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How do presidents lead If presidential power is the power to persuade, why is there a lack of evidence of presidential persuasion This title examines and challenges the dominant paradigm of presidential leadership. It contends that presidents cannot create opportunities for change by persuading others to support their policies.

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Originally published: New York: Doubleday, c2010.

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The object of this book is to examine the existing forms of local government in England and Wales, and the different types of local authority, their purposes and operation, in order to understand what influences the development of the governmental system, and through it, the daily lives of the people of those regions.

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Cleary examines the origins, spread, and results of human rights movements in Latin America, and he analyzes the mark such movements have made in world politics.

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Cleary examines the origins, spread, and results of human rights movements in Latin America, and he analyzes the mark such movements have made in world politics.

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The changes in third world countries have been the subject of intense published debate in the Soviet Union - debate on Marxist concepts of the stages of history, on theories of economic development and revolutionary strategy, and on foreign policy. Jerry F. Hough explores the breakup of the orthodox Stalinist position on these issues and the evolution of free-swinging discussion about them.

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Examines the environment and events of the 1989 Tiananmen Square tragedy. The author argues that the mass movement, which climaxed in Beijing, can be understood only if attention is given to the external environment that provided both opportunities and constraints to the participants.

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The Struggle over Human Rights uses empirical evidence to prove that pressures placed by the NIEO on the international system shaped the human rights doctrine of the Carter administration. Carters strategy relegated economic rights to a basic needs approach and sharpened the definition of international human rights to serve the US world order.

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This book examines Nigerias struggles with corruption, poverty, inequality, crime, and insurgency to show how poor leadership in the post-independence era has failed to use the countrys enormous natural and human resources to improve citizens lives.

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The Student Voice was the magazine of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the organization that was on the cutting edge of the Civil Rights movement during the 1960s. This facsimile reproduction of the papers includes an introduction by Dr. Carson as well as a comprehensive index.

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A study of the evolution of the military balance between Israel and Syria between 1978 and 1989, and the effects of the close strategic ties that developed in this period between these states and their superpower partners. Special attention is given to the fighting in Lebanon in 1982.

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A study of the evolution of the military balance between Israel and Syria between 1978 and 1989, and the effects of the close strategic ties that developed in this period between these states and their superpower partners. Special attention is given to the fighting in Lebanon in 1982.

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The book opens with a brief account of the segregation decisions of 1954 and 1955 and with their relationship to a changing interpretation of the equal protection clause of the Constitution. Later chapters show that defiance of the highest tribunal has had many precedents.

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An examination of the influence and organization of the Swedish farmers' movement in the 20th century. It focuses on the ways in which the movement has represented its members in light of the social, political and economic changes that have affected its position within the Swedish economy.

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The ""swing voter"" occupies a cherished place in American political lore. Candidates court swing voters, consultants target them, and pundits speculate constantly on which way they will lean.

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The Sword and the Cross is a study of the relationships that exist between politics and ethics.

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In this lucid and timely new book Jeremy Pressman demonstrates that the default use of military force on both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict has prevented its peaceful resolution. -- .

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Focusing on Chile and Colombia, this work examines the impact of IMF, World Bank, and US foreign policy on the economies and social and political institutions of Latin America. Far from fostering democracy and social justice, foreign loans and aid were major impediments to these ideals.

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Through an examination of the relationship between ethics and international coercion, The Sword of Justice compares the actual practice of the United States to the standards established by the just war framework.

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Understand the complexities of the most lethal insurgent group of America's longest war-the Taliban.