Political Science - General

Policy makers and academics alike have mistakenly promoted an agenda which takes well-governed democratic and consolidated 'Weberian' states as the model for the world and the goal of development programs. Whilst Western industrial democracies are the exception, areas of limited statehood where state institutions...

After seven years of the Obama Administration, the US was broken. Americans wanted change and they got it with the Presidency of Donald J. Trump. But the corrupt and dishonest media, Democrat politicians (and some Republicans), and 'Deep State' actors in the government, didn't...

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Donald J. Trump, entrepreneur extraordinaire, ultra businessman, and real estate tycoon-turned President of the United States, was always revered by the African American community and the Hip-Hop industry as an economical and cultural icon. Only until recently, when campaigning for the presidency in 2016,...

Why do some cities grow economically while others decline? Why do some show sustained economic performance while others cycle up and down? In Keys to the City, Michael Storper, one of the world's leading economic geographers, looks at why we should consider economic development...

A chilling eyewitness account of the anti-Sikh violence Sanjay Suri was a young crime reporter with The Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her bodyguards on 31 October 1984. He was among the few journalists to...

In his latest column collection, controversial conservative radio host Ben Shapiro breaks down the Trump phenomenon and its implications on the political establishment and conservativism. He's unafraid to point a finger at all those accountable for his rise and election-Democrats and Republicans alike, the...

By shedding their shame and telling their stories, the contributors to this World War 3 Illustrated volume expose the contradictions of the of the Trump/#MeToo era. In comics that fuse personal testimony with political savvy on topics from healthcare, harassment, childbirth, and assault to...

The Starr Report, officially titled the "Referral from Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr in Conformity with the Requirement of Title 28, United States Code, Section 595(c)", was an investigative account of United States President Bill Clinton by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and released on...

Enjoy the simplicity of the YouTube* Video? Simplicity has been my goal in explaining the grand jury; in video and in writing. I'm not an attorney - I'm honest (kidding). God help us if the book was written by an attorney How would people...

Columbus, Ohio, no longer has industrial communities - a triad of factories, retail, and worker housing, all in close proximity and well integrated. Beginning in the late 19th century, these communities were a function of both a walking city and an efficient railroad network...

The author becomes fascinated with Ethiopia after he and his wife live there for two years. This fascination continues to grow as the years pass and they explore other countries, particularly African countries. The idea of bringing this fascination and uniqueness to the attention...

Author: David McDonaldISBN-10: 1452042543ISBN-13: 9781452042541Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/28/2010Pages: 280Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

This book identifies those industries most in need of litigation consultants and expert witnesses. They include: construction, medicine, securities, commodity futures, internet -telecommunications, real estate and corporate America. Before you try your hand as a litigation consultant or expert witness, this book is must...

Author: Norman JonesISBN-10: 144909595XISBN-13: 9781449095956Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/09/2010Pages: 216Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Terrorism is a complex phenomenon that cannot be understood through reading of a number of unrelated academic articles or a dry overview of the history of terrorism or the investigative techniques. For A New Understanding of Terrorism, the Editors have chosen a different paradigm....

On the seventeenth of July, 1979, the dictator Anastasio Somoza left Nicaragua after forty-five years. Finally, the family that had ruled and owned the country was gone. It took its money, which was much of the money the country had. The dictator left. The...

Author: Paola Leopizzi HarrisISBN-10: 1438965591ISBN-13: 9781438965598Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/07/2009Pages: 268Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d

From emancipation to segregation to integration, African Americans exist today by virtue of a continuum of political evolutions, each of which is built upon prior legacies and achievements. In advancing our political progression, Sovereign Evolution re-declares freedom and equality in 21st-century terms, using sovereign...

Author: Scott N. BradleyISBN-10: 1436345480ISBN-13: 9781436345484Publisher: Xlibris CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/21/2009Pages: 528Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.04lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.31d

PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS for LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Ten new cities with a total of over one-half million residents have been created in Georgia in the last dozen years. The author was responsible for the implementation of Sandy Springs, the first new city to be incorporated in...

Before emerging ex statu pupillari as Zimbabwe, the former Southern Rhodesia underwent many changes. These included a dramatic declaration of independence in the Sixties by the minority government; a fierce 'Chlimurenga' or war of liberation; a flirtation with socialism; and a final emergence as...

Riot grrrls, punk feminists most well-known for their girl power activism and message, used punk ideologies and the literacy practice of zine-ing to create radical feminist sites of resistance. Author: Sharon R. Mazzarella, Rebekah J. BuchananISBN-10: 1433123916ISBN-13: 9781433123917Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage:...

Expounding on the results of the author's work with the US Army Research Office, DARPA, the Office of Naval Research, and various defense industry contractors, Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots explores how to produce an "artificial conscience" in a new class of robots,...

Man's Worldly Goods - The Story of The Wealth of Nations By Leo Huberman Originally published in the 1930s, this is 'an attempt to explain history by economic theory, and economic theory by history'. It charts the path from feudalism to capitalism, and then...

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American naturalist, poet, philosopher, and essayist who played a leading role in the transcendentalist movement. A prolific writer, he produced more than 20 volumes of articles, essays, journals, poetry and books, with his most notable contributions including his...

