Political Science - General

This is a report on the development of anti-islanding control for grid-connected inverters from distributed generation sources. Islanding occurs when a distributed generation source continues to provide electricity to a portion of the utility grid after the utility experiences a disruption in service. Since...

The National Park Service (NPS) was formed on August 25, 1916, and is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. The National Park Service publishes various reports and documents...

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...

Field artillery units have a proud heritage dating back to the dawn of this nation, when artillery batteries fought with valor and distinction during the Revolutionary War. Through every succeeding war in U.S. history, field artillery has been indispensable to the armed forces. Field...

The National Park Service (NPS) was formed on August 25, 1916, and is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. The National Park Service publishes various reports and documents...

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...

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...

A prolific philosopher who also held Rome's highest political office, Cicero was uniquely qualified to write on political philosophy. In this book Professor Atkins provides a fresh interpretation of Cicero's central political dialogues - the Republic and Laws. Devoting careful attention to form as...

Mobutu Sese Seko, who ruled Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) from 1965 until 1997, was fond of saying "happy are those who sing and dance," and his regime energetically promoted the notion of culture as a national resource. During this period Zairian...

From the start of the French Revolution, contemporary observers were struck by the overwhelming theatricality of political events. Examples of convergence between theater and politics included the election of dramatic actors to powerful political and military positions and reports that deputies to the National...

Author: Glenn D. PaigeISBN-10: 0738857459ISBN-13: 9780738857459Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/16/2007Pages: 268Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 8.48h x 5.56w x 0.70d

A loyal servant of the Ottoman Empire in his early career, Sati' al-Husri (1880-1968) became one of Arab nationalism's most articulate and influential spokesmen. His shift from Ottomanism, based on religion and the multi-national empire, to Arabism, defined by secular loyalties and the concept...

Crazy for Democracy vividly shows, through the lives of six women in the United States and South Africa, just what can be and is being accomplished to change our lives. At a time when we're depressed about democracy, pessimistic about race relations, and anxious...

Analysing apologies from Germany, Belgium, Britain and Italy, this book explores the shifting ways in which these countries represent their colonial pasts and investigates what this reveals about contemporary international politics, particularly relations between (former) coloniser and colonised. Author: Tom BentleyISBN-10: 0815371039ISBN-13: 9780815371038Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage:...

Author: Andrew C. RossISBN-10: 9990887756ISBN-13: 9789990887754Publisher: Kachere SeriesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2009Pages: 256Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58d

At the cusp of the Post-American Age... CALIFORNIA TWILIGHT: Essays And Memories Of The To The End Of The Golden State gives readers the inside scoop of how decades of political malfeasance and the shortcomings of the American media helped upend the California way...

At the cusp of the Post-American Age... CALIFORNIA TWILIGHT: Essays And Memories Of The To The End Of The Golden State gives readers the inside scoop of how decades of political malfeasance and the shortcomings of the American media helped upend the California way...

"The most important book every global citizen should read and possibly the most important book I've published in my 22-year career." Stephanie Pierucci, CEO, Pierucci Publishing​​​​​​​"Do Not Fear Climate Change, Fear Climate Change Policy"Across the modern world, we are being told that the climate...

Climate change is one of the most important global environmental challenges, with implications for food production, water supply, health, energy, etc. Addressing climate change requires a good scientific understanding as well as coordinated action at national and global level. The projected climate change under...

To understand the Chinese military, and thereby the dynamics of China's peacetime army, one must understand its organizational system. To that end, Harvey Nelsen has written a book that examines in detail the entire organization of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). Dr. Nelsen...

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...

A Journey In Citizenship and The Tough Questions is a uniquely designed Discussion Guide and companion to the Master Publication, The Conscious Citizen: The Tough Questions The Average American Should Be Asking.As a Discussion Guide, this publication is intended to be used by those...

When it comes to politics, in today's day and age our country is more divided than ever. Furthermore, this divide has transcended politics and now determines where you are allowed to live, who you can be friends with, and even what beer you can...

This work constitutes a full analysis of Just War Theory in each of its aspects, representing a complete exposition of the corpus of International Law, Jus ad Bellum, and exploring Humanitarian Law of Armed Conflict, Jus in Bello. This comprises the rules that should...

