Political Science - General

Charger design that is 2-fault tolerant to catastrophic has been achieved for the Spacesuit Li-ion Battery with key features. Power supply control circuit and 2 microprocessors independently control against overcharge. 3 microprocessor control against undercharge (false positive: Go for EVA) conditions. 2 independent channels...

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed economic sanctions, focusing on the: (1) political goals economic sanctions can and cannot achieve; (2) socioeconomic, political, and psychological effects of sanctions; and (3) circumstances in which sanctions are likely to succeed or fail. GAO found that:...

In 1913 Russia and France had arranged that the Russians should make a rapid advance against the Germans in East Prussia in order to create a diversion to relieve the pressure against the French on the Western Front. This advance into East Prussia was...

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a federal freedom of information law that allows for the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the United States government. The Act defines agency records subject to disclosure, outlines mandatory disclosure...

This report describes work conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) as part of the Wind Technology Partnership (WTP) sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This project has developed methods that the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) intends to use...

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...

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...

Between 2000 and 2005, colour revolutions swept away authoritarian and semi-authoritarian regimes in Serbia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine. Yet, after these initial successes, attempts to replicate the strategies failed to produce regime change elsewhere in the region. The book argues that students of democratization...

Over recent decades International Relations scholars have investigated norm dynamics processes at some length, with the 'norm entrepreneur' concept having become a common reference point in the literature. The focus on norm entrepreneurs has, however, resulted in a bias towards investigating the agents and...

The international debt crisis that erupted in 1982 threatened the world financial system and turned the 1980s into a lost decade for Latin America. But the crisis jolted governments throughout the region into adopting sweeping economic reforms. By the early 1990s inflation was lower,...

This lively book examines the major issues raised by the emergence and transformation of various political identities in the contemporary world. The contributors bring together many current trends of thought--Lacanian psychoanalysis, deconstruction, neo-Hegelianism and political philosophy--that are relevant to the question of identity, as...

'Is politics gendered? Wendy Brown things so, and argues for this point with elegance, imagination and pungent phrases. Brown's book is challenging, provocative and...original; it does force us to question the degree to which gender controls our politics.'-THE REVIEW OF POLITICSAuthor: Wendy L. BrownISBN-10:...

This insightful study offers the first comprehensive overview of the theology and praxis of Roman Catholic theologian Heribert M?hlen.Author: Wolfgang VondeyISBN-10: 0761828176ISBN-13: 9780761828174Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/BloomsburyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/13/2004Pages: 440Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.23lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.98d

European cities are on the rise, taking advantage of the opportunities of the European integration and globalization processes. But they also face economic changes, social inequalities, poverty, and a new set of constraints. Taking examples through the European Union, the new book shows the...

In "My American History," C. Howard Diaz presents a compelling narrativethat intertwines his life's journey with the broader history of America. Born toMexican immigrants in 1937, Diaz shares his experiences growing up in SouthCentral Los Angeles, working various jobs from a young age, and...

Sport is frequently considered to be an aspect of popular culture that is, or should be, untainted by the political. However, there is a broad consensus among academics that sport is often at the heart of the political and the political is often central...

Factual misinformation is spread in conflict zones around the world, often with dire consequences. But when is this misinformation actually believed, and when is it not? Seeing is Disbelieving examines the appeal and limits of dangerous misinformation in war, and is the go-to text...

A crime committed against nurses. Stabbed in the heart several times!This nursing memoir explores the pivotal years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, Canada.2019 is memorable for me only in hindsight. The year birthed a deadly virus, and Ontario's wage suppression bill (Bill 124)...

Author: Cathie Jo MartinISBN-10: 1009419668ISBN-13: 9781009419666Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/02/2025Pages: 289Format: Paperback

Sixteen-year-old Rebecca Middleton and best friend Jasmine Meens make their "trip of a lifetime" to the Queen's "Jewel in the Atlantic," oblivious to secrets beneath the island's idyllic guise and to the horrors that await them on the dark side of Paradise. Sunny days...

Author: Todd A. DavisISBN-10: 1436315069ISBN-13: 9781436315067Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/24/2008Pages: 188Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

TESTIMONY: DEATH OF A GUATEMALAN VILLAGE is an eyewitness account by a Guatemalan primary school teacher detailing one instance of violent conflict between the indigenous Maya people and the army. An accidental clash between the village's "civil patrol" and a Guatemalan army troop leads...

