Political Science - General

Many good people were drawn into situations that didn't reflect who they truly are. This book is for those starting to wonder how it happened-and how to find their way back home to themselves.Through gentle questions, reflective stories, and solid psychological insight, Ray Hoskins...

Our most trusted institutions - government, media, education, economic, medical, judicial, and corporate powers - have betrayed the public trust. We are living in a time of great deception - and great awakening. Across the world, people are rising to confront the lies that...

Most people don't disengage because they don't care. They disengage because caring becomes exhausting.From Apathy to Activism is not a call to outrage, ideology, or constant urgency. It is a clear-eyed examination of how people move from withdrawal to participation-and, more importantly, what allows...

Corruption is not a modern discovery. It has existed as long as systems have existed. Every civilization that concentrated authority also concentrated incentives to abuse it. What is new is the level of tolerance we now extend toward it-and how seamlessly it has blended...

Rev. Dr. Victor Fakondo Sr. is a Sierra Leonean-born scholar, pastor, and social justice advocate. With decades of pastoral leadership and academic engagement, he has been a vocal proponent for healing, reconciliation, and peace in post-conflict societies. His experiences as a community leader, educator,...

When Courage Counts: A Chronicle of Those Who Defended Democracy When It Mattered MostWhen courage counts, silence is not an option. In moments when democratic institutions are tested, history is shaped not by comfort, but by conviction. When Courage Counts is a compelling chronicle...

Introduction and conclusion that emphasize the theory of local/global class struggles and urban commoning. They work out an open Marxian-inspired methodology. More up to date than many specialized social movement readers/collections. Less focused on established movements and organizations (as the social movement studies of...

Colin Crouch argues that at the base of all political conflicts are struggles over which types of people should be included in and which excluded from various rights, including the right to exist at all within a particular society. This is more fundamental than...

Access Day: Building a Framework for Rural Health Equity in New York State is Volume 1 of the Rural Equity Blueprint Series (REBS) published by The SozoRock Foundation, Albany, New York.The Rural Equity Blueprint Series establishes a practical model for strengthening readiness, literacy, and...

Assimilation of Immigrants in the Mosaic Land offers an insightful exploration of the challenges faced by African immigrants and other minorities as they navigate the complexities of assimilating into American culture. Through personal experiences and reflections, Dr. Victor H. Fakondo Sr. sheds light on...

What Would An Ideal State Really Look Like?Certainly not like the nations we see around us today! But as G. K. Chesterton once famously remarked: "The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried."Which invites...

A Visual Guide to Understanding and Defeating MarxismIn classrooms, newsrooms, boardrooms, and everyday conversations, the word "Marxism" is popping up more than ever. Yet many people don't understand what Marxism is, how it works, or how it has been quietly eroding Western culture for...

In this thought-provoking exploration, we delve into the controversial question: Did Nelson Mandela betray the ANC revolution? Through a multifaceted lens, the book examines Mandela's journey from a fierce anti-apartheid activist to South Africa's first black president, scrutinizing the compromises he made along the...

This book is about the same 'series'-no 'IF' or 'BUT' series. What really will happen when you die? My teaching will make born-again and religious church peoples rethink their thinking about everything they have already heard from their church leaders. I will also tell...

The 1990s were a decade that changed Britain forever. From Britpop to Blair, Spice Girls to Sky News, it was an era of swagger, contradiction, and transformation. Beneath the headlines and slogans, everyday life was shifting: mobile phones and email arrived in handbags and...

Three teenagers stood in the schoolyard across from the village store as the sun faded. A loud whooshing filled the air before a massive creature flew past, its wingspan nearly 30 feet and tail as long as a boy's height. Later, another girl mistook...

This book explores the increasingly significant role of cities in the European Union's foreign policy, with a focus on EU-China relations. Analysing theoretical foundations, empirical data, and a survey of 745 cities, the authors provide unparalleled insights into the practices, challenges, and transformative potential...

