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Defends the positive or "welfarist" view of Abraham Lincoln and the Federalist Papers. This book challenges conventional scholarship by arguing that the government has a constitutional duty to pursue the well-being of all the people.

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Welfare Reform presents the contemporary debate about welfare reform in the United States with an unbiased, objective point of view.

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An important contribution to the study of ethnic nationalism, this volume analyzes the electoral successes of the Welsh nationalist movement during the postwar period.

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Since its independence in 1947, India, as a large, diverse, and rapidly changing country, has had to meet federalizing problems of a magnitude unprecedented in history. The result has been a process that combines, modifies, and transforms many established ideas about federalism. Professor Franda deals with the complexities of India's experience by

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This up-to-date treatment of contemporary West German politics is written by established specialists. Policy implications of changes in recent German politics are investigated, as well as the link of those changes to economics. An empirical explanation of West German political opinion is also provided.

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The Federal Republic of Germany plays a pivotal role in NATO as well, as it is the strongest European member in NATO's integrated command structure, the major contributor of land forces, and, because of its geographic location, NATO's first line of defense.

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Although many recent publications deal with the substance of West German external relations, none (in English at any rate) focuses heavily upon the structure and processes of foreign policy-making.

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A revealing look at the Obama presidency, told by the men and women who worked tirelessly to support his vision for America.

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Although there are a number of books on NATO and on U.S.-West European relations, this is the first whose topic is the conflict between the U.S. and its European Allies over ties with Moscow, as it is affected by the interests and policies of West European countries.

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Examines the predicament of Western Communist Parties faced with the impact of reforms in the Soviet Union initiated by Gorbachev, the collapse of the Eastern bloc and the end of 'really existing socialism' in the USS in the USSR in the early 1990s.

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These thought-provoking analyses and policy implementations will interest scholars and students of European History and Politics, Comparative Politics, United States Foreign Policy and Defense, as well as government policy makers and decision makers in international business.

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This book explores the long-term relationship between the Conservative Party, trade unions, and the organised working class. It focuses on the question of why the Conservative Party for much of its history sought to accommodate the unions and why in the 1970s and 1980s it adopted a policy of excluding the unions.

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Thompson designed an empirical study to gather feedback from African-American parents on numerous issues pertaining to their children's schooling experiences.

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Argues that the world's democracies are failing to live up to their ideals - the United States and Great Britain most especially. The core value of democracy, the author contends, is freedom, the freedom to live a good life according to one's own choosing. He offers a bold defense of democratic ideals, grounded in real reforms.

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An invigorating book about the debates raging within China. We all know about the fast pace of change in this country. This book brings us the ideas being fought over in the country itself from democracy to the idea of a peaceful rise. It challenges all of our assumptions about China.

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A comparative study of why certain events become, and are remembered as crises while others are not.

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Drawing on past presidencies and how they have led to today's political climate, What in the World Is Going On Here takes a look at the social, political, and economic highlights--and lowlights--of the 21st century.

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A passionate, thought-provoking, sometimes incendiary look at the role of propaganda in American today-- by leading political pundits, intellectuals, and writers