The American deep state : big money, big oil, and the struggle for U.S. democracy / / Peter Dale Scott |
Autore | Scott Peter Dale |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (355 pages) |
Collana | War and peace library |
Soggetto topico |
Elite (Social sciences) - United States
Power (Social sciences) - United States Pressure groups - United States Conspiracy - United States Democracy - United States Conspiracy Democracy Elite (Social sciences) Power (Social sciences) Pressure groups |
Soggetto genere / forma | Nonfiction |
ISBN |
1-4422-1425-2
1-5381-0025-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Note about the cover image -- The Doomsday Project, deep events, and the shrinking of American democracy -- The deep state, the Wall Street overworld, and big oil -- The Doomsday Project: How COG on 9/11 subordinated the U.S. Constitution -- The falsified War on Terror: The deep history of U.S. protection for al-Qaeda terrorist Ali Mohamed -- The falsified War on Terror II: How the deep state has protected gulf Arab states rather than the American people -- Deep state uses and protection of al-Qaeda terrorists -- The U.S. terror war: The CIA, 9/11, Afghanistan, and Central Asia -- Deep power takes its toll on U.S. presidents, 1961-1980 -- The Doomsday Project and deep events: JFK, Watergate, Iran-Contra, and 9/11 -- The American deep state, deep events, and off-the-books financing -- America's unchecked security state: The continuing of COG planning, 1936-2001 -- America's unchecked security state and lawlessness -- Why Americans must end America's self-generating wars -- Epilogue: Greek theater: Mario Savio and the Socratic quest. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792895803321 |
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The American deep state : big money, big oil, and the struggle for U.S. democracy / / Peter Dale Scott |
Autore | Scott Peter Dale |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (355 pages) |
Collana | War and peace library |
Soggetto topico |
Elite (Social sciences) - United States
Power (Social sciences) - United States Pressure groups - United States Conspiracy - United States Democracy - United States Conspiracy Democracy Elite (Social sciences) Power (Social sciences) Pressure groups |
Soggetto genere / forma | Nonfiction |
ISBN |
1-4422-1425-2
1-5381-0025-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Note about the cover image -- The Doomsday Project, deep events, and the shrinking of American democracy -- The deep state, the Wall Street overworld, and big oil -- The Doomsday Project: How COG on 9/11 subordinated the U.S. Constitution -- The falsified War on Terror: The deep history of U.S. protection for al-Qaeda terrorist Ali Mohamed -- The falsified War on Terror II: How the deep state has protected gulf Arab states rather than the American people -- Deep state uses and protection of al-Qaeda terrorists -- The U.S. terror war: The CIA, 9/11, Afghanistan, and Central Asia -- Deep power takes its toll on U.S. presidents, 1961-1980 -- The Doomsday Project and deep events: JFK, Watergate, Iran-Contra, and 9/11 -- The American deep state, deep events, and off-the-books financing -- America's unchecked security state: The continuing of COG planning, 1936-2001 -- America's unchecked security state and lawlessness -- Why Americans must end America's self-generating wars -- Epilogue: Greek theater: Mario Savio and the Socratic quest. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827734203321 |
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American Foreign Policy and Forced Regime Change Since World War II [[electronic resource] ] : Forcing Freedom / / by Scott Walker |
Autore | Walker Scott |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (152 pages) |
Disciplina | 327.73 |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy
International relations Politics and war United States—Politics and government Security, International Foreign Policy Military and Defence Studies US Politics International Security Studies |
ISBN | 3-030-11232-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Chapter 1 A Review of the Forced Democracy Strategy -- 2. Chapter 2 The Dominican Republic -- 3. Chapter 3 Grenada -- 4. Chapter 4 Panama -- 5. Chapter 5 Afghanistan -- 6. Chapter 6 Iraq -- 7. Chapter 7 Understanding the Rationale for FD Interventions. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910338060003321 |
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Analytical Theory of Democracy [[electronic resource] ] : History, Mathematics and Applications / / by Andranik Tangian |
Autore | Tangian Andranik |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1,057 pages) |
Disciplina | 320.0151 |
Collana | Studies in Choice and Welfare |
Soggetto topico |
Welfare economics
Democracy Game theory Economic theory Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods |
ISBN | 3-030-39691-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | History -- Mathematics -- Applications. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910409677803321 |
