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As cultural, social, political, and historical objects, guns are rich with complex and contested significance. What guns mean, why they matter, and what policies should be undertaken to regulate guns remain issues of vigorous scholarly and public debate...

A social robot is a robot that interacts and communicates with humans or other autonomous physical agents by following social behaviors and rules attached to its role. We seem to accept the use of robots that perform dull, dirty, and dangerous jobs. But...

This book is an analysis of Indonesia's civil-military relations in the post-1998 reform era. It focuses on the political thinking of the Indonesian Army during the time of democratic consolidation. The book examines the army (Tentara Nasional Indonesia...

When In So Many Words first appeared in 2006, the Chicago Tribune observed that Robert Schmuhl's collection of essays offered "some of the sharpest and most informative cultural criticism available."Now, In So Many More Words expands on the...

Turkey now hosts the largest number of Syrian refugees in the world, more than 3.6 million of the 12.7 million displaced by the Syrian Civil War. Many of them are subject to an unpredictable temporary protection, forcing them to live under vulnerable and...

Struggles for equality happen in all corners of the world. While social and economic justice movements are specific to their different national contexts, identities, and forms of oppression, collaboration and coalition building are required if we are to...

While countries throughout the world rely on immigrants to support their populations and economies, access to the military is limited, denied to those who have not yet acquired citizenship.Precluding immigrants from serving in their host country's armed...

Today's internet service providers mediate communication, control data flow, and influence everyday online interactions. In other words, they have become ideal agents of public policy and instruments of governance. In Telecom Tensions Mike Zajko...

In the 1960s and 1970s, in the midst of the Cold War and an international decolonization movement, development advocates believed that poverty could be ended, at home and abroad. The Global Politics of Poverty in Canada explores the relationship between...

Our digital world is increasingly mobile. All mobile communication rests upon access to one invisible, essential element: the radio spectrum. In Frequencies Gregory Taylor and Catherine Middleton bring together diverse national perspectives to explore...

As a leading country in global refugee resettlement, Canada operates a unique program that allows private groups and individuals to sponsor refugees. This innovative approach has received growing international attention, but there remains a need for a...

In The Politics of the Pill, Rachel VanSickle-Ward and Kevin Wallsten tell the story of contemporary birth control policy and the role that women played in it. First, they chart the twists and turns of a fascinating, controversial and consequential...

Until the early to mid-1970s, social scientists in the fields of population and development were largely going their own ways. Demographers relied almost exclusively on demographic transition theory as their para­ digm for...

This book is the result of several years of experience in teaching principles and methods of demographic analysis at the Department of Demography of the University of Louvain. Chapters 1 and 2 deal with the basic principles and...

The publication aims to familiarize students of public policy with the precautionary principle, which plays a vital role in the European Union's approach toward regulating risks. The precautionary principle contends that policy makers should refrain from...

A General Theory of Intergovenmental Grants.- Theory of Public Education Funding with Court Intervention.- Assessing the Empirical Validity of the Theory.- A Legislative and Legal History of Public Education Funding.- The Future of Public Education...

""An Essay On The Distribution Of Wealth, And On The Sources Of Taxation"" is a book written by Richard Jones and published in 1831. The book discusses the distribution of wealth and the sources of taxation in society. Jones argues that the distribution...

Why do sugary beverage and fast food industries thrive in the emerging world?An interesting public health paradox has emerged in some developing nations. Despite government commitment to eradicating noncommunicable diseases and innovative prevention...

This important book explores the contribution states can make to overcoming collective action problems and create collective goods favorable to social, economic, and political development. It examines how state-society relations as well as features of...

Does money blur perspectives for a better life? Lifting the money veil from our yardsticks of progress, income and wealth, reveals the trade-offs of economic growth. The book presents new indicators of the social, economic and...

This book can be regarded as a monograph on the debates and developments in Dutch environmental policy. It has been written with a specific perspective in mind. First and foremost, the line of approach we have taken was from a...

This book looks afresh, from a philosophical perspective, on the role economic theory plays in present-day ecological policy. It starts from fundamental questions concerning the nature of the problem of sustainability, of...

El libro ""Establecimientos Penales del Distrito Federal: Decretos y Reglamentos (1900)"" de la Secretar������a de Gobernaci������n es una recopilaci������n de los decretos y reglamentos que rigen los establecimientos penales en la Ciudad de M�����xico...

Die Grundlagen der preu�����ischen Kirchenpolitik unter K������nig Friedrich Wilhelm IV ist ein Buch von Emil Friedberg, das im Jahr 1882 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Werk behandelt die Grundlagen der Kirchenpolitik in Preu�����en unter der Herrschaft...

""Die Gesetzgebung �����ber das Versicherungswesen in der Schweiz"" ist ein Buch, das vom Statistischen Bureau im Jahr 1879 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch beschreibt die Gesetzgebung und die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen f�����r das...

Das Buch ""Die Gemeindebesteurung Und Deren Reform (1878)"" von Leon Ritter Von Bilinski ist eine umfassende Untersuchung der Gemeindesteuer und deren Reformen. Der Autor geht detailliert auf die verschiedenen Aspekte der Gemeindebesteuerung ein,...

La Colecci������n de Decretos y Acuerdos Gubernativos, Emitidos de Enero a Diciembre de 1864 (1866) es un libro publicado por la Imprenta del Gobierno. Este libro contiene una compilaci������n de decretos y acuerdos gubernamentales emitidos durante el...

La Colecci������n de Reales Decretos (1887) es un libro escrito por La Reina, S. M. que recopila una serie de decretos reales emitidos durante el siglo XIX en Espa�����a. Estos decretos abarcan temas como la organizaci������n del gobierno, la...

O livro ""C������digo Administrativo: Aprovado Por Decreto De 2 De Mar�����o De 1895 (1895)"", publicado pela Imprensa da Universidade, ����� uma obra que apresenta o conjunto de leis e normas que regem a administra����������o p������blica no Brasil,...

The Other Side Of The Money Question is a book written by James Arthur Fulton and originally published in 1908. The book explores the topic of money, specifically the issue of the gold standard versus paper money. Fulton argues that the gold standard is...

Report of a Survey Made for the Milwaukee Taxpayers' League is a book written by Walter Matscheck in 1916. The book is a detailed report of a survey conducted by Matscheck on behalf of the Milwaukee Taxpayers' League. The survey aimed to investigate the...

The Finances of Greece: Speech (1887) is a book written by Charilaos Tricoupis, a prominent Greek politician and statesman of the late 19th century. The book is a transcript of a speech given by Tricoupis in 1887, in which he discusses the economic state...

The Factory Controversy: A Warning Against Meddling Legislation is a book written by Harriet Martineau in 1855. The book is a critique of the Factory Acts, which were a series of laws passed in the United Kingdom in the early 19th century to regulate the...