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by Anny Morissette (Author)In The Secret Struggles of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leaders, Anny Morissette examines Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg actors' political resistance to the Canadian government amidst threats to the tribe's traditional political structures. Morissette traces the Anishinabeg political identity through the preservation of traditional, spiritual, and symbolic influences, which have endured despite colonial disruptions. Morissette highlights daily forms of resistance, Indigenous ...
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by Jeff Noonan (Author)Jeff Noonan traces the development of humanist values from the ancient philosophies of India, China, and Greece, to contemporary struggles against oppression. Embodied Humanism argues that humanism is a critical social philosophy in which need-satisfaction and life-enjoyment have always been paramount. Author BiographyJeff Noonan is professor of philosophy at the University of Windsor.
Number of Pages: 246
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by Adam McGlynn (Author), Jessica Lavariega Monforti (Author)Proving Patriotismo moves beyond anecdotal discussions of the Latino military experience. The authors use empirical evidence to demonstrate how the intersection of poverty, patriotism and ethnicity create an environment where the U.S. military can increase their ranks through the service of Latinos eager for a better life and American belonging.Author BiographyAdam McGlynn is professor of Political Science in the Department of Polit...
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by Ian Hutchby (Author)The landscape of broadcast news media is constantly changing, partly under the influence of changing technology but also due to changes in the social role of television journalism. The Political Interview: Broadcast Talk in the Interactional Combat Zone takes a sociological and linguistic approach to examining these changes, focusing on the discourse practices that are associated with them. Tracing contemporary developments in the ways that interviews with politicians a...
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by Eva Boodman (Author)White ignorance is a form of collective denial that aggressively resists acknowledging the role of race and racism. It dominates our political landscape, warps white moral frameworks and affective responses, intervenes in white self-conceptions, and organizes white identities. In this way, white ignorance poses a problem for conceptions of responsibility that rely on individuals' intentions, causal contributions, or knowledge of the facts. As Eva Boodman shows, our mora...
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by Ivan Cerovac (Author)John Stuart Mill and Epistemic Democracy explores the epistemic, or cognitive, character of democratic institutional practices and the protection of basic liberties in Mill's political thought. Mapping Mill's theory of representative democracy and critically engaging Mill's more controversial issues, Ivan Cerovac identifies the epistemic criteria within these proposals and uses them as a basis for unifying Mill's political thought. The book addresses the epistemic role...
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by Michael J. Seth (Author)This book examines the unusual circumstances of de facto states, countries which are not considered to be sovereign nations by the international community.Author BiographyMichael J. Seth is professor of history at James Madison University.
Number of Pages: 246
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Publication Date: August 22, 2023
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by Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy (Author)This book uses literature to explain why pre-Confederation Canadians did not want to become Americans. The author argues that the perceived cultural distinctions between 19th-century American and colonial Canadian societies echoed public attitudes towards the political systems of the US and the British Empire, and the ideologies that shaped them.Author BiographyOana Godeanu-Kenworthy is associate teaching professor of American Studies in the Global and Interc...
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by Ibrahim Sadiq (Author)The author argues that a part of the history of nation building in Iraq through addressing its political characters, different communities, agreements and pan Arab ideology, including the Baath ideology and its attempts to seize power through nondemocratic methods. It is an attempt to approach the essence of the exclusion mentality of the ruling elite in order to understand the process of genocide against the Kurdish people, including all existing religious minorities...
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by Jesse Dart (Author)In Feeding the Hustle, Jesse Dart examines how free food programs in the workplace alter the relationship between employer and employee, support a flexible type of workforce, and reveal a commensality that is both exclusionary and inclusionary.Author BiographyJesse Dart is assistant research professor at Arizona State University.
Number of Pages: 178
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Publication Date: January 15, 2022
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by George Kaloudis (Author)In Non-Governmental Organizations and the Global System George Kaloudis examines the important and paradoxical role NGOs play in the global system.Author BiographyGeorge Kaloudis is professor emeritus of political science and history at Rivier University.
