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Addresses two basic questions: why do some people apply their religious beliefs to their political behaviour, and what are the consequences of politicized Christianity for the practice and democracy in the United States

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Terry Hoy seeks to establish the contemporary relevance of the political philosophy of John Dewey.

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The Political Philosophy of the European City offers a wide-ranging panorama of urban political culture in Europe. Its historical scope ranges from the ancient polis through Italian city-states to the ideal of "small is beautiful" in the 20th century. As a political theory, it offers an analysis of conservative, urban republicanism.

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The Political Pundits surveys in detail the small, elite group of persons who comment on and analyze politics in newspapers and newsmagazines, on radio and television, through lectures, books, and all other forms of political media.

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The Political Pundits surveys in detail the small, elite group of persons who comment on and analyze politics in newspapers and newsmagazines, on radio and television, through lectures, books, and all other forms of political media.

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This book looks at political themes in the classic television show I Love Lucy. The book discusses the culture of the 1950s in the context of the role of the housewife, social mobility, and the American dream.

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This book examines the politics, philosophy, and history of Chinese power, focusing on social, strategic, and diplomatic trends that have shaped China for over three thousand years. By probing political and philosophical trends, it provides an alternative analysis for the rise of contemporary China.

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This book examines the politics, philosophy, and history of Chinese power, focusing on social, strategic, and diplomatic trends that have shaped China for over three thousand years. By probing political and philosophical trends, it provides an alternative analysis for the rise of contemporary China.

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The standard wisdom among political scientists has been that ""iron triangles"" operated among regulatory agencies, the regulated industries, and members of Congress, all presumably with a stake in preserving regulation that protected the industries from competition.

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This book is about the politics of publicly provided health care. This is a comparative study of health policy and politics focusing on major countries of western Europe: France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the UK.

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Provides a theoretically grounded examination of the early development of the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian Federation's parliament created by the 1993 constitution. This book offers an integrated account of the choices made by the elected members of the Duma in establishing basic operating arrangements.

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This book restores the credibility of politics with the basics of human behavior and social science. It does this by discussing how to retain the positive relationship between learnability and livability.

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This book explores the relationship between modern technological progress and classical liberalism. The compatibility of classical liberalism and technology is questioned, using fiction and film as a window into Western societys views on politics, economics, religion, technology, and the family.

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The Politics of Private Property investigates the functions of private property within U.S. American cultural discourse. It mobilizes property as an analytical category and examines how social and political debates from the early nineteenth to the twenty-first century have generated competing and contested claims to ownership.

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Places the welfare debates of the 1980s in the context of past patterns of US policy, such as the Social Security Act of 1935, the failure of efforts in the 1940s to extend national social benefits and economic planning, and the backlashes against "big government" that followed reforms of the 1960s and early 1970s.

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A study of the political significance of theories of tragedy and ordinary language uses of 'tragedy'. It offers a fresh perspective on democracy in contemporary times. It considers how tragedy has been used to promote democratic activism, foster civic solidarity in times of democratic transition, and form a sense of national identity.

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A study of the political significance of theories of tragedy and ordinary language uses of 'tragedy'. It offers a fresh perspective on democracy in contemporary times. It considers how tragedy has been used to promote democratic activism, foster civic solidarity in times of democratic transition, and form a sense of national identity.

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The strange and wonderful place of Twin Peaks captivated audiences for more than two decades before its long-awaited return to television in 2017. In this edited collection, the authors approach Twin Peaks from a variety of perspectives with the concept of the political at its center.

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The strange and wonderful place of Twin Peaks captivated audiences for more than two decades before its long-awaited return to television in 2017. In this edited collection, the authors approach Twin Peaks from a variety of perspectives with the concept of the political at its center.

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Demonstrates how the Republican and Democratic parties have helped transform, and have been transformed by, American public debate and policy on women's rights. This book not only traces the development of this shift in the parties' relative positions, but also seeks to explain the realignment.

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Hannah Arendt is considered one of the major contributors to social and political thought in the twentieth century. This title includes selections from her major works, including "The Origins of Totalitarianism", "Between Past and Future", "Men in Dark Times", "The Jew as Pariah", and "The Human Condition", as well as shorter writings and letters.

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