Political Science - General

Aristotle is a titan of classic philosophy, and one of the most-recognised thinkers in global history. In Politics, Aristotle examines government, politics and how societies are run - from households to city states - and establishes how successful constitutions can best be initiated and...

A critical analysis of David C. Kang's China Rising, which is a fine example of an author making use of creative thinking skills to reach a conclusion that flies in the face of traditional thinking. The conventional view that the book opposed, known in...

In Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau looks at old issues in new ways, asking: is there ever a time when individuals should actively oppose their government and its justice system?After a thorough review of the evidence, Thoreau comes to the conclusion that opposition is...

Climate change has come to a point where national, regional and global actors are forced to re-make or re-design their policies in order to reduce the negative influences of this phenomenon. The European Union (EU) is no exception to these actors that are in...

When G K Chesterton wrote this book World War I was still raging and, perhaps in reaction to this great conflict, he eschewed a 'normal' method of presenting history. Instead, 'A Short History of England' takes a broad-brush thematic approach, concentrating on the great...

This is a high quality reprint of the original 1941 report by staff of the The Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety. In early 1941, when the threat of a German invasion was still by no means out of the question, even an invasion of...

In these 70 essays, speeches, sermons and screeds, POCLADers probe: corporations as "legal persons"; corporate social responsibility as a ploy; strategies for amending state corporation codes and challenging judge-made laws; and much, much more.This collection, which Howard Zinn calls "powerfully persuasive," chronicles POCLAD's evolution...

The ongoing debate over abortion serves as a clear indication that the Supreme Court decision of 1973 did little to settle the question of abortion's legitimacy. If anything, in fact, the debate has grown, with more strident voices and, in some cases, more violent...

County Comparisons was written in response to a letter from a reader who said she only wanted to know one thing: when did the fallout land in her back yard? And how did her county rate in comparison with all the other counties in...

In the three-year period from 2015 to 2017, I covered and analyzed every aspect of the speeches, utterances, and positions Trump posited during his presidential campaign on civil rights, voting rights, criminal justice and police abuse, and education in my featured columns in the...

This ground-breaking, revisionist collection of essays, based on the most recent research, provides a long-needed reassessment of the legacy of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars upon the governments of Restoration Europe. Traditionally the Restoration has been regarded by historians as a period...

This ground-breaking, revisionist collection of essays, based on the most recent research, provides a long-needed reassessment of the legacy of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars upon the governments of Restoration Europe. Traditionally the Restoration has been regarded by historians as a period...

This comprehensive introduction to the major thinkers and topics in political philosophy explores the philosophical traditions which continue to inform our political judgements.Dudley Knowles introduces the ideas of key political thinkers including Hobbes, Locke, Marx and Mill and influential contemporary thinkers such as Berlin,...

Please take your seat in the jury box. Justice in Your Court provides you the opportunity to decide fifty real court cases and then compare your "verdict" with the actual court ruling. You decide if and when schools can host religious clubs, whether churchowned...

Please take your seat in the jury box. Justice in Your Court provides you the opportunity to decide fifty real court cases and then compare your "verdict" with the actual court ruling. You decide if and when schools can host religious clubs, whether churchowned...

As Vice Admiral (Retired) Dewolfe Miller underscores: "Ultimately, peer threats are what drives change and inspires clarity in the way the Navy mans, trains, and equips its forces to defend freedom and deter aggression on a global scale. "A Maritime Kill Web Force in...

Despite the Australian Constitution having been one of the most stable since its commencement in 1901, it is becoming fatally flawed. The Naked Australian Constitution examines these flaws and the lack of public appreciation of those defects. This is due to several serious errors,...

What more can be said about a book than that all Americans should read and think about it? In this time of challenges for America, here is a reasonable, readable, passionate, balanced book telling the tale of our nation's meaning from before its founding...

Often going against the grain of Washington's so-called conventional wisdom, Robert Parry covered the most consequential issues facing the country during his five decades as a journalist - from the Vietnam War to Iran-Contra to the Iraq War to Russiagate, stories that shaped the...

Once Upon a HomelandBy: Laila Huneidi Once Upon a Homeland has both a scholarly and wonderfully historical account of chronic political conflict, narrated in an elegant storytelling style. It is an insightful read that unwraps layers of facts and information to reveal how Palestine...

'Political Messaging in Music and Entertainment Spaces across the Globe' uniquely expands the frontiers of political communication by simultaneously focusing on content (political messaging) and platform (music and entertainment). As a compendium of valuable research work, it provides rich insights into the construction of...

The Vintage Journal Masonic Hall pocket journal features an illustration of hall for Masonic gatherings. This journal has full color decorative vintage art on the cover, and is the perfect companion for your next trip, writing project, to-do list, or any occasion where a...

Well known as a political commentator and the author of sixteen novels, William F. Buckley Jr. was also a superb chronicler of travel. Getting About gathers more than one hundred of his articles about journeys by boat, train, or plane, representing a lifetime of...

Why are so many of us Black Americans afraid to accept the blame for our own peril? Yes, we have been victims of systemic racism, poverty, wealth inequality, and police violence, but we have also caught ourselves in patterns which contribute to our demise....

During the 1920s the Ku Klux Klan experienced a remarkable resurgence, drawing millions of American men and women into its ranks. In Not a Catholic Nation, Mark Paul Richard examines the KKK's largely ignored growth in the six states of New England--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,...

