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Environmental Economics: Concepts, Methods and Policies - Paperback

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by Dodo J. Thampapillai (Author), Matthias Ruth (Author)Environmental Economics explores the ways in which economic theory and its applications, as practised and taught today, must be modified to explicitly accommodate the goal of sustainability and the vital role played by environmental capital.Pivoting around the first and second laws of thermodynamics, as well as the principles of ecological resilience, this book is divided into five key parts, which include extensive coverage of environme...

The Warsaw Pact, 1985-1991- Disintegration and Dissolution - Paperback

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by Matej Bily (Author)This book analyzes the last phase of the Warsaw Pact, based on unusually large-scale archival research conducted in many countries. Author BiographyMatěj B?l? is a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, Prague, Czech Republic. Number of Pages: 478 Dimensions: 0.99 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: August 26, 2024

Islamic Perspectives on International Conflict Resolution: Theological Debates and the Israel-Palestinian Peace Process - Paperback

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by Shameer Modongal (Author)Upturning the traditional view of religion as a source of conflict, this book studies Islamic perspectives of international conflict resolution, re-interpreting the possibility of Israel-Palestine reconciliation beyond traditional secular frameworks.Author BiographyShameer Modongal is currently Assistant Professor in West Asian Studies at the University of Kerala. He completed his doctoral studies in International Relations at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New...

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by Lisa Dellmuth (Author), Jonas Tallberg (Author) Number of Pages: 274 Dimensions: 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 08, 2024

Living the Independence Dream: Ukraine and Ukrainians in Contemporary Socio-Political Context (COLOR) - Paperback

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by Lada Kolomiyets (Editor)For many Ukrainians, 1991 was a crucial point when their long-held dream of independence came true. The image of the future life in independent Ukraine was then almost identical to folklore images of Ukraine as the land of milk and honey. "Living the Independence Dream" takes a multi-dimensional look at the period of regained independence as a time of advancement towards the realization of collective dreams shaping the post-Soviet nation, even through everyday disap...

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by Tom K. Reynolds (Author)Ever since his neighborhood movie theater closed, Scott Ryan has had one dream-reopen the theater and run it successfully, recreating the feeling of film community that he experienced when first came to Seattle. But that won't be easy, even after he buys the old theater many questions remain about if it can be run successfully. And not everybody shares Scott's dream, certainly not his son Jackson. A junior at Truman High Jackson thinks his father's dream is old fash...

TM 5-623: Pavement Maintenance Management - Paperback

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by United States Department of the Army (Created by)The United States Army Publishing Directorate is the Army's leader in publishing and delivering informational products worldwide. Their main mission is to supply official authenticated information to enhance the readiness of the total force. Some product topics include: Army Regulations, Engineering Technical Manuals, Administrative Publications, Circulars and Pamphlets. This is one of their documents. Number of Pages: 174 Dimensions: 0.37 x...

Under the Nuclear Shadow: China's Information-Age Weapons in International Security - Paperback

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by Fiona S. Cunningham (Author)How and why China has pursued information-age weapons to gain leverage against its adversaries How can states use military force to achieve their political aims without triggering a catastrophic nuclear war? Among the states facing this dilemma of fighting limited wars, only China has given information-age weapons such a prominent role. While other countries have preferred the traditional options of threatening to use nuclear weapons or fielding capabilities for...

Hopeful Realism: Evangelical Natural Law and Democratic Politics - Paperback

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by Jesse Covington (Author), Bryan T. McGraw (Author), Micah Watson (Author)A Natural Law Framework for Evangelicals TodayDuring a time when political conversations are marked by deep polarization and difficult decision-making, what resources do evangelicals have to think critically and theologically about public life?For political theorists Bryan T. McGraw, Jesse Covington, and Micah Watson, a crucial resource is to be found in natural law, a rich tradition of Christian political thought oft...

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by Miriam R. Lowi (Author) Number of Pages: 228 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 21, 2024

Me and the generals of the Revolutionary Council - Paperback

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by Kyi Win (Malcolm) Sein (Author)Myanmar is once again at a critical crossroad with a general election and important decisions to be made. These memoirs look back to events leading up to 1960 and put on record some of the critical developments and situations of national importance that the author was involved in and witnessed during many years of carrying out the policy directives from the Revolutionary Council Chairman. Number of Pages: 534 Dimensions: 1.08 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date...

Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal - Paperback

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by Terence Ball (Author), Richard Dagger (Author), Daniel I. O'Neill (Author)Now in its 12th edition, Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal continues the tradition of clear, concise and comprehensive explanation to the ideas and ideals that shape our political world. The text defines each ideology in terms of the four functions ideologies perform - explanation, evaluation, orientation, and political program.Author BiographyTerence Ball received his Ph.D. from the University of Califor...

The Maga Diaries: Life Among the Fanatics, Extremists, and True Believers That Created the Modern Right - Paperback

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by Tina Nguyen (Author)This explosive "must-read for anyone who cares about the future of our democracy" (Brian Stelter, New York Times bestselling author) chronicles the rise of the MAGA movement from acclaimed political journalist Tina Nguyen, who began her career--and her education--on the ground levels of the conservative recruiting machine. Her very first job was working for a little-known journalist named Tucker Carlson. She's chugged Mountain Dews with the first Breitbart writers, pour...

Cognitive Superiority: Information to Power - Paperback

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by Dean S. Hartley III (Author), Kenneth O. Jobson (Author)In a world of accelerating unending change, perpetual surveillance, and increasing connectivity, conflict has become ever more complex. Wars are no longer limited to the traditional military conflict domains--land, sea, air; even space and cyber space. The new battlefield will be the cognitive domain and the new conflict a larger contest for power; a contest for cognitive superiority. Written by experts in military operations research...

Box 25: Archival Secrets, Caribbean Workers, and the Panama Canal - Paperback

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by Julie Greene (Author), Lisa Adams (Other)When acclaimed labor historian Julie Greene researched her book The Canal Builders, which went on to be nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2009, she explored a cache of first-person essays written in 1963 by the Afro-Caribbean people, mainly Jamaican and Barbadian, who migrated to the Isthmus of Panama to work as diggers, track shifters, or domestic servants in the Canal Zone. Held at the Library of Congress and stored in Box 25 of the Isthmian Histo...

We Tried to Tell Y'All: Black Twitter and the Rise of Digital Counternarratives - Paperback

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by Meredith D. Clark (Author)Author BiographyMeredith D. Clark, (@MeredithDClark; she/her/hers), is an associate professor in the School of Journalism and the Department of Communication Studies at Northeastern University, where she also serves as founding director of the Center for Communication, Media Innovation and Social Change. Clark is a two-time graduate of Florida A&M University, and earned her Ph.D. in mass communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her r...

This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto - Paperback

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by Suketu Mehta (Author)A 2019 NPR Staff PickA timely argument for why the United States and the West would benefit from accepting more immigrants There are few subjects in American life that prompt more discussion and controversy than immigration. But do we really understand it? In This Land Is Our Land, the renowned author Suketu Mehta attacks the issue head-on. Drawing on his own experience as an Indian-born teenager growing up in New York City and on years of reporting around the world, M...

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by Natalie Masuoka (Author), Jane Junn (Author)Women Voters documents and explains three important phenomena implicating gender, race, and immigration. The Element contributes to a better understanding of partisan candidate choice in US presidential elections. First, women are diverse and politically heterogenous, where white women are more likely to vote Republican and women of color are majority Democratic voters. Second, due to the unequal privileges and constraints associated with race, w...

America, Why?: Money. Party. Politics. What Happened to Our Democracy? - Hardcover

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by Jill Shea (Author) Number of Pages: 348 Dimensions: 0.94 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: May 22, 2024

America, Why?: Money. Party. Politics. What Happened to Our Democracy? - Paperback

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by Jill Shea (Author)Is justice a commodity? Why does effective gun control elude us? What influences people's voting decisions? "America, Why?" navigates the expansive political landscape of our nation, from Fox News orchestrating one of the greatest deceptions in American history to AR15s morphing into symbols of national identity. From the intentions of our Constitution to devastating Supreme Court rulings, to the terrifying era of Trump, "America, Why?" meticulously explores our historica...

Dying For Gold: The True Story of the Giant Mine Murders - Hardcover

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by Lee Selleck (Author), Francis Thompson (Author)On September 18, 1992 a violent explosion deep in Yellowknife's Giant mine took the lives of nine miners. The men had defied the picket lines that were the scene of violent clashes between the mineworkers and company security forces during a long and bitter strike/lockout. Roger Warren, a veteran miner whose skills were legendary, was convicted of nine counts of murder, but his guilt is disputed to this day.In this stunning, updated 30th anniv...

