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This book shows how late-night political comedy transformed from personality-focused humor to substantive critique. The analysis includes transcripts from Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, and The Colbert Report during the presidential elections from 1980-2008, and newspaper commentary about them.

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This book explores the factors that explain incumbent and opposition behavior in electoral authoritarian regimes. It focuses on states in the post-Soviet region and finds variation in the types of manipulation, the formation of opposition coalitions as well as election boycotts.

Written by almost 100 experts from many countries, this award winning text is the first reference work to chart the full extent of this horrific subject with objectivity and authority.

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The remarkable David-against-Goliath story of the lawyer who took on industrial conglomerate DuPont in a huge class action - and won. Soon to be a major motion picture.

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A vividly written and timely polemic tackling the burning injustices shaping British society today.

Intelligently written and powerfully argued. Paul Mason

Witty, scathing, and entertaining. Danny Dorling

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This book juxtaposes the history of anti-marijuana legislation in America with its growing use and social acceptance. It tracks the evolution of cultural and political factors that fuel the current diffusion of cannabis decriminalization.

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How does Game of Thrones mirror international politics and how may the series provide a useful tool for better understanding the theories of international relations This book connects international relations theories to the series, providing examples from characters whose actions reflect applied scenarios of decision-making and strategy.

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The dramatic transformation of a small British-led colonial force into a large modern national army, complete with its own institutional officer corps, is a unique event, one without parallel.

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When Elephants Fight describes the emergence and the nature of the prevailing political and economic institutions of Africa for two distinct periods. It illustrates how two important, region-wide shifts in African political and economic institutions and practices are related to global geopolitical realignments.

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This volume presents the reader with a comprehensive account of the development of shale oil and gas reserves globally. This study provides a comparative perspective that enables readers to situate the unique US experience in a broader global context and appreciate the limitations of reproducing it elsewhere in the immediate future.

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Joined-up government is a complex, expensive and elusive goal, which has captured the imaginations of public administrators since the 1950s. Grassroots to Government comprehensively explains the state of evidence in joined-up government, illustrated by an in-depth case study of the implementation experiences of a national initiative, the Australian Social Inclusion Agenda.

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This book offers a unique reconceptualization of human dignity as an intersubjective event of political experience from a reconstructive reading of Hannah Arendts political philosophy.

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This text explores Martin Heideggers thinking in response to Nietzsches philosophy: beginning with the problem of European nihilism, moving toward a period of transition situated in-between classical and post-Cartesian ontology.

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On the eve of the 40th anniversary of his assassination, this profile of President John F. Kennedy follows him from his privileged but sickly childhood all the way to the White House. 50 duotone photos.

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A powerful meditation on political resistance from one of the most original and influential thinkers of our times

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The rise of populist movements, especially in Western democracies, has prompted considerable thoughtful analysis. This book cites the global financial crisis as the proximate cause but finds the ultimate source in the twin failures of modern capitalism and the democratic state to fulfil a meaningful social contract for the vast majority of people.

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A book about the rise of English nationalism and the impending breakup of the United Kingdom.