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Almanac of American Politics 2022The 2022 Almanac of American Politics observes its most celebratory year yet, as it marks the 50th Commemorative Edition for this political reference icon.Author: Columbia Books IncPublisher: Columbia Books. Inc.Published: 09/17/2021Pages: 2100Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 3.52lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 2.30dISBN: 9781952374098About the AuthorRich Cohen,...
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Unlawful Violence: Mexican Law and Cultural ProductionViolence has only increased in Mexico since 2000: 23,000 murders were recorded in 2016, and 29,168 in 2017. The abundance of laws and constitutional amendments that have cropped up in response are mirrored in Mexico's fragmented cultural production of the same period. Contemporary Mexican...
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Systemic Corruption: Constitutional Ideas for an Anti-Oligarchic RepublicA bold new approach to combatting the inherent corruption of representative democracy This provocative book reveals how the majority of modern liberal democracies have become increasingly oligarchic, suffering from a form of structural political decay first conceptualized by ancient philosophers. Systemic Corruption argues that...
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Utopophobia: On the Limits (If Any) of Political PhilosophyAuthor: David EstlundPublisher: Princeton University PressPublished: 05/31/2022Pages: 400Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.30lbsSize: 6.10h x 9.10w x 1.10dISBN: 9780691235172
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Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific User GuideThis guide is designed to help Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific (JFPR) clients develop proposals in accordance with JFPR requirements. JFPR is a partnership between the Government of Japan and ADB that helps people move above the poverty threshold...
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Political Torture in the Twentieth CenturyUnanimously banned and condemned, torture has been used in many countries throughout the 20th century. Ruxandra Cesereanu's essay aims to deepen this subject, showing the unimaginable dimensions that human cruelty can sometimes reach. The Armenian Genocide, the Nazi camps, the Gulag, the Military Juntas...
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The German Ideology: A New AbridgementA new abridgement of Marx and Engels's 1846 reckoning with the philosophical tradition, edited and with an introduction by philosopher Tom Whyman. Edited and with an introduction by philosopher Tom Whyman, this new abridged version The German Ideology sheds new light on one of...
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庚子十劄: Ten Letters from a Year of Plague《庚子十劄》集輯十函,均作於庚子年間,輾轉於苦難,發而為心聲,總體而言,載述了章潤教授自二零一八年七月發表"我們當下的恐懼與期待"後的遭際與不幸。在那篇檄文中,作者對習時代條分縷析,逐點駁斥,警示大難將至。面對往昔生涯,中國曾經的令人揪心而欣慰的短暫進步與變革時段,十劄揮手向晚,灑淚作別。而明示不服,志存抵抗,呼喚良知,所傾吐為一己之心聲,而無不為時代之嘶鳴!Author: 许章润 A Zhangrun)Publisher: BlurbPublished: 01/11/2023Pages: 176Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41dISBN: 9781006653414This title is not returnable
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The Algerian Dream: Youth and the Quest for DignityFew outsiders have had the privilege to get to know Algeria and its youth so intimately-or to observe firsthand this pivotal chapter in the nation's history. It's a story that reveals much about the relationship between citizens and leaders, about the sanctity of human...
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Automation Is a MythFor some, automation will usher in a labor-free utopia; for others, it signals a disastrous age-to-come. Yet whether seen as dream or nightmare, automation, argues Munn, is ultimately a fable that rests on a set of triple fictions. There is the myth of full...
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Dirt Persuasion: Civic Environmental Populism and the Heartland's Pipeline FightDirt Persuasion examines a watershed moment in U.S. environmental politics: the fight over the Keystone XL Pipeline. The complex interplay of resources extraction industries with grassroots environmentalism and advocacy has transformed the role of activists in the contemporary public sphere. Bold Nebraska's years-long fight...
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How Do You Know If You Are Making a Difference?: A Practical Handbook for Public Service OrganisationsWhy is it hard to know if you are making a difference in public services? What can you do about it? Public services throughout the world face the challenge of tackling complex issues where multiple factors influence change. This book sets out practical and...
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Evolutionary SocialismEvolutionary Socialism was Bernstein's most significant work, and it set the stage for the Democratic Socialism of today. In Evolutionary Socialism, Bernstein was principally concerned with refuting Karl Marx's predictions about the imminent and inevitable demise of capitalism. Bernstein warned that a violent proletarian...
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Chasing Automation: The Politics of Technology and Jobs from the Roaring Twenties to the Great SocietyChasing Automation tells the story of how a group of reform-minded politicians during the heyday of America's industrial prowess (1921-1966) sought to plan for the technological future. Beginning with Warren G. Harding and the Conference he convened in 1921, Jerry Prout looks at how...
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Shaped by Silence: Stories from Inmates of the Good Shepherd Laundries and ReformatoriesShaped by Silence brings together the powerful stories of five women from Ireland, Canada, and Australia whose lives were shaped by forced confinement in Magdalene laundries and other institutions operated by the Roman Catholic Order of Sisters of the Good Shepherd. Their narratives include...
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Quantitative Datenanalyse: Eine Einführung Mit SPSSDas Buch bietet eine Einführung in die quantitative Datenanalyse mit dem Statistikprogramm SPSS. Es werden Kenntnisse vermittelt, um einfache Analysen selbstständig durchführen zu können. Dazu gehören der Download von Sekundärdatensätzen, die sachgemä e Kodierung von Variablen (Datenaufbereitung), die uni- und bivariate Datenanalyse sowie multivariate...
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Profiles in Cowardice in the Trump EraProfiles in Cowardice is about those men and women who lost their moral bearings in the maelstrom of the Trump administration and put their own self-interests and that of a rogue president over the higher duties to the U.S. Constitution, their oaths of office,...
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For the Good of the World: Why Our Planet's Crises Need Global Agreement NowA lucid and inspiring consideration of the challenges we and our world now face, and a proposal for a way to avoid disaster. 'A must read' Gordon Brown 'A truly excellent book' Sir David King The three biggest challenges facing the world today, in...
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A Progressive History of American Democracy Since 1945: American Dreams, Hard RealitiesA Progressive History of American Democracy Since 1945: American Dreams, Hard Realities offers a social, political, and cultural history of the United States since World War II. Unpacking a period of profound transformation unprecedented in the national experience, this book takes a synthetic approach...
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Sustainable Infrastructure for Cities and SocietiesThe central role of infrastructure to cities, and in particular their sustainability, is essential for proper planning and design since most energy and materials are themselves consumed by or through infrastructures. Moreover, infrastructures of all types affect matters of economic and social equity, due...
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