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"A true story of corruption and abuse of power on a grand scale at the top of one of America's most important industries, and one that is under the microscope with HEALTHCARE REFORM currently in active discussion." "Every businesswoman, every entrepreneur and small business...

Author: Wilson EssienISBN-10: 1438949693ISBN-13: 9781438949697Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/28/2009Pages: 444Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.43lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.99d

The management of cultural diversity is a major challenge in many states. This book follows up the theoretical analysis of Ethnic Diversity and Public Policy with detailed case studies from leading international experts on Malaysia, Tanzania, Mauritius, Trinidad and Tobago, Northern Ireland, Spain and...

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On the morning of June 12, 1962, guards at Alcatraz-a federal penitentiary opened in 1933 on a desolate island in San Francisco Bay-discovered that prisoners John Anglin, Clarence Anglin, and Frank Morris had escaped. The FBI's thorough investigation, which lasted for nearly two decades,...

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...

On the morning of June 12, 1962, guards at Alcatraz-a federal penitentiary opened in 1933 on a desolate island in San Francisco Bay-discovered that prisoners John Anglin, Clarence Anglin, and Frank Morris had escaped. The FBI's thorough investigation, which lasted for nearly two decades,...

The U.S. inability-or unwillingness-to connect strategic ends and appropriate means to accomplish those ends has occurred so often over the past 15 years that one could make a credible argument that it has become a disturbing and pervasive characteristic of the modern American way...

The BiblioGov Project is an effort to expand awareness of the public documents and records of the U.S. Government via print publications. In broadening the public understanding of government and its work, an enlightened democracy can grow and prosper. Ranging from historic Congressional Bills...

The BiblioGov Project is an effort to expand awareness of the public documents and records of the U.S. Government via print publications. In broadening the public understanding of government and its work, an enlightened democracy can grow and prosper. Ranging from historic Congressional Bills...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

This book offers a detailed analysis of affective polarisation based primarily on a unique dataset created from an online panel survey in Spain. Spain is a country that provides a rich context for the exploration of identity-based polarisation.Author: Mariano TorcalISBN-10: 1032504110ISBN-13: 9781032504117Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

This book explores the diversity of pan-nationalism in both theory and practice. It will be of interest to students and researchers of politics including comparative politics, various forms of nationalism and history. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue...

This handbook fills a significant gap in the European studies literature by providing crucial and groundbreaking coverage of several key areas that are usually neglected or excluded in European integration collections. Author: Thomas HoerberISBN-10: 1032182423ISBN-13: 9781032182421Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2024Pages: 488Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.83lbsSize: 9.69h x...

International and Local Actors in Disaster Response uses the Beirut explosion in August 2020 to explore disaster prevention and response in developing states.Disasters, whether man-made or natural, have always tested governments and their bureaucracies. Despite numerous research efforts, existing empirical literature does not provide...

Reclaiming Participatory Governance offers empirical and theoretical perspectives on how the relationship between social movements and state institutions is emerging and developing through new modes of participatory governance.Author: Adrian BuaISBN-10: 1032111259ISBN-13: 9781032111254Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/04/2024Pages: 290Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.64d

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's "The Social Contract & Discourses" remains a cornerstone of political philosophy, exploring the fundamental questions of societal organization and the legitimacy of state power. Rousseau delves into the concept of the social contract, arguing that legitimate authority arises from the consent of...

A penetrating analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing the Soviet Union during the era of de-Stalinization. The book offers an insightful look into the political and social dynamics of the Soviet Union during a critical time in its history.This work has been selected...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Author: Patrick J. MontanaISBN-10: 0899300138ISBN-13: 9780899300139Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/28/1983Pages: 200Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.03lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

An estimated 17 million people are infected with HIV today, and it is estimated that in Africa alone there will be at least 70 million people infected in the next 25 years. This global pandemic has already had a profound impact economically and socially...

In the early 1960s, whenever the Today Show discussed integration, wlbt-tv, the nbc affiliate in Jackson, Mississippi, cut away to local news after announcing that the Today Show content was "network news . . . represent[ing] the views of the northern press." This was...

"A brilliant history of black politics and white resistance in post-civil rights era Mississippi. Danielson's work helps to fill the yawning gap in the black politics historiography between the Black Power movement and contemporary black politics. Additionally, he makes a critical contribution to the...

Here is the most comprehensive and authoritative work to date on relationships between the economy and politics in the years from Eisenhower through Reagan. Extending and deepening his earlier work, which had major impact in both political science and economics, Douglas Hibbs traces the...

Aliens & Savages is a hands-on historical record of the racism that underpins Australia's growth as a nation. First published twenty-five years ago, this new and revised edition asks: what has changed? As we approach the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...

