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Recognizing these themes allows the consideration of possible remedies for change in the Muslim world.

The distinguished scholars contributing to this volume identify key factorssome intrinsic to the Muslim world, and some externalthat contribute to Islam's current predicament.

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Recognizing these themes allows the consideration of possible remedies for change in the Muslim world.

The distinguished scholars contributing to this volume identify key factorssome intrinsic to the Muslim world, and some externalthat contribute to Islam's current predicament.

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Explores basic features and issues of judgement using Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem as a case study. Sharpe examines Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem as a case study of judgement and in order to make sense of Arendt's theoretical work on judgement.

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Indeed, Durant was only one member of the elite Task Force Ranger Regiment deployed to apprehend Mohammed Farrah Aidid, Somailia's most powerful warlord on the fateful October day.

Here is the little-known story of the 15 fierce, deadly hours of fighting that followed the Americans tightly calibrated attempt to target Aidid.

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How has the Japanese government persuaded its citizens to save substantial portions of their incomes How did the public come to support legalized prostitution as in the national interest The author helps us to understand this mobilizing spirit as he taps into the intimate relationships everyday Japanese have with their government.

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Explores current religious features of the monarchy and the state that seem increasingly anachronistic in more secular and more religiously diverse societies. -- .

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Money in Politics explores the political fundraising of the 2020 presidential election from the primaries through the General Election, illustrating the importance of campaign fundraising and examining how campaign contributions are now a political topic in the 2020s.

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In this chronicle of the ''American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009''--the largest economic recovery plan in American history--Grabell offers a perceptive, balanced, and dramatic story of what happened to the tax payers' money, pursuing the big question through behind-the-scenes interviews and on-the-ground reporting in more than a dozen states across the country.

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Offers the first systematic evaluation of the offices of inspector general (OIGs) and examines the government-wide investment in the IG concept. Despite their increasingly prominent, often controversial, role in the internal oversight of government, very little is known about their institutional or operational problems.

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Monstering is a gripping and important expose that reaches well beyond the frame of the notorious photos to provide a vital examination of the under-investigated crimes of Abu Ghraib

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Gives an account of the political meaning of the "Essais" in the context of Montaigne's life and times. This work argues, Montaigne's "Essais" very much reflect his ongoing involvement and preoccupation with contemporary politics - particularly the politics of France's civil wars between Catholics and Protestants.

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The Spirit of the Laws is the canonical text of modern republicanism and the English translation always deficient heretofore is critical to an appreciation of those deliberations that led to adoption of the Constitution of the United States. The present update recovers the sense of the original French.

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This book seeks, in concrete historical terms, to deal with the issue of constraining war on the basis of moral principles as found in Just War Theory. As the book makes clear, this theory has its roots in transcultural experiences, concepts, and principles.

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Exploring sensitive issues often hidden to outsiders, this engaging study traces the transformation of Ku Village during the first tumultuous decade of reform.

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Stone argues that religion must be understood in its connections with world politics for the successful conduct of foreign policy. Without peace among religions, there can be no peace, and without understanding the role of religion in politics, there can be neither peace nor successful foreign policy.

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Seeking a way out of today's bewildering rush of rights claims, Tara Smith offers here a systematic account of the nature and foundations of rights. The book shows what political freedom is and demonstrates why it should be protected by rights.

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Traces the rise of far-right across the western world since the end of the Cold War, to reveal a global view of the movements often contradictory strategies and positions.

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This book analyzes the different roles that interest groups play in congressional elections, with supporting material from interviews with Washington insiders.