Political Science - General

As apartheid's crisis has deepened, so interest in South Africa's past, present and future has increased. With this, scholarly and popular writing on the country has proliferated. This 1100-entry bibliography guides the scholar or interested layman through the relevant literature on South Africa and...

Although the military has historically played a pivotal role in Latin American politics and society, until now little attention has been paid to the complex set of civilian-military relations in each country. This collection of essays, the product of a long-term research program organized...

This provocative study was developed to uncover the thought processes of the best-selling authors from 1850 to 1920 concerning the subject of success. Based on the conviction that the reading of novels strongly influences social values and behavioral expectations, a number of key discoveries...

This book includes eight essays which help give the reader an understanding of the legal framework of American collective bargaining. It demonstrates how and why collective bargaining has become the basic and accepted procedure in the settlement of disputes between labor and management.Author: UnknownISBN-10:...

Conflict and Accommodation focuses on the political behavior of the 600,000 men in the coal and steel industries, to reveal a fascinating correlation between labor-management conflict and the fortunes of American socialism. Nash presents data from election returns, newspapers, union journals, government reports, and...

Prominent experts on Marxist ideology from the Soviet Union, East Germany, Poland, India, Japan, Mexico, Canada, and the United States exchange views on Soviet policies and attitudes toward the use of nuclear weapons.Author: John Somerville, Rose SomervilleISBN-10: 0313225311ISBN-13: 9780313225314Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/17/1981Pages: 180Format: HardcoverWeight:...

Author: David L. WeimerISBN-10: 0313222479ISBN-13: 9780313222474Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/05/1980Pages: 258Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d

Author: Charles Lee Dearing, Wilfred Owen, UnknownISBN-10: 0313223017ISBN-13: 9780313223013Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/22/1980Pages: 474Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.84lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.06d

Author: Leon HurwitzISBN-10: 0313212570ISBN-13: 9780313212574Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/27/1981Pages: 211Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d

Author: Peggy A. RabkinISBN-10: 0313206708ISBN-13: 9780313206702Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/17/1980Pages: 224Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d

Author: William Angus Sinclair, UnknownISBN-10: 0313201994ISBN-13: 9780313201998Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/1978Pages: 170Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Challenging views prevalent among Western and Polish scholars, this book explains Poland's surprising success in developing effective environmental and occupational regulatory systems while achieving remarkable socioeconomic growth, despite the toxic legacy of the Communist era. It offers rich insights into the questions of how...

There are more than 600 Federal district judges serving today, and they decide some 230,000 civil cases each year. About 90% of the decisions they reach are final. Lyles argues that these lower court judges not only influence the flow of information to the...

Advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and social scientists interested in a wide-ranging but concise review of contemporary theories of social and economic development will find this second edition invaluable. The coverage spans the disciplines of sociology, psychology, economics, political science, political economy, geography, and management....

In the Year of Simpson, the country was caught in the throes of the biggest story ever. No other single news event in our history could match the sheer scope and intensity of coverage given to the O. J. Simpson murder case. But the...

The extent to which law circumscribes the activities of states is an old dilemma in international law. The traditional position of the states has been that some areas of international relations are not susceptible to legal resolution. This arises from a desire to protect...

AFTA is ASEAN's response to the world-wide movement toward regional economic integration. Recent economic debate centers on measuring the impact of regional economic integration as a means of achieving persistent growth and facilitating structural adjustment. Park evaluates the long term effects that AFTA should...

Understanding democracy, learning to be democratic and to value democracy are critical competencies to be developed by all Americans. In the present debate about what knowledge is of most worth in the public school, these civic competencies are seen as second in importance only...

The know-how and materials required to produce biological warfare agents are the same as those required for medical and veterinary products; biological warfare technology is quickly spreading across the globe. In this new study, Barend ter Haar argues that a policy of nonproliferation might...

Author: Wilbur EdelISBN-10: 0275906078ISBN-13: 9780275906078Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/1981Pages: 160Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d

Author: A. HeertjeISBN-10: 0275906418ISBN-13: 9780275906412Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/1981Pages: 226Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Author: Lorn S. FosterISBN-10: 0275901017ISBN-13: 9780275901011Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/1985Pages: 224Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 9.56h x 6.40w x 0.86d

This book explores the role and status of local and regional authorities (also referred to as 'subnational authorities' or 'SNAs') in European Union law, and reveals the existence of two parallel yet opposed constitutional imaginations of the supranational legal order. Through a survey of...

