Political Science - General

Monarchy-or Plutocracy? This is the rousing question Hilaire Belloc placed before his readers in this masterly 1938 work. Belloc, grown old, saw the revolutionary dreams of his youth were naive. The great liberal insurrections, which supposedly led to Democracy, had yielded instead to secretive...

Levelling up is a political term coined by the British conservative political group whom decided in about 2018 that if they were to stay in power in England, now that they had lost Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland, through consistently being selfish to...

In The Notion of Authority, written in the 1940s in Nazi-occupied France, Alexandre Koj ve uncovers the conceptual premises of four primary models of authority, examining the practical application of their derivative variations from the Enlightenment to Vichy France. This foundational text, translated here...

What really happened at Jonestown? We know that 918 followers of Jim Jones's cult died from cyanide poisoning at the settlement in northern Guyana in 1978. This zine collects and dissects various theories around the massacre, including rumors of CIA involvement.Author: Joseph E. GreenISBN-10:...

The first monograph to treat comprehensively the epoch-making though now too often forgotten scandal that rocked German political culture from 1906 to 1909, now in English translation. When it broke out in 1906, the scandal surrounding Prince Philipp Eulenburg, closest confidant of Emperor Wilhelm...

Examines how South Carolina, on its own since the Civil War, rejoined the United States in the 1930sIn this history of a Southern state's experience with the New Deal, Jack Irby Hayes, Jr., revisits the South Carolina of the 1930s to determine the impact...

This collection of biting essays written by William Blum includes some previously published ones and several written exclusively for this book. Among them: "The Bombing of PanAm Flight 103: Case Not Closed""Cuban Political Prisoners . . . in the United States""What do the Imperial...

Common Courage's number one seller blows the lid off of today's multi-billion-dollar propaganda-for-hire PR industry, revealing how public relations wizards concoct and spin the news, organize phony grassroots front groups, spy on citizens and conspire with lobbyists and politicians.Author: John Stauber, Sheldon RamptonISBN-10: 1567510604ISBN-13:...

The US Army War College is where the Army's elite career officers go for advanced training in strategy, national security policy and military-government policy-making. This is an inside look at the College with the author's view on its ability to fulfill these tasks in...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...

One of the most literary and readable of utopian novels, News from Nowhere chronicles the impressions of a nineteenth-century visitor to the twenty-second century, who finds England transformed into a socialist paradise. Morris' idyllic society echoes themes from the writings of Ruskin and Marx...

Trigger warning, this book contains thoughts and opinions about this crazy world. This book may also, hurt your feelings and piss you off if you are overly sensitive. You may also come to agree or disagree on some of the topics mentioned in this...

From two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and two-time National Book Award winner Robert A. Caro: a short, penetrating reflection on the evolution and workings of political power - for good and for ill.In On Power, an Audible exclusive, the legendary historian Robert A. Caro reflects...

America is teetering on the edge between a free and democratic form of government, and an authoritarian regime. Trumpism plays a major role in pushing us in the direction of authoritarianism. This book takes an historic look at fascism in 20th century Europe, drawing...

The presentation contained in this book is an objective analysis of the judgment passed by both the Judicial Committees of the Northern Region and National House of Chiefs and the Supreme Court of Ghana in the interest of Nanung tradition and custom. It is...

Global trends suggest that the number of people involuntarily displaced will increase exponentially in the coming decades. The authors argue that when the agency, time-tested adaptations, innovative capacities, dignity, and human rights of displaced people are respected as full participants in the rebuilding of...

What Sister Said... My Observations, My Interpretations, My OpinionsBy: Crystal BrandonAs a young girl in 1969, Crystal Brandon was told by her trusted and respected Nun what to expect in the future. Fast forward to adulthood, and Crystal Brandon cannot believe the accuracy of...

Do you believe we could be on the verge on WW III? The intent of the authors is to warn the reader of impending events that will be devastating to humankind - that is unless people turn to God and away from evil. This...

