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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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This book examines ways in which communities can affect change by providing strategies on creating and developing communities that enables people to live their lives.

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A collection of personal stories, remembered feelings and reconstructed experiences by different Palestinians whose lives were changed and shaped by history. It tells their stories chronologically through particular phases of the Palestinian national struggle, providing an autobiography of Palestine as a landscape and as a people.

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2016 is a historic year for Britain as 40 years of uncertainty over Europe ends. After the referendum, what will be Britain's role in Europe and, indeed, the world What next, indeed

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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

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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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In February 1989, the CIA's chief in Islamabad famously cabled headquarters a simple message: "We Won." This book tells the story of America's secret war in Afghanistan and the defeat of the Soviet 40th Red Army in the war that proved to be the final battle of the cold war.

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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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Constitutional scholars have long debated whether the American political system, which was so influenced by the thinking of James Madison, has in fact grown outmoded. But if Madison himself could peer at the present, what would he think of the state of key political institutions Contribotors to this study explore the contemporary performance of Madison's constitutional legacy.

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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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Lemieux shows how free trade improves the lives of American consumers, especially the poor. The narrow agenda of the protectioniststo protect a small minority of producers at the expense of millions of their fellow Americansis the wrong path for an increasingly diverse and complex economy. This concise primer shows you why.

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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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Examines the new conventional wisdom about federal grants. Through documentary research and hundreds of interviews with local, state, and federal administrators and elected officials, the authors consider the implementation and operation of federal programs for education, health care, and housing in four urban areas to learn which programs worked, when, and why.