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The Blessing Of America: The Curse Of The Left, And The Scourge Of The Democrat Party, Hard Hitting Truth Commentaries - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Unpopular Politics (Author)The Blessing Of America gives some timely reminders of what makes our country special and unique. They remind us why we should be thankful as Americans in the age of the America hating left and the Democrat Party of doom and gloom. As we focus on the many blessings we have as Americans, it should remind us what we stand to lose if the left continues in the ascendancy.Together, the left and the Democrat Party combine to paint a hopeles...

Engels 200: - his contribution to political economy - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Roberts (Author)Friedrich Engels was Karl Marx's close collaborator and life-long friend. But his economics has been sadly neglected, being lost under the large shadow of Marx's Capital and his other economic works. And yet, Engels was the first to present a critique of the contemporary classical political economy of Smith, Ricardo and Malthus from a Marxist perspective - that is before Marx himself. Michael Roberts outlines, explains and analyses Engel...

Stories of Survival: Folktales in the Evolutionary Tapestry of Humanity - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Kaolin Leo (Contribution by)This book builds the foundation of a methodology for the quantitativeanalysis of the folk narrative system. Just as anthropology uses analyses ofdifferent cultures to examine the human past; researchers could use analyses of ouroldest form of literature, the folk narrative, to examine aspects of worldwideculture and changes in culture over time. This bookdevelops a quantitative methodology based in part on small, grammaticallydefined...

Servant Leadership [25th Anniversary Edition]: A Journey Into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness - Hardcover

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by Robert K. Greenleaf (Author)The Revolution Has Only Just Begun Twenty-five years ago Robert Greenleaf published these prophetic essays on what he coined servant leadership, a practical philosophy that replaces traditional autocratic leadership with a holistic, ethical approach. This highly influential book has been embraced by cutting edge management everywhere. Yet in these days of Enron and what VISA CEO Dee Hock calls our "era of massive institutional failure," Greenleaf's seminal work ...

Sports in International Politics: Between Power and Peacebuilding - Hardcover

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by Timothy D. Sisk (Author)Sports have historically been part of a broader quest of regimes for prestige on the world stage, but also to project hegemony and power in an anarchic international system. While such historical trends of politicization of sports continue--witness the nationalism on display at each Olympic Games--today sports are equally seen as a strategic key for advancing human rights, building peace, strengthening social cohesion, and fostering development. International sports...

Haiti since 1804: Critical Perspectives on Class, Power, and Gender - Hardcover

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by Alex Dupuy (Author)Leading scholar Alex Dupuy investigates themes of class, power, and gender in Haiti in the capitalist world-economy--from independence and indemnity to the US occupation and current crisis after the assassination of President Moïse. This book provides new perspectives on Haiti's political economy and demystifies major forces that shape Haiti today.Author BiographyAlex Dupuy is John E. Andrus Professor of Sociology, Emeritus at Wesleyan University. He is an internationall...

Problems of Political Secularism: Broken Politics, Unkind Cultures - Hardcover

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by Kenneth J. Long (Author)America's secularism debates distract from the deeper problem of a flawed political structure causing gridlock. Public failure evokes personal vice, leading to a cultural war between thinly veiled liberal condescension and right-leaning racism, each latching onto rapidly changing controversies, mostly "religious," and failing to address root causes. Author BiographyKenneth J. Long is political theorist and Professor of History and Political Science at the University...

Dynamics of the Party System: Alignment and Realignment of Political Parties in the United States - Paperback

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by James L. Sundquist (Author)"Since the original edition of Dynamics of the Party System was published in 1973, American politics have continued on a tumultuous course. In the vacuum left by the decline of the Democratic and Republican parties, single-interest groups have risen and flourished. Protest movements on the left and the New Right at the opposite pole have challenged and divided the major parties, and the Reagan Revolution--in reversing a fifty-year trend toward governmental expans...

