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Nova Science Publishers Inc So Help Me God: The U.S. Presidents in
Book SynopsisFor much of British history, kings and queens have taken oaths on the Bible as they were coronated. Symbolically,perhaps, President George Washington swore on an open Bible, establishing a new American tradition. For Washington, the Bible was opened at random, and many of his successors followed suit. Others have chosen specific verses or books of the Bible. The reasons for a particular choice are as varied as the men who have occupied the office. interestingly enough, more than twice as many have chosen Old Testament verses as New Testament ones, and the Psalms have been used more than any other book. Perhaps the position of the Psalms at the center of many Bibles explains the choice; triumphant Presidents choosing joyful texts is another explanation.
£64.59
Nova Science Publishers Inc Political Presuppositions & Implicatures of the
Book SynopsisThis book presents a textual analysis of the three most popular hymns that have served as important political symbols to African-Americans for many years: (1) Lift Every Voice and Sing (the Negro National Anthem), (2) We Shall Overcome, and (3) Precious Lord, Take My Hand. The major questions probed in the present book are: (1) What salient political presuppositions and implicatures are imbedded in the three texts studied? (2) How can the delineated presuppositions and implicatures be explained? In exploring these questions, the systematic application of discovery procedures well-known in linguistic pragmatics will help to uncover propositions that will illuminate the texts examined for readers.
£86.69
Nova Science Publishers Inc Post-Colonialism & the Politics of Kenya
Book SynopsisThe study of Africa arouses many passions and prejudices which are the subject of this book. This book seeks to examine the hegemonic role that African studies has played in the invention of Africanism. Politics within Kenya remains entrapped by Western constructions of institutions and the practice of politics. The post-colonial period is linked inextricably to the colonial period. Kenya''s political, economic, social and cultural framework has been and continues to be dominated by the colonial legacy. The discussion of Africanism earlier suggests that the decolonisation process did not achieve liberation fully, except in the narrowest of political terms. Rather, the West continued its dominance by more subtle means which has permeated the very imagination of the colonised. It is this continuing colonisation of the imagination which dominates the political scene. The ever increasing hegemonic role of donor agencies and donor countries, under the guise of structural adjustment programmes, ensures that countries such as Kenya become hostage to the latest manifestation of Africanism.
£83.29
Nova Science Publishers Inc Human Rights & the New World Order: University,
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£79.04
Nova Science Publishers Inc Bicoastal China: A Dialectical, Paradigmatic
Book SynopsisThis book is constructed upon a dialectical model (or paradigm) and then applied to analyse many issues concerning Biocoastal China, namely, the People''s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan. This model differs in many respects from other dialectical models. The issues include: The dialectical succession problem in China; the complex, dialectical relationship between the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese People''s Liberation Army (CPLA); the politico-military dimension of mainland China and Taiwan''s relations; One Country, Two Systems: the dialectical dual recognition in foreign relations; the negotiations between Beijing and Taipei; changing the national title of the PRC as well as the ROC, if necessary; transferring of party policies from Taiwan to mainland China; and the Nansha Island Group as a dialectical co-operation and co-ordination place between Beijing Taipei.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Substance of Public Policy
Book SynopsisPolicy Studies courses are being increasingly offered in public policy schools, political science departments, public administration programs, and elsewhere. There seems to be a consensus that a basic core of policy courses should deal with policy methods, the policy process, and policy substance. Each can be a course in itself for a semester apiece or longer, or as parts of a larger course.
£999.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Un Peacekeeping in Action: The Namibian
Book SynopsisThe settlement of Namibia''s long running conflict remains one of the major successes of the United Nations. Over the course of one year, UN peacekeepers assisted the people of Namibia to gain their independence after years of oppressive South African rule. This book provides an in depth study of the conditions contributing to the UN''s success in Namibia and what these reveal about peacekeeping and peace enforcing in other countries.
£72.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc European Economic & Political Issues, Volume 1
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£72.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Asian Economic & Political Issues,: Volume 2
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£88.79
Nova Science Publishers Inc Politics of Immigration: Current Issues & Future
Book SynopsisPolitics of Immigration - Current Issues & Future Directions
£67.14
Nova Science Publishers Inc European Economic & Political Issues, Volume 2
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£72.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Congress & US China Policy
Book SynopsisThe purpose of this book is to analyse the influence of domestic politics on congressional intervention in US policy towards China with special reference to three factors which might loosely be termed structural factors: partisanship, constituency and committees. The analysis is conducted by examining two issues: China''s most-favoured-nation (MFN) status and the Taiwan issue during the Republican George Bush administration (1989-1992) and most of the Democratic Bill Clinton administration (1993-1999).
