Political Science
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How America Lost Its Secrets: Edward Snowden, the Man and the TheftA powerful expos that calls into question Edward Snowden's hero status and uncovers how vulenerable our national security systems have become. Edward Snowden. Hero, traitor, whistleblower, or spy? In the wake of his 2013 NSA leak, public opinion has been divided over the former...
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The Givers: Money, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded AgeAn inside look at the secretive world of elite philanthropists--and how they're quietly wielding ever more power to shape American life in ways both good and bad. While media attention focuses on famous philanthropists such as Bill Gates and Charles Koch, thousands of donors...
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Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor"A page-turning book that spans a century of worker strikes.... Engrossing, character-driven, panoramic." --The New York Times Book Review We live in an era of soaring corporate profits and anemic wage gains, one in which low-paid jobs and blighted blue-collar communities have become a...
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Alternatives in Mobilization: Ethnicity, Religion, and Political ConflictWhat determines which identity cleavage, ethnicity or religion, is mobilized in political contestation, be it peaceful or violent? In contrast to common predictions that the greatest contention occurs where identities are fully segmented, most identity conflicts in the world are between ethnic groups that...
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China and Global Food SecurityIn less than half a century (1978-2020), China has transformed itself from a country that barely fed itself to a powerful player in the global food system, characterized by massive food imports, active overseas agricultural engagement, and the global expansion of Chinese agribusiness. This...
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The Gendered and Colonial Lives of Gurkhas in Private Security: From Military to MarketThis book explores the ways in which affect, colonial histories, and militarism organise global security workforces within private military and security companies(PMSCs). It locates its analysis with Gurkhas; a group of militarised men from Nepal with over 200-years of military experience with the British...
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Herding Scientists: A Story of Failed Reform at the CDCAuthor: Andrew B. WhitfordPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 05/12/2022Pages: 92Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19dISBN: 9781108824101This title is not returnable
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Tummelplatz der Spione: Washington, Moskau, New YorkWashington und Moskau sind die beiden Hauptst dte, in denen die Dichte der Spione u erst hoch ist. Doch auch London und New York sind begehrt. Die Stadt am East River nicht zuletzt deswegen, weil dort die UNO ihren Sitz hat.Der KGB schreckt nicht...
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No Blank Check: The Origins and Consequences of Public Antipathy Towards Presidential PowerConcerns about unaccountable executive power have featured recurrently in political debates from the American founding to today. For many, presidents' use of unilateral power threatens American democracy. No Blank Check advances a new perspective: Instead of finding Americans apathetic towards how presidents exercise power,...
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Urban Development in Southeast AsiaAuthor: Rita PadawangiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 07/21/2022Pages: 94Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19dISBN: 9781108705608This title is not returnable
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Colonising Disability: Impairment and Otherness Across Britain and Its Empire, C. 1800-1914Author: Esme CleallPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 08/04/2022Pages: 312Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.29lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75dISBN: 9781108833912This title is not returnable
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José Pepe Mujica: Los Laberintos de la VidaEsta conversaci n de Pepe Mujica con Kintto Lucas es un aporte a la reflexi n sobre la realidad del mundo actual. La pol tica y la econom a global, los gobiernos progresistas y las luchas sociales, el acuerdo de paz en Colombia, las...
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Why Neo-Liberalism Failed in France: Political Sociology of the Spread of Neo-Liberal Ideas in France (1974-2012)This book fills a gap in the literature on economic liberalism in France as it strives to resolve a paradox. How do we reconcile the fact that while France has been among the most fertile of soils for the liberal intellectual tradition, the theoretical...
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Green Gentrification: Urban sustainability and the struggle for environmental justiceGreen Gentrification looks at the social consequences of urban "greening" from an environmental justice and sustainable development perspective. Through a comparative examination of five cases of urban greening in Brooklyn, New York, it demonstrates that such initiatives, while positive for the environment, tend to...
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Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First CenturyThroughout the twenty-first century, genocide denial has evolved and adapted with new strategies to augment and complement established modes of denial. In addition to outright negation, denial of genocide encompasses a range of techniques, including disputes over numbers, contestation of legal definitions, blaming the...
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The Case For Cannabis Law ReformThe Case For Cannabis Law Reform makes the comprehensive argument for reforming our cannabis laws. Across 58 fully-referenced chapters, this book covers the practical, moral, economic, cultural, medicinal, historical and spiritual reasons to repeal cannabis prohibition - among others Compiled by former Aotearoa Legalise...
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Engage and Evade: How Latino Immigrant Families Manage Surveillance in Everyday LifeHow everyday forms of surveillance threaten undocumented immigrants--but also offer them hope for societal inclusion Some eleven million undocumented immigrants reside in the United States, carving out lives amid a growing web of surveillance that threatens their and their families' societal presence. Engage and...
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A Care Crisis in the Nordic Welfare States?: Care Work, Gender Equality and Welfare State SustainabilityIn this insightful collection, academic experts consider the impact of neoliberal policies and ideology on the status of care work in Nordic countries. With new research perspectives and empirical analyses, it assesses challenges for care work including technologies, management and policy-making. Arguing that there...
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The President and Immigration LawThe first dedicated exploration of the relationship between the President and immigration law. Who controls American immigration policy? The biggest immigration controversies of the last decade have all involved policies produced by the President--policies such as President Obama's decision to protect Dreamers from deportation...
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Society on the Road to Ruin: Pitfalls of Open Society from the View of Natural SciencesAn open, flexible and multicultural society is the dream of many left liberal politicians and politically interested people. It is frequently presented as a rational vision, in contrast to allegedly "anxiety driven" views advocating clear boundaries and cultural homogeneity. But is the idea of...
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