Rewriting Literary Blackness in Harlem: The Intertextuality of Hubert Harrison, George S. Schuyler, and Wallace Thurman - Hardcover

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by Tammie Jenkins (Author)Using works by Hubert Harrison, George S. Schuyler, and Wallace Thurman as illustrations of blackness and literature in the early twentieth century, the author investigates how these works reflect Black Americans' changing views during the New Negro, the Harlem Renaissance, and Harlem's Literati movements. Author BiographyTammie Jenkins, PhD, is an independent scholar of curriculum instruction. Number of Pages: 166 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August ...

Politics and Progress: The Emergence of American Political Science - Paperback

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by Dennis J. Mahoney (Author), Harry V. Jaffa (Foreword by)Mahoney describes the emergence of American political science as a separate academic discipline in the era between the Civil War and the First World War, with the pivotal event of the founding of the American Political Science Association in 1903. His book, a testament to the integrity of American political science, chronicles its intellectual and cultural development.Author BiographyDennis J. Mahoney is a practicing attorney in Calif...

Kierkegaard and the New Nationalism: A Contemporary Reinterpretation of the Attack upon Christendom - Hardcover

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by Thomas J. Millay (Author)Kierkegaard and the New Nationalism argues for the relevance of Kierkegaard's "attack upon Christendom" within our current situation of resurgent nationalism. Kierkegaard's ascetic voice calls his readers not simply to critique nationalism, but to renounce it, thereby striking at nationalism's self-assertive core.Author BiographyThomas J. Millay is senior research fellow at St. Olaf College. Number of Pages: 190 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: Decembe...

The United States Government Internet Directory 2023 - Paperback

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by Mary Meghan Ryan (Editor)The United States Government Internet Directory serves as a guide to the changing landscape of government information online. The Directory is an indispensable guidebook for anyone who is looking for official U.S. government resources on the Web.Author BiographyMary Meghan Ryan is a senior research editor for Bernan Press. She is also the editor for Employment, Hours, and Earnings: States and Areas; and co-editor for County and City Extra and Places, Towns and Town...

Political Campaign Communication: Principles and Practices - Paperback

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by Robert E. Denton (Author), Ben Voth (Author), Judith S. Trent (Author)With updates from the 2020 presidential election and a greater focus on social media use, the tenth edition of this text provides a realistic understanding of the strategic and tactical communication choices made during campaigns. It features a new art and graphics program and a new chapter on campaigning for local offices.Author BiographyRobert E. Denton Jr. holds the W. Thomas Rice Chair of Leadership Studies in the Pa...

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by Paul Teske (Author)"Deregulation continues to be a hot-button issues in the United States. While the national debates rage, however, regulation at the state level still flies below the public's radar screen, although it is critically important. Paul Teske provides the foundation necessary to assess competing claims about state-level economic regulation in a time of turbulent politics and uncertain economics. He has produced an indespensable resource, offering both depth and breadth. Regula...

Art, Power, and Politics: Political Storytelling in Paintings, Music, and Movies - Hardcover

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by Michael a. Genovese (Author)Stories matter. Stories help us digest information, make sense of our world, understand ourselves and remember. This book takes political storytelling seriously. It examines stories as presented in paintings, music, and Films. and concludes with commentary designed to make sense of the role of political stories in our lives.Author BiographyMichael A. Genovese holds the Loyola Chair of Leadership and serves as President of the Global Policy Institute at Loyola Ma...

African Perspectives on Global Pandemics and the Challenges of Peace and Security - Hardcover

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by Masake Pilisano Harris (Editor), Richard Obinna Iroanya (Editor), Shipena Dortea (Contribution by)This book examines the legal and security threat posed by pandemics in Africa and beyond. The authors propose that to effectively counter pandemics, it is necessary for states to transcend beyond a realism approach and to adopt security policies that reflect the multidimensional nature of state authority and functions. Author BiographyMasake Pilisano Harris is associate dean for the School of ...

