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Previous books on growth management in the United States favor balanced growth, which suggests that growth and environmental protection represent equally legitimate objectives. Taking issue with the balanced growth position, this book argues that further...

This essay on Puerto Rico analyzes the deepening crisis in American capitalism and how it inevitably affects Puerto Rico. Essentially, Lewis asks and seeks to answer three questions: What is the nature of Puerto Rican society after a decade of dramatic...

The world's first known empires took shape in Mesopotamia between the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf, beginning around 2350 BCE. The next 2,500 years witnessed sustained imperial growth, bringing a growing share of humanity...

Although politicians promise innovation and change when they run for office, once elected they face inherited commitments to programs initiated by their predecessors, legacies that severely limit their freedom of choice. In this trail blazing work,...

Argentine guerrillas began fighting against the country's military government in 1969. After four years, in large part because of guerrilla activity, the military decided to call elections and the country returned to constitutional rule. The guerrillas...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820431307Author George Akeya AgbangoFormat PaperbackPage Count 383Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 540g

War and State Building in the Middle East addresses the strengths and weaknesses of the authoritarian-regime governments commonly found in the Middle East, particularly among oil-rich countries. In this region, war has interacted with processes of state...

Perhaps no other nation is or has ever been as religiously diverse as the United States. For elected officials, school principals, corporate leaders, and many others, this diversity poses unique challenges. Leaders bring their own faiths to public life,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837188805Author Zbigniew K. BrzezinskiFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Authorereck /f Peter /i Robert EdwinBook InformationISBN 9780837162850Format HardbackPage Count 339Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

South Africa's Suspended Revolution tells the story of South Africa's democratic transition and the prospects for the country to develop a truly inclusive political system. Beginning with an account of the transition in the leadership of the African...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837187631Author J.A. LaponceFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837175263Author Albert Beebe WhiteFormat HardbackPage Count 132Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837177427Author Alyce Edythe MangeFormat HardbackPage Count 150Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837181226Author Edmund BurkeFormat HardbackPage Count 536Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837164021Author David Curtis SkaggsFormat HardbackPage Count 253Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Authorrtre /f Jean /i PaulBook InformationISBN 9780837159522Format HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams)...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820444147Author Donald D. BarryFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 360g

* Does leadership affect economic growth and development? * Is leadership an exogenous determinant or an endogenous outcome of growth and development processes? Can we differentiate between the two? * Do leaders' decisions and actions vary in importance...

The period since the reunification of Germany has been the most tumultuous since the end of World War II. Uneasy relations between East and West, new immigrants and native Germans, left and right, and labor and business mark this phase of German history...

The emergence of the two-party system in the 1830s led to the democratization of the nation and to decades of heated dispute about democracy. This work demonstrates that Virginia typified the nation more closely than any other state in the emergence of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780759667228Author Paul F. CumminsFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 188g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780759651258Author Fafnir W. BeaglethorpeFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 171g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780759630284Author Paulette G. HoneygoskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 171g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780702266195Author Graeme TurnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint University of Queensland PressPublisher University of Queensland PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743227308Author Edward B KellerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Free PressPublisher Free PressWeight(grams) 445gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 23mm

Examining political campaigns and political advertising through the analytical lens of media literacy, this well-illustrated and timely handbook guides readers through the maze of blandishments and spin that is the hallmark of the modern political...

In 1912 the Republican Party experienced schism and defeat. The Democrats, led by Woodrow Wilson, captured the presidency and both houses of Congress. This book explains how the Republicans regained power in the elections of 1918 and 1920 under the...

The principles of British democracy and the institutions through which it works are described in non-technical language. The unique British combination of liberty and law, and its maintenance and expression in the monarchy, Parliament, the working of...

This work examines the factors that contributed to Congolese political fragmentation encompassing the colonial administrative framework, the impact of western political and economic forces, and the transformations brought about by Christianity and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312320171Author Larry ElderFormat PaperbackPage Count 390Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm)...

Why Americans should be concerned about recent changes in their democracy The past few decades have brought a shift in the nature of American democracy-an alarming shift that threatens such liberal democratic values as respect for pluralism, acceptance...

In Uniting America, some of the country's most prominent social thinkers-among them Francis Fukuyama, Daniel Yankelovich, Amitai Etzioni, Alan Wolfe, Uwe Reinhardt, and Thomas E. Mann-reject the myth of polarization. On topics ranging from the war on...

The United States is in the midst of a historic political upheaval. Its middle class is increasingly disillusioned with official Washington and with the two major parties, neither of which is able to inspire confidence. Now Stanley Greenberg, the...

How are public policies initiated in American politics? Do they spring fully formed from the furrowed brow of the President? Are they the product of congressional committees? This pathbreaking book by Nelson Polsby looks for the first time at the...

What motivates political leaders to seek office? What social backgrounds do political leaders exhibit? Are all leaders fundamentally alike or do we find important differences between them? These and related questions concerning political leadership are...

Here is a comprehensive discussion of the events in Poland between the rise of Solidarity in August 1960 and the martial law period.About the Authorelasiak /f Jack /r ed. on /f Maurice /i D. /r ed.Book InformationISBN 9780275911287Author Jack...

How do individual legislators in the European Parliament (EP) make decisions on the wide variety of policy proposals they routinely confront? Despite a flourishing literature on the European Union's only directly elected institution, we know surprisingly...

People use online social forums for all sorts of reasons, including political conversations, regardless of the site's main purpose. But what leads some of these people to take their online political activity into the offline world of activism? In...