From CNN’s Chief Political Correspondent and New York Times bestselling author Dana Bash comes a riveting journey into the most crucial elections in history, from the throes and uprisings of Ancient Rome to the modern-day political climate that put today’s leaders in powerElections can usher in economic prosperity, fresh solutions for calcified problems, and new policies that improve the lives of citizens everywhere. They can lead to war, a scarcity of resources and a loss of deeply-held values. In other words, elections matter, sometimes in ways we can’t even anticipate.Beloved CNN correspondence Dana Bash and celebrated writer David Fisher take readers on a journey through some of the most pivotal moments in history:Julius Caesar’s election as praetor amid the unique voting practices of ancient RomeThe 1620 creation of the Mayflower Compact in a ship anchored off Cape CodThe informal, hands-up election at a church gathering that made Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., leader of the Montogomery Improvement AssociationCatholic Cardinals’ consequential selection of Pope John XXIIIThe ascendance of the first democratically elected female world leadersThis compelling book is a must-read for anyone who has ever wondered Does my vote matter? and those who are curious about how our election systems came to be.
History of Political Conflict
Elections and Social Inequalities in France, 1789–2022
AvJulia Cagé,Thomas Piketty
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
645 kr
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A pioneering history of voting and inequality, drawing on an unprecedented data set covering more than two centuries of sociological findings.Who votes for whom and why? Julia Cagé and Thomas Piketty comb through more than two hundred years of data from some 36,000 French municipalities to show how inequality has shaped the formation of political coalitions, with stark consequences for economic and political development.Cagé and Piketty argue that today’s tripartite division of French political life—a competition among a bourgeois central bloc and distinct factions of the urban and rural working classes—has a precise, and revealing, historical analogue. To understand contemporary tensions, we can look to the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, another period when runaway economic inequality produced such a three-way rivalry. Cagé and Piketty show that tripartition has always been unstable, whereas the binary political conflict enabled by relative equality and typical of most of the twentieth century facilitated social and economic progress. Comparing these configurations over time helps us envisage possible trajectories for the French political system in the coming decades.With its many changes in governmental structure since 1789, France is an ideal laboratory for studying the vicissitudes of modern political life in general, and electoral democracy in particular. Using France as a model, A History of Political Conflict offers a powerful framework for understanding the complex project of building and sustaining democratic majorities.
Emot allmänna val : ett anspråklöst förslag om att rädda demokratin
AvDavid van Reybrouck
E-bok
Svenska, 2018
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
169 kr
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Ett anspråkslöst förslag om att rädda demokratin.

Demokratin som vi känner den är i kris. Skandaler, regeringskriser och populister har tillsammans urholkat förtroendet för dagens politiska system. Lagom till demokratins hundraårsjubileum uppger allt fler europeiska väljare att de drömmer om en stark ledare.

Det är hög tid att tänka nytt. I denna skarpa samtidsanalys visar historikern David Van Reybrouck att det krävs både mod och nytänkande om vi vill stävja krisen och nå verkligt folkligt inflytande. Rådslag, medborgarpaneler, crowdsourcing och till och med lottning är några av de verktyg som kan förnya demokratin. Och hur demokratiska är egentligen våra valsystem?

Emot allmänna val är också en skildring av demokratins delvis glömda historia, från Aten till den moderna demokratins genombrott. I dialog med historiska tänkare och nutida demokratiaktivister skriver David Van Reybrouck fram en hoppfull och radikal vision av demokratins framtid. Till slut återstår bara en fråga: Vad väntar vi på?

David Van Reybrouck är belgisk kulturhistoriker, arkeolog och författare, utbildad vid universiteten i Leuven, Cambridge och Leiden. Han har gett ut en rad romaner och historiska verk, flera av dem prisbelönta. Hans senaste bok på svenska är Kongo - En historia. Översättning av Joakim Sundström.

