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The Contested State: Transnational Battles for Control of the Philippines Since 1898 - Hardcover

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by Amy Blitz (Author)From the author's first-hand account of the battle for democracy in the Philippines comes The Contested State, an inquiry into the international causes and consequences of regime change. Regime change tends to occur in waves, from the authoritarian transitions of the 1930s, to the democratic transitions of the late 1980s and 1990s, to the rise of authoritarianism again today. But why? To help answer this increasingly urgent question, the author examines a series of regime...

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by Amos Kiewe (Author)In The Rhetoric of the "Corrupt Bargain" in the 1824 Election: Clay, Jackson, and Democratic Strategy, Amos Kiewe explores the story of the 1824 presidential election, when the House of Representatives elected the president after no candidate won outright the majority of the Electoral College. Though most in the nation assumed that Andrew Jackson, who won the popular vote and the plurality of the Electoral College, would be elected the presidency by the House, Kiewe demo...

Palestine, Taiwan, and Western Sahara: Statehood, Sovereignty, and the International System - Hardcover

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by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde (Editor), Felix Kumah-Abiwu (Contribution by), Gbensuglo Alidu Bukari (Contribution by)To have a State, four distinct conditions must be met. First, there must be a community of people, and it matters not whether they belong to the same color, faith, or ethnicity. Second, there must be a geographical space, a settlement that this community of people calls a home. Third, there must be governing authority. And finally, the government must be sovereign - sovereign in t...

Is the Youth Vote Liberal?: Analyzing Attitudes Toward Business and Regulation - Hardcover

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by Zachary Cook (Author)Young Americans are not reliable liberals. But drawing from over one hundred surveys from the present day back to the Great Depression, and from interviews with campaign professionals from the Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders campaigns, Zachary Cook argues that across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, younger Americans have more faith in the power of government to provide better economic outcomes for all, and to effectively regulate business - if the right polit...

The Caribbean Social Justice Agenda - Hardcover

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by Marlon Anatol (Editor), Mark Kirton (Editor), Ashaki L. Dore (Editor)This publication addresses several contemporary issues impacting Social Justice in the Caribbean, including challenges related to industrial relations, governance systems, social protection, social dialogue, cooperatives and community empowerment, the future of education, migration and security, presenting national and regional perspectives.Author BiographyDr. Marlon Anatol is senior fellow at the Cipriani College of Labo...

How Pakistan Was Formed: The Economic Rationale for Partition - Hardcover

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by Dipak Basu (Author), Victoria W. Miroshnik (Author)This book examines the creation of Pakistan and the economic rationale for partition. The authors analyze other factors as well and look at the politics and influence of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Mahatma Gandhi, and Jawaharlal Nehru.Author BiographyDipak Basu is professor emeritus of economics at Nagasaki University. Victoria Miroshnik is professor of management at Reitaku University. Number of Pages: 256 Dimensions: 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated...

Self-Reflections of Fears and Dreams: Political Legitimacy and Strategic Thinking among Chinese Communist Party Leaders, 1927-1953 - Hardcover

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by Ray T. Hartman (Author)Ray Hartman provides an intellectual history of Chinese legitimacy as it was understood by the young Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Providing insights into CCP leaders' self-perceptions regarding their own legitimacy, he shows how that conception dictated the Party's policies regarding the people's welfare, the economy, and military strategy.Author BiographyRay Hartman is assistant professor at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul. Number of Pages: 290 Dimensions: 0.81 x...

Online Learning, Instruction, and Research in Post-Pandemic Higher Education in Africa - Hardcover

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by Martin Munyao (Editor), Samuel Agyapong (Contribution by), George John Law (Foreword by)This book argues that universities need to adapt to technology-mediated communication learning to thrive. Looking at case studies in Africa, the contributors call for a rich combination of twenty-first century pedagogical skills, education technology, and institutional collaboration to achieve optimum learning outcomes through ODEL.Author BiographyMartin Munyao is the deputy director of Open, Distance, ...

Sino-Russian Policies in the Center and Periphery: A Comparative Analysis - Hardcover

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by Samra Sarfraz Khan (Author)This book is a comparative study of Chinese and Russian policies in their respective inner peripheries. As the inner peripheries of the two states are rather vast, a selected number of regions have been chosen from the two geographical expanses. These regions are not only rich in hydrocarbons and minerals but also serve as conduits of the same. Moreover, the geographical position of the Caucasus provides Russia with an ingress into the Transcaucasia; a region tha...

