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Authoritarian regimes have made a concerted effort to shrink the space available for civil society by restricting access to domestic decision-making, transparency, and accountability. An ultimate power ruler is known as an autocrat. A democracy's three branches of government - executive, judicial, and legislative - serve as an essential check on an executive leader's unchecked and uncontested power. The executive branch has grown at the expense of...
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Incumbents enjoy many advantages when they seek reelection, but their
distinct disadvantages (such as not fulfilling promises or staying
within the status quo) are ripe weaknesses for opposing candidates to
knock them down. Studying the US's Barack Obama, Ukraine's Volodymyr
Zelensky, and France's Emmanuel Macron, among many other candidates,
political strategist Louis Perron, PhD, describes tactics to assess the
strength of the incumbent, the...
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“Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win” tells the fascinating true story of an individual radical organizer turned independent Chicago city council member, and her forty year struggle for justice in Chicago.
Helen Shiller went from radical anti-war activist in Wisconsin, to a member of a collective of white allies of the Black Panther Party in Chicago, to an elected city council person who helped break the back of the racialized opposition to Harold...
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Elephant and Piggie books volume 4
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.7 - AR Pts: 1
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56 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Attending her first party, Piggie follows "party expert" Gerald the elephant's advice on what to wear, with surprising results.
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