Political Science - General

In "Solomon's Proof," Rashan Barcusé chronicles the life and teachings Michael Solomon, a brilliant former Stanford anti-war activist now Rocky Mountain yoga teacher, who claims to be the one prophesied by all religions--and says he can prove it. Indeed, he offers a scientific proof...

Strategies for African Development, edited by Robert J. Berg and Jennifer Seymour Whitaker, brings together the work of leading African and international experts to address the continent's persistent economic and social crises. Emerging from the Committee on African Development Strategies, the volume situates Africa's...

The concept of the metropolitan area, as best exemplified by Los Angeles, has highlighted two contradictory characteristics of the current urban scene: the dispersion of political power among a number of centers, and the presence of issues and problems whose impact transcends the jurisdiction...

Located at the junction of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers, Montreal Island is the main contact point between French and English Canadians. Prior to Quebec's "Quiet Revolution" of the 1960s, local governments in Montreal both reflected and perpetuated the mutual isolation of French...

The accurate assessment of political risk can make the difference between success and failure for a multinational corporation, which must keep corporate objectives in sight while operating in a large number of widely varying environments. While environmental or political risk assessment has become an...

Making Something of Ourselves: On Culture and Politics in the United States by Richard M. Merelman is a bold inquiry into the ways cultural codes shape, sustain, and sometimes distort democratic life in America. Merelman argues that U.S. political culture has evolved into what...

Strategies for African Development, edited by Robert J. Berg and Jennifer Seymour Whitaker, brings together the work of leading African and international experts to address the continent's persistent economic and social crises. Emerging from the Committee on African Development Strategies, the volume situates Africa's...

Located at the junction of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers, Montreal Island is the main contact point between French and English Canadians. Prior to Quebec's "Quiet Revolution" of the 1960s, local governments in Montreal both reflected and perpetuated the mutual isolation of French...

Critics of public organizations have charged them with rigidity, insensitivity to public needs, inefficiency, and other faults. The charges are not new, but the surge of urban political activism during the 1960s gave a sense of urgency to demands for organizational change. Marcus Foster...

The Right to Counsel in American Courts is the first detailed treatment of all aspects of this vital right as extended in theory and practice by state and federal courts. Addressed primarily to students of constitutional law and of the administration of justice, it...

In India about 123,000 people take their own lives each year, the second highest total in the world. There is a suicide death in India almost every 4 minutes, and it is the leading cause of death for rural Indians especially women in early...

For a magazine dedicated to debunking the nation's business culture, the final years of the twentieth century overflowed with bounty. "It was the most spectacular outbreak of mass delirium that we are likely to see in our lifetimes," wrote the editors of The Baffler....

At the time of its founding, few predicted that the Fifth Republic would survive. It is a regime whose obituary has been written several times over, but which stubbornly refuses to die. Adopting a chronological framework, this up-to-date study examines how the regime emerged...

These five philosophical essays are designed to constitute a unified whole, in both their critical and their constructive dimensions. Vincent addresses the crisis of meaning, the repetitiousness of technological processes and mechanisms and the declining sense of the real in political life.Author: Jim Cohen,Jean-Marie...

At 5:02 A.M. on August 29, 2005, Power Went Out in the Superdome. Not long after, wind ripped giant white rubber sheets off the roof and sent huge shards of debris flying toward Uptown. Rivulets of rainwater began finding their way down through the...

Plenary Papers.- Transformation Theory.- Systems Approach as a Style: A Hermeneutics of Systems.- Action and Structure in Problem Solving.- Implementing Total Quality Management Through Total Systems Intervention: A Creative Approach to Problem Solving in Diagnostic Biotechnology (PTE)LTD.- Five Commitments of Critical Systems Thinking.- A...

In this comprehensive, balanced examination of Argentina's Dirty War, Lewis analyzes the causes, describes the ideologies that motivated both sides, and explores the consequences of all-or-nothing politics. The military and guerrillas may seem marginal today, but Lewis questions whether the Dirty War is really...

