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The Electoral College was adopted by the framers of our Constitution as a method of ensuring that our presidents would be well-qualified statesmen. But this goal has been thwarted by changes in our “unwritten constitution,” resulting in a...

 Details how Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda fighters slipped out of Afghanistan during the battles of Tora Bora and Operation Anaconda. The author also charges that Western media outlets, eager to satisfy their audience’s thirst for...

Malika Zeghal analyzes the historical roots and recent evolution of Moroccan Islamist movements in the context of a new political system that combines pluralistic electoral competition with authoritarian government. To elucidate these ideological and...

When Angela Davis (b. 1944) was placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list in 1970 and after she successfully gained acquittal in the 1972 trial that garnered national and international attention, she became one of the most recognizable and iconic figures...

Earl Baker leads you sequentially through the logical, practical way to run a winning campaign for local or state office.

Dr. B. L. Baker sets forth a brief manifesto in Tea Party Revival: The Conscience of a Conservative Reborn. It is written at a defining moment in history: the end of the United States' Superpower status due to America's experiments with Big Government...

The author, Mrs. Bolajoko Suebat Omotosho (RIP) has painstakingly narrated her life story which has vividly brought forth the importance of sexuality education, effective parenting and self-determination. It is also evident from the book that every child...

This book provides a qualitative analysis of post-9/11 counter-terrorism strategy undertaken by the United Kingdom and United States of America.Since 9/11, both the UK and the U.S have significantly revamped their counter-terrorism approaches. The...

Voting in Old and New Democracies examines voting behavior and its determinants based on 26 surveys from 18 countries on five continents between 1992 and 2008.　 It systematically analyzes the impact on voting choice of factors rooted in the currently...

The Risk of Social Policy? uses a comparative perspective to systematically analyse the effects of social policy reforms and welfare state retrenchment on voting choice for the government. It re-examines twenty elections in OECD countries to show if and...

Counter-terrorism law and policy has been prominent and widespread in the years following 9/11, touching on many areas of everyday life from policing and border control to financial transactions and internet governance. The European Union is a major...

Le livre intitul����� ""De L'Importation Du Jury Sur Le Continent: Discours (1885)"" a �����t����� �����crit par Jules Pierre Auguste Lameere. Ce livre traite de l'importation du syst�����me de jury en Europe continentale, qui a �����t����� introduit en...

The book ""The Reform Of Our National Schools: With Some Remarks Concerning The Recent Riccarton Church Vacancy"" was written by James Morton in 1876. The book discusses the need for reform in the national schools of Scotland, particularly in regards to...

Ghana's 2004 elections were another milestone in the country's transition to a mature democracy. The essays in this volume cover about 50 constituencies studied during the 2004 elections. They assess on the bases of evidence from each set of...

Ghana's 2004 elections were another milestone in the country's transition to a mature democracy. The essays in this volume assess various aspects of this transition. The various themes focus on problem areas that impinge directly or indirectly on the...

The narratives collected by Twaweza Communications in this volume tell yet another side of the story about the violence that engulfed Kenya towards the end of 2007 and the beginning of 2008. The narratives are part of a Daraja Initiative involving media...

Transnational terrorism has emerged as the most formidable threat in the asymmetric wars of the 21st Century. It operates simultaneously across continents threatening Westphalian states and modern democratic norms of governance. The paradigm shift in...

It is the morning of July 1, 1938, and New York City is just beginning to stir. For Emmy Evald, it is a day of reckoning.Born the daughter of a pioneer preacher in 1857 in Geneva, Illinois, Emmy Evald grew up in the poor section of Chicago known as...

Cyril Pustan lived an extraordinary life. He was born into an Orthodox Jewish household in London in 1929 where his father was a refugee from the pogroms in Ukraine, and his mother a London born daughter of refugees from earlier pogroms in Germany and...

25th Anniversary - 90th Birthday EditionAn Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of AmericaFeaturing a new introduction and exclusive photos of the legendary Andrew J. YoungAndrew Young is one of the most important figures of the...

It's the phone call that every parent dreads. When the ringing awakened Jackie Carpenter on that black Georgia night, she found everything she had ever known or believed or trusted ripped from her. Jackie's gentle son Jason was in jail, accused of...

