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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...

Given the importance of violent non-state actors (VNSA) and their evolving role in global politics, dynamic frameworks of analysis are needed both to trace historical trajectories in the evolution of violent non-state actorness and to identify emerging patterns by examining modern day cases. This...

This is a major work by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, whose writings have been deeply influential on subsequent generations of philosophers. It is offered here in a new translation by Judith Norman, with an introduction by Rolf Peter Horstmann that places the work in...

Can Israel be both Jewish and truly democratic? How can a nation-state, which incorporates a large national minority with a distinct identity of its own be a state of all its citizens? Written by two eminent Israeli scholars, a professor of constitutional law and...

Author: Stephen TryonISBN-13: 9798989814510Publisher: Accountabilitycitizenship.OrgLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/30/2024Pages: 132Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d

Local Disaster Management explores what resilience means for local communities and local governments on the front line of responding to disasters and emergencies. Disaster management is often seen as a major international issue undertaken by global actors such as the UN, Red Cross and...

My dad is shining a spotlight on a much larger national problem-the dominance of big money in our elections. Campaign spending in 2024 will likely top $14 billion, and more than half that money will be deployed by PACs of various kinds spewing falsehoods...

This book is the third volume in the series Maestri of Political Science. Like its two predecessors, this book fills a gap in the growing reflective literature on political science, but adopting a different focus to the usual thematic or subject-specific debates by capturing...

Written in the midst of World War I, Why Men Fight lays out Bertrand Russell's wholesale rejection of the notion that war is inevitable. Russell elucidates the motivations behind human conflict and underscores the inherent futility of settling disputes by waging destructive battles. He...

There is serious discontent in Great Britain with our government. Many feel let down; wishes ignored. Covid, living costs and immigration all badly handled. Labour opposition with no answers to the problems. Trust in our politicians is low with an atmosphere of hopelessness, despair...

The Legislative Drafter's Desk Reference, third edition, is a practical guide to drafting federal, state, and local laws. Designed for professional drafters as well as other legal professionals and students, it provides a trove of information and solid drafting principles in easy-to-understand language.In this...

The book delves into Turkey's increasing ethno-religious, pragmatic, and complicated involvement and activism in Balkans since 2002 under Justice and Development Party (AKP). It will be useful to students, researchers and academics interested in Politics, International Relations and Southeast European Studies. Author: Başak Z....

Money makes the world go round? This should be: Money goes round the world. We have a world economy that could be benefiting everyone. Money is like manure; it is only good when it is spread around. Everyone's work needs to be fertilized with...

Counterterrorism and cybersecurity are the top two priorities at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Graduated from the FBI Citizens Academy in 2021, Prof. Newton Lee offers a broad survey of counterterrorism and cybersecurity history, strategies, and technologies in the 3rd edition of his...

The super-rich have never had it so good. But millions of us can't afford a home, an education or a pension. And unless we change course soon, the future will be worse. Much worse. Yet, it doesn't have to be like this. In this...

An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library as part of the Opening the Future project with COPIM.The book examines three expeditions by the Spanish to the borders of Charcas, a district that...

Author: Sarah Sunn Bush, Lauren PratherISBN-10: 1009204270ISBN-13: 9781009204279Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/21/2024Pages: 325Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.96lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d

Why is the past so dominant in the present? This book conceptualizes collective memory as currency, a medium of exchange, a system in common use, and one that is traded between and within nations. Bringing together contemporary case studies and multidisciplinary scholarship, this volume...

The Russia Scare assesses the scope, character and extent of Russian interference in the affairs of liberal democratic states.Author: Richard SakwaISBN-10: 1032011513ISBN-13: 9781032011516Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/29/2024Pages: 212Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.47d

From her eloquent speeches to her remarkable leadership skills, Queen Elizabeth has captivated the world for decades. Now, 'The Queen's Speeches in Parliament from Her Accession to the Present Time' collects some of the most powerful and inspiring speeches the Queen has given during...

Niger's political history has lacked a synthesis on the army's involvement in politics since independence. The country is a fertile ground for such analysis. Between 1964 and 1999, the country witnessed three successful military coups during the democratisation process (April 1974, January 1996, and...