Higher Ground: Morality and Humanity in the Evolving Politics of Race - Hardcover

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by Brian P. Tilley (Author)The author analyzes the history and politics of racism from a humanistic, moral perspective. This analysis shows shared moral conviction--a higher ground--can lead to meaningful action on racism.Author BiographyBrian P. Tilley is professor of psychology and serves as Chair of the Counseling Psychology and Social Work Department at National University in San Diego, California Number of Pages: 236 Dimensions: 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: April 21, 2023

Kwame Nkrumah's Political Kingdom and Pan-Africanism Reinterpreted, 1909-1972 - Hardcover

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by A. B. Assensoh (Author), Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh (Author), Damien Ejigiri (Foreword by)Kwame Nkrumah's Political Kingdom and Pan-Africanism ReInterpreted, 1909-1972 provides an in-depth study of the life of the late Pan-African leader from the former Gold Coast, Kwame Nkrumah. Authors A.B. Assensoh and Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh analyze Nkrumah's life from his birth on the Gold Coast through his studies in the United Kingdom and the United States, his activism and political life, and his exil...

Philosophical Perspective on Cinema - Hardcover

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by Pedro Blas González (Author)Philosophical Perspective on Cinema addresses the relationship between human existence and sensual reality. Applying metaphysical/existential reflection to cinema, the author explores the philosophical clarity that cinema can offer reflective persons about the human experience.Author BiographyPedro Blas González is professor of philosophy at Barry University. Number of Pages: 190 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: May 17, 2022

The Trump Presidency in Editorial Cartoons - Hardcover

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by Natalia Mielczarek (Author)In this book, Natalia Mielczarek engages with close to one thousand editorial cartoons to trace visual representations of President Donald Trump and the rhetorical mechanisms that construct them. Mielczarek argues that editorial cartoons largely either hide or overexpose the president, often resembling partisan propaganda, not social critique.Author BiographyNatalia Mielczarek is associate professor in the School of Communication at Virginia Tech. Number of Pages...

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by Ako S. Jalal (Author)A Critical Evaluation of "Territorial Separation" as a Method of Addressing Ethnic Conflicts addresses the question of how to address ethnic conflicts in Kirkuk as a diverse multi-ethnic city. It analyzes territorial separation as a new untested method to address ethnic conflicts in Kirkuk. Author BiographyAko S. Jalal is independent scholar in Middle Eastern studies and Kurdish studies. Number of Pages: 218 Dimensions: 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN ...

Crossing Racial Borders: The Epistemic Empowerment of the Subaltern - Hardcover

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by Lenita Perrier (Editor), Luis Martínez Andrade (Editor), Luis Martínez Andrade (Contribution by)Through the lens of the decolonial school of thought developed by Latin American thinkers and scholars, this book focuses on the identification and analysis of the subalterns' praxis of living, thinking, knowing, and doing. By delinking from coloniality of power, the book exposes the coexistence of power differentials trapped by Western doxa.Author BiographyLenita Perrier is doctor of social ant...

The Political Christopher Nolan: Liberalism and the Anglo-American Vision - Hardcover

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by Jesse Russell (Author)Throughout his films, Christopher Nolan champions the Anglo-American Neo-Liberal world order. Nestled within this order, his characters are free to undergo their ludic creation of little worlds of selfhood.Author BiographyJesse Russell is assistant professor of English at Georgia Southwestern State University Number of Pages: 172 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: May 26, 2023

Black Men from behind the Veil: Ontological Interrogations - Paperback

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by George Yancy (Editor), Jr. Houston a. Baker (Contribution by), Semassa Boko (Contribution by)Black Men from Behind the Veil bears witness to anti-Black male violence and does so from the perspective of Black male scholars who disclose their fears and what it means to suffer as Black men, courageously marking the deep material, institutional, and epistemic structures that amplify that fear and suffering. Author BiographyGeorge Yancy is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Philosophy at Emory U...

Ruling Bodies: A Study of Coercion and Punishment in Plato's Republic, Laws, and Gorgias - Hardcover

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by Robin Varma (Author)This book is about an epochal shift in ideas that changed the nature and meaning of coercion in modern political thought. It begins with a review of Foucault, Arendt, and Habermas, and points out a discrepancy in the way each thinker understood coercion in modern politics. From here, Varma examines Plato's Republic, Laws, and Gorgias to provide a framework and context for thinking about this. As the author shows, each work demonstrates a particular style of Platonic sta...

African Artists under Mission Patronage: Focus on Tanzania - Hardcover

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by Fadhili Safieli Mshana (Author)African Artists under Mission Patronage explores relationships between African artists and Western Christian missions in twentieth-century Africa, and how that patronage has shaped and defined twentieth-century African art.Author BiographyFadhili Safieli Mshana is professor of art history in the Department of Art at Georgia College and State University. Number of Pages: 154 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 31, 2023

Irrationality of Capitalism and Climate Change: Prospects for an Alternative Future - Hardcover

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by Andrew Kolin (Author)The overwhelming scientific evidence indicates that planet Earth is in the process of undergoing dramatic climate change, which threatens to undermine the quality of life around the world. Irrationality of Capitalism and Climate Change demonstrates how the roots of humanity's assault on the environment are directly associated with the origins of capitalism, an irrational social system in which reproduction of capital on a global scale is destructive to the environment....

