Tag: democracy

Have you seen our new Egypt Literature Guide?

So I imagine you’ve heard about this little piece of news to have come out of Egypt recently… Their president Mubarak was in power for 30 years. In that time, there have been many generations of Egyptians who have felt the impact of that regime, and plenty of authors who’ve created works about their experiences.

Leave it to Professor Emeritus and Librarian Andrea Kempf to put together a guide to help you find some of these works. We highly recommend you check out her LibGuide, Egyptian Fiction from in the 20th and Early 21st Century.

It’s almost election time, learn about the process

Not everybody has been happy with how elections have been handled in the 21st century. Ushered in with the 2000 presidential elections and the hanging chads, continuing on to complaints about the voting process in every election since, people are looking at what can be changed.

Today’s book, Reforming the Electoral Process in America by Brian L. Fife, looks at what processes, if any, can be improved to insure a better, easier, and more accurate method of getting the people’s truly selected choice into their office.  It’s a good read for anyone leaning left or right to learn about what takes place in the voting booth, and what could be done better.

And whether you read the book or not, make sure you know where to vote!