Political Science
Political Science
Accidental Queer: and other essays around critical masculinity studies in Southern Africa and Canada
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Accidental Queer: and other essays around critical masculinity studies in Southern Africa and Canada
Since the 1990s Marc Epprecht has helped lay the groundwork for critical masculinity and African queer studies with such publications as the award-winning Hungochani: The History of a Dissident Sexuality in Southern Africa. Here he steps outside of the academic...
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Access to Microfinance and Financial Training for Innovative Urban Sustainability. Collective Investments at the Bottom of the Pyramid Segment in Urban Kenya
The Kenyan population is highly concentrated in urban centers, leading to increased social, economic and environmental strains, with a significant percentage of urban dwellers living in sprawling slums. Urban development is increasingly a major focus, especially in the fight against...
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The 1961 Cameroon Plebiscite: Choice or Betrayal
The United Nations-organized plebiscite on 11 February 1961 was one of the most significant events in the history of the southern and northern parts of the British-administered trust territory in Cameroon. John Percival was sent by the then Colonial Office...
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The Letter Man: The LetterMan - Inside the "Secret" Letters of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo
PAPERBACK “I believe that the Olusegun Obasanjo letters will find a prominent place in the chapters of Nigeria’s contemporary history as informative insights into the national affairs of the country when they were written. I therefore recommend this book, The...
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Survival of the Richest: How the Corruption of the Marketplace and the Disparity of Wealth Created the Greatest Conspiracy of All
"Survival of the Richest is a fantastically well-researched book, and should join Robert Reich and Barbara Ehrenreich on the must-read bookshelf on wealth disparity."—Dr. Naomi Wolf, CEO, Dailyclout.ioA fresh look at economic inequality in AmericaSurvival of the Richest scrutinizes how the collective...
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To Rule Eurasia’s Waves: The New Great Power Competition at Sea
The first book to weave Eurasia together through the perspective of the oceans and seas “A detailed account of the growing importance of the Chinese, Indian, and Russian navies and how this competition is playing out in waters stretching from the...
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Free Enterprise: An American History
An incisive look at the intellectual and cultural history of free enterprise and its influence on American politics Throughout the twentieth century, “free enterprise” has been a contested keyword in American politics, and the cornerstone of a conservative philosophy that seeks...
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Building from the Ground Up: Reclaiming the American Housing Boom
Myths and misunderstandings about what happened in the Great Recession continue to hinder the American economy by making us afraid of the one thing we need most: more homes.Remember when mania led to a massive housing bubble? When Americans found...
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Boom: Bridging the Opportunity Gap to Reignite Startups
There is an alarming decades-long decline of new business startups facing the United States today. Boom: Bridging the Opportunity Gap exposes the reasons behind this downward spiral and outlines strategies to solve the problem.For decades, the United States has been experiencing a...
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, 3rd Edition
How do we stop the unrelenting evolution of the economic hit man strategy and China’s takeover?The riveting third edition of this New York Times bestseller blows the whistle on China’s economic hit man (EHM) strategy, exposes corruption on an international scale, and...
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On Machiavelli: The Search for Glory
An essential, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the life and works of Machiavelli. In On Machiavelli: The Search for Glory, Alan Ryan illuminates the political and philosophical complexities of the often-reviled godfather of realpolitik. Thought by some to be the founder of...
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Margaret Thatcher on Leadership: Lessons for American Conservatives Today
This inspirational and practical guide for conservatives combines stories from Lady Thatcher’s life with principles and strategies conservatives can apply to their challenges today. Nile Gardiner and Stephen Thompson outline the critical lessons conservatives can learn from Lady Thatcher on...
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On Machiavelli: The Search for Glory
An essential, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the life and works of Machiavelli. In On Machiavelli: The Search for Glory, Alan Ryan illuminates the political and philosophical complexities of the often-reviled godfather of realpolitik. Thought by some to be the founder of...