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Ancient Greek democracy : readings and sources / / edited by Eric W. Robinson |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, Massachusetts ; ; Oxford, England ; ; Carlton, Victoria : , : Blackwell Publishing, , [2004] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.9385 |
Collana | Interpreting ancient history |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy - Greece - Athens - History - To 1500
Democracy |
ISBN |
1-281-32263-6
9786611322632 0-470-70684-8 0-470-75220-3 0-470-75219-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Ancient Greek Democracy: READINGS AND SOURCES; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Map 1; Map 2; Ancient Greek Democracy: A Brief Introduction; 1 Prelude to Democracy: Political Thought in Early Greek Texts; 2 The Beginnings of the Athenian Democracy: Who Freed Athens?; 3 Popular Politics in Fifth-century Syracuse; 4 Liberty, Equality, and the Ideals of Greek Democracy; 5 Power and Rhetoric at Athens: Elite Leadership versus Popular Ideology; 6 Limiting Democracy: The Political Exclusion of Women and Slaves; Glossary of Greek Names and Terms; Index; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910145293603321 |
Malden, Massachusetts ; ; Oxford, England ; ; Carlton, Victoria : , : Blackwell Publishing, , [2004] | ||
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Ancient Greek democracy : readings and sources / / edited by Eric W. Robinson |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, Massachusetts ; ; Oxford, England ; ; Carlton, Victoria : , : Blackwell Publishing, , [2004] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.9385 |
Collana | Interpreting ancient history |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy - Greece - Athens - History - To 1500
Democracy |
ISBN |
1-281-32263-6
9786611322632 0-470-70684-8 0-470-75220-3 0-470-75219-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Ancient Greek Democracy: READINGS AND SOURCES; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Map 1; Map 2; Ancient Greek Democracy: A Brief Introduction; 1 Prelude to Democracy: Political Thought in Early Greek Texts; 2 The Beginnings of the Athenian Democracy: Who Freed Athens?; 3 Popular Politics in Fifth-century Syracuse; 4 Liberty, Equality, and the Ideals of Greek Democracy; 5 Power and Rhetoric at Athens: Elite Leadership versus Popular Ideology; 6 Limiting Democracy: The Political Exclusion of Women and Slaves; Glossary of Greek Names and Terms; Index; |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996441544203316 |
Malden, Massachusetts ; ; Oxford, England ; ; Carlton, Victoria : , : Blackwell Publishing, , [2004] | ||
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Ancient Greek democracy : readings and sources / / edited by Eric W. Robinson |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, Massachusetts ; ; Oxford, England ; ; Carlton, Victoria : , : Blackwell Publishing, , [2004] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.9385 |
Collana | Interpreting ancient history |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy - Greece - Athens - History - To 1500
Democracy |
ISBN |
1-281-32263-6
9786611322632 0-470-70684-8 0-470-75220-3 0-470-75219-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Ancient Greek Democracy: READINGS AND SOURCES; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Map 1; Map 2; Ancient Greek Democracy: A Brief Introduction; 1 Prelude to Democracy: Political Thought in Early Greek Texts; 2 The Beginnings of the Athenian Democracy: Who Freed Athens?; 3 Popular Politics in Fifth-century Syracuse; 4 Liberty, Equality, and the Ideals of Greek Democracy; 5 Power and Rhetoric at Athens: Elite Leadership versus Popular Ideology; 6 Limiting Democracy: The Political Exclusion of Women and Slaves; Glossary of Greek Names and Terms; Index; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829864103321 |
Malden, Massachusetts ; ; Oxford, England ; ; Carlton, Victoria : , : Blackwell Publishing, , [2004] | ||
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L'anima e il cristallo : Alle radici dell'arte astratta / / Stefano Poggi |
Autore | Poggi Stefano |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bologna : , : Società editrice il Mulino Spa, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 pages) |
Disciplina | 701.17 |
Collana | Saggi (Bologna, Italy) |
Soggetto topico |
Aesthetics
Democracy |
ISBN | 88-15-31990-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Nota di contenuto | Ringraziamenti -- Introduzione -- Capitolo primo Mistici e materialisti -- Capitolo secondo La natura, la scienza, l'arte -- Capitolo terzo L'interno è anche l'esterno -- Capitolo quarto Estasi e destino -- Capitolo quinto Lo spirituale nell'arte -- Capitolo sesto «La mia anima chiara come il cristallo» -- Nota bibliografica -- Indice dei nomi -- Figure. |
Altri titoli varianti | L'anima e il cristallo |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141747303321 |
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L'anima e il cristallo : Alle radici dell'arte astratta / / Stefano Poggi |
Autore | Poggi Stefano |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bologna : , : Società editrice il Mulino Spa, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 pages) |
Disciplina | 701.17 |