Throughout the 1950s, methods of experimental analysis led to a great increase in knowledge of the machinery of insect flight. In this 1957 monograph, Dr Pringle brings together the results of his investigations of the mechanics of wing motion, the structure and physiology of...

Under what conditions were limited forms of self-government possible in medieval and early modern Europe? While many historians have sought an answer by investigating the development of parliamentary institutions in emerging national monarchies and the wider autonomy enjoyed by various city-states within their own...

In entries such as Jane Addams and the Settlement House Movement, Booker T. Washington and Black Self-Help, and Betty Friedan and the National Organization for Women, this dictionary provides in-depth examination of major American reformers and the movements they defined. With coverage extending from...

Product information not available.Author: Unknown,John Ed GreenwoodISBN-10: 0313238693ISBN-13: 9780313238697Publisher: GreenwoodLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/25/1983Pages: 106Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.60h x 6.44w x 0.63d

Scholars, political leaders, and experts in international development issues offer their responses to the need for up-to-date information about the linkages between population growth and three significant environmental issues: global warming, land use, and natural resource management. Collectively, the chapters in this volume look...

We will never know the precise identity of America's first political consultant. It is likely that candidates were seeking favorable coverage in colonial newspapers as early as 1704; it is also likely that by 1745 candidates were using handbills and pamphlets to augment press...

Here is a comprehensive discussion of the events in Poland between the rise of Solidarity in August 1960 and the martial law period.Author: Jack Bielasiak,Maurice SimonISBN-10: 0275911284ISBN-13: 9780275911287Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/15/1984Pages: 366Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.57lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d

Emperors and Imperial Dynasties of Byzantium offers the first ever comprehensive, easily accessible, and uniquely assorted anthology of primary texts in translation on the entire history of the Byzantine Empire arranged chronologically--in prose and verse, from Byzantium and other civilizations--representing different genres, including epigrams,...

Author: Joseph DeliaISBN-13: 9798991718738Publisher: Joseph DeliaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/31/2025Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.10lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.07d

Author: Linda Beatrice BrownISBN-10: 1959104039ISBN-13: 9781959104032Publisher: Scuppernong EditionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/15/2025Pages: 242Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d

Are you tired of the political rhetoric and soundbites that dominate the debate over economic systems? Do you want to move past the headlines and truly understand the forces that shape nations and your own life?In a world where calls for socialist policies are...

In this updated edition of Saving Democracy, Bob Passi examines the transformation of American democracy from the hopeful promise of the postwar era to its quiet capture by economic elites. Revisiting the 2016 election as a national watershed, the book traces the rise of...

"A View Of The United States Of America," written by Tench Coxe, offers a fascinating glimpse into the formative years of the nation. Composed between 1787 and 1794, this collection of papers provides a contemporary perspective on the progress and state of civil and...

This book provides a practical guide to a novel framework combining three diverse traditions within the field of discourse studies: Poststructuralist Discourse Theory, Critical Discourse Studies and Corpus Linguistics. By first covering a philosophical and conceptual overview to illustrate their compatibility, followed by detailed...

Why have some churches in Africa engaged in advocacy for stronger liberal democratic institutions while others have not? Faith in Democracy explores this question, emphasizing the benefits of liberal democratic protections for some churches. The book explains how churches' historic investments create different autocratic...

Why have some churches in Africa engaged in advocacy for stronger liberal democratic institutions while others have not? Faith in Democracy explores this question, emphasizing the benefits of liberal democratic protections for some churches. The book explains how churches' historic investments create different autocratic...

Probably the most common reason for not finding truth in our lives is that we think we have already found it. Regardless of one's inclination to ponder a possible world-conspiracy, there is likely not a person on Earth who has not felt cheated and...

THE SENSE OF BEAUTY: A FIRST APPROXIMATION It is generally acknowledged that during the first half of the eighteenth century a profound change was wrought in the theory of art and natural beauty. To this period we owe the establishment of the modem system...

Like the prisoner in Plato's myth of the Cave, independent Africa has been unable to bear the blinding light of the sun that is newfound freedom. But as it can no longer return to the shadow of the cave, it has chosen the ideological...

The complexity of the challenges we are faced with is steadily growing. Our gut feeling cannot predict the future and best practices used in the past do not necessarily work for our individual situations in the present. These facts cause many of us to...

This book monograph is a comprehensive study on environmental sanitation among the urban poor in developing countries. Using a case study of the Kibera slums in Nairobi, the study looks at Kibera's existing water and waste disposal infrastructure and considers how current conditions shape...

One of the purposes of China's fertility policy is to improve child wellbeing. Twenty-eight years after the onset of the policy, however, it is unclear whether it has achieved this goal. This work evaluates the consequences of the policy beyond fertility control in transitional...

Board of Superintendence of Dublin Hospitals - Thirty-third report is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other...