Political Science - General

While economic inequality has risen in every affluent democracy in North America and Western Europe, the last three decades have also been characterized by falling or stagnating levels of state-led economic redistribution. Why have democratically accountable governments not done more to distribute top-income shares...

The Recollections of Sir James Bacon, a leading light in the evolution of English law during the 19th century, casts an unexpectedly amusing and high-spirited light on turbulent times. Celebrated in his maturity as a witty judge whose decisions were rarely challenged, he was...

The Energy Wake-Up Call for AmericansThe Russian invasion of Ukraine is a wake-up call to America: Climate change activists are leading our country down the wrong energy path.The obsessive, all-in stance in favor of renewables has rendered Europe's economy and national security vulnerable to...

This work raises questions on whether and how to effectively resolve conflict. Taking stock of the ideas, assumptions and practices of this emerging field, the book provides an examination of conflict theory and practice, focusing on politics and international relations, as well as biology,...

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The volume approaches the relations between China and the Catholic Church in a quite comprehensive and unprejudiced way. Its approach is new since it clarifies the root of the persistent antagonism of both the imperial and republican Chinese Authorities toward the Catholic Church: no...

Iskander Rehman engages in a detailed examination of the history of protracted warfare, with the aim of reaching a more nuanced and wide-ranging understanding of contemporary Sino-US security competition.Author: Iskander RehmanISBN-10: 1032734779ISBN-13: 9781032734774Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/09/2023Pages: 200Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.43d

These essays relate philosophical questions about the meaning and justification of toleration to debates about such issues as religious freedom, racial discrimination, pornography and censorship. Author: John HortonISBN-10: 0415645980ISBN-13: 9780415645980Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/13/2012Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.41d

In elegant and often hilarious prose, Kunstler depicts our nation's evolution from the Pilgrim settlements to the modern auto suburb in all its ghastliness. The Geography of Nowhere tallies up the huge economic, social, and spiritual costs that America is paying for its car-crazed...

Balanced regional development aims at economic development of a region along with creation of gainful employment. As economic development takes place, a shift in structure of the economy and employment is experienced resulting into restructuring of employment generation capacities of the economic sectors. However,...

China is in the midst of unprecedented economic transformation. Fundamental legal reform accompanies these changes as the govern-ment promotes the rule of law. Foreign lawyers have played a critical role in this process, working toward greater transparency in China's legal system. This book examines...

The new Zapatistas in Chiapas have served as a catalyst for revolutionary indigenous movements across Mexico, pioneering a new model of resistance and posing a powerful threat to the stability of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Homage to Chiapas vividly depicts the...

David Hume penned this enquiry in the 1700s, anticipating many of the arguments of skeptics, empiricists, and atheists by centuries.Author: David HumeISBN-10: 1731702035ISBN-13: 9781731702036Publisher: Simon & BrownLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/30/2018Pages: 192Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

In this unique book first published in 1916, Romanian Jew ALEXANDER AARONSOHN documents for the world the struggle that went on in Palestine during the early years of the Zionist movement, when his parents helped found the village of Zicron-Jacob and worked to transform...

In Philip H. Pollock III and Barry C. Edwards' trusted IBM SPSS(R) workbook, students dive headfirst into actual political data and work with a software tool that prepares them not only for future political science research, but the job world as well. Students learn...

Barack Obama, rock star, the new "Jubilee", a prophecy fulfilled, the hope of a people forgotten or a man whose time has come: you will be the judge. I was inspired to write this book when I realized that Senator Hillary Clinton, a woman,...

Go with the author on his political adventures as he leads the unsophisticated in their efforts to make political changes He starts with the analysis of a political idea and proceeds through its victorious completion.Author: Al HortonISBN-10: 1403342334ISBN-13: 9781403342331Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/13/2002Pages:...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

The United States Army Publishing Directorate is the Army's leader in publishing and delivering informational products worldwide. Their main mission is to supply official authenticated information to enhance the readiness of the total force. Some product topics include: Army Regulations, Engineering Technical Manuals, Administrative...

The NASA Technical Reports Servcr (NTRS) houses half a million publications that are a valuable means of information to researchers, teachers, students, and the general public. These documents are all aerospace related with much scientific and technical information created or funded by NASA. Some...

The 109th Congress is considering issues related to the public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the national forests managed by the Forest Service (FS). The Administration is addressing issues through budgetary, regulatory, and other actions. Several key issues of...

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific organization created in 1879, and is part of the U.S. government. Their scientists explore our environment and ecosystems, to determine the natural dangers we are facing. The agency has over 10,000 employees that collect, monitor,...

