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By charting the ideas that informed and shaped Ed Miliband's attempt to re-imagine social democracy this book shows that he tried but failed in that task. This failure is one of the several reasons why 'Milibandism' was so overwhelmingly rejected by voters at the 2015 general election. -- .

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A critical appraisal of the right-wing Likud government's rule in Israel from 1977-1992. The different ideological origins of both Begin and Shamir are examined, as well as how far they were influenced by pre-war nationalist models in Pilsudski's Poland and Mussolini's Italy.

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What do City speculators, Gulf oil sheikhs, Chinese entrepreneurs, big-name financiers like George Soros and industry titans like Richard Branson buy when they go shopping The result is an eye-opening, extraordinarily important examination of the most profound ethical and economic issue in the world today.

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A study of the clash of two traditions, British liberalism and African nationalism, and an examination of how Michael Blundell in Kenya and Garfield Todd in Zimbabwe used their liberal backgrounds to further the future of their adopted countries, despite threats and detention.

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Gerald McKnight examines the Poor People's Campaign, the last large-scale demonstration of civil rights era America, and the systematic efforts of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover and his executive officers to subvert King's ambitious effort to force the federal government to live up to its promises of a Great Society.

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Gore Vidal's collection of essays include comments on the state of American politics, and there are two essays on the Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh - who entered into a correspondence with Vidal when he was in gaol - and on the recent terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

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Argues that there is a basic tension between religion and democracy because religion often rejects compromise as a matter of principle while democracy requires compromise to thrive. This book draws on politics, history, and law, to define an approach to the church-state question that protects the religious and the secular alike.

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The Last Great Senate is a narrative history of the Senate from 1977 through 1980, the closing years of the progressive Senate of the 1960s and 1970s which compiled a record of accomplishment unmatched in the countrys history. The book recounts legislative battles which present remarkable case studies of the lawmaking process in action.

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A revised edition of a landmark study offers a passionate, visionary call to enlightened consciousness that combines spiritual thought and ecological principles to promote a positive future for the planet and its inhabitants. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

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The 2002 midterm elections were noteworthy U.S. congressional campaigns for many reasons. They marked the last national contests before implementation of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) and thus were expected by many to be the ""last hurrah"" for soft money.

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The last Yugoslav Generation charts the development of youth culture and politics in socialist Yugoslavia, focusing on the 1980s -- .

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The last Yugoslav Generation charts the development of youth culture and politics in socialist Yugoslavia, focusing on the 1980s -- .

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An examination of security confederations of the modern eras. It covers: America's confederal union during the winning of the Revolutionary War; Switzerland's in post-Napoleonic Europe; and Germany's during the turbulence of the Austro-Prussian confrontation.

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Mark Latham resigned from parliament in January 2005, after only fourteen months as leader of the Opposition, amid bitter post- election recrimination, and how own ill health. This provides a unique view into the life of a man, the Party, and the nation, at a crucial time in Australian history.

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The Latin American narcotics trade is an important national security issue for the United States because it is destabilizing important Latin American allies and creating serious social problems within the United States.

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The period from the Indian wars to WWI saw the evolution of the U.S. Army from a 25,000 man frontier constabulary to a modern professionally led two million man force fighting in a coalition war in Europe. This study describes the context within which the Leavenworth schools--begun in 1881--evolved.

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Should Lebanon be part of the Arab world

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With today's conservative mood on university and college campuses, academics and students will find The Left Academy a useful reference to the current state of Marxist thought. The Left Academy features essays that analyze the state of Marxism in various academic disciplines by a well-known scholar in that discipline.

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Essays by renowned scholars aim to contribute to the literature on Marxist and post-Marxist thought to stimulate debate among leftist political movements.

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Essays by renowned scholars aim to contribute to the literature on Marxist and post-Marxist thought to stimulate debate among leftist political movements.

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This book examines the leadership of former Washington, DC, Mayor Anthony Williams during his tenure in the office from 1998 to 2006. Williamss effectiveness is analyzed using a unique model for political leadership, described as the ideal type of mayoral leadership (ITML).

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Through analysis of two communities in coastal Kenya, The Legacy of Slavery in Coastal Kenya argues that heritage construction is a discursive and selective process, that the landscapeboth physical and mentalis the arena in which this process takes place, and that there are many conflicting and contested views of heritage.

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