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Nationalisms of Japan: Managing and Mystifying Identity - Paperback

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by Brian J. McVeigh (Author)In this fresh and original analysis, Brian J. McVeigh argues persuasively that far from being unique, Japanese nationalism becomes demystified once 'management' and 'mysticism'-the same processes and practices that operate in other national states-are taken into account. Stripping away Orientalist-inspired misconceptions, the author stresses the variety and relative intensity of nationalisms, ranging from economic, ethnic, and educational to cultural, gendered, and...

Imprisoned Intellectuals: America's Political Prisoners Write on Life, Liberation, and Rebellion - Paperback

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by Joy James (Editor)These essays, by writer-activists incarcerated because of their political beliefs and acts, offer some controversial and thought-provoking theories of contemporary social change and liberation movements.Author BiographyJoy James is a professor in the Africana Studies Department at Brown University. Number of Pages: 392 Dimensions: 0.82 x 9 x 5.8 IN Publication Date: March 04, 2003

Comparative Politics: Approaches and Issues - Paperback

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by Howard J. Wiarda (Author), Esther M. Skelley (With)Beginning with an introduction to the field of comparative politics, this clear and complete text moves on to explore new, innovative directions in the field. Leading scholar Howard J. Wiarda explores its main approaches, including political development, political culture, dependency theory, corporatism, indigenous theories of change, state-society relations, rational choice, and the new institutionalism. The book then turns its attention ...

The Reluctant Modernism of Hannah Arendt - Paperback

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by Seyla Benhabib (Author)The Reluctant Modernism of Hannah Arendt rereads Arendt's political philosophy in light of newly gained insights into the historico-cultural background of her work.Author BiographySeyla Benhabib is Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University, and director of the Program in Ethics, Politics, and Economics. Number of Pages: 261 Dimensions: 0.92 x 8.96 x 6.1 IN Publication Date: July 01, 2003

The Limits of Alliance: The United States, Nato, and the Eu in North and Central Europe - Paperback

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by Andrew a. Michta (Author)The Limits of Alliance surveys the security policies of the states in North and Central Europe in the context of a declining North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the emerging European Security and Defense Policy. It analyzes U.S. policy toward the region and examines the continued viability of alignments inherited from the Cold War era. It concludes that although NATO will continue to exist in the coming decade, the hollowing-out of the alliance will be accompani...

Military Intervention: Cases in Context for the Twenty-First Century - Paperback

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by William J. Lahneman (Editor), Steven L. Burg (Contribution by), David Chandler (Contribution by)Internal conflict continues to be the most common form of organized violence, most often occurring in a so-called 'arc of instability' comprised of Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia. The misery and death caused by these conflicts, with helpless civilians often victims, has resulted in states and coalitions of states intervening militarily to stop the bloodshed, giving ris...

Wily Elites and Spirited Peoples in Machiavelli's Republicanism - Paperback

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by David N. Levy (Author)In this book, author David N. Levy uses Machiavelli's conflict between the elite and the people as the lens through which to understand the other major features of his republicanism. Through analyzing his Discourses on Livy, Levy shows that Machiavelli's principles can provide support for, and constructive criticism of, modern liberal democracy.Author BiographyDavid N. Levy is lecturer in philosophy at John Cabot University. Number of Pages: 170 Dimensions: 0.38 x 9 x...

The Indonesian Presidency: The Shift from Personal toward Constitutional Rule - Paperback

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by Angus McIntyre (Author)This pioneering study of the Indonesian presidency significantly redefines our understanding of Indonesian politics from independence to the present. Angus McIntyre blends political biography with constitutional history to locate Indonesian leaders within both Indonesian cultural frameworks and the global biographical literature on political leaders. The Indonesian Presidency shows how Indonesia's 1945 constitution provided first for the personal rule of presidents S...

Forgiveness and Power in the Age of Atrocity: Servant Leadership as a Way of Life - Paperback

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by Shann Ray Ferch (Author)Forgiveness and Power in the Age of Atrocity: Servant Leadership as a Way of Life speaks to categorical human transgressions in the hope that readers will be compelled to examine their own prejudices and engage the moral responsibility to evoke in their own personal life, work life, and larger national communities a more humane and life-giving coexistence. In Forgiveness and Power, leaders are not coercive but persuasive, and recognized as those who love, serve, and...

Brazil, the United States, and the South American Subsystem: Regional Politics and the Absent Empire - Paperback

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by Carlos Gustavo Poggio Teixeira (Author)In Brazil, the United States, and the South American Subsystem: Regional Politics and the Absent Empire, Carlos Gustavo Poggio Teixeira challenges several typical assumptions on U.S.-Latin American relations, beginning by questioning the very usefulness of the concept of Latin America for the field of international relations. Instead of concentrating upon the instances when the United States pursued imperial policies in Latin America, this study seeks...

