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Molenda M: American Democracy at Risk

American Democracy at Risk

Ninety-One Threats We Face Today

Demokratiebildung

Seit einigen Jahren weitet sich der Diskurs um Demokratiebildung und politische Bildung in Gesellschaft, Politik und Wissenschaft aus. Dabei scheint unklar, was darunter jeweils gemeint ist und in welchem Verhältnis Demokratiebildung und politische Bildung zueinander stehen. Das Buch unternimmt Klärungsversuche aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln (politische Theorie, Bildungstheorie, historisch, diskursanalytisch, empirisch, institutionsanalytisch) und beleuchtet Bildungs(un)möglichkeiten für Demokratiebildung und politische Bildung in pädagogischen Institutionen. Die Autor:innen waren Mitglied des DFG-Netzwerks zur Bestimmung des Verhältnisses von Demokratiebildung und politischer Bildung.

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Seit einigen Jahren weitet sich der Diskurs um Demokratiebildung und politische Bildung in Gesellschaft, Politik und Wissenschaft aus. Dabei scheint unklar, was darunter jeweils gemeint ist und in welchem Verhältnis Demokratiebildung und politische Bildung zueinander stehen. Das Buch unternimmt Klärungsversuche aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln (politische Theorie, Bildungstheorie, historisch, diskursanalytisch, empirisch, institutionsanalytisch) und beleuchtet Bildungs(un)möglichkeiten für Demokratiebildung und politische Bildung in pädagogischen Institutionen. Die Autor:innen waren Mitglied des DFG-Netzwerks zur Bestimmung des Verhältnisses von Demokratiebildung und politischer Bildung.

Demokratiebildung und politische Bildung

Reciprocity begins with a simple but unsettling question: why have we come to believe that human beings are naturally self-interested, competitive and acquisitive? This galvanising, perspective-shifting book dismantles the myth of Homo economicus to show us the way towards a world whose realities align with our true selves.Drawing on a variety of disciplines, including anthropology, evolutionary biology, economics and social epidemiology, Richard Wilkinson demonstrates that the characteristics which we assume to be our human nature are in fact effects of the market societies we live in. He traces how various systems of exchange have created profoundly different forms of social life throughout the course of history, shaping our behaviours, motivations, and the kinds of people we become. Though it may often feel like it, the avarice and oppressions that defines the twenty-first century are not an unchangeable reality we simply have to live with.The book explains why inequality, status competition and consumerism hold so much power over us and reveals the depths to which these forces are entwined with the ever-rising crises of mental illness, political polarisation and environmental destruction. Rather than asking how we can make individuals behave better, it makes a compelling case for restructuring our societies to make life happier, meaningful and more fulfilling for one and all.Rigorously researched, bracingly practical and full of passion and hope in equal measure, Reciprocity offers a bold reinterpretation of the world we live in. It equips us with the necessary tools to look beyond and remake it in our very own, amiably human image.

Reclaiming Our Humanity from the Market

Reciprocity

A provocative exposé of how our attention, behavior, and desires have been co-opted by the “choice box”—a curated set of options that offer a false sense of agency while funneling us down pre-determined paths controlled by a select few Choice boxes are all around us, but chances are you’ve never noticed them. Every time you click on a recommended video, rate an Uber driver, run a Google search, or invest in your 401k, you may think you’re the one calling the shots—but in reality, you’re limited to making the choices that a corporation wants you to make. Today, structured decision-making governs our lives to such an extent that we hardly see it at all. But who designs these choices, and whose interests do they serve? In Choose Your Captivity, historian Eli Cook introduces readers to the choice architects who first built these boxes and trapped us inside—from the maze-building eugenicist who invented the multiple-choice test to the marketing gurus who sold off our supermarket shelves to a few ultra-processed food giants. In less than a generation, architects like these have transformed a handful of online platforms into the richest businesses in the world. And by determining our options, controlling our actions, and even shaping our identities, they have laid the groundwork&nbsp;for the winner-takes-all game of digital capitalism that dominates us today. In a society built around the promise of free choice and personal responsibility, Cook argues, these hidden architects might just have the greatest power of all. A propulsive and vivid history, Choose Your Captivity opens readers’ eyes to the immense power of the choice box—and how to escape it.

A provocative exposé of how our attention, behavior, and desires have been co-opted by the “choice box”—a curated set of options that offer a false sense of agency while funneling us down pre-determined paths controlled by a select few Choice boxes are all around us, but chances are you’ve never noticed them. Every time you click on a recommended video, rate an Uber driver, run a Google search, or invest in your 401k, you may think you’re the one calling the shots—but in reality, you’re limited to making the choices that a corporation wants you to make. Today, structured decision-making governs our lives to such an extent that we hardly see it at all. But who designs these choices, and whose interests do they serve? In Choose Your Own Captivity, historian Eli Cook introduces readers to the choice architects who first built these boxes and trapped us inside—from the maze-building eugenicist who invented the multiple-choice test to the marketing gurus who sold off our supermarket shelves to a few ultra-processed food giants. In less than a generation, architects like these have transformed a handful of online platforms into the richest businesses in the world. And by determining our options, controlling our actions, and even shaping our identities, they have laid the groundwork&nbsp;for the winner-takes-all game of digital capitalism that dominates us today. In a society built around the promise of free choice and personal responsibility, Cook argues, these hidden architects might just have the greatest power of all. A propulsive and vivid history, Choose Your Own Captivity opens readers’ eyes to the immense power of the choice box—and how to escape it.