This work analyzes four case studies: George H.W. Bush's approach to the conflict with Iraq (stemming from Iraq's invasion of Kuwait), Bill Clinton's approach to the conflict with North Korea over its nuclear program, George W. Bush's approach to the ongoing conflict with Iraq...

This book is a powerful chronicle of Sri Lanka's violent and complex history-an unflinching exploration of two centuries marked by oppression, rebellion, and survival. From the fall of the Kandyan Kingdom in 1815 and the imposition of British colonial rule to the bloody insurrections...

How many faces do coins have? If you answered two, then this book is for you. In it, the author explores the "third face" of coins--that extra aspect that often goes unnoticed. Here are twelve topics social, political, and philosophical--that have that third side...

Immigration: The Lines We Draw examines the legal, historical, and human dimensions of immigration in the modern world.Author and legal strategist Jonathan P. Saunders takes readers on a nonpartisan exploration of how immigration policy shapes the identity of a nation. Through the lens of...

As political science instructors have increasingly turned to games and simulations in the classroom to educate and engage their students, scholars have worked not only to demonstrate their effectiveness, but also to justify their use to occasionally skeptical colleagues. With instructional time always at...

IMMIGRANTS DON'T EAT DOGS OR CATSSymbiosis of Migration: Humans and Non-Humans One Shared JourneyBy Omar AlbarracínWhat if I told you that migration isn't a tragedy, but a profound act of evolutionary intelligence shared between species?"Immigrants Don't Eat Dogs or Cats" is a powerful essay...

This volume contains the full text of the "Constitution Adopted by the State Constitutional Convention of the State of Louisiana, March 7, 1868." This historical document provides a crucial snapshot of Louisiana during the Reconstruction Era, reflecting the profound political and social changes occurring...

Showing Up for Democracy: How Small Actions Create Big Change in Your Community and BeyondDo you want to feel empowered-not overwhelmed-by today's political landscape? Showing Up for Democracy is an engaging and optimistic guide that proves even small actions can make a real difference,...

The thing we have to do is stop it. This is what people who opposed the evil of slavery knew. This is what people who opposed the lynchings of black citizens knew. This is what those who opposed the genocide of the Vietnamese by...

In Pills and Politics: Americans' Struggle for Affordable Medication, this book navigates the complex, often unsettling terrain of America's prescription drug crisis. It unpacks the forces behind soaring pharmaceutical prices, revealing a web of industry practices, political dependencies, and systemic barriers that place life-saving...

A change in political leadership led Joseph Newcome to a shocking revelation: Social Security is under attack. What he discovered resulted in the writing of his first book, titled: IN BAD FAITH - The Republican Plan to Destroy Social Security. Everyone who receives Social...

Lockdown is a poignant and gripping book that chronicles the awe-inspiring journey of Muslim Women amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic. It artfully captures the timeless and historic events that unfolded around the world, including the heartrending story of George Floyd and the unprecedented experience...

There are hundreds of books out there, written by people we know. Media personalities, politicians and former government officials. Their story, depending on which former administration they worked for or which cable news network they frequent will reinforce what one side or the other...

The Platform Prince: Power, Loyalty, and Exile in the Techno-Feudal AgeIn the age of infinite feeds, collapsing trust, and algorithmic control, sovereignty has not disappeared it has migrated. The Platform Prince is a modern political treatise for a new kind of ruler: one who...

The Social Security Administration, in conjunction with the Bureau of Fiscal Service (U.S.Treasury), dispenses Social Security payments on debit cards if recipients do not have bank accounts or simply choose to use the debit card (which is highly promoted by Social Security). Most of...

The Politics of Aristotle is the second part of the treatise written by Aristotle, of which Ethics is the first part. Aristotle believed that Politics follows Ethics as a general rule. He believed that Ethics are necessary for a human being to live a...

