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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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

From one of "flyover land's" most-awarded newspaper columnists and laureate of the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, comes a long-awaited collection of William Hamilton's often humorous, always illuminating, newspaper columns. For 35 years, Dr. Hamilton's "Central View," has informed and entertained readers throughout America's...

This study of the origins of international law combines techniques of intellectual history and historiography to investigate the earliest developments of the law of nations. Containing up-to-date literature and archaeological evidence, it reevaluates the critical attributes of international law. David J. Bederman focuses on...

This book examines the transformation of contemporary social democracy through the concept of "third way" reforms. It proposes a set of theories about the possibility for continuing social democratic ideological adaptation, for ideologies to overcome institutional constraints in triggering path-breaking innovations, and for social...

Nandini Gooptu's magisterial history of the Indian urban poor represents a tour-de-force. By focusing on the role of the poor in caste, religious and national politics, the author demonstrates how they emerged as a major social factor in South Asia during the interwar period....

Over a decade has passed since the collapse of communism, yet citizens of post-communist countries are still far less likely to join voluntary organizations than people from other countries and regions of the world. Why do post-communist citizens mistrust and avoid public organizations? What...

This is the most comprehensive study to date of the rich popular music scene in contemporary China. Focusing on the city of Beijing and drawing upon extensive fieldwork, China's New Voices shows that during the 1980s and 1990s, rock and pop music, combined with...

This detailed study of Dutch gentry families affords many valuable historical insights and challenges current assumptions about the nature of family life during the early modern period. Marshall offers an in-depth portrait of the Dutch gentry, their family organization and relationships, and the role...

When Ronald Reagan introduced the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) in 1983, he boldly challenged the long-accepted nuclear doctrine of mutual assured destruction. He argued that the development of this costly and complex missile defense system, popularly known as Star Wars, was the only viable...

From Greek antiquity to the latest theories, this historical survey of political philosophy not only covers the major thinkers in the field but also explores the theme of how political philosophy relates to the nature of man. It illustrates how the great political thinkers...

Representations of political power play an important role in Western art history from the late Middle Ages up to modern times. This volume by leading experts is a wide-ranging survey of significant trends in the development of political imagery.Author: Allan ElleniusISBN-10: 0198205503ISBN-13: 9780198205500Publisher: Clarendon...

The death of Kwame Nkrumah, first President of Ghana, demonstrated a great irony: a man so much maligned and rejected in life, should be so praised and loved in death. The force of his personality, his convictions in the face of powerful opposition, and...

India is one of the world's great democratic success stories. In this rigorously empirical analysis, a comparative social scientist-an American sociologist based in Sydney-offers a dispassionate assessment of India's democratic evolution. Benchmarking India against both established Western democracies and its own political past, the...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

What if the only way to stop tomorrow's enemies is to abandon the rules that built a democracy?When Ivy-polished historian Roger de Sherburne, a man with one foot in academia and the other in the old Brooklyn streets is lured to a private Manhattan...

Sonia Gandhi: The Power Part I is a book I have pleasure in presenting to the curious reader/s and the critics I hope who respect the power in what I love to believe is a phenomenal career in politics. The reason for writing this...

Most of us were taught that the left wing view of life is the correct one. Indeed, leftists often think those who disagree must be stupid or evil. But there are plenty of reasons to turn away from the left. Most of its ideas...

It presents President Donald J. Trump as a person or vessel chosen by God alone for United States of America. I have taken the liberty to present his level of thinking, as amazing and wonderful and prominent. President Donald J. Trump has been taken...

American Health Care Policy: A Primer on Its History, Economics, and Politics illuminates the multifaceted dynamics that have shaped the American healthcare landscape from the 1940s to the present. The text adopts unique analytical lenses to explore the economic, political, and historical influences-and their...

Within a week, a no-name Republican state representative from a town of 384 people in Illinois catapulted from obscurity to a prime-time appearance on Fox News' Ingraham Angle. This newly empowered politician, Darren Bailey, would go on to steer the pro-business Republican party in...

This book discusses critical but contemporary issues in development communication, especially from the perspective of the Global South. Using an empirical approach. It takes a look at the background to the debate on development, tracing it to the issues that led to the setting...

The general objective of this book based on the PhD research study is to provide a platform for transformative diplomacy in Chad. Simply put, the study seeks to assess the norms and protocols of transformative diplomacy, to establish the effect of transformative diplomacy in...

Questo libro è una lettura fondamentale per chiunque abbia a cuore il futuro dell'Europa. In un ordine globale in trasformazione, in cui il destino dell'Europa non può più dipendere dalle azioni di altre potenze mondiali, proponiamo un passo proattivo verso la costruzione di un'Europa...

Most African countries got their independence around 1960s. Thereafter, the management of their politics was not perfect. Conflicts raised and a great number of people died while others fled to exile in neighboring countries or elsewhere. The problem of ethnicity and/ or religion was...

