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This book documents the experiences of Ghanaian live-in caregivers and argues that they value care work on their own terms and not on American perceptions. The challenges of work in a different sociocultural context elicited responses from the women that challenged some long-held assumptions about immigrant womens care work.

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This work aims to show how a higher levy on gasoline would be a more effective way to promote energy efficiency in the United States. The authors examine policies in different countries; show how regultory measures have failed in the United States; and offer suggestions for new directions.

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This book examines the reasons behind the variation in the electoral fortunes of the West European parties of the extreme right in the period since the late 1970s. -- .

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Examines the reasons behind the variation in the electoral fortunes of the West European parties of the extreme right in the period since the late 1970s. -- .

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In contrast to the substantial output of Western works on the revival of nationalism among the non-Russians in the USSR, the critical phenomenon of Russian nationalism has been little studied in the West. Here John B. Dunlop measures the strength and political viability of a movement that has been steadily growing since the mid-1960s and that may w

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Defining what terrorism is, this title shows why a precise definition has eluded, and proposes one that takes into account the complexities of this unconventional and politically charged brand of violence. It also explores the root causes and conditions of terrorism, and examines the ideologies that inspire and fuel it throughout the world.

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The year 2020 brought the importance of legislator use of communication technologies, including social media, into American national consciousness. This book examines how communication technologies influence policymakers from quantitative and qualitative perspectives, predicts legislator behaviors, and provides advice for stabilizing America.

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Colin Hay argues that the crisis in which we are still mired is best seen as a crisis of growth and not as a crisis of debt. It is a crisis of and for an excessively liberalised form of capitalism and the Anglo-liberal growth model to which it gave rise.

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The scope of the book is political science and China studies with a focus on China's local politics. Based on analyzing the data and facts from various sources, the book answers such key questions in China studies as whether China will be democratized in the near future and whether China's political system will continue into the future.

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This book examines the implications of counterinsurgency warfare for U.S. defense policy and makes the compelling argument that the United States' default position on counterinsurgency wars should be to avoid them.

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In the late 2000s, the small southern California town of Bell erupted in a scandal that revealed a truly astonishing level of municipal corruptionone prosecutor called it corruption on steroids. This book details why Bell was vulnerable to such massive malfeasance and what steps could be taken to reduce the chances of it happening again.

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In the late 2000s, the small southern California town of Bell erupted in a scandal that revealed a truly astonishing level of municipal corruptionone prosecutor called it corruption on steroids. This book details why Bell was vulnerable to such massive malfeasance and what steps could be taken to reduce the chances of it happening again.

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This book argues that the poverty and underdevelopment of Africa are the result of poor leadership, which is demonstrated in the historical indifference of a long succession of Africas ruling classes to scientific and technological progress.

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Diplomats, politicians and activists alike have long laboured under the assumption that a two-state solution is the only path to peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But as this goal has not come to fruition, and the ever-elusive scepter of peace slips further from reach, violence and instability deepen.

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Religion and faith have played a vital role in American elections for some time. Covering three areas of religion that tend to influence elections outcomes, this work illuminates the meaning of religious belonging, behaving, and believing in modern political context.

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