Political Science - General

El capital. Cr tica de la econom a pol tica (en alem n Das Kapital - Kritik der politischen konomie), de Karl Marx es, como reza su subt tulo, un tratado de cr tica de la econom a pol tica; al mismo tiempo, ha...

The publishers of the present book deserve credit for presenting to the reading public the gist of Freud's psychology in the master's own words, and in a form which shall neither discourage beginners, nor appear too elementary to those who are more advanced in...

We have been taking bad ideas from Satan since the fall. These ideas continue to place us in bondage. Ideas have the power to build or destroy lives, redeem or corrupt cultures, save or damn souls. John Maynard Keynes believed that the "power of...

"We can win the war without killing a single person." Just days prior to deploying to combat in Afghanistan, Lieutenant Colonel Walter Piatt, commander of the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry "Wolfhounds," announced this visionary statement in front of an assembly of 800 infantrymen and...

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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined how replacing the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) with a no-fault compensation system would affect the railroad industry. GAO found that: (1) the cost of replacing FELA with a nationwide no-fault compensation system depends on the number...

TiO2 coated surfaces demonstrated both visually through photographic representation, and quantitatively, through reflectance measurements that they improved upon the current state of cleanliness upon the surfaces that they were applied to. TiO2 has the potential to both maintain and increase building s sustainability and...

This paper is a technical explanation of the payments model developed for the Federal Housing Administration's Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Insurance Demonstration. The model is presented in sufficient detail to allow actuaries, economists, and other specialists to replicate and evaluate the payments allowed under...

The Federal Prison Camp (FPC) in Pensacola, Florida, is a minimum security facility that houses male offenders. FPC Pensacola is located on Saufley Field, an outlying base of the Pensacola Naval Air Station (NAS), 175 miles west of Tallahassee and 50 miles east of...

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 Colorado State Publications Library (CoSPL) was established by the General Assembly in 1980 as a part of the Colorado State Library and the Colorado Department of Education. The mission of the library is to provide Colorado residents with permanent public access to information...

The Colorado State Publications Library (CoSPL) was established by the General Assembly in 1980 as a part of the Colorado State Library and the Colorado Department of Education. The mission of the library is to provide Colorado residents with permanent public access to information...

This paper derives a measure of inflation compensation from the yields of a Treasury inflation-indexed security and a portfolio of STRIPS that has similar liquidity and duration as the indexed security. This measure can be used as a proxy for inflation expectations if the...

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...

This paper empirically examines the relation between the Treasury term structure and spreads of investment grade corporate bond yields over Treasuries. I find that noncallable bond yield spreads fall when the level of the Treasury term structure rises. The extent of this decline depends...

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...

This paper reviews Allan H. Meltzer's A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 2. This two-book volume covers Federal Reserve policies from 1951 to 1986. The book represents an enormous achievement in synthesizing a great amount of archival information into a historical account grounded...

The Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is a federal cabinet department of the United States government. The office's main concerns are those associated with transportation and transportation needs across the country. Established in 1967, the DOT is administered by the United States Secretary...

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...

This up-to-date analysis of the Supreme Court's landmark rulings on civil rights and liberties is a discussion of the facts, legal issues, and constitutional questions surrounding those rulings. Domino's book serves as either a core text in courses on civil liberties and civil rights,...

This is a political history of Brittany between 1158 and 1203, when it was ruled by the Angevin king of England, Henry II, and his successors. The book examines the process whereby Henry II gained sovereignty over Brittany, and how it was governed thereafter....

This is the first encyclopedia that critically surveys the ethics of warmaking from a variety of perspectives. Noted experts raise basic questions about what is just in war, describe the views of historic and contemporary thinkers on ethical matters, survey practices at different periods,...

Between 1850 and 1900, Milwaukee's rapid population growth also gave rise to high death rates, infectious diseases, crowded housing, filthy streets, inadequate water supplies, and incredible stench. The Healthiest City shows how a coalition of reform groups brought about community education and municipal action...

The War on Poverty, instituted in 1965 during the administration of Lyndon B. Johnson, was one of the chief elements of that president's Great Society initiative. This book describes and assesses the major social science research effort that grew up with, and in part...

Christians are often portrayed as sharing the same political opinions and the same theological foundations for their actions. Yet, from the time of the early church, believers have held a variety of perspectives on the relationship between church and state and what constitutes legitimate...

The new edition of Judith Brett's award-winning book, providing compelling insight into Menzies and his era.'Menzies' political self was constructed around a denial of experience and an imagined England filled the void. So too for the people and the country he led.'In 1941, RG...

