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What do the Arabs think of American support for Israel or its close relationship with Saudi Arabia How have they reacted to the American occupation of Iraq Incorporating interviews with individuals of various sorts from Arab world, this work aims to give voice to ordinary Arabs with strong views on American involvement in the Middle East.

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While many people around the world see the United States as a model, the US response to 9/11 has undoubtedly intensified global anti-Americanism. This book reveals that goodwill toward America still exists, and that this sympathy is in peril - and that there is an immense gap between how Americans view their country and how it is viewed abroad.

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Presents a collection of essays that deal with the aftermath of Soviet-style socialism and the different forms that may replace it. This book explores the nature of socialism in order to understand its consequences.

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Sets out to shift the terms of the debate, acknowledging that we are nation building to protect ourselves, while demanding that we put the interests of the people being governed - whether in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, or elsewhere - ahead of our own when we exercise power over them.

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Former High Court justice Michael Kirby reflects on the life and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, analysing how the Mahatma might respond to some pressing issues facing modern society

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Why do we hold the political views that we do We often dwell on the self-interest of opponents, yet seldom reflect on our own. Considering five contemporary worldviews, Thomas Prosser argues that our views tend to satisfy self-interest. Paradoxically, awareness of self-interest makes us more reflective, allowing us to see humanity in adversaries.

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From the much-loved, witty and excoriating voice of journalist Nick Cohen, a powerful and irreverent dissection of the agonies, idiocies and compromises of mainstream liberal thought.

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With his acclaimed wit and acuity, Thomas Frank turns his eye on the 'thirty-year backlash' - the common man's revolt against a supposedly liberal establishment.

Taking the state of Kansas as a paradigm, Frank describes how a place famous for its radicalism became one of the most conservative states in the union.

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Maureen Ramsay provides an accessible and comprehensive critique of the key concepts that underpin liberal political philosophy.

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This perspective on Congressional debating, derived from the theoretical work of Mikhail Bakhtin, argues against several often unvoiced assumptions: that such debating is tedious and inconsequential; that debates are inherently bipolar; and that they are "finalizable".

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Throughout American history, some social movements, such as organized labor and the Christian Right, have forged influential alliances with political parties, while others, such as the antiwar movement, have not. When Movements Anchor Parties provides a bold new interpretation of American electoral history by examining five prominent movements and

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A detailed examination of the clash between appointed and career employees in a federal bureaucracy.

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Throughout history parties have faltered and new groups have emerged, but rarely has this process been so accelerated, so widespread, and so conducive to dramatic political change as in our present era. When Parties Fail explores alternative organizations in depth and comparatively. Among the organizations discussed are environmentalist groups, suc

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This book presents a theory of political disalignment and a revised theory of party realignment, using four case studies from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Italy to illustrate these concepts.

Why do major political parties die

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This book presents an ethnographic study of policy-making in two different Norwegian municipalities, where the author analyses the straregies and tactics employed by both local politicians and bureaucrats. Through an interdisicplinary approach, the book explores the relationship between the central concepts of government and of governance.

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This collection of 79 oral histories offers a remarkable window into public housing's past in Chicago through the voices of its former residents and staff. Public housing was once a paradise of good housing, positive community, and careful managementa past that offers a blueprint for public housing's future.

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This book explains why science and politics collide, why this is an especially critical problem at this precise time in U.S. history, and what should be done to ensure that science and politics coincide.

The United States is waging a political war against science, and the stakes are increasing.

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An extraordinary look at the formative years of some of our most prominent and influential politicians.

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