£64.59
Nova Science Publishers Inc Politics & Economics of Africa, Volume 1
Book SynopsisPolitics & Economics of Africa, Volume 1
£64.59
Nova Science Publishers Inc Politics & Economics of Latin America, Volume 1
Book SynopsisPolitics & Economics of Latin America, Volume 1
£64.59
Nova Science Publishers Inc European Economic & Political Issues, Volume 3
Book SynopsisVexing issues concerning internal and external change challenge Europe, it tries hard to regroup, reform and refocus. This series is intended to present an ongoing forum for substantiate discussion of these issues.
£72.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc China's Regional Disparities: Issues & Policies
Book SynopsisThis book presents the concerns and experience of industrial countries as they have emerged since the 1920''s, providing a broad-stroke presentation of theories related to regional disparities. It discusses China''s regional policy goals and development approaches. It also includes a large section on the literature of China. One part consists of the existing literature concerning its regional disparities, published in either the Chinese or the English Language. Another provides a summary of the different views in literature on the nature of the Chinese state, which has an impact on regional disparities of the country as well as the situation of regional disparities in the Peoples Republic of China from 1949 to 1995.
£85.59
Nova Science Publishers Inc Handbook of Win-Win Policy Analysis, Volume 1:
Book SynopsisThis monumental handbook is dedicated to the sources of super-optimising, including: Thomas Saaty on multi-criteria decision-aiding software, Lawrence Susskind on alternative policy-dispute resolution, and Robert Reich on growth economics, which are the fields of management science, law, and social science, applied here toward building a super-optimum, win-win society.
£72.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Handbook of Win-Win Policy Analysis, Volume 2: A
Book SynopsisHandbook of Win-Win Policy Analysis, Volume 2 - A Win-Win or Super-Optimum Society
£72.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Handbook of Win-Win Policy Analysis, Volume 3:
Book SynopsisThis monumental handbook is dedicated to the sources of super-optimising, including: Thomas Saaty on multi-criteria decision-aiding software, Lawrence Susskind on alternative policy-dispute resolution, and Robert Reich on growth economics, which are the fields of management science, law, and social science, applied here toward building a super-optimum, win-win society.
£72.24
Ariadne Press Austrian Nation: Cultural Consciousness &
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Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co Public Administration in the United States: A
Book SynopsisThirty readings that explore modern thinking on the philosophy, theory and practice of public administration; includes many of the most important documents underpinning the development of public administration policy in the 20th-century United States.
£36.89
IBEX Publishers,U.S. Memoirs of Ardeshir Zahedi: Volume I -- From
Book SynopsisFor three decades Ardeshir Zahedi played one of the most significant roles in the political history of modern Iran. As a trusted adviser, confidant, son-in-law, and friend, he played an influential role in the life of the last Shah from 1953 until the king''s death in Egypt in 1980. As a diplomat, he twice served as ambassador to the United States, ambassador to the Court of St. James and for seven years as foreign minister of Iran. He has known and worked with seven U.S. presidents. In the early fifties, he was witness and principal aide to his father in the tumultuous rise and fall of Mohammad Mossadegh and the appointment of his father as prime minister. This volume reveals, with honesty and detail, the intimate life of Iranian political society and the imperial court. It recounts in detail the background and events of the summer of 1953 that led to the fall of Mossadegh and the coming to power of Fazlollah Zahedi, the author''s father. Also included in the book are previously unpublished documents that shine a new light on the events. Ardeshir was born in 1928. He is a descendant of two families that have shaped the history of Iran. His father, Fazlollah Zahedi (18971963), served as prime minister and was an important political and military figure of the Pahlavi period. His mother''s father, Hossein Pirnia Motamen ol-Molk, served as the first prime minister of Iran after the establishment of the constitution in the early twentieth century. During World War II, when Ardeshir was twelve, his father, who was the commander of the Isfahan military division, was arrested by the British and imprisoned in Palestine. After the war Ardeshir ventured abroad to study in Beirut and the United States. He returned to Iran to play an important role in the political life of his country alongside his father and the Shah, Mohammad-Reza Pahlavi. A few years later, he and Princess Shahnaz, the Shah''s first child, fell in love and were married. The narrative of the courtship and marriage, which sadly lasted only seven years, is recounted in the next volume of his memoirs. In 1968, as foreign minister, on behalf of Iran he signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. In 1977, while ambassador to the United States, he helped negotiate and free 149 hostages held by Hanafi Muslims at the B''nai B''rith headquarters. He presently lives in Montreux in Switzerland and is considered one of the most prominent personalities of the Iranian Diaspora. He has been condemned to death by the courts of the revolutionary government of Iran.
