Political Science - General

Elizabeth Nel served as Winston Churchill's personal secretary during World War II. The vivid and human details of her experiences, of her impressions and memories of the irascible and loveable war hero, take up the story of Churchill's life at No. 10 where the...

This is a major work by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, whose writings have been deeply influential on subsequent generations of philosophers. It is offered here in a new translation by Judith Norman, with an introduction by Rolf Peter Horstmann that places the work in...

In this selection of the political writings of Karl Marx that predate the Communist Manifesto, excerpts from the "Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right," "Points on the State and Bourgeois Society" and other writings are newly translated and arranged in a sequence that illuminates...

"We were sure that we would win, that we should score the first great triumph in a mighty world-movement."--Theodore Roosevelt, 1904Americans like to think they have no imperial past. In fact, the United States became an imperial nation within five short years a century...

This is a biography of mayor Richard J. Daley. It is the story of his rise from the working-class Irish neighbourhood of his childhood to his role as one of the most important figures in 20th century American politics.Author: Adam Cohen, Elizabeth TaylorISBN-10: 0316834890ISBN-13:...

The forgotten protagonist of this true account aspired to be a cubist painter in his native Ky?. In a Europe remade by the First World War, his talents led him to different roles-intelligence operative, powerful statesman, underground activist, lifelong conspirator. Henryk Jewski directed Polish...

This volume provides a general overview of the basic ethical and philosophical issues of animal rights. It asks questions such as: Do animals have moral rights? If so, what does this mean? What sorts of mental lives do animals have, and how should we...

How well are you keeping up with the hottest topics in our world today?Should we legalize marijuana?Are the Kardashians good or bad for feminism?Is happiness a choice?Is Federer the best tennis player of all time?Should we raise taxes on the rich?Are vaccines safe for...

Explains climate change is real but not caused by human contribution. Further, human beings cannot stop it.Author: Joseph S. JableckiISBN-10: 1954886942ISBN-13: 9781954886940Publisher: Litprime SolutionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2021Pages: 98Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.23d

Nick Buckley MBE came to international attention in June 2020 when he was fired by the board of The Mancunian Way, a charity he had founded, for criticizing the far-left policies of Black Lives Matter. He then mounted a successful fightback that resulted in...

Colonel Andy O'Meara is a combat veteran awarded a Silver Star and a Purple Heart in the Vietnam war. His latest and well researched book, Liberty VS Tyranny deals with the enduring struggle between our military leaders, sworn to defend our Constitution and the...

Every citizen deserves to be heard. This book will show how to use your voice productively.It gives easy-to-understand guidance for anyone who wants to see change happen in their community. Based on real-life experience as activists and elected officials, the authors explain the most...

This new updated edition presents the overarching themes of geopolitical structures and agents in an engaging and accessible manner, which requires no previous knowledge of theory or current affairs. It helps readers understand the geopolitical implications of COVID-19, China's pronounced role in the world,...

Exacerbated by the Gulf War, the plight of the Kurds is one of the most urgent problems facing the international community. This authoritative study of the Kurdish people provides a deep and varied insight into one of the largest primarily tribal communities in the...

Generation Rising traces the development of Providence Youth Student Movement (PrYSM), a grassroots, LGBTQ+ youth-led organization of Southeast Asian Americans whose families migrated to Providence, Rhode Island, in the aftermath of the American war in Viet Nam, Laos, and Cambodia. This in-depth ethnography delves...

Today we can find "evidence" that supports any opinion, no matter how outrageous. How are we to discern fact from fiction? Do you rely on science? How can you be certain what the science actually shows? Rather than continuing to rely on our trusted...

Argues that racial inequality reproduces itself automatically over time because early unfair advantage for whites has paved the way for continuing advantage This book is designed to change the way we think about racial inequality. Long after the passage of civil rights laws, blacks...

Charlotte Zietlow and a motley crew of outsiders, tyros, activists, dreamers, and problem-solvers took over city hall in Bloomington, Indiana in 1971 and the town hasn't been the same since. A woman who frankly proclaims never to have planned her life, Charlotte has led...

Voices of Freedom: The Middle East and North Africa showcases essays from activists, journalists, novelists, and scholars whose areas of expertise include free speech, peace and reconciliation, alterity-otherness, and Middle Eastern and North African religions and literatures. Co-edited by TCU colleagues Rima Abunasser and...

Nations and Nationalism in World History challenges the commonly accepted understanding of nations as being exclusively modern and European in origin by drawing attention to evidence that indicates that nations are found in antiquity and the Middle Ages, and throughout the world. Locating the...

Akaki's book documents Museveni's servant leadership attitudes over a period of 40 years. The most comprehensive book on servant leadership from the life of General Museveni. Incredibly well researched. Thought provoking. This book contains everything about servant leadership as exemplified by General Museveni. A...

As a contributor to the literature and science of Freemasonry, Albert Gallatin Mackey was rightly considered one of the greatest American Masonic historian. His works have been more extensive than those of any other in America or in Europe. He was widely respected by...

The book is a study of identity transformation and negotiation of identity as applied to Ahmed Sékou Touré and subordinates in colonial and post-colonial Guinea.Author: Saidou Mohamed N'DaouISBN-10: 1433183234ISBN-13: 9781433183232Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/24/2021Pages: 322Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.39lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w...

Christianity and the Alt-Right: Exploring the Relationship looks back at the 2016 presidential election and the support President Trump enjoyed among white Evangelicals. This cutting-edge volume offers insights into the role of race and racism in shaping both the Trump candidacy and presidency and...

Introduction.- The stakes in sex: obstacles and opportunities in legal reform for trans persons.- X' Why? Gender Markers and Non-Binary Transgender People. PART I: The strong medicalization model.- Gender Identity and the LGBT Movement in Brazil.- The Legal Status of Transsexual and Transgender Persons...

