Political Science - General

Since the formation of the UN in 1945 the international community has witnessed a number of violent self-determination conflicts such as the disintegration of Yugoslavia, Chechnya, Kashmir, and South Sudan that have been a major cause of humanitarian crises and destruction. This book examines...

Examining the powerful idea of the return, reconstitution and redeployment of the public domain in a post-Seattle and post-Washington consensus world order, this innovative book is the most forward-looking and comprehensive examination of the need to rethink the tenants of global free trade.In the...

This book examines why citizens resort to the often risky and demanding strategy of using disruptive protest when other channels of political intervention appear to be available. It analyzes the relationship between protest movements and the formal political system.; This book is intended for...

Talk radio has been a format that has evolved and grown since World War II. As it evolved in the 1960's and 70's, hosts began to realize its impact on political and social issues. Over time, it became apparent that harnessing the power of...

Over recent decades International Relations scholars have investigated norm dynamics processes at some length, with the 'norm entrepreneur' concept having become a common reference point in the literature. The focus on norm entrepreneurs has, however, resulted in a bias towards investigating the agents and...

This interdisciplinary collection by experts on Europe and the Americas addresses the fusion of nationalism and populism. Essays provide in-depth case studies and theoretical tools to examine and compare various strands of populist nationalism. Author: Fernando López-AlvesISBN-10: 1138336114ISBN-13: 9781138336117Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2018Pages: 304Format: HardcoverWeight:...

Ambitious in scope, Rethinking Church, State, and Modernity considers some central concepts in the sociology and history of religion and, simultaneously, how Canada's religious experience is distinctive in the modern world. The contributors to this volume challenge the institutional approach that stresses a strict...

The growing importance of the Korean economy in the global arena and the spread of the so-called 'Korean wave' in Asia mean there is an increasing desire to understand contemporary Korean Society. To this end, this book provides a critical and progressive analysis of...

Migrant organizations are of vital importance for countries of residence and countries of origin, but the empirical and theoretical knowledge of the cross-border character of migrant organizations remains incomplete. It is clear that migrant transnationalism challenges the governance of nation-states on the local and...

In order to understand the Pakistani state and government's treatment of non-dominant ethnic groups after the failure of the military operation in East Pakistan and the independence of Bangladesh, this book looks at the ethnic movements that were subject to a military operation after...

Practice of Diplomacy has become established as a classic text in the study of diplomacy. This much-needed second edition is completely reworked and updated throughout and builds on the strengths of the original text with a strong empirical and historical focus.Topics new and updated...

The relationship between government and business has become a central issue in East Asia since the financial crisis of 1997. As the Asian economies try to advance the reform process, recent scandals involving corruption and cronyism have demonstrated the ongoing significance of the issue....

Author: Steve AbramowiczISBN-13: 9798994169216Publisher: Heartland PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/15/2026Pages: 298Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d

He was over. He was done. He was dead. Buried by political scandals, media attacks, cultural war. And yet the phoenix Donald Trump arose. Resurgent, revived, renewed, more focused, stronger, sharper, hungrier, and determined than ever to complete the mission to which God has...

"...the person I regard as Australia's best Foreign Affairs Minister." - John Howard"Across his career, Downer brought a formidable intellect and relentless work ethic to his job. During his years as foreign minister, and his activism across the years that followed, he would play...

The Legacy Sites is a compelling and visually rich book exploring the groundbreaking work of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) through its transformative public spaces: the Legacy Museum, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, brought together here for...

Migration is an inescapable issue in the public debates and political agendas of Western countries, with refugees and migrants increasingly viewed through the lens of security. This book analyses recent shifts in governing global mobility from the perspective of the politics of citizenship, utilising...

Water policy in U.S. is one of the most complex topics in the field of public policy. This book provides for the first time a common framework for analysis to investigate how water scarcity and droughts have interacted with various state-level factors to produce...

This comprehensive edition presents John Gillies's 1797 translation of Aristotle's "Ethics" and "Politics," offering readers a window into the foundational texts of Western political and moral thought. Enriched with Gillies's detailed introductions and notes, this two-volume work provides a critical history of Aristotle's life...

There is no such term as the intelligentsia, except Russia, generalizing all representatives of intellectual labor. In the rest of the world, the cultural layer of the nation is called intellectuals, and the term intelligentsia is not applied.However, in reality, representatives of intellectual labor...

This book explores the extent to which and the reasons why Russia's citizens harbor feelings of nostalgia for the Soviet Union today. Based on the results of a nationwide survey and rigorous field research carried out within several of Russia's regions, Dr. Sullivan uncovers...

Why this book? What can it add to the many works that have already explored Islam as a history, a doctrine, a law, and a code of ethics? The bulk of Islamic thought nowadays is either a repetition of and rumination about what the...

This volume of the Netherlands Yearbook of International Law explores the many faces of populism, and the different manifestations of the relationship between populism and international law. Rather than taking the so-called populist backlash against globalisation, international law and governance at face value, this...

Mind is the only place where ideals and ideals generate. Generation of such ideas and ideals directly or indirectly depend upon the knowledge base of a person. Such knowledge base again resides on the segment of skills and competences that a person duly acquired...

The interviews in this book were conducted for the Nordics Africa Institute's research project 'National liberation in Southern Africa - The role of the nordic countries'. Around 80 representatives of the Southern African liberation movements, as well as Swedish and other opinion makers, administrators...

