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Five hundred years since its first publication, Thomas More's Utopia remains astonishingly radical and provocative. More imagines an island nation where thousands live in peace and harmony, men and ……続きを見る

In this book, Mathias Albert develops an ambitious theoretical framework that describes world politics as a specific social system set within the wider political system of world society. Albert's an……続きを見る

Questions about the role and influence of think tanks in matters of foreign policy and geopolitics are both timely and important. The reconfiguration of global power, explosion of social media, shif……続きを見る

First published in 1985, this book examines how workers theatre movements intended their performances to be activist ー perceiving art as a weapon of struggle and enlightenment ー and an emancipator……続きを見る

'You see, if only they didn’t speak English in America, then we’d treat it as a foreign country – and probably understand it a lot better’ **‘the sanest man in America’ – Bill Bryson ‘Jon Sopel nail……続きを見る

This work presents a detailed picture of the divergent socio-economic trends in divided Korea since its 1945 partition. It also covers the social and political situation in the North and South today……続きを見る

First Published in 1997. This book is the ninth in a series often volumes produced by the Russian Littoral Project, The project shares the conviction that the transformation of the former Soviet rep……続きを見る

Within a historical perspective, Clayton clearly explains the "culture of debt" - its definition, how it got to be such a major burden, why we can't live without it, and ways to manage it more effic……続きを見る

By 1990, there were over 4000 Political Action Committees (PACs) active and visible in the USA. This study covers various perspectives of PACs - size, contribution strategies, access to Washington i……続きを見る

The contributors to this volume have undertaken an assessment of the Soviet Union as it enters the last decade of the 20th century. Organized to cover each major area of policy initiative (or respon……続きを見る

This work, originally written in 1882, provides a biography of John Randolph, a prominent figure in American national politics in the early 1800s. Presenting relevant letters by Randolph, the book c……続きを見る

Hillel Ticktin has been one of the most controversial figures in Soviet studies for 25 years. His assertions that the Soviet economy was hopelessly inefficient, that the ruble was a sham, and that t……続きを見る

Of all the world s cinemas, Japan's is perhaps unique in its closeness to the nation's literature, past and contemporary. The Western world became aware of this when Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon was aw……続きを見る

This text addresses whether and how religion and religious institutions affect American politics. For some time, analysts have argued that the conflicts of the New Deal era rendered cultural differe……続きを見る

This is the first major assessment of the role of the presidency in Russia's difficult transition form communist rule. Huskey analyzes the establishment and functioning of the Russian presidency as ……続きを見る

The post-communist development of media systems has been uneven in the countries of the region. Television and newspapers, together with the emergence of social media, have had great influence on th……続きを見る

Lotteries are widely used to decide places (seats) at schools, colleges and universities. Conall Boyle explores many examples to find out why. The emotional turmoil that the use of ballots can cause……続きを見る

As the 2016 Presidential Elections reach their crescendo, Public has become more sensitive about how their candidates are doing and how they are making attacks on the other candidate. This is the fi……続きを見る

The next three years will determine whether South Africa succeeds or fails in the long term. • Jacob Zuma’s term as president is due to end in 2019, though he could go earlier. Who will succeed him ……続きを見る

For most of recorded history, men have held nearly all of the most powerful leadership positions. Today, although women occupy an increasing percentage of leadership positions, in America they hold ……続きを見る

This study provides a new interpretation of how political authority was conceived and transmitted in the Early Mongol Empire (1227-1259) and its successor state in the Middle East, the Īlkhānate (12……続きを見る

The 2016 election cycle put in sharp relief the rifts that divide, and threaten to destroy, the Republican Party. While some claim these divisions originated in Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” or in New……続きを見る

Engenheiro, escritor e conferencista com mais de 10 livros publicados, o autor discute temas institucionais e sócio-econômicos, como representação política, reformas no Judiciário, sistema educacion……続きを見る

The liberal representative model of democracy is in a crisis. In protest camps, neighbourhood assemblies and through other non-hierarchical initiatives, the Occupy movement as well as other recent a……続きを見る

On March 17, 2011, many Syrians rose up against the authoritarian Asad regime that had ruled them with an iron fist for forty years. Initial successes were quickly quashed, and the revolution seemed……続きを見る

Once a highly cosmopolitan profession, law was largely domesticated by the demands of the Westphalian state. But as the walls between sovereign states are lowered, law is globalizing in a way that i……続きを見る

The populist radical right is one of the most studied political phenomena in the social sciences, counting hundreds of books and thousands of articles. This is the first reader to bring together the……続きを見る

Whether it’s our choice of a new car or what we think about our neighbours, our opinions and attitudes are a way of negotiating the world around us. The Psychology of Influence explores how these pr……続きを見る

A look at how the concept of liberty as envisioned by the American founders is really quite radical by today's standards, and how that freedom has been slowly vanishing for the last century. Sometim……続きを見る

Im Buch ROTE SAU des österreichischen Autors Tom Landon werden die üblen Verflechtungen der Sozialdemokratie mit den vernichtenden Strukturen nationalsozialistischer Strömungen beschrieben. Auch beh……続きを見る