This vintage book contains Emma Goldman's 1923 work, "My Disillusionment in Russia". In this volume, Goldman recounts some of her experiences in Russia after a trip to investigate personally what she believed to be the nearest approach to a utopia the world had ever...

The evocative, first-hand accounts of American ambassador Henry Morgenthau regarding the Armenian genocide are one of the most thorough, authoritative sources on the atrocities. This book contains the full accounts of Henry Morgenthau throughout his posting in Constantinople, Turkey. At the time the Ottoman...

As an increasing number of individuals go to work in the nonprofit sector, nonprofit managers need support on how best to build their human resource management capacity. They need to know what systems to examine, what questions to ask, and how to ensure they...

This book examines the role and influence of American Christians in fostering the emigration of Soviet Jews and ending the cultural and religious discrimination against them. It contributes to an understanding of the complexities and nuances of interreligious affairs between Christians and Jews and...

The airplane ranks as one of history's most ingenious and phenomenal inventions. It has surely been one of the most world changing. How ideas about aerodynamics first came together and how the science and technology evolved to forge the airplane into the revolutionary machine...

This is Volume II of Principles of Federal Appropriations Law, third edition. As we explained in the Foreword to the third edition of Volume I, publication of this volume continues our process of revising and updating the second edition of the "Red Book" and...

This book is meant to generate a discussion about integration absent of the emotion. The people that were involved in the Civil Rights Movement decided that this was the best way to move Blacks as a group forward. This had never been attempted in...

Handwriting experts from around the world have analyzed the signature of President Donald J. Trump, but virtually all of them have limited their analysis by only highlighting the leading traits of his personality. For the first time in this book, handwriting expert Ilyas M....

From the very inception of the United States, few issues have been so divisive and defining as American slavery. Even as the U.S. was founded on principles of liberty, independence and freedom, slavery advocates and sympathizers positioned themselves in every aspect of American influence....

Written during the Northern Ireland peace process and just before the Good Friday Agreement, The Politics of Antagonism sets out to answer questions such as why successive British Governments failed to reach a power-sharing settlement in Northern Ireland and what progress has been made...

Sarah Palin Out of Nowhere is one of the most dynamic books any reader will ever read with an explosion of information. It reveals how Frank Aquila created, organized, and marketed a political grassroots organization called the South San Joaquin Republicans as a "political...

Written in 1974 Murder From Within will show what actually happened to President Kennedy, the consequences of his murder, and what action Americans can take to protect their institutions from further internal assault. The problem of usurpation from within and illegitimate and bloody transfer...

Written in 1974 Murder From Within will show what actually happened to President Kennedy, the consequences of his murder, and what action Americans can take to protect their institutions from further internal assault. The problem of usurpation from within and illegitimate and bloody transfer...

Agrarian Justice by Thomas Paine Agrarian Justice To preserve the benefits of what is called civilized life, and to remedy at the same time the evil which it has produced, ought to be considered as one of the first objects of reformed legislation. Whether...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Daniel de Leon, August BebelISBN-10: 1533357064ISBN-13: 9781533357069Publisher:...

The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes is a classic US president biography by James Quay Howard. The conclusions which we draw from the examination of the records of the ancestral descent of Rutherford B. Hayes are, that his progenitors...

In the United States the conventional left/right distinction has become increasingly irrelevant, if not harmful. The reigning political, cultural, and economic visions of both the Democrats and the Republicans have reached obvious dead ends. Liberalism, with its hostility to any limits, is collapsing. So-called...

Finally, a Texas truth-telling tale about Lone Star State politics by three authors with over 100 combined years of experience as Austin insiders and outsiders. "How Texas Politics Really Works" is an uncommon introduction to a subject that is shrouded in economic and governmental...

Hamilton versus Wall Street delves into the life and mind of Alexander Hamilton, focusing on his impact on the economic history of the United States. The author challenges the conventional portrayal of Hamilton as merely a financier, unveiling him as a statesman whose economic...

"The Sovereign Psyche is not just the title of the book. More importantly The Sovereign Psyche is the motivating consciousness, intellect, and willpower that is necessary to materialize what the book defines as "Self-Authentic Freedom" as opposed to "Chattel Freedom." Chattel freedom is when...

The situation in the South China Sea with regard to territorial disputes remains unsettled despite The Hague's Permanent Court of Arbitration unanimous ruling in favor of the Philippines and against China's historic rights to the South China Sea. This collection of academic essays examines...

The primary ineluctable facts of the birth and death of each one of the constituent members in a social group determine the necessity of education. On one hand, there is the contrast between the immaturity of the new-born members of the group - its...

In Problems of Philosophy Russell attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of philosophy. He introduces important theories of Plato, Aristotle, Ren Descartes, David Hume, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, Georg Hegel and others to lay the foundation for philosophical inquiry....

People so often focus on the negative aspects of politics, like greed and corruption, but without politics we would be lost. It frames everything we do, and it has the power to bring about real and positive change. Politics, Andrew Gamble reminds us, defeated...