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Howell's Storm: New York City's Official Rainmaker and the 1950 Drought
More than half a century ago, New York City suffered from a drought that lasted through 1949 and into 1950. By February, the desperate city had to try something different. Mayor William O’Dwyer hired a municipal rainmaker.Dr. Wallace E. Howell...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life
A one-volume biography of Roosevelt by the #1 New York Times bestselling biographer of JFK, focusing on his career as an incomparable politician, uniter, and deal makerIn an era of such great national divisiveness, there could be no more timely biography of...
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The Last Brahmin: Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and the Making of the Cold War
Few have ever enjoyed the degree of foreign-policy influence and versatility that Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. did—in the postwar era, perhaps only George Marshall, Henry Kissinger, and James Baker. Lodge, however, had the distinction of wielding that influence under presidents...
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Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020
Newly collected, revised, and expanded nonfiction from the first two decades of the twenty-first century—including many texts never previously in print—by the Booker Prize–winning, internationally bestselling authorLonglisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssaySalman Rushdie is celebrated...
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The Humane Vision of Wendell Berry
A striking contribution to theconversation that is conservatism Wendell Berry—poet, novelist, essayist, critic, farmer—has won the admiration of Americans from all walks of life and from across the political spectrum. His writings treat an extraordinary range of subjects, including politics,...
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Hollywood to the Himalayas: A Journey of Healing and Transformation
Hollywood to the Himalayas is the enlightening memoir of a reluctant spiritual seeker who finds much more than she bargained for when she travels to India.As a Stanford grad in the midst of getting her PhD in Psychology, Sadhvi Sarawati was...
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Holding the Line: A Lifetime of Defending Democracy and American Values
A behind-the-scenes political memoir written by a prominent White House physician.I would talk to the president before the chief of staff even saw the president in the morning. I walked into work, and I was already in the Oval Office...
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Fabulous Female Firsts: The Trailblazers Who Led the Way
Societal mores of sexism and misogyny have kept generations of women on the sidelines of history. But in every era, there are women who refuse to sit back in the shadows. Fabulous Female Firsts is a celebration of those women―the role models...
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Root That Binds
Root That Binds is an effort to re-examine the state of affairs among the Ngwa people of Nigeria; and in a larger way to explore the modern maladies - political, social and economic - of the nation of Nigeria
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Misericordia: Together We Celebrate
On any given day at Misericordia Heart of Mercy Center, more than 600 children and adults with developmental disabilities are busy at work-traversing the 31-acre campus and city of Chicago to get to paying jobs, taking continuing education classes, exercising...
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The Origins of Racism in the West
Is it possible to speak of western racism before the eighteenth century? The term 'racism' is normally only associated with theories, which first appeared in the eighteenth century, about inherent biological differences that made one group superior to another. Here,...
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Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An Esquire Best Book of 2017 Remember when presidents spoke in complete sentences instead of in unhinged tweets? Former Obama speechwriter David Litt does. In his comic, coming-of-age memoir, he takes us back to the Obama years – and...
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Beyond Policing
Description What would happen if policing disappeared? Would we be safe? This book imagines a world without police. It’s evident that policing is a problem. But what is the best way forward? In Beyond Policing, distinguished scholar and writer Philip V. McHarris reimagines...
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Loving You, Thinking of You, Don't Forget to Pray: Letters to My Son in Prison
From a mother, role model, and civil rights veteran, an inspiring gift of love to a child in his darkest hour. Jacqueline Jackson promised her son, Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., that she would write him every day during his...
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Divided We Stand: The Search for America's Soul
The U.S. lauds itself as a land of opportunity for both citizens and immigrants, but the country now faces a rash of issues and policies that have sharply divided us. If we do not address them, we face chaos…both domestically...
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The Burning House: Jim Crow and the Making of Modern America
A startling and gripping reexamination of the Jim Crow era, as seen through the eyes of some of the most important American writers"Walker has opened up a fresh way of thinking about the intellectual history of the South during the...
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