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Germany provides an interesting context in which to examine the interplay between state and society by reason of specific features of its history. This volume assesses the five different forms of state or types of political regime in the period 1880 to 1980.

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This study examines informal institutions of reciprocity and their connections to state-building in Kazakhstan. The author analyzes both how these institutions changed over time and how they bridged the transition from the Soviet to post-Soviet periods.

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This is a revision of Zimmerman's study of relations between state and local government. This edition adds a fourth decade of research to bring the material up to the early 1990s. A chapter is added on state mandates and local government.

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This is a revision of Zimmerman's study of relations between state and local government. This edition adds a fourth decade of research to bring the material up to the early 1990s. A chapter is added on state mandates and local government.

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Scholarly foreign policy analysis of contemporary statecraft in the Middle East region

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Terrorist attacks on America and its allies and persistent violence in the Islamic world point to a crisis in Islamic society, which States without Citizens attributes to an unfulfilled quest for an Islamic renaissance.

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Statesmen Who Changed the World provides extensive essays on more than 70 statesmen of the Western world, covering the time period from the 15th century to the present.

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StateSociety Relations and Governance in China, a wide-ranging collection of essays written by scholars from both inside and outside China, explores the complexity of the changing state-society relationship and the modes and practices of governance in China by combining theoretical exploration and empirical case studies.

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In this incisive, riveting book, the Goodmans present the voices of political dissidents, activists, and others who demand accountability from their government leaders, but who are too often frozen out of official debates.

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This text argues that US interests in Europe have become so significant as to create an increasingly common Euro-Atlantic space from which disentanglement is no longer possible. It shows why staying the course is vital to European as well as American interests.

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This text argues that US interests in Europe have become so significant as to create an increasingly common Euro-Atlantic space from which disentanglement is no longer possible. It shows why staying the course is vital to European as well as American interests.

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Vogele provides a contemporary history of the nuclear arms control negotiations of the 1980s, tracing these negotiations from their initiation at the beginning of the decade through the agreements that were reached by the end.

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A true adventure story that mixes personal anecdote and fascinating facts to bring women's recent political history to life, concluding with guidance to inspire a new generation of women risk takers.

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The United States has always exerted a strong, if intermittent, influence on the conduct of Australian politics. Stepping Up to the Plate argues that Australia has experimented with an alternating party system more authentic than the American two-party system and more connected with the people. It mounts a defence of Australian democracy as we have known it.

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Is the United States still a "superpower" How are the rising powers establishing themselves in international politics and security What is the future of global stability This book examines the tension between the impulse to rival the United States and the incentives for restraint and cooperation among the rising powers.

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America's engagement with the Arab world stretches back far beyond the Iraq wars. According to Milton Viorst, the conflict is simply a round in a 1,400-year struggle between Christianity and Islam, in which the United States became a participant. This work talks about the struggle between the Arab World and the Christian West.

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In this text, the authors take on the corporate educators, media monopolies and oil companies. They show how corporate-produced curricula, films and corporate-promoted books often use depictions of family love, childhood innocence and compassion in order to sell the public on policies.