Restoring Democracy in an Age of Populists and Pestilence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Restoring Democracy in an Age of Populists and Pestilence write by Jonathan Manthorpe. This book was released on 2020-08-08. Restoring Democracy in an Age of Populists and Pestilence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “This global affairs veteran has carved out a solid, mature path, including for ‘flawed democracies’ like the U.S. We’d all be wise to follow.” — Vancouver Sun From the author of the Globe and Mail bestseller, Claws of the Panda, comes a book quite literally for our times. Restoring Democracy in an Age of Populists and Pestilence is a thoughtful account of how we can save democracies from the despots and populists who provide easy answers to complicated situations, dumbing political discourse down to sandbox antics. Manthorpe argues that democracy is more resilient than it appears, and is capable of overcoming the attacks from within and without that have sapped its vigour since the end of the Cold War. He begins with a description of the events of 1989, one of the seminal years in modern history. This saw the end of the Cold War, and the apparent conclusive victory of democracy and its civic values. But the view of these changes as a triumph of democracy — as summed up in Francis Fukuyama’s essay "The End of History" — was short-lived. Russia, shorn of its Soviet empire, and the Chinese Communist Party, re-examining its survival after the Tiananmen Square Massacre, began devising ways to counter-attack the West’s triumphalism and these met with considerable success. Internal pressures and contradictions — wealth disparity being chief among them — threaten the survival of many democratic systems. Abandoned industrial workers turn to the repeated platitudes designed to appeal to those left behind without actually offering them the ways and means to catch up. Immigrants, refugees, and the reformist fixations of isolated liberal elites have provided ammunition for would-be despots. Adding to the pressures building on the political norms of our democracies, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought economic and social stand-still for which no country is prepared.
Restoring Democracy
Restoring Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Restoring Democracy write by Jonathan Manthorpe. This book was released on 2020. Restoring Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "From author of the Globe and Mail bestseller, Claws of the Panda, comes a book quite literally for our times. Restoring Democracy in an Age of Populists and Pestilence is a thoughtful account of how we can save democracies from the despots and populists who provide the easy answers to complicated situations, dumbing political discourse down to sandbox antics. Manthorpe argues that democracy is more resilient than it appears, and is capable of overcoming the attacks from within and without that have sapped its vigour since the end of the Cold War. He begins with a description of the events of 1989, one of the seminal years in modern history. This saw the end of the Cold War, and the apparent conclusive victory of democracy and its civic values. But the view of these changes as a triumph of democracy--as summed up in Francis Fukuyama's essay "The End of History"--was short lived. Russia, shorn of its soviet empire, and the Chinese Communist Party, re-examining its survival after the Tiananmen Square Massacre, began devising ways to counter-attack the West's triumphalism and these met with considerable success. Internal pressures and contradictions--wealth disparity being chief among them--threaten the survival of many democratic systems. Abandoned industrial workers turn to the repeated platitudes designed to recognize those left behind without offering them the ways and means to catch up. Immigrants, refugees, and the reformist fixations of isolated liberal elites have provided ammunition for would-be despots. Adding to the pressures building on the political norms of our democracies, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the kind of economic and social stand-still for which no country is prepared."--
On Canadian Democracy
On Canadian Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook On Canadian Democracy write by Jonathan Manthorpe. This book was released on 2024-06-08. On Canadian Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Using the decrepit state of 24 Sussex Drive, the official residence of the Prime Minister of Canada, as a metaphor for Canada’s democracy, Jonathan Manthorpe examines the foundations, supports, and systems that are meant to keep our parliament a representative body, an actual voice of the people, and he offers insight as to how this institution can be renovated to the benefit of all. Jonathan Manthorpe is the author of the national bestseller, Claws of the Panda: Beijing’s Campaign of Influence and Intimidation in Canada, and Restoring Democracy in an Age of Populists and Pestilence.
The Anatomy of Deception
The Anatomy of Deception - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Anatomy of Deception write by Sara E. Gorman. This book was released on 2024-09-03. The Anatomy of Deception available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Veteran health writer Sara Gorman unveils the root of medical mistrust in America and offers actions for rebuilding faith in medicine as a way for healing the schisms of modern-day American democracy.
Cunning Edge
Cunning Edge - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cunning Edge write by Kim Marsh. This book was released on 2022-07-15. Cunning Edge available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Investigating white-collar crime. Fighting with cartels. Uncovering complex organized crime cases. Here are the stories behind the headlines. Kim Marsh’s memoirs highlight the fast pace and high stakes of undercover investigative work. In the fight against cartels, organized crime groups and international operators, Detective Marsh delves into the chaos and mayhem often hidden from the eyes of civil society. From the caffeine-fueled life of night-time missions for Canada's national police force, to transitioning to another life running a private investigative firm, Kim Marsh describes the cases that took him from his humble Saskatchewan roots to his international career. He gave decades of his life to this work, all in the pursuit of bringing the bad guys to justice and unraveling the tangled webs of deceit and evasion for his clients . . . and society at large.
