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Local Governance in Central and Eastern Europe
This book is an examination of local government performance in key areas of social services and economic promotion in eight towns in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Russia. …
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Millennial Makeover
A 2008 New York Times Notable Book of the Year It happens in America every four decades and it is about to happen again. America’s demand for change in the…
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New Deal Theater
This book analyzes the political theater of the 1930s, establishing its aesthetics as an important alternative to the dominant European modernist paradigm of the time. New Deal…
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Notes from a Sealed Room
In this compelling and often startling account, Robert Werman chronicles his experiences as an Israeli citizen living in Jerusalem during the Gulf War. On January 19, 1991, he began writing…
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One House
When Nebraskans voted to trade in their bicameral, partisan legislature for a one-house, nonpartisan body in 1934, it was a revolutionary decision. The people of the state listened to George…
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One House
When Nebraskans voted to trade in their bicameral, partisan legislature for a one-house, nonpartisan body in 1934, it was a revolutionary decision. The people of the state listened to George…
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Oregon Politics and Government
The political culture of Oregon has long had a reputation for innovative policy, maverick politicians, and independent political thought, but instead of using the term “progressive” to describe the state’s…
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Power and Politics After Financial Crisises
In this book, contributors offer competing interpretations of the interaction between international and domestic forces after crises. Foreign exploitation of economic crises in the developing world has been…
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Primate Politics
The first book to focus on the political behavior of primates also undertakes to compare human social behavior with that of nonhuman primates.The editors contribute probing introductory essays to each…
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Signs of War
In time of conflict, sides are drawn and groups identify themselves and others through symbols and signs. Signs can predict, represent, support, or protest war; their association to meaning may…
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State Collapse and Post-Conflict Development in Africa
Mohamoud’s work considers the underlying causes for the breakdown of the state across both time and space. Time is considered across the triple history – the pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial…
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Supreme Court Appointments
Norman Vieira and Leonard Gross provide an in-depth analysis of the political and legal framework surrounding the confirmation process for Supreme Court nominees.President Ronald Reagan’s nomination of Judge Robert Bork…