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Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost

Michael C. Bender, senior White House reporter for the Wall Street Journal, presents a deeply reported account of the 2020 presidential campaign that details how Donald J. Trump became the first incumbent in three decades to lose reelection—and the only one whose defeat culminated in a violent insurrection. Beginning with President Trump&’s first impeachment and ending with his second, FRANKLY, WE DID WIN THIS ELECTION chronicles the inside-the-room deliberations between Trump and his campaign team as they opened 2020 with a sleek political operation built to harness a surge of momentum from a bullish economy, a unified Republican Party, and a string of domestic and foreign policy successes—only to watch everything unravel when fortunes suddenly turned.With first-rate sourcing cultivated from five years of covering Trump in the White House and both of his campaigns, Bender brings readers inside the Oval Office, aboard Air Force One, and into the front row of the movement&’s signature mega-rallies for the story of an epic election-year convergence of COVID, economic collapse, and civil rights upheaval—and an unorthodox president&’s attempt to battle it all. Fresh interviews with Trump, key campaign advisers, and senior administration officials are paired with an exclusive collection of internal campaign memos, emails, and text messages for scores of never-before-reported details about the campaign. FRANKLY, WE DID WIN THIS ELECTION is the inside story of how Trump lost, and the definitive account of his final year in office that draws a straight line from the president&’s repeated insistence that he would never lose to the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol that imperiled one of his most loyal lieutenants—his own vice president.

Everyday Law for Latino/as

Now the most populous minority group in the United States, Latino/as increasingly need guidance on the everyday issues that affect their economic livelihood, their freedom, and their equal rights to dignity and opportunity. This comprehensive guide is organized around the three flashpoints that contribute to the unique legal treatment of Latino/as-immigration status, language regulation, and racial/ethnic discrimination. These points are examined in the venues of everyday life for Latino/as-from discrimination in housing to discrimination and language regulation in the workplace and lack of protection for immigrant labor, to classrooms where the bilingual education debate rages, to the voting booth and the criminal justice system where Latino/as confront racial profiling and language barriers.

Everyday Law for Latino/as

Now the most populous minority group in the United States, Latino/as increasingly need guidance on the everyday issues that affect their economic livelihood, their freedom, and their equal rights to dignity and opportunity. This comprehensive guide is organized around the three flashpoints that contribute to the unique legal treatment of Latino/as-immigration status, language regulation, and racial/ethnic discrimination. These points are examined in the venues of everyday life for Latino/as-from discrimination in housing to discrimination and language regulation in the workplace and lack of protection for immigrant labor, to classrooms where the bilingual education debate rages, to the voting booth and the criminal justice system where Latino/as confront racial profiling and language barriers.

Compassionate Migration and Regional Policy in the Americas

This book explores the contested notion of compassionate migration in its discourse and practice. In the context of today's migration patterns within the Americas, compassionate migration can play a fundamental role in responding to the hardships that many migrants suffer before, during, and after their journeys. This volume explores the boundaries of compassion from legal, political, philosophical, and interdisciplinary perspectives, and supplies examples where state and non-state actors engage in practices of compassion and humanity through formal and informal regimes. Despite the lack of a concise and precise definition of the concept and practice of compassionate migration, all authors in this volume agree on the pressing need for more humane and compassionate treatment for those leaving their home country behind in search of a better life.

Carl Schmitt: Theorist for the Reich (PDF)

Basing his work on the writings of Schmitt and his contemporaries, extensive new archival documentation, and parts of Schmitt's personal papers, Professor Bendersky uses Schmitt's public career as a framework for re-evaluating his contributions to political and legal theory. This book establishes that Schmitt's late Weimar writings were directed at preventing rather than encouraging the Nazi acquisition of power.Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Der Konflikt im ehemaligen Jugoslawien und die Europäische Integration: Eine Analyse ausgewählter Politikfelder (Forschungen zur Europäischen Integration #8)

Handlungskompetenzen entwickeln am Lerngegenstand Kinderrechte: Globales Lernen in Kooperation von Schule, Zivilgesellschaft und Jugendarbeit

