Political Science - General

Challenging Issues and Accountability in Nigeria's Public Administration is an attempt to treat in essay form a wide range of topics which have recently gained the trend of intensive research focus and scholarly attention of the authors. Here is a book which a selective...

Tennessee-born Horace McCoy joined the American Air Service in WWI, was wounded flying over France, became a reporter-actor in Dallas. In Hollywood, he was popular as a handsome actor, then toiled as a prolific movie-script writer. McCoy burst into fame with his first novel,...

This book provieds a detailed account of the past twenty years of Iraqi Kurdistan and its Governance by two Sheikhs. The power structure created by Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria in this region has led to the occupation of one third of Kurdish land...

This is an historic record of Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th president of The United States of America. It is based on a large number of news reports and documented records in a year-by-year, month-by-month accounting and represents a massive pattern of frightening proportion....

The man whimpered against the shadow, laying deep in thought. No one could tell what was running through his troubled mind, but he finally gave up, reached into his handbag and took out a set of printed-out pages. He sled them towards the shadow....

A new vocabulary is increasingly gaining prominence in Nigeria's political lexicon. It is the nine-letter word - REVOLUTION. Hardly can any political event hold in the country today without the word "revolution" sneaking into direct discourse. Expectedly, discussants always disagree on this vexatious political...

Author: Rohini DesilvaISBN-10: 1477135863ISBN-13: 9781477135860Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/23/2012Pages: 440Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.98d

Whether discussing the myth of America as a happy and contented country or the possibility of creating a radically different society, Why Not Utopia? offers a thought provoking challenge to the notion that only capitalism can guarantee economic prosperity and personal liberty. It is...

By its very nature, the United States Constitution is a broadly-supported, nonpartisan document. Elected officials all must swear to support it. To amend it, two-thirds of the members of both the House and the Senate must vote in favor of a proposed amendment, which...

This early work by Olive Schreiner was originally published in 1909 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Closer Union: A Letter on South African Union and the Principles of Government' is a polemical work in which the author...

The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment governs the relationship between the institutions of the church and those of the state; the Supreme Court, as arbiter of the Constitution, has, since 1947, sought to determine where the line between the two should be drawn....

The "How To" Guide for the 99% It's time for the 99% to get mad and get even! Find out how, in this simple yet sensible manifesto, non-partisan and full of good old-fashioned truth. Easy to read, easy to understand, with clear ways to...

Social Commentary and Political DiscussionAuthor: Leland HoburgISBN-10: 1469990245ISBN-13: 9781469990248Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/31/2012Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.17d

In 1989 hard core "Stalinists" overnight became the best ever imaginable capitalists who managed to privatise the entire economy in Eastern Europe. Nowadays, we observe how the "Masters of the Universe" suddenly be-come anti-globalisation activists raising the question whether we shall trust the populist...

Author: Dalken LelanISBN-10: 1469193957ISBN-13: 9781469193953Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/02/2012Pages: 134Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d

Author: Sunday C. Enubuzor Ph. D.ISBN-10: 1469181371ISBN-13: 9781469181370Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/13/2012Pages: 102Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d

Author: Mohamed Ali AbdiISBN-10: 1469166062ISBN-13: 9781469166063Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/27/2012Pages: 146Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

How public affairs are run depends upon the degree of authority and control central government decides to relinquish to regional and local governments, and the extent to which it favors citizen involvement in the governing process. Public administrators do not operate in a vacuum....

Citizens do not feel empowered and do not feel they are adequately given the space to meaningfully participate in public governance. Clearly, citizens are not satisfied with the manner in which government is run. This is evident across the developed and developing world, as...

Our government has been pissing me off for years and finally it boiled over. Both parties have been creeping towards Socialism for years. Obama and the Democrats have socialism on steroids! The Republicans have been more subtle about it. I thought we had some...

As the world around us ruptures in widespread frustration, anxiety and desperation, along comes a unique perspective that examines the seething discontent from the most fundamental level: The human mind. Whereas an ordinary analysis considers one piece at a time, this analysis follows an...

A lot has been done and said on so called War On Terror, and the relation between the West and the Muslim world, principally from Western perspective. However, very few is known about Muslim perspectives-the perspective of the people at the receiving end. The...

The book's main theme is that nations, like human beings, have souls and minds. The soul of a nation determines the way it thinks and acts or reacts in the international scene. Equally, those souls are open to influences, such as religious ones, but...

Côte d'Ivoire, Caught in Cross Fire, and Africa, in Dire Straits This book is a thorough analysis of the postelectoral crisis in Côte d'Ivoire in 2011 that led to an unprecedented and horrid manslaughter, with the bombing of the country's infrastructures by French and...