Pressröster om Emot allmänna val:

"Detta utmärkta, radikala verk kunde inte ha kommit mer lägligt. Det visar att val, snarare än att säkra vår rätt till självbestämmande, i själva verket begränsar vår demokrati." - Karen Armstrong, författare

"Mycket övertygande ... En upplyftande bok byggd på en praktisk, hoppingivande idé. Fräscht, utmanande och okomplicerat." - Daniel Finkelstein, The Times

"Van Reybrouck vill återuppliva ett styrelseskick som inte bara är för medborgarna, utan av medborgarna. En övertygande beskrivning av hur man kan bygga ett system som är grundligt baserat på folkviljan." - Financial Times"Ett angeläget inlägg i samhällsdebatten." - BTJ
2024
How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America
AvJosh Dawsey,Tyler Pagerm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
144 kr
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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A well-paced, thorough and often (darkly) humorous account of the two-year campaign season that began when Donald Trump announced he was running for president again . . . Thrilling.' New York TimesThe most definitive, deeply researched and authoritative account of the most tumultuous election in US history.In 2024, Donald Trump made a political comeback on a scale that stunned the world. How did the first US president to become a convicted felon regain control of the White House? And at what cost?Here, three award-winning reporters bring us the definitive and explosive account of how Trump and his advisers overcame a dozen primary challengers, four indictments, two assassination attempts, and his own past mistakes to defeat the Democrats. It is a damning and revelatory inside account of an election that tested American democracy – and which has already transformed the future of the free world.‘The most well-sourced and judiciously written reporting from the campaign that you will find . . . 2024 is the best book of its kind I have read.’ Philip Collins, Observer‘Charts the delusions of the main players and the disastrous debate that reset the campaign . . . 2024 is a book for these times: aptly named deeply sourced.’ Lloyd Green, Guardian‘By speaking to insiders on all sides of the debate, it lifts the lid on the near misses, fatal errors and lucky saves that led to the situation today.’ Katy Balls, The Times
The Signal and the Noise
Why So Many Predictions Fail--but Some Don't
AvNate Silver
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
4,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(2)
209 kr
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The groundbreaking exploration of probability and uncertainty that explains how to make better predictions in a world drowning in data, from the nation’s foremost political forecaster—updated with insights into the pandemic, journalism today, and polling One of The Wall Street Journal’s Ten Best Works of Nonfiction of the Year “Could turn out to be one of the more momentous books of the decade.”—The New York Times Book ReviewMost predictions fail, often at great cost to society, because experts and laypeople mistake more confident predictions for more accurate ones. But overconfidence is often the reason for failure. If our appreciation of uncertainty improves, our predictions can get better too. This is the “prediction paradox”: The more humility we have about our ability to make predictions, the more successful we can be in planning for the future.Drawing on his own groundbreaking work in sports and politics, Nate Silver examines the world of prediction, investigating how to seek truth from data. In The Signal and the Noise, Silver visits innovative forecasters in a range of areas, from hurricanes to baseball to global pandemics, from the poker table to the stock market, from Capitol Hill to the NBA. He discovers that what the most accurate ones have in common is a superior command of probability—as well as a healthy dose of humility.With everything from the global economy to the fight against disease hanging on the quality of our predictions, Nate Silver’s insights are an essential read.
Den svenska väljaren : en introduktion till politiskt beteende
AvMagnus Hagevi
Häftad, Svenska, 2022
282 kr
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Denna bok ger en grundläggande introduktion till forskning om politiskt beteende. Med hjälp av enkel statistik får läsarna kunskap om medborgarnas agerande i allmänna val. Med unika data ger boken nya inblickar i de svenska väljarnas röstning i riksdagsvalet 2018, ett val som splittrade svensk politik. Studiernas utgångspunkt är grundläggande statsvetenskapliga teorier baserade i politisk sociologi, politisk psykologi och rational choice. Samtliga studier kopplas till orsakstratten, väljarforskningens klassiska modell.
Boken är främst avsedd för studerande vid universitetens och högskolornas introducerande kurser i statsvetenskap och för dem som är intresserade av svensk politik.
Magnus Hagevi är professor i statsvetenskap vid Linnéuniversitetet i Växjö och forskar om politiskt beteende och partier.
