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Civil wars are the biggest danger to world peace today - this book by an expert professor shows us why they happen, and how to avoid themWe are now living in the world's greatest era of civil wars. While violence has declined worldwide, major civil wars...

Presenting more than 70 tools, The Reinventor's Fieldbook includes hundreds of practical "lessons learned," "do's and don'ts," "steps to take," and "pitfalls to avoid" in public management and governance. Based on dozens of case studies from five...

In this user-friAndly set of training materials, David Osborne andVictor Colon Rivera give managers and employees advice on how theycan apply the principles behind the reinvention revolution that ischanging the way government works. Designed for use in...

Bringing together political theorists and specialists in Canadian politics, Applied Political Theory and Canadian Politics conceptual frameworks from political theory and empirical evidence to offer fresh perspectives on political events in contemporary...

The Nation and the States, Rivals or Partners was first published in 1955. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota...

This is the most comprehensive, and most comprehensively chilling, study of modern torture yet written. Darius Rejali, one of the world's leading experts on torture, takes the reader from the late nineteenth century to the aftermath of Abu Ghraib, from...

2022 Grand Prize Finalist for The Eric Hoffer Award2022 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite2022 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite2022 First Horizon Award Finalist2022 International Book Award Finalist: Nonfiction Cross-GenreAn...

"Barron cuts through the noise and provides a devastating account of a city's decline under the delusional leadership of socialists and con men." - GREG KELLY, host of Newsmax Greg Kelly ReportsTHE LAST DAYS OF NEW YORK: A Reporter's True Tale tells the...

Provide open data,balancedecisions and initiatives,andcreate equitable policies.Smart communities don't wait for someone to deem them smart; they take action. State and local governments worldwide have taken that first step using geographic information...

How do leaders and innovators drive change and improvement?Governments often depend on a geographic context for making major decisions, sharing information, and expanding its operations. When organizations face the need for change from a drastic event,...

14 Weeks to Smarter GovernmentIn Smarter Government: How to Govern for Results in the Information Age,former governor Martin O'Malley draws on his deep experience in implementingperformance measurement and management, or "Stat" systems, at the city and...

Understanding and applying the wisdom of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez! In an incredibly short time, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has galvanized the country on issues of national importance. This young member of Congress has motivated Democrats to...

For thirty years, Alain-G. Gagnon has been one of the world's leading experts on federalism and multinational democracies. In Minority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty, he presents an articulate and accessible introduction to the ways in which minority...

What kind of hypocrite should voters choose as their next leader? The question seems utterly cynical. But, as David Runciman suggests, it is actually much more cynical to pretend that politics can ever be completely sincere. Political Hypocrisy is a...

The Europeanization of the World puts forward a defense of Western civilization and the unique gifts it has bequeathed to the world-in particular, human rights and constitutional democracy-at a time when many around the globe equate the West with hubris...