For over two decades, political communication research has hailed the potentially reinvigorating effect of social media on democracy. Social media was expected to provide new opportunities for people to learn about politics and public affairs, and to participate politically. Building on two systematic literature...

Tulsi Gabbard: Biography of a Maverick offers readers an unfiltered look at one of America's most unconventional and polarizing political figures. From her groundbreaking rise as the youngest woman elected to the Hawaii State Legislature, through two deployments to the Middle East, to her...

Author: Graeme BlairISBN-10: 1009235877ISBN-13: 9781009235877Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/05/2024Pages: 588Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.71lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d

In Intelligence: The Great Lie, Roy Andersen examines why we think intelligence is only a measurement of capability, without realising how it is used to perpetuate inequality through the discrimination of people based on their race, ethnicity, and class. Yet, based on 40 year...

Featuring a collection of works by scholars from across a variety of disciplines, this book outlines the principles of a critical historical criminology. For historical criminologists, this book provides a framework of how to engage with historical material in a way that is critical...

Just war theory concerns the morality of engaging in warfare, the conduct in war and justice - including democratization and reconstruction - in the aftermath to end war. The morality of war can be measured from a variety of military and philosophical ethics that...

Karl Osolacht is a pen name for a young man who lives in a southern part of the United States. He is 76 years old, blind, asthmatic, and has Parkinson's syndrome. But his mind is as crisp as a firecracker. Sophia is a pen...

The year 2023 saw one of the latest genocides in modern times - that of the people of Palestine by Israel. People born in the last or this century find it difficult to understand how such genocides in the past were allowed to take...

The book is a collection of articles written by the author on utopianism - especially on utopian literature, utopian practice, and utopian social theoryAuthor: Raffaella BaccoliniISBN-10: 1800794894ISBN-13: 9781800794894Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic PublisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/13/2022Pages: 418Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.28lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.89d

This volume deals with the problem of State and Church in the Middle Ages from a new angle. It not only shows how and why the medieval popes pursued a policy of world domination, but also discloses the ideas by which the papal monarchs...

This special issue is part two of a two-part edited collection on interrupting the legal person, and what this means. Should we think of the legal person as a technical and grammatical question that varies across different legal traditions and jurisdictions? Does this cut...

This special issue is part one of a two-part edited collection on interrupting the legal person, and what this means. Should we think of the legal person as a technical and grammatical question that varies across different legal traditions and jurisdictions? Does this cut...

This book describes and explains the long-term dynamics of Third World debt during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing on the various specific historical patterns of foreign loans, financial crises, and debt settlements between 1820 and 1990.Author: Christian SuterISBN-10: 0367166461ISBN-13: 9780367166465Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/17/2020Pages:...

The Next 25 Years of Public Choice brings together the perspectives of many of the world's leading scholars of public choice on the present state of knowledge and the likely future course of scholarship on public choice and constitutional economy. This book presents material...

The end of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. In Europe, Napoleon rules and decides on nations. In many battles he defeats the armies of European states. Only in his Russian campaign he suffers a great defeat, which continues in the Battle...

Master's Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: International Organisations, grade: MA, University of Kent, language: English, abstract: In Thailand, organizations that work for public purpose and maintain their nonprofit/ nongovernmental status are far from being a...

Script from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict, Security, Counterinsurgency Training Center Kabul, language: English, abstract: The Operational Art of Counter-Insurgency: A Handbook for Instructors and Advanced Practitioners of Irregular Warfare. This hand book is primarily the Cliffs...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2007 in the subject Politics - Miscellaneous, grade: First, Keele University, course: Politics, language: English, abstract: The murder of St. Thomas Becket in 1170 was a significant event in defining the relationship between Church and State in Mediaeval England....

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 1, University of Twente (Bedrijf Bestuur en Technologie), language: English, abstract: In the conclusion of the European Council in December 2005, the Presidency mentions only in a single sentence...

In the Timaeus Plato presents an elaborately wrought account of the formation of the universe. Plato is deeply impressed with the order and beauty he observes in the universe, and his project in the dialogue is to explain that order and beauty. The universe,...

Truth to Origin is a suggested state and federal constitution amendment. Truth to Origin's Amendment can be used as a verbal copyright at state level to credit ownership and provide more economic rights in teaching peace to children, advocating non-discrimination in health and relationship...

This collection is one of a series describing campaigns in World War II by the 82d (All-American) Division. In the course of these operations the 82d Airborne Division became the first American Airborne Division to fight in two Theaters of Operations (the North African...

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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 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...