'Communication' has become one of the most vibrant areas of current research on medieval and early modern Europe, almost paralleling the heightened popularity of conflict study since the 1980s. However, the nature of this concept seems to be ambiguous and has been defined with...

The northern territories of the former Soviet Union remain an under-researched and thus under-represented region in European studies, even though an understanding of the political, social and economic forces shaping these new nation states is of importance to the stability of Europe as a...

The Philippine Research Colloqium series offer highly specialized works from the Philippine humanities and social sciences.In many cases, these are award-winning dissertations by promising young scientists.Author: Alexis Belarmino,Angelito Y. Aviles,Jhon Vincent M. AvelinoISBN-10: 3962030514ISBN-13: 9783962030513Publisher: Galda VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/11/2018Pages: 148Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 9.21h x...

Collection of biographies of celebrated inventors, mechanics, and iron-workers - the founders of the modern industry of Britain. Contains chapters on the Darbys of Coalbrookdale, Dud Dudley, James Nasmyth and many more. Samuel Smiles gives a wonderful historic overview on the British iron and...

Communities need a holistic approach to address the problems that affect the people at the grass root. The planning of the direct beneficiaries involves decentralization in order to allow the lower power centers to widely take part in the development of society. Concerns of...

The Western Balkan countries are characterized by an entanglement of different national, ethnic and religious groups. Within all Balkan states, nationalist rivalries have been and are exploited by political leaders as a propaganda tool when faced with internal unrest or unpopularity. Yet, the proximity...

This new book on Bangladesh development, civil society, climate change gives a new insight into the debate of development in Bangladesh. There goes a saying in Bengali-'Goriber bou sobar bhabi' ("Wife of powerless is considered as ready to be taken to bed anytime by...

The book presents the processes of de-bordering and re-bordering in Europe with a special focus on state exclaves. It investigates manifestations of togetherness and separateness of territorial units, analyzed from their edges, taking exclaves as examples. Both theoretical considerations and case studies are included....

The acceleration of European integration has resulted in practices of commemorating, marking, and visualizing borders; of stressing national and regional differences and of symbolically delimiting territories. This has been visible on both state and regional levels. The aim of this book is to analyze...

(Un)Making the Monarchy offers a kaleidoscopic view on the British monarchy -- an institution that today seems integral, almost inevitable, to the British political system and the very texture of Britishness/Englishness. The contributions in this volume seek to historicise, contextualise, and politicise such dominant...

Die Schriftenreihe "Thematicon" prasentiert Ergebnisse der interdisziplinaren Forschung aus den Bereichen Kulturwissenschaft, Recht, Politologie, Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Umweltschutz und Raumordnung. Einen besonderen Schwerpunkt bilden hier Probleme der Kommunikation zwischen Kulturen und sozialen Strukturen.Das Collegium Polonicum, eine grenzuberschreitende Einrichtung der Adam-Mickiewicz-Universitat Poznan und der Europa-Universitat Viadrina Frankfurt...

Irish Society and London companies (Irish estates) is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1890. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a...

The Irish Ecclesiastical Record - Vol. 11 XI, January to June, 1902 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1864. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition,...

Author: Tikiri AgalewatteISBN-10: 363905587XISBN-13: 9783639055870Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Language: EnglishPublished: 09/30/2008Pages: 316Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.93lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d

Elements of Military Science is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we...

Recent developments have witnessed the emergence of civil society as a major development actor whose potentials and capacity, especially in Africa, are often taken for granted and treated as limitless. A critical assessment of some of these structures (NGOs, religious organisations, trade unions, home-based...

A very intense (socially and politically) book. Jack London, obviously influenced by Karl Marx's & Friedrich Engels' "Communist Manifesto" writes his youth story in a cruel U.S.A. during difficult times.Author: Jack LondonISBN-10: 1984908588ISBN-13: 9781984908582Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/31/2018Pages: 170Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 7.99h...