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by James Goldgeier (Author)" How did Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic become the newest members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization? Based on interviews conducted with more than 75 individuals--from Cabinet officials to desk officers--James M. Goldgeier tells the inside story of this controversial Clinton administration initiative. Analyzing the earliest internal deliberations, as well as administration discussions with allies, the Russians, and the United States Senate, Goldgeie...
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by Yu Keping (Author), John L. Thornton (Foreword by), Cheng Li (Introduction by)" ""Democracy is a good thing. This is true not only for individuals or certain officials but also for the entire nation and for all the people of China.""-Yu Keping So begins ""Democracy Is a Good Thing,"" an essay of great influence that has commanded attention and provoked discussion throughout the world. It is the touchstone of this important volume of the same name. As one of China's foremost political think...
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by Andrew Zimbalist (Editor)"A clear-eyed, critical examination of the social, political, and economic costs of hosting the 2016 summer Olympics The selection of Rio de Janeiro as the site of the summer 2016 Olympic Games set off jubilant celebrations in Brazil-and created enormous expectations for economic development and the advancement of Brazil as a major player on the world stage. Although the games were held without major incident, the economic, environmental, political, and social outc...
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by Bobo Lo (Author)" Few relationships have been as misunderstood as the ""strategic partnership"" between Russia and China. Official rhetoric portrays it as the very model of international cooperation: Moscow and Beijing claim that ties are closer and warmer than at any time in history. In reality, however, the picture is highly ambiguous. While both sides are committed to multifaceted engagement, cooperation is complicated by historical suspicions, cultural prejudices, geopolitical rivalrie...
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by Henry Aaron (Author), Barry P. Bosworth (Author), Gary Burtless (Author)Examines the effects of rising social security costs and of measures adopted to deal with them, and discusses possible ways of coping with the shortfall of available money for the aging American population.
Number of Pages: 158
Dimensions: 0.45 x 9 x 5.99 IN
Publication Date: December 01, 1988
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by Kurt M. Campbell (Editor), Robert J. Einhorn (Editor), Mitchell B. Reiss (Editor)" More than half a century after the advent of the nuclear age, is the world approaching a tipping point that will unleash an epidemic of nuclear proliferation? Today many of the building blocks of a nuclear arsenal--scientific and engineering expertise, precision machine tools, software, design information--are more readily available than ever before. The nuclear pretensions of so-called rogue states and terr...
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by Jane E. Fountain (Author)" The benefits of using technology to remake government seem almost infinite. The promise of such programs as user-friendly ""virtual agencies"" and portals where citizens can access all sections of government from a single website has excited international attention. The potential of a digital state cannot be realized, however, unless the rigid structures of the contemporary bureaucratic state change along with the times. Building the Virtual State explains how th...
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by Eswar S. Prasad (Author), Ayhan Kose (Author)" Emerging market economies (EMEs) have become the darlings of international investors and the focus of enormous attention in academic, media, and policy circles. M. Ayhan Kose and Eswar Prasad present the definitive account of the evolution of EMEs and use the lens of the global financial crisis to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses. Led by a set of large and dynamic countries--including Brazil, China, India, and Russia--EMEs have become a...
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by Barry G. Rabe (Editor)" Public deliberation over climate change has traditionally been dominated by the natural and physical sciences. Is the planet warming? To what degree, and is mankind responsible? How big a problem is this, really? But concurrent with these debates is the question of what should be done. Indeed, what can be done? Issues of governance, including the political feasibility of certain policies and their capacity for implementation, have received short shrift in the conver...
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by Anthony Corrado (Author), Thomas E. Mann (Author), Daniel R. Ortiz (Author)" The New Campaign Finance Sourcebook has been integrated with the award-winning and frequently visited Brookings website to provide a timely, interactive tool for policymakers, journalists, and scholars. Four of the country's leading experts on campaign finance reform have contributed original essays on important facets of finance law and administration. The essays are accompanied by a list of corresponding documen...
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by A. Doak Barnett (Author)" The foreign policy of the People's Republic of China has been dominated in recent decades by the problems of dealing with the other major powers in East Asia. Although many ideological, political, and economic aims have shaped particular Chinese policies, Peking's dominant concern has been national security. Since the late 1960s, its leaders have viewed the Soviet Union as the primary threat to China and have pursued a distinctive, Maoist, balance-of-power strateg...