In this thought-provoking volume, experts explore the disturbing ramifications of portrayal of the Middle East by the U.S. media; analyze the stereotypes and misconceptions that Americans have of Arabs, Iranians, and other Middle Easterners; and discuss the far-reaching political and cultural impact of the...

Designed as a critique of the key failures of international development, this book brings together practitioners, policy-makers, researchers, activists, and academics in an attempt to work toward a shared conceptualisation of development by outlining and critically reflecting on their own understanding of development.Author: D....

How much power does business exercise in Britain and the United States? Are giant firms that operate on a global scale beyond the control of elected governments? Are political parties in the pocket of business interests? All these questions go to the heart of...

In this book Mark Bevir and Jason Blakely set out to make the most comprehensive case yet for an 'interpretive' or hermeneutic approach to the social sciences. Interpretive approaches are a major growth area in the social sciences today. This is because they offer...

Iran is a key player in some of the most crucial issues of our time. But because of its relative diplomatic isolation and the partisan nature of conflicting accounts voiced by different interest groups both inside and outside the country, there is a shortage...

The Global Media describes in detail the recent rapid growth and crossborder activities and linkages of an industry largely composed of international conglomerates. It assesses the significance of the ongoing deregulation and convergence of global media and telecommunications systems and the rise of the...

Burnout Is Not a Buzzword, It's a Diagnosis pulls no punches in exposing what teaching in America really feels like: part stand-up comedy, part survival manual, and part tragic reality show that nobody asked to binge.Dr. Dana Lebental spent nearly two decades in public...

Charlie Kirk Quotes from The Courageous Life and Legacy of Charlie Kirk Founder, Turning Point USA. Proceeds from the sale of this book go to fund The Charlie Kirk Publishing ScholarshipAuthor: Felicity CohenISBN-10: 1637928955ISBN-13: 9781637928950Publisher: Beyond PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/14/2025Pages: 102Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 8.27h x...

We make deliberate plans every day-whether in business, sports, games, relationships, politics, military conflicts, peace talks, or personal disputes. Mastering Strategy distills twelve years of research, interviews, and analysis into a comprehensive guide on effective planning and execution. It concisely outlines the most critical...

BURKINA FASO, PAYS DES HOMMES INTÈGRES Thomas SANKARA Héro, is a series of questions/answers and analyses by the author on governance in Burkina Faso. The integrity sought by one of its Leaders, Thomas Noël Isidore SANKARA, is now a requirement of life, by virtue...

What if the entire framework of American government hinged on a series of essays persuading states to adopt a new, untested constitution?In The Federalist Papers, three founding fathers-Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay-passionately articulate the reasons for ratifying the U.S. Constitution. Written as...

What if the driving forces of class struggle and capitalist exploitation were laid bare in a single, urgent manifesto-calling on workers worldwide to unite and reshape society?In The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels dissect the historical conflicts between the bourgeoisie (owners of...

In Israel, Palestine, Cyprus and Greece, the reconstruction of the past through archaeology has been used to strengthen national identity. Narratives about the past and origin myths have been constructed for political purposes. Cyprus and Palestine have both suffered from British colonialism since the...

What does it mean to be American today-when identity, fear, and leadership collide?In this urgent and illuminating follow-up to his acclaimed Journey into America, renowned scholar, diplomat, and author Akbar Ahmed returns to a defining question: Who are we now, and where are we...

Thriving In A Public School is a collection of stories spanning two decades of teaching and learning at Horlick High School in Racine, Wisconsin. Those years were spent organizing students to take action in profound ways, action that changed not only the course of...

Author: Christopher J. PetersISBN-10: 940077950XISBN-13: 9789400779501Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/21/2014Pages: 231Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.13lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d

Today, problems such as deforestation, biodiversity loss and illegal logging have provoked various policy responses that are often referred to as forest and nature governance. In its broadest interpretation, governance is about the many ways in which public and private actors from the state,...

At the heart of this book, a question: what to make of the creeping competences of the EU and of the role the European Court of Justice plays in this respect? Taking the implied powers doctrine as its starting point, the hypothesis is that...

