Political Science - General

This book covers a wide range of issues and controversies within the world of sports--including drug use, economics, ethics, ethnicity, gender, globalization, politics, race, sexuality, and technology--from both a U.S. and global perspective. World Sports: A Reference Handbook covers a wide variety of sports-related...

Since its founding, activists have demanded that the United States lives up to its democratic promise. Now, with Rules of Activism, Charles Euchner offers a concise "field guide" to the critical place of political and social movements in American politics. Activists have always been...

The United States has been the world's dominant super power for the last 70 years. It sets the rules for international relations and seeks to maintain the status quo. That situation is changing. China is expected to equal the United States in power within...

Author: Augusto VieiraISBN-10: 1477103244ISBN-13: 9781477103241Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/17/2012Pages: 88Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

A history of labour and the labour movement in the USA, originally published in the 1930s. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works...

Rap and Politics maps out fifty years of political and musical development by exploring three specific moments of local discourse, each a response to failures by local, state, and national governments to address police brutality, violence, poverty, and poor social conditions in Oakland, California...

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 Government Printing Office (GPO) was created in June 1860, and is an agency of the U.S. federal government based in Washington D.C. The office prints documents produced by and for the federal government, including Congress, the Supreme Court, the Executive Office...

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 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 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...

During WW II the Command and General Staff Colleges primary mission was to train large numbers of captains and majors to be staff officers in battalions, brigades, divisions, and corps. To that end, the Army provided copies of documents produced by field units to...

Michael Jackson (1958-2009) was a famous singer and entertainer. Between 1993 and 1994 and separately between 2004 and 2005, Jackson was investigated by California law enforcement agencies for possible child molestation. He was acquitted of all such charges. The FBI provided technical and investigative...

Michael Jackson (1958-2009) was a famous singer and entertainer. Between 1993 and 1994 and separately between 2004 and 2005, Jackson was investigated by California law enforcement agencies for possible child molestation. He was acquitted of all such charges. The FBI provided technical and investigative...

This was a presentation given at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, November 8, 1938; speaker was Colonel Clement H. Wright.Author: Clement H. WrightISBN-10: 1286868203ISBN-13: 9781286868201Publisher: BibliogovLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/26/2012Pages: 74Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.15d

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 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 book gives an account of an essential part of Britain's troubled relationship with the rest of Europe after 1945 - particularly considering the rivalry of France and Britain between 1945 and 2007. The record of Britain's relations with the rest of Europe, and...

Areopagitica is a powerful treatise defending freedom of speech and opposing censorship. Written by John Milton in 1644, this work is an eloquent defense of the principles of liberty and individualism that have come to define Western democracy.This work has been selected by scholars...

The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology, a deistic treatise written by eighteenth-century British radical and American revolutionary Thomas Paine, critiques institutionalized religion and challenges the inerrancy of the Bible. Published in three parts in 1794, 1795, and 1807,...

In this penetrating critical analysis of Louis Farrakhan's ascent to national influence, Robert Singh argues that the minister's rise to prominence is a function of race and reaction in contemporary America. Singh probes the origins and significance of Farrakhan in American politics.Drawing on published...

Perhaps the most alarming phenomenon in American cities has been the transformation of many neighborhoods into isolated ghettos where poverty is the norm and violent crime, drug use, out-of-wedlock births, and soaring school dropout rates are rampant. Public concern over these destitute areas has...

Harmonizing Sentiments: The Declaration of Independence and the Jeffersonian Idea of Self-Government introduces the reader to the major issues concerning America's statement justifying independence. It covers the first controversy between loyalists and patriots, explores the document's intellectual sources, evaluates the degree to which the...

Author: Tom L. TuckerISBN-10: 0759649316ISBN-13: 9780759649316Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2001Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 7.98h x 4.88w x 0.33d

Author: Mike McConnellISBN-10: 0759644071ISBN-13: 9780759644076Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2001Pages: 188Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 9.12h x 6.40w x 0.51d

The world is a Global Jungle and not the integrated and harmonious community implied by the designation, ?global village.? The truth is that we are a fragmented species whose history is dominated by violence and conflict among the components.Author: Daniel WitISBN-10: 0759637628ISBN-13: 9780759637627Publisher: 1st...

