336 books (17 pages) in this category
"The Capacity to Believe: Race, Media and Politics in the American South"
by Marcus W. Williams
<p>The truthful anecdotes and fictional characters take you on an insightful and exciting journey that is serious, witty and redeemingly triumphant. It is a gripping account which depicts how the media, unbridled capitalism, residual racial bias
ISBN: 9781491836132
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eBookA Ray of Hope
by Mike Rana
<b>A Citizen’s Manifesto – the Book</b><br>The recent books published by the administrators, leaders and authors on the subjects that concern our country generally focus on a few burning issues or those which are popular for the time being. The ...
ISBN: 9781465381835
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eBookCollective Actors in Canadian Political Life
by Miriam Smith
<p>Focusing on the traditional state-centred arenas of group and social movement influence such as Parliament, elections, the bureaucracy and the courts, this book argues that the terrain of group politics in Canada has been restructured by the ...
ISBN: 9781442608474
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eBookCollective Actors in Canadian Political Life, Second Edition
by Miriam Smith
<p><em>A Civil Society?</em> surveys the main approaches to the study of group politics in Canada, with a strong comparative perspective. Unique to this brief and accessible text is a comprehensive theoretical framework that helps students ...
ISBN: 9781487593674
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eBookA Discourse Analysis of Corruption
Instituting Neoliberalism Against Corruption in Albania, 1998-2005
by Blendi Kajsiu
<p>Why did Albania enjoy some of the most successful anti-corruption programs and institutions along with what appeared to be growing levels of corruption during the period 1998-2005? Looking at corruption through a post-structuralist discourse ...
ISBN: 9781317188346
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eBookA Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind
by Jean Jacques Rousseau
<p>Jean Jacques Rousseau was born at Geneva, June 28, 1712, the son of a watchmaker of French origin. His education was irregular, and though he tried many professions—including engraving, music, and teaching—he found it difficult to support ...
ISBN: 9788892506190
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eBookA Remarkable Political Journey
by V. Shanmuganathan
It was in 1951 that Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee launched the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. The BJP is continuing the work of the Jana Sangh with a missionary zeal to make Bharat the greatest country in the world. The book also contains some articles on ...
ISBN: 9789350487778
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eBookA Short Guide to Political Risk
by Robert McKellar
<p>In a competitive and increasingly internationalised business world, many companies rely on the high risk/reward ratio of operating in unstable areas. Those companies willing to engage in emerging or developing countries can often be exposed ...
ISBN: 9781351961639
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eBookA Theory of the Expenditure Budgetary Process
by Douglas Hartle
<p>This crisp, provocative, lively, sometimes opinionated analysis is an important contribution to the scanty Canadian literature on the politics of the budgetary process. It is an important theoretical contribution to the study of political ...
ISBN: 9781487589837
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eBookHow Africans and Their Governments are Shaping Relations with China
by Aleksandra W. Gadzala
<p>The China-Africa relationship has so far largely been depicted as one in which the Chinese state and Chinese entrepreneurs control the agenda, with Africans and their governments as passive actors exercising little or no agency. This volume ...
ISBN: 9781442237766
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eBookAfrica and the Millennium Development Goals
Progress, Problems, and Prospects
by Charles Mutasa & Mark Paterson
<p>This unique work by the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, South Africa, tracks the progress Africa has made in achieving the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) since 2000.</p> <p>Thirteen analytical chapters ...
ISBN: 9781442256279
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eBookAfrica in the Age of Globalisation
Perceptions, Misperceptions and Realities
by Edward Shizha & Lamine Diallo
<p>This is a collection of bold and visionary scholarship that reveals an insightful exposition of re-visioning African development from African perspectives. It provides educators, policy makers, social workers, non-governmental agencies, and ...
ISBN: 9781317184478
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eBookPerspectives on African Renewal
by Adewale Aderemi, John Akokpari, Lungile Ntombifuthi Bhengu & others
<p>As Africa continues the search for relevance, influence, peace, progress, and stability in a highly competitive global system, 'Africa Rise Up!' interrogates the historical and contemporary forces, agency, and factors that combine to affect ...
ISBN: 9781928341406
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eBookSocial Policy and the Global Financial Crisis
by Stephen McBride, Rianne Mahon & Gerard W. Boychuk
<p>The 2007-08 financial crisis marked a turning point for social policy. World leaders were forced to take a position: Should they entrench neo-liberal policies in response to the crisis? Or should they implement alternative measures to ...
ISBN: 9780774829663
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eBookSaving Capitalism from Wall Street-and Washington
by Nicole Gelinas
<div>Robust financial markets support capitalism, they don't imperil it. But in 2008, Washington policymakers were compelled to replace private risk-takers in the financial system with government capital so that money and credit flows wouldn't ...
ISBN: 9781594035418
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eBookAlfred Valdmanis and the Politics of Survival
by Gerhard P. Bassler
<p>Alfred Valdmanis is best known in Canada for his infamous role in Premier Joey Smallwood's scheme to industrialize Newfoundland. A Latvian immigrant, he was appointed Director General of Economic Development in 1950 with the understanding ...
ISBN: 9781487596422
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eBookAMERICA IS SPEAKING, WHEN WILL OUR HEARTS LISTEN
When America Burn, So Does Our Conscience
by Kristin Hannah
<p>America has spoken, and now it is time our hearts collectively listen. From the riots in Baltimore, and the majority of America's living below the poverty line, it is time we concern ourselves with America's future. This book is a collection ...
ISBN: 1230000433372
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eBookA Satirical Account of the State of the Union
by Lionel Martin
<p>There is no available information at this time.</p> ...
ISBN: 9781469100845
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eBookAn Essay on the Principle of Population
by Thomas Malthus
<p>Thomas Robert Malthus is best known for his work, An Essay on the Principle of Population. His classic inspired numerous political economists and demographists for generations. Heraklion Press has included a linked table of contents.</p> ...
ISBN: 9781629218243
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eBookAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith
<p>Generally referred to by its shortened title The Wealth of Nations, is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. First published in 1776, it is a reflection on economics at the beginning of the Industrial ...
ISBN: 1230000301269
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