Number of Pages: 240
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Publication Date: March 15, 2023
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by Richard Fumerton (Author)In defending freedom, most libertarians have appealed to a moral framework that puts an emphasis on the concept of moral rights. Rejecting that approach, Richard Fumerton offers a fresh, nuanced, and balanced "consequentialist" perspective on the importance of defending liberty.Author BiographyRichard Fumerton is F. Wendell Miller Professor of philosophy at the University of Iowa.
Number of Pages: 232
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Publication Date: August 24, 2022
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by Mara-Daria Cojocaru (Author)Passionate Animals: Emotions, Animal Ethics, and Moral Pragmatics draws on the theoretical achievements made in ethics, political philosophy, and human-animal studies, addressing the problem that these advancements have not resulted in practical change toward significantly improved human-animal-relations. Mara-Daria Cojocaru argues that this gap between theory and action can close only if humans live up to the task of becoming passionate animals themselves-and p...
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by Leah L. Carmichael (Author)This text challenges students to understand the concepts of international law in order to apply these concepts to specific cases for the purpose of taking a position on existing political and legal debates within the fields of international law and international studies.Author BiographyLeah L. Carmichael is lecturer in the department of International Affairs at the University of Georgia.
Number of Pages: 240
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by Douglas A. Dixon (Author)This study examines the successes, struggles, and personal life of the nationally recognized historian Robert H. Ferrell. His life history provides insight into postmodernism, the New Left, and the art of historical writing.Author BiographyDouglas A. Dixon earned his PhD at the University of Georgia.
Number of Pages: 184
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Publication Date: May 11, 2022
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by Henry Kopel (Author)Can genocide and terrorism ever be eliminated? This book says yes. It demonstrates that such atrocities are driven mainly by mass ideological hate incitement. Hence ending the violence requires shutting down the incitement - especially across the Middle East, where a tsunami of hate propaganda drives an epidemic of terrorism.Author BiographyHenry Kopel is federal prosecutor in Connecticut with over 30 years' experience investigating and prosecuting national security mat...
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by Lisa Fisher (Editor), Craig Hovey (Editor), Garrison Allen Crews (Contribution by)Drawing on a wide variety of disciplines and presenting perspectives on both sides of the gun debate, Understanding America's Gun Culture offers a fresh look at the issues surrounding guns in the U.S. today. The book moves past polarization to invite thoughtful, nuanced and innovative exploration of this important topic.Author BiographyLisa Fisher is consulting director at a Washington, DC, IT and management ...
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by Joseph Russomanno (Editor), Erwin Chemerinsky (Foreword by), Ronald K. L. Collins (Contribution by)In this book, ten First Amendment scholars analyze various aspects and issues related to speech freedom on campus.Author BiographyJoseph Russomanno is professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.
Number of Pages: 308
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Publication Date: May 10, 2022
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by José Angel Gutiérrez (Author)FBI Files on Mexicans and Chicanos, 1940-1980 is a multi-chapter book that examines the FBI files on multiple, well known Mexican and Chicanos, as well as the Texas Farm Workers Union and the American G.I. Forum and, the Zoot Suit police riots in Los Angeles, California during the 1940s.Author BiographyJosé Angel Gutiérrez is emeritus professor of political science ate University of Texas in Arlington.
Number of Pages: 274
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by Thomas R. Marshall (Author)Comparing over 500 Supreme Court decisions with timely nationwide poll questions, Thomas R. Marshall shows that most Supreme Court decisions agree with poll majorities or pluralities across time and across issues and often represent Americans' views to the same degree as federal policymakers.Author BiographyThomas R. Marshall is professor of political science at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Number of Pages: 204
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by Patrick N. Cain (Editor), Stephen Patrick Sims (Editor), Stephen A. Block (Editor)This volume provides a fresh perspective on current democratic theory and practice by recovering the rich evaluations of democracy in the history of political thought. Each essay addresses a single thinker's reflections on the virtues and defects of democracy and the relationship between democracy and other regimes.Author BiographyStephen Patrick Sims is assistant professor of political science at Rochester I...
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by Hamed Tofangsaz (Author)This book closely and extensively examines international penal measures (criminalization and confiscation) of terrorist financing, the notions on which the measures are based, their adoption and application by countries, and their (un)justifiability with regard to the principles of criminal law, human rights, and democratic values.Author BiographyHamed Tofangsaz is law graduate of the University of Waikato, New Zealand.
