Political Science - General

Who decides how official statistics are produced? Do politicians have control or are key decisions left to statisticians in independent statistical agencies? Interviews with statisticians in Australia, Canada, Sweden, the UK and the USA were conducted to get insider perspectives on the nature of...

The five volumes of papers exploring the major themes of research surrounding the capacious oeuvre of Dr B.R. Ambedkar provide a summary evaluation of the state of Ambedkar studies internationally, highlight research trends both about and inspired by Ambedkar, and open up lines of...

The author argues for the virtues of diversity in cities, organizations, strategies for development, and human discourse in general. The opening chapter develops the vision of Jane Jacobs (the "diva of diversity") for the development of city regions. Many of the later chapters are...

In the era of the appeasement of the dictators, Samuel Untermyer stands out as a champion of the human rights of not just German Jewry, but of other persecuted communities in Germany such as trade unionists, Roman Catholics and Freemasons. This is the first...

Weisberg's deeply sad but heartfelt short book will haunt you long after you want it to, as you slowly realize that our American borders have become excruciating nightmares for migrants. He shares the chilling stories of artifacts left in the desert like black jugs,...

The Rise and Fall of the American Dream discusses internal and external challenges America faces if we hope to survive as a nation. It's a warning of what is to come should we continue to ignore what God intended for our Christian land. Dr....

UFOs IN U.S. AIRSPACE - "Edition 2 - Expanded" - Updated February 2020 Over 12,000 UFO cases were studied by Project Blue Book in the 1950s and 1960s. This updated version of the book, "Abridged" of "UFOs IN US AirSpace; Hard Evidence" gives you...

This collection turns a spotlight on gender innovation in the social sciences. Eighteen short and accessibly written case studies show how feminist and gender perspectives bring new concepts, theories and policy solutions. Scholars across five disciplines- economics, history, philosophy, political science and sociology -...

In this short, powerful, and thoroughly documented book, Kirkpatrick Sale, who has been on the cutting edge of American social commentary for fifty years, makes a compelling case for the dangers that this world faces now and the real possibility of the imminent collapse...

The award-winning Black Wealth / White Wealth offers a powerful portrait of racial inequality based on an analysis of private wealth. Melvin Oliver and Thomas Shapiro's groundbreaking research analyzes wealth - total assets and debts rather than income alone - to uncover deep and...

Why and how are news organizations changing? With the drive for low costs and low prices, how can the news industry create value to ensure its survival in the digital environment? Most of the contemporary challenges faced by news organizations result from changes in...

Ritual and Democracy explores the complex intersections of ritual and democracy in a range of contemporary, cultural, and geographic contexts.This transdisciplinary and theoretically innovative volume emerged out of a workshop held at the Open University in London, organized as part of the inter­national research...

Providing a systematic and complete overview of the highest scholarly quality on Tantric mantras in Hinduism, this book presents a summary on the nature of Tantric mantras, their phonetic aspect, structure and classifications. Additionally, it explains the metaphysical-theological nature of Tantric mantras and gives...

At a time where, after decades of progress in gender and sexual rights, people in many parts of the world are facing new forms of resistance and opposition to gender equality, this timely publication confirms the continuing importance and relevance of gender and women's...

If you only purchase one book about Brexit this is the one for you and the most comprehensive, written not by a politician or political journalist from the Westminster bubble but by someone who witnessed and experienced the frustrations, hate and anger from both...

Combining traditional archival with innovative digital research, this book narrates global integration and imperial governance through individuals, from Boy Scout founder Robert Baden-Powell and imperialist Alfred Milner to Canadian Mountie Sam Steele, and, foremost, thousands of SAC men.Author: Richard J. Finlay, Scott C. SpencerISBN-10:...

A pillar of African American literature, Richard Wright is one of the most celebrated and controversial authors in American history. His work championed intellectual freedom amid social and political chaos. Despite the popular and critical success of books such as Uncle Tom's Children (1938),...