Rebekka Bendig untersucht Lernprozesse in der Grundschule im Hinblick auf den Erwerb von Handlungskompetenzen anhand des Lerngegenstandes „Kinderrechte“ als Element des Lernbereiches Globales Lernen. Die Autorin weist nach, auf welche Weise kooperative Bildungsvorhaben wirken können und wie diese nachhaltig in einen Kompetenzerwerb münden. Die Arbeit gewährt Einblicke in die aktuelle Lern- und Kompetenzforschung und das Zusammenspiel formeller und informeller Lernprozesse. Abschließende Handlungsempfehlungen beziehen alle Ebenen des Lernens ein – von der Beziehung zwischen Lehr- und Lernpersonen über methodische Fragen, Aspekte einer demokratischen Schulkultur und Partizipation bis hin zu bildungspolitischen Schwerpunktsetzungen.

Wahlkämpfe in Europa 1884 bis 1889: Parteiensysteme und Politikstile in Deutschland, Frankreich und Großbritannien

Nation-Building and Citizenship: Studies of Our Changing Social Order

Nation-Building and Citizenship examines how states and civil societies interact in their formation of a new political community. Reinhard Bendix directs our attention to relations established between individual and state during nation-building. While the development of citizenship and the interplay between tradition and modernity are important in this process of social and political change, his key theme is the examination of authority patterns.Bendix explores in depth the possibilities of an alternative approach to the neo-evolutionary orientation many social scientists take in their analyses of the underdeveloped areas of the world. The subjects he discusses include transformations of Western European societies since medieval times, extension of citizenship to the lower classes, bureaucratization in the nation-state, private and public authority in Western Europe and Russia, aristocracies and development in Germany and Japan, and the development of public authority in India's political community. The book concludes with a reconsideration of ideas widely held about tradition, modernity, and modernization.In a new introduction, John Bendix writes that what continues to make this book relevant is not only what it can tell us about past and present nation-building, including the transformations of the 1980s and 1990s, but its more general messages about the nature of social and political transformations. Nation-Building and Citizenship is a necessary addition to the libraries of political scientists, sociologists, historians, and scholars of comparative studies.

Nation-Building and Citizenship: Studies of Our Changing Social Order

Nation-Building and Citizenship examines how states and civil societies interact in their formation of a new political community. Reinhard Bendix directs our attention to relations established between individual and state during nation-building. While the development of citizenship and the interplay between tradition and modernity are important in this process of social and political change, his key theme is the examination of authority patterns.Bendix explores in depth the possibilities of an alternative approach to the neo-evolutionary orientation many social scientists take in their analyses of the underdeveloped areas of the world. The subjects he discusses include transformations of Western European societies since medieval times, extension of citizenship to the lower classes, bureaucratization in the nation-state, private and public authority in Western Europe and Russia, aristocracies and development in Germany and Japan, and the development of public authority in India's political community. The book concludes with a reconsideration of ideas widely held about tradition, modernity, and modernization.In a new introduction, John Bendix writes that what continues to make this book relevant is not only what it can tell us about past and present nation-building, including the transformations of the 1980s and 1990s, but its more general messages about the nature of social and political transformations. Nation-Building and Citizenship is a necessary addition to the libraries of political scientists, sociologists, historians, and scholars of comparative studies.

Die Kultur des unternehmerischen Handelns: Unternehmensführung jenseits der Betriebswirtschaft

Im Unterschied und zur Erweiterung des traditionellen betriebswirtschaftlichen Denkens über Unternehmensführung wird in diesem Buch ein Ansatz aufgegriffen, der alles wirtschaftende Handeln als geistig-schöpferische Arbeit erklärt, die von unternehmerisch tätigen Menschen – ob selbständig oder nicht – weitaus mehr an Qualifikationen abverlangt als das mechanische Bestimmen der optimalen Kombination von Produktionsfaktoren unter dem Leitstern der Gewinnmaximierung.

