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The Environmental Impact of Overpopulation: The Ethics of ProcreationThis book examines the link between population growth and environmental impact and explores the implications of this connection for the ethics of procreation.In light of climate change, species extinctions, and other looming environmental crises, Trevor Hedberg argues that we have a collective moral duty...
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Neighbourhoods and Neighbourliness in Urban South Asia: Subjectivities and SpatialityThis volume examines urban South Asia through the ideas of neighbourhood and neighbourliness. With a focus on the affective socio-spatial and sensorial experiences of non-metropolitan, small and intermediate cities, the chapters in the volume look at neighbourhoods as a key to exploring the textures...
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The (Not So) Surprising Longevity of Identity Politics: Contemporary Challenges of the State-Society Compact in Central Eastern EuropeThis book assesses the underpinning role 'references to identity' played and continue to play as the powerful mobilising force in domestic politics across the East European region stretching from Estonia to Bulgaria. The EU membership of postcommunist states was to ensure stability, prevent conflict...
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Social and Political Thought in Byzantium: From Justinian I to the Last Palaeologus; Passages From Byzantine Writers and DocumentsThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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The Psychology of PoliticsThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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A Short History of EnglandIt will be very reasonably asked why I should consent, though upon a sort of challenge, to write even a popular essay in English history, who make no pretence to particular scholarship and am merely a member of the public. The answer is that...
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Death Was Our Companion: The Final Days of the Third ReichThe frenzied last day so the Third Reich from the perspective of young German soldiers As Hitler's dreams of a Thousand Year Reich crumbled in the face of overwhelming assaults from both East and West in the first months of 1945, the heavily out...
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Suburban Empire: Cold War Militarization in the Us Pacific Volume 64Suburban Empire takes readers to the US missile base at Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, at the matrix of postwar US imperial expansion, the Cold War nuclear arms race, and the tide of anti-colonial struggles rippling across the world. Hirshberg shows that the...
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Introduction to Political PsychologyIntroduction to Political Psychology explores the many psychological patterns that influence individual political behavior. The authors introduce readers to a broad range of theories, concepts, and case studies of political activity, arguing that individuals are driven or motivated to act in accordance with personality...
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The Limits of Common Humanity: Motivating the Responsibility to Protect in a Changing Global OrderWhat motivates states to protect populations threatened by mass atrocities beyond their own borders? Most often, states and their representatives appeal to the principle of common humanity, acknowledging a conscience-shocking quality that demands a moral response. But though the idea of a common humanity...
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AnarchyThis book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted,...
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Buddhist Violence and Religious Authority: A Tribute to the Work of Michael JerrysonThis volume is a tribute to the work of Michael Jerryson, one of the initiators of the academic discourse on Buddhism and violence whose intellectual pursuits have resulted in a trailblazing shift in the academic study of Buddhism. Preconceived in the modern west as...
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On Imperialism: Volume 1'The techniques of the original Cold War have been updated and adapted for a new enemy in a new century, but the political essence is the same. The U.S. and its allies still seek to maintain the overall stability and long-term viability of the...
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Secret CIA: 21 Insane CIA Operations That You've Probably Never Heard ofHave you ever wondered what the craziest and most insane missions in the CIA's history are? In this book you'll embark on a wild trip of some of the strangest, brutal, bizarre, and most head-scratching missions the CIA has undertaken and allowed to be...
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Comparative Government and PoliticsOffering a comprehensive introduction to the comparison of governments and political systems, this new edition helps students to understand not just the institutions and political cultures of their own countries but also those of a wide range of democracies and authoritarian regimes from around...
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Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Institutional Powers and ConstraintsPolitical factors influence judicial decisions. Arguments and input from lawyers and interest groups, the ebb and flow of public opinion, and especially the ideological and behavioral inclinations of the justices all combine to influence the development of constitutional doctrine. The Eleventh Edition of Constitutional...
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Social Problems: Community, Policy, and Social ActionEmpower your students to become part of the solution. The new Seventh Edition of Social Problems: Community, Policy, and Social Action by Anna Leon-Guerrero goes beyond the typical presentation of contemporary social problems and their consequences by emphasizing the importance and effectiveness of community...
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Citizenship After Trump: Democracy Versus Authoritarianism in a Post-Pandemic EraIn Citizenship After Trump, political theorists Bradley S. Klein and Scott G. Nelson explore the meaning of community in the context of intense political polarization, the surge of far-right nationalism and deepening divisions during the coronavirus pandemic.With both Trumpism and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic...
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Elusive Subjects: Immigrant Recognition and Legitimation in Modern Surveillance StatesIn this book, Mary McThomas examines how individuals can claim their own subjecthood while still evading the identity-forming powers of state surveillance. Building on post-colonial theories, Queer theories, and surveillance studies, McThomas analyzes how the creation of categories and identities can serve as a...
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Rethinking Muslim Personal Law: Issues, Debates and ReformsThis volume critically analyses Muslim Personal Law (MPL) in India and offers an alternative perspective to look at MPL and the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) debate. Tracing the historical origins of this legal mechanism and its subsequent political manifestations, it highlights the complex nature...
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