Every country, every subnational government, and every district has a designated population, and this has a bearing on politics in ways most citizens and policymakers are barely aware of. Population and Politics provides a comprehensive evaluation of the political implications stemming from the size...

The energy system is undergoing a fundamental transformation - from fossil to renewable energy, from central power plants to distributed, decentralised generation facilities such as rooftop solar panels or wind parks, from utilities to private residents as producers of energy, and from analogue to...

"I swear by all that's Holy, I will never come anywhere near the Palestine problem once I liberate myself from this trap." Ralph Bunche wrote these lines to his wife in 1949, during the armistice talks on Rhodes. A year later, he was awarded...

War by Agreement presents a new theory on the ethics of war. It shows that wars can be morally justified at both the ad bellum level (the political decision to go to war) and the in bello level (its actual conduct by the military)by...

American political and policy history has revived since the turn of the twenty-first century. After social and cultural history emerged as dominant forces to reveal the importance of class, race, and gender within the United States, the application of this line of work to...

Analyzes the revolutionary upsurge on the land and in the factories leading to the Spanish civil war and how the Stalinists' course ensured a fascist victory.Author: Leon TrotskyISBN-10: 0873482735ISBN-13: 9780873482738Publisher: PathfinderLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1973Pages: 543Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.12lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.28w x 0.91d

Dictators may be among the worst people in history, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't laugh at them. In My Favourite Dictators, Chris Mikul tells the stories of eleven of the twentieth century's most colourful and reviled human beings, including Benito Mussolini, Mao Zedong,...

Read the book that is most probably the greatest book ever written on the liberal party of Canada.Very well researched for 2019 Canadian elections, Reasons to Vote for for the Liberal Party of Canada: An In-Depth guide on political issues and sure to stand...

During the late eighteenth century, Portugal and Spain sent joint mapping expeditions to draw a nearly 10,000-mile border between Brazil and Spanish South America. These boundary commissions were the largest ever sent to the Americas and coincided with broader imperial reforms enacted throughout the...

This cultural history seeks to deepen and contextualize knowledge about digital activist journalism by training the lens of social movement theory back on the nearly forgotten role of eight twentieth-century American social justice journals in effecting significant social change.Author: Carolyn KitchISBN-10: 1433165058ISBN-13: 9781433165054Publisher: Peter...

It is impossible to understand the history of modern Europe without some knowledge of the Weimar Republic. The brief fourteen-year period of democracy between the Treaty of Versailles and the advent of the Third Reich was marked by unstable government, economic crisis and hyperinflation...

This collective volume shows how Ukraine can best be understood through its regions and how the regions must be considered against the background of the nation. The overarching objective of the book is to challenge the dominance of the nation-state paradigm in the analyses...

Most armies prefer to avoid urban warfare. Urban campaigns tend to be time-consuming and manpower intensive. They are usually bloody events that burn through manpower, materials and resources at a very high tempo. Most guerrillas are also advised by their strategists to avoid using...

Underground Front is a pioneering examination of the role that the Chinese Communist Party has played in Hong Kong since the creation of the party in 1921, through to the present day. The second edition goes into greater depth on the party's view on...

This book serves as an easy-to-read, up-to--date practical guide on professional corporate communication. The key market for this book is the Asia-Pacific region, mainly because there is a gap in know-how in corporate communication among many industry sectors. In addition, at present, one cannot...

IN A COUNTRY where talk of conspiracies is often a national pastime, the deepest, sometimes darkest, secrets have long been held by Indonesia's State Intelligence Agency (Badan Intelijen Negara, or BIN). Whether targeting communist diplomats, foreign terrorists, or domestic dissidents, BIN and its precursor...