With mobile phones now the most ubiquitous mode of communication, this publication shows their ideal potential as a tool for conflict prevention and management. It details innovative uses of mobile technologies such as early warning and humanitarian relief.Author: Marta PobletISBN-10: 9400713835ISBN-13: 9789400713833Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

The first part of the book reviews the multi-level system of protection currently operating in Europe and its constitutional implications. The Charter is analysed from a legal, political and practical standpoint. The activity of the European Parliament as a fundamental rights actor will also...

Poland pioneered the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. Domestic reformism and the negotiated abdication of ruling elites in 1989 have structured the country's politics in the 1990s. But the division between the communist and Solidarity camps continues to cause problems for a potential...

Much of the scholarly and professional literature on development focuses either on the 'macro' level of national policies and politics or on the 'micro' level of devel- ment projects and household or community socio-economic dynamics. By contrast, this collection pitches itself at the 'meso'...

Substate nationalism, especially in the past fifteen years, has noticeably affected the political and territorial stability of many countries, both democratic and democratizing. Norms exist to limit the behavior of collective agents in relation to individuals; the set of universally accepted human rights provides...

It would be an understatement to say that the New Science is difficult to read. Most contemporary readers conclude with a Russian scholar that Vico's thought "is expressed in extremely naive forms, profound thoughts are interspersed with all sorts of pedantic trifles, the exposition...

Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Economic Development in Africa 2.1 Growth and Structural Transformation 2.2 Why Manufacturing? 2.3 Past Industrialization Efforts 3. Industrial Policies: Challenges and Opportunities 3.1 Challenges 3.2 Opportunities 3.3 Policy Suggestions 4. Conclusion 5. ReferencesAuthor: AnonymousISBN-10: 3668832889ISBN-13: 9783668832886Publisher: Grin VerlagLanguage:...

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Politics - Topic: Development Politics, grade: 1,7, course: Women, Gender and Development, language: English, abstract: This paper examines major factors in the context of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan current situation in female education with...

This book uses game-theoretic concepts and models to address the issue of political decision-making processes. It shows how the models can be applied to real-world contexts such as the EU decision-making institutions.Author: Nicola Friederike MaaserISBN-10: 3642041523ISBN-13: 9783642041525Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/04/2010Pages: 126Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 9.21h...

1.1 Introduction This book is written in the following divisions: (1) the introductory chapters consisting of Chapters 1 and 2; (2) introduction to fuzzy probability in Ch- ters3-5; (3)introductiontofuzzyestimationinChapters6-11; (4)fuzzy/crisp estimatorsofprobabilitydensity(mass)functionsbasedonafuzzymaximum entropyprincipleinChapters12-14; (5)introductiontofuzzyhypothesiste- ing in Chapters 15-18; (6) fuzzy correlation and regression in Chapters...

This volume consists of papers derived from the Ninth International Conference on Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy (SEEP), held at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, in June of 2002. Let me take this opportunity to express my appreciation to Professor Peter Koslowski...

Der Band thematisiert wesentliche Grundzüge der empirischen Sozialforschung in methodischer, methodologischer und theoretischer Perspektive. Aus politikwissenschaftlicher, soziologischer und psychologischer Perspektive diskutieren international renommierte Vertreterinnen und Vertreter zentrale Problemstellungen der empirischen Sozialforschung. Dabei geht es vor allem darum, Grundlagen mit Blick auf innovative Fragestellungen, Forschungsdesiderata...

Climate change-related effects and aftermaths of natural disasters, such as Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, have wreaked havoc on local peoples' lives and livelihoods, especially in impoverished coastal communities. This book looks at local-level responses to the effects of climate change from the perspective...

This is the first book to comprehensively analyze the work of Hans Micklitz, one of the leading scholars in the field of EU economic law. It brings together analysts, academic friends and critics of Hans Micklitz and results in a unique collection of essays...

This volume represents a collection of studies in cultural history and theory of science from the early modern era to the present. The essays are linked by the conviction that one of the most significant developments in recent scientific historiography consists in its insistence...