Collana | Saggi (Bologna, Italy) |
Soggetto topico |
Aesthetics
Democracy |
ISBN | 88-15-31990-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Nota di contenuto | Ringraziamenti -- Introduzione -- Capitolo primo Mistici e materialisti -- Capitolo secondo La natura, la scienza, l'arte -- Capitolo terzo L'interno è anche l'esterno -- Capitolo quarto Estasi e destino -- Capitolo quinto Lo spirituale nell'arte -- Capitolo sesto «La mia anima chiara come il cristallo» -- Nota bibliografica -- Indice dei nomi -- Figure. |
Altri titoli varianti | L'anima e il cristallo |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996337163403316 |
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Anonymous power : parties, interest groups and politics of decision making in Nigeria's Fourth Republic (essays in honour of Elochukwu Amuchezi) / / edited by Okechukwu Ibeanu [and three others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (509 pages) |
Disciplina | 733 |
Soggetto topico | Democracy |
ISBN |
981-16-6058-1
981-16-6057-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: Theoretical Foundation -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Theory and Practice of Political Decision-Making in Nigeria -- Why Write This Book? -- Characterizing Political Decision-Making in Contemporary Nigeria -- References -- Chapter 2: The Church as a Political Interest Group: Interrogating Amucheazi's Study of Church and Politics in Eastern Nigeria -- Introduction -- Perspectives on Pressure Groups and Governance -- Elo Amucheazi's Contributions to Pressure Group Politics and Its Contemporary Relevance -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part II: Political Institutions and Decision-Making in Nigeria -- Chapter 3: The Non-formalization of Party Decision-Making in Nigeria's Fourth Republic -- Introduction -- Theoretical Perspective -- Political Parties and Politics in Nigeria: A Historical Contextualization -- Regulation of Political Parties in Nigeria -- Party Decision-Making in Nigeria's Fourth Republic -- Non-formalization of Party Decision-Making: Implications for Politics in Nigeria -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Non-formal Actors and the Governance of Political Parties in Nigeria -- Introduction -- Theoretical Considerations -- Recent Manifestations of the Informalisation of Decision-Making Processes in Political Parties and Interest Groups in Nigeria -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Ethno-political Organisations as Political Pressure Groups in Nigeria -- Introduction -- Perspectives on Ethnic Politics: Conceptual and Theoretical Discourse -- Instrumentalist Interpretation of Ethno-political Mobilisation in Nigeria -- Ethnic Pressure Groups and Multi-party Democracy in Nigeria -- Ethno-political Pressure Groups and Non-formalisation of Political Decision-Making in Nigeria -- Conclusion -- References.
Chapter 6: Legislature and the Challenges of Lawmaking in Nigeria -- Introduction -- Definitions and Functions of the Legislature in a Democratic Process -- Lawmaking Process in the Nigerian National Assembly -- Actors and the Impact of Their Interactions on Legislative Decision-Making Process -- Challenges Facing the National Assembly in Lawmaking in Nigeria -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 7: From Arbiter to Activist: The Role of the Judiciary in Nigeria Election Matters -- Introduction -- Definitions -- Election -- Election Petition -- Arbiter -- Judicial Activism -- The Judiciary and Elections Before the Fourth Republic -- Era of Judicial Activism in Elections -- Reactionary -- Imbroglio of 12 June 1993 -- High Turnover of Injunctions and Judges -- Assaults on the Judiciary -- Grievance and Bad Loser Attitude of Politicians in Nigeria -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Power Contests Beyond the Electoral Arena: The Dynamics and Challenges of Election Management and Consolidation in Nigeria -- Introduction -- The Contours of Electoral Contests: Election Management in Nigeria -- Beyond the Electoral Arena: The Judicialization of Politics and Politicization of the Judiciary -- Issues in Election Management and Consolidation -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Intra-party Chicanery and Electoral Outcomes in Nigeria's Presidential Elections -- Introduction -- Political Parties and Electoral Contestation -- Intra-party Rivalry in Nigeria-State of the Art -- Intra-party Chicanery and the Outcome of the 2015 Presidential Election in Nigeria -- Intra-party Chicanery and the Outcome of the 2019 Presidential Election in Nigeria -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Zero-Sum Politics: Ruling Parties and Political Opposition in Nigeria -- Introduction. Zero-Sum Inter- and Intra-party Politics in Historical Perspective -- The Character of the Nigerian State and Zero-Sum Politics -- The Electoral System and Zero-Sum Politics in Nigeria -- Breaking the Cycle of Zero-Sum Orientation Towards Party Politics -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: Servant or Master: The Civil Service and Governance in Nigeria -- Introduction -- Context of the Discourse -- Background to the Nigerian Civil Service -- The Nigerian Civil Service and the Issue of Anonymous