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Behind the evening news lies a world of political ideas and passionate conflict. The Passion of Politics unpacks the big ideas which drive these political clashes, outlining their history and explaining how they drive political dynamics in Australia.

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This book examines the impact of genetically modified seeds on traditional societies and the corporate monopolization of the worlds food supply. The time-honored practice of reclaiming and replanting the seed has become a crime, thereby fostering a feudalistic relationship of perpetual dependence on the corporation.

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This book examines the impact of genetically modified seeds on traditional societies and the corporate monopolization of the worlds food supply. The time-honored practice of reclaiming and replanting the seed has become a crime, thereby fostering a feudalistic relationship of perpetual dependence on the corporation.

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The Path of American Public Policy: Comparative Perspectives demonstrates how ideas and institutions influence public policy formation in the United States. This book presents comparative cases of when comprehensive change in the United States failed and when it succeeded and compares and contrasts the American presidential system to the British parliamentary system.

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The Path of American Public Policy: Comparative Perspectives demonstrates how ideas and institutions influence public policy formation in the United States. This book presents comparative cases of when comprehensive change in the United States failed and when it succeeded and compares and contrasts the American presidential system to the British parliamentary system.

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Suicide bombers are often compared to smart bombs. Suicide bombers are in fact smarter than smart bombs because they can choose their own targetand they can react to circumstances on the ground, changing their target, or their timing, in an instant, to ensure the maximum damage, destruction, and death.

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This book examines the role of the Peace Corps in U.S. foreign policy in Latin America from the 1960s to the present. The Peace Corps is an important tool of U.S. foreign policy that contributes on multiple levels in not only Latin America, but also everywhere the Peace Corps serves.

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This book examines the role of the Peace Corps in U.S. foreign policy in Latin America from the 1960s to the present. The Peace Corps is an important tool of U.S. foreign policy that contributes on multiple levels in not only Latin America, but also everywhere the Peace Corps serves.

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In October 2002 the US confronted North Korea with suspicions that Pyongyang was enriching uranium in violation of the Agreed Framework that the nations had worked out during the Clinton administration. North Korea subsequently evicted international monitors and resumed its nuclear weapons program. This book chronicles the resulting second Korean nuclear crisis.

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Examines the ideological depiction of the masses from the French Revolution to the democratization of Eastern Europe, showing how, during this period, political activists seeking popular appeal have increasingly identified mass social groups in positive rather than in negative terms.

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Successful businesses have spent the past two decades retooling and rethinking how to manage their people better. Most big companies that have survived and prospered in the 21st century view employees as a vital strategic asset.

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A study of the US elections and the broader implications for American politics and society. By looking at the presidential contests and emphasising the significance of frequently overlooked issues like the foreign policy the book makes sense of the important 2000 elections.

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This book examines the rise of social media, the increase of public employees being fired for inappropriate behavior on social media, and subsequent litigation being adjudicated through the federal and state court systems.

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The rivalry between Japan and China has a long and sometimes brutal history, and they continue to eye each other warily as the balance of power tips toward Beijing. This book evaluates the chances of armed conflict between China and Japan, and reveals the steps that could head off such a disastrous turn of events.

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This book provides a reference guide to the Persian Gulf crisis as well as seven essays analyzing a variety of aspects of the war and its consequences.

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Addresses the enduring significance of innovation in government as practiced by public servants, analyzed by scholars, discussed by media, documented by awards, and experienced by the public. Probing both the process and the content of innovation in the public sector, Sandford Borins identifies major shifts and important continuities.

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This study examines the question of where to locate the ideological break between "classical liberalism" and the underlying principles of the modern Welfare State. While most historians of 19th-century Britain argue that such a shift occurred prior to 1900, the author challenges this contention.

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A collection of 15 first-person accounts of growing up during the Nazi era. The selections cover a broad range of personalities and circumstance. Included are the testimonies from the daughter of an anti-Nazi German family and the son of a mixed marriage in Germany.

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This book sheds light on American politics and power that has disadvantaged African Americans through the implementation of public policies, causing them to remain poor and underprivileged in the United States.