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The twelve chapters of Another Artworld: Pursuing New Organisational Modes embody a critical analysis of artistic creation and its public in the contemporary art world while exploring ways to overcome the de facto dictum of entrepreneurship in the global art markets. These essays, written...

Published in 1910 as part of the United States National Monetary Commission's investigation into banking systems around the world, this book provides a thorough analysis of the Canadian banking system in the early 20th century. Written by economist and financial expert Joseph French Johnson,...

Lee Harvey Oswald was a $300 a month federal undercover informant. Under the name A. Hidell, he warned in writing both the Dallas Police and the FBI that the JFK murder would occur on November 22, 1963. He did not know the hour or...

Embark on a thought-provoking journey through the complex dynamics of Israel-Palestine discourse, as this compelling exploration delves into the impact of dominant rhetoric on negating Palestinian history and identity. Uncover the nuanced boundaries of political speech within American Jewish discourse regarding Israel, exploring who...

Hamas and International Relations: Allies and Alliances" offers readers a deep understanding of the global significance of Hamas in the 21st century. It serves as an essential resource for scholars, policymakers, and anyone seeking to comprehend the complex interplay between regional conflicts, international politics,...

Title: Intersectionality in Criminology Book Description: In a world that is increasingly recognizing the complexities of human identity and social justice, "Intersectionality in Criminology" emerges as a groundbreaking exploration of the multifaceted relationships between social identities, crime, and the criminal justice system. This thought-provoking...

This book on Guyana can serve as a useful guide at large for understanding the problem of governance, democracy and society in ethnically divided countries and how to create a framework aimed at solving the problem. From 1950 to the present Guyana has experienced...

Written with eloquence and passionate intelligence . . . [Robert Solomon's] provocative book offers a tool for looking at our actions, our institutions, and the hideously unjust world we inhabit.Author: Robert SolomonISBN-10: 0847680878ISBN-13: 9780847680870Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/12/1995Pages: 346Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 9.00h...

"How can anyone claim to really understand our Constitution without knowing what these critical traditions had to say?"--Michael Wallace, Professor of History, John Jay College."A real contribution to the subject of democracy and liberalism."--John Ehrenberg."Does a marvelous job of returning the Constitution to its...

The dominance of legislatures and statutory law has put an impossible burden on the courts. Guido Calabresi thinks it is time for this country seriously to consider returning to a traditional American judicial-legislative balance in which courts would enlarge the common law and would...

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In 1957, Kerala became the first region in Asia to elect a communist government parliamentary procedure. Dilip Menon's book traces the social history of comunism in Malabar, the bastion of the movement, and looks at how the ideology was transformed into a doctrine of...

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Fascism and Political Theory offers both students and researchers a thematic analysis of fascism, focusing on the structural and ideological links between fascism, capitalism and modernity. Intended as a critical discussion of the origins and development of fascist ideology, each chapter deals with a...

Religion in Rebellions, Revolutions, and Social Movements demonstrates that, while religion is often a social force that maintains, if not legitimates, the socio-political order, it is also a decisive factor in economic, social, and political conflict.Author: Warren S. GoldsteinISBN-10: 1032012412ISBN-13: 9781032012414Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/31/2023Pages:...

Uses a conflict management theme to illustrate state and community politics Politics in States and Communities is distinguished by its focus on politics, its comparative approach, its concern with thorough explanation, its interest in policy, and its focus on conflicts in states and communities....

Negotiated under the World Bank auspices, the Indus Waters Treaty (signed in 1960) settled the water dispute by dividing the Indus Rivers, allocating three Eastern Rivers to India and three Western Rivers to Pakistan. The Treaty worked well for some time but has run...

Ambassador Morgenthau's Story This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting...

In this volume of The ANNALS the editors argue that illegal immigration arose as feature of capitalist globalization in the 20th century. The collected research papers explore the origins of undocumented migration in our contemporary global economy, and show the consequences of so-called illegal...

This book charts the evolution of clientelist practices in several western European countries. Through the historical and comparative analysis of countries as diverse as Sweden and Greece, England and Spain, France and Italy, Iceland and the Netherlands, the authors study both the "supply-side" and...

This volume makes available one of the central texts in the development of utilitarian tradition, in the authoritative 1977 edition prepared by Professors Burns and Hart as part of Bentham's Collected Works. Certain that history was on his side, Bentham sought to rid the...

Americans are feeling insecure. They are retreating to gated communities in record numbers, fearing for their jobs and their 401(k)s, nervous about their health insurance and their debt levels, worrying about terrorist attacks and immigrants. In this innovative volume, editors Hugh Gusterson and Catherine...