The Gilman mining district, known also in the past as the Red Cliff district, is in the mountains of southeastern Eagle County, west-central Colorado. The district is the leading source of zinc in Colorado and one of the major base-metal mining districts in the...

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE, also sometimes shortened to CoE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Defense and a major Army command made up of some 38,000 civilian and military personnel, making it the world's largest public engineering,...

This report describes the methodology and results of an investigation into the source, mechanism, and solutions for radiofrequency (RF) interference to WSR-88D Next-Generation Weather Radars (NEXRADs). It shows that the interference source is nearby base stations transmitters in the Broadband Radio Service (BRS) and...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) releases many records with topics ranging from Anti-War, Gangs Extremist Groups, Organized Crime, Supreme Court, World War II and many more. Included are several older files but also many new updated unreleased files; this is one of those...

Objectives include: a) Describe the organization of recovery force command and control and landing areas; b) Describe the function and timeline use of the Earth Landing System (ELS); c) Describe Stable 1 vs Stable 2 landing configurations and the function of the Command Module...

The NASA Technical Reports Servcr (NTRS) houses half a million publications that are a valuable means of information to researchers, teachers, students, and the general public. These documents are all aerospace related with much scientific and technical information created or funded by NASA. Some...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

The National Park Service (NPS) was formed on August 25, 1916, and is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. The National Park Service publishes various reports and documents...

Title: The Felon's Track: a narrative of '48. Embracing the leading events in the Irish struggle from the year 1843 to the close of 1848 ... Second edition. Edited by M. J. Doheny.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library...

The BiblioGov Project is an effort to expand awareness of the public documents and records of the U.S. Government via print publications. In broadening the public understanding of government and its work, an enlightened democracy can grow and prosper. Ranging from historic Congressional Bills...

The BiblioGov Project is an effort to expand awareness of the public documents and records of the U.S. Government via print publications. In broadening the public understanding of government and its work, an enlightened democracy can grow and prosper. Ranging from historic Congressional Bills...

The BiblioGov Project is an effort to expand awareness of the public documents and records of the U.S. Government via print publications. In broadening the public understanding of government and its work, an enlightened democracy can grow and prosper. Ranging from historic Congressional Bills...

The BiblioGov Project is an effort to expand awareness of the public documents and records of the U.S. Government via print publications. In broadening the public understanding of government and its work, an enlightened democracy can grow and prosper. Ranging from historic Congressional Bills...

The BiblioGov Project is an effort to expand awareness of the public documents and records of the U.S. Government via print publications. In broadening the public understanding of government and its work, an enlightened democracy can grow and prosper. Ranging from historic Congressional Bills...

The BiblioGov Project is an effort to expand awareness of the public documents and records of the U.S. Government via print publications. In broadening the public understanding of government and its work, an enlightened democracy can grow and prosper. Ranging from historic Congressional Bills...

""The Scots in Eastern and Western Prussia"" is a historical book written by Thomas A. Fischer in 1903. The book focuses on the Scottish migration to Prussia during the 16th and 17th centuries, and their impact on the economy, culture, and politics of the...

This book explores the manifold ways that the current confrontations between China and the US, and political tensions within the Special Administrative Region has brought Hong Kong to the forefront of emerging political frictions between Beijing and the territory and growing international rivalry between...

On the eve of the First World War, two iconoclastic young journalists, H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan, were offered the co-editorship of The Smart Set, a New-York based magazine with literary ambitions. During their nine years as co-editors, from 1914 until 1923,...

Why do some national movements use violent protest and others nonviolent protest? Wendy Pearlman shows that much of the answer lies inside movements themselves. Nonviolent protest requires coordination and restraint, which only a cohesive movement can provide. When, by contrast, a movement is fragmented,...

This fascinating historical study explores the impact of the Great Exhibition of 1851 on the West of England, including the cities of Bristol, Bath, and Exeter. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including local newspapers, private diaries, and government reports, the book provides...

In this thrilling work of historical non-fiction, author Henry C. Watson highlights some of the most daring and heroic acts undertaken by individuals during the American Revolution. Watson focuses on lesser-known figures from the period, presenting a fresh perspective on the bravery and sacrifice...

New technological advancements have always changed the way society and human relationships work. New affordances created by technological tools inevitable modify and affect the way people interact with such tools, as well as with one another, and with the world within which this technology...

The United States of America reigns as the most powerful economic nation on the planet. That's because our incredible level of freedom has liberated our creative talents, empowering us to pursue work, innovation, and enterprise. Modern governments, however, have departed from this freedom-embracing principle...