Political Science - General

The essays in this volume deal with the economic and political thought of Michael Polanyi.Requiring little prior knowledge of Polanyi, the essays in this volume further develop a somewhat neglected side of Polanyi's work. In particular it examines the 'tacit integration', of subsidiary details...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, in full Charlotte Anna Perkins Stetson Gilman, n e Charlotte Anna Perkins, also called Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman, (born July 3, 1860, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.--died August 17, 1935, Pasadena, California), American feminist, lecturer, writer, and publisher who was a leading theorist...

David Hume (born David Home; 7 May 1711 NS (26 April 1711 OS) - 25 August 1776) was a Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, who is best known today for his highly influential system of philosophical empiricism, scepticism, and naturalism. Hume's empiricist...

Lloyd Griscom was born on November 4, 1872 at Riverton, New Jersey. He graduated in 1891 from the law department of University of Pennsylvania and a member of the Sigma Chapter of the Zeta Psi Fraternity. Griscom continued his legal studies at the New...

In Common Sense, Thomas Paine sparked the fire that turned into the American Revolution by starting with "These are the times that try men's souls." His words solidified a nation to believe that freedom was worth fighting for and that diplomacy had been exhausted,...

About Second Treatise of GovernmentEdited by A. John Simmons, "one of our most distinguished theorists of political obligation" (Jeremy Waldron), the Norton Library edition of Locke's Second Treatise of Government features the complete text of the sixth (1764) edition, which incorporated all of Locke's...

Author: Bertrand RussellISBN-10: 1613821875ISBN-13: 9781613821879Publisher: Simon & BrownLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/27/2011Pages: 142Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d

"Chasing the Carrot" began in 1993 when, again, my world was folding in against me. Part 1 is when my guide, John, met me in the garden to show me what life in the fifth dimension would look like. He also showed me what...

America's Two Constitutions explores the history of the treatment of dissenters in time of war, beginning with the treatment of Tories during the Revolution, followed by description and analysis of the Lincoln administration's treatment of disloyal persons during the Civil War, President Wilson's organized...

A Survey of Catholic History in Modern Japan discusses Japanese Catholic history from the Meiji period (1868-1912) to the present. The aim of this highly original study is to consider the relevance of Japanese Catholics to political and cultural circumstances in modern and contemporary...

Jo Bac's groundbreaking legal study asks why and how the United States legal system should grant legal personhood to artificial intelligence (AI). This new legal status of AI is visualized as a dependent person. The AI dependent legal person would be determined by an...

Margaret Atwood is arguably the most renowned and internationally acclaimed Canadian writer, poet, novelist, short story writer, literary critic, and environmental activist. In this incisive interpretation of Atwood's prose, Candy D'Cunha argues that the novelist's ecosophical vision provides valuable lessons that could help in...

The information about the author is not available as of this time.Author: Gilbert E. MulleyISBN-10: 1669821102ISBN-13: 9781669821106Publisher: Xlibris UsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/26/2022Pages: 292Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.29lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

Civics 103: Charters That Form America's Governments was written by a career City Manager that worked in and managed some of the largest Council-Manager Form of Government cities on both coasts of America. He also dealt with public officials that worked in other levels...

Democracy is in peril and on the brink of extinction in the United States of America. There are many reasons why it has gotten to this point, but this book looks exclusively at the role Evangelical Christianity has played in the process. By infusing...

The Terrorism Futures: Evolving Technology and TTPs Use pocketbook is derived from a series of nine essays written by the author between December 2014 and June 2017 for TRENDS Research & Advisory, Abu Dhabi, UAE. With subsequent organizational and website changes at TRENDS a...

The Coronavirus pandemic is fueling conflict and fostering extremism while concurrently empowering gangs, cartels, and mafias in their quest for power and profit. In COVID-19, Gangs, and Conflict, Editors John P. Sullivan and Robert J. Bunker bring together a curated collection of both new...

Our book, Bending the Curve provides the practitioner, and the leader, a roadmap to success. Our implementation method has been thoroughly tested. Thus, achieving your outcomes is a good bet. This book is applicable to, federal, state, and local governments, service sector entities such...

Yesterday's Voices, Today's Straight TalkBy: J. O. Rogers In 1965, J. O. Rogers published Blues and Ballads of a Black Yankee-a Journey with Sad Sam in Verse, for which Whitney M. Young Jr., then Executive Director of the National Urban League, wrote the Foreword....

A Working Family's Guide to Truth in an Age of Unbelievable Lies, Cons, and DisinformationBy: George Lucaci The Working Family's Guide to Truth... is a short treatise on how the American working family has struggled to survive the increasing inequalities inherent in our free...

Within the political sphere, a political actor is often judged by what he or she says, with their verbal performance often perceived as representative of the individual. Hearers accept that, as individuals, they possess a lifetime of experiences and actions which inform, but may...

Author: Joe BielISBN-10: 1648411819ISBN-13: 9781648411816Publisher: Microcosm PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/07/2023Pages: 160Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 6.93h x 4.96w x 0.63d

Academia, Psychiatry, and the Elite LeftBy: James E. Campbell, M.D. Political points of view are individually driven and should be, but common sense should be observable across the political spectrum. Academia, Psychiatry, and the Elite Left shows how blocking discussion of topics, disregard of...

The Beach at Fales is a scathing critique of colonialism and economic imperialism that bravely takes on many of the 19th Century' s strongest taboos: miscegenation, imperialism, and economic exploitation. It does so with a story that features a surprising and beguiling romance between...