Jacques Derrida, one of the most influential, controversial and complex thinkers of our time, has come to be at the centre of many political debates. This is the first book to consider the political implications of Derrida's deconstruction. It is a timely response both...

These fifteen years are as rich as any in American history, rich in incident - the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the civil rights struggle, the antiwar crusade, the opening of China, Watergate, Kennedy's assassination, Johnson's retirement, the fall of Nixon: rich...

Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956) rose from a community of "untouchables," to become a major figure in modern Indian history. Christophe Jaffrelot's biography reconsiders Dr. Ambedkar's life and thought and his unique combination of pragmatism and idealism. Establishing himself as a scholar, activist, journalist,...

A "Manifesto" is a public declaration of policy, values, or goals. It clearly spells out intentions or motives, making the case for change. The MAGA Manifesto is a public declaration of Donald Trump's goals, values, and intentions as defined by his campaign rallies, and...

About the BookMy Exit Interview provides an alternative that completely changes the sales process, creates a sales team concept, makes everyone an owner, and all employees benefit as profits improve. The employees are stakeholders, physically engaged in their work, and no longer Quietly Quitting....

Will tensions and disputes among states sharing international water courses and lakes turn into active conflicts? Addressing this question, the book shows that these concerns are more prominent due to the locations and underlying political dynamics of some of these large rivers and the...

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This book is the first to systematically map the last step of the foreign investor's journey, usually referred to as post-investment, aftercare or business retention and expansion. It provides a wide range of approaches and strategies for host economies to better retain foreign investors,...

While following the probes of foreign individuals into various obscure parts of Southeast Asia over the centuries is a diverting and entertaining pastime, the purpose of this volume is to investigate this past with the mind, to question and postulate upon the historical patterns...

This report examines how technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in Viet Nam can be improved to increase the country's global competitiveness.Following three decades of sustained economic growth, in 2009, Viet Nam graduated to become a lower middle-class country. However, despite ample foreign...

The book offers an exploration and analysis of the ideational motives which drove the establishment of the 'Trilateral Strategic Dialogue' (TSD), a milestone defense framework that was concluded between Japan, Australia and the United States, in March 2006. Among realists the TSD was quickly...

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - Environmental Policy, grade: 1,3, Ewha Womans University, language: English, abstract: This paper analyses why all of the major ODC-producing countries, as well as several developing countries dependent on ODCs for domestic development, "decided...

This book explores the extent to which fuzzy set logic can overcome some of the shortcomings of public choice theory, particularly its inability to provide adequate predictive power in empirical studies. Especially in the case of social preferences, public choice theory has failed to...

Contains comparative and theoretical essays on the legal profession around the world.Author: Richard L. AbelISBN-10: 1587982668ISBN-13: 9781587982668Publisher: Beard BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1989Pages: 576Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.84lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.28d

General employment of toxic munitions in World War I made it necessary for the United States as a belligerent to protect its soldiers against gas attack, and to furnish means for conducting gas warfare. The postwar revulsion against the use of gas in no...

Author: Richard CharninISBN-10: 144908527XISBN-13: 9781449085278Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/24/2010Pages: 456Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.46lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.02d

The complexity of laws is always a controversial issue. Many argue that laws are unduly complex while others assert that the complexity is unavoidable and that so-called legal language has to remain because of hallowed linguistic tradition. As with most things, the answer lies...

This critical engagement with Doreen Massey's ground-breaking work in geographic theory and its relationship to politics features specially commissioned essays from former students and colleagues, as well as the artists, political figures and activists whose thinking she has helped to shape. It seeks to...

American politics is criticized and belittled by media critics and the public, yet the system is held out as a model for the world. The paradox of this simultaneous cynicism and adulation is rooted in the conflict between the human motives that drive politics....

First published in 1651, "Leviathan" is Thomas Hobbes' work of political philosophy in which he outlines his theories on an ideal state and its creation. Written in the middle of the 17th century during the English Civil War, Hobbes' argues that a strong central...

Americans are slowly but certainly moving towards the cemetery of history where many other nations who were once superpower in the past are now buried. These nations died for the same reasons America will die someday: injustice, using force, discrimination, suppression, torture, terrorism, supporting...

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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,...

A selection of available computer programs for modeling flow and water quality in surface water systems is described. The models include programs developed as part of the U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Division hydrologic research activities and others developed by other agencies, universities, and...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Richard Nixon. The agency is charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress. The EPA's struggle to protect health...