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Americans are awash in debt, and the U.S. economy is in trouble. Credit undergirds daily life more than ever it has become one of the defining aspects of American life, and the ramifications are becoming clearer by the day.

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Students, scholars, and policymakers concerned with world politics, international political economy, and African studies will find this study important for understanding the foreign policy options and policies of small and weak states today in Africa and in the international arena.

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Explores the political challenges of responding to a stigmatized condition, and identifies ethnic boundaries - the formal and informal institutions that divide societies - as a central influence on politics and policymaking.

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Addressing the question as to whether political systems are likely to shape the choices, uses and effects of technological progress, this book studies Brazil's national alcohol programme, "Proalcool". It also assesses whether technology has the potential for changing the Brazilian economy.

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This register identifies all known lists - division lists, forecasts, management and propaganda lists - for the House of Commons between 1660 and 1761, for the House of Lords between 1660 and 1800, and for the Scottish Parliament between 1660 and 1707.

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The historian James Allen Smith traces the evolution of Washington's oldest and prototypical think tank on the occasion of its seventy-fifth anniversary in 1991.

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For almost two decades after Mao Zedong's death, an epic, no-holds-barred contest was waged in China between orthodox Marxists and reformers. With Deng Xiaoping's strong support, the reformers ultimately won; but they - and China - paid a heavy price. This is a comprehensive guide to the intricate theater of post-Mao Chinese politics.

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A guide to the questions facing White House hopefuls in 2012, as well as the challenges awaiting the winner. It presents an analyses of a dozen key policy issues that is testing the nation: domestic economic growth, America's role in the world, the budget deficit, China relations, health care, Afghanistan and Pakistan, federalism, and Iran.

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Disputes over fishing rights in the North Atlantic Ocean, sealing rights in the Behring Sea and on the Pribilof Islands, reciprocal trade relations, and the settlement of the Alaska Boundary are considered in relation to the underlying problem of competition between American and Canadian economic nationalism Originally published in 1964. The Prin

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A classic in the field of political economy, reissued here with a new, incisive introduction. The global financial crisis that Strange predicted in her work has now taken place, and to a large extent is still happening. -- .

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A classic in the field of political economy, reissued here with a new, incisive introduction. The global financial crisis that Strange predicted in her work has now taken place, and to a large extent is still happening. -- .

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This book examines causes and deterrents of transportation accidents by mode--automobiles, truck, air, recreational boating, commercial vessels and railroads--with the focus on accidents in the U.S. The examination enhances our understanding for developing effective multimodal public policies for improving transportation safety.

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In this book Robert A. Strong reviews six case studies of significant foreign policy decisions during the presidency of George H. W. Bush and explores the ways in which the presidents personality and character influenced those decisions.

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Assessing key areas of Sino-U.S. technological competition such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, telecommunications, green tech and defense, the ability of both countries industries and tech sectors to compete, and the likely consequences primacy in each area will have.

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Both Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping drastically altered the course of contemporary China's economic development using opposing strategies. Deng engineered China's reintegration into the world economy.

Dismantling a dysfunctional system and replacing it with a dynamic new one involving 1.2 billion people is risk-laden.

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It excludes such items as theses and dissertations, government documents, manuscripts, and papers, and hard-to-locate ephemeral items such as pamphlets and public program notes, although a number of the titles covered are anthologies of these ephemeral materials.

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An ambitious global study of the state of cities in the early twenty-first century, their role in society, and their contribution to the financial crisis -- .

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An ambitious global study of the state of cities in the early twenty-first century, their role in society, and their contribution to the financial crisis -- .

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This work examines the extent to which majority American opinion has shaped Congressional and Supreme Court responses to civil rights issues. It provides an oriented history of civil rights policy as well as an examination of the validity of the blueprint for the national government.

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Argues that the civil service system, which was devised to create a uniform process for recruiting high-quality workers to government, is no longer uniform or a system. This short, lively, and bipartisan volume describes what the government of the future will look like, what it will need to work well, and how in particular the nation can build the next generation of workers required to lead it.