Most armies prefer to avoid urban warfare. Urban campaigns tend to be time-consuming and manpower intensive. They are usually bloody events that burn through manpower, materials and resources at a very high tempo. Most guerrillas are also advised by their strategists to avoid using...

Political science has changed; the way students learn has changed; so too should the way it's taught. This is political science, today. Political Science Today by Wendy Whitman Cobb gives you a holistic view of the subfields that make up political science by dedicating...

Liberalism. THE modern State is the distinctive product of unique civilization. But it is a product which is still in the making, and a part of the process is a struggle between new and old principles of social order. To understand the new, which...

Human history has produced hundreds of epic writers, poets, novelists, and historians to narrate what's occurred in the past 5,000 years of human beings' cultural history. There's abundant information about social habits, religious beliefs, and political and economic institutions established and perfected by the...

The Capitalist-Christian Contradiction exposes the political, economic, and spiritual contradictions in our society and the church. It points out how America's capitalist system creates and maintains economic inequality, political corruption, economic exploitation, racial oppression, and spiritual poverty to worship the almighty dollar bill. Furthermore,...

Freak-out is part political diatribe, part primal scream. The 2016 election was a test of our national character, and we failed. The Russians may have sent a wave of disinformation that scrambled the brains of undecided voters but unless they hacked the voting machines...

The book was intended as an expos of the situation in the so-called Congo Free State (labelled a "rubber regime" by Conan Doyle), an area occupied and designated as the personal property of Leopold II of Belgium and where the serious human rights abuses...

The Prince By Nicolo Machiavelli, Editorial Oneness (Edited by)Author: Editorial Oneness, Nicolo MachiavelliISBN-10: 1539308723ISBN-13: 9781539308720Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/03/2016Pages: 132Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.28d

The Reign of Andrew Jackson is a classic US president biography by Frederic Austin Ogg. Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 - June 8, 1845) was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837....

The priorities of the Iranian intelligence and security system seem to be directed towards the maintenance of domestic stability, the surveillance of foreign powers that could threaten Iran, the warning over possible actions and redirecting attention from them as well as the procurement of...

The dawn of the 21st century has witnessed many disruptive changes in business and communications changing the way we travel, communicate and do business. We hear of the AirBnB's, the Ubers and the Kickstarters. But deep down, we're subconsciously aware of a shift more...

America - Land of unlimited controversies 2015 will be remembered for some historic developments. On local level the Affordable Care Act and Gay marriage were both sanctioned by the Supreme Court. On foreign level the Obama Administration broke the ice with Cuba and helped...

This agenda-setting volume brings together leading scholars of media and public life to grapple with how media research can make sense of the massive changes rocking politics and the media world. Each author identifies a 'most pressing' question for scholars working at the intersection...

Author: Richard BourkeISBN-10: 1108836674ISBN-13: 9781108836678Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/05/2022Pages: 462Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.50lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d

Focusing on the rising support for the populist right in Eastern Europe, this book examines how anger and resentment towards minorities is being utilized in politics. Bustikova details the process by which the acquisition of political power and demand for rights by ascendant minority...

Feminism, Absolutism, and Jansenism chronicles seventy years of Jansenist conflict and its complex intersection with power struggles between gallican bishops, Parlementaires, the Crown, and the pope. Daniella Kostroun focuses on the nuns of Port-Royal-des-Champs, whose community was disbanded by Louis XIV in 1709 as...

This book examines and evaluates various private initiatives to enforce fair labor standards within global supply chains. Using unique data (internal audit reports, and access to more than 120 supply chain factories and 700 interviews in 14 countries) from several major global brands, including...

The virtue of mercy is widely admired, but is now marginalized in contemporary public life. Yet for centuries it held a secure place in western public discourse without implying a necessary contradiction with justice. Alex Tuckness and John M. Parrish ask how and why...

This book is a study of the politics of redistribution and inequality in political unions. It addresses two questions: why some political systems have more centralized systems of interpersonal redistribution than others, and why some political unions make larger efforts to equalize resources among...

This study investigates the three main waves of political regime contention in Europe and Latin America. Surprisingly, protest against authoritarian rule spread across countries more quickly in the nineteenth century, yet achieved greater success in bringing democracy in the twentieth. To explain these divergent...

Building a strong Russian state was the central goal of Vladimir Putin's presidency. This book argues that Putin's strategy for rebuilding the state was fundamentally flawed. Taylor demonstrates that a disregard for the way state officials behave toward citizens - state quality - had...

The long revolutionary movements that gave birth to constitutional democracies in the Americas were founded on egalitarian constitutional ideals. They claimed that all men were created equal and with similar capacities and also that the community should become self-governing. Following the first constitutional debates...

From the Ballot to the Blackboard provides the first comprehensive account of the political economy of education spending across the developed and developing world. The book demonstrates how political forces like democracy and political partisanship and economic factors like globalization deeply impact the choices...

During the eighteenth century, elite women participated in the philosophical, scientific, and political controversies that resulted in the overthrow of monarchy, the reconceptualisation of marriage, and the emergence of modern, democratic institutions. In this comprehensive study, Karen Green outlines and discusses the ideas and...

From the trial of Socrates to the post-9/11 military commissions, trials have always been useful instruments of politics. Yet there is still much that we do not understand about them. Why do governments use trials to pursue political objectives, and when? What differentiates political...

This unique textbook provides an introduction to statistical inference with network data. The authors present a self-contained derivation and mathematical formulation of methods, review examples, and real-world applications, as well as provide data and code in the R environment that can be customised. Inferential...