Helping Humanity: American Policy and Genocide Rescue - Paperback

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by Keith Pomakoy (Author)Helping Humanity: American Policy and Genocide Rescue explores American foreign policy reactions to genocide and state caused humanitarian crises. This book provides an examination of the nature of genocide and America's 19th century philanthropic efforts; it then offers case studies focused on the Cuban Insurrection, the Armenian Genocide, the Terror-Famine, World War II, and the Cambodian Genocide. It also includes a discussion of the difficulties encountered by wou...

Whatever Happened to Class?: Reflections from South Asia - Paperback

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by Rina Agarwala (Editor), Ronald J. Herring (Editor), Christopher Candland (Contribution by)Class explains much in the differentiation of life chances and political dynamics in South Asia, yet has fallen from favor. In this volume, original empirical work investigates the contributions and limits of class analysis in understanding politics and allocative patterns of a globalizing South Asia, with suggestions for refining theory.Author BiographyRina Agarwala is an assistant professor in the d...

Reclaiming Marx's 'Capital': A Refutation of the Myth of Inconsistency - Paperback

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by Andrew Kliman (Author)This book reclaims Marx's Capital from the myth of inconsistency. An accessible account written for non-specialist readers, it shows that the inconsistencies are actually caused by misinterpretation; the recent "temporal single-system interpretation" eliminates all of the alleged inconsistencies.Author BiographyAndrew Kliman is professor in the Department of Economics at Pace University. Number of Pages: 250 Dimensions: 0.73 x 9 x 6.32 IN Publication Date: December 01...

Max Stirner's Dialectical Egoism: A New Interpretation - Paperback

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by John F. Welsh (Author)This book interprets Max Stirner's The Ego and Its Own as a critique of modernity and traces the basic elements of his dialectical egoism through the writings of Benjamin Tucker, James L. Walker, and Dora Marsden. Stirner's concept of 'ownness' is the basis of his critique of the dispossession and homogenization of individuals in modernity and is an important contribution to the research literature on libertarianism, dialectics, and post-modernism.Author BiographyJohn...

Virginia's American Revolution: From Dominion to Republic, 1776-1840 - Paperback

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by Kevin R. C. Gutzman (Author)Virginia's American Revolution focuses on the remaking of colonial Virginia into a republican society. It considers this topic with a focus on particular episodes, such as the Richmond Ratification Convention of 1788 and the adoption of the Virginia Resolutions of 1798, that brought the question 'What does it mean to be republican?' to the fore.Author BiographyKevin R. C. Gutzman is associate professor of history at Western Connecticut State University. Number o...

Nixon, Kissinger, and Allende: U.S. Involvement in the 1973 Coup in Chile - Paperback

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by Lubna Z. Qureshi (Author)Detailing the heavy involvement of the Nixon administration in the 1973 coup against the democratically-elected President Salvador Allende of Chile, Qureshi provides the reasons for the coup including the threat Allende posed to the United States' notions of hegemony in Latin America.Author BiographyLubna Z. Qureshi earned her doctorate in history from the University of California-Berkeley in 2006. She also holds an M.A. from Temple University and a B.A. from the U...

Trafficking & the Global Sex Industry - Paperback

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by Karen D. Beeks (Author), Delila Amir (Author), Arun Kumar Acharya (Contribution by)Trafficking & the Global Sex Industry focuses on the international trafficking of women and children for forced labor and prostitution. The essays create a link from country to country, demonstrating the worldwide nature of the problem. Expertly written and well researched, this collection gives the reader a clearer understanding of the problem of human trafficking and the actions being taken to combat i...

The Keys to the White House: A Surefire Guide to Predicting the Next President - Paperback

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by Allan J. Lichtman (Author)Prominent political analyst and historian Lichtman presents thirteen historical factors, or 'keys' that have successfully predicted the outcome of presidential elections from 1860 to 2004. Read this book not only for a surprising look at the electoral process, but also for tips on calling the election in 2008.Back JacketThe secret is out and the "experts" aren't pleased. In The Keys to the White House, 1996, prominent political analyst and historian Allan J. Licht...

The American Nightmare: Politics and the Fragile World Trade Organization - Paperback

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by Thomas a. Hockin (Author)As a participant in and negotiator of NAFTA and the World Trade Organization, Thomas A. Hockin provides a unique insider's look at the political challenges to free trade and U. S. trade policy.Author BiographyThomas A. Hockin is President of the Investment Funds Institute of Canada. He is a former Trade Minister and Parliamentarian, and has taught at Harvard, York University, and the Ivey School of Business. Number of Pages: 300 Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.86 x 6.4 IN Publ...

Democracy and Its Friendly Critics: Tocqueville and Political Life Today - Paperback

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by Patrick J. Deneen (Contribution by), Marc D. Guerra (Contribution by), Ralph C. Hancock (Contribution by)Democracy and Its Friendly Critics addresses a variety of modern political and social concerns, such as the moral dimension of democracy, the theoretical challenges to democracy in our time, the religious dimension of liberty, and the meaning of work in contemporary American life. Taking innovative and unexpected approaches toward familiar topics, the essays present engaging insights in...