Einführung in das Kultur- und Kunstmanagement

Das Buch führt in das Arbeitsgebiet des Kulturmanagers ein und vermittelt neben allgemeinen ökonomischen Grundlagen Basiswissen zu den zentralen Aspekten dieses Arbeitsgebietes: Markt- und Öffentlichkeitskontakte, finanzielle Sicherung, Organisation und strukturelle Anpassung von Kulturprojekten. Ein Praxiskapitel und Hinweise zu Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten und -erfordernissen ergänzen den Band. Geeignet als Einführung für alle, die im Spannungsfeld von Kunst und Kommerz tätig werden wollen.

Einführung in das Kultur- und Kunstmanagement

Das Buch führt in das Arbeitsgebiet des Kulturmanagers ein und vermittelt neben allgemeinen ökonomischen Grundlagen Basiswissen zu den zentralen Aspekten dieses Arbeitsgebietes: Markt- und Öffentlichkeitskontakte, finanzielle Sicherung, Organisation und strukturelle Anpassung von Kulturprojekten. Ein Praxiskapitel und Hinweise zu Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten und -erfordernissen ergänzen den Band. Geeignet als Einführung für alle, die im Spannungsfeld von Kunst und Kommerz tätig werden wollen.

Einführung in das Kultur- und Kunstmanagement

Das Buch führt in das Arbeitsgebiet des Kulturmanagers ein und vermittelt neben allgemeinen ökonomischen Grundlagen Basiswissen zu den zentralen Aspekten dieses Arbeitsgebietes: Markt- und Öffentlichkeitskontakte, finanzielle Sicherung, Organisation und strukturelle Anpassung von Kulturprojekten. Ein Praxiskapitel und Hinweise zu Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten und -erfordernissen ergänzen den Band. Geeignet als Einführung für alle, die im Spannungsfeld von Kunst und Kommerz tätig werden wollen.

Einführung in das Kultur- und Kunstmanagement

Das Buch führt in das Arbeitsgebiet des Kulturmanagers ein und vermittelt neben allgemeinen ökonomischen Grundlagen Basiswissen zu den zentralen Aspekten dieses Arbeitsgebietes: Markt- und Öffentlichkeitskontakte, finanzielle Sicherung, Organisation und strukturelle Anpassung von Kulturprojekten. Ein Praxiskapitel und Hinweise zu Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten und -erfordernissen ergänzen den Band. Geeignet als Einführung für alle, die im Spannungsfeld von Kunst und Kommerz tätig werden wollen.

Einführung in die Kultur- und Kunstökonomie

Die wirtschaftliche Basis kultureller Einrichtungen ist mehr denn je zu einem öffentlichen Problem geworden: dramatische Kürzungen der staatlichen und kommunalen Kulturhaushalte, mächtiger Druck der elektronischen Medien auf den gesamten Kulturbetrieb, Nutzung des Kulturerbes als Steinbruch für kommerzielle Zwecke und nicht zuletzt die noch weitgehend ungeahnten Folgen der Globalisierung. Verstärkte Anstrengungen sind notwendig, um kulturellen Verlust und die Gefahr kultureller Barbarei zu vermeiden, wenn Kunst, Künstler und kulturelle Einrichtungen in wachsendem Maße direkt oder indirekt unter das Diktat des Marktes fallen. Sinnvolle Gestaltung von Marktbeziehungen, die vom Respekt gegenüber der Eigenbedeutung der Kultur bestimmt wird, kann andererseits denkbare Wege eröffnen, staatlicher Bevormundung zu entkommen und dennoch nicht vor dem Kommerz einzuknicken. Lösungen dieser Probleme liegen weder allein im engen Bereich der anderweitigen Beschaffung von Finanzmitteln noch in der fortschreitenden und letztlich die Kultur erodierenden inneren Rationalisierung. Es geht um das Entdecken von Chancen, einerseits kulturpolitisch gegenzusteuern und andererseits die Signale des heraufkommenden Wandels kulturell mitzugestalten. Voraussetzung dafür ist ein vertieftes Verständnis der Wirkungsbeziehungen zwischen Kultur und Wirtschaft. Dazu will dieses Buch aus kulturökonomischer Sicht Ansätze und Anregungen bieten, die die orthodoxe Wirtschaftslehre der Neo-Klassik und des Neo-Liberalismus hinter sich lassen.

