Political Science - General

This book examines the competing visions of liberty and community in Canada. Focusing attention on constitutional debate in Ontario after the Confederation of 1867, the author shows how the defenders of provincial autonomy constructed a powerful political and legal ideology that attempted to reconcile...

The survival and success of public organizations depends on employee satisfaction and motivation to improve performance. New Strategies for Public Pay addresses one of the strongest motivators?compensation. The book outlines proven strategies, many of which are successfully used in private industry, that are also...

Recent discussion of democratization in Africa has focused primarily on the reform of formal state institutions: the public service, the judiciary, and the legislatureAuthor: Michael LeslieISBN-10: 076580980XISBN-13: 9780765809803Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/30/2003Pages: 270Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d

In Nation-States, Richard Lee Hough interprets the role of the nation-state, analyzing the factors that impinge on its viability and correcting the present tilt in numerous commentaries positing, or prophesying, its decline. Hough seeks to balance, or refute those, who in various ways, see...

Applegate: Freedom of the Press in a Small Town is a slice of Americana as told by Armada Times Editor James Mitchell, along with Lindsey Kingston, student editor of the paper's high school section. Mitchell took over as editor of the Times in the...

This is a timely re-appraisal of feminist political thinkers and their male contemporaries, providing a re-evaluation of feminist humanism.Author: Karen GreenISBN-10: 0745614493ISBN-13: 9780745614496Publisher: Polity PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/03/1995Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d

The first comparative study of the complicated history of relations between the state and the air transport industry in Europe, this book travels from the earliest scheduled flights down to the era of liberalization and privatization in the 1990s. Martin Staniland concentrates on four...

Focuses both on specific regional organizations like ASEAN, The Asian Development Bank and APEC, as well as on key institutions such as East Asian legal systems, the media, organized labour, Asian business systems, and the developmental state.Author: Mark BeesonISBN-10: 0700714774ISBN-13: 9780700714773Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/21/2002Pages:...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This book examines the decline of slavery in Northern Nigeria during the first forty years of colonial rule. At the time of the British conquest, the Sokoto Caliphate was one of the largest slave societies in modern history. Rather than emancipate slaves, the colonial...

In just three decades, Great Britain's place in world politics was transformed. In 1945, it was the world's preeminent imperial power with global interests. By 1975, Britain languished in political stasis and economic recession, clinging to its alliance with the United States and membership...

This book proposes an inclusive way of examining Turkish Government's counterterrorism policies toward the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a guerilla insurgency and terrorist group. Contrary to most of the counterterrorism studies that focused on single aspect of the phenomenon, this book offers multi-level analyses...

This book analyses the political aspects of new atheism and offers an analysis that is informed by insights from political science and political theory. Author: Stuart McAnulla,Steven Kettell,Marcus SchulzkeISBN-10: 0367471701ISBN-13: 9780367471705Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/18/2020Pages: 172Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d

The Study Group on U.S.-Cuban Relations met on three separate occasions. The first meeting was devoted to discussion of U.S.. interests and policy objectives in Cuba. The second meeting analysed the current U.S. policy toward Cuba, and the final session focused on policy options....

In The March of Unreason, Dick Taverne expresses his concern that irrationality is on the rise in Western society, and argues that public opinion is increasingly dominated by unreflecting prejudice and an unwillingness to engage with factual evidence. Discussing topics such as genetically modified...

Author: Walter Johnson Et Al,Robin KelleyISBN-10: 1946511005ISBN-13: 9781946511003Publisher: Boston ReviewLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/20/2017Pages: 142Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 10.20h x 6.60w x 0.50d

'Just another name, another place, another time for dying.' From hunting U-boats over the heaving waters of the cold Atlantic to dropping supplies for the Resistance and towing the gliders carrying paratroopers and weapons at Normandy, Arnhem and the Rhine crossing, the New Zealand...

Sentinel of Truth provides a gripping account of the assassination of two Turkish diplomats in California in 1973 by an aggrieved septuagenarian survivor of the Armenian Genocide, and explains how a study of the global campaign against Turkey's denial of the genocide cannot but...

"Civil List of the Province of New-York, 1693" offers a detailed snapshot of the governmental structure and personnel within the Province of New York during the late 17th century. This historical record provides invaluable insights into the individuals who held positions of authority and...

This is a speech delivered in the House of Commons on July 9, 1880, regarding the issue of clerical headships and fellowships at British universities. Charles Savile Roundell addresses the debates and arguments surrounding the requirement for university leaders and fellows to be ordained...

Every day I ask myself one question, What will I do today that makes a positive difference in someone's life?I was raised on faith, discipline, and responsibility. Long before I knew what leadership meant.I learned early that nothing is handed to you, you earn...

The need for a Second Constitutional Convention is established by the imagery in this analysis. The method of a Second Convention, with knowledgeable referendums, is defined in terms of modern concepts of human life.The imagery and content are very similar to and are compliments...

NEW EDITION. NEW MATERIAL ABOUT JOEIn 1945 Joe walked out of a Nazi concentration camp. His story has never been told - until now.Shortly before dawn on a frigid morning in Radom, Poland, German soldiers forced twenty-one year-old Icek "Joe" Rubinsztejn onto a crowded,...

For over four decades, poet Stephen Wing has borne witness to U.S. military aggression abroad, inequity and injustice at home, and the stubborn resistance of generations of citizen activists. These poems reveal the human faces of poverty and prejudice, covert and conventional war, Pentagon...

