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Way Worst Than Attica: the 1980 Riot at the Penitentiary of New MexicoThis book on the 1980 Penitentiary of New Mexico riot is by far the most comprehensive, best-researched and most credible publication on this topic. It examines the prison administration, the correctional officers and the inmates in great detail. Clues to the impending riot are...
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Free Joan Little: The Politics of Race, Sexual Violence, and ImprisonmentEarly on a summer morning in 1974, local officials found the jailer Clarence Alligood stabbed to death in a cell in the women's section of a rural North Carolina jail. Fleeing the scene was Joan Little, twenty years old, poor, Black, and in trouble....
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America's Frozen Neighborhoods: The Abuse of ZoningThis book examines local zoning policies and suggests reforms that states and the federal government might adopt to counter the negative effects of exclusionary zoning In this book, Robert Ellickson asserts that local zoning policies are the most consequential regulatory program in the United...
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European Disunion: Democracy, Sovereignty and the Politics of EmergencyThe European Union means many different things to its many peoples. In Germany, for example, the European project was conceived mainly as post-national, or even post-sovereign. In France, by contrast, President Emmanuel Macron has pursued the vision of a sovereign Europe; that is, an...
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WORLD WAR 3 - Our Future? 2022-2023: The truth about the war in Ukraine, the influence on our economy & global markets - Economic Crisis - HyperinflatHow did it start?These conflicts go way back. The ancestors of Ukrainians, Russians and Belarusians lived together from the 9th to the 13th centuries in the Kiev Rus, a grand principality. A Mongol invasion ended that unity. Ukraine then passed in pieces through the...
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Emerging Global Cities: Origin, Structure, and SignificanceCertain cities-most famously New York, London, and Tokyo-have been identified as "global cities," whose function in the world economy transcends national borders. Without the same fanfare, formerly peripheral and secondary cities have been growing in importance, emerging as global cities in their own right....
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From State Capitols to City Halls: Smarter State Policies for Stronger CitiesPublisher: Lincoln Institute of Land PolicyPublished: 02/08/2022Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 9.76h x 7.80w x 0.16dISBN: 9781558444409
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Cooperation and Social JusticeIt is a common approach in contemporary political philosophy to view society as a system of mutually beneficial cooperation. This cooperation is difficult to achieve, often requiring a great deal of bargaining and compromise. Agreement is facilitated by principles of social justice, which determine...
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Daring to Struggle, Daring to WinDaring to Struggle, Daring to Win tells the fascinating true story of an individual radical organizer turned independent Chicago city council member, and her forty year struggle for justice in Chicago. Helen Shiller went from radical anti-war activist in Wisconsin, to a member of...
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The Value of Political Capital, Second Edition, RevisedHave you ever wondered what it would be like to be a mayor? Well after serving three terms as a mayor and being a local and regional government official for over thirty-five years I think I know. So I wrote this book to pull...
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Introduction to Intelligence StudiesIntroduction to Intelligence Studies (third edition) provides an overview of the US intelligence community, to include its history, organization, and function.Since the attacks of 9/11, the United States Intelligence Community (IC) has undergone an extensive overhaul. This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of intelligence...
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Brexit and the Future of Private International Law in English CourtsIn Brexit and the Future of Private International Law in English Courts, Mukarrum Ahmed discusses the impact of Brexit upon jurisdiction, foreign judgments, and the applicable law in civil and commercial matters. By providing a commentary on the principal post-Brexit changes in England, thisbook...
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M60: Main Battle Tank America's Cold War Warrior 1959-1997The M60 was a second-generation American main battle tank, the last in the line of Patton tanks that had first been developed at the end of World War II. It entered operational service with the US Army in 1960 and some 15,000 M60s were...
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The Attica Turkey Shoot: Carnage, Cover-Up, and the Pursuit of JusticeWitness the hypocrisy of the criminal justice system as told by the prosecutor who sought justice for murdered and tortured prison inmates. The Attica Turkey Shoot tells a story that New York State did not want you to know. In 1971, following a prison...
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Finding Eden: A Perilous Quest For a Safe Migrant HomelandThe MV Militobi, a German rescue ship, teeming with 600 Arab, African, and South Asian migrants, patrols the Mediterranean Sea and learns that all European ports refuse entry to asylum-seekers. Captain Anna Kruger has a decision to make: return immediately to the nearest port...
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Everyone's Democracy: Confronting Political Inequality in AmericaWhile great strides have been made since the Founding years, the United States continues to suffer from a high degree of political inequality. Some citizens have a louder voice in their democracy than others. Both the malapportioned Senate and Electoral College overrepresent Americans in...
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The Community's College: The Pursuit of Democracy, Economic Development, and SuccessAuthor: Robert L. Pura, Tara L. ParkerPublisher: Stylus Publishing (VA)Published: 07/07/2022Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60dISBN: 9781642674255
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National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism: 2021"Together we must affirm that domestic terrorism has no place in our society."-President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism (June 2021)National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism (June 2021) conveys the Biden Administration's view of domestic terrorism and strategy on how...
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The Gospel of Peace in a Violent World: Christian Nonviolence for Communal Flourishing"Blessed are the peacemakers." The gospel of Jesus Christ is the good news of peace: peace between God and humanity, peace among humans. And yet it can be difficult to see that peace in our broken, violent world.In this volume, Shawn Graves and Marlena...
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China's New Red Guards: The Return of Radicalism and the Rebirth of Mao ZedongIn China's New Red Guards, Jude Blanchette illuminates two trends in contemporary China that point to its revival of Mao Zedong's legacy--a development that he argues will result in a more authoritarian and more militaristic China. Ever since Deng Xiaoping effectively de-radicalized China in...
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