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Presents a social and political history of German communism from its beginnings at the end of the nineteenth century to the collapse of the German Democratic Republic in 1990. This book describes the emergence of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) against the background of Imperial and Weimar Germany.

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Creating Justice, through a series of conversations between a diverse set of artists and scholars from around the globe, explores how art can facilitate a fuller understanding of human rights, highlight injustices, empower individuals and groups, advocate for and effect change, and aid in post-conflict recovery.

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Creating Justice, through a series of conversations between a diverse set of artists and scholars from around the globe, explores how art can facilitate a fuller understanding of human rights, highlight injustices, empower individuals and groups, advocate for and effect change, and aid in post-conflict recovery.

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An insider's view of the workings of presidential commissions.

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Provides case studies of tested sustainable community programmes and implementation strategies. Such programmes are often created through "grassroots" movements that are initiated by citizens themselves, and later administered by citizens and local officials.

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This book uses case studies from around the world to analyze the peacemaking processes of indigenous communities. Critical themes examined in the volume include change and continuity, the role of indigenous women, tools of peacemakers, common features of peacemaking processes, and the over-arching goals of peacemaking.

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This book uses case studies from around the world to analyze the peacemaking processes of indigenous communities. Critical themes examined in the volume include change and continuity, the role of indigenous women, tools of peacemakers, common features of peacemaking processes, and the over-arching goals of peacemaking.

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LoCicero and Sinclair present cutting-edge research and theory about the political, social, and living conditions that raise the risk of children deciding to join organizations that use terrorist tactics, and, having joined, to volunteer for missions in which they intentionally die while causing death and destruction, in order to make an impact.

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LoCicero and Sinclair present cutting-edge research and theory about the political, social, and living conditions that raise the risk of children deciding to join organizations that use terrorist tactics, and, having joined, to volunteer for missions in which they intentionally die while causing death and destruction, in order to make an impact.

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This book seeks to move political science beyond Cold War mentality and practice, a narrow-minded political realism, and post-modernism's nihilism toward a more prophetic politics.

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New technologies are developing in Western societies, but democracies often lack the organizational forms to confront these developments. This book discusses the failure of politicians and democratic institutions to cope with modern challenges and proposes a strategy to address these problems.

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What can culture, and its manifestations in artistic and creative forms, do This book draws on original collaborative research that brings together a range of stories and perspectives on the role of creativity and resistance in a hostile world. In times of racial nationalism across the world, it seeks to connect, in a grounded way, how creative acts have agitated for social change.

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What can culture, and its manifestations in artistic and creative forms, do This book draws on original collaborative research that brings together a range of stories and perspectives on the role of creativity and resistance in a hostile world. In times of racial nationalism across the world, it seeks to connect, in a grounded way, how creative acts have agitated for social change.

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The greater Middle East region is beset by a crescent of crises, stretching from Pakistan through Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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In the face of the ensuing campaign of intimidation and repression in China, this book enables Western readers to see through the eyes of Chinese students, intellectuals, workers, and other citizens the realities behind the reports and visual images that flooded the media during the spring of 1989.

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Criminalized power structures (CPS) are illicit networks that profit from transactions in black markets and from criminalized state institutions while perpetuating a culture of impunity. The book articulates a typology for assessing the threats of CPS and for implementing appropriate strategies to achieve sustainable peace.

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Criminalized power structures (CPS) are illicit networks that profit from transactions in black markets and from criminalized state institutions while perpetuating a culture of impunity. The book articulates a typology for assessing the threats of CPS and for implementing appropriate strategies to achieve sustainable peace.

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Contents: I. "Crises of Political Development," Leonard Binder. II. "The Development Syndrome: Differentiation- Equality-Capacity," James S. Colcman. III. "Identity and the Political Culture," Lucian W. Pye. IV. "The Legitimacy Crisis," Lucian W. Pye. V. "Political Participation: Crisis of the Political Process," Myron Weiner. VI. "Penetration: A C

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