Einführung in die Kultur- und Kunstökonomie

Verstärkte Anstrengungen sind notwendig, um kulturellen Verlust und die Gefahr kultureller Barbarei zu vermeiden, wenn Kunst, Künstler und kulturelle Einrichtungen in wachsendem Maße direkt oder indirekt unter das Diktat des Marktes fallen. Sinnvolle Gestaltung von Marktbeziehungen, die vom Respekt gegenüber der Eigenbedeutung der Kultur bestimmt wird, kann andererseits denkbare Wege eröffnen, staatlicher Bevormundung zu entkommen und dennoch nicht vor dem Kommerz einzuknicken. Dazu will dieses Buch aus kulturökonomischer Sicht Ansätze und Anregungen bieten, die die orthodoxe Wirtschaftslehre der Neo-Klassik und des Neo-Liberalismus hinter sich lassen.

Zivilisationswende: Technischer Fortschritt und Wohlstand unter Stress

Die Biosphäre der Erde ist gefährdet. Märkte neigen verstärkt zu chaotischen Zuständen, die ungleiche Verteilung von Wohlstand verschärft sich. Dies und vieles andere macht deutlich, dass wir vor einer Zeitenwende stehen. Das Bewusstsein dafür wächst, aber noch ist nicht klar auszumachen, wie und wo wir zu tiefgründigen Korrekturen ansetzen können. Dieses Buch greift kritisch zwei zentrale Themenkreise auf: Was leisten noch die vertrauten Muster der Problembehandlung, insbesondere die überholten Modelle der marktwirtschaftlichen Selbstregulierung? Wie können die individuelle Einsichtsfähigkeit gestärkt und das natürliche Streben des Menschen nach Lebensfreude als Hebel zu Veränderungen ins Spiel gebracht werden? Eine Perspektive bietet ein kultivierter Hedonismus, der sich überall auf dem Globus verwirklichen lässt und sich dennoch der Verantwortung für das Ganze stellt.

Einführung in die Kultur- und Kunstökonomie

Die wirtschaftliche Basis kultureller Einrichtungen ist mehr denn je zu einem öffentlichen Problem geworden: Verstärkte Anstrengungen sind notwendig, um kulturellen Verlust zu vermeiden, wenn Kunst, Künstler und kulturelle Einrichtungen in wachsendem Maße direkt oder indirekt unter das Diktat des Marktes fallen. Sinnvolle Gestaltung von Marktbeziehungen, die vom Respekt gegenüber der Eigenbedeutung der Kultur bestimmt wird, kann andererseits denkbare Wege eröffnen, staatlicher Bevormundung zu entkommen und dennoch nicht vor dem Kommerz einzuknicken. Es geht darum kulturpolitisch gegenzusteuern und die Signale des heraufkommenden Wandels kulturell mitzugestalten. Voraussetzung dafür ist ein vertieftes Verständnis der Wirkungsbeziehungen zwischen Kultur und Wirtschaft. Das Buch bietet Ansätze und Anregungen aus kulturökonomischer Sicht, die die orthodoxe Wirtschaftslehre der Neo-Klassik und des Neo-Liberalismus hinter sich lassen.

Orchestrating Local Climate Policy in the European Union: Inter‐Municipal Coordination and the Covenant of Mayors in Germany and France (Energiepolitik und Klimaschutz. Energy Policy and Climate Protection)

Can we sidestep tedious climate policy negotiations and forge a coalition of the willing instead? Many international organizations and scholars hope to spur local climate action by orchestration, indirect and voluntary governance arrangements. Lena Bendlin looks beyond the apparent success of voluntary initiatives using the example of the Covenant of Mayors, often heralded as an exemplary multi-level EU initiative. Five in-depth case studies show why, how, and with what difficulties local governments engage in this voluntary commitment scheme. The analysis identifies durability, intensity, and causality as crucial building blocks for more cautious orchestration theorizing and derives recommendations for appropriate incentives and support at the regional, national, and international level.