Author: Rebeccah HeinrichsISBN-10: 0985555351ISBN-13: 9780985555351Publisher: National Institute for Public PolicyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/11/2024Pages: 150Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d

Freedom is not free. It comes with a cost. Our Nation has paid with the blood of countless men and women who have served, fought and died for our country. "LIBERTY" was written with heartfelt, great respect to, "Thank You For Your Service!" Mary...

In an era where the call for equity and justice rings louder than ever, Social Justice and Activism emerges as a crucial guide for understanding and participating in meaningful change. This compelling book offers readers an in-depth exploration of the principles and practices that...

This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society contributes to a nuanced understanding and exploration of state of exception and emergency rule in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. The first chapter plunges us into the European perspective on the state of...

Author: Brian WeeksISBN-10: 1009517848ISBN-13: 9781009517843Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/31/2024Format: Hardcover

This text outlines the relative merits of qualitative interviewing to new and emerging scholars in an accessible way. This is achieved not by providing an exhaustive 'how-to' guide but in introducing researchers to the interview technique and using examples of 'best practice' from across...

The fall of communist regimes and the end of the Cold War marked the start of a new, regressive phase of the modernization process. This book explains the genesis and the spread of this veritable new form of government termed oikocracy. It is characterised...

As the church of today breeds the theology of brotherly love, hidden in plain sight is an ancient biblical judgment so historically devastating that it altered the course of history of this world forever. But was this judgment a one time event? Here lies...

In Fons of Traditional Bamenda, Tatah Mbuy critically examines the predicament of traditional leaders in the Cameroon Grasslands in the wake of the civil unrest that has regrettably evolved into armed conflict in the territories that constituted the former Southern Cameroons. Drawing on his...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Through the last five decades, Nayantara Sahgal has constantly responded to the changes that enveloped India and the world through her wide-ranging works of fiction and non-fiction. This book collects her writings and lectures on subjects ranging from literature and the arts to international...

Author: Stillman Carter LarkinISBN-10: 9351288544ISBN-13: 9789351288541Publisher: Gyan BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2017Pages: 292Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.54d

This book, the second of two volumes, explores the challenges and opportunities presented by the increased presence of social media within African politics. Electoral processes in Africa have assumed new dimensions due to the influence of social media. As social media permeates different aspects...

The simple fabric face mask is a key agent in the fight against the global spread of COVID-19. However, beyond its role as a protective covering against coronavirus infection, the face mask is the bearer of powerful symbolic and political power and arouses intense...

This book brings together fresh evidence and new theoretical frameworks in a unique analysis of the increasing role of social media in political campaigns and electoral processes across Africa. Supported by contemporary and historical cases studies, it engages with the main drives behind the...

This volume is an important contribution to our understanding of global pandemics in general and Covid-19 in particular. It brings together the reflections of leading social and political scientists who are interested in the implications and significance of the current crisis for politics and...

This book is totally different to any other book written on the topic of international law since it does not abide by its accepted staid conventional wisdom. In fact, it is highly provocative in that it challenges the putative central precepts and theories that...

Translation of Hermann Cohen's monograph, Spinoza on State and Religion, Judaism and Christianity. Cohen's essay is a passionate defense of religious rationalism, and especially of Jewish rationalism, against Spinoza, whose philosophy Cohen's viewed both as a moral threat and as an act of treason...

Grassroots advocates, public interest attorneys, and legal scholars gathered in October 2011 at the University of Baltimore for the debut symposium of "The Matthew Fogg Symposia On The Vitality of Stare Decisis In America." Convening such a broad and in many ways diverse audience,...

This book tells the true life story of the author, Abdul Tawab Assifi. It is written in three parts. Each part depicts unique circumstances and happenings in the author's life and that of his family. In part one, the author gives an account of...

In a speech he made in 1838, President Abraham Lincoln warned that, if America is ever destroyed, the forces responsible for her destruction would come not from beyond our borders, but instead would come from within. Is America Being Destroyed From Within? considers the...

Author: Steve NelsonISBN-10: 1438914822ISBN-13: 9781438914824Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/07/2008Pages: 156Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 8.94h x 6.10w x 0.40d

History revisionists, are striving to convince unsuspecting citizens that the Founding Fathers were something other than Bible-believing Christians who intended that the government they founded was to be guided in perpetuity by precepts of the Judeo-Christian Bible. Agenda-driven history revisers don't want Americans to...

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...