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Paul Dry Books, Inc Homage to Americans: Mile-High Meditations, Close
Book SynopsisIn her latest collection of essays and lectures, Eva Brann explores the roots and essence of American ways. In "Mile-High Meditations", her flight''s late departure from the Denver airport prompts a consideration of her manner of waiting (ie: "being"). As she looks around, she notes (and compares to her own) the ways her fellow travelers pass their time. These observations lead her to wonder how each of us lives with ourselves and how we live together -- and put up with one another. With these questions in mind, the next two essays carefully examine two famous political documents that have shaped American self-understanding: James Madison''s "Memorial and Remonstrance" which is the essential argument for separation of church and state; and Lincoln''s Gettysburg Address, which enlarged and refashioned our understanding of the American political character, first given formal expression in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. In "Paradox of Obedience" a lecture originally delivered at the Air Force Academy, Brann considers the puzzling character of obedience in a country dedicated to liberty. The concluding piece, "The Empire of the Sun and the West," takes us to Aztec Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest. What allowed Cortes and his handful of men to overcome a great empire? In pursuit of an answer, Brann describes a human type whose fulfillment she sees in the American Character.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Understanding the Backlash Against Affirmative
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Win-Win Anti-Poverty Policy: Handbook of Win-Win
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£67.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc President Pro Tempore of the Senate History &
Book SynopsisPresident Pro Tempore of the Senate History & Authority of the Office
£41.64
Nova Science Publishers Inc Central Asia in Focus: Political & Economic
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£67.14
Nova Science Publishers Inc Middle East in Turmoil, Volume 1
Book SynopsisMiddle East in Turmoil, Volume 1
£67.14
Nova Science Publishers Inc Peace, Prosperity & Democracy At the Cutting
Book SynopsisPeace, Prosperity & Democracy At the Cutting Edge, Volume 1 - Handbook of Peace, Prosperity & Democracy
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Analyzing Peace, Prosperity & Democracy: Handbook
Book SynopsisAnalyzing Peace, Prosperity & Democracy - Handbook of Peace, Prosperity & Democracy -- 2
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Public Administration from a Win-Win Perspective
Book SynopsisPublic administration is the study of methods for improving and understanding how governmental programs are implemented, especially in terms of personnel, financing, and accountability. Through a win-win, or super-optimizing, set of solutions, all parties can find success in the policy process.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Policy Creativity: New Perspectives
Book SynopsisWhenever a question of public policy is addressed, heated arguments ensue. Liberals tout one solution, conservatives another, and still others appear who are neither liberal nor conservative but have their own desired solution. In such a heated political atmosphere, legislators and policy makers need to creatively balance competing factions and wants. This book looks at the practical application of creativity in a broad set of policy areas. The chapters take note of diverse topics like merit treatment, technology, vouchers, and budgeting, while also offering theoretical studies of the concept of creativity and its potential in the coming years. Concluding the book is a bibliography of books about creativity.
£59.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc Focus on Terrorism,: 1
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Focus on Terrorism: Volume 2
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Asian Economic & Political Issues V
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Mexico: A Bibliography with Indexes
Book SynopsisAs American demographics continue their stunning shift, Mexico''s position as the homeland of so many immigrants will give it a powerful voice in world politics. In addition, Mexico has seemingly grasped the handle on solutions to many of its internal programmes. Many people are predicting that the Cinderella country of the 21st century will, in fact, be Mexico. This book presents carefully selected key literature over the last 10 years and gives access by subject, title and author indexes.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc European Economic & Political Issues, Volume 5
Book SynopsisVexing issues concerning internal and external change challenge Europe, it tries hard to regroup, reform and refocus. This series is intended to present an ongoing forum to stimulate discussion of these issues.
£72.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Israel: Current Issues & Historical Background
Book SynopsisThere has probably never been a country in the history of the world like Israel: the homeland for Jews from all around the world, a visceral enemy of Arab countries, called a client state of the United States, a developed country in its own right by its own hands. Israel has seen many events since its founding in 1948 but peace it has not found. The book examines current issues swirling about Israel as well as presents the historical background necessary for grasping its place in the world today.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Supreme Court & the Federal Judiciary
Book SynopsisOf the 152 nominations to the US Supreme Court between 1789 and 2001, 32 were not confirmed by the Senate. The 32 nominations represent 27 individuals who failed to be confirmed the first time they were nominated, however, three were later nominated again and confirmed. The Supreme Court nominations discussed here were not confirmed for a variety of reasons, including Senate opposition to the nominating President, nominee''s views, or incumbent Court; senatorial courtesy; perceived political unreliability of the nominee; perceived lack of ability; interest group opposition; and fear of altering the balance of the Court. The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has played an important role in the confirmation process, particularly since 1868. These nominations have been the subject of extensive legal, historical, and political science writing, a selected list of which is included in this report. Calls for change in the Supreme Court also have been directed at three other aspects of the Supreme Court appointment process: the involvement of outside interest groups; the overall length of time taken by the process; and the process by which the Senate as a whole decides whether to confirm or reject the President''s nominee. This new book also examines recess appointments of federal judges and professional qualifications for appointment to the federal judiciary.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc European Economic & Political Issues, Volume 6
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Afghanistan Revisited
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Politics & