Political Science - General

Author: Martin MinogueISBN-10: 0333237633ISBN-13: 9780333237632Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1978Pages: 184Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d

Label mounted on t.p.: Distributed in the United States by Crane, Russak & Co., N.Y.Author: W. Gordon East,John Robert Victor PrescottISBN-10: 0333151690ISBN-13: 9780333151693Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/1975Pages: 275Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.66d

New breakthroughs in society, science, technology, and business keep upending our lives. This fascinating collection of articles explains how our world is constantly evolving, and predicts why your life may be transformed next. The pace of change in the world has accelerated dramatically to...

Since the buildup of U.S. armed forces peaked under Reagan in 1987, many changes have occurred in all four services, including reductions in both human and material resources. This study traces these trends and details the government's vision of how the military will look...

Finding the manpower to defend democracy has been a recurring problem. Russell Weigley writes: The historic preoccupation of the Army's thought in peacetime has been the manpower question: how, in an unmilitary nation, to muster adequate numbers of capable soldiers quickly should war occur....

This book examines the response of British policy-makers to the collapse of belief in racial superiority, and with it the ideological basis of empire, following the fall of Singapore in 1942. The book studies the Anglo-American debate in which British officials, led by Lord...

At the dawn of the third millennium, the most important form of political organization in the twentieth century, the nation-state, is coming under a great deal of pressure from restive ethnic groups that reside within its boundaries. The fourteen original essays in this volume...

Understanding Software Failure Risk: Introduction. Risk Analysis and Management. Software Failure Risk. Software Failure Risk Measurement: A Methodology for Software Failure Risk Measurement. Applying the Methodology to a Commercial Loan System. Applying the Methodology to a Funds Transfer Security System. Applying the Methodology to...

What exactly is torture? Should we torture suspected terrorists if they have information about future violent acts? Defining torture carefully, the book defends the idea that all people are valuable, and rejects moral defenses of torture. It focuses particularly on practices like sensory deprivation,...

This study covers the history of the underage male kings of England, examining their historical relationship to one another and assessing their collective impact on the political and constitutional development of England.Author: Charles BeemISBN-10: 0230608663ISBN-13: 9780230608665Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/17/2008Pages: 260Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.30h...

This study presents a critique of social constructionist identity politics, which is distinguished from specific identity-based political positions, from within and with social constructionist commitments. Gupta examines the institutionalization of social constructionist identity politics in literary studies, considering the notions of canonicity.Author: S. GuptaISBN-10:...

By analyzing the cases present in this volume, the editors develop important steps towards a theory of social change that can adequately address the complex realities and intersectionality of identity (race, gender, class, sexuality, nationality) within and among these new movements.Author: K. DellacioppaISBN-10: 0230340040ISBN-13:...

This book offers a new methodology for examining the ethico-political dimensions of religion and film which foregrounds film's social power both to shape subjectivity and to image contemporary social contradictions and analyses three specific films: Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala; Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry; and the...

Distinguished researchers from around the world examine the interplay between gender and metaphor in political language in Great Britain, the United States, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, and Singapore. They draw on a wide variety of corpus data to determine to what extent...

This book explores the role of emotion and affect in recent Latin American cinema (1990s-2000s) in the context of larger public debates about past traumas and current anxieties. To address this topic, it examines some of the most significant trends in contemporary Latin American...

In this timely volume, fourteen international contributors explore the relationship between media and trust, beginning with an examination of the decline of trust in key institutions. The book concludes by considering the future implications for media communication and exploring potential directions for further research...

This book examines the evolving strategies and structure of large European firms in comparative and historical context. Although European corporations still differ in terms of ownership and management, they are adopting increasingly similar organizational structures and diversification strategies. The authors explain recent corporate developments...

In Value and Context Alan Thomas articulates and defends the view that human beings do possess moral and political knowledge but it is historically and culturally contextual knowledge in ways that, say, mathematical or chemical knowledge is not. In his exposition of "cognitive contextualism"...

In the years immediately following the Second World War, Britain peacetime conscription was practiced for the first time. L.V. Scott examines the military thinking regarding conscription, showing how the 1947 National Service Act came to be regarded by the military as deficient and expensive....

Christopher Adamo's Andrew Jackson: The Politics of Resentment, Part 1 is a gripping, informative, and deeply immersive historical account that brings to life the rugged spirit of one of America's most polarizing and impactful presidents. From the opening paragraphs, Adamo skillfully captures the raw...

Author: Robert SheaISBN-10: 1952746434ISBN-13: 9781952746437Publisher: Hilaritas Press, LLC.Language: EnglishPublished: 09/23/2025Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.73d

Black Blueprint: Baltimore to Burkina FasoFrom the political streets of Baltimore to the global platforms of the United Nations, Blueprint 25 is a compelling journey through the intersections of Black media, business, activism, and faith. Doni Glover - publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and unapologetic truth-teller...

"The State and the Individual" by William Sharp McKechnie, originally published in 1896, offers an insightful introduction to political science, with a particular focus on the contrasting theories of socialism and individualism. This foundational work explores the intricate relationship between the state and the...