The study interrogates the persistence of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) conflict that ravaged Northern Uganda for over two decades, and the relevance of the integrated framework for peacebuilding (John-Paul Lederach, 1997) in transforming conflict relationships into peaceful relationships. The actors and approaches model...

The role of women in India has changed significantly over the past few years. Globalization, urbanization, industrialization and privatization all played an important role in this development. After India became independent, several provisions for women were added to the Constitution of India, which is...

Much of the current debates in the social service delivery have focused on the blurring boundaries between three sectors: the nonprofit, business and public sector. Surprisingly no empirical research has been given to this phenomenon from macro and comparative perspectives. The study aims to...

The Irish Ecclesiastical Record - Volume 6, 1869 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1869. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As...

This book documents the course of the negotiations on the "Unitary Patent Package". It reproduces the wording of statements made in selected public meetings of the European Parliament and its Legal Affairs Committee on the "Patent Package", thus permitting a detailed review of the...

Master's Thesis from the year 2014 in the subject Gender Studies, language: English, abstract: The Egyptian woman has played an important role, politically, socially, scientifically and culturally, since the ancient Egyptian state. On the political aspect, she was appointed as a queen, socially, she...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - Region: USA, Harvard University, language: English, abstract: The present thesis examines the factors that led to the development of counterinsurgency doctrine in the United States Army and Marine Corps, focusing on the period...

Scientific Study from the year 2015 in the subject Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict, Security, grade: 10, University of Jaume I (UNESCO Chair of Philosophy for Peace, Jaume I University, Spain), course: Master of Philosophy in Peace, Conflict and Development, language: English, abstract:...

The book is an unbiased analysis of the events of 1971 during the crisis over Bangladesh and the decisions made by President Nixon. The book also analyzes the controversial decision of President Nixon to send the Enterprise from the point of Zero-Sum game theory.The...

Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2013 in the subject Gender Studies, grade: "'-", course: Education, language: English, abstract: The strong hold that the cultural traditions has on the locals has further resulted in conflicts with modern schooling, which is viewed as disseminating...

Master's Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Development Politics, grade: 1, University of Vienna (International Development Studies), course: Refugee studies, resettlement, language: English, abstract: This thesis centers on resettlement operations in one of the nine Burmese...

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict, Security, grade: excellent, University of Miami (FL. And Brookings Institution Washington D. C.; Security And Terrorism Studies), course: Homegrown Terrorists And Their Future Goals In Europe, language: English,...

Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2002 in the subject Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 1,0, language: English, abstract: Inevitably, the current status of European integration has to be elaborated in a limited scope to identify the actual problems, which the EU is contemporarily...

Essay from the year 2024 in the subject Politics - Miscellaneous, grade: A, language: English, abstract: This paper examines the impact of geopolitical risks-such as trade wars, political instability, and global conflicts-on economic growth, financial markets, and international trade. Using historical case studies, it...

Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2019 in the subject Political Science, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (Department of Political Science), language: English, abstract: The root meaning of democracy is the "power of the people" to govern the state directly or through their...

Master's Thesis from the year 2021 in the subject Politics - Other International Politics Topics, grade: 1,0, University of Tubingen (Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät), language: English, abstract: Against the backdrop of autocratic opportunism and illiberal behavior during Covid-19, there is a large debate in...

Master's Thesis from the year 2020 in the subject Politics - Region: Africa, grade: 1,2, University of Frankfurt (Main) (Institut für Politikwissenschaft), language: English, abstract: This thesis is conducting an in-depth analysis of the links between political power, institutional evolution and economic growth in...

Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2019 in the subject Politics - Region: Africa, grade: 4.00 (very good), course: Governance and Regional Integration - Trade integration, language: English, abstract: This study investigated the determinants of intra-regional trade within the Common Market for Eastern...

Pulpit and Politics presents the most current and comprehensive examination of the religious beliefs and political behavior of American clergy at the advent of the new millennium. Based on data gathered during the 2000 Presidential election, this study examines the relationship between belief and...

If Capitalism has a gospel, it must be Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, the robust defense of the entrepreneur as the engine of human progress. Like any great gospel, it deserves a comprehensive commentary that delves deeply into the text, extracting fascinating insights and overlooked...

Among the greatest challenges facing humanity in the twenty-first century is that of sustaining a healthy civil society, which depends upon managing the tension between individual and collective interests. Bruce R. Sievers explores this issue by investigating ways to balance the public and private...

Every applicable government agency and almost all mainstream media outlets claim that chemtrails are merely a 'conspiracy theory.' They say that the lines in the sky are harmless condensation trails and that jet aircraft have always produced emissions that can linger in the sky...

If there's one thing that Americans have in common it's that the truth we seek is constantly being obscured. We are lied to. The lies come from commercials we watch, from politicians, from those like the tobacco company executives who swore that nicotine is...