Political Science - General

The United States Army Publishing Directorate is the Army's leader in publishing and delivering informational products worldwide. Their main mission is to supply official authenticated information to enhance the readiness of the total force. Some product topics include: Army Regulations, Engineering Technical Manuals, Administrative...

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...

To develop a better understanding of the origins of extreme-wave deposits and to help assess the potential risk of future overwash events, a field mapping survey was conducted in November 2006 on the northern coast of Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. Deposits were mapped and analyzed...

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,...

Financial crimes against the elderly fall under two general categories: fraud committed by strangers, and financial exploitation by relatives and caregivers. This guide addresses the problem of financial crimes against the elderly and helps law enforcement analyze their local problem. It reviews responses to...

This document is part of the United States Department of Agriculture's Organic Roots Collection. Organic Roots is a collection of the historic United States Department of Agriculture. The collection contains publications related to organic agriculture. The collection contains documents published before 1942 (before synthetic...

The Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is a federal cabinet department of the United States government. The office's main concerns are those associated with transportation and transportation needs across the country. Established in 1967, the DOT is administered by the United States Secretary...

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...

The seventh edition of this highly successful textbook analyzes the history, evolution, and processes of national security policies. It examines national security from two fundamental fault lines - the end of the Cold War and the evolution of contemporary terrorism dating from the 9/11...

Unearth the truths about Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis - master Middle Eastern geopolitics without wading through biased sources!Are you tired of filtering biased news to grasp Middle Eastern conflicts? Struggling to find objective, well-researched material on Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis? Want a...

Introduction to Political Analysis in R is a comprehensive guide for students and researchers eager to delve into the intersection of data science, statistics, and political science. Aimed at equipping readers with the essential quantitative skills to analyze political data, the book bridges practical...

The Politics of Silence, Voice and the In-Between: Exploring Gender, Race and Insecurity from the Margins seeks to dismantle the deficit discourses generated through research about people as agency-less and, by extension, objects of study.Author: Aliya KhalidISBN-10: 1032394846ISBN-13: 9781032394848Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/06/2025Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight:...

The Routledge Handbook of Politics and Religion in Contemporary America is a comprehensive reference source to this significant, controversial and consistent topic in America's politics. It examines the copious research conducted to date, evaluates what we know, identifies what is less clear because of...

The conventional wisdom in political science is that incumbency provides politicians with a massive electoral advantage. This assumption has been challenged by the recent anti-incumbent cycle. When is incumbency a blessing for politicians and when is it a curse? Incumbency Bias offers a unified...

In his final novel, Ricardo D. Palacios breaks racist stereotypes about Mexican-Americans through the story of protagonist Reynaldo García, an intelligent, hard-working, and politically shrewd lawyer in Laredo, Texas. In Judgement Reversed Palacios presents his hometown of Laredo through a reflection of his own...

In Neither Left nor Right, a collection of his columns, Machan, a relentless advocate of the political philosophy of libertarianism, offers his always well-reasoned, often controversial opinions on the variety of threats to individual liberty in the United States and around the world.Author: Tibor...

In June 1963, in the midst of national turmoil brought about by civil rights demonstrations, John Kennedy sent his administration's first major civil rights bill to the Congress. Still unsure about this move, he asked his brother Robert, "Do you think we did the...

What were the antecedents and beginnings of modern political ideas among the Turks? Dr. Mardin seeks to describe the conditions which produced these ideas, among them the influence of the Enlightenment, the changes in the fabric of Turkish society, the combination of the traditionalist...

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...

Does democracy promote the creation of market economies and robust state institutions? Do state-building and market-building go hand in hand? Or do they work at cross-purposes? This book examines the relationship between state-building and market-building in 25 post-communist countries from 1990 to 2004. Based...

With All Our Strength is the inside story of this women-led underground organization and their fight for the rights of Afghan women. Anne Brodsky, the first writer given in-depth access to visit and interview their members and operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, shines light...

Offering a unique analysis of Islamist ideology, Islamism and the West attempts to explain how- and why-mainstream Islamist leaders have, for the past century, developed and canonized theories which depict theWest as engaged in a sophisticated conspiracy to undermine Muslim identity by cultural means,...

This book offers an in-depth look at how particular countries and the European Union conduct Post-Legislative Scrutiny. The analysis puts Post-Legislative Scrutiny in the context of parliamentary oversight and parliaments' engagement in the legislative cycle.Author: Franklin de VriezeISBN-10: 0367677598ISBN-13: 9780367677596Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/25/2023Pages: 150Format:...

