Kategoria BISAC: Political Science >> General

Tracing the development of the U.S. presidency since Harry S. Truman took office in 1945, this volume describes the many ways the president's actions have affected the development of capitalism in the post-World War II era.

Contributors show how the American "Consumer-in-Chief" has exerted a decisive hand as well as behind-the-scenes influence on the national economy...

We Shall Not Be Moved narrates the story of the Kent State student-led May 4th Coalition and its efforts to maintain untouched the site of the Ohio National Guard’s shooting of thirteen Kent State students.

The story is told in a local context of the group’s development and motivations during a long-term conflict between the group, its supporters, the university administration. The story is also told in a much larger context of national polarization over the meaning of the Vietnam War and the peace movement and the preferred historical narrative about the Vietnam era. The...

• Discusses the latest developments and places increased emphasis on modes of thinking, contested key concepts, and on geopolitics, climate change and terrorism
• Explores the...

Volume 3—The ‘Clothing’ of Effective Policing: Cultural Competency, Spirituality and Ethics continues my discussion about the humanity of policing. For this writing, I give attention to the spiritual, intellectual, and emotional dimensions of humankind.

I use clothing metaphorically to describe more than something to cover body parts. Clothing refers to preparation of the heart, soul, and mind for tasks associated with policing. 

I came up with the idea while studying scripture, substituting the word clothing for armor, both words understood to refer to...

Volume 3—The ‘Clothing’ of Effective Policing: Cultural Competency, Spirituality and Ethics continues my discussion about the humanity of policing. For this writing, I give attention to the spiritual, intellectual, and emotional dimensions of humankind.

I use clothing metaphorically to describe more than something to cover body parts. Clothing refers to preparation of the heart, soul, and mind for tasks associated with policing. 

I came up with the idea while studying scripture, substituting the word clothing for armor, both words understood to refer to...

This authoritative history spans the time of the early Greek settlements, colonization by Mussolini's Italy, Qaddafi's four decades of rule and the internal rivalries that...

The focus of the book is on the revolution which is currently raging in North America, one which will break out into open warfare any day now, just as it did in 1776. It is a class struggle, the working class against the capitalist class. The capitalists are about to be overthrown and the working class will soon exercise dictatorship over them, in the form of the dictatorship of the proletariat. This revolt will not be limited to the political arena, but to other areas as well, as they are all connected. That is the reason the book contains articles on various fields of science, not just...

The focus of the book is on the revolution which is currently raging in North America, one which will break out into open warfare any day now, just as it did in 1776. It is a class struggle, the working class against the capitalist class. The capitalists are about to be overthrown and the working class will soon exercise dictatorship over them, in the form of the dictatorship of the proletariat. This revolt will not be limited to the political arena, but to other areas as well, as they are all connected. That is the reason the book contains articles on various fields of science, not just...