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This first comprehensive appraisal of interest groups in Western democracies in thirty years a systematic comparison of interest group activities and their impact on public policymaking in twelve post-industrial First World nations.

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Populism is a genuine 'third way' in politics, a middle path between the extremes of corporate anarchy and collective authoritarianism. Fixing the System is a trenchant and timely study of Populism.

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Populism is a genuine 'third way' in politics, a middle path between the extremes of corporate anarchy and collective authoritarianism. Fixing the System is a trenchant and timely study of Populism.

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Buckley's first political book in nearly two decades is a revealing memoir ofthe first champion of the conservative movement--Barry Goldwater.

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Focusing on Evansville, as a case study, this book challenges traditional assumptions on labor as one political voice or monolithic in electoral politics. It examines the roles played by political repression, opposition by employers, and anticommunist forces within the community and the movement in undermining the labor-Democratic Party alliance.

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Baumann argues that the tendency in liberal societies to achieve fraternity by political means is necessarily self-defeating. He does so by examining parallel examples: the experience of SDS, the sans-culotte experiment in fraternity during the Terror, and the thought of Jean-Paul Sartre.

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This magisterial work traces the history of our most cherished value. Patterson links the birth of freedom in primitive societies with the institution of slavery, and traces the evolution of three forms of freedom in the West from antiquity through the Middle Ages.

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Drawing on research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, this book provides the first detailed study of how young people in Britain use popular culture to shape and express their political views and values. -- .

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Mayne provides an integrated analysis of contemporary and future politics and government. Finally, he outlines scenarios for three possible futures and presents conclusions that indicate what can be done to achieve a political transiton to maximize the prospects for a good human future in the 21st century.

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Examines the Celtic Tiger, the once much-vaunted Irish economic phenomenon, and the subsequent financial disaster, from a socio-cultural perspective -- .

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Tracing the origins of the modern public integrity war back to the birth of the nation, the authors explain how conservatives and progressives have used allegations of unethical conduct in an effort to persuade the American public to accept their respective visions for American society.

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A major new text on gender and politics by two leading authorities, which introduces the main issues and debates about the politics of gender and its role in both domestic and international politics and feminist approaches to political analysis.

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Argues that power is a general given feature of all humans, animals, and plants.

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Identifies and documents 269 specific war crimes under US and international law for which President Bush, senior officials and staff in his administration, and military officers under his command are liable to be prosecuted.

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A comprehensive overview of the structures and influences of politics in Germany, which covers both historical and recent events -- .

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A comprehensive overview of the structures and influences of politics in Germany, which covers both historical and recent events -- .

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The first academic study of the role of Gerry Fitt in the politics of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) -- .

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Argues that the modern world, like a nuclear reactor, is undergoing the process of meltdown-global meltdown-due to an impending environmental crisis interacting with worldwide social conflict.

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This book examines the rapid expansion of urban areas worldwide, especially within the previous 50 years, identifying the factors that have contributed to this phenomenon and exploring its many consequences.