Political Science - General

Bringing together the views of numerous distinguished scholars, Children and Death investigates the child's concept of death from both academic and clinical points of view. The contributors have aimed at developing practical guidelines for a multidisciplinary approach to the care and support of the...

Author: ManzalaouiISBN-10: 0197222781ISBN-13: 9780197222782Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)Language: EnglishPublished: 02/03/2012Pages: 648Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.05lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.70w x 1.90d

Years before he was famous as the co-author of the Illuminatus! trilogy, Robert Anton Wilson was writing astute essays about the evils of authoritarianism, prejudice, puritanism, and exploitation. The essays and interviews in this book span 45 years, from 1960 to 2005, responding to...

Published for the Centre for Igbo Studies at Abia State University, this study is the first book from the Centre. Aspects of the tradition of politics among the Igbo are examined, including religion, age, economy, history, leadership, structures, institutions, values, sex and gender. The...

Peter Beattie has been the premier of Queensland since 1998 and has long been admired for being 'one of the people'. Part memoir and part manifesto, this book explores: o the premier's upbringing and the effect it had on forging his values and political...

This introduction presents, in a readable, lively style, an overview of feminism as an essentially contested field of theory and political engagement. Renee Heberle offers readers a unique approach to studying feminisms in the plural, combining historical and theoretical perspectives on the academic and...

There are a handful of well-known European soldiers who volunteered to join the Patriot Army. They include Lafayette, von Steuben and Kosciuszko. However, there are many other Europeans who appear in the letters, journals, army orders and resolutions of the Continental Congress. Who these...

There are maybe four billion males on our planet, about two million in the United States, four million in Illinois, and thirty thousand in Lake Forest. Then there is me - one among billions. Am I unique? No. I am a well-off, midwestern, upper...

In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. More than three years have passed, making it the largest conventional war in Europe since World War II, with combined Russian and Ukrainian military and civilian casualties (dead and seriously wounded) exceeding 1 million.In...

Americans are living in frightening times. Political division, riots, and violence are plaguing our nation. Civil discourse is almost impossible to come by. But what if the weapon being used to promote these activities is as simple as the meanings of words? Redefining America...

In "Biden's Corruption and War: The True Story of the 1 Billion Dollar Prosecutor," Viktor Shokin gives an autobiographical account for his brief time as the Prosecutor General of Ukraine (2015-2016), which was abruptly ended through pressure by then U.S. Vice President Joe Biden,...

Nearly half a century after its passage, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act stands at a crossroads with its moral authority questioned and its global influence uncertain. Bribery Beyond Borders tells the remarkable true story of how the United States became the first nation to...

This book's basic thesis is that East Germans experienced a 'freedom shock' in 1989/1990. Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk tells the fascinating story of East Germany since the break-up of the Soviet bloc as an unfinished struggle for freedom, the outcome of which will determine the future...

Gardening Leave - new and collected poetry is the first collection from writer and academic Eoin Devereux, and will be available from 451 Editions in Autumn 2025. This fine, debut volume will feature a mixture of new poetry and work previously published in journals...

The Gen Z Survival Guide to Neo- Fascism is a 62 page guidebook: part rebel manifesto, part self-healing manual, a no-fluff guide to recognizing the systems that are killing us and reclaiming the power to heal, resist, and rebuild. We have been fighting a...

This volume, "Documents Of The Assembly Of The State Of New York, Volume 31," offers a comprehensive look into the workings of the New York State Assembly. As a primary source, it provides invaluable insights for historians, political scientists, and legal scholars interested in...

The struggle of the Kurdish nation in Iran entered a new phase of modern nationalist movement since World War II, especially since the establishment of the Society for the Revival of Kurdistan (J.K.) in 1942. The J.K. was then transformed into the Kurdistan Democratic...

The Discharge of Electricity Through Gases is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a...

Transnistria is often referred to, in both Russian and Western media, as a frozen ethnic conflict. It became another of the many "black holes" throughout the former Soviet Union, regions such as Chechnya, Nagorno-Karabakh and Abkhazia, where no long-term settlement has been reached and...

Chemical weapons are a threat to international security. According to an international convention, the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), all chemical weapons fall under a stringent and irreversible disarmament regime that seeks the abolition of the use and existence of chemical weapons altogether. The CWC...

