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Author : Harry S. Pozycki
Release : 2020-03-06
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 739/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Citizen Power by : Harry S. Pozycki
Download or read book Citizen Power written by Harry S. Pozycki. This book was released on 2020-03-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CITIZEN POWER gives all Americans the know how to become no-blame problem solvers and be part of what is emerging as a new model for a citizen driven national public service
Author : Michael Drosnin
Release : 2004-11-02
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 343/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Citizen Hughes by : Michael Drosnin
Download or read book Citizen Hughes written by Michael Drosnin. This book was released on 2004-11-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in the Martin Scorsese movie The Aviator, Howard Hughes is legendary as a playboy and pilot—but he is notorious for what he became: the ultimate mystery man. Citizen Hughes is the New York Times bestselling exposé of Hughes’s hidden life, and a stunning revelation of his “megalomaniac empire in the emperor’s own words” (Newsweek). At the height of his wealth, power, and invisibility, the world’s richest and most secretive man kept what amounted to a diary. The billionaire commanded his empire by correspondence, scrawling thousands of handwritten memos to unseen henchmen. It was the only time Howard Hughes risked writing down his orders, plans, thoughts, fears, and desires. Hughes claimed the papers were so sensitive—“the very most confidential, almost sacred information as to my innermost activities”—that not even his most trusted aides or executives were allowed to keep the messages he sent them. But in the early-morning hours of June 5, 1974, unknown burglars staged a daring break-in at Hughes’s supposedly impregnable headquarters and escaped with all the confidential files. Despite a top-secret FBI investigation and a million-dollar CIA buyback bid, none of the stolen secret papers were ever found—until investigative reporter Michael Drosnin cracked the case. In Citizen Hughes, Drosnin reveals the true story of the great Hughes heist—and of the real Howard Hughes. Based on nearly ten thousand never-before-published documents, more than three thousand in Hughes’s own handwriting, Citizen Hughes is far more than a biography, or even an unwilling autobiography. It is a startling record of the secret history of our times.
Author : Victor Albert
Release : 2016
Genre : HISTORY
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Book Rating : 176/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Limits to Citizen Power by : Victor Albert
Download or read book The Limits to Citizen Power written by Victor Albert. This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After Brazil's transition to democracy in 1985, a number of progressive actors, including a new political party -- the Workers' Party -- championed a raft of participatory reforms. Today, these reforms have garnered global attention for their effectiveness at combating inequality, encouraging active citizenship and reshaping state-society relations. However, no democratising project can entirely cast aside the existing state structures that pattern and give shape to political life. Drawing on long-term ethnographic research, Victor Albert provides a critical analysis of citizen participation in Santo André, in the region of Greater Sao Paulo where the Workers' Party was founded, by exploring the challenges participants face as they take part in institutions pervaded by the administrative culture of the state."--Back cover.
Author : Philip Dwyer
Release : 2013-11-26
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 43X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Citizen Emperor by : Philip Dwyer
Download or read book Citizen Emperor written by Philip Dwyer. This book was released on 2013-11-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces Napoleon's rise to power, early mistakes, and military campaigns, while considering the emperor's darker side and the lengths to which he went to establish himself as a legitimate ruler.
Author : Ramaswami Balasubramaniam
Release : 2017-08-15
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 462/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis I, the Citizen by : Ramaswami Balasubramaniam
Download or read book I, the Citizen written by Ramaswami Balasubramaniam. This book was released on 2017-08-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I, the Citizen is an attempt to understand citizen development and engagement. R. Balasubramaniam takes the reader through interpretations of development initiatives at the grassroots and what good governance means to ordinary people. He unravels the power of citizen engagement through his experiences of leading civil society campaigns against corruption and towards strengthening democratic participation of people. I, the Citizen also deals with the philosophical underpinnings of public policies, drawing from his on-the-ground experience as well as engagement with those in the higher echelons of policymaking and implementation. The last section of the book provides glimpses into milestones of a development movement, which Balu founded and led, milestones that are responsible for a continued faith in citizen engagement despite the hindering forces.