The authors -economists and scientists- seek in various ways to make regulation more sensible and effective.Author: Robert W. HahnISBN-10: 019521174XISBN-13: 9780195211740Publisher: Hodder Education PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/27/1996Pages: 288Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.29lbsSize: 9.29h x 6.34w x 1.05d

Author: William LaForgeISBN-13: 9798989699285Publisher: Sunwater InstituteLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/15/2025Pages: 664Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.31lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.44d

Author: Piotr BardzikISBN-10: 3033113095ISBN-13: 9783033113091Publisher: Piotr BardzikLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/16/2025Pages: 72Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.23lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.20d

Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Adrianus TurnebusISBN-10: 1024511391ISBN-13: 9781024511390Publisher: Hutson Street PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/22/2025Pages: 838Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.95lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.75d

A memoir with a dash of history This is an insightful and witty account of the adventures of a foreign correspondent in the Middle East and an ancient warrior queen - 17 centuries apart.Young was a novice broadcast journalist when she was catapulted into...

Locked, loaded, and unlike anything you've read before.The right to keep and bear arms-written into the US Constitution as a safeguard of liberty-is under relentless attack. This is more than a policy dispute; it's a battle for the balance of power between the people...

Locked, loaded, and unlike anything you've read before. The right to keep and bear arms-written into the US Constitution as a safeguard of liberty-is under relentless attack. This is more than a policy dispute; it's a battle for the balance of power between the...

This study explores the intricate arrangements that serve the power and profit interests of the ruling classes. It examines how capital-driven approaches and life-colonizing construction goals form the backdrop to the events and analyses presented in these articles. Each contribution, regardless of its conclusion,...

The book is totally preoccupied with thinking beyond existing political thought and institutions. It recognizes that irrespective of who or where we are, and no matter if we know it or not, "we" now all live in "the end times." Most explicitly, this moment...

This book explores why the EU's current language model is in need of reform and how a unified solution could improve efficiency and equity within the EU. It presents a convincing alternative: Interlingua - an easy-to-understand, neutral language that millions of Europeans could use...

Sometimes he caresses the milky wave with his breath and, as he does, he breathes movement into his hands. Reaching forth into the heavens, he thinks it's time to gather that star for Georgia... No! A handful of stars. Then, stepping back into the...

No word is more central to the contemporary political imagination and action than 'resistance'. In its various manifestations - from the armed guerrilla to Gandhian mass pacifist protest, from Wikileaks and the Arab Spring to the global eruption and violent repression of the Occupy...

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...

"On Liberty and Other Essays" brings together the most important works of philosopher and political economist John Stuart Mill. In "On Liberty" Mill eloquently ponders the question of where the line should be drawn between the freedom of individuals and the authority of 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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

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...

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...

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,...

In 1901 the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) was founded to provide standard weights and measures and to be the national physical laboratory for the United States of America. The NBS conducted a lot of research in the fields of science and technology which...

In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) progress in developing the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Project, which would deploy intercontinental ballistic missiles. GAO found that: (1) DOD approved the project for full-scale development in 1988, with initial operational capability...

Provides tools to implement the evidence-based practices of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), which offers customized, community-based services for people with mental illness. Includes DVD, CD-ROM, brochures in English and Spanish, and PowerPoint presentation.Author: Substance Abuse and Mental Health ServicISBN-10: 1288237642ISBN-13: 9781288237647Publisher: BibliogovLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/31/2012Pages:...

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...

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces. The USAF was initially a part of the U.S. Army, but was formed as a separate branch of the military in 1947 under the National Security...

The National Park Service (NPS) was formed on August 25, 1916, and is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. The National Park Service publishes various reports and documents...

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...

For 200 years, the penal equation 'crime plus blame equals punishment' has meant prison crises, a permanent crime problem, violent and damaged lives. The retributive theory of punishment supports this; fully developed, it could transform it. A moral psychology of violation distinguishes primitive and...

Originally apprenticed to a bookbinder, Michael Faraday (1791-1867) began to attend Sir Humphrey Davy's chemistry lectures purely out of interest. Although he soon recognised that science would be his vocation, there was no defined career path to follow, and when he applied to Davy...