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by Eric A. Hanushek (Author), Paul E. Peterson (Author), Ludger Woessmann (Author)" The relative deficiencies of U.S. public schools are a serious concern to parents and policymakers. But they should be of concern to all Americans, as a globalizing world introduces new competition for talent, markets, capital, and opportunity. In Endangering Prosperity, a trio of experts on international education policy compares the performance of American schools against that of other nations. The net resul...
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by Bruce G. Blair (Author)" The end of the cold war and the disintegration of the Soviet Union has not eliminated the threat posed to international security by nuclear weapons. The Soviet breakup actually created a new set of dangers: the accidental or unauthorized use of nuclear weapons and the illicit transfer of nuclear warheads, technology, or expertise to the Third World. The Logic of Accidental Nuclear War analyzes the danger of nuclear inadvertence lurking in the command and control sy...
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by Roberta Cohen (Editor), Francis M. Deng (Editor)" The coerced displacement of people within the borders of their own countries by armed conflicts, internal strife, and systematic violations of human rights has become a pervasive feature of the post Cold War era. The plight of the displaced poses a challenge that is not only humanitarian but a threat to the security and stability of countries, regions, and, through a chain effect, the international system. This book contains case studies of...
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by Michel L. Balinski (Author), H. Peyton Young (Author)" The issue of fair representation will take center stage as U.S. congressional districts are reapportioned based on the 2000 Census. Using U.S. history as a guide, the authors develop a theory of fair representation that establishes various principles for translating state populations--or vote totals of parties--into a fair allocation of congressional seats. They conclude that the current apportionment formula cheats the larger states i...
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by Cholpon Orozobekova (Author)This book provides compelling account of the emergence of jihadism and ISIS, radicalization process of jihadism and their post-ISIS lives, and consequences of a family jihad that resulted of thousands of women and children held in the desert with nowhere to go.Author BiographyCholpon Orozobekova is director of the Bulan Institute for Peace Innovations, research institute based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Number of Pages: 254
Dimensions: 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN
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by John Nantz (Author)Rediscovering Republicanism explores and explicates America's two key political ideologies--founding-era American Republicanism and American Progressivism--and argues that American Republicanism rests on a sounder view of human nature and politics and offers the best path forward for renewing and reforming America's federal government today.Author BiographyJohn Nantz is the founding partner of strategy consulting firm Redwood Advisors. He lives in Austin, Texas.
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by Ervin Laszlo (Foreword by), Glen T. Martin (Author)This book investigates the concept of human dignity in relation to our present world system of wars, economic injustice, and pervasive environmental destruction. It shows how and why an understanding of human dignity grounded on dignity can truly transform our human condition into one of freedom, peace, justice, and sustainabilityAuthor BiographyGlen T. Martin is professor emeritus of philosophy at Radford University in Virginia. He is rec...
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by Rashid A. Halloway (Author), Elfa Halloway (Preface by), John Shosky (Introduction by)This book is about the importance of the occupation of Danzig that started World War II. It is a study of intense diplomatic negotiations in the pre-WW II years 1937-1939 between Germany and Poland relating to Germany's desire to gain access to the Free City of Danzig, by establishing a secure transport route through that part of Poland.Author BiographyRashid A. Halloway was a diplomat and life-long stude...
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by B. Kumaravadivelu (Author)Recent events such as the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, have led many Americans to lament that the nation they grew up with is unrecognizable now. They see threats to national and individual identity and are fiercely engaged in protecting them. In doing so, some of them deliberately blend the distinction between myth and reality. In this timely and relevant book, the author seeks to provide a critical perspective on who we really are.Taking into...
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by Vanessa A. Holloway (Author)This book is a call to investigate the history of federal oversight to secure and preserve black Americans' voting rights over a ninety-five-year interregnum. Holloway confronts this historical conundrum and offers keen observations about voting manipulations and electoral abuse by both government incumbents and private actors.Author BiographyVanessa A. Holloway teaches history courses at the City University of New York Medgar Evers College. She is also the auth...
