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In the first comprehensive study of these organizations, the author shows how local organizers provided basic services unavailable under military rule, while recruiting for the cause of Palestinian nationalism.

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Political scientists and social choice theorists often assume that economic diversification within a group produces divergent political beliefs and behaviors. This title demonstrates, however, that the growth of a black middle class has left race as the dominant influence on African- American politics.

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In July 1958, US Marines stormed the beach in Beirut, Lebanon, ready for combat. They were greeted by vendors and sunbathers. Fortunately, the rest of their mission - helping to end Lebanon's first civil war - went nearly as smoothly. Bruce Riedel's new book tells the now-forgotten story of the first US combat operation in the Middle East.

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This study examines Belarusian history since the ninth century CE. The author analyzes issues surrounding Belarusian society regarding identity, religion, elites, and recent events since 2020 and argues for a Western-oriented identity.

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This encyclopedia offers authoritative coverage of the concepts, traditions, events, and individuals that shaped United States' foreign relations from the American Revolution to the present.

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Of the several books that deal with the relationship between Israel and South Africa, this is the most scholarly and sophisticated. The author demonstrates that as well as conducting business, South African whites and Israelis have shown a considerable amount of solidarity and understanding towards each other.

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In the Arab world as elsewhere, authoritarian regimes have come under pressure for change. As yet, however, democracy has not taken root as an alternative form of governance.

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The book examines the relationship between democracy and technocracy with Japan as the case study. Not only does this study look at specific policy initiatives and the regulatory process in multiple areas from telecommunications to pharmaceuticals, but it also reviews multiple ministries which have not traditionally been studied.

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This book presents a new perspective on the Cold War from British Ambassador to the US, Sir Roger Makins, during the pivotal year of 1953. The books primary focus is on the historical origins of US diplomacy, a consideration often neglected by those who analyze global events and develop foreign policy in the 21st century.

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This book uses literature to explain why pre-Confederation Canadians did not want to become Americans. The author argues that the perceived cultural distinctions between 19th-century American and colonial Canadian societies echoed public attitudes towards the political systems of the US and the British Empire, and the ideologies that shaped them.

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Arendt's penetrating observations of the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, constitute a major contribution to political philosophy. In this book she describes the perplexing crises which modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, and glory.

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Prominent historians provide insights into the social, political, and intellectual components of German conservatism from its origins in the late 18th century, through to the end of the Third Reich. These essays provide the basis for a collective reassessment of the role that conservatism has played in Germany's national development.

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In studying Platos Crito with a primary concern for Plato's friend Crito, this book reveals the rarity of the philosopher, the tension between the citizens natural understanding of justice and the citys necessary understanding of justice, and how one might attempt to ease this tension.

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What will Brexit mean for Britain's unwritten constitution Constitutional expert Vernon Bogdanor explores the greatest political question of the moment

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In the midst of ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, civil war, and political discord, courageous civilians from both sides are working together toward mutual understanding and peace.

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Argues that many of the basic concepts that we use to describe and analyze our governmental system are out of date. This work explains the causes and character of this failure, and then proposes a new conceptual framework, which describes our administrative government, and identifies its weaknesses instead of merely bemoaning its modernity.

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This book presents confrontation as the key theme of the post-cold war world. The examples of war, international economics, environmental decay, and racial conflict show that in today's interdependent world, the problems we face are interdependent too.

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This book presents confrontation as the key theme of the post-cold war world. The examples of war, international economics, environmental decay, and racial conflict show that in today's interdependent world, the problems we face are interdependent too.

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How can large protest crowds be better and more respectfully managed by police This topical book applies the principles of community-based conflict resolution to the policing of large crowds, suggesting a new approach based on mutual respect for protesters as principled dissenters and for police as non-repressive agents of public order.