Author: Y. S. Ed D. WishnickISBN-10: 1465393323ISBN-13: 9781465393326Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/23/2011Pages: 250Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d

The book examines the deepening crisis in the Arab and Islamic world. It explores the competing pressures that help understand why Arabia has this siege mentality; a siege from within and also from the world around it.Author: Anwer SherISBN-10: 1463698178ISBN-13: 9781463698171Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...

This book contents the esssential knowledge on world's systems, technological facts and world's civilizations basing on etymological points. It depics what the mankind needs to comprehend for a proper learning.Author: Miguel JadisISBN-10: 1463421710ISBN-13: 9781463421717Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/23/2011Pages: 136Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x...

In a world where power - political and economic - determines who gets to shape the destiny of countries and individuals, "Vision of Change" introduces a completely different paradigm by which those who would lead must live. What is proposed, though not utopian, requires...

Author: Uche NwakuduISBN-10: 1463406916ISBN-13: 9781463406912Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/16/2011Pages: 196Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d

Author: Gp Capt (R) Rab Nawaz ChoudhryISBN-10: 146344916XISBN-13: 9781463449162Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/11/2011Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55dReview Citation(s): BlueInk Review 07/17/2012Foreword 09/26/2012

Author: Matsime Simon MohapiISBN-10: 1462889050ISBN-13: 9781462889051Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/22/2011Pages: 126Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d

Author: Martin WarburgISBN-10: 1462851819ISBN-13: 9781462851812Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/27/2011Pages: 302Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.32lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

Ben Mah's book is an excellent warning of the problems - indeed, economic depth charges - that were planted in China by the neoliberals who have destroyed nearly every economy where their advice was followed. Ben Mah's "China and the World" describes what China...

The United States Federal Government is spiraling our nation head long into bankruptcy. Our state governments are flat broke. The retiring Baby-Boomer generation will overwhelm America's entitlement programs in the coming decades. Our children and grandchildren will be forced into a life of servitude...

Author: Henry O. OmorereISBN-10: 1456894315ISBN-13: 9781456894313Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/12/2011Pages: 214Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Author: Michael A. CadoreISBN-10: 1456872109ISBN-13: 9781456872106Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/28/2011Pages: 98Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d

Author: Alven MakapelaISBN-10: 1456852086ISBN-13: 9781456852085Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/27/2011Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d

Author: Iras Msw DuBardISBN-10: 1456851071ISBN-13: 9781456851071Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2011Pages: 136Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Author: O. Lawrence Jr. BurnetteISBN-10: 1456843397ISBN-13: 9781456843397Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/12/2011Pages: 102Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d

Author: Gavin BondISBN-10: 1456815318ISBN-13: 9781456815318Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/09/2010Pages: 800Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.91lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.94d

Author: Emmanuel Sunlight KirundaISBN-10: 1456737805ISBN-13: 9781456737801Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/24/2011Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.51d

Putting the Facts in Perspective on how the Press failed Nigeria setting the wrong agenda and excessively attacking ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo in breach of professional ethics on absolute neutrality! A brief historical guide to the build-up of facts and culmination in the present political...

Since Alexis de Tocqueville's seminal work on American democracy, no one has attempted to diagnose the current state of democracy in the United States. This book is a modest attempt to do such an update, based on both democratic theory and the author's actual...

The book is a candid sociopolitical commentary in the form of a collection of short anecdotal articles describing author's view on various issues facing the world in general and the Muslim world in particular. Various happenings around the world are analyzed in this book...

Washington is broken and common sense solutions seem out of reach to the beltway politicians. Our historical American values have been stripped by legislation that doesn't make sense. Our legislators are out of touch, our citizens are disenfranchised and our regulations are out of...

Author: Charles E. IV MillerISBN-10: 1453548645ISBN-13: 9781453548646Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/31/2010Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.23lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15d

Author: M. M. ChantiloupeISBN-10: 1453541225ISBN-13: 9781453541227Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/22/2010Pages: 398Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.28lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.89d

Author: C. Truett BakerISBN-10: 1453504443ISBN-13: 9781453504444Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/07/2010Pages: 290Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.28lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

To open minds, to make you aware, and make you think. To uncover the root causes of who is behind and why. When we see friends and relatives get sick and die too early in life.Author: Normand DesmaraisISBN-10: 1452091609ISBN-13: 9781452091600Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/29/2010Pages: 152Format:...

Title: America ... America ... Or Is It? Naming of America, Christoforo Colombo, Amerigo Vespucci, American Democracy, Capitalism, Economy. Saga of AIG, Saga of Bernard Madoff, Charles Ponzi the initiator of Ponzi Scheme. Many forms of Democracy, Poor in America, Ills of Capitalism, Suggest...