Political Science - General

In an era marked by political polarization, institutional strain, and global uncertainty, Is Democracy Doomed? confronts one of the most urgent questions of our time. This provocative volume gathers leading scholars from law, political science, and sociology to dissect the fragility and resilience of...

As a result of economic transitions and several societal developments over the past 50 years, residential neighbourhoods have developed from being places where people predominantly live into places where people also work. A growing number of small- and medium-sized firms are located in residential...

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...

This reprint, titled "Social Behaviors in Childhood: Cause and Consequence", offers a groundbreaking exploration of the complex interplay between early social development and lifelong outcomes. Drawing on interdisciplinary research spanning psychology, neuroscience, and education, this reprint provides a comprehensive analysis of the origins, manifestations,...

The Billionaire-Communist China Axis agenda seeks the destruction of Western Culture, of America as a sovereign nation and of individual liberty. Their goal is one-world of puppets in a conspiracy to control money. The middle class and working class are subjected to unrelenting propaganda...

This novel is an illuminating exploration of Iran's socio-political landscape, healthcare challenges, and the vital role of hope in driving transformative change. Drawing from personal experiences and extensive research, Dr. Rahimi presents a compelling narrative that not only critiques the current state of Iran's...

The risks in the later stages of careers comparing the welfare states of Germany and the United States since the 1980s.Author: Jan Paul HeisigISBN-10: 9089646779ISBN-13: 9789089646774Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/24/2015Pages: 336Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.40lbsSize: 9.47h x 6.23w x 0.66d

Geometry existed in Egypt and Mesopotamia, but the Greeks transformed it into a logical discipline requiring proof. The first known proof by Thales of Miletus marked a pivotal moment in the history of ideas. From then on, brilliant mathematicians like Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius, and...

The central thesis of this study is that there are religious Muslims who are against the Islamic State for Islamic reasons. Its main goal is to explain Ali Abdarraziq's (1888-1966) Islamic Laicism and to show the arguments of some of his Arab critics and...

Using the method of critical intertextual research, this book demonstrates that Deuteronomy (written c. 500 BC) is an Israelite sequential hypertextual reworking of Ezekiel, that Genesis and Exodus-Numbers (written c. 400 BC) are Israelite sequential hypertextual reworkings of Deuteronomy, and that Samuel-Kings (written c....

How strong and how significant is the interaction between migrants and homelands in the late 20th century? Have the processes of globalization and transnational interaction produced new forms of nationalism or at least altered the old ones? By using Croatians and Slovenians in Australia...

We are being screwed over by our health-care system, and it's all our fault!Did you know?- High blood pressure did not exist as a medical diagnosis until pharmaceutical companies invented medicines that can lower it and convinced physicians to sell it to their patients.-...

Political literacy can be compared to smart shopping. Increasing one's political awareness is like reading the ingredients labels in the grocery store. It gives people a better sense the relevance, accessibility, and potential of political agency on a personal level.This serious, sometimes alarming, but...

"The report elegantly reframes much of Mr. Obama's domestic agenda as microeconomic nudges in the direction of this overall macroeconomic rebalancing." -The Economist Barack Obama took the Oval Office amidst an economic downturn deeper and more painful than any the United States has known...

Welcome to Boise, turn your clock back 250 years... where there s only one branch of government in Idaho, The Bobs: Gov Joe Bob, Senator Billy Bob, and Supreme Court Justice Suzy Bob. What an incestuous mess! Strap yourself in. Boise s Watergate is...

".For too long the fear of mental illness has been profoundly destructive to people's lives. In fact mental illnesses are just as real as other illnesses, and they are like other illnesses in most ways. Yet fear and stigma persist, resulting in lost opportunities...

If you have not been a patient in a hospital or nursing home recently, you may not be aware of what is really happening as to the care and costs of healthcare. No one bothers until they are presented with a bill they don't...

Author: Victor-Don SampsonISBN-10: 149909695XISBN-13: 9781499096958Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/30/2015Pages: 290Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d

Healthy? Says Who? Is the 2nd literary work by George F. Naryshkin. His first work dealt with his philosophy on life in general. His current work Delves specifically into dentistry and medicine and the philosophys of the members of both medical professionals and the...

Reviewing Political Criticism examines the rise of the 'review' form of journal publication, from the early eighteenth to the early twenty-first centuries. The review belongs to a long tradition of written political criticism that first advised, then revised, and with the increased confidence afforded...

Bromwell Ault is an essayist and a moralist. He presents here a group of essays examining the changes and weaknesses he has seen growing in American society over the past half century. Central to his thesis is the prospect of "institutional failure" as American...

National Politics Is Everybody's Business is a compilation of newspaper columns and letters written by John D. Rigazio, a former businessman from Barrington, NH, who ran for President of the United States in 2004. It gives his insight on many problems facing the United...

