Political Science
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The Triumph of Fear: Domestic Surveillance and Political Repression from McKinley to EisenhowerA history with surprising new revelations about the depths of government surveillance and constitutional rights abusesIn the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, anarchist and socialist political movements spurred the expansion of nascent US federal surveillance capabilities. But it was the ensuing, decades-long persistent exaggerations of...
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The Time Beneath the Concrete: Palestine Between Camp and ColonyIn The Time beneath the Concrete, Nasser Abourahme argues that settler colonialism is always as much an attempt to conquer time as it is to conquer land. Taking as his primary object Palestinian refugee camps, created in the fallout of the eliminatory violence of...
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The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives"Part memoir, part history, and part political treatise, The South chronicles Reed's life under Jim Crow to correct what he sees as misleading representations of the past."-Elias Rodriques, Bookforum A memoir and historical account of growing up Black in the Jim Crow South The...
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The Screen Censorship Companion: Critical Explorations in the Control of Film and Screen MediaThroughout the history of film, censorship has existed everywhere-in all shapes, colours, and dimensions. The act of restricting the free production, circulation, screening, and consumption of movies was never unique to authoritarian regimes. Censorship has had far-reaching implications for filmmakers, distributors, exhibitors, and audiences...
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The Rise of the Radical Right in Italy: A New Balance of Power in the Right-Wing CampThis book examines the recent rise of the radical right in Italian politics in the years 2018-2022. The authors set the rise of the radical right within the context of electoral volatility and fragmentation that has underpinned post-1945 Italian politics and examine right-wing party...
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The Pulpit of the American Revolution or the Political Sermons of the Period of 1776This 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 Power of the Texas Governor: Connally to BushGeorge W. Bush called it "the best job in the world," yet many would argue that the Texas governorship is a weak office. Given few enumerated powers by the Texas Constitution, the governor must build a successful relationship with the state legislature--sometimes led by...
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The Politics of DevelopmentA pathbreaking introduction to the controversial, contested and deeply political topic of development. Written in an engaging and eminently readable style, leading authors invite readers to examine the political dynamics behind some of today's most complex global issues, from rising inequality and social exclusion...
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The Politics of Bathroom Access and Exclusion in the United StatesThe past twenty years have seen an explosion of state laws focused on bathroom access, including laws that both restrict and expand the ability of people to access basic needs in public. Through an analysis of several distinct state-level policies that regulate bathrooms along...
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The Political Philosophy of Hobbes: Its Basis and Its GenesisThis 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 Political Development of American Debt ReliefA political history of the rise and fall of American debt relief. Americans have a long history with debt. They also have a long history of mobilizing for debt relief. Throughout the nineteenth century, indebted citizens demanded government protection from their financial burdens, challenging...
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The Other #MetoosFrom Asia to Africa to the Middle East, #MeToo has inspired local movements and hashtag trends like #AnaKaman and transnational collective hashtags like #MosqueMeToo. Yet, most Western scholarly and popular treatment of the movement assumes it is a primarily Western phenomenon. To attend to...
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The OpportunityIn this dramatic new perspective on international affairs, Richard N. Haass, one of the country's most brilliant analysts and able foreign policy practitioners, argues that it is hard to overstate the significance of there being no major power conflict in the world. America's great...
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The Offshore World: Sovereign Markets, Virtual Places, and Nomad MillionairesThe atlas of contemporary capitalism is curious indeed. A desperately poor and civil-war-wracked nation, Liberia, is the world's shipping superpower; the Cayman Islands the fifth-largest financial center in the world; land-locked Zurich a venerable "offshore" banking center. Indeed, it is estimated that half of...
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The North American Idea: A Vision of a Continental FutureIn its first seven years, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) tripled trade among the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, and the region's share of the world economy grew from 30 to 36 percent. In 2001, however, North America peaked. Trade slowed among the...
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The New AtlantisIn The New Atlantis, Sir Francis Bacon envisions a utopian society driven by scientific discovery and enlightenment. Set on the fictional island of Bensalem, the work explores themes of knowledge, exploration, and human progress, offering a timeless meditation on the potential of science to...
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The Iraqi Spring: Social Media and Political ActivismSince 2003 and following the U.S.-led invasion, Iraq witnessed tremendous changes to its political, social, and economic structures, and this book critically maps recent popular protests that engulfed the country and led to the death of thousands of civilian protesters. It delves into the...
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The Invisible Puppet Masters: Media Manipulation by Intelligence AgenciesUncover the hidden world of media manipulation orchestrated by intelligence agencies in "The Invisible Puppet Masters." This compelling expos? delves into the intricate and often controversial relationship between intelligence agencies, like the CIA, and the media. Through detailed analysis and historical context, the book...
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The Independence of the Prosecutor: Controversy in the Creation of the International Criminal CourtExplores the inception of the International Criminal Court. The establishment of the International Criminal Court was a singular, even revolutionary, achievement. Uniquely within the realm of international criminal justice, the ICC prosecutor can initiate investigations independently of any state's wishes. Why would sovereign states...
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The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class [16 Pt Large Print Edition]Thom Hartmann, the most popular progressive radio host in America and a New York Times bestselling author, looks at the history of the battle against oligarchy in America-and how we can win the latest round. Billionaire oligarchs want to own our republic, and they're...
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