Even before its budget crisis and recall election, California held a unique position in the United States. Often lauded as having the fifth largest economy in the world, California leads the nation in other measures as well, particularly cultural and political trends. But were it an independent state, it would have one of the world's most unusual democracies. In The California Republic Brian P. Janiskee and Ken Masugi bring together a diverse group of contributors to shed light on the Prog...

Due protagonisti del riformismo, il cui pensiero è stato ignorato o dimenticato per troppi anni.Giacomo Matteotti, capace di anticipare tante problematiche che tuttora ci affliggono; Olof Palme, leader della grande trasformazione della Svezia nel paese della parità di genere, delle opportunità per i giovani e il primo a mettere la questione della sostenibilità nell’agenda dell’ONU.Li accomunano lucidità, empatia, coraggio, intransigenza e dieci principi del buongoverno dell'e...

In a world filled with menace, dare to paint on a grin.The world is full of images of scary clowns: packs of grinning figures with knives plaguing towns; pom-pom clad serial killers; loners who like children in the wrong way.But clowns can be a force for good: it takes a kind heart to put other people’s joy first; keeping children entertained is honest work; what better disguise than one that makes the villains laugh?What if, rather than being child...

A Nation Under God? raises the question of why the ACLU relentlessly attacks public expressions of mainstream religious faith. The answer, according to the book's argument, is that the work of the ACLU is informed by a larger political project-modern liberalism-to transform American government and society into an administrative-welfare state. Modern liberalism requires two decisive changes in American politics if it is to be successful: First, the government of limited powers mandated by t...