'This is a welcome book. The issues of public understanding of science open many questions. What does "understanding" mean? How does understanding translate into attitudes towards science and trust in scientists? What is the role of the mass media? The essays in this book...

Exchange programmes have been a part of US foreign relations since the nineteenth century, but it was only during and after World War II that they were applied by the US government on a large scale to influence foreign publics in support of strategic...

This book highlights the crucial importance of mammography in the early diagnosis of breast cancer. The first chapter explores in depth the role of mammography in breast imaging, describing the different types of mammograph used in clinical routine, including analog, semi-digital and digital mammographs....

In 'Democratic Vistas', a text that responds to the United States's devastating experiences of the Civil War, Walt Whitman reminds his readers that the nation should continue to find its political ideals and cultural purposes in "the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God."...

Classic from the year 2009 in the subject Pedagogy - Theory of Science, Anthropology, language: English, abstract: The most notable distinction between living and inanimate things is that the former maintain themselves by renewal. A stone when struck resists. If its resistance is greater...

Author: Anne StenersenISBN-10: 3639081358ISBN-13: 9783639081350Publisher: VDM VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/05/2008Pages: 116Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d

Discover the roots of our modern thinking! "The German Idealists - Is Patriotism Still Contemporary?" takes you on an exciting journey into the time of the Napoleonic occupation and shows you how important thinkers such as Fichte, Schelling and Hegel shaped not only philosophy...

In the wake of rapid globalization, many enthusiastically declared cosmopolitanism to be no longer just a philosophical ideal, but a real, existing fact. Across the world, they argued, people were increasingly considering themselves global citizens. Meanwhile, the global ecological crisis worsened, fascism returned, repression...

This revised edition of the classic text of the period provides both the student and the specialist with an informative account of post-Roman English society.Author: Ervin LaszloISBN-10: 2881246125ISBN-13: 9782881246128Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/31/1994Pages: 158Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.37d

Written: September 1876 - June 1878; Published: in Vorwärts, Jan 3 1877-July 7 1878; Published: as a book, Leipzig 1878; Translated: by Emile Burns from 1894 edition.Author: Emile Burns,Friedrich EngelsISBN-10: 1987448243ISBN-13: 9781987448245Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2018Pages: 216Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w...

The Colonial Farm is a remarkable, inspiring, retrospective memoir that captures untold stories of peasants and the author's journeys as they navigate and survive the British colonial laws in Kenya, where the author starts as a babysitter and a farmhand. The story is told...

The study of Jewish political philosophy is a recently established field in the study of Jewish philosophy. While in older histories of Jewish philosophy there is hardly any discussion of this topic, recent editors of such books have found it useful to add chapters...

The Statesman is a difficult and puzzling Platonic dialogue. In A Stranger's Knowledge Marquez argues that Plato abandons here the classic idea, prominent in the Republic, that the philosopher, qua philosopher, is qualified to rule. Instead, the dialogue presents the statesman as different from...

Integrating Gender makes a timely contribution to debate about the social content and internal politics of the European Union. Based on a detailed study of the EU's policy on women's rights, it draws together approaches from international relations and feminist theory to develop a...

This is a work summarizing in one volume the pioneering approach of the author to public-interest decision-taking in the field of urban & regional planning. This book is aimed at students, researchers and professionals in planning. Nathaniel Lichfield first introduced in his "Economics of...

This is a clear survey of the role played by the United Nations in the major political crises of the post-war world. In covering its high-profile, peace-keeping role, its support of new nations, and its involvement in new initiatives such as famine relief and...

Although many books have been written about the IRA, little attention has been paid to the rank and file of the organization as well as the movement in 1930s Ireland. Thanks to the availability of records keep by Moss Twomey, leader from 1926 to...

This volume contains papers from the third symposium held by the University of Tel Aviv, Israel, and the Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany, with the aim of furthering dialogue between Jewish and Christian biblical scholars. The papers examine the ways in which political issues and...

The 14 essays in this volume look at both the theory and practice of monarchical governments from the Thirty Years War up until the time of the French Revolution. Contributors aim to unravel the constructs of 'absolutism' and 'monarchism', examining how the power and...

Napoleon, Mussolini, Voltaire, even Mafia man John Gotti - they all read Machiavelli's The Prince. Philosophers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, David Hume and Adam Smith were influenced by it. And the book's ideas led to the term Machiavellian entering the language. But the influence...

What if you could understand the foundations of justice, create a fair society, and unlock the principles of effective governance?Politics: Aristotle's Vision of Justice, Society, and Governance brings you Aristotle's timeless exploration of political theory, thoughtfully translated and adapted for the modern reader.Written over...

Lone Star Politics: Theories, Concepts, and Political Activity in Texas blends the history of political activity in the state with theories that underlie and explain this activity. Through classic and contemporary political literature, students learn about the unique political culture that exists in Texas...

In October 1936, as the Spanish Civil War turned a tension in peripheral Europe into a European disaster, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy signed a series of agreements detailing the need for a common action to prevent the...

Through fourteen original essays, the book seeks to understand the viability of the notion of sovereignty in a globalized world, thus taking into account the inclusion of a language of rights, limitation and legitimacy. It examines sovereignty using a normative approach. Author: André Santos...

Attempts of nineteenth-century writers to establish "race" as a biological concept failed after Charles Darwin opened the door to a new world of knowledge. Yet this word already had a place in the organization of everyday life and in ordinary English language usage. This...