Political Science - General

"A Religious Defense of Gun Control: A Mini-Reader"In an era marked by escalating debates over gun control and gun violence, "A Religious Defense of Gun Control: A Mini-Reader" offers a profound and timely exploration of this contentious issue through the lens of three major...

In a world of vertiginous inequality, escalating ecological disaster, and extraordinary political and economic turbulence generated by a winner-take-all society seemingly designed to concentrate privilege and power in the hands of a very few, the central question that faces social science--and indeed the world--is...

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Then, . ....But after that, I realised that I knew very little about these parents of mine. They had been born about the start of the Twentieth Century, and they died in 1970 and 1980. For their last 50 years, I was old enough...

The surreptitious actions of the CIA Shadow Government has suppressed our civilization by keeping secret one of the greatest scientific advancements for more than half a century - the knowledge and use of zero-point energy. To have all countries use free energy will give...

In this compelling book, authors Carl O. Duddersoon, Sr. and Carl J. Duddersoon, Jr. share a personal journey fueled by intimate motivations and a growing awareness of the profound social injustices deeply ingrained in American society. Drawing on experience in the United States and...

Digitalization in Practice: Intersections, Implications and Interventions shows that as welfare is increasingly digitalized, an investigation of the social implications of this digitalization becomes increasingly pertinent. The book offers chapters on how the state operates, from the day-to-day practices of governance to keeping registers...

A Looming Conflict: World War III's Shadow and Strategies for Defusing ItCONVERSATIONAL CHAT INFORMATIVE BOOKBy ABEBE- BARD AI WOLDEMARIAM "A Looming Conflict: World War III's Shadow and Strategies for Defusing It" by Abebe Gebre Woldemariam and Bard AI is a thought-provoking exploration of the...

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the pros and cons of public versus private ownership and operation of utilities such as water, electricity, and public transportation. Based on extensive research and expert testimony, the report concludes that a mixed system of public and...

The Mickiewicz who emerges from the texts included herein is an artist whose work centers on the experience of modernity--an attempt to diagnose it and to formulate his own response. At the same time, that response takes divergent forms in the poet's work: from...

Behind the scenes of Parliament Hill: examining the architecture, heraldry, and history of the buildings.Author: Mark BourrieISBN-10: 0888821905ISBN-13: 9780888821904Publisher: Dundurn PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/25/1996Pages: 120Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d

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,...

The United States of America has gone from the greatest creditor nation in history to the greatest debtor nation in history in less than a lifetime. A few Americans are succeeding magnificently while most are struggling to get by. We, the people, can't seem...

Social network platforms are tools, which are not just utilized for entertainment, but also serve as a multiple purpose tool in other areas, including politics. Egyptians have utilized these tools to communicate, coordinate, and bring about mass protests, since 2010. Drawing on the theoretical...

Discussion of trade barriers has come round-inevitably it seems-to national regimes of regulatory protection. As the author of this important analysis writes: "Global free trade is hard to imagine under circumstances in which each country seeks to regulate domestic social affairs in its own...

This book explores differences in the way people interpret political messages. Specifically it addresses how people perceive discrepant political messages from a favored versus an opposing candidate. This work argues that people who possess a high degree of integrative complexity, which is considered the...

This book is a collection of interpretive essays on two Europes and their fates. We used to call them Eastern Europe and Western Europe; sometimes we used to allow a rather obscure distinction between Eastern and Central Europe. Nowadays, we are bound to draw...

Author: James BelichISBN-10: 1869408276ISBN-13: 9781869408275Publisher: Auckland University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2015Pages: 400Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.30d

In an era of seemingly inevitable obstacles, increasing chaos, and worn-out debates, comes a refreshing combination of a better future with actionable, step-by-step plans of attack. FREEQUILL dives deep to uncover the origins of our re-occurring challenges; exploring the murky waters of capitalism, consumerism,...

