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Turkey has always been a crossroads: the point where East meets West, Europe meets Asia, and Christianity meets Islam. Turkey has also been a close and important American ally, but a series of converging political and strategic factors have now endangered its longstanding Western and democratic orientation.

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This book argues that neither deliberative democracy nor paternalism is a plausible solution to what is call the problem of political rhetoric. Further, the problem, while contingent, is likely to be intractable; thus, the response should not be to attempt more political solutions, but to adopt individual principles of epistemic caution.

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The southwest Virginia murder trials of a young schoolteacher named Edith Maxwell made her a cause celebre of the 1930s. Feminist organizations like the National Women's Party and other women's business and professional organizations rallied to Edith's defense because women were not allowed on criminal juries in Virginia in the 1930s.

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This study of progress in America from the point of view of those who lost, examines six battles that altered the US, including the debates over child labour, school consolidation, women's suffrage, the back-to-the-land movement, "good roads" and the Interstate Highway System, and a standing army.

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Examines the role of the media in the decline of the American public's confidence in democratic institutions.

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Examines the role of the media in the decline of the American public's confidence in democratic institutions.

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This is a collection of essays that starts with the premise that the United States inhabits a world it understands far too little and is insufficiently prepared to lead. The author, James W. Skillen, argues that world religions and cultural patterns are forces onto themselves ...

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The Magyar Fuggetlensegi Mozgalom (Hungarian Independence Movement or MFM) played an important role in the history of Hungary in the latter part of World War II and the years immediately after.

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Shows how presidents have used a key tool of executive power to wield their inherent legal authority and pursue policy without congressional interference. This book argues that throughout the nation's life, executive orders have allowed presidents to make momentous, unilateral policy choices: creating and abolishing executive branch agencies.

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Filling a crucial gap in research on the presidency and presidential communication, Within These Walls goes beyond the study of presidential speeches and examines the organizational structure, systems of information flow, and communication styles in the administrations of Franklin Roosevelt through Ronald Reagan.

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Friedman writes that the 4,500 Jews left in Syria--virtual hostages in Syria's conflict with Israel--live under conditions that have been compared to those of Nazi Germany. He includes first-hand accounts of Jews oppressed by the Syrian government, including the torture of Jews in Syrian prisons.

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One woman's harrowing story of imprisonment and survival in the face of the Chinese government's persecution of Falun Gong.

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In recent years, despite widespread interest in feminism, women's studies, and socio-historical perspectives in general, scholars have failed to unearth a body of historical knowledge related to women in the area of American foreign policymaking--until now.

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The under-representation of women in political and public life is a matter of concern across a wide range of countries, including the UK and Ireland. This book explores key questions in the development of women's rights in Britain and Ireland.

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This comprehensive, up-to-date work examines the political status of women in the world's governments and challenges the view that women in the United States and other countries are breaking through traditional barriers to achieve unprecedented political power.

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This comprehensive, up-to-date work examines the political status of women in the world's governments and challenges the view that women in the United States and other countries are breaking through traditional barriers to achieve unprecedented political power.

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An illuminating analysis of the long and ongoing struggle of women in America to gain political equality and bring about change in public policy.

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The book examines the growth and development of women's activism in Iran since the 1979 Revolution.

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Looks at the rise and role of female activism in Iran since the 1979 Revolution. This study assesses this role as well as the impact of domestic and international policies on women's activism, highlighting the contradictions between politics and religion within the Islamic Republic.