Mathias of Maryland: Remembering a Lincoln Republican in the Senate - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Frederic B. Hill (Editor), Monica Healy (Editor) Senator Charles "Mac" Mathias was a lifelong Republican who won every election in a 26-year congressional career in heavily Democratic Maryland. A courageous risk-taker, Mathias led efforts to advance civil rights, voting rights, environmental initiatives to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, and establish the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. On foreign policy, he was an early critic of the Vietnam War and a consistent advoc...

Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Karl Marx (Author)In the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 Marx explains how under capitalism people rely on labor to live. In the past people could rely on Nature itself for their natural needs; in modern society if one wants to eat one must work: it is only through money that one may survive. Thus man becomes a slave to his wages. It is only through his work that he can find enough money to continue to live; but he doesn't simply live he actually o...

The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand for - Paperback

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by David McCullough (Author)A New York Times Bestseller A timely collection of speeches by David McCullough, the most honored historian in the United States--winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among many others--that reminds us of fundamental American principles. "Insightful and inspirational, The American Spirit summons a vexed and divided nation to remember--and cherish--our unifying ideas and ideals" (Richmond Times-Dispatch). Ov...

Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction - Paperback

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by Kate Masur (Author)The half-century before the Civil War was beset with conflict over equality as well as freedom. Beginning in 1803, many free states enacted laws that discouraged free African Americans from settling within their boundaries and restricted their rights to testify in court, move freely from place to place, work, vote, and attend public school. But over time, African American activists and their white allies, often facing mob violence, courageously built a movement to fight ...

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by Alan Roadburg (Author)Two irrefutable facts: (1) Money alone will not guarantee retirement happiness, and (2) Although police officers share many elements of the retirement experience with others, some of their experiences, interests, viewpoints, and perceptions differ from those in other occupations. Based on these self-evident assumptions, Life After Policing is different. First, we went to the experts. Not to the self-proclaimed retirement experts, but to 400 retired police officers (yo...

Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations - Paperback

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by Ronen Bergman (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF's targeted killing programs, hailed by The New York Times as "an exceptional work, a humane book about an incendiary subject." WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD IN HISTORY NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY JENNIFER SZALAI, THE NEW YORK TIMES NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Economist - The New York Times Book Review - BBC History Magazine - ...

Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike That Changed America - Paperback

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by Joseph A. McCartin (Author)In August 1981, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) called an illegal strike. The new president, Ronald Reagan, fired the strikers, establishing a reputation for both decisiveness and hostility to organized labor. As Joseph A. McCartin writes, the strike was the culmination of two decades of escalating conflict between controllers and the government that stemmed from the high-pressure nature of the job and the controllers' inability to n...

A People's History of the United States - Hardcover

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by Howard Zinn (Author)THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER"A wonderful, splendid book--a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future." -Howard FastHistorian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official narrative taught in schools--with its emphasis on great men in high places--to focus on the street, the home, a...

Counter Terrorism: IED/Bomb & Active Shooter Response - Paperback

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by Orlando Wilson (Author)Counter Terrorism: IED/Bomb & Active Shooter ResponseIt's sad that with events in the world today I feel there is a need for everyone to have the basic knowledge of what to do if they are caught up in an active shooter or terrorist attack situation. I am now offering a booklet on tactics and procedures for dealing with active shooter and terrorist attacks as I regularly encounter reports from clients and in the media of active shooter and terrorist attacks where ...

Kidnap & Ransom: Crisis Management & Kidnapping Prevention - Paperback

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by Orlando Wilson (Author)Kidnap & Ransom - The Essentials of Kidnapping PreventionKidnapping is a crime that has been around since mankind first learned to walk and I expect will be around for as long as mankind exists, in some form. The crime of kidnapping is a very much a gateway crime that on a basic level involves violence, extortion and in many cases sexual assault. When dealing in the emerging markets the criminals that are usually involved in kidnap for ransom are professional, or...

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by Gordon G. Chang (Author)The Communist Party of China is fast-tracking the largest military buildup since the Second World War; it is sanctions-proofing itself; it is stockpiling grain; it is surveying America for nuclear weapons strikes; and, most ominously, it is mobilizing China's civilians for battle. In the past decade, ruler Xi Jinping has militarized the Chinese political system. As a result, the People's Liberation Army has become so powerful that, like the bloodthirsty Japanese mil...

The Anteater and the Jaguar: Is This Our Destiny? a Story from the Oasis of Peace - Paperback

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by Marc Gopin (Foreword by), Rayek R. Rizek (Author) The Middle East has undergone vast, often sudden changes since World War I, and this lack of stability leads to conflict. But while the political situation in Israel and Palestine is complex, peace is not impossible. Wahat al-Salam/Neve Shalom (Oasis of Peace), an intentional community of Jews and Palestinians (Christians and Muslims), has become known the world over for its unique approach to conflict and interfaith dialogue. Receiving te...