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Troubles on the East Bank: Challenges to the Domestic Stability of Jordan - Paperback

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by Robert B. Satloff (Author), Unknown (Author)Author Biographytloff /f Robert /i B. Number of Pages: 151 Dimensions: 0.33 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: December 03, 1986

Images of the Disabled, Disabling Images - Hardcover

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by Alan Gartner (Author)The first book of its kind, Images of the Disabled/Disabling Images combines an examination of the presentation of persons with disabilities in literature, film, and the media with an analysis of the ways in which these images are expressed in public policy concerning the disabled. Leaders of the disability rights movement and major scholars of disability issues explore both attitudes toward the disabled, as well as the ways in which the disabling images of these attit...

Cuba: Twenty-Five Years of Revolution, 1959-1984 - Hardcover

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by Sandor Halebsky (Author)On January 1, 1984, Cuba celebrated the 25th anniversary of its revolution. As the first socialist revolution both in Latin America and in the Western hemisphere, its progress over the years has been closely observed by diverse parties as well as by scholars and academics. In this volume a number of well-known scholars in the field offer an assessment of Cuba's achievments, lessons, problems, and innovative solutions over this period. These essays present a comprehe...

Ally Versus Ally: America, Europe, and the Siberian Pipeline Crisis - Hardcover

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by Antony J. Blinken (Author), Anthony J. Blinken (Author)Examines U.S. relations with the member nations of NATO, explains U.S. opposition to the Siberian pipeline project, and assesses European willingness to ignore U.S. objections.Author BiographyANTONY J. BLINKEN, who attends Columbia University Law School, was a reporter with The New Republic. Number of Pages: 200 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: June 04, 1987

Building ASEAN: 20 Years of Southeast Asian Cooperation - Hardcover

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by Ronald D. Palmer (Author), Thomas J. Reckford (Author), Unknown (Author)Two decades of steady progress have transformed ASEAN into a permanent component of world politics and a model for Third World cooperation. Its study should now be mandatory. The Palmer-Reckford volume provides an excellent introduction to ASEAN member states and the organization itself. It reviews problems and promises meticulously and comprehensively and should become required reading. Hans H. Indorf, President, Asia...

American Political Theology: Historical Perspective and Theoretical Analysis - Paperback

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by Chas Dunn (Author)Dunn . . . has admirably fulfilled his modest and useful intention to provide in textbook fashion a dispassionate exposition of how, why, and when' politics and religion intersect.' ChroniclesAuthor Biographynn /f Charles /i W. /r ed. Number of Pages: 195 Dimensions: 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 15, 1984

Ban the Bomb: A History of SANE, The Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, 1957-1985 - Paperback

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by Milton Katz (Author)Author BiographyMILTON S. KATZ is Associate Professor of American Studies in the Liberal Arts Department at Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri. Number of Pages: 230 Dimensions: 0.51 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: August 19, 1987

Issues and Actors in the Global Political Economy - Paperback

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by André Broome (Author)A major new text on contemporary global political economy that focuses centrally on key issues and actors. Concise and accessibly written, it provides an ideal introduction to the contemporary dynamics and processes of change in the global political economy.Author BiographyAndré Broome is Associate Professor of International Political Economy at the University of Warwick, UK. He has published various articles on global political economy, and is the author of The Curren...

Mastering Modern United States History - Paperback

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by John Traynor (Author)Now in its second edition, this engaging text introduces readers to all the key developments in American history between 1900 and 2000. Combining factual coverage with an analysis of professional historians' most recent interpretations of major domestic and foreign affairs, it fully explores dramatic events such as the Wall Street Crash, Pearl Harbor, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Watergate Scandal. Chapters are enriched by presidential profiles and supported by sti...

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by Philip Allmendinger (Author)In the 3rd edition of the leading introductory textbook to planning theory, Allmendinger provides a wide-ranging and up-to-date analysis of planning theories, how these relate to planning practice, and their significance. Moving away from a linear, chronological model of progress over time from one paradigm to another, Allmendinger explains how and why different theories have gained dominance in particular places at particular times, giving the reader a holistic...

Social Work with Disabled People - Paperback

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by Michael Oliver (Author), Bob Sapey (Author), Pam Thomas (Author)Having gone through 30 years of development, the new edition of this highly-regarded classic is the most trusted companion for understanding and promoting the potential for social work with disabled people. It offers readers a clear introduction to the core issues of disability alongside discussion and assessment of the social worker's role. Written by an experienced and highly respected team of authors, the book reflects: - T...