This Is The Plan
How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy
AvBen Wikler
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
347 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
If you are looking at the spiraling crisis of American politics in the Trump era and wondering how the hell we get out of this mess, This Is the Plan is the book you’ve been waiting for.Ben Wikler led the Democratic Party of Wisconsin to a string of improbable victories in a state with a political system so rigged that it was dubbed a “democracy desert”—which is, coincidentally, Trump’s goal for the whole country.Now, in This Is the Plan, Wikler distills lessons from the front lines in America’s most closely divided state to map out a comprehensive plan to dictator-proof American government, defeat MAGA at every level of the ballot, and build a future of democracy, opportunity, and freedom for all.It will be a blast. The plan is to, as he writes, “have fun storming the castle—in a civil, metaphorical, and non-January-6th-y way.”Drawing on decades of organizing, from local races (including a race for county coroner that hinged on the issue of zombification) to presidential showdowns, Wikler brings us behind the scenes to explore the hidden structures of power that shape our politics and our lives, and takes us into the art and science of winning elections. As he details a people-powered path out of the political wilderness, Wikler reveals what you personally can do to move the needle.This Is the Plan reveals, year by year and step by step, a vision not only to end America’s collapse into authoritarianism but also to reconnect us to our neighbors—and, fighting side by side for democracy, to build meaning, community, and joy.
I Alone Can Fix It
Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year
AvCarol D. Leonnig,Philip Rucker
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
155 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
THE NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A blockbuster . . . Essential reading' GUARDIAN'Packed with hair-raising revelations' OBSERVERThe definitive behind-the-scenes story of Trump's final year in office, by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig, the Pulitzer Prize winning reporters and authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller, A Very Stable GeniusThe true story of what took place in Donald Trump’s White House during a disastrous 2020 has never before been told in full. Focused on Trump and the key players around him, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig provide a forensic account of the most devastating year in a presidency like no other. With unparalleled access, they reveal exactly who enabled and who foiled Trump as he sought desperately to cling to power.
How to Rig an Election
AvNic Cheeseman,Brian Klaas
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
142 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
An engrossing guide to fraudulent elections around the world—fully updated to mark the biggest election year in history in 2024, as over four billion people cast their votes Contrary to popular belief, authoritarian leaders who hold elections are generally able to remain in power for longer. Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas show us how they do so, exploring election-rigging strategies including gerrymandering and ballot-box stuffing, voter suppression, and fake news. Documenting pseudo-democratic methods from Argentina and Zimbabwe to Brazil, Nigeria, Russia, and the United States, they offer a sobering view of corrupted political process—while offering hope for future solutions.
Fight
Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House
AvJonathan Allen,Amie Parnes
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
311 kr
Skickas
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER"Brutal." —Huffington Post"Scathing." —New York Post"[D]epicts Biden's decline in vivid detail." —Politico“So many revelations.” —Joe Scarborough, co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe"Bombshell." —Jesse Watters, host of FOX’s Jesse Watters PrimetimeThe authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller Shattered provide a revelatory, inside look at the Biden, Harris, and Trump camps during the 2024 battle for the White House, arguably the most consequential contest in American history.The ride was so wild that it forced a sitting president to drop his re-election bid, a once and future president to survive felony convictions and a would-be assassin’s bullet, and a vice president, unexpectedly thrust into the arena, to mount an unprecedented 107-day campaign to lead the free world. Fight is the backstage story of the 2024 election and its bloodsport politics in their rawest form—the clawing, backstabbing, and rabble-rousing that drove Donald Trump into the White House and Democrats into the wilderness. At every turn, the combatants went for the jugular, whether they were facing down rivals in the other party or their own. Bestselling authors Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes give readers their first graphic view of the characters, their motivations, and their innermost thoughts as they battled to claim the ultimate prize in a defining moment for modern American politics. Based on real-time interviews with more than 150 insiders—from the Trump, Harris, and Biden inner circles, as well as party leaders and operatives—Fight delivers the vivid and stunning tale of an election unlike any other.In the end, Trump overcame voters’ concerns about his personal flaws by tapping into a deep vein of dissatisfaction with the direction of the country. At the same time, Democrats struggled to connect with an electorate that felt gaslit by Biden’s insistence that he had delivered economic prosperity—and his pledge to be a “bridge” president. He tore his party asunder, leaving destroyed personal relationships in his wake, as he clung to power. And when he gave it up, he kneecapped Harris by demanding unprecedented loyalty from her.As Allen and Parnes have done in the #1 New York Times bestseller Shattered and Lucky, they provide readers with a skeleton key to the rooms where this landmark political history happened, revealing a story more shocking than previously reported.Exclusive Access: Go behind the scenes with more than 150 insiders from the Trump, Harris, and Biden inner circles, revealing their private motivations and innermost thoughts.A Historic Contest: Chronicles the unprecedented 107-day campaign that followed a sitting president dropping his re-election bid, a would-be assassin’s bullet, and felony convictions.Revelatory Reporting: Uncover the clawing, backstabbing, and secret deals that defined the battle for the White House, with details more shocking than previously reported.Unfiltered Politics: Witness American bloodsport politics in its rawest form, as every combatant—in their own party and the opposition—goes for the jugular.