This edited book showcases how Global South scholars, particularly those from the Philippines, are not merely catching up with but actively reshaping the evolving landscape of visual data collection, production, and analysis. Bringing together multi- and interdisciplinary works, it highlights the use of visual...

This book examines the theory, history, and practice of parrhesia--the act of speaking truth to power, when doing so is risky for the rhetor--and argues for a networked rhetorical approach to parrhesia that has not been considered previously by any other theorist. The goal...

The Biblical Epistles of The Apostle Paul depicts the attempt of the Jews to disparage the spiritual and societal experiences of the Gentiles. Dr. Portis provides a current parallel view of Paul's characterizations of these issues through her description of the White supremacy ideology's...

I wish I could tell you when I began writing this book I had it all figured out and my broken pieces were mended. I wish I could tell you that life never brings challenges, trials or heartache when you find a relationship with...

The Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), as it existed originally, endured for a brief 192 days. It formed in the months leading up to November 1973 in Oakland, California. In concentrating their activities around the Berkeley area, the SLA had hoped to recapture the excitement...

What if you could delve into the profound mysteries of life and death, gaining clarity on the essence of being?Aristotle's enduring exploration of existence stands as a cornerstone in understanding the fundamental questions of life: What is it that animates us? How do we...

"Michael Serrapica's book is a great starting point for the average American today who finds himself confused over what he sees and hears about politics and government. What Serrapica has accomplished is to make sense for his readers the difference between fiction and fact....

9/11 caused one of the worst environmental disasters in US history, releasing thousands of toxic contaminants into the air as the fires burned for over three months. Yet the US Environmental Protection Agency consistently reassured residents, school children and office workers, "The air is...

International customary law prescribes a minimum standard of treatment with which all nations must accord -- aliens are entitled to "life, liberty, and property" while resident outside their own country. Based on a first-hand examination of original sources, this survey shows that, while the...

It is the purpose of this study to show how the rate-making rule and its procedure were developed, to consider the difficulties that were experienced under this rule, to discuss the new methods of rate making that commissions used during a period of rapid...

This title presents a uniquely human perspective on the quest to explore space and to understand the universe through the lens of the arts, humanities, and social sciences. It considers early stories about the universe in various cultures; recent space fiction; the origins and...

Author: Leo MuddISBN-10: 1450547133ISBN-13: 9781450547130Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/02/2010Pages: 98Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.20d

Roger Ewing was ONE of America's first international inspectors of weapons systems and disarmament as he participated in the First International Disarmament Exercise as a Division Inspector. Roger learned the ability to analyze a country's capability to wage war. He also predicted the fall...

"COMMON SENSE" PERSONAL SUCCESS FATHER AND SONS AMERICAN DREAM "Common Sense" Government "Common Sense" Answers "Common Sense" Tax Reform "Common Sense" United Nations Reform "Common Sense" Political Parties "Common Sense" War Realizations "Common Sense" Picking a President "Common Sense" Penal System Reform "Common Sense"...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

The objectives of the program were to develop computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes and simpler industrial codes for analyzing and designing advanced seals for air-breathing and space propulsion engines. The CFD code SCISEAL is capable of producing full three-dimensional flow field information for a...

The NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) houses half a million publications that are a valuable means of information to researchers, teachers, students, and the general public. These documents are all aerospace related with much scientific and technical information created or funded by NASA. Some...

In the lecture series starting today author want to give a survey of a field of aerodynamics which has for a number of years been attracting an ever growing interest. The subject is the theory of flows with friction, and, within that field, particularly...

If normal aircraft flight controls are lost, emergency flight control may be attempted using only engines thrust. Collective thrust is used to control flightpath, and differential thrust is used to control bank angle. Flight test and simulation results on many airplanes have shown that...

Two-dimensional porous-well cascade tests of the NACA 65- (l2Al0) 10 and NACA 65-(l2A2I8b)10 blade sections were made at Mach numbers from 0.3 to choking in most cases. Data were obtained at solidities of 1.0 and 1.5 et inlet-air angles of 45 deg. and 60...

The United States Government Printing Office (GPO) was created in June 1860, and is an agency of the 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...