If you ask candidates and campaign strategists for the keys to a successful campaign, they say logistics like fundraising, poll numbers, and grassroots.  These answers aren’t wrong, but they overlook an equally important ingredient to...

Stories of cyberattacks dominate the headlines. Whether it is theft of massive amounts of personally identifiable information or the latest intrusion of foreign governments in U.S. government and industrial sites, cyberattacks are now important. For...

A disturbing and original history of the political use of terror from antiquity to the present day.

While geography is not the only factor to shape human behavior, its influence on terrorists' motivations, behaviors, options, and activities is a primary consideration in understanding terrorism. Taking a different approach than many other books on...

Les Principes du Droit Electoral (1874) de Defourny, Pierre est un livre qui traite des principes fondamentaux du droit �����lectoral. L'auteur y expose les diff�����rents aspects du droit �����lectoral, tels que le droit de vote, le droit de...

This book is a critical analysis of how the discursive and material practices of the "War on Terror" influenced security politics in Southeast Asia after 9/11.It explores how the US-led War on Terror, operating both as a set of material practices and as...

This book explores the interface between terrorism and the Internet and presents contemporary approaches to understanding extremism online, and comprises contributions from some leading scholars in the field.

Often neglected in the study of far right organisations, post-communist Europe recently witnessed the rise and fall of a number of populist radical right parties. The Populist Radical Right in Central and Eastern Europe is the first comparative study to...

This book examines two key themes in terrorism studies, the radicalization process and counter-terrorism policies, through the lens of social networks. The book aims to show that networks should be at the forefront not only when analysing terrorists, but...

Le livre ""Le R�����f�����rendum en Suisse (1892)"" de Deploigel, Simon est une �����tude approfondie sur le syst�����me de r�����f�����rendum en Suisse. L'auteur examine l'histoire du r�����f�����rendum en Suisse et son utilisation dans la...

Liber Supplementum ad Lespionem Anglois, sive Epistolae Interessantes de M. Neckeris Seclusione (anno 1781) auctore Lanjuinais, Iosepho, continet narrationem de vita et rebus gestis M. Neckeris, qui fuit praefectus rei pecuniariae sub Ludovico XVI, et de...

Socialism And The Labor Problem: Outlines For Reading And Study (1911) is a book written by Herbert Elmer Mills. The book is an in-depth analysis of the concept of socialism and how it relates to the labor problem. It provides a comprehensive overview of...

Methods of Election is a book written by E.J. Nanson in 1882. The book provides a comprehensive overview of various methods of election and their advantages and disadvantages. It covers topics such as plurality voting, majority voting, proportional...

""The Representation of the People Act, 1867: With Practical and Explanatory Notes, an Abstract of the Act, and a Full Index"" is a book written by Robert Wilkinson in 1868. The book provides a comprehensive description of the Representation of the...

This is the first easy-to-read book about recent Indian political history. Pegged on the general elections that shaped today's India, Mandate: Will of the People tells the story of Indian politics in a gripping, pageturning style. Vir Sanghvi, the...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2016 in the subject Gender Studies, grade: 1,0, LMU Munich (Amerika-Institut), language: English, abstract: The USA remains one of very few powerful democratic nations that are yet to elect a female head of state. This BA...

The authors include elements of social network analysis into the classical neo-institutional theories of the government coalition formation process. They verify the benefits and accuracy of this modified analytical model in the analysis of three deviant...

Inspirational story of award winning trans activist, writer, trainer and counsellor: Helen Dale. Having grown up as a RAF Brat and keen scout, dreaming of being a pilot in the RAF, she concealed a secret for decades before accepting, in 1998, that she...

How did the 9/11 terrorists obtain financing for their attack? This book is the report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9-11 Commission) describing research into the events of September 11, 2001. It contains the...

America's Democracy of Dollars is about a "legal" problem we have today in America. But it is not a law book written for lawyers. Nor is it a political book, taking sides with either conservatives or progressives. It is a book written for us Americans,...

It seems, sending people to the Moon and bringing them back safely is a far simpler task than managing the outcome of a presidential election in America. National elections should be a time for celebrating our freedoms and a new future. The most recent...

Decades Awaiting Justice in Jamaica describes the pursuit of justice by Dr. Paul Chen-Young since 1998 when he had to respond to legal claims brought against him by FINSAC (Financial Sector Adjustment Company) after he transferred the Eagle entities --...