Confidence Building Measures In The Middle East

Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) were pioneered in Europe at the height of the Cold War. The immediate goal of such measures is to create enough trust between parties in international conflicts to avoid mutually unfavourable-sometimes dangerous-outcomes due to misunderstandings. The long-term goal of CBMs is to move the contending parties closer

Confidence Building Measures In The Middle East

Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) were pioneered in Europe at the height of the Cold War. The immediate goal of such measures is to create enough trust between parties in international conflicts to avoid mutually unfavourable-sometimes dangerous-outcomes due to misunderstandings. The long-term goal of CBMs is to move the contending parties closer

A Behavioral Theory of Elections

Most theories of elections assume that voters and political actors are fully rational. While these formulations produce many insights, they also generate anomalies--most famously, about turnout. The rise of behavioral economics has posed new challenges to the premise of rationality. This groundbreaking book provides a behavioral theory of elections based on the notion that all actors--politicians as well as voters--are only boundedly rational. The theory posits learning via trial and error: actions that surpass an actor's aspiration level are more likely to be used in the future, while those that fall short are less likely to be tried later. Based on this idea of adaptation, the authors construct formal models of party competition, turnout, and voters' choices of candidates. These models predict substantial turnout levels, voters sorting into parties, and winning parties adopting centrist platforms. In multiparty elections, voters are able to coordinate vote choices on majority-preferred candidates, while all candidates garner significant vote shares. Overall, the behavioral theory and its models produce macroimplications consistent with the data on elections, and they use plausible microassumptions about the cognitive capacities of politicians and voters. A computational model accompanies the book and can be used as a tool for further research.

A Behavioral Theory of Elections (PDF)

Most theories of elections assume that voters and political actors are fully rational. While these formulations produce many insights, they also generate anomalies--most famously, about turnout. The rise of behavioral economics has posed new challenges to the premise of rationality. This groundbreaking book provides a behavioral theory of elections based on the notion that all actors--politicians as well as voters--are only boundedly rational. The theory posits learning via trial and error: actions that surpass an actor's aspiration level are more likely to be used in the future, while those that fall short are less likely to be tried later. Based on this idea of adaptation, the authors construct formal models of party competition, turnout, and voters' choices of candidates. These models predict substantial turnout levels, voters sorting into parties, and winning parties adopting centrist platforms. In multiparty elections, voters are able to coordinate vote choices on majority-preferred candidates, while all candidates garner significant vote shares. Overall, the behavioral theory and its models produce macroimplications consistent with the data on elections, and they use plausible microassumptions about the cognitive capacities of politicians and voters. A computational model accompanies the book and can be used as a tool for further research.

Ralph Bunche and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Mediation and the UN, 1947-1949 (Israeli History, Politics and Society)

"I swear by all that’s Holy, I will never come anywhere near the Palestine problem once I liberate myself from this trap." Ralph Bunche wrote these lines to his wife in 1949, during the armistice talks on Rhodes. A year later, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his success in ending the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Ralph Bunche and the Arab-Israeli Conflict provides a comprehensive study of Ralph Bunche’s diplomatic activities on the Palestine question. Bunche was at the centre of the story from the referral of the issue to the United Nations in 1947 until the signing of the armistice agreements that ended the war. He began as advisor to UNSCOP and then headed the secretariat of the commission tasked with implementing partition. Later, after serving as the senior aide to UN mediator Folke Bernadotte, he was appointed to replace the Count after the latter’s assassination. Using extensive archival materials (some of it revealed here for the first time), this book addresses central questions, such as the relationship between Bunche’s African American identity and his diplomatic endeavours, and the complexities of his outlook on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Through research and careful analysis, it uncovers how Ralph Bunche managed to bridge the gaps between Israel and Arab states. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Middle Eastern History, particularly Israeli History, as well as Political Science and Diplomacy.