Dying For Gold: The True Story of the Giant Mine Murders - Paperback

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Italy's Christian Democracy: The Catholic Encounter with Political Modernity - Hardcover

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by Rosario Forlenza (Author), Bj?rn Thomassen (Author)The first comprehensive study of Italian Christian Democracy in English, Italy's Christian Democracy unravels the encounter between Catholicism and democracy from pre-unification Italy in the eighteenth century to the near-present. Forlenza and Thomassen put the triumphant emergence of the Christian Democratic political party that ruled Italy from 1948 to 1994 into historical perspective. With a focus on critical moments of modern Italian ...

Heaven on Earth: The Rise, Fall, and Afterlife of Socialism - Paperback

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by Joshua Muravchik (Author)Socialism was man's most ambitious attempt to supplant religion with a doctrine claiming to ground itself in "science." Each failure to create societies of abundance or give birth to "the New Man" inspired more searching for the path to the promised land: revolution, communes, social democracy, communism, fascism, Arab socialism, African socialism. None worked, and some exacted a staggering human toll. Then, after two centuries of wishful thinking and bitter disapp...

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by Todd McGowan (Author)While understanding the psychic structure of pleasure and desire might seem to be unrelated to grasping our current political crisis, Todd McGowan argues that the intrinsically excessive nature of enjoyment is critically important to this effort. In a world that appears completely divided between right and left, McGowan calls for a universal form of enjoyment that unites people in an egalitarian project. Todd McGowan's previous books include Emancipation After Hegel, C...

Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality - Hardcover

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by Renee DiResta (Author)An "essential and riveting" (Jonathan Haidt) analysis of the radical shift in the dynamics of power and influence, revealing how the machinery that powered the Big Lie works to create bespoke realities revolutionizing politics, culture, and society. Ren?e DiResta's powerful, original investigation into the way power and influence have been profoundly transformed reveals how a virtual rumor mill of niche propagandists increasingly shapes public opinion. While propagan...

The Necessity of Exile: Essays from a Distance - Paperback

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by Shaul Magid (Author)A timely, progressive collection of essays on the Jewish relationship to Zionism and exile. What is exile? What is diaspora? What is Zionism? Jewish identity today has been shaped by prior generations' answers to these questions, and the future of Jewish life will depend on how we respond to them in our own time. In The Necessity of Exile: Essays from a Distance, celebrated rabbi and scholar Shaul Magid offers an essential contribution to this intergenerational process,...

Cops on Campus: Rethinking Safety and Confronting Police Violence - Paperback

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by Yalile Suriel (Editor), Grace Watkins (Editor), Jude Paul Matias Dizon (Editor)Over the last five years, headlines have thrust campus police departments from relative obscurity into the national spotlight. Campus constituents have called for campus police, as a tangible manifestation of the War on Crime within the sphere of higher education, to be disarmed, defunded, and abolished. Using a multidisciplinary approach that draws from the fields of history, American studies, ethnic studies, c...

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by Melanie Phillips (Author)The suicide bombings carried out in London in 2005 by British Muslims revealed an enormous fifth column of Islamist terrorists and their sympathizers. Under the noses of British intelligence, London has become the European hub for the promotion, recruitment and financing of Islamic terror and extremism - so much so that it has been mockingly dubbed Londonistan. In this ground-breaking book Melanie Phillips pieces together the story of how Londonistan developed as a...

This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends about Racism - Paperback

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by Don Lemon (Author)In this "vital book for these times" (Kirkus Reviews), Don Lemon brings his vast audience and experience as a reporter and a Black man to today's most urgent question: How can we end racism in America in our lifetimes? The host of CNN Tonight with Don Lemon is more popular than ever. As America's only Black prime-time anchor, Lemon and his daily monologues on racism and antiracism, on the failures of the Trump administration and of so many of our leaders, and on America'...

The Jewish Anarchist Movement in America: A Historical Review and Personal Reminiscences - Paperback

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by Joseph Cohen (Author), Kenyon Zimmer (Introduction by), Kenyon Zimmer (Notes by)Essential reading in Jewish labor history, culture, and radicalism.Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe once comprised the largest segment of the anarchist movement in the United States. Part historical excavation and part memoir, Joseph Cohen chronicles both well-known events and behind-the-scenes conflicts among radicals, as well as profiles of famous personalities like Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman and...

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by Anne Larason Schneider (Author), Helen Ingram (Author)How can democracy be improved in an age when people are profoundly disenchanted with government? Part of the answer lies in the design of public policy that unmistakenly works to advance citizenship by listening to, educating, and involving ordinary people. Rather than serve mainly the narrow interests of powerful groups who are socially constructed as "deserving" or issuing discipline and punishment to powerless people socially constru...