Standing by the Ruins: Elegiac Humanism in Wartime and Postwar Lebanon
by Ken Seigneurie
Suggestions on Presidential Elections
by John Quincy Adams, Former
Jean-Jacques Rousseau is one of the most controversial philosophers of the eighteenth century, and his groundbreaking work still provokes heated debate in contemporary political theory. In this book, Celine Spector, one of the world's foremost experts on Rousseau's thought, provides an accessible introduction to his moral, social and political theory. She explores the themes and central concepts of his thought, ranging from the state of nature, the social contract and the general will to natural...
This book investigates the impact of internet use on anti-government protesting under authoritarian rule. By breaking up the causal chain into various steps, it provides a thorough and nuanced understanding of internet's role in different stages of the mobilization process. It argues that the impact of internet use on anti-governmental protesting differs per step in the 'mobilization chain', and also that the effect depends on both the on- and offline repression of the regime, as well as on the...
The Department of State Bulletin, Vol. 45
by United States Department of State
Discursos Y Mensajes de Estado del Presidente Wilson (Classic Reprint)
by F Eugenio Ackerman
The International Quarterly, Vol. 8 (Classic Reprint)
by Unknown Author
In all societies, past and present, many persons and groups have been subject to domination. Properly understood, domination is a great evil, the suffering of which ought to be minimized so far as possible. Surprisingly, however, political and social theorists have failed to provide a detailed analysis of the concept of domination in general. This study aims to redress this lacuna. It argues first, that domination should be understood as a condition experienced by persons or groups to the extent...
Challenge the Strong Wind (The C.D. Howe Series in Canadian Political History)
by David Webster
In 1975, Indonesian forces overran East Timor, which had just declared independence from Portugal. The occupation lasted twenty-four years. Challenge the Strong Wind recounts the evolution of Canadian government policy toward East Timor during that period. Canada initially followed key allies in endorsing Indonesian rule, but Canadian civil society groups promoted an alternative foreign policy that focused on self-determination and human rights. Ottawa eventually yielded to pressure from these N...
The Mystery of the Two Ivntos Presbyterian and Independent. Or, the Serpent in the Bosome Vnfolded. (1647)
by Clement Walker
A Stata (R) Companion to Political Analysis
by Philip H. Pollock and Barry C. Edwards
With Philip Pollock's Fourth Edition of A Stata Companion to Political Analysis, students quickly learn Stata via step-by-step instruction, more than 50 exercises, customized datasets, annotated screen shots, boxes that highlight Stata's special capabilities, and guidance on using Stata to read raw data.
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A clear-eyed warning about the increasingly destructive influence of America’s “shame industrial complex” in the age of social media and hyperpartisan politics—from the New York Times bestselling author of Weapons of Math Destruction “O’Neil reminds us that we must resist the urge to judge, belittle, and oversimplify, and instead allow always for complexity and lead always with empathy.”—Dave Eggers, author of The Every Shame is a powerful and sometimes useful...
American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies in American Political History (1897)
by Alexander Johnston