New York Times Bestseller Wall Street Journal Bestseller USA Today Bestseller Now with a new foreword by the author celebrating the five-year anniversary of her sweeping, inspiring memoir. The world had doubted Greece's ability to successfully stage the 2004 Olympic Games. In rescuing the...

When Coco Fusco and collaborator Guillermo Gomez-Pena toured the country in a cage as "authentic natives," their provocative performance piece enraged some and enthralled others. Known for using performance to explore the boundaries of ethnicity in art, Coco Fusco has now brought her talents...

The F-35 Lighting 11, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter, is the Department of Defense's most costly and ambitious aircraft acquisition, seeking to simultaneously develop and field three aircraft variants for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and eight international partners.Author: U S...

In the critical years between 1914 and 1920, the League to Enforce Peace offered the strongest and most unified support in America for a League of Nations. By 1919 it had gained enthusiastic support throughout the country. Bartlett tells here of how the plans...

The question that arises is a fundamental one. There is no grey area. It is only black or white. Digital, like zero and one. This book proves scientifically why the financial capitalism couldn't work at all as the neoclassical economic model rests of false...

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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 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 is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric....

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 second double issue on differential response discusses practice, policy, and research related to understanding and implementing a differential response approach as an alternative to traditional investigations into child abuse or neglect. It begins by explaining that differential response focuses on partnering with families...

The first section presents basic guidelines on officers' first response to victims' three major needs: to feel safe, to express their emotions, and to know "what comes next." Guidelines are listed for the specific attitudes and behaviors officers should display in meeting each of...

The U.S. Coast Guard is one of the five armed forces of the United States and the only military organization within the Department of Homeland Security. Since 1790 the Coast Guard has safeguarded our Nation's maritime interests and environment around the world. The Coast...

The National Mining Association and the Mine Safety and Health Administration requested that the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conduct full-scale evaluations of a recently developed carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) reinforcement technique for upgrading existing mine ventilation seals to withstand an...

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research, development and evaluation agency of the US Department of Justice. The NIJ is dedicated to improving knowledge and understanding of crime and justice issues through science. NIJ provides objective and independent knowledge and tools to...

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 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...

While the process of democratization is nowadays an established scholarship, the reverse process of de-democratization has generated less attention even when the regression or even breakdown of democracy occurred on a regular basis over past decades. This book investigates both the different combination of...

Machiavelli's influence on modern politics and the importance of his thought for the development of modern political ideas has long been universally acknowledged. The Prince has become a key text in Philosophy and Political Theory, one that is widely read and studied. Machiavelli's most...

First published in French by the Presses du Centre National de la Recherche Scienti que in 1990, this book relates the history of Turkish Jewry during the last decades of the Ottoman empire, as told through the life and work of Haim Nahum, the...

This book shares the observations made in 1998 by Chinese Foreign Service experts, who had planned meetings of President Nixon with Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai, during interviews by the authors and Edward Nixon, the President's brother.Author: James C. Humes, Jarvis D. RyalsISBN-10: 0761847383ISBN-13:...

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 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...

After taking power, the ANC implemented its policy of cadre deployment. It sought command of all levers of power, from the Cabinet, through the civil service, down to municipal level.Despite the party recently losing its majority, cadre deployment will ensure that the ANC maintains...

Are you tired of the political discord between the two major political parties and feel a deep rift among the electorate? Well, the author does and dives into our current divisive political climate and its impact on our social climate. And he places much...

Are you tired of the political discord between the two major political parties and feel a deep rift among the electorate? Well, the author does and dives into our current divisive political climate and its impact on our social climate. And he places much...

"The Beginning of an End"Translated into English by Nima Asi, this work by Abdul Qahar Asi delves into Afghanistan's tumultuous history, drawing stark parallels between the Taliban's 2021 takeover of Kabul and earlier periods of collapse. The book begins with the 1973 overthrow of...

According to Bakhtin, novels serve as a dialogue that often encompasses other-oriented artwork, reflecting the community along with its diverse trajectories. These novels have been associated with varying depictions of the Other's image, shaped within the community's collective memory and the perspectives of its...