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by Kevin W. Gray (Editor), Sevgi Dogan (Contribution by), Kevin W. Gray (Contribution by)The expansion of Western education overseas has been both an economic success, if the numbers of American, European, and Australian universities setting up campuses in Asia and the Middle East is a measure -- and a source of consternation for academics concerned with norms of free inquiry and intellectual freedom. Faculty at Western campuses have resisted the new satellite campuses, fearing that colleague...
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by Avner Barnea (Author)The basic premise of this book is that in both fields, national and business, intelligence gathered about adversaries or competitors regarding changes in the external environment support the decision-making process. In both fields the subject has been studied within its own framework without comparative analysis or mutual learning. Author BiographyAvner Barnea is research fellow at the National Security Study Center (NSSC), at the University of Haifa, in Israel.
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by Rich Shumate (Author)This book explores the perception of liberal news bias by examining conservatives' reactions to coverage of Barry Goldwater's presidential campaign in 1964 and posits that, to maintain social identity, conservatives rejected content from news media outlets that was incongruous with their worldview by deeming it hostile and, by extension, liberal.Author BiographyRich Shumate is assistant professor in the School of Media at Western Kentucky University.
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by John A. Duerk (Editor), Emilia Barreto Carvalho (Contribution by), Alan C. Clune (Contribution by)The environment is a complicated issue composed of multiple layers and facets. This interdisciplinary anthology has been compiled to fuel informed conversations that we must have in the face of great environmental challenges.Author BiographyJohn A. Duerk is history and political science professor at Lake Tahoe Community College.
Number of Pages: 266
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by Greg McCreery (Author)McCreery descriptively analyzes distinctions between kinds of violence, including nonviolence, as outlined by numerous philosophical theorists, arguing that a commonsense view of violence and nonviolence is based on paradigmatic cases. Beyond these what counts as kinds of violence and nonviolence is essentially contested due to political, ideological disagreements.Author BiographyGreg McCreery is professor at University of South Florida's Judy Genshaft Honors College....
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by Emmanuel O. Oritsejafor (Author)Indigenous food systems have been neglected in regards to current global food security challenges. The author argues that use of indigenous methods will reduce the vulnerabilities of food insecure households in Africa.Author BiographyEmmanuel O. Oritsejafor is professor of political science at North Carolina Central University.
Number of Pages: 186
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Publication Date: July 20, 2022
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by Deborah McCarthy Auriffeille (Author)Everyday People Save the Planet and So Can You: A Qualitative Examination of Green Lifestyles in Lowcountry South Carolina examines three interview studies conducted over the last two decades with green parents, choice utility bike commuters, and necessity utility bike commuters. This book draws on qualitative analyses of the data and literature (social practice, social innovation, embodiment, and attention economy research/theory) to ask and answer the...
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by Niall Guy Michelsen (Author)Using voter turnout data and demographics, Niall Guy Michelsen argues that lowering the voting age to 16 would help young adults develop voting habits and raise voter turnout, closing the voting gap between college and non-college citizens and making the American electorate more representative of the country's citizens.Author BiographyNiall Guy Michelsen is associate professor of political science and public affairs at Western Carolina University.
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by Norman A. Graham (Author), Folke Lindahl (Author), Timur Kocaoglu (Author)This book discusses the rise of Putin in Russia and Erdogan in Turkey to authoritarian power in the context of the global debate over the fragility of democracy and the persistence of authoritarianism. It is both historical and theoretical in it treatment of the politics, economics and international relations of Russia and Turkey.Author BiographyNorman A. Graham is professor of international Relations at Michigan Sta...
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by Tomaz Grusovnik (Editor), Reingard Spannring (Editor), Karen Lykke Syse (Editor)The theory of denialism proposes that people actively avoid information that threatens their established worldviews, lifestyles, and identities. Environmental and Animal Abuse Denial: Averting Our Gaze analyzes how people use denialism to avoid awareness of climate change, environmental pollution, animal abuse, and the animal industrial complex.Author BiographyTomaz Grusovnik is associate professor of philosoph...