Why are some autocrats more effective than others at retaining popular support even when their governments perform poorly? To develop insights into popular politics and governance across authoritarian regimes, this book stresses the importance of understanding autocratic blame games. Scott Williamson argues that how...

In the Matter of Black Lives: Womanist Prose by Arica L. Coleman is a brilliant, energetic, and energizing meditation on Black history, American History, and the past decade of tumultuous, inspiring, radical and marginal change in this country we call America. Coleman is a...

It is more blessed to give than to receive.Though an old saying, for many people it sounds counterintuitive. So one man decided to put it to the test by being more generous. He soon discovered that generosity has little to do with oneself but...

Winner of the SSSP Crime and Delinquency Outstanding Scholarship Award (1995)Through extensive and candid interviews, the authors of this ground-breaking work have studied burglars' decision-making processes within the context of their streetlife culture. In this volume they present their findings in the areas of...

Organized Hypocrisy is the disconnect between talk, decision-making, and action by multiple actors and is evident in our daily lives and part of our DNA. We cannot ignore or avoid it. It occurs globally in international politics, within a nation-state by its government, and...

NUMBER 1 BESTSELLER IN THE IRISH NON-FICTION CHARTS"Rough Beast is shocking, important and unputdownable." Roddy Doyle Rough Beast is Máiría Cahill's harrowing story of her life and of what she went through at the hands of what is now Ireland's largest and richest party....

India is expected to become a $30 trillion+ economy by2050. With a size like that it will be the world's second- orthird-largest economic power, enjoying unprecedentedinfluence over global affairs. This will also make India thethird pillar of a tri-polar world-the US and China being...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

The challenges of the presidency to survive and the unexpected change of the vice presidency.Author: Dave WestISBN-13: 9798823020510Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/24/2024Pages: 108Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

These volumes are a testament to the challenges faced by the extraordinary men who initiated the search for oil in the United Arab Emirates in the years between the two World Wars. This set of a total of five books in six volumes features...

Providing a 'short take' on the long history of political economy, this book examines both the stories about and those within economics. Author: Sarah ComynISBN-10: 1032251158ISBN-13: 9781032251158Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/10/2024Pages: 70Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.25d

This collaborative work brings together international lawyers and political scientists to explore whether and how the retreat of the US, and the simultaneous rise of China, affect the dynamics of multilateralism to which the EU claims to adhere.Author: Chien-Huei WuISBN-10: 0367765233ISBN-13: 9780367765231Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

This book traces the convergence between anarchism, as an anti-authoritarian, anti-statist political doctrine, and eugenics, the science of 'race improvement' in five countries between 1890 and 1940.Author: Richard CleminsonISBN-10: 1526124483ISBN-13: 9781526124487Publisher: Manchester University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/26/2024Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.46d

During the crucible of World War II, trapped while in the south of France in 1940 during the German advance, Eileen J. Garrett, as medium, channeled various spirits in addition to her usual controls Uvani and Dr. Abdul Latif. These entities claimed to have...

Through nine chapters of cutting-edge research, this book examines specific case studies in geographical settings such as Iraq, Sudan, Nigeria and Brazil, to highlight and analyse the crucial connections and vectors of the genocide-ecocide nexus.Author: Damien ShortISBN-10: 103218308XISBN-13: 9781032183084Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/29/2024Pages: 178Format: PaperbackWeight:...

The Club was the Board's international affiliate and provided professional accountants from Asia with a networking forum in their adopted country, the United States. However, despite its fancy claims, the non-profit was not run transparently, forcing a young, energetic lady, Olive, to run her...

Thomas Jefferson proclaimed that if he had to choose between government and a free press, he would pick the latter. That is a compelling statement from the main architect of the Declaration of Independence and third President of the United States. This book blazes...

In my 2004 book, Turbulent Skies, I wrote, "Maybe someday someone will write about the incredible actions of the flight crews on the morning of September 11, 2001." This wish began to manifest in the 10th year after 9/11 when I had an overwhelming...

This dialogue between scientists and lawyers builds on the issues identified at the 1976 Conference on the Legal and Scientific Uncertainties of Weather Modification held at Duke University. It provides an in-depth consideration of the prospects for a usable weather modification technology in the...

Henry Drummond (1851 - 1897) was a Scottish evangelist, writer and lecturer, born in Stirling. He was educated at Edinburgh University, where he displayed a strong inclination for physical and mathematical science. The religious element was an even more powerful factor in his nature,...

"In our nations current state of affairs, Seth Morgan's fortitude to speak about Liberty resonates to our country's core. The values, principles and convictions of George Washington are encompassed by Morgan, reminding us that we cannot regulate liberty. Americans need to answer the call-which...