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  India's Turn

  Suyash Gupta

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  The decade has clearly seen India regain its mojo with the nation, well on its way to a $5 trillion economy - almost an obligatory pursuit, for the world’s most populous country – a nation of 1.4 billion aspirations. 
  In "India’s Turn: Imperatives for A Prosperous, Bold Nation”, author Suyash Gupta offers a gripping narrative of India's journey - to claim its rightful place in the global world order. 
  Gupta talks about 31 key contexts as pillars, towards India’s emergence as a global leader. He discusses key impact areas like education, public health, energy security and more. He highlights the necessity of pushing structural reforms across several sectors – with a consistent focus to ensure inclusivity, in each policy decision.  
  From governance to infrastructure, the role of leadership, gender equality, youth potential, push for sustainability, smart cities, social and commercial entrepreneurship, and the promise of research and development, the book covers all. 
  Gupta talks about the role of not just the government, but the citizenry as well, in ‘Nation Building’.  
  This must-read book isn't just about identifying challenges; it’s a call to action. Gupta crisply discusses the musts and underlines the need for a shared, progressive vision and that of a collective effort for a brighter, bolder future of a nation in transformation, for - it indeed is, “India’s Turn”. 

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  Addiction Becomes Normal - On...

  Jaeyoon Park

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  Addiction is now seen as an ordinary feature of human nature, an idea that introduces new doubts about the meaning of our desires. 
    
  Over the last forty years, a variety of developments in American science, politics, and culture have reimagined addiction in their own ways, but they share an important understanding: increasingly, addiction is described as normal, the natural result of a body that has been exposed to potent stimuli. This shift in thinking suggests that addiction is a condition latent in all of us, a common response to a society rich in thrills. 
    
  In Addiction Becomes Normal, Jaeyoon Park provides a history and critical analysis of the normalization of addiction in late-modern American society. By exploring addiction science, diagnostic manuals, judicial reform, and public health policy, he shows how seeing addiction as normal has flourished in recent decades and is supported throughout cultural life in the United States by the language of wellness, psychotherapy, and more. Building on Michel Foucault’s depiction of the human figure, Park argues that this shift reflects the emergence of a new American subject, one formed by the accretion of experiences. This view of the human subject challenges the idea that our compulsions reflect our characters, wills, or spirits. For if addiction is an extreme but ordinary attachment, and if compulsive consumption resembles healthy behavior, then desire is no longer an expression of the soul so much as the pursuit of a past reward. A perceptive work of recent history and political theory, Addiction Becomes Normal raises new questions about what it means to be human in America today.

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  Equality and Efficiency: Book...

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  This is a concise summary and analysis of 
  Equality and Efficiency, by Arthur M. Okun.
  It is not the original book and is not affiliated with or endorsed by 
  Arthur M. Okun.
  Ideal those seeking a quick and insightful overview.
   
  "Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff" explores the delicate balance between economic equality and efficiency, a tension that shapes policy decisions and societal outcomes. Through clear, thought-provoking analysis, the book examines how efforts to achieve fairness often come at the cost of productivity and growth, and vice versa. This accessible exploration dives into key economic concepts, social trade-offs, and the challenges of designing systems that promote both justice and prosperity, making it an essential read for those interested in economics, public policy, and social justice.

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  Conservative Principles

  Benjamin Disraeli

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  British politician Benjamin Disraeli gave this speech in 1872. It details the Conservative Party’s platform, which stressed the role that the nobility, church, and House of Commons each plays in government. Disraeli also took the opportunity to criticize the actions of the Liberal Party, which had been in power for the last four years. Conservative policies soon made a comeback, as Disraeli beat out the Liberal opposition to serve as prime minister from 1874-1880.

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  The US Congress - A Very Short...

  Donald A. Ritchie

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  Donald A. Ritchie, a congressional historian for forty years, takes listeners on a fascinating, behind-the-scenes tour of Capitol Hill, pointing out the key players, explaining their behavior, and translating parliamentary language into plain English. He also explores the essential necessity of compromise to accomplish anything significant in the legislative arena. However, recent events show that political polarization has hardened and produced gridlock. The 2020 election also produced a more diverse membership in terms of gender, ethnicity, religion, and ideology, with primary elections resulting in the defeat of moderate candidates, making bipartisan compromise harder to achieve. 
   
   
   
  Among the most significant events, the Senate ignored President Obama's last nomination to the Supreme Court and then adopted a "nuclear option" to streamline future Supreme Court confirmations. The House also twice impeached President Trump, processes that starkly expose the differences between the majority-rule requirements of the House and the super-majority requirements of the Senate. This new edition explains how the parties have changed in light of the unprecedented politics of the past four years, culminating in the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and how this development has affected both the House and the Senate.

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  American Government 3e -...

  Glen Krutz, Sylvie Waskiewicz

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.  
  The OpenStax American Government 3e audio textbook is produced by Audileo, an official OpenStax Technology Partner. The audiobook recording has been created from the December 2024 web version of American Government 3e by OpenStax. 
  American Government 3e aligns with the topics and objectives of many government courses. Faculty involved in the project have endeavored to make government workings, issues, debates, and impacts meaningful and memorable to students while maintaining the conceptual coverage and rigor inherent in the subject. With this objective in mind, the content of this textbook has been developed and arranged to provide a logical progression from the fundamental principles of institutional design at the founding, to avenues of political participation, to thorough coverage of the political structures that constitute American government. The book builds upon what students have already learned and emphasizes connections between topics as well as between theory and applications. The goal of each section is to enable students not just to recognize concepts, but to work with them in ways that will be useful in later courses, future careers, and as engaged citizens. 
  This is an audio adaptation of the American Government 3e by OpenStax, produced by https://audileo.com. You can access the textbook as a PDF for free at openstax.org. Minor editorial changes were made to ensure a better listening experience. Textbook content produced by OpenStax is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Go to https://audileo.com/openstax-american-government-3e-audiobook/ for the latest updates.

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