Do you believe we could be on the verge on WW III? The intent of the authors is to warn the reader of impending events that will be devastating to humankind - that is unless people turn to God and away from evil. This...

Following over four decades of research and study, it became clear what the real dangers are to our way of life. Anyone who has any stake in our precious society should read this. The first two volumes, We Are in This Together! and We...

Author: Lewis A. Friedland, Dhavan V. Shah, Michael W. WagnerISBN-10: 1108925065ISBN-13: 9781108925068Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/04/2022Pages: 75Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d

This book takes an explicitly feminist approach to studying gender and social inequalities in island settings while deliberating on 'islandness' as part of the intersectional analysis.Though there is a wealth of recent literature on islands and island studies, most of this literature focuses on...

Miguel M rmol is the testimony of a revolutionary, as recorded by Salvadoran writer, Roque Dalton, which documents the historical and political events of El Salvador through the first decades of the 20th century. This Latin American classic describes the growth and development of...

Liberal ideas were very important in Argentina from the time of independence. The Argentine constitution (1853-60), in force for a long time, was based on liberal principles taken from both the North American and the European tradition. The general structure of the collection is...

The Rainbow People Of God traces South Africa's glorious victory over apartheid in the writings and speeches of one its central figures, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. From the graveside of Steven Biko to the triumphant inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa, Tutu's...

Over the past decade, an intellectual movement known as "realism" has challenged the reigning orthodoxy in political theory and political philosophy. Realists take issue with what they see as the excessive moralism and utopianism associated with prominent philosophers like John Rawls, Ronald Dworkin, and...

World Climate Change: The Role of International Law and Institutions is a collection of papers on global climate problems prepared for a two-day conferences held in 1980 at the University of Denver College of Law. The papers describe and evaluate the present state if...

In this book contributors from various scholarly backgrounds interpret past trends in world food trade, aid and security and propose new policy options for the 1990s. They address the problems facing the distribution of global economic growth and trade between industrialized and developing countries...

"A fascinating account of an extraordinary moment in the life of the United States." --The New York Times With the world currently in the grips of a financial crisis unlike anything since the Great Depression, Nothing to Fear could not be timelier. This acclaimed...

Running Out of Time: Chasing Red, White, and BlueBy: Robert Prah, Jr.Originally created for his daughter to detail his run for public office, Running Out of Time: Chasing Red, White, and Blue chronicles this pursuit by Robert Prah, Jr. during a very challenging time...

Why on earth would anyone choose to do a PhD in democracy studies? How and why should we even study democracy? And what are the challenges and rewards of the PhD journey? We have asked these questions to democracy researchers, young PhD candidates, people...

An estimated 1,300 to 1,800 Americans are murdered by intimate partners each year. Far from being a problem that only impacts women, domestic violence hurts society as a whole both socially as well as financially, with an estimated direct and indirect cost of nearly...

Eric Leif Davin discusses a wide range of political issues and procedures. These include fascism, populism, sedition, elections, efforts to suppress electoral participation over the years, the deficit, balancing the budget, political demographics, the fourth branch of government, and how to create a powerful...

Ruy Teixeira, a lifelong man of the Left, author of the 2002 The Emerging Democratic Majority, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and fixture of Democratic Party politics for more than 30 years who very much wants the Democratic Party to succeed,...

In Time in the Ditch, John McCumber explores the effects of McCarthyism on American philosophy in the 1940s and 1950 and the possibility that the political pressures of the McCarthy era skewed the development of the discipline. Why was silence maintained for so long?...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...

"During the first three months of 1972 a trial took place in the middle district of Pennsylvania: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA versus Eqbal Ahmad, Philip Berrigan, Elizabeth McAlister, Neil McLaughlin, Anthony Scoblick, Mary Cain Scoblick, Joseph Wenderoth. The defendants stood accused of conspiring...

