Political Science - General

This book studies how a technological innovation -- in this case the computer -- progresses from its origin as an idea in someone's mind to its eventual manifestation as a useable and marketable consumer product.Author: James W. CortadaISBN-10: 1563242354ISBN-13: 9781563242359Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/1993Pages: 206Format:...

"Angeli Luci... Lives of Passion & Service" documents the inspirations and birth of "Angeli Luci" a Mystic Alliance of Healing Arts Practitioners & Communities. The challenges and insights which influenced the leap of faith necessary to candidly speak of deceptions and practices of world...

After having been stunned by untold evils making the order of each day in Africa, and particularly in his country, Alfani was compelled to address this in the form of a book. The ideas he suggests to alleviate the situation is what he regards...

In Two Volumes. Including A Summary View Of The Political And Civil State Of The North American Colonies Prior To That Period.Author: Timothy PitkinISBN-10: 1429017635ISBN-13: 9781429017633Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)Language: EnglishPublished: 03/25/2009Pages: 548Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.79lbsSize: 9.13h x 6.00w x 1.31d

In Two Volumes. Including A Summary View Of The Political And Civil State Of The North American Colonies Prior To That Period.Author: Timothy PitkinISBN-10: 1429017120ISBN-13: 9781429017121Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)Language: EnglishPublished: 03/25/2009Pages: 536Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.74lbsSize: 9.08h x 6.01w x 1.28d

Osiris the king, was slain by his brother Set, dismembered, scattered, then gathered up and reconstituted by his wife Isis and finally placed in the underworld as lord and judge of the dead. He was worshipped in Egypt from archaic, pre-dynastic times right through...

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Author: Natalie JacksonISBN-10: 3031350359ISBN-13: 9783031350351Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/15/2023Pages: 208Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d

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 book presents state-of-the-art discussions around the concentration camp Jasenovac. Initially one of the largest camps of the Second World War, Jasenovac became a symbol of supra-national unity during the Yugoslav period and in the 1990s re-emerged as a contested symbol of narrational victimhood....

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This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric....

The Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, is charged with (1) maintaining a hydrologic network in Nevada that provides information on the status of the State 's water resources and (2) engaging in technical water-resources investigations that have a high degree of transferability. To...

The North Caspian basin is a petroleum-rich but lightly explored basin located in Kazakhstan and Russia. It occupies the shallow northern portion of the Caspian Sea and a large plain to the north of the sea between the Volga and Ural Rivers and farther...

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,...

Although mortgage loans to lower-income and higher credit risk borrowers are characterized by elevated default probabilities, those risks may be mitigated by their slower prepayment speeds. Loans to higher credit risk borrowers may prepay more slowly (when prepayment option is "in the money") owing...

The collections contained within the Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library are largely composed of digital versions of paper documents from the Combined Arms Research Library collections and student papers produced at the US Army Command and General Staff College. The documents in this...

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...

The collections contained within the Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library are largely composed of digital versions of paper documents from the Combined Arms Research Library collections and student papers produced at the US Army Command and General Staff College. The documents in this...

Discusses a variety issues involving Tsingtao, China including terrain, climate, transportation facilities, Chinese forces in the Shantung Area (communist, puppet and guerrilla), defenses, military storage and supply, electrical communication and power, industry, water/food supply, people, government, and health and sanitation. Also discusses Japanese military...

The collections contained within the Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library are largely composed of digital versions of paper documents from the Combined Arms Research Library collections and student papers produced at the US Army Command and General Staff College. The documents in this...

UPDATED: April 2023 edition has been reformatted and contains many photographs. Described by one literary critic as "Jack Kerouac narrating the adventures of Thomas Pynchon's character, Tyrone Slothrop, only in Russia," SOVOK takes you on a front-row view of the transition from Soviet Union...

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...

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...

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,...

This guide provides rules to be followed by the Administrative Law Court. These rules are applicable to all matters within the jurisdiction of the Court, whether they are contested cases under the Administrative Procedures Act or heard pursuant to a constitutional command for a...

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...

