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Cuba
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Ambrosio Fornet,Louis A.,Jr. Perez,E. Wright Ledbetter |
"With insightful essays - in English and Spanish - from Louis A. Perez Jr., America's preeminent Cuba scholar, and Ambrosio Fornet, renowned Cuban author and screenwriter, Cuba: Picturing Change intr… |
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The Influentials
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Ed Keller,Jon Berry |
"Who are they? The most influential Americans - the ones who tell their neighbors what to buy, which politicians to support, and where to vacation - are not necessarily the people you'd expect. They'… |
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Can we put an end to sweatshops?
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Archon Fung,Dara O'Rourke,Charles Sabel,Archon Fung |
"Knowing that information about the conditions of workers around the world can influence what consumers buy and what governments regulate, Dara O'Rourke, Archon Fung, and Charles Sabel argue that mak… |
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Canada in Haiti
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Anthony Fenton,Yves Engler |
While western leaders make speeches about building democracy, their actions speak louder than words. Based upon documents gathered using Access to Information requests, human rights investigations an… |
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Out of Iraq
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William R. Polk,George McGovern,George S. McGovern |
"The authors present a detailed blueprint for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq that is bound to stir a national debate. Former senator George McGovern and William R. Polk, a leading authority on the Middle … |
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The American presidency
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National Museum of American History (U. S.),Bunch L,Mark G. Hirsch,Harry R. Rubenstein,Spencer R. Crew,Lonnie G. Bunch |
"This illustrated volume recounts the evolution of the presidency, from the age of George Washington until today. Drawing from the vast collections of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Hi… |
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Like no other time
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Thomas Daschle,Tom Daschle,Michael D'Orso |
Offers an insider's account of the workings of the U.S. government during two extraordinary years of American history, covering the presidential election of 2000, the September 11th terrorist attacks… |
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Theory and reform in the European Union
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Stelios Stavridis,Dimitris N. Chryssochoou,Michael J. Tsinisizelis,Kostas Ifantis |
This substantially updated and revised edition offers a comprehensive overview of the challenges confronting the political system as well as the international politics of the European Union. It draws… |
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Not on our watch
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Don Cheadle,John Prendergast |
Presents a call to action on behalf of the genocide victims of Sudan's Darfur, describing the brutalities taking place there and outlining six strategies for making key differences. |
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Strategies of community intervention
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John E. Tropman,John L. Erlich,Jack Rothman |
xiv, 497 p. : 24 cm |
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What About the Workers?
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Peter Fairbrother,Pavel Krotov,Michael Burawoy,Clarke, Simon |
Most writing on the dramatic events in the former Soviet Union has been based on the assumption that Russia is engaged in a transition from “state socialism” to capitalism, and focuses on political a… |
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ETHICS AND ECONOMICS OF THE BASIC INCOME GUARANTEE; ED. BY KARL WIDERQUIST
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Karl Widerquist,Michael Anthony Lewis,Steven Pressman |
"Governments in the US, the UK and other nations around the world routinely consider and, in some cases, experiment with reforms of their income support systems. The basic income guarantee, a univers… |
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Financial sector dimensions of the Colombian pension system
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Craig Thorburn,Hela Cheikhrouhou,Heinz P. Rudolph,Roberto Rocha |
This paper provides an assessment of the funded pension system and the quality of the regulatory framework for both accumulation and payout phase. It suggests that the lack of portfolio diversificat… |
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The Chechen Wars
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Matthew Evangelista |
"Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, Boris Yeltsin improvised a system of "asymmetric federalism" to help maintain its successor state, the Russian Federation. However, when sparks of independ… |
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Restricted entry
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Stuart Blackley,Janine Fuller,Janine Fuller |
What do Oscar Wilde, Jane Rule, Jean Genet and Sarah Schulman have in common? They have all had their novels seized by the border guards of Canada Customs. And what has Little Sister's, a small gay a… |
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The European Union
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Simon Usherwood,John Pinder |
This *Very Short Introduction* explains the European Union in plain English. Fully updated for 2008 to include controversial and current topics such as the EU's enlargement and its role in ongoing wo… |
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India in the world order
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Baldev Raj Nayar,T. V. Paul |
"Two scholars come together to examine India's relationship with the world's major powers and its own search for a significant role in the international system. Central to the argument is India's bel… |
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Party government in 48 democracies (1945-1998)
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J.J. Woldendorp,H. Keman,I. Budge,Jaap Woldendorp |
"This Handbook of Democratic Government is the first compact and comprehensive data collection which simultaneously provides comparative and complete information on the composition of governments bet… |
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The political writings of John Adams
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John Adams,George Washington Carey |
"This book is the most comprehensive single volume of John Adams's political writings ever published. All of his major political works and all of his most important political correspondence are colle… |
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Conspiracy theories & secret societies for dummies
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Christopher Hodapp,Alice Von Kannon |
Entering the world of conspiracy theories and secret societies is like stepping into a distant, parallel universe where the laws of physics have completely changed: black means white, up is down, and… |
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