80 Years After the Second World War: Politics and Wars (English Version)By: Sobhy Fahmy Amin IskanderAmerican / Arabian Novel(2022, paperback, 220 pages)Author: Sobhy Fahmy Amin IskanderISBN-10: 8886042930ISBN-13: 9798886042931Publisher: Dorrance Publishing Co.Language: EnglishPublished: 08/12/2022Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.58lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.57d

The Honest Contrarian: And Other Stories About Washington DCBy: John Patrick FeeheryOn the morning of September 11th, 2001, John Feehery was running late to his office in the nation's Capitol building. He had to make a choice. Get his weekly picks in for his...

本期的一个新的看点，是开辟了"专家视角"栏目。这期选择了学界知名专家⸺黎安友 (Andrew J. Nathan)、余茂春和张刚的观点。"理论探讨"和"历史新解"栏目中荣剑与杜鸿威的文章也颇有新意。关于上海封城，这一期有三篇文章介绍和分析。上海封城告诉人们：你的一切都不一定是你的；政府可以随时找一个理由剥夺你的一切权利和所有。上海封城是2018修宪的必然结果。这 一 期 节 选 蔡 霞 的 一 篇 文章《二零一八年春他打开了什么样的潘多拉魔盒？⸺习近平诡诈而狡蛮的修宪及其影响》，分析一个国家的领导人怎样改变这个国家的命运。恰如马克思所说，"以奠定秩序为名而造成真正的无政府状态，同时又使整个国家机器失去圣光，渎犯它，使它成为可厌而又可笑的东西。"我们也请读者们读读拜登写给本刊作者锺闻的两封信。拜登说，"我们的国家面临许多挑战，我们将共同走过的道路将是我们历史上最困难的道路之一。尽管有这些艰难的时刻，我从未对美国的未来感到如此乐观。我相信，我们比世界上任何国家都更有条件在21世纪发挥领导作用，不仅靠我们力量的榜样，而且靠我们榜样的力量。"Author: Bouden HouseISBN-13: 9798210593993Publisher: BlurbLanguage: UndeterminedPublished: 05/06/2024Pages: 154Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.33d

The summer of 2022 is an unusual one. The Russian-Ukrainian war shifted from a stalemate to a strategic counter-offensive in Ukraine. Against the backdrop of this huge geopolitical conflict, Taiwan Strait also became tense again with the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi...

Magic Science Religion explores surprising intersections among the three meaning-making and world-making practices named in the title. Through colorful examples, the book reveals circuitous ways that social, cultural and natural systems connect, enabling real kinds of magic to operate. Among the many case studies...

Sharon Thompson states: "There can be no mistake about it-the United States is an empire, the most powerful in history... Empires are always about extraction of wealth from the provinces for the benefit of the center, without regard for the subject people. They may...

Down and Out in Philadelphia and New York by author Garret Thomas Godwin is an introspective look at two great American cities. Godwin, with an omnipotent and candid voice, philosophizes about the modern-day issues that affect these metropolises: poverty, status, crime, education, and ethnicity....

Robert Fitch argues that, within a generation, New York City has been transformed from the richest city in the world to one of the poorest in North America. The pillars of its economy--Macy's, the Daily News, Citibank, Olympia and York, the Trump organization--have cracked...

We need to understand what makes two different people think they know what is going on in this world but have two completely different views. We think the other is crazy. It's common sense, right? How can they think that way?If you follow politics...

The Greatest Lie: The Untold TruthBy: Jamie PhillipsThe Greatest Lie: The Untold Truth describes the correlation between the Nazi regime of the 1930s and 40s and their relationship to the present-day Democrat party. With facts used to prove this, readers will understand what is...

"Handbook on Evolution and Society" brings together original chapters by prominent scholars who have been instrumental in the revival of evolutionary theorizing and research in the social sciences over the last twenty-five years. Previously unpublished essays provide up-to-date, critical surveys of recent research and...