Security: A Critical Introduction - Paperback

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by Lee Jarvis (Author), Jack Holland (Author)This major new text provides an accessible yet intellectually rigorous introduction to contemporary Security Studies. It focuses on eight fundamental debates relating to international security, integrating a wide range of empirical issues and theoretical approaches within its critical interrogation of these. An accessible, yet intellectually rigorous, overview of contemporary Security Studies, serving as the perfect introduction to the latest resea...

The Trade Policy of the European Union - Paperback

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by Sieglinde Gstöhl (Author), Dirk de Bièvre (Author)This comprehensive and clearly written textbook offers a long-awaited introduction to the trade policy of the European Union, the world's largest trading entity. Gstöhl and De Bièvre provide a comprehensive assessment of the common commercial policy, its relationship with other policies, like development policy, and of the EU's multi-level policy-making and international bargaining in this area. As well as providing a broad overview of the ...

Spatial Planning and Governance: Understanding UK Planning - Paperback

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by Mark Tewdwr-Jones (Author)A major new introduction to the UK planning system. It outlines the evolution and use of the new spatial planning approach which is increasingly adopted at all levels of the UK planning system from European through to the national, regional, sub-regional and local level.Back JacketPlanners in the UK have had continually to adjust their priorities and practices in light of changing political agendas and real-world problems. This new text, from one of the UK's leadi...

Public Value: Theory and Practice - Paperback

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by John Benington (Author), Mark Moore (Author)This text provides a concise and internationalized restatement of the public value approach, an assessment of its impact to date - in theory and practice - and of its particular relevance to the challenges of public management in a time of crisis and austerity.Author BiographyJOHN BENINGTON is Emeritus Professor of Governance and Public Management, Warwick Business School, UK; formerly the Founding Director of the Local Government Centre and then...

The World for Sale: Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources - Paperback

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by Javier Blas (Author), Jack Farchy (Author)Shortlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardAn Economist Book of the Year The modern world is built on commodities - from the oil that fuels our cars to the metals that power our smartphones. We rarely stop to consider where they have come from. But we should. The World for Sale lifts the lid on one of the least scrutinized corners of the world economy: the billionaire commodity traders who buy, hoard, and sell...

Policies and Policy Processes of the European Union - Paperback

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by Laurie Buonanno (Author), Neill Nugent (Author)The dynamic and complex system of European Union policymaking is analysed in this new edition of a much-praised textbook. It offers the most integrated understanding of EU policy available. Major approaches to policymaking - including intergovernmentalism, neofunctionalism, supranationalism and critical theory - are presented and supplemented with the authors' own theoretical model, federal integration, to create a comprehensive evaluation of ...

Redistributing Happiness: How Social Policies Shape Life Satisfaction - Hardcover

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by Hiroshi Ono (Author), Kristen Lee (Author)Drawing on international comparisons of data on happiness, this book offers both general and academic audiences a simple, deep, and honest answer to the timeless question: "What makes people happy"? The conventional recipe for happiness has long included money, marriage, and parenthood as basic ingredients. What research is telling us, however, is that these elements don't relate to happiness in quite the way we might expect them to. Redistributing...

The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog: And Other Serious Discoveries of Silly Science - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Carly Anne York (Author)A brilliant new voice in science writing--"witty, whip-smart, truly one of our best" (Mary Roach)--shows why playfulness and curiosity are the key to science Why would anyone research how elephants pee? Or study worms who tie themselves into a communal knot? Or quantify the squishability of a cockroach? It all sounds pointless, silly, or even disgusting. Maybe it is. But in The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog, Carly Anne York sho...

The Buying of the Presidency? Franklin D. Roosevelt, the New Deal, and the Election of 1936 - Hardcover

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by Si Sheppard (Author)This groundbreaking work tells the true story behind Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1936 reelection, drawing upon never-before-published personal files to expose a nexus of patronage and power that changed America forever. FDR's 1936 reelection represented his greatest political triumph. Yet the election remains largely unstudied despite the fact that critical decisions by some of the most colorful--and controversial--characters in American history make it one of the most sign...

Emerging Security Challenges: American Jihad, Terrorism, Civil War, and Human Rights - Hardcover

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by Seung-Whan Choi (Author)This book looks into four areas of our world's international security crisis: the growing threat of America's homegrown jihadists, the continuing rise of terrorism, the causes of gross violations of human rights, and the pervasiveness of civil war. When American jihadists join such international terrorist organizations as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and Al Qaeda, the danger to security and stability is often magnified on both global and domestic fronts. The ...

