A large body of literature discusses the preplanned destruction of the Twin Towers and of W.T.C. number seven, while mainstream media have extensively reported about the reluctance of the Bush administration to investigate 9/11, the...
Political science
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Auteur:Derber, CharlesSommaire:Political parties and elections are increasingly political theatre, with real power hidden behind a smokescreen of propaganda, carefully manipulated cultural and religious wars and voting rituals. But there is another kind of hidden...
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Auteur:Besada, Hany GamilSommaire:A country's abundant natural resources may serve as a curse or a blessing, with the outcome often dependent on prevailing governance structures and experience managing these assets. Despite natural resource advantages, many African...
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The year 1968 was ablaze with passion and mayhem as protests erupted in Paris and Prague, throughout the United States, and in cities on all continents. The Summer Olympic Games in Mexico were to be a moment of respite from chaos. But...
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Auteur:Horn, BernieSommaire:Polls consistently show that most Americans are progressives at heart. By margins of at least 2 to 1, we favor affordable healthcare for all, even if it means raising taxes; want federal action to combat global warming; support stricter...
- Auteur:Barclay, LinwoodSommaire:
They're laying off teachers at your child's high school. The sex ed curriculum is right out of Father Knows Best. Health care workers are toast and folks who once worked with autistic kids are now Walmart greeters. Your local MPP has...
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Substate nationalism is often studied as a question of political identity and cultural recognition. The same applies to the study of multinational federalism - it is mainly conceived as a tool for the accommodation of minority cultures...
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Auteur:Turner, William, Lewis, AnthonySommaire:Recounting controversial First Amendment cases from the Red Scare era to Citizens United, William Bennett Turner (a Berkeley law professor who has argued three cases before the Supreme Court) shows how we’ve arrived at our contemporary...
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Auteur:Baker, DeanSommaire:Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, recounts the strategies used by the country’s top economic policymakers to conceal their failure to recognize the housing bubble or take steps to rein it in before...
- Auteur:CLANCY, TomSommaire:
Jack Ryan becomes president by sheer accident when the former president, most of Congress, the Cabinet and the Supreme Court are bombed out of existence. Ryan must jump in to discover who did it, all the while contending with the threat...
- Auteur:Cliche, PierreSommaire:
La budgétisation publique n'est pas un univers clos accessible aux seuls initiés qui, ce faisant, ont toute latitude pour agir à leur gré. Au contraire, il s'agit d'un monde fortement encadré, traversé par des courants normatifs majeurs...
- Auteur:Grubbs, Jennifer D.Sommaire:
Ecoliberation is a captivating and creative glimpse into the world of direct action, animal and earth liberation, and political repression. In stories that are simultaneously heartbreaking, riddled with tension and contradiction, and...
- Auteur:Lorinc, JohnSommaire:
Is the 'smart city' the utopia we've been waiting for? The promise of the so-called smart city has been at the forefront of urban planning and development since the early 2010s, and the tech industry that supplies smart...
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Auteur:Trudeau, G. B.Sommaire:Doonesbury.com's The War in Quotes is a startling account of the Iraq War, told entirely in the words of those who conceived, planned, advocated and executed it. Presented in chronological order in thematic groups against a...
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Auteur:Trudeau, G. B.Sommaire:Launched as a military blog (or "milblog") by Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau in October 2006, The Sandbox is an online forum through which service members in Afghanistan and Iraq share their stories with readers here at home...
- Auteur:Fried, JosephSommaire:
Are Democrats more tolerant than Republicans? Are they more intelligent? Who spends more time at work, and who spends more time watching T.V.? Why are Republicans happier? Who benefits more from Social Security? All of these questions,...
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"This fourth edition has 11 new chapters, introduces post-modern ideas and critiques, and integrates multicuralism, feminism, ecology, and other progressive perspectives into the discussion."
- Auteur:Hartmann, ThomSommaire:
Millions of working Americans talk, act, and vote as if their economic interests match those of the megawealthy, the multinational corporations, and the politicians who do their bidding. How did this happen? According to Air America...
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Auteur:Rosen, JeffreySommaire:An intimate look at the life and career of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in her own words, through an extraordinary series of conversations with the head of the National Constitution Center. Conversations with RBG is a remarkable and...
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