Why is there such an active and ongoing resistance to mandatory vaccination? This book examines why vaccination as a public health measure continues to be highly controversial. Objections to mandatory vaccination are widespread in the world today. Rather than being a new development, such...

...PANTS ON FIRE amply illustrates not only that many of Al Franken's claims are false but that Franken employs the very tactics he accuses the right of using.Author: Alan SkorskiISBN-10: 1581824807ISBN-13: 9781581824803Publisher: Cumberland House PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2005Pages: 332Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.32lbsSize: 9.28h x 6.20w x...

One hundred two women currently serve in the 113th Congress: 82 in the House (63 Democrats and 19 Republicans) and 20 in the Senate (16 Democrats and 4 Republicans). One hundred one women were initially sworn in to the 113th Congress, one female Republican...

Schopenhauer believed in the supremacy of will over intellect, and he wrote extensively on the motivations behind actions. These six essays, drawn from "Parerga" and posthumously published works, include observations on government, free will and fatalism, character, moral instinct, and ethics. They reflect the...

In preparing these lectures, Norlin drew upon his experiences of the Hitler revolution in Germany. He attempts to answer the question: What is proper nationalism? Approaching this question by an analysis of nationalism at its worst--as seen under a Nazi regime--he pleads for nationalism...

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 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....

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....

A new modeling approach is proposed for predicting the bulk electromechanical properties of piezoelectric composites. The proposed model offers the same level of convenience as the well-known Mori-Tanaka method. In addition, it is shown to yield predicted properties that are, in most cases, more...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed...

In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Zilwaukee Bridge Project to: (1) determine whether the testing program that the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) implemented confirmed that the bridge was structurally sound; (2) identify construction problems causing concerns about the bridge and...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

The Naval War College Review was established in 1948 and is a forum for discussion of public policy matters of interest to the maritime services. The forthright and candid views of the authors are presented for the professional education of the readers. Articles published...

In this compilation of three documents, critical elements to include in a needs assessment and planning services RFP and an architectural planning and design RFP or RFQ (Request for Qualifications) are identified. Issuing a separate RFP for needs assessment and facility planning services instead...

The flow laws of the actual flows at high Reynolds numbers differ considerably from those of the laminar flows treated in the preceding part. These actual flows show a special characteristic, denoted as turbulence. The character of a turbulent flow is most easily understood...

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...

There are many indications that formal methods are not used to their full potential by central banks today. In this paper, using data from Sweden, we demonstrate how BVAR and DSGE models can be used to shed light on questions that policymakers deal with...

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...

Revised and expanded, the second edition of this fascinating study surveys the first two centuries of Romanov rule from the foundation of the dynasty by Michael Romanov in 1613 to the accession of Alexander I in 1801. The central theme of the book is...

A Companion to Border Studies "Taking into consideration all aspects this book has a very important role in the professional literature of border studies."Cross-Border Review Yearbook of the European Institute "Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above."Choice "This book, with its interdisciplinary team...

Women before the Bar is the first study to investigate changing patterns of women's participation in early American courts across a broad range of legal actions--including proceedings related to debt, divorce, illicit sex, rape, and slander. Weaving the stories of individual women together with...

In Sanctified Vision John J. O'Keefe and R. R. Reno explain the structure and logic of the early Church fathers' interpretations of the Bible. These interpretations are considered foundational to the development of Christianity as a religion and offer insight into how the early...

Americans are on a demographic collision course between the growing numbers of mothers in the workforce and the swelling ranks of a new interest group: childless adults. Armed with hard data and grassroots reporting, Elinor Burkett points the way to a more equitable future....

Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) has long been known as a great educational reformer and the founder of kindergartens. Most of Froebel's works deal with young children. This selection, translated from the German for this volume, shows the development of his educational doctrines. The extracts are...

Author: Steve JonesISBN-10: 1636672035ISBN-13: 9781636672038Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/25/2024Pages: 310Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d