How Corporations Built Our Choices and Sold Our Freedom

Choose Your Captivity

Modern Studies in European Law

Structural Principles of EU Law

Freemasonry and Democracy: Its Evolution in North America

The Masonic Book Club, Vol. 28A

A riveting narrative account of how prediction markets are changing our world and transforming the very nature of democracy."In The Big Bet, Michael Auerbach explores the past, present, and future of the prediction market ... This is a dazzling and entertaining book ... But it is also an urgent warning about what we might gamble away if we become a society that wagers on everything." -Patrick Radden Keefe, #1 New York Times bestselling author of London FallingIn recent years, prediction markets have swept the world, fundamentally changing the nature of gambling and making their youthful pioneers billionaires. Quickly outpacing traditional political polling in accuracy, these markets have made headlines for portending shocking events-from Donald Trump's 2024 victory over Kamala Harris to the capture of Nicolas Maduro. But are these markets really a new phenomenon? And what does it mean when those tasked with safeguarding democracy hold financial stakes in its volatility?From wagers on papal conclaves in Renaissance Rome to the Pentagon's ill-fated terrorism futures exchange to blockchain-based betting on Polymarket today, The Big Bet tells the gripping five-hundred-year story of this unregulated, multibillion dollar industry.As Auerbach shows, prediction markets are not an anomaly-they are the logical endpoint of a society that applies market capitalism to every aspect of life. Facing a world where everything is a wager and nothing is off limits, The Big Bet urges us to ask: What happens when democracy becomes another commodity?

Prediction Markets and the Future of Democracy

The Big Bet

How States Can Counter Authoritarianism

Fight Back

Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award How 1,000 years of global history show why technological and economic progress is often followed by stagnation and even collapse In How Progress Ends, Carl Benedikt Frey challenges the conventional belief that economic and technological progress is inevitable. For most of human history, stagnation was the norm, and even today progress and prosperity in the world's largest, most advanced economies--the United States and China--have fallen short of expectations. To appreciate why we cannot depend on any AI-fueled great leap forward, Frey offers a remarkable and fascinating journey across the globe, spanning the past 1,000 years, to explain why some societies flourish and others fail in the wake of rapid technological change. By examining key historical moments--from the rise of the steam engine to the dawn of AI--Frey shows why technological shifts have shaped, and sometimes destabilized, entire civilizations. He explores why some leading technological powers of the past--such as Song China, the Dutch Republic, and Victorian Britain--ultimately lost their innovative edge, why some modern nations such as Japan had periods of rapid growth followed by stagnation, and why planned economies like the Soviet Union collapsed after brief surges of progress. Frey uncovers a recurring tension in history: while decentralization fosters the exploration of new technologies, bureaucracy is crucial for scaling them. When institutions fail to adapt to technological change, stagnation inevitably follows. Only by carefully balancing decentralization and bureaucracy can nations innovate and grow over the long term--findings that have worrying implications for the United States, Europe, China, and other economies today. Through a rich narrative that weaves together history, economics, and technology, How Progress Ends reveals that managing the future requires us to draw the right lessons from the past.

Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations

How Progress Ends

On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the Venice Commission - the Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional matters - this open access book examines its evolution and impact, highlighting both its achievements and the challenges ahead.Bringing together leading and emerging constitutional law scholars in dialogue with current and former members of the Venice Commission, the volume explores how the Commission has evolved from an experts' body established to assist Central and Eastern European countries in constitution-making during their transition to democracy into a key player in shaping constitutional standards worldwide. At a time when the principles of democracy and the rule of law are increasingly under threat and disregarded at a global level, the book reflects on the Venice Commission's achievements to draw insights into how it can continue to fulfil its mission of strengthening and protecting democracy and the rule of law.The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Council of Europe.

Evolution, Challenges, and Future Trajectories

The Venice Commission

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR The Right has spent decades trying to win elections. The Left has spent decades deciding who controls everything else.In How the Regime Rules, New York Times bestselling author Christopher F. Rufo delivers his most explosive work yet, exposing the hidden architecture of American power and revealing a battle plan for the New Right to dismantle it.The Regime is not a conspiracy. It is something far more formidable—a sprawling network of Deep State bureaucrats, media gatekeepers, university administrators, corporate executives, and ideological enforcers who dictate what Americans can say, what they are permitted to believe, and who gets destroyed for stepping out of line. Its reach is ubiquitous, its accountability virtually nonexistent. And for decades, conservatives have mistaken capitulation for statesmanship. Rufo demolishes the comforting fiction that institutions can be neutral, that the marketplace of ideas is fair, or that the Right can simply retreat from the contest for influence. The system is not broken. It is functioning precisely as its architects intended.Rufo knows how to expose the machinery and dismantle it. He transformed DEI from an untouchable orthodoxy into a political liability. He propelled allegations of Somali welfare fraud into the national spotlight. He identified structural vulnerabilities, punctured manufactured consensus, and demonstrated how seemingly impregnable bastions of authority can be forced onto the defensive. Now he reveals the playbook. From Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty to dismantling ideological strongholds in higher education, Rufo uncovers the mechanics of political domination. How narratives harden into unquestionable truths, how elites perpetuate their own authority, and how disciplined insurgents can upend an entire political order.Rufo agrees with the Left on one fundamental point: Every institution is an instrument of a particular vision of society. In How the Regime Rules, he argues that conservatives must stop mistaking political restraint for moral superiority, cultivate a formidable counter-elite, and master the levers of influence that shape American life.The Regime has perfected the art of ruling without appearing to rule. Now Rufo turns its own methods against it, showing the Right how to reclaim America's commanding heights and chart a new course for the country.