Against Elections
The Case for Democracy
AvDavid Van Reybrouck
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
4,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(2)
133 kr
Skickas
Whenever there are elections, the results are the same: fear-mongering, division and broken promises. Against Elections offers a new diagnosis – and an ancient remedy.'Excellent . . . Why does our system keep electing people whose incomes, assets, interests and psychology are hugely at variance with ours? Because that is what it is designed to do' George Monbiot, Guardian'Very persuasive . . . invigorating' Daniel Finkelstein, The TimesAs this ingenious book shows, the original purpose of elections was not democracy: it was to exclude the people from power by appointing an elite to govern over them.In fact, for most of its 3000-year history, democracy did not involve elections at all: members of the public were appointed to positions in government through a combination of volunteering and lottery.Based on studies and trials from around the globe, this hugely influential manifesto presents the practical case for a true democracy – one that actually works.Urgent, heretical and completely convincing, Against Elections leaves only one question to be answered: what are we waiting for?'Riveting' Irish Examiner'Persuasive' Financial Times'A convincing case' Observer
Democracy
Eleven writers and leaders on what it is – and why it matters
AvMargaret Atwood,Mary Beardm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
98 kr
Skickas
A WATERSTONES BEST POLITICS BOOK OF 2024This is an exceptional moment for democracy.In the year of elections, read Margaret Atwood, Mary Beard, Lea Ypi, Elif Shafak and more on what democracy means - and why it matters. In 2024, nearly half the world will take part in a national election, with billions heading to the polls. It's a thrilling, unprecedented opportunity for change - yet democracy is also under threat.Women are at the forefront of the fight for democratic rights, as well as being the most vulnerable when those rights disappear. Here, eleven extraordinary women - leaders, philosophers, historians, writers and activists - explore democracy's power to uplift our societies. Between its ancient origins and its modern challenges, they share a vision for a better future - one we can build together.
Adventures in Democracy
The Turbulent World of People Power
AvErica Benner
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
133 kr
Skickas
'Sparkling . . . a page-turner full of wit, original insight and unassuming erudition' Guardian'Enjoyable vitality' The Times'Highly stimulating . . . wonderfully readable . . . her analysis of democracy's key strengths and weaknesses is forensic' Literary ReviewDemocracy is a living, breathing thing and Erica Benner has spent a lifetime thinking about the role ordinary citizens play in keeping it alive: from her childhood in post-war Japan, where democracy was imposed on a defeated country, to working in post-communist Poland, with its sudden gaps of wealth and security. This book draws on her experiences and the deep history of self-ruling peoples – going back to ancient Greece, the French revolution and Renaissance Florence – to rethink some of the toughest questions that we face today.What do democratic ideals of equality mean in a world obsessed with competition, wealth, and greatness? How can we hold the powerful to account? Can we find enough common ground to keep sharing democratic power in the future? Challenging well-worn myths of heroic triumph over tyranny, Benner reveals the inescapable vulnerabilities of people power, inviting us to consider why democracy is worth fighting for and the role each of us must play.