What would Indigenous resurgence look like if the parameters were not set with a focus on the state, settlers, or an achievement of reconciliation? Indigenous Resurgence in an Age of Reconciliation explores the central concerns and challenges facing Indigenous nations in their resurgence efforts,...

In 1999, General Museveni, Uganda's autocratic leader, ordered police to arrest homosexuals for engaging in behavior that he characterized as "un-African" and against Biblical teaching. A state-sanctioned campaign of harassment of LGBT people followed. With the approval of sections of Uganda's clergy (and with...

Document from the year 2019 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Public International Law and Human Rights, grade: 1, University of Rome "La Sapienza", language: English, abstract: This text is an excerpt of a Handbook of international law ("Diritto internazionale per...

Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject Politics - International Politics - General and Theories, grade: 1,7, University of Bayreuth, language: English, abstract: Accurately figuring out the cumulative ordering of preferences of an entire society as an aggregation of the orderings of...

Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject Gender Studies, grade: 1,0, University of Applied Sciences Merseburg, language: English, abstract: In dieser englischen Seminararbeit wird vor allem das Werk Gender & Nation von Nira Yuval-Davis betrachtet und ihr Essay Nationalism and Racism. Es...

Essay from the year 2011 in the subject History Europe - Germany - National Socialism, World War II, grade: 72.0%, Durham University, language: English, abstract: According to Jonathan Petropoulos, Arno Breker was arguably the artist most admired by the Nazi leaders and most celebrated...

Master's Thesis from the year 2016 in the subject Politics - Basics and General, grade: 71, course: International Relations, language: English, abstract: The study aims at uncovering the immediate and remote causes of china's land reclamations and assertiveness in the South China Sea. It...

Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - Environmental Policy, grade: 1,7, University of Bamberg, language: English, abstract: One single state is not able to solve the global climate problems. Instead, only an international cooperation comprising as many states as possible...

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Globalization, Political Economics, grade: 2,3, University of Applied Sciences Essen, language: English, abstract: This assignment gives a general overview of the large civil aircraft market leaders: Airbus and Boeing....

Master's Thesis from the year 2013 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Africa, University of Passau (Department of Political Science), course: Governance and Public Policy, language: English, abstract: This study examines the role of the Public Accounts Committee of Ghana (PAC)...

This work draws on ethnographic fieldwork undertaken in a coca-growing region of Bolivia to ask how, on the most practical level, development projects, and ICT projects in particular, might hold more relevance to the lives of their target groups than they have tended to...

Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Politics - International Politics - General and Theories, grade: 1,3, Catholic University Eichst tt-Ingolstadt, language: English, abstract: Within this approach to Cyber Security, the focus and analysis will be placed on the BAKS (Federal Academy...

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - Topic: Public International Law and Human Rights, grade: 1, University of Marburg (Faculty of Social Science and Philosophy), course: Transitional Justice - Research Seminar, language: English, abstract: This research paper exemplifies the...

This book discusses the shortcomings of the standard macroeconomic model (SMM). The SMM failed to explain the real world and anticipate the global financial crises. The main reason for these failures was the lack, in the SMM, of any role of money and the...

An anthropological reflection on the shifting governmentality of Indigenous resources in the Philippines. The notion of indigeneity in the Philippines is politically fraught. Most who live on the archipelago are descendants of aboriginal peoples, whether they claim tribal affiliation or not, and those who...

Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict, Security, grade: 5.0, University of Luzern, course: Gewaltsame Konflikte: Ursachen und Erkl舐ungsans舩ze, language: English, abstract: Since 2015, the US has supported the coalition led by Saudi Arabia in the...

Academic Paper from the year 2020 in the subject Politics - Region: South Asia, language: English, abstract: The research analyzes the conflict resolution approaches by referring to the Digana Sinhala Muslim conflict. It specially investigates how the conflict resolution process happened related to the...

Academic Paper from the year 2021 in the subject Gender Studies, grade: 6.0, University of Auckland, language: English, abstract: Women in Papua New Guinea are constitutionally recognised as the countries citizens and should have equal citizenship status as men. However, Papua New Guinea's 'big...

Academic Paper from the year 2021 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Public International Law and Human Rights, grade: A, Universit舩 of Szeged (University of Szeged), course: International Relations, language: English, abstract: This paper is to tackle the issue of corruption...

Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 2,3, language: English, abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyze DevCo(Development cooperation) agreements between Liberia and the EU to examine the extent to which...

Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 2,3, University of Dusseldorf "Heinrich Heine", course: European Environmental Policy, language: English, abstract: This paper is an attempt to provide a comprehensive and systematic overview of...

Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Near East, Near Orient, grade: 4.00, Wayne State University, language: English, abstract: After the Bosnian genocide, Saudi aid swept into the country, reforming the Muslim institutions already in place,...

Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: International relations, grade: 1,3, Free University of Berlin (Otto Suhr Institut), language: English, abstract: The phenomenon of a "natural resource curse" has been observed in various settings and is...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2019 in the subject Didactics - Social Studies/ Civics, grade: 5, language: English, abstract: Problem of drug abuse among secondary schools is one of the major social problems. It affects significant number of students and therefore intervention is required....

Correspondence between William Penn and James Logan, - Secretary of the province of Pennsylvanis, and others, 1700-1750. From the original letters in possession of the Logan family - Vol. 2 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1870. Hansebooks is editor...