A collection of letters, tracing the evolution of Bustamante's political theories. A new edition.Author: Frank HillISBN-10: 9768202726ISBN-13: 9789768202727Publisher: LMH PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/29/2010Pages: 134Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d

This book balances new conceptual inquests with policy analysis that would make it useful literature on Ballistic missile defence for academics and policymakers.Author: A. Vinod KumarISBN-10: 9388161432ISBN-13: 9789388161435Publisher: Vij BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/30/2019Pages: 148Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.70w x 0.60d

Beyond Good And Evil, originally published in 1886, is a book in which the author shows the weaknesses in the moral premises and prejudices of philosophers. In Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche accuses past philosophers of lacking critical sense and blindly accepting dogmatic premises...

Space warfare is combat that takes place in outer space, i.e. outside the atmosphere. Technically, as a distinct classification, it refers to battles where the targets themselves are in space. Space warfare therefore includes ground-to-space warfare, such as attacking satellites from the Earth, as...

Soon, Cities of Power: The Urban, the National, the Popular, and the Global by G ran Therborn will be on the market. In between Science, Class and Society (1976) and The Killing Fields of Inequality (2013) G ran has consistently challenged received wisdom in...

Denmark is the country in the world where Lutheranism has the greatest impact on culture, government and policy. It has an impact on everything from taxes to education, from criminality to sexual ethics. The Danish way of life can only be understood in the...

For perhaps the first time, the author has attempted a holistic account of the monarchy in modern Greece. The reader, on the basis of information about the political behaviour of the Greek and his relationship with authority in every form, is able to understand...

Take a moment to consider what the world would be like without oil and gas. Now take the time to learn the impact this could have on the world. The Last Drop is a must read for us all. It's time we make changes...

Atwell's work traces the historical and legal developments surrounding the public awareness of sexual harassment in the United States. Author: David A. Schultz, Mary Welek AtwellISBN-10: 1433156059ISBN-13: 9781433156052Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/22/2020Pages: 156Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d

The sole source of protection for many workers in precarious jobs, this book reveals gaps in the enforcement of employment standards in Ontario, Canada, and offers a bold vision for change drawing on innovative initiatives emerging elsewhere.Author: Leah Faith VoskoISBN-10: 1487524315ISBN-13: 9781487524319Publisher: University of...

Considering the endurance of socialist spaces in contemporary, political, and cultural environments, this book investigates key aspects of socialist urbanism.Author: Lisa B. W. Drummond, Douglas YoungISBN-10: 1442632534ISBN-13: 9781442632530Publisher: University of Toronto PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/03/2020Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 8.70h x 5.90w x 1.00d

This cultural biography illustrates how Birmingham World editor Emory O. Jackson fought for civil rights in Alabama between 1940 and 1975, and links that struggle to present-day issues such as Black Lives Matter, police violence, and disenfranchisement.Author: Carolyn KitchISBN-10: 143314803XISBN-13: 9781433148033Publisher: Peter Lang Inc.,...

State Formation in the Liberal Era offers a nuanced exploration of the uneven nature of nation making and economic development in Peru and Mexico. Zeroing in on the period from 1850 to 1950, the book compares and contrasts the radically different paths of development...

This study discusses salient trends demonstrated by contemporary warfare of these first years of the 21st century. The authors reinforce previous notions of Fourth Generation Warfare, but most importantly explore the workings of new components and how these have modified the theory and practice...

Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject Politics - Environmental Policy, grade: 1,3, RWTH Aachen University, course: Climate Risk Management and Economics, language: English, abstract: Global warming is an omnipresent topic in the media. Capturing CO2 from industrial plants and pressing it...

This book, first published in 1974, studies the historical development of China during the Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9), a time of great intellectual, religious and political change. The struggle between Reformists and Modernists is analysed using texts contemporary to the time, and...

In 2003, the occupation of a state-owned building in Rome led to the emergence of a new extreme-right youth movement: CasaPound Italia (CPI). Its members described themselves as 'Fascists of the Third Millennium', and were unabashed about their admiration for Benito Mussolini. Over the...