Powers -- Master or Servant: Who's Master, Who's Servant? -- Concluding Remarks: The Civil Service and Governance in Nigeria -- References -- Chapter 12: Nongovernmental Organisations and Political Decision Making in Nigeria -- Introduction -- Insight from Extant Literature: Perspectives on the Third Sector and Political Decision Making -- Theoretical Perspective -- Political Decision-Making Process: What Should Be! -- The Rational Comprehensive Model -- The Incrementalist Model -- Mixed Scanning Model -- NGOs in Various Stages in Decision Making -- NGOs and Decision Making in Nigeria's Healthcare: Failure of the Formal Structures and Advent of the Informal -- NGOs and Informalisation of Decision Making in Healthcare Provisioning in Nigeria: Evidence from Christian Aid Interventions -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- References -- Part III: Political Elites and the Dynamics of Political Decision-Making -- Chapter 13: Democracy Without Demos!: Political Mobilisation, Public Opinion and Governance in Nigeria -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framework of Analysis -- The Rough Road to Democracy in Nigeria -- Demos in Democracy: Nigeria's Experience Since 1999 -- The Democracy Without Demos! Nigeria's Experience Since 1999 -- Conclusion -- References. Chapter 14: Democratic Decay or Democratic Autocracy? Party Primaries and the Challenges of Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria 1999-2019 -- Introduction -- Intra-party Democracy, Party Primaries and Democratic Consolidation: A Review of Related Literatures -- Explaining the Absence of IPD in Nigerian Political Parties: The Peripheral Capitalist State Linkage -- Party Primaries in Nigeria-A Case of Democratic Decay or Democratic Autocracy? -- IPD in Nigerian Political Parties-The Legal Frameworks -- Primaries in Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) -- Party Primaries in the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) -- Primaries in the Defunct All Progressive Congress (APC) -- Conclusion/Recommendations -- IPD in Nigerian Political Parties: The Way Forward -- What Then Is the Way Forward? -- References -- Chapter 15: The Powerless Half? Women and Political Decision-Making in Nigeria -- Introduction -- Conceptual Clarifications -- Woma(e)n -- Politics -- Political Decision-Making -- Theoretical Framework -- Significance of Women Participation in Political Decision-Making -- Women and Political Decision-Making from Pre-colonial to Post-Colonial Nigeria -- Self-Discrimination as a Factor in Shrinking Space for Women in Political Decision-Making in Nigeria -- Conclusion: Implications for Gender Equality Campaigns -- References -- Chapter 16: Union Power: The Quest for Political Power by the Labor Movement in Nigeria -- Introduction -- On the Eve of the Fourth Republic: Labor in Partisan Polities -- Social Democratic Party/Labor Alliance -- The Fourth Republic and the Formation of the Labor Party -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 17: Power Without Responsibility: The Role of Lobbyists in Nigeria's Democracy -- Introduction -- Conceptual Clarifications: Lobbying, Decision-Making and the Interconnections -- Overview of Lobby and Policy Making. Modes of Operation of Lobbyists -- Role of Lobbyists in Public Policy-Making Process -- Lobbyists and Public Policy Making in Nigeria Democracy -- Decision-Making and "Nigerianised" System of Lobbying -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 18: Who Got What and Why? The Politics of Political Appointments in Nigeria's Fourth Republic -- Introduction -- Federalism, Plural Society and Political Recruitments-A Theoretical Postulation -- Politics of Political Appointment in the Fourth Republic: Who Got What and How? -- A. Obasanjo's Administration (1999-2003) -- Obasanjo's Administration (2003-2007) -- Umaru Musa Yar'adua Administration, 2007-2011? -- Dr. Goodluck Jonathan's Administration (2010-2015) -- Muhammadu Buhari's Administration (2011-2019) -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 19: Politics of Regime Survival in Nigeria's Fourth Republic (1999-2019) -- Introduction -- Conceptualizing Politics, Regime and Regime Survival -- Theoretical Application -- Obasanjo Administration and Survival Strategy -- Internal Securitization Gamble -- Niger Delta and Militancy -- Yar'Adua Ascendancy and Economic Diplomacy -- Niger Delta Amnesty Programme and Yar'Adua's Administration -- Yar'Adua's Health Challenges and the Emergence of Cabal -- Legislature and President Yar'Adua's Failure to Transmit Written Declaration -- Emergence of Goodluck Jonathan -- The Emergence of Boko Haram and Security Crisis in Nigeria -- The Northern Quest for Power and Politics of Insubordinations -- Reforms and Economic Revivalism -- Corruption and Institutional Weaknesses -- President Buhari and the Change Mantra -- Boko Haram Onslaught and State Response -- Economic Recession in a Depleted Economy -- State and Disrespect for Rule of Law -- Insecurity and Fulani Herdsmen Crisis -- President Buhari and the Fight Against Corruption -- Conclusion -- References. Chapter 20: The Dialectics of Political Godfatherism in Nigeria, 1999-2019. |
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