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Offers the first systematic evaluation of the offices of inspector general (OIGs) and examines the government-wide investment in the IG concept. Despite their increasingly prominent, often controversial, role in the internal oversight of government, very little is known about their institutional or operational problems.

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Monstering is a gripping and important expose that reaches well beyond the frame of the notorious photos to provide a vital examination of the under-investigated crimes of Abu Ghraib

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Gives an account of the political meaning of the "Essais" in the context of Montaigne's life and times. This work argues, Montaigne's "Essais" very much reflect his ongoing involvement and preoccupation with contemporary politics - particularly the politics of France's civil wars between Catholics and Protestants.

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The Spirit of the Laws is the canonical text of modern republicanism and the English translation always deficient heretofore is critical to an appreciation of those deliberations that led to adoption of the Constitution of the United States. The present update recovers the sense of the original French.

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This book seeks, in concrete historical terms, to deal with the issue of constraining war on the basis of moral principles as found in Just War Theory. As the book makes clear, this theory has its roots in transcultural experiences, concepts, and principles.

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Traces the rise of far-right across the western world since the end of the Cold War, to reveal a global view of the movements often contradictory strategies and positions.

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This book provides a comprehensive explanation of how the Mormons have transformed from a hated and persecuted fringe group to a well-established world religion with viable candidates for all levels of American government.

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Pratt uses Hillquit's career to probe the nature of the socialist movement in America.

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This book addresses Moscow-Havana relations from the Russian Revolution through the present. It concludes that a number of commonalities exist throughout, making the contemporary relationship important for both countries.

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This book examines the growth of place-based opposition to destructive redevelopment practices in Moscow and the consequent changes in the citys governance regime. The citizen groups analyzed in this study have struggled to defend specific places of value to communities and, in the process, have built up civil society and advanced democratization.

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'An important new book-length analysis of Soviet policy toward developing countries is Alvin Z. Rubinstein's Moscow's Third World Strategy.' Roger E. Kanet, Soviet Studies

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This book investigates the scope of maternity legislation and family-friendly policies in the European Union. -- .

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Mothers of Conservatism tells the story of 1950s Southern Californian housewives who shaped the grassroots right in the two decades following World War II. Michelle Nickerson describes how red-hunting homemakers mobilized activist networks, institutions, and political consciousness in local education battles, and she introduces a generation of wome

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Nuclear Strategy And National Security: 'Sagan's critique of U.S. nuclear doctrine is highly intelligent and informative. The case he makes for second-strike counterforce and leadership targeting will be interesting to specialist and lay leaders alike.

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From the KGB to the Kremlin: a multidimensional portrait of the man at war with the West. Featuring five new chapters, this new edition dispels potentially dangerous misconceptions about Putin and offers a clear-eyed look at his objectives. It presents Putin as a reflection of deeply ingrained Russian ways of thinking as well as his unique personal background and experience.

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When the 2016 presidential election was over, Hillary Clinton wasn't the only American woman who lost. We all did. The Trumpian assault on our rights and opportunities seems overwhelming at times. But by arming ourselves with information and focusing on the battles we can and must wage, American women will win. Ms. Nice Guy Lost tells you how.

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Americans have a love-hate relationship with negative campaigning, claiming to despise it and ranting about how it turns off the electorate, while at the same time paying an increasing amount of attention to negative ads and tactics during ever-lengthening campaign seasons.

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The idea of public support for the arts is being challenged. Issues of cultural pluralism, the relations of art and culture, justice and affirmative action, and artistic value are presented as essential points of debate in making decisions concerning public support of the arts.

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Brings together a range of leading philosophers and social scientists to probe the political controversy surrounding multiculturalism. This work features K Anthony Appiah's commentary on the tensions between personal and collective identities, such as those shaped by religion, gender, ethnicity, race, and sexuality.