The Dogon Paradigm: Crisis and Continuity is a sweeping anthropological and philosophical inquiry into the symbolic, ecological, and cosmological systems of the Dogon people of Mali. Allen Schery-anthropologist, author, museum designer, and creative strategist-offers a manuscript that refuses reduction, embracing recursive depth, artifact logic,...

Why is it that talking about politics or religion is taboo these days?The assumption behind this idea is that these topics stir passions too deep and too personal for civil conversation. But here's the dilemma: in today's culture, I believe religion has become political,...

A broken healthcare system isn't inevitable - and the solution is far simpler, fairer, and more sustainable than anyone has told you.In The Healthcare Crisis Solution, Jason McLatchie delivers a clear, evidence-based, and non-partisan plan to fix America's most expensive, complex, and frustrating system....

This monograph is devoted to a comprehensive analysis of the formation and development of gender equality in international law, as well as the peculiarities of its realization in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The first section examines the key stages in the formation of the...

This open access book asks how the retreat of local journalism and the advance of social media platforms reshapes democracy at the grassroots level. It presents a unique ethnographic exploration of two distinct communities--Frederiksberg in Denmark and Ringwood in England--and introduces the concept of...

Resistance is NOT Futile provides the starting base to understand the importance of civil resistance in our current world, exploring the philosophical roots and the debates that have shaped modern forms of civil resistance and linking them with the latest insights in civil resistance...

Why are legislatures in some authoritarian regimes more powerful than others? Why does influence on policies and politics vary across dictatorships? To answer these questions, Lawmaking under Authoritarianism extends the power-sharing theory of authoritarian government to argue that autocracies with balanced factional politics have...

This volume presents the complete theological works of Thomas Paine, bound in a uniform style with his renowned political writings. A pivotal figure of the Enlightenment, Paine challenged conventional religious thought, advocating for reason and individual conscience in matters of faith. His theological works...

The book is a real time record of frontline life in the UK as the country becomes a global outlier in trying to 'live with Covid'. The Author uses this perspective to view the tragic events around the word.Author: Harry MyraISBN-13: 9798823080064Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage:...

A must-read for psychologists-clinical and academic alike-as well as for political scientists, policy analysts, and others working in the realm of terrorism, political violence, and extremism, this book carefully explores the theories, observations, and approaches of authorities in the field and addresses how and...

"Andrew Keili's collection of in-depth commentary, news analysis, opinion and essays on the most talked-about topics in Sierra Leone should be owned by everyone who needs to know what's going on right now. The anthology explores the most talked-about topics in Sierra Leone in...

An authoritative and comprehensive study of electoral politics by a leading professor specialising in public service reform at the University of Ghana. This two volume study of Ghana's 2000 presidential and parliamentary elections addresses multiple issues in the country's continual attempts to consolidate the...

This analysis of the theoretical arts and science of the academic field of International Relations began several years ago as doctoral research that led to a dissertation linking geopolitical thinking, particularly that emanating from the French-speaking world, with mainstream conceptual frameworks developed principally by...

Walter Seymour's polished and accurate prose is full of sharp and witty remarks that make him a perfect example of the travelling gentleman of the Victorian era, a sort of real life Phileas Fogg whose hand does not tremble when writing down impressions on...

Every Nigerian can tell you their own tale of woe about the state of the country, from stories about the frequency of the petty roadside bribe to the brazen looting of public resources; tales about the deadly infrastructure of roads and the inefficiencies of...

This House Will Not Fall: Quest, Change and Imperative of Nationhood offers optimistic vision of Nigeria and Africa through a collection of articulate papers from Thought leaders like General Yakubu Gowon, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Prof. Itse Sagay, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, "Timi the Law" Rotimi...

Global changes in conservation ideologies, policies, and practices powerfully influence social and environmental change among the rural poor in many developing countries. Old Thoughts in New Ideas describes how and why global conservation ideas have taken root in state bureaucracy, civil society, and upland...

Cyberspace has turned out to be one of the greatest discoveries of mankind. Today, we have more than four-and-a-half billion people connected to the internet and this number is all set to increase dramatically as the next generational Internet of Things (IoT) devices and...

Author: Musa Khan JalalzaiISBN-10: 9386457911ISBN-13: 9789386457912Publisher: Vij Books IndiaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/17/2018Pages: 278Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d

This book explores Rabindranath Tagore's travels, and assesses the extent to which he was influenced by his visits and the deep impression he left on the countries he visited. Here, experts from India and several countries to which Tagore had travelled offer an array...

Revolution in military affairs has made armaments/weapons a major component of defence capability. The exponential growth of technology has resultedin the cutting edge being eroded very rapidly necessitating constant up gradation / replacement of defence hardware. Apart from government policies and capital intensiveness the...

American life has changed dramatically during the last few years. A Black person was sworn in as the president for the first time in American history. Incidents like the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the killing of George Floyd and other Blacks,...

No instance of communal violence has provoked as much controversy as the Gujarat 2002 carnage, in which over 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed. And none has been subjected to as much fact-finding, especially under the monitoring of the Supreme Court. Sifting through the...

This Discussion Paper explores the challenges that ethnicity poses for democratisation and development in Africa. It provides an overview of the literature on ethnicity and democratisation and an analysis of the trends on the continent since the end of the Cold War. In this...

Author: Lonneke Van NoijeISBN-10: 9086591604ISBN-13: 9789086591602Publisher: Aksant Academic PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2008Pages: 328Format: Paperback

The acceleration of globalization and the rise of China are among the most important events in the 21st century. Globalization is a double-edged sword for human society. There is a strong belief among the international community that global governance is the most effective solution...