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Deconstructs Anglo-American texts that posit freedom as natural to show that free people must construct their history and their Others to count themselves as free. This book argues the notion that freedom is natural and needs only to be guaranteed by limited government.

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Why would sovereigns ever grant political or economic liberty to their subjects Under what conditions would rational rulers who possess ultimate authority and who seek to maximize power and wealth ever give up any of that authority This book answers these questions, investigating both why sovereign powers might liberalize and when.

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Bruce Kuniholm takes a regional perspective to focus on postwar diplomacy in Iran, Turkey, and Greece and efforts in these countries to maintain their independence from the Great Powers. Drawing on a wide variety of secondary sources, government documents, private papers, unpublished memoirs, and extensive interviews with key figures, he shows how

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This work provides the first in-depth study of the Twelfth Amendment of the United States Constitution from the larger perspective of the development of the electoral college.

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This book critically examines the dialectical relationship between Ethiopian colonialism, Oromo culture, and the collective grievances of the Oromo nation. It identifies the chains of sociological and historical factors that developed the Oromo national movement and demonstrates how that movement is transforming Ethiopian imperial politics.

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This book critically examines the dialectical relationship between Ethiopian colonialism, Oromo culture, and the collective grievances of the Oromo nation. It identifies the chains of sociological and historical factors that developed the Oromo national movement and demonstrates how that movement is transforming Ethiopian imperial politics.

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Most Americans first heard of Michael Harrington with the publication of The Other America, his seminal book on American poverty. Isserman expertly tracks Harrington's beginnings in the Catholic Worke

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Governments spend huge amounts of public money on public services such as health, education, and social care, and yet the services that are delivered are often low quality, inefficiently run, and inequitable in their distribution. This book argues that the solution is to offer choice to users and to encourage competition among providers.

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Competition among the national myths of the Pacific War held by the various countries of Northeast Asia and by the US about the Pacific still rages in the international politics, even while accurate understanding of what actually took place in that war has largely faded.

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This book takes a comprehensive look at the PLO, examining its origins, legal status, goals, and strategies.

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This meticulous and in-depth book chronicles the evolution of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)-one of the most powerful and influential terrorist organizations in modern Middle Eastern politics and world affairs.

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Lomax pays particular attention to the problematic concept of nobility, which concerned Nietzsche during his later years. This study provides a close textual analysis and a thoughtful reconceptualization ofBeyond Good and Evil.

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In The Paradox of Representation David Lublin offers an analysis of a range of rigorous, empirical evidence that exposes the central paradox of racial representation: Racial redistricting remains vital to the election of African Americans and Latinos but makes Congress less likely to adopt policies favored by blacks.

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This book is concerned primarily with political and economic events in Africa and The Gambia, especially between the 1994 coup d'etat and 2008. Significantly, it proffers policy recommendations to position this small but potentially rich country to leverage economic globalizat...

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This book provides a thorough overview of two decades of election law cases and sheds light on the impact these decisions have had on remaking Americas electoral institutions.

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A summary of the first decade of post-unification German politics, Oswald's book offers an interpretation of the learning processes within the PDS. It also provides an analysis of the disputes within the PDS characterizing the party as a political subculture.

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More than just a campaign diary of the extraordinary 2010 Australian election and its aftermath, this is a rip-roaring, incisive analysis of a tumultuous nine months in politics that even surprised veteran journalists such as Barrie Cassidy. This is a must read for anyone interested in Australian politics of any persuasion.

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This work defends a libertarian conception of a free society, one in which negative rights (rights not to be interfered with in peaceful pursuits) are identified and protected. It argues that such a society is the best ideal for humans and that this ideal is deserving of everyone's support.