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This new book tells the story of Mexico's dominant political party, the Partido Revoluconario Institucional (PRI), detailing its impact on the country's political system.

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Providing an insightful diagnosis of what went wrong and prescriptions for a cure, this book is a must-read for angry and confused middle-class Americans who want to understand the forces that are undermining their prosperity and economic security.

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From Islamic extremism in Algeria to civil war in Iraq, this volume provides in-depth coverage of political and cultural conflict in the Middle East.

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Focuses on the importance of medieval political configurations and of military modernization in the early modern period. This title maintains that in late medieval times an array of constitutional arrangements distinguished Western Europe from other parts of the world and predisposed it toward liberal democracy.

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One increasingly popular device for achieving a balance between authority and accountability in government is the institution of the ombudsman. The first non-Scandinavian ombudsman appeared in New Zealand in 1962, and since then the office has spread to many countries and been adopted at different levels of government. This book--the first intensiv

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Dealing with the vice presidency since 1953, this book recommends Walter Mondale's vice presidency as a model for future occupants of the office. The author considers the selection, campaign roles, and electoral impact of vice-presidential candidates. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand techn

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Part of "Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers Series", this book demonstrates how the popes - specifically John Paul II and Benedict XVI - have articulated a critique of the post-Enlightenment world, one that acknowledges the real progress made in modernity while simultaneously highlighting its political and philosophical shortcomings.

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The Modern State and Its Enemies considers the historical intellectual developments that provided the fundaments of the modern state and analyses the dark sides of the enemies of democracy.

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It examines the theoretical and practical articulation of the presidency by Hamilton and George Washington, the development of the modern theory through the administrations of Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Wilson, and FDR, and the theories of other presidential scholars.

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This monograph reimagines the modernisation of the Labour Party between 1979 and 1997 using entirely new source material (the Sawyer Journals and Archive) and extensive interviews with Labour's key actors. Through this research, the book sheds new light on Labour's triumphant return to power in 1997 after eighteen years in the wilderness.

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This volume analyzes the effects of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939 on the Baltic States and Eastern Europe. On the frontline of Soviet defense, the Baltic challenge to the Soviet Union has worldwide implications.

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Offers the first in-depth look at the most interesting men to have held the office of Treasurer of Australia. Former Treasurer Chris Bowen brings his unique insider perspective to reveal the lessons learned from the successes and failures of twelve treasurers.

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A revealing, comprehensive, and detailed account focusing on the people and personalities behind the Montgomery, Alabama, Bus Boycott in 1955-1956, which became the catalyst for a national civil rights movement.

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Seeks to explain why different systems of sovereign states have built different types of fundamental institutions to govern interstate relations.

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An analysis of two decades of America's efforts to help achieve peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Written by the author, who worked as advisor to six secretaries of state and intimate of the power-brokers on all sides of the negotiating table, this book recounts his personal experiences - enhanced by having undertaken more than 160 interviews.

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