Tribal Politics
How Brexit Divided Britain
AvSara B. Hobolt,James Tilley
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
420 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
The Brexit referendum was a pivotal moment in British politics. Tribal Politics argues this is not only because it led to the UK's departure from the European Union, but also because it created two new, powerful, and enduring political identities in the UK: Leavers and Remainers. These new identities rapidly became central to how people saw themselves, others, and the world around them, and they continue to underpin British politics.Tribal Politics explores how these identities were created and why they have proved so resilient in the years following the 2016 vote. It does so by treating the Brexit divide as the result of three contingent factors: issue contestation (intense, high-stakes public conflict), issue expression (individual commitment through voting and political engagement), and issue alignment (the way Brexit cut across traditional party lines). Together, these conditions transformed what had been, for many, a distant policy question into a deep and lasting identity divide.Drawing on political psychology and a wide range of original evidence—including surveys, experiments, and analyses of political discourse—Sara B. Hobolt and James Tilley examine the far-reaching consequences of tribal politics for political attitudes and choices. They show that we dislike, look down on, and discriminate against people because they belong to another tribe, and that we also change our views of reality, our policy opinions, and even our perceptions of democratic legitimacy to better fit our tribal loyalties.While rooted in the Brexit experience, Tribal Politics speaks to the origins and consequences of all types of identity-driven affective polarization. As many democracies around the world confront deepening political divides, it offers timely insights into how a single political moment can spark lasting tribalism and why those tribes so often survive long after that moment has passed.
Making Sense of a United Ireland
Should it happen? How might it happen?
AvBrendan O'Leary
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
137 kr
Skickas
'Should be required reading for everyone - including unionists - who are interested in and concerned about the fate of this island' Dublin Review of Books'Compelling' Financial TimesWill Ireland really reunite?A century ago the resolution to Ireland’s long struggle for independence was a settlement that saw six of its northern counties remain in the United Kingdom while the other twenty-six formed the new Republic of Ireland. Since partition the unification of the two parts of the island has seemed impossible, particularly because of the bloody legacy of past conflict.However, by 2030, if not sooner, demographic and electoral advantages of Ulster unionists, who wish to remain part of the UK, will be over. And in the light of Brexit, the rising popularity of the Irish nationalist party Sinn Féin, political developments both sides of the border, and within Great Britain, Irish unification referendums will become increasingly likely. Yet even those who want these to happen are not prepared.Making Sense of a United Ireland is a landmark exploration of this most contentious of issues. Distinguished political scientist Brendan O'Leary - a global expert on divided places, who has been profoundly engaged with the Irish question for nearly four decades - argues that the time to consider the future of the island of Ireland is now.'The first comprehensive manual of Irish unification' Irish Times‘Several books have been written about this subject . . . for sheer intellectual firepower O’Leary wins first prize’ Business Post 'A tour de force' Globe and Mail'A must-read for anyone who lives in Northern Ireland and thinks seriously about its future. [O'Leary has] thought through the implications of possible unity so deeply it would be foolish for anyone who seeks it or opposes it to ignore his book' Cathal Mac Coille'Impressively researched and well-argued … detailed and readable' Irish Independent'Brilliant' Brian Feeney, Irish News____'Highly readable, stylishly written, and essential' Irish Central
Road to Somewhere
The New Tribes Shaping British Politics
AvDavid Goodhart
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
4,2 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(5)
155 kr
Skickas
LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2018 SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH AND ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017'A provocative take on the UK's new tribal divisions ... a book whose timing is pitch-perfect' Andrew MarrMany Remainers reported waking up the day after the Brexit vote feeling as if they were living in a foreign country. In fact, they were merely experiencing the same feeling that many British people have felt every day for years. Fifty years ago, people in leafy North London and people in working-class Northern towns could vote for a Labour party that broadly encompassed all of their interests. Today their priorities are poles apart. In this groundbreaking and timely book, Goodhart shows us how people have come to be divided into two camps: the 'Anywheres', who have 'achieved' identities, derived from their careers and education, and 'Somewheres', who get their identity from a sense of place and from the people around them, and who feel a sense of loss due to mass immigration and rapid social change.In a world increasingly divided by Brexit and Trump, Goodhart shows how Anywheres must come to understand and respect Somewhere values to stand a fighting chance against the rise of populism.