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Political Participation and Ethnic Minoritiesby Amy L. Freedman
Routledge 2000; US$ 49.95Amy Freedman's empirical study examines the hows and whys of Chinese overseas political activity in three diverse countries. more...
Politics of Territoryby Dr Brendan Murtagh; Seamus Dunn; Valerie Morgan
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2001; US$ 130.00This book explores the relationship between land use planning and ethno-religious segregation. It draws on a range of empirical research and case studies to explore the meaning attached to land in contested places, the challenges these present to planners and the possibilities for accommodating differences over the use and development of territory. The author argues that planners have a significant role in the management of these processes and sets out some ideas about how this might be addressed in local and global settings, including the Balkans and Palestine. more...
Kids' College Almanac, 3rd Edition by Barbara C. Greenfeld; Robert A. Weinstein
JIST Publishing 2005; US$ 16.95Provides an overview of everything a student can expect when exploring college more...
The Political Philosophy of Cosmopolitanismby Gillian Brock; Harry Brighouse
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 27.00This volume brings together a number of distinguished political philosophers and theorists to explore cosmopolitanism: what it consists in, and the positive case which can be made for it. Their essays will interest a wide range of readers in philosophy, political theory, and law. more...
The Toddler Cookbookby Annabel Karmel
Dorling Kindersley 2008; US$ 12.99From acclaimed author Annabel Karmel , The Toddler Cookbook is the perfect kitchen primer for little chefs. Easy recipes for a wide variety of dishes, from lettuce wraps to crunchy chicken dippers, allow lots of opportunities for toddlers to lend Mom or Dad a hand as they whip up lots of new flavors?and lots of fun. Click to watch Annabel in action! more...
Public Management and the Metagovernance of Hierarchies, Networks and Marketsby Louis Meuleman
Springer 2008; US$ 159.00What is modern governance? Is it the battle against a old-fashioneda (TM) hierarchy, or is it the restoration of key hierarchical values? Is it optimizing network management, or maximizing the benefits of market thinking in the public-sector? This book argues that it is the combination of all this. The next question is: In practice, how do successful public managers design and manage combinations of hierarchical, network and market governance? In other words: what is their rationale to apply metagovernance? Five case-studies show that metagovernance is a public management requisite: it amplifies the variation of actions public managers can take, and it prevents the three ideal-typical governance styles from undermining each other. Similar cases... more...
Speaking of Freedomby George H.W. Bush
Simon & Schuster 2009; US$ 17.99Through the lens of more than forty speeches from his presidency, George H. W. Bush takes a special look back on the momentous global events of 1989-1992 -- the fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the liberation of Kuwait, to name a few -- and reminisces about what it was like to be president through such unprecedented times. Choosing from among the hundreds of speeches he gave while in office, former president Bush selects those that meant the most to him and introduces each one with candid comments recalling the circumstances and events leading up to it. "Although now in hindsight it seems that the end results were almost preordained, at the time no one knew what would happen next. Nothing was 'inevitable' at... more...
The Inaugural Address, 2009by Barack Obama
Penguin Group Inc. 2009; US$ 10.99Celebrate the inauguration of America's 44th president with this New York Times bestseller Tying into the official theme for the 2009 inaugural ceremony, "A New Birth of Freedom" from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address , Penguin presents a keepsake edition commemorating the inauguration of President Barack Obama with words of the two great thinkers and writers who have helped shape him politically, philosophically, and personally: Abraham Lincoln and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Having Lincoln and Emerson's most influential, memorable, and eloquent words along with Obama's historic inaugural address will be a gift of inspiration for every American for generations to come. more...
State of the Unionby Deborah Kalb; Gerhard Peters; John T. Woolley
CQ Press, a Division of SAGE 2006; US$ 161.00Through an expansive collection of primary source materials and original, informative introduction and headnotes, State of the Union: Presidential Rhetoric from Woodrow Wilson to George W. Bush explores ways in which modern U.S. presidents have appealed directly to the public and how the public has responded. State of the Union: Presidential Rhetoric from Woodrow Wilson to George W. Bush is a comprehensive reference containing all the state of the union addressesas well as each inaugural addressdelivered from Woodrow Wilson to George W. Bush. This unique single-volume resource presents over 100 full-text addresses. Headnotes accompanying each address provide valuable context for each address by outlining the events leading up to... more...
Building Party Systems in Developing Democraciesby Allen Hicken
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 76.00Hicken analyzes the formation of nationally oriented political parties in democracies and its variation across countries using a theory of aggregation incentives. more...