FROM BREXIT TO BRAZIL VIA HONG KONG, CHINA, RUSSIA AND THE USAAn insightful foray into the colourful volatility of today's world this collection of prosaic essays remarks on the political, social, lifestyle and environmental maelstrom in which we find ourselves. John Spencer comments on...

No constitution in this world, no matter how well-thought-out, has been able to provide the kind of selfless leaders that those who drafted it had in mind. As a result, much of what newspapers the world over contain is the same: a litany of...

Islam's 1,400-year history has made an important contribution to world civilization. In its nascent state, it miraculously brought the mighty Christian Byzantine and Zoroastrian Persian empires to their knees. In the span of a generation, the Islamic world became one of the largest empires...

Somewhere in the preceding generations, the direction of the United States of America has careened towards an unsustainable progressive interpretation of the Constitution that will lead to further bankruptcy of the Nation and threatens individual Freedom. The Government has set itself above the Governed....

This book analyzes the origins and consequences of civil war in Central America. Fabrice Lehoucq argues that the inability of autocracies to reform themselves led to protest and rebellion throughout the twentieth century and that civil war triggered unexpected transitions to non-military rule by...

Political exiles were a prominent feature of political life during the Renaissance, often a source of intense concern to the states from which they were banished, and a ready instrument for governments wishing to intervene in the affairs of their rivals and enemies. This...

Virtually every manufacturing company has plans for an automated "factory of the future." But Robert J. Thomas argues that smart machines may not hold the key to an industrial renaissance. In this provocative and enlightening book, he takes us inside four successful manufacturing enterprises...

The Caucasus is one of the most complicated regions in the world: with many different peoples and political units, differing religious allegiances, and frequent conflicts, and where historically major world powers have clashed with each other. Until now there has been no single book...

A scholarly edition of the English version of works by Thomas Hobbes. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.Author: Thomas HobbesISBN-10: 0198246234ISBN-13: 9780198246237Publisher: OUP OxfordLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/26/1984Pages: 354Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.42lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

About the book: Although it is common in the publishing world for the author to produce an abstract that introduces their work, the blurb is generally written in passive voice, giving the impression that someone else, perhaps an editor or reviewer, wrote the "about"...

Author: Rich MichalskiISBN-13: 9798218698263Publisher: Continiu M CorpLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2025Pages: 204Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d

Author: Daria ShermanISBN-10: 1257679589ISBN-13: 9781257679584Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/19/2025Pages: 112Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d

Author: Lars-Erik Cederman,Luc Girardin,Carl Müller-CreponISBN-10: 1009527800ISBN-13: 9781009527804Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/23/2025Pages: 394Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.16lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

Author: Lars-Erik Cederman,Luc Girardin,Carl Müller-CreponISBN-10: 1009527797ISBN-13: 9781009527798Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/23/2025Pages: 394Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.53lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

What if you could simplify your life, reconnect with nature, and discover true self-reliance?Walden: The Call to Simplicity, Nature, and Self-Reliance brings you Henry David Thoreau's timeless reflections on living deliberately and finding freedom in simplicity, thoughtfully modernized and adapted for today's readers.Written during...

Estonia is still one of the most innovative and audacious countries in the world when it comes to finding new democratic mechanisms for citizen participation through the use of ICTs. In this work, we understand that the adoption of digital voting via the Internet...

Abyei Area, on the border between Sudan and South Sudan, is inhabited by Dinka Ngok tribe, who have traditionally allowed the Misseriya Arabs from the north to graze their cattle there during the dry season. Unresolved territorial disputes dating back to colonial times have...

This book views the whistleblower as a key character in democratic societies. It argues that whistleblowing is likely to become an increasingly important form of action in the coming years. Whistleblowers are unique actors in our democracies because they disclose wrongdoing from the inside,...

Thomas Paine was a devout deist. That is he believed in God not because of faith but rather because of the rational empirical evidence that the natural world provides. The Age of Reason was Paine's treatise on religion. At the time of its publication...

"I freed a thousand slaves; I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves." Whether Harriet Tubman or someone else made this comment, on our planet today, the opposite is true. I enslaved thousands and I will enslave thousands...

Jason Bredle's poems approach the world like a haunted cat approaches a glacier, curious and itchy with strangeness. In Carnival, he skates paratactically between states of being: levity, heart-holes, licks of darkness, lovesickness and werewolfishness. Bredle's gift as a poet is to traverse and...