Hate Speech Is Not Free: The Case Against First Amendment Protection - Hardcover

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by W. Wat Hopkins (Author)Hate speech has been a societal problem for many years and has seen a resurgence recently alongside political divisiveness and technologies that ease and accelerate the spread of messages. Methods to protect individuals and groups from hate speech have eluded lawmakers as the call for restrictions or bans on such speech are confronted by claims of First Amendment protection. Problematic speech, the argument goes, should be confronted by more speech rather than by res...

Rethinking Japan: The Politics of Contested Nationalism - Paperback

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by Arthur Stockwin (Author), Kweku Ampiah (Author)This study provides a broad examination of the current Shinzō Abe government in Japan. It analyzes various controversial domestic and foreign policies and argues that its election in 2012 inaugurated a new political phase characterized by opposition weakness and ruling-party unity around a nationalist agenda.Author BiographyArthur Stockwin is retired professor of modern Japanese studies at the University of Oxford. Kweku Ampiah is associate pr...

China's Long and Winding Road to Modernization: Uncertainty, Learning, and Policy Change - Hardcover

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by Fu-Lai Tony Yu (Author), Diana S. Kwan (Author)This book adopts Austrian and evolutionary approaches to interpret contemporary China's economic transformation under uncertainty, learning and experimentation. It incorporates culture, institutions, government agents and entrepreneurship to understand policy making in China.Author BiographyFu-Lai Tony Yu is adjunct professor in the Department of Land Management at Feng Chia University. Diana S. Kwan is teaching and learning administrator at t...

The Battle for Birth Control: Exploring the Lasting Consequences of the Movement's Early Rhetoric - Paperback

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by Jessica L. Furgerson (Author)The Battle for Birth Control dissects the rhetorical tactics utilized by the movement in its formative years to execute a strategy of political accommodation and traces the reverberations of these tactics in contemporary American discourses surrounding contraception specifically and reproductive politics more generally.Author BiographyJessica L. Furgerson is assistant professor in communication at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College. Number of Pages: ...

Brexit, Facebook, and Transnational Right-Wing Populism - Hardcover

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by Natalie-Anne Hall (Author)In Brexit, Facebook, and Transnational Right-Wing Populism, Natalie-Anne Hall takes Brexit as a case study for examining the critical consequences of the diffusion of transnational right-wing populist politics on social media. Through multi-method, qualitative research with avidly engaged pro-Brexit Facebook users in the tumultuous post-referendum period, Hall explores the effects of this participation on the on- and offline experiences of these individuals and on...

Analytical Perspectives: Budget of the United States Government Fiscal Year 2024 - Paperback

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by Executive Office of the President (Editor)Contains analyses that are designed to highlight specified subject areas or provide other significant presentations of budget data that place the budget in perspective. Author BiographyThis book is authored by the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget. Number of Pages: 278 Dimensions: 0.59 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: July 18, 2023

Rethinking Consumer Protection - Hardcover

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by Thomas Tacker (Author)This book explains how revamped consumer protection regulations, allowing greater individual choice, along with the government partially shifting to more of an advisory role, can save many thousands of lives annually, and make medicines and other products radically cheaper. Major case studies include the FDA and Uber versus taxis.Author BiographyThomas Tacker is professor of economics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida. Number of Pages: 188 ...

The Republican Resistance: #NeverTrump Conservatives and the Future of the GOP - Paperback

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by Andrew L. Pieper (Editor), Jeff R. DeWitt (Editor), Karyn A. Amira (Contribution by)The Republican Resistance studies the #NeverTrump Republicans who view Donald Trump as an existential challenge to the party that he claims to lead. The contributors argue that the #NeverTrump opposition represents a key feature of modern American politics: the rise of a populist insurgency intent on overtaking the Republican party from within.Author BiographyAndrew L. Pieper is associate professor in the S...