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by Nader Moumneh (Author)This book examines in-depth the evolution of the Lebanese Forces from a coordinated body of militias, to a surrogate government, to a political organization, and finally to banned political movement. It sheds light on how the Lebanese Forces paved the way for the Cedars Revolution.Author BiographyNader Moumneh is a Canadian senior policy adviser of Lebanese descent and a holder of two master's degrees in political science and healthcare management.
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by Nabil Marshood (Author)This sociological study explores refugee camps in Jordan, where refugees of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict share their plight and narrative of the Nakbeh (Catastrophe) of 1948. This book does not propose solutions; rather, it highlights the human side of the Palestinian trauma and the urgent need for a just solution.Author BiographyNabil Marshood, professor of sociology at Hudson County Community College, New Jersey, teaches race and ethnic relations, sociology of ...
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by Walter T. Howard (Author)This detailed investigation of Communists and their Party in the hard coal fields of northeastern Pennsylvania draws on sources such as the central archives of the Communist Party of the United States to examine the origins, growth, and decline of the relatively small but active Marxist-Leninist organization that operated there during the first half of the 20th century.Author BiographyWalter T. Howard is Associate Professor of History at Bloomsburg University in Pe...
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by Jurgen Brauer (Author)This book takes a comprehensive look at the environmental costs of wars around the world since the end of World War II, drawing on case studies from Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Africa, and other regions.Author BiographyJurgen Brauer is professor of economics at the James M. Hull College of Business, Augusta State University.
Number of Pages: 252
Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: August 19, 2011
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by Greg Cashman (Author)Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, this classic text presents a comprehensive survey of the many alternative theories that attempt to explain the causes of interstate war. For each theory, Greg Cashman examines the arguments and counterarguments, considers the empirical evidence and counterevidence generated by social-science research, looks at historical applications of the theory, and discusses the theory's implications for restraining international vio...
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by Naomi Zack (Author)Ethics for Disaster addresses the moral aspects of the aftermath of natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and tornadoes. The book explores how these catastrophes illuminate the existing inequalities in society, combining a unique philosophical approach with new moral thinking. Zack stresses the obligation of both individuals and government in preparing for and responding to dangerous times, forcefully arguing for the preservation of normal moral principles e...
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by Peter Dale Scott (Author)This provocative, thoroughly researched book explores the covert aspects of U.S. foreign policy. Prominent political analyst Peter Dale Scott marshals a convincing array of evidence to expose the extensive trail of sanctioned but illicit violence in politics and state affairs, especially when related to America's long-standing involvement with the global drug traffic. Beginning with Thailand in the 1950s, Americans have become inured to the CIA's alliances with dru...
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by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom (Editor), Greg Grandin (Editor), Lynn Hunt (Editor)Now in a revised and updated edition with added original chapters, this acclaimed book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the complex links between revolutionary struggles and human rights. Covering events as far removed from one another as the English Civil War, the Parisian upheavals of 1789, Latin American independence struggles, and protests in late twentieth-century China, the contributors explore the ...
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by Lawrence S. Kaplan (Author)This compelling history brings to life the watershed year of 1948, when the United States reversed its long-standing position of political and military isolation from Europe and agreed to an "entangling alliance" with ten European nations. The historic North Atlantic Treaty was signed on April 4, 1949, but the often-contentious negotiations stretched throughout the preceding year. Lawrence S. Kaplan, the leading historian of NATO, traces the tortuous and dramatic...
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by Walter LaFeber (Author)In The Deadly Bet, distinguished historian Walter LaFeber explores the turbulent election of 1968 and its significance in the larger context of American history. Looking through the eyes of the year's most important players--including Robert F. Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, Martin Luther King, Hubert Humphrey, Richard Nixon, George Wallace, Nguyen Van Thieu, and Lyndon Johnson--LaFeber shows the importance of domestic upheaval on the election.Author BiographyWalter LaFeb...
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by Tom Regan (Author), Jeffery Moussaieff Masson (Foreword by)Described by Jeffrey Masson as 'the single best introduction to animal rights ever written, ' this new book by Tom Regan dispels the negative image of animal rights advocates perpetrated by the mass media, unmasks the fraudulent rhetoric of 'humane treatment' favored by animal exploiters, and explains why existing laws function to legitimize institutional crueltyAuthor BiographyTom Regan is emeritus professor of philosophy at North...