The NHS has become a sacred cow; a corporation beyond criticism.The NHS and medical practice in the UK are together failing to provide millions of patients with care that best serves their health. Why? Many causes are identifiable. To reverse them, fundamental changes will...

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 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...

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...

In Citizens United v. FEC, the Supreme Court invalidated two provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), finding that they were unconstitutional under the First Amendment. The decision struck down the long-standing prohibition on corporations using their general treasury funds to make independent...

Reasonable efforts refer to efforts made by State social services agencies to provide the assistance and services needed to preserve and reunify families. Laws in all States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico require the provision of services that will assist families...

Tokyo Rose Iva Toguri D' Aquino (1916-2006) was one of a group of English-speaking women who participated in a World War II Japanese radio propaganda program. These women were collectively referred to as "Tokyo Rose." Iva Toguri, an American trapped in Japan when war...

The United States Government Printing Office (GPO) was created in June 1860, and is an agency of the U.S. federal government based in Washington D.C. The office prints documents produced by and for the federal government, including Congress, the Supreme Court, the Executive Office...

Tokyo Rose Iva Toguri D' Aquino (1916-2006) was one of a group of English-speaking women who participated in a World War II Japanese radio propaganda program. These women were collectively referred to as "Tokyo Rose." Iva Toguri, an American trapped in Japan when war...

The housing market is of central concern to monetary policy makers. To achieve the dual goals of price stability and maximum sustainable employment, monetary policy makers must understand the role that housing plays in the monetary transmission mechanism if they are to set policy...

Tokyo Rose Iva Toguri D' Aquino (1916-2006) was one of a group of English-speaking women who participated in a World War II Japanese radio propaganda program. These women were collectively referred to as "Tokyo Rose." Iva Toguri, an American trapped in Japan when war...

The Naval War College Review was established in 1948 and is a forum for discussion of public policy matters of interest to the maritime services. The forthright and candid views of the authors are presented for the professional education of the readers. Articles published...

Facsimile reprint. Originally published: Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1957.Author: Edward Louis SurtzISBN-10: 1258454459ISBN-13: 9781258454456Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/04/2012Pages: 402Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.21lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.84d

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...

Markets and Development presents a series of critical contributions focused on the political relationship between citizens, civil society, and neoliberal development policy's latest form. The dramatic increase of 'access to finance' investments, newly gender-sensitive approaches to building neoliberal labour markets, the universal promotion of...

For a long time the understanding of the Palestinian question has been dominated by the views offered by the Arab governments on the Israeli establishment. But any close examination of the policies of the Arab regimes would reveal that they have done very little...

Marx's Grundrisse is acknowledged as the vital link between Marx's early and late work. It is also a crucial text in elucidating Marx's debt to the idealist philosopher G.W.F. Hegel. This book, first published in 1988, is the first full-length study of that relationship,...

In what is the first sustained analysis of Marx's attitude to the puzzle of the individual in history and society, this book, first published in 1990, challenges received views on the importance of class analysis and the place of a theory of human nature...

This title was first published in 2000. This text addresses concerns about regional trade agreements. From a variety of political and economic angles, it explains the emergence of trade blocs, their internal policies and politics, and their effects on global trade. It does not...

This title was first published in 2000. Recent years have seen tremendous economic and political changes in Sub-Saharan Africa. The contributors to this volume focus on the pressing problem of how actors in their everyday life, political and social action handle uncertainty. With the...

This title was first published in 2001. This work is intended to serve not only as an expression of a new idea of a philosophy, but as an "apologia" for philosophy as a legitimate and independent discipline in its own right. It argues that...

This title was first published in 2001. Older people have been characterized by two mutually contradictory stereotypes. One the one hand they have been portrayed as a powerful lobby, growing demographically and able to demand large redistributions of the nation's income in their direction....

This title was first published in 2000. Published in two volumes, "Work and the Image" addresses a critical theme in contemporary social and cultural debates whose place in visual representation has been neglected. Ranging from Greek pottery to contemporary performance, and exploring a breadth...

This title was first published in 2002.Presenting a fresh understanding of the construction of Post-Colonial national identity in the new context of globalization, this text looks at the dilemmas of the requirement to compete in the global economy and the political demands of human...

This title was first published in 2001. "Grand aims" refers to the overarching tenets and doctrines that prevailed in US and South African foreign policies towards Africa. This study argues that when modest means were imposed upon American and South African foreign policy-makers, they...

This title was first published in 2001. An analysis of the political economy of Mexico's financial reform. It is organized in three parts. The first part - chapters one to four - develops the framework, both historical and institutional. The first chapter outlines the...