Political Science - General

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...

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 value and limitations of the use of graphs by students of the Command and General Staff School, as an aid in solving logistic problems.Author: David L. NeumanISBN-10: 1288297750ISBN-13: 9781288297757Publisher: BibliogovLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/13/2012Pages: 30Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.16lbsSize: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.06d

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,...

Unit leaders contribute substantially to their unit's mission success or lack of success. For this reason, the Army devotes considerable resources to foster the development of leaders during unit training exercises. This handbook is designed to provide Observer/Trainers (O/Ts) and leaders in the chain...

This manual provides guidance and assistance to design engineers in the development of different types of equipment used by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The manual should be used when preparing electrical designs for civil works facilities built, owned, or operated...

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...

Ground-water flow modeling is an important tool frequently used in studies of ground-water systems. Reviewers and users of these studies have a need to evaluate the accuracy or reasonableness of the ground-water flow model. This report provides some guidelines and discussion on how to...

This document is part of the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development Publications collection. This collection includes publications that relate to rural development in America, including from such series as Rural Development Research Reports, Rural Development Perspectives, Agricultural Economic Reports, and Agriculture...

The Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators: Westinghouse AP1000 Pressurized-Water Reactors (NUREG-2103, Revision 0) provides the basis for the development of content-valid licensing examinations for reactor operators (ROs) and senior reactor operators (SROs). The examinations developed using this Catalog along with...

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 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 second volume of The Papers of Francis Bernard records the reaction of the royal governor of colonial Massachusetts to the tumultuous events surrounding the passage of the Stamp Act in 1765. Because the response to the new legislation in Boston set the pattern...

Peace For Your Home offers a fresh eyes approach for emergency preparedness and offers a guide you can follow along with as you begin or continue in your efforts to live a more stress-free life. By preparing you will be less stressed about the...

Author: H. Lee Jr. CheekISBN-10: 0826263658ISBN-13: 9780826263650Publisher: University of Missouri PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2004Pages: 216Format: Hardcover

Historians have widely studied the late-nineteenth-century southern agrarian revolts led by such groups as the Farmers' Alliance and the People's (or Populist) Party. Much work has also been done on southern labor insurgencies of the same period, as kindled by the Knights of Labor...

Analyzing works by George Eliot, Joseph Conrad and James Joyce, the author offers a new approach to narrative theory by showing how successive generations of novelists have used ever more powerful concepts of chance even though, he argues, chance is precisely what narrative cannot...

Following on from Ethics Education in the Military (eds. Paul Robinson, Nigel de Lee and Don Carrick: Ashgate 2008) which surveyed and critically analyzed the existing theory and practice of educating soldiers, sailors and airmen in the ethics of 'old fashioned' warfaring, this volume...

Gramsci on Tahrir presents a close analysis of the complex dynamics of Egypt's revolution and counter-revolution, showing how a Gramscian understanding of the revolutionary process can provide a powerful instrument for charting the possibilities for a truly emancipatory project in Egypt. Through Brecht de...

Combining superb investigative reporting with incisive analysis, Jerry Mashaw and David Harfst provide a compelling account of the attempt to regulate auto safety in America. Their penetrating look inside the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) spans two decades and reveals the complexities of...

This is a comprehensive analysis of the myriad US laws for imposing economic sanctions for foreign policy reasons. Against a broad range of target countries, the United States has resorted increasingly to a variety of economic pressures as a major tool in its foreign...

In December 1994, Orange County became the largest municipality in US history to become bankrupt. How can a municipal investment pool, which is supposed to be safe, lose billions of dollars? What are derivatives and how did they contribute to this tragedy? This book...

Author: Edgar MitchellISBN-10: 1683132696ISBN-13: 9781683132691Publisher: Pen-L PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/16/2024Pages: 362Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

Author: Maria Victoria Navajas ClarosISBN-13: 9798331065676Publisher: BlurbLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/30/2024Pages: 388Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.27lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 1.05d

Author: PlebeiusISBN-13: 9798218486266Publisher: Plebeian Publishing Company LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/02/2024Pages: 262Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.65d

Author: Johanna ArnessonISBN-10: 3111035603ISBN-13: 9783111035604Publisher: de GruyterLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/21/2024Pages: 191Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d

Author: Priti PatnaikISBN-10: 2970162725ISBN-13: 9782970162728Publisher: Geneva Health FilesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/05/2024Pages: 670Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.90lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.48d

Author: Shane Buell, Tracy Derwin, Sephanie PierucciISBN-10: 1962578488ISBN-13: 9781962578486Publisher: Happy Mom LLC DBA Moms Wear CapesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/28/2024Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d

This book asks scholars to reexamine international conflict and its management--in order to move the field toward directly theorizing about and examining the interdependence between conflict events and conflict management attempts.Despite decades of work, research on international conflict and its management remains siloed in...