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The Political Economy Reader: Contending Perspectives and Contemporary DebatesThe Political Economy Reader advocates a particular approach to the study of political economy - the "market-institutional" perspective - which emphasizes the ways in which markets are embedded in political and social institutions. This perspective offers a compelling alternative to the market-liberal view, which...
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Fed Power: How Finance WinsAn eye-opening analysis of the Federal Reserve's massive and unwarranted power in American life and how it favors the financial sector over everyone else. The Federal Reserve, created more than a century ago, is the most powerful central bank in the world. The Fed's...
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Unbreaking India: Decisions On Article 370 & The CAAThe nullification of Article 370 and enactment of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, had been landmark legislative actions in 2019. Author Sanjay Dixit delves deep into the past and traces the events, actions and their repercussions that finally led to the Union of...
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The Governance of Digital Policies: Towards a New Competence in the European UnionThis book examines the efforts of the European Union, both past and ongoing, to harness the socio-economic potential of the internet in public policy-making. In order to achieve this, the author delves into the interactions between actors in the process of EU decision-making, using...
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Churchill and Secret Service'A fascinating narrative and a scholarly exegesis' - SUNDAY TIMESUniquely among modern British statesmen, Churchill believed passionately in the value of secret intelligence both in peace and war.As a young correspondent and soldier in Cuba, India, Sudan and South Africa, he experienced its worth...
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The Politics of Fear in South Sudan: Generating Chaos, Creating ConflictWhen asked in 2016 if he would step down as President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir replied 'my exit could spark genocide.' Kiir's words exemplify how fear and the threat of mass violence have become central to the politics of South Sudan. As South...
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SonshiMost Shinobi exponents understand and agree that the military treatise commonly called The Art of War serve as the original inspiration for the founding of Ninjutsu. The ancient Chinese influenced all aspects of Japanese culture in almost very area from architecture to Zen. Chinese...
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The Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses"Criminal identification by means of fingerprints is one of the most potent factors in obtaining the apprehension of fugitives who might otherwise escape arrest and continue their criminal activities indefinitely." -J. Edgar Hoover, Introduction, The Science of FingerprintsThe Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses...
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Untimely Papers"When the complete picture of Randolph Bourne emerges, he will be seen as the pioneer spirit of his age, a symbol of our future. His place in the American tradition is secure. His life marks the beginning of our "coming-of- age." --James Oppenheim, Editor...
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Marx in Paris, 1871: Jenny's "Blue Notebook"In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune, leftist writers Olivier Besancenot and Michael Löwy offer a deeply informed, and eminently enjoyable, imagined history of what might have been if Karl Marx and his eldest daughter, Jenny, had travelled to Paris during...
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Proposed Roads to FreedomThis was a concise, yet abstract vision from Bertrand Russell. Favoring what some would call "Anarchist - Guild Socialism", Russell Fleshes out with precise detail, the shortfalls and possibilities of the realms associated with socialism and anarchism (in its many various forms). Russell makes...
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Our Fair Share: How One Small Change Can Create a More Equitable American EconomyAmerica's economy does not currently live up to our country's core values. We are a nation founded on the ideals of coming together across differences to forge a common future. Yet over the past fifty years, our economy has been pulling us apart at...
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Between Dreams and Ghosts: Indian Migration and Middle Eastern OilMore than one million Indians travel annually to work in oil projects in the Gulf, one of the few international destinations where men without formal education can find lucrative employment. Between Dreams and Ghosts follows their migration, taking readers to sites in India, the...
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Language of Conflict: Discourses of the Ukrainian CrisisExploring the ways in which language and conflict are intertwined and interrelated, this volume examines the patterns of public discourse in Ukraine and Russia since the beginning of the Ukrainian Crisis in 2014. It investigates the trends in language aggression, evaluation, persuasion and other...
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Analytic Culture in the US Intelligence Community: An Ethnographic Study/The CIA's Center for the Study of Intelligence is to be commended for having the good sense to find Johnston and the courage to support his work, even though his conclusions are not what many in the world of intelligence analysis would like to...
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Climate Change and the Nation State: The Case for Nationalism in a Warming WorldThe first book to show how nationalism can help us to fight climate change. The climate emergency is intensifying, while international responses continue to falter. In Climate Change and the Nation State, Anatol Lieven outlines a revolutionary approach grounded in realist thinking: redefining climate...
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The Oxford Handbook of Peacebuilding, Statebuilding, and Peace FormationIn addition to being a major area of research within International Relations, peacebuilding and statebuilding is a major policy area within the UN and other international and regional organizations. It is also a concern of international financial institutions, including the World Bank, and asignificant...
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Soldiers of Revolution: The Franco-Prussian War and the Paris CommuneHow war gave birth to revolution in the 19th century The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 introduced new military technologies, transformed the organization of armies, and upset the continental balance of power, promulgating new regimented ideas of nationhood and conflict resolution more widely. However, the...
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Christian SocialismChristian Socialism is a movement that arose in England in the mid-nineteenth century and continues into the twenty-first century. This form of socialism was aimed, in the first instance, not at institutional reform or the nationalization of the means of production but at what...
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Jailhouse ConfidentialThese are not typical jailhouse stories. They are about events inside Rikers experienced through the eyes and ears of a correction officer who made it to the end of his twenty year career. The uniqueness of this book, is that it all happened in...
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