Transitional Justice After Clean Breaks: The Case of Portugal - Hardcover

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by Filipa Raimundo (Author), Joana Rebelo Morais (Author)Transitional Justice after Clean Breaks: The Case of Portugal offers a nuanced exploration of how national political actors shape transitional justice in the aftermath of authoritarian regimes. The book tackles two primary objectives: understanding the mechanisms linking the opening of a window of opportunity with transitional justice choices and unraveling the lasting effects of early decisions on justice after democracy consolidates.F...

The United States Government Manual 2020 - Paperback

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by National Arc And Records Administration (Editor)Known as the official handbook of the federal government, this annual resource provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches, as well as quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, boards, commissions, and committees. Author BiographyThis book is edited by the National Archives and Record Administration. Number of Pages: 696 Dimensions:...

The United States Government Manual 2022 - Paperback

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by National Archives and Records Administra (Editor)Known as the official handbook of the federal government, this annual resource provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches, as well as quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, boards, commissions, and committees. Author BiographyThis book is edited by the National Archives and Record Administration. Number of Pages: 740 Dimensions...

Clean Politics, Clean Streams: A Legislative Autobiography and Reflections - Paperback

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by Franklin L. Kury (Author)In this legislative autobiography Franklin L. Kury tells the story about his election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and later the Senate, against the senior Republican in the House and an entrenched patronage organization. The only Democrat elected from his district to serve in the House or Senate since the Roosevelt landslide in 1936, Kury was instrumental in enacting the environmental amendment to the state constitution, a comprehensive clean stre...

The Just State: Rethinking Self-Government - Hardcover

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by Richard Dien Winfield (Author)At a time when the enemies of democracy cannot be dissuaded by appeals to shared values and conventions, nothing is more pressing than a thoroughgoing investigation of what the state should be. Whereas contemporary thinkers have mostly relativized political justice or conceived it as a formal concept lacking institutional detail, The Just State provides a comprehensive theory of self-government, legitimating democracy and concretely conceiving how political in...

Enslaving Connections: Changing Cultures of Africa and Brazil During the Era of Slavery - Paperback

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by Jose C. Curto (Editor), Paul E. Lovejoy (Editor)This unique collection of twelve essays by internationally known scholars deals with the important, but underexplored, topic of the transatlantic linkages between western Africa and Brazil during the era of the slave trade (c. 1600-1850). Brazil received more enslaved Africans (approximately 4.5 million) than any other part of the Americas-ten times as many as North America, and more than all of the Caribbean and North America combined. The f...

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by Paul Strathern (Author)A brief and enlightening exploration of Machiavelli's life and ideas, presented in entertaining and accessible fashion. A highly refined appraisal of the philosopher and his work, authoritative and clearly presented. Number of Pages: 96 Dimensions: 0.56 x 8.32 x 5.23 IN Publication Date: November 01, 1998

From the Secret Files of J. Edgar Hoover - Paperback

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by Athan Theoharis (Author)Documents from the late FBI director's secret files reveal for the first time the shocking extent of FBI activities in spying on prominent Americans and political groups. "A grimly fascinating--and profoundly disturbing--self-exposure by one of the false American deities of the 20th century."--Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.Author BiographyAthan Theoharis is professor of history at Marquette University. His many books include The Boss, From the Secret Files of J. Edgar H...

1939: The Alliance That Never Was and the Coming of World War II - Paperback

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by Michael Jabara Carley (Author)At a crucial point in the twentieth century, as Nazi Germany prepared for war, negotiations between Britain, France, and the Soviet Union became the last chance to halt Hitler's aggression. Michael Carley's gripping account of these negotiations challenges prevailing interpretations by situating 1939 at the end of the early cold war between the Soviet Union, France, and Britain, and by showing how anti-communism was the major cause of the failure to form an al...

Of Thee I Sing: The Contested History of American Patriotism - Paperback

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by Benjamin Railton (Author)When we talk about patriotism in America, we tend to mean one form: the version captured in shared celebrations like the national anthem and the Pledge of Allegiance. But as Ben Railton argues, that celebratory patriotism is just one of four distinct forms: celebratory, the communal expression of an idealized America; mythic, the creation of national myths that exclude certain communities; active, acts of service and sacrifice for the nation; and critical, argument...

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by Sara McLaughlin Mitchell (Editor), John a. Vasquez (Editor)This accessible text--now with a chapter on the Russia-Ukraine War--brings together leading international relations scholars to assess the current research on the causes of war and what promotes peace. Considering fifty years of research, the contributors provide a student-friendly overview of current knowledge and a road map for future questions.Author BiographySara McLaughlin Mitchell is the Professor and Collegiate Scholar of Po...

The Handbook of Asian Intelligence Cultures - Paperback

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by Ryan Shaffer (Editor)The Handbook of Asian Intelligence Cultures explores the historical and contemporary influences that have shaped Asian intelligence cultures as well as the impact intelligence service have had on domestic and foreign affairs. Author BiographyRyan Shaffer is a historian with expertise on political violence and security. He has a PhD in history and has written for international magazines, including Reader's Digest and Homeland Security Today, and his academic research ha...