The Impact of Legislature brings together key articles and path-breaking scholarship published in The Journal of Legislative Studies during its first 25 years of publication, enabling the reader to make sense of the impact of the legislature in the modern world.Author: Philip NortonISBN-10: 0367524589ISBN-13:...

Author: Mark ColemanISBN-10: 1958233439ISBN-13: 9781958233436Publisher: Wildebeest Publishing Company, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/13/2025Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d

Author: Richard CimbaloISBN-10: 1665778105ISBN-13: 9781665778107Publisher: Archway PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/14/2025Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d

Author: Alfredo J. LopezISBN-10: 1877850071ISBN-13: 9781877850073Publisher: Entremundos PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/15/2025Pages: 66Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.16lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.14d

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...

"American Manual of Parliamentary Law" offers a comprehensive guide to the rules and procedures governing deliberative assemblies. Subtitled "Or, the Common Law of Deliberative Assemblies, Systematically Arranged for the Use of the Parliamentarian and the Novice," this manual serves as an invaluable resource for...

India is blessed with the world's largest workforce. More than half of its 1.4 billion people are under 30. Why then are we one of the world's poorest countries, ranking 136th in terms of nominal GDP. One crucial cause is Caste. Over 80% Indians...

In this book, Edouard Prisse describes the enrichment of China with our funds and predicts Chinese hegemony over the West unless an end is called to the free trade that enriches Beijing. It is almost too late already. The original errors, the illusions we...

Kant's Master Work Published in 1797, The Philosophy of Law [Rechtslehre] stands as one of the most significant late works by the great Prussian philosopher. Though he lived in an atmosphere of political and social repression, it is evident that Kant was sensitive to...

The federal government is the largest buyer of goods and services in the world, and executive branch agencies-particularly the Department of Defense-make most of these purchases. Many (although not all) acquisitions by executive branch agencies are subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which...

This is an English translation of a book which was written in Arabic and published in Lebanon in 1999. It is about the struggles, sufferings and hopes of the people of South Lebanon during the period 1976 to 1986. The author outlines the troubles...

This book is a personal history of Iraq, told from the point of view of a family man living there during Saddam Hussein's reign and its aftermath. It examines all the factors leading to the current situation and challenges the misunderstandings currently fuelling the...

Iran is a land of broiling conflict as dramatic as its landscapes.As Sasha's family traveled to Mashhad, he watched the Iranian landscape unfolding before him. Not a blade of grass, only desolate salt flats with dark foreboding mountains looming in the distance. How could...

This book challenges white and Western feminist approaches to embodied politics, or the use of the body in everyday enactments of resistance, while mapping transgressive performances of femininities by the funkeiras, marginalized women and transfeminine people of color artists in Brazilian favela funk. Often...

Incorporation of In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) and the production of mission critical consumables for 9 propulsion, power, and life support into mission architectures can greatly reduce the mass, cost, and risk of missions 10 leading to a sustainable and affordable approach to human exploration...

The broad purpose of this research is to understand and document the connection systems of panelized home construction systems currently on the U.S. market with the goal of developing Performance Standard Criteria to help builders and manufacturers. Such criteria can also aid in the...

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a federal freedom of information law that allows for the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the United States government. The Act defines agency records subject to disclosure, outlines mandatory disclosure...

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...

This manual is a guide for analyzing the economics of energy efficiency and renewable energy (EE) technologies and projects. It is intended to help EE analysts determine the appropriate approach or type of analysis and the appropriate level of detail. It also assists EE...

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...

What are the micro-level interactions and conversations that underlie successful and failed diffusion? By comparing the spread of direct action tactics from the 1999 Global Justice Movement protests against the World Trade Organization in Seattle to grassroots activists in Toronto and New York, Lesley...

For a thousand years England has had a monarchy, but is its time now over? The queen reigned for an amazing seventy years, but after her, is it all falling apart? Approval ratings for the crown keep going down.Princess Kate vanished for most of...

This book presents state-of-the-art discussions around the Jasenovac Concentration Camp.Author: Andriana KuznarISBN-10: 1032353899ISBN-13: 9781032353890Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/07/2024Pages: 308Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.03lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.70d

This volume revisits Amoz Oz's the two pens parable. It brings together scholars from various disciplines who assess Oz's dual role in Israeli culture and society as an immensely popular novelist and a leading public intellectual. This book was originally published as a special...