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This book examines the rapid expansion of urban areas worldwide, especially within the previous 50 years, identifying the factors that have contributed to this phenomenon and exploring its many consequences.

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This is the first book to attempt a systematic comparative analysis of Japanese and British climate policy. It also provides a conceptual roadmap for further cross-national studies on sustainable development/climate policy. -- .

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Examines the impact of globalisaton across the ideological landscape of British politics by profiling the discourse on globalisation of several political groups involved in making and contestign British foreign economic policy. -- .

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Globalization has been defined as a process in which the population of the world is increasingly bonded into a single society. it may entail changes to a society's culture, but does not obliterate a society's distinctive characteristics.

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This book offers an in-depth discussion of genetically modified food. It covers the history of, opposition to, regulation of, and labeling of genetic modifications, along with the potential benefits and harm involved.

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Religion has been a powerful political force throughout American history. When race enters the mix the results have been some of our greatest triumphs as a nation - and some of our most shameful failures. This book traces the explosive political effects of the religious intermingling with race.

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Can religion cure poverty The first book to explore the ideas about God and government behind the faith-based initiative.

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The first sustained examination of the impact of religion on contemporary Australian politics reveals the growing influence of the religious right on John Howard and his government.

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A study of the effects of decentralization on thirty Mexican municipalities. It describes how local governments respond when they are assigned new responsibilities and resources under decentralization policies. It explains why decentralization leads to better local governments in some cases - and why it fails to in others.

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist crosses the nation to document the nation's booming prison business, the people caught up in the system, and potential implications of the staggering growth in the number of American prisons and prisoners. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

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"Goliath is a particular kind of expos-minded, documentary-broadside journalism whose place we generally recognize and respect... Blumenthal has made a sobering prima facie case that there are extreme forces [within Israel's current political-social dynamics] to be aware of, and reckoned with more fully that American discourse usually does." James Fallows, The Atlantic

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There is a growing trend of anti-politics, manifest in falling turnouts and party membership, and an assumption that politicians represent the worst venality rather than the highest ideals. This book explains why we have arrived at this point, what can be done to change the world, and how the power of governments can be used for good.

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Today's hottest issues--urban crime, school choice, family values, congressional term limits, and more--are examined, explained, and resolved by the nation's leading advocates of the conservative agenda.

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Many policymakers, journalists, and scholars insist that US hegemony is essential for warding off global chaos. This book argues that hegemony is a fiction propagated to support a large defense establishment, justify American claims to world leadership, and buttress the self-esteem of voters.

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Traces the transformation of Soviet relations with West Germany from 1985 to 1990, while challenging views that Gorbachev caved into the West on German reunification. This book gives a full account of how Gorbachev actuated policy changes that helped transform postwar Europe.

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Giovanni Graziani examines Gorbachev's reforms in terms of economic relations with the Third World and presents a detailed and sophisticated statistical analysis of Soviet economic assistance and trade.

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Giovanni Graziani examines Gorbachev's reforms in terms of economic relations with the Third World and presents a detailed and sophisticated statistical analysis of Soviet economic assistance and trade.