Political Science - General

This book examines Islam and women's everyday life, focusing in particular on the highly controversial issue of polygamy. It discusses the competing interpretations of the Qur'anic verses that are at the heart of Muslim controversies over polygamy, with some groups believing that Islam enshrines...

This classic book is a powerful indictment of contemporary attitudes to race. By accusing British intellectuals and politicians on both sides of the political divide of refusing to take race seriously, Paul Gilroy caused immediate uproar when this book was first published in 1987....

Author: Mahmood MamdaniISBN-10: 2869781032ISBN-13: 9782869781030Publisher: CodesriaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2000Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.11d

Because globalization is expressed in many ways and evokes complex responses, it demands various lines of analysis. Globalizing Education shows how this phenomenon is mediated and mitigated by a range of educational policies, pedagogies, and politics. It identifies the forms of educational governance associated...

Each year, millions of people are uprooted from their homes by wars, repression, natural disasters, and climate change. In Uprooted, Volha Charnysh presents a fresh perspective on the developmental consequences of mass displacement, arguing that accommodating the displaced population can strengthen receiving states and...

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is an office that is part of the Cabinet departments and independent agencies of the United States federal government as well as some state and local governments. Each office includes an Inspector General and employees charged with...

"This book will foster an environment for a healthy discussion on a sensitive topic. Highly recommend.""SIS is trying to create bridges, not only to each other, but hopefully to our society.""The stories will both break your heart and fill you with hope for the...

Rogue State and its author came to sudden international attention when Osama Bin Laden quoted the book publicly in January 2006, propelling the book to the top of the bestseller charts in a matter of hours.It is an essential guide to the crimes and...

Some politicians want to change the name "India." They are embarrassed by the fact that the name and the idea of "India" came from the Bible. In 1492, Columbus sailed and failed to find the sea route to "India." Vasco da Gama reached Calicut...

Now is the time for the new, the beautiful and the humane. In Together, award-winning political thinker, author and poet Ece Temelkuran provides an inspiring manifesto for change by revealing fresh possibilities for the better world we might want to live in and gives...

The surreptitious actions of the CIA Shadow Government has suppressed our civilization by keeping secret one of the greatest scientific advancements for more than half a century - the knowledge and use of zero-point energy. To have all countries use free energy will give...

Wartime leaders should understand the link between violent means and political ends. They should also have a sense of how strategic decisions will affect the post-war peace. Yet they often fail to make these connections. Mistaking strategy for grand strategy, or misunderstanding the relationship...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been playing the authoritarian's game for some time now. Under the polarizing, tense and uncertain conditions of this regime, segments of society in Turkey are still actively resisting to the onslaught of authoritarian measures, coalescing at diverse sites of...

For a thinker whose revolutionary ideas have had such a decisive impact on the world, it is ironic that Marx's own political writings remain so neglected. His political writings are often seen as texts written instrumentally to earn money, which he often desperately needed,...

The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread disruption and rapid change, impacting public policy with unprecedented impact globally, nationally, regionally, and locally. All facets and groups within society were affected, and the aftermath of this is still being felt. Stemming from the international meeting, "Disaster Management:...

This volume contains some selected papers from the "International Conference on Peace Economics, Peace Science and Development", held at the Mahatma Gandhi Center for Conflict Prevention and Management in Bangalore, India on July 11 to 13, 2024. The chapters cover the topics of social...

ABOUT THIS SERIES. ....But after that, I realised that I knew very little about these parents of mine. They had been born about the start of the Twentieth Century, and they died in 1970 and 1980. For their last 50 years, I was old...

With the passage into law of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982, rights took on new legal, political, and social significance in Canada. In the decades following, Canadian jurisprudence has emphasised the importance of rights, determining their shape and asserting their...

First published in 1848, "The Communist Manifesto" is a political pamphlet by German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, which initiated in one of the greatest movements of political change that the world has ever seen. At the heart of the economic writings of...

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 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 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 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center (GRC) is leading the design and build of the new world-class vibroacoustic test capabilities at the NASA GRC's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. Benham Companies, LLC is currently constructing modal, base-shake sine...

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 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 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...

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 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 U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed...

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 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 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...

In the 1940s, living through yet another cycle of violent global turmoil, policymakers in Washington and other major Western capitals finally decided that enough was enough. They recognized that the horrors of the first half of the twentieth century had emerged because their countries...

Machiavelli is history's most startling political commentator. Recent interpreters have minimised his originality, but this book restores his radicalism. Robert Black shows a clear development in Machiavelli's thought. In his most subversive works The Prince, the Discourses on Livy, The Ass and Mandragola he...

While the clash between what has been called the modern and undeveloped worlds has led to America's military involvement in the Middle East and other places, few people realize the tension between the modern and the traditional within the United States. Beginning in the...

Author: Melanie PhillipsISBN-13: 9798895650349Publisher: Wicked SonLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/14/2025Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d

Author: Pushpanathan SundramISBN-10: 623105604XISBN-13: 9786231056047Publisher: PT Perkasa Permata Asia Abadi (Ppaa)Language: EnglishPublished: 12/20/2024Pages: 328Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d

Author: Kj HarperISBN-13: 9798348378981Publisher: Next Phase PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/15/2025Pages: 286Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.60d

This book explores how the origins of Brazil's modern borders can be traced to the cartography of the Americas produced by the eighteenth-century French cartographer J.B.B. d'Anville. It argues that this map reflects the geopolitical policies of the Portuguese diplomat D. Luis da Cunha,...

Originally published in 1998, in this book, a number of stereotypes, symbols and signs of Russia, such as the double-headed eagle, the star, bread-and-salt, troika, the Orthodox cross, etc., are presented as a consistent set of metaphors, revealing a symbolic world made by and...

This study discusses the movements of the 4th Division, their failure to attack Montfaucon, and the causes of the lull in the offensive on September 29.Author: Joseph L. TupperISBN-10: 1288296940ISBN-13: 9781288296941Publisher: BibliogovLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/13/2012Pages: 38Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.08d

Forty-three men had held the office of President of the United States at the time this work was complied. Each man brought to the job his own unique talents and views for the country. From Washing to Bush the Inaugural Addresses marked the beginning...

Author: Peter L. W. OsnosISBN-10: 1735996874ISBN-13: 9781735996875Publisher: Platform Books, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/07/2025Pages: 400Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.29lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.89d

Author: Grig McGuireISBN-10: 1035857685ISBN-13: 9781035857685Publisher: Austin MacauleyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/21/2025Pages: 54Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.14lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.11d

Step into the vibrant tapestry of India's cultural evolution with "Influence of Islam on Indian Culture." This captivating journey unravels the rich history of India's cultural synthesis, where diverse beliefs, customs, and traditions converge to create a truly unique heritage.From the ancient epochs to...

Martin Eden, published in 1909, is a semi-autobiographical novel by Jack London that explores themes of individualism, class struggle, and the pursuit of artistic and intellectual fulfillment. The story follows Martin Eden, a young, working-class man who dreams of becoming a successful writer and...

Battles for Freedom: Authoritarians and Democrats Meeting and Competing explores the dynamic interplay of Authoritarian and Democratic forces in global politics. Presenting a fresh analysis, the book navigates various political environments and their impact on civic society, advocating for a deeper understanding of how...

This book critically analyzes the global hegemony of the United States - a hegemony whose innovative aspect consists in articulating postcoloniality to imperial control - in relation to knowledge and knowledge production.Through targeted case studies on the historical relationship between regional areas and the...