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Legitimacy: The Right to Rule in a Wanton WorldAt an unsettled time for liberal democracy, with global eruptions of authoritarian and arbitrary rule, here is one of the first full-fledged philosophical accounts of what makes governments legitimate. What makes a government legitimate? The dominant view is that public officials have the right...
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To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr.Martin Luther King, Jr., may be America's most revered political figure, commemorated in statues, celebrations, and street names around the world. On the fiftieth anniversary of King's assassination, the man and his activism are as close to public consciousness as ever. But despite his...
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Sharing the Prize: The Economics of the Civil Rights Revolution in the American SouthWinner of the Alice Hanson Jones Prize, Economic History AssociationA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearThe civil rights movement was also a struggle for economic justice, one that until now has not had its own history. Sharing the Prize demonstrates the significant material...
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The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It"We can no longer assume that liberal democracy is the wave of the future... This splendid book is an invaluable contribution to the debate about what ails democracy, and what can be done about it."--Michael J. Sandel, author of Justice "Everyone worried about the...
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Moving toward IntegrationReducing residential segregation is the best way to reduce racial inequality in the United States. African American employment rates, earnings, test scores, even longevity all improve sharply as residential integration increases. Yet far too many participants in our policy and political conversations have come...
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France's Long Reconstruction: In Search of the Modern RepublicAt the end of World War II, France's greatest challenge was to repair a civil society torn asunder by Nazi occupation and total war. Recovery required the nation's complete economic and social transformation. But just what form this "new France" should take remained the...
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America's Dream Palace: Middle East Expertise and the Rise of the National Security StateIn T. E. Lawrence's classic memoir Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Lawrence of Arabia claimed that he inspired a "dream palace" of Arab nationalism. What he really inspired, however, was an American idea of the area now called the Middle East that has shaped U.S....
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Revolutionary Constitutions: Charismatic Leadership and the Rule of LawA robust defense of democratic populism by one of America's most renowned and controversial constitutional scholars--the award-winning author of We the People. Populism is a threat to the democratic world, fuel for demagogues and reactionary crowds--or so its critics would have us believe. But...
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The End Game: How Inequality Shapes Our Final YearsSenior citizens from all walks of life face a gauntlet of physical, psychological, and social hurdles. But do the disadvantages some people accumulate over the course of their lives make their final years especially difficult? Or does the quality of life among poor and...
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Battling Bella: The Protest Politics of Bella AbzugBella Abzug's promotion of women's and gay rights, universal childcare, green energy, and more provoked not only fierce opposition from Republicans but a split within her own party. The story of this notorious, galvanizing force in the Democrats' "New Politics" insurgency is a biography...
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Problems of JurisprudenceIn this book, one of our country's most distinguished scholar-judges shares with us his vision of the law. For the past two thousand years, the philosophy of law has been dominated by two rival doctrines. One contends that law is more than politics and...
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Éamon de Valera: A Will to PowerÉamon de Valera embodies Irish independence much as de Gaulle personifies French resistance and Churchill exemplifies British resolve. Ronan Fanning offers a reappraisal of the man who remains the most famous, and most divisive, political figure in modern Irish history, reconciling de Valera's shortcomings...
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Cold War Crucible: The Korean Conflict and the Postwar WorldThe end of World War II did not mean the arrival of peace. The major powers faced social upheaval at home, while anticolonial wars erupted around the world. American-Soviet relations grew chilly, but the meaning of the rivalry remained disputable. Cold War Crucible reveals...
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Social Democratic Moment: Ideas and Politics in the Making of Interwar EuropeIn addition to revising our view of the interwar period and the building of European democracies, this book cuts against the grain of most current theorizing in political science by explicitly discussing when and how ideas influence political behavior.Author: Sheri BermanPublisher: HarvardPublished: 07/01/1998Pages: 320Binding...
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Enlightenment, Revolution, and RomanticismThey join the greatest boldness in thought to the most obedient character. So Madame de Stael described German intellectuals at the close of the 18th century, and her view of this schism between the intellectual and the political has stood virtually unchallenged for 200...
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In Search of a Monetary ConstitutionAuthor: Leland B. YeagerPublisher: Harvard University PressPublished: 04/23/2014Pages: 367Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.55lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88dISBN: 9780674434806
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Underdogs: The Making of the Modern Marine CorpsThe Marine Corps has always considered itself a breed apart. Since 1775, America's smallest armed service has been suspicious of outsiders and deeply loyal to its traditions. Marines believe in nothing more strongly than the Corps' uniqueness and superiority, and this undying faith in...
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FDR and the JewsNearly seventy-five years after World War II, a contentious debate lingers over whether Franklin Delano Roosevelt turned his back on the Jews of Hitler's Europe. Defenders claim that FDR saved millions of potential victims by defeating Nazi Germany. Others revile him as morally indifferent...
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Sasha and Emma: The Anarchist Odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma GoldmanIn 1889 two Russian immigrants, Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, met in a coffee shop on the Lower East Side. Over the next fifty years Emma and Sasha would be fast friends, fleeting lovers, and loyal comrades. This dual biography offers an unprecedented glimpse...
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Japan as Number OneAuthor: Ezra F. VogelPublisher: Harvard University PressPublished: 04/10/2014Pages: 286Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.28lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69dISBN: 9780674366282
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