In this Adelphi book, C. Raja Mohan delineates the prospects for an Indian role in structuring a new Asian geopolitical order.Author: C. Raja MohanISBN-10: 1041192258ISBN-13: 9781041192251Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/23/2025Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.47d

Author: Cristina Leston-Bandeira,Alexandra Meakin,Louise ThompsonISBN-10: 0192888749ISBN-13: 9780192888747Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)Language: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2025Pages: 426Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.49lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.87d

Revitalizing America is a timely and inspiring call to action. From the start, your passion, historical insight, and practical optimism shine through, making this book a valuable and engaging contribution to today's national conversation.What stands out most is your balanced approach-highlighting America's challenges while...

As Digital Cultures becomes the dominant term used by many across a variety of intellectual fields to describe the social, aesthetic, and political impact of digital media, it is necessary to provide a reference volume that specifies and defines the bounds of scholarly debates...

As our planet continues its relentless journey through climate change, we stand on the precipice of an era unlike any other."The Age of Adaptation: How Climate Change is Reshaping Our World and Our Minds," is a compelling book that offers a profound examination of...

In 1987 St. Vincent's Prime Minister James Mitchell called on his fellow Prime Ministers in the Eastern Caribbean to merge their separate countries into a single state. He argued that individually they had exhausted the possibilities of separate independence and they could only pursue...

As of late, China's proposition for a Maritime Silk Route (MSR) has been a subject of theory and verbal confrontation. Beijing's arrangement for a sea foundation passageway in the more extensive Indo-Pacific area, initially proposed by President Xi Jinping's amid his outing to Southeast...

This book describes and documents the development of Danish support to national liberation in Southern Africa and the two-sided humanitarian and political character of this support. It is based on previously restricted Danish ministry records and on NGO archives and interviews.The Nordic countries were...

Ghana is often seen as a positive example of economic and political progress in Africa, particularly in democratic and economic development. However, it also faces significant challenges, including a debt crisis, currency depreciation, and environmental issues. With contributions from experts in economics, economic geography,...

Teaching and education mirror what societies want to preserve, initiate, and pass along. Thus, the impact of teachers and school textbooks cannot be overestimated. It is absolutely necessary, therefore, to ensure high-quality textbooks, which convey balanced views as well as intellectual and unbiased approaches...

Communities worldwide are critically re-examining their seasonal cultures and calendars. As cultural frameworks, seasons have long patterned community life and provided repertoires for living by annual rhythms. In a chaotic world, the seasons - winter, the monsoon and so on - can feel like...

This book presents a survey of contemporary research investigating the psychological processes related to media consumption. As a rapidly growing and changing sub-discipline of mass communication, Media Psychology analyzes how media facilitate communication and how communication, in turn, shapes attitudes, emotions, and behavior. The...

Affecting millions of people worldwide, global warming is one of today's most timely and vital topics. It's an issue that's been studied, written about, and debated by scientists and lay people alike. But in Beyond Global Warming, engineer John Durbin Husher argues that we...

Why is this book necessary? It was written to reinforce the "Brexit" message to an increasingly weary and sceptical UK public, led along the road to scepticism by a group of people who were amazed at the result of the European Union (EU) referendum,...

This book is a compilation of the best articles out of many published on the Church and State website from January 2013 by Collins about the total absence of global leadership to address uncontrolled human population growth which is destroying our Earth. Collins has...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

Recording the views of dissidents on the nature of their own activities, this book contains over 20 short essays by a number of leading people from Charter 77. Contributors include Vaclav Havel, Eva Kanturkova, Libuse Silhanova, and Zdenek Rotrekl.Author: H. Gordon SkillingISBN-10: 1349111198ISBN-13: 9781349111190Publisher:...

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific organization created in 1879, and is part of the U.S. government. Their scientists explore our environment and ecosystems, to determine the natural dangers we are facing. The agency has over 10,000 employees that collect, monitor,...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Richard Nixon. The agency is charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress. The EPA's struggle to protect health...

In 2003, the Army Field Support Command (AFSC) and the Joint Munitions Command (JMC), collocated at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, began a comprehensive oral history project aimed at chronicling a full-spectrum slice of the commands' role in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and...

Colonel (Ret.) Scott Thein served in Iraq from September 2003 through March 2004 as the Division Artillery commander with the 82nd Airborne. He worked primarily at the provincial level and his area of operations was Al Anbar Province. One of the first things he...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) releases many records with topics ranging from Anti-War, Gangs Extremist Groups, Organized Crime, Supreme Court, World War II and many more. Included are several older files but also many new updated unreleased files; this is one of those...

Without a realistic prospect for NATO and EU accession, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, and Georgia will become sources of domestic and regional instability and objects of Russia's neo-imperialist ambitions that will undermine American and European strategic interests. The new members of NATO and the EU...

Maj Richard J. Hazdra's Air Mobility: The Key to the United States National Security is an examination of the force structure of Air Mobility Command (AMC) based on a model for two major theater wars. His study examines this organization's current force structure. Air...

The development and procurement of major weapons programs in the United States is a complex and often drawn-out process complicated by political considerations and often sharp disagreements over requirements and the merits of systems. Secretaries of Defense since Robert McNamara have sought to impose...

The BiblioGov Project is an effort to expand awareness of the public documents and records of the U.S. Government via print publications. In broadening the public understanding of government and its work, an enlightened democracy can grow and prosper. Ranging from historic Congressional Bills...

The BiblioGov Project is an effort to expand awareness of the public documents and records of the U.S. Government via print publications. In broadening the public understanding of government and its work, an enlightened democracy can grow and prosper. Ranging from historic Congressional Bills...