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Forging Trust Communities

How Technology Changes Politics

by Irene S. Wu
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2015

Bloggers in India used social media and wikis to broadcast news and bring humanitarian aid to tsunami victims in South Asia. Terrorist groups like ISIS pour out messages and recruit new members on websites. The Internet is the new public square, bringing to politics a platform on which to create community...
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by Laura Zanotti
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018

While the relevance of ontological commitments for epistemology and methodology in International Relations have been the subject of growing debate for several years, the implications for ethics and political agency of embracing an ontology of entanglement have remained unexplored. This work focuses...
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by Sylvia Gonzalez-Gorman
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2018

What are microaggression cues, and what are examples of those cues in political rhetoric? How have microaggression cues from former presidents, elected officials, political candidates, and former candidate, now President, Trump led to further polarization of America's citizens? What are the connections...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018

Anthropocene has become an environmental buzzword. It denotes a new geological epoch that is human‐dominated. As mounting scientific evidence reveals, humankind has fundamentally altered atmospheric, geological, hydrological, biospheric, and other Earth system processes to an extent that the risk...
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by Ken Morita
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017

This book provides the analysis on capital markets in China, focusing attention upon (1) the bubble phenomena (whether or not a Chinese bubble really exists and might burst), (2) foreign direct investment and (3) integration, through all of which we could recognize the current situation and the future...
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by Qiang Fang, Xiaojia Hou, Sherman Xiaogang Lai
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2018

Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Modern China collects essays from the scholars in their fields and examines the ongoing corruption in China by addressing this important topic from a historical perspective through a cooperative interdisciplinary research effort among Chinese-American scholars interested...
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by Philip Manow
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2014

It is commonly assumed that the rise of modern democracies put an end to the spectacular and ceremonial aspects of political rule that were so characteristic of monarchies and other earlier regimes. The medieval idea that the king had two bodies - a mortal physical body and an eternal political body...
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Place of Thorns

Black Political Protest In Kroonstad Since 1976

by Tshepo Moloi
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015

Place of Thorns: Black Political protest in Kroonstad since 1976, is a landmark study that examines the tumultuous and often fractious politics in Kroonstad?s black townships. In spite of the town?s relative obscurity, the author demonstrates a rich tradition of civic and political life in its townships...
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Language Policy and Political Economy

English in a Global Context

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Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015

This volume articulates a new framework for language policy research that explores the connections between language policy and political economy. The chapters are united in their focus on English, a language that has enjoyed a reputation as a "global language" over the course of the last...
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Chaos, Violence, Dynasty

Politics and Islam in Central Asia

by Eric McGlinchey
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011

In the post-Soviet era, democracy has made little progress in Central Asia. In Chaos, Violence, Dynasty, Eric McGlinchey presents a compelling comparative study of the divergent political courses taken by Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan in the wake of Soviet rule. McGlinchey examines economics,...
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Chris Christie

The Inside Story of His Rise to Power

by Bob Ingle, Michael G. Symons
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has become a national Republican Party figure, famous for his blunt public statements, his willingness to confront powerful special interests, and his determination to change the ingrown, corrupt, backroom political culture of New Jersey. In just two years as governor,...
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Plunkitt of Tammany Hall

A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics

by William L. Riordan, Philip Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1995

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics William L. Riordan   “Nobody thinks of drawin’ the distinction between honest graft and dishonest graft.”   This classic work offers the unblushing, unvarnished wit and wisdom of one of the most fascinating figures...
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by Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008

In this thoroughly researched and documented book, the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry explains why the extreme leftism of an Obama presidency would leave the United States weakened, diminished and divided, why Obama must...
Cover of Revival 2.0: How the Obama White House Is Making Its Political Comeback
by Richard Wolffe
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011

Revival 2.0 tells the dramatic inside story of how President Obama and his team have regained their footing and learned to fight for their political survival. Bestselling Obama biographer Richard Wolffe (author of Renegade and Revival) follows President Barack Obama and his inner circle (including...
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