9/11: The Essential Reference Guide - Hardcover

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by Stephen Atkins (Editor)This important reference work is essential reading for students attempting to understand the horrific events of September 11, 2001, and the impact the devastating terrorist attack had on the United States. The World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks of September 11, 2001, continue to have a major impact on the United States. The deadliest day in modern U.S. history reverberates in numerous ways, as its influence is felt in such areas as civil liberties, foreign polic...

The Failed Promise of Sentencing Reform - Hardcover

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by Michael O'Hear (Author)Despite 15 years of reform efforts, the incarceration rate in the United States remains at an unprecedented high level. This book provides the first comprehensive survey of these reforms and explains why they have proven to be ineffective. After many decades of stability, the imprisonment rate in the United States quintupled between 1973 and 2003. Since then, nearly all states have adopted multiple reforms intended to reduce imprisonment, but the U.S. imprisonment ra...

Latin America in the Era of the Cuban Revolution and Beyond - Hardcover

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by Thomas Wright (Author)An in-depth explanation of how the Cuban Revolution dictated Latin American politics and U.S.-Latin American relations from the 1950s to the present, including widespread democratization and the rise of the "Pink Tide." Fidel Castro's ascent to power and the revolution he carried out in Cuba not only catalyzed a wave of revolutionary activity; it also set off a wave of reaction that led to widespread military dictatorships and severe repression culminating in state te...

Latin America in the Era of the Cuban Revolution and Beyond - Paperback

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Terrorism, Inc.: The Financing of Terrorism, Insurgency, and Irregular Warfare - Hardcover

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by Colin P. Clarke (Author)This in-depth, historical analysis of terrorism investigates the major funding streams of terrorists, insurgents, guerrillas, warlords, militias, and criminal organizations throughout the world as well as the efforts of the international community to thwart their efforts. Terrorist financing is an ongoing game of creating, concealing, and surreptitiously utilizing funds. This intriguing book considers every facet of guerrilla funding--from how activities are finance...

Introducing Gender and Women's Studies - Paperback

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by Diane Richardson (Editor), Victoria Robinson (Editor)At a time where, after decades of progress in gender and sexual rights, people in many parts of the world are facing new forms of resistance and opposition to gender equality, this timely publication confirms the continuing importance and relevance of gender and women's studies.The fifth edition of this best-selling textbook provides a comprehensive overview of key issues and debates in gender and feminist theory. With fully revised chap...

Applying Political Theory: Issues and Debates - Paperback

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by Katherine Smits (Author)Fully revised and extended, the new edition of this innovative and engaging textbook introduces the central elements of political theory from an applied perspective. Focusing on 12 high-profile contemporary social and political case studies, both domestic and global, this text shows how political theory illuminates and helps makes sense of important debates in public life. This is the perfect introduction for students interested in how political theory can be used t...

The Fire Next Time; Nobody Knows My Name; No Name in the Street; The Devil Finds Work: Introduction by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. - Hardcover

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by James Baldwin (Author), Eddie S. Glaude Jr (Introduction by)A major hardcover compendium of nonfiction by one of America's most brilliant essayists, timed to the celebration of his centenary Novelist, essayist, and public intellectual James Baldwin is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. This Everyman's Library collection includes his bestselling, galvanizing essay The Fire Next Time--which gave voice to the emerging civil rights movement of the 1960s an...

The Hebrew National Orphan Home: Memories of Orphanage Life - Hardcover

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by Ira a. Greenberg (Editor), Richard G. Safran (Editor), Sam George Arcus (Editor)Some two dozen boys tell of growing up in the Hebrew National Orphan Home. Though punishment was often brutal and where a few boys were victims of sexual predators, residents had many religious, recreational, educational, cultural, and athletic opportunities. Most agree that the good far outweighed the bad. Orphanage horror stories of the 19th and early 20th centuries brought on the modern welfare system that i...

Retreat from Reform: The Prohibition Movement in the United States, 1890-1913 - Hardcover

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by Jack S. Blocker (Author), Unknown (Author)Author Biographyocker /f Jack /i S. /s Jr. Number of Pages: 276 Dimensions: 0.69 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: October 12, 1976

Anti-Oppressive Social Work Theory and Practice - Paperback

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by Lena Dominelli (Author)This book, by one of the leading theorists of social work, tackles a subject of crucial importance to students and practitioners alike: how social workers can enable their clients to challenge and transcend the manifold oppressions that disempower them (whether through poverty, disability, mental illness, etc.). It moves from a discussion of social work's purpose and ambitions to an exposition of theory and, from there, to the practice arenas of working with individu...