In Shame, Fame, and the Technological Mentality, Dustin Peone interrogates the modern human condition. Peone argues that shame and fear are constitutive of social order, but that these affects have been undermined by contemporary ideology. This subversion has created a novel breed of shameless...

Kathleen M. Dowley is Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science and International Relations at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Susan Ingalls Lewis is Professor Emerita of History at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Meg Devlin...

In order to preserve and ensure the vitality of freedom and democracy in democratic societies, it is important that citizens reflect deeply on the meaning of freedom and the conditions necessary to sustain it. The idea for this volume arose from discussions at the...

This is the legendary book that started it all The UK banned it. The US Government wanted to know, "how did he get all this information? It's all classified " The book that started thousands of careers in information security and was ignored by...

Dialogical Supervision: Creating A Work Culture Where Everybody Learns is a guide to professional supervision in various fields of expertise. It is written especially for professional supervisors and students of supervision, and yet it also provides insights and tools for those team leaders and...

This original book is the first serious study investigating the crowdfunding phenomenon, which has developed deep meaning for various stakeholders benefiting from this funding collection mechanism and its innovative new role, especially in the processes of business creation and spread of entrepreneurship. The actors...

Aylan, Isis, Begum, Grenfell, Trump. Harambe, Guantanamo, Syria, Brexit, Johnson. COVID, migrants, trolling, George Floyd, Trump! Gazing over the fractured, contested territories of the current global situation, Watkin finds that all these diverse happenings have one element in common. They occur when biopolitical states,...

Traditionally, our society has broadly agreed that the "good university" should teach the intellectual skills students need to become citizens who are intelligently critical of their own beliefs and of the narratives presented politicians, society, the media, and, indeed, universities themselves. The freedom to...

After the unexpected collapse of the Soviet Union, the categories of "Left" and "Right" continue to be used to describe political ideologies, despite their historic ambiguity and a shared utopian root. The idealistic belief that a perfect world is possible continues to dwell on...

White Lies, Black Truth, The Lost LightBy: Jacie Rowe III 93% of Black homicide is Black on Black killings6,000 Blacks killed by other Blacks 2015 in U.S.From 1976-2005 94% Black Killings were by other BlacksFrom 1976 -2014 is estimated that 198,288 Blacks killed by...

The abnormal is becoming normal in our societies. Each day we hear a case of a man killing a woman, on what has been famously known as the Gender Based Violence. Everyday someone gets offended because they have been judged unfairly by their race...

In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, US allegations that Osama bin Laden's network was responsible, and the subsequent military attacks on Afghanistan, the Taliban have become the focal point of the West's difficult relations with the...

Home to eighty thousand people, Accra's Old Fadama neighbourhood is the largest illegal slum in Ghana. Though almost all its inhabitants are Ghanaian born, their status as illegal 'squatters' means that they live a precarious existence, marginalised within Ghanaian society and denied many of...

Solidarity Networks & Emergency Survival is a practical guide--in plain and direct language--for organizers, activists, and individuals looking to build networks based on mutual aid and prepare for crisis situations.Author: Gods&radicals PressISBN-10: 1732552398ISBN-13: 9781732552395Publisher: Gods&radicalsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2020Pages: 54Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.08lbsSize: 6.00h x 4.00w x...

A toolkit for analysing politics and activism in today's digital media landscape, this engaging and practical resource helps students to understand how politics and protest are entwined with online popular culture, before providing a step-by-step guide in how to critically analyse this discourse themselves,...

In his new Pacific Research Institute book Winning the Water Wars, journalist and R Street Institute western region director Steven Greenhut writes that California can end its decades-long battles over water and meet the needs of its current and future population by promoting abundance...

People protest to try to change the world, because they think they can help change the world, and sometimes they do. But not by themselves, and generally not just how and when they want. This incisive book explains how groups of ordinary individuals can...

"Machiavelli taught Europe the art of war; it had long been practiced, without being known." VoltaireThe Art of War, one of the few major works of Machiavelli published in his lifetime, is an interesting discussion of how armies should be armed and organized.Excerpt: No...

Those studying development often address the impact of government policies, but rarely the politics that generate these policies. A culmination of several decades of work by Robert Bates, among the most respected comparativists in political science, this compact volume seeks to rectify that omission....

Major land reform programs have reallocated property in more than one-third of the world's countries in the last century and impacted over one billion people. But only rarely have these programs granted beneficiaries complete property rights. Why is this the case, and what are...

The Neoliberal Age? offers a nuanced and complex overview of British's neoliberalism since the 1970s.Author: Aled DaviesISBN-10: 1787356868ISBN-13: 9781787356863Publisher: UCL PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/07/2021Pages: 412Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 9.13h x 6.06w x 0.94d

Greek philosopher and scientist, Aristotle, lived in the 4th century B.C. and is thought of as one of the most important figures from classical antiquity. Aristotle was probably the most famous member of Plato's Academy in Athens, whose writings would ultimately form the first...

The Nordic Model was originally understood as a compromise between Western and Soviet systems. The Soviet Union has been gone for a generation, but the Nordic Model survives. Much of this has to do with the Model's change from an economic to a largely...

Plato is perhaps the most significant philosopher who has ever lived and the ''''Republic'''', composed in Athens in about 375BC, is widely regarded as his most famous dialogue. Its discussion of the perfect city - and the perfect mind - laid the foundations for...

Embracing Chaos is about the different crises during the last decade: the financial crisis, the identity crisis, the migration crisis, the Brexit crisis, the COVID19 crisis and the climate crisis. We live on the edge, from crisis to crisis, and one of the main...