To meet current U.S. Department of Energy zero-energy home performance goals, new technologies and solutions must increase whole-house efficiency savings by an additional 40% relative to those provided by best available components and systems.Author: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NrISBN-10: 1249165091ISBN-13: 9781249165095Publisher: BibliogovLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/20/2012Pages:...

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 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...

This title was first published in 2001. Discussing the implications for the world of embracing - or failing to embrace - international environmental equity, as a core global objective is an essential exercise, which this book undertakes with diligence and vigour. Written in an...

The 14 essays in this volume look at both the theory and practice of monarchical governments from the Thirty Years War up until the time of the French Revolution. Contributors aim to unravel the constructs of 'absolutism' and 'monarchism', examining how the power and...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have...

Investigating and Prosecuting Corruption: An Anthology features a collection of curated readings that help students learn about the history of corruption in the United States and around the world. The book educates readers regarding the specific legal meaning of corruption and reviews the framework...

Description: "Uncovering Africa's Dark Chapters: Genocide, Colonialism, and the Pursuit of Resources"Delve into the enthralling migration of Balkan settlers and the impact of Eurocentrism in "Kush to Mysterious Babylon: The History of the Hindu Caste and White Privilege 2nd Edition." This book sheds light...

This work presents an examination of the political philosophy of Martin Heidegger. It uncovers the political content of Heidegger's thinking on such topics as the temporality of Being, the role of science in the crisis of the West and the presumed special status and...

Ashis Nandy, one of India's foremost public intellectuals, contends in this book that India's political and cultural 駘ites have been trying to impose a secular ideology on their country. This ideology makes little sense to most Indians, who have their own religious and cultural...

Moving beyond the work of Rawls and his critics, this concise collection contains critical essays in contemporary political philosophy. All have been chosen for their importance and accessibility, and some have been edited by their authors for inclusion in this work. Political Philosophy in...

This study of the tensions of military clientage focuses on Czechoslovakia to explore the ambiguous position of the military forces of East European countries and to show how the military's dual role as instrument of both national defense and the Soviet-controlled socialist alliance" fundamentally...

It is often assumed that politicians are swept along by global forces and influences, without the power - or the desire - to shape events. By contrast, this book is concerned with the way that cultural values, individual moral sentiments and politicians' interpretation of...

Political violence in the form of wars, insurgencies, terrorism, and violent rebellion constitutes a major human challenge today as it has so often in the past. It is not only a challenge to life and limb, but also to morality itself. In this book,...

Since the 1970s the average level of unemployment in Australia has risen each decade. This has imposed huge economic, social and human costs, making unemployment one of the most pressing problems confronting Australia. This book argues that the current approaches of wage cuts and...

Between States is a two-part study compiled in one book. It is the first book to assess systematically the broad implications of interim governments in the establishment of democratic regimes and on the existence of states. Drawing on historical and contemporary democratization experiences, Shain...

Previously published as special issues of The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought and The Review of Political Economy, this volume contains the papers devoted to the life and work of Piero Sraffa.Sraffa was a leading intellectual of the twentieth century. He...

Approval Voting proposes a compelling way to elect some 500,000 officials in public elections. Under this system, voters may vote for, or approve of, as many candidates as they like in multi-candidate elections. Among the many benefits of approval voting are its propensity to...

Early studies of political behavior examined the sociological, attitudinal, and rational determinants of political behavior. However, none of these approaches provided a descriptive model of how people process political information and make political decisions under naturalistic conditions that involve limited cognitive capacity and motivation....

Now more than ever before, we are living in a world that's highly interconnected and interdependent, which means an action in one place has a very real influence elsewhere. In Finding a Better Way, an unlikely duo explores ways in which Western society has...

Today's world is one marked by the signs of digital capitalism and global capitalist expansion, and China is increasingly being integrated into this global system of production and consumption. As a result, China's immediate material impact is now felt almost everywhere in the world;...

Although many people consider excessive police violence disconcerting, if, when, and how they voice their opinion or respond by taking some sort of action has generally remained empirically unknown. In the hope of understanding this process, Ross has developed a four-stage model, based on...