In How the Regime Rules, New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rufo delivers a bold, unflinching examination of how America’s founding spirit was transformed—and, in his telling, betrayed—by the rise of modern bureaucratic power.In How the Regime Rules, Christopher F. Rufo—the New York Times bestselling author who nuked Critical Race Theory, gutted DEI in corporate boardrooms, put Somali fraud on the map, and toppled the president of Harvard—delivers his most explosive work yet: a manifesto for the evolving right and a scorched-earth blueprint to shatter the invisible power structure that now governs America.We all know the Regime. It’s the interlocking web of the Deep State bureaucracy, biased media, corrupted academia, and corporate middle managers that enforces conformity, doles out status to favorites, and crushes dissent. Instead of ruling by winning elections, the Regime rules through cultural capture—dictating what you are allowed to say, think, and believe. Rufo strips back the curtain on their operation, turning the Left’s own playbook against them to show how a radical minority seized the commanding heights of American life. He tracks the bureaucratic rot that traded our founding spirit for a system of managed decline, from the administrative state’s silent coup to the ideological hijacking of our elite institutions.But the time for grievance-filled exposés is past. Now is the time to build real, lasting political power.The old GOP establishment failed because it spent decades begging for a seat at the Regime’s table—only to be mocked, then discarded. The "New Right" too often gets distracted by petty revenge and backward-looking saltiness. Rufo rejects both. Instead, he offers a high-energy, forward-looking vision: building a counter-elite that is rooted in real community, culturally dominant, relentlessly entrepreneurial, and unapologetically patriotic—just like the Founding Fathers. Patriots are already building independent businesses, parallel media ecosystems, homeschool networks, and tech startups that operate entirely outside the Regime’s thumb. Rufo provides a practical counterrevolution roadmap—dismantling the power of bloated bureaucracies, purging left-wing racialism from federal agencies, restoring merit in our universities, and shifting the fight from pure culture wars to the economic realities of the working man. Build it well—make it vibrant, profitable, and bold—and the American people will follow in droves.How the Regime Rules moves us past easy wins or empty nostalgia. It equips us with the strategy, tactics, and spirit required for total national reconstruction. Drawing on his hard-won victories and a cold-blooded analysis of how power actually works, Rufo shows how a new generation can seize the initiative, recapture the American spirit, and restore self-government.

And the Art of Counter-Revolution

How the Regime Rules

Professional Practice in Governance and Public Organizations

This book examines how governance structures shape incentives, behavior, and long-term investment, arguing that the quality of governance is the primary determinant of prosperity and liberty. It explains how political power operates, why inclusive democracies tend to outperform autocracies, and how institutional frameworks can leverage technology to automate enforcement.&nbsp;Drawing on institutional economics, mechanism design, game theory, and systems engineering, the book reframes constitutional design as an engineering problem rather than an ideological debate. Instead of prescribing specific policy decisions, it proposes a framework for constructing rules and constitutional provisions that reliably produce better collective decisions.&nbsp;Moving from theory to practice, the book offers a rigorous blueprint for scholars, policymakers, reformers, and technologists seeking to improve governance. It provides concrete tools for institutional reform, including an AI-based adjudication system and a “smart constitution” deployable on a blockchain to govern political transitions and establish legitimate interim governments. It also proposes a zero-trust constitutional framework that assumes adversarial behavior by public officials.&nbsp;

From Theories to Codes

Better Governance

The book analyzes in depth selected contemporary U.S., Canadian and European landmark and other cases illustrating the nature and impact of the legal regime that undermines child human rights empowerment in many Westerm democracies. The objectives in writing this book are to (i) encourage a re-evaluation of the legal regime that fosters the erosion of the notion of children as autonomous holders of fundamental human rights and not but subjects with weak derivative rights stemming from parental or family rights; (ii) highlight the courts' proper role in a democracy of protecting child and youth human rights empowerment and to (iii) contribute to fostering an evolution in the historical notion of the court's patris patriae doctrine as including the protection and strengthening of child autonomous fundamental human rights and child empowerment. Ultimately then the book highlights through the child rights domain the significant role the courts must and should play in strengthening democratic values and principles.

A Comparative Perspective

Judicial Oppression of Child Rights in Democratic States and by International Human Rights Bodies

American Democracy at Risk

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