Sociocide: Reflections on Today's Wars - Paperback

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by Keith Doubt (Author), Jeffrey Boucher (Contribution by)Through the lens of a neologism, sociocide, the killing of society, Keith Doubt provides persuasive evidence of the social, political, and human consequences of today's wars, focusing on war crimes, scapegoating, torture, and capitalism. Author BiographyKeith Doubt is professor emeritus at Wittenberg University. Number of Pages: 100 Dimensions: 0.23 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: May 15, 2022

A Critique of Liberal Cynicism: Peter Sloterdijk, Judith Butler, and Critical Liberalism - Hardcover

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by Will Barnes (Author)Focusing on the philosophical work of Judith Butler and Peter Sloterdijk, A Critique of Liberal Cynicism diagnoses--and proposes an immanent critique of--a form of cynicism dominant in popular and academic culture.Author BiographyWill Barnes teaches philosophy at New Mexico Highlands University. Number of Pages: 164 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 12, 2022

Fake News in an Era of Social Media: Tracking Viral Contagion - Paperback

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by Yasmin Ibrahim (Editor), Fadi Safieddine (Editor)In this book, the authors examine factors influencing the spread of fake news, and suggest ways to combat it by exploring the key elements which enable and facilitate this phenomenon.Author BiographyYasmin Ibrahim is Professor of Digital Economy and Culture at Queen Mary University of London. Fadi Safieddine is Senior Lecturer in Computer Science and Information Systems at the University of East London. Number of Pages: 196 Dimensions: 0.45 ...

Rethinking Philosophy with Borges, Zambrano, Paz, and Plato - Hardcover

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by Hugo Moreno (Author)The author argues that Borges' Ficciones, Zambrano's Claros del bosque, and Paz's El mono gramático call into question the conventional distinction between literature and philosophy, and that each text embodies an alternative way of doing philosophy.Author BiographyHugo Moreno is visiting assistant professor of Hispanic studies at Lewis and Clark College. Number of Pages: 240 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: February 22, 2022

Theology and Geometry: Essays on John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces - Paperback

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by Leslie Marsh (Editor), Anthony G. Cirilla (Contribution by), Olga Colbert (Contribution by)This collection, the first of its kind, brings together specially commissioned academic essays to mark fifty years since the death of John Kennedy Toole.Author BiographyLeslie Marsh is senior researcher in the department of pathology and laboratory medicine at The University of British Columbia. Number of Pages: 202 Dimensions: 0.46 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: March 04, 2022

Confronting the Myth of Soft Power in U.S. Foreign Policy - Hardcover

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by Brent A. Lawniczak (Author)Despite the attractiveness of the idea, U.S. soft power is an unreliable source of influence in world politics. This book examines the lack of U.S. soft power influence, finding that target countries do not consider the attractiveness of the United States when deciding to participate in military interventions abroad.Author BiographyDr. Brent A. Lawniczak is assistant professor of military and security studies at the United States Air Force Air Command and Staff C...

Campaigning in the Aftermath of the 2020 Elections: A Communications Perspective - Hardcover

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by Robert E. Denton Jr. (Editor)This volume explores post-election political communication from the 2020 election day until the inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden. Chapters address political branding, partisan argumentation, media coverage, President Trump's January 6 address and his discursive strategy, political advertising and cartoons, and post-election lawsuits.Author BiographyRobert E. Denton, Jr. holds the W. Thomas Rice Chair in the Pamplin College of Business and is professor...

Sorcerer: William Friedkin and the New Hollywood - Hardcover

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by Mark Wheeler (Author)William Friedkin's film Sorcerer (1977) has been subject to a major re-evaluation in the last decade. A dark re-imagining of the French Director H.G. Clouzot's Le Salaire de la Peur (The Wages of Fear) (1953) (based on George Arnaud's novel); the film was a major critical and commercial failure on its initial release. Friedkin's work was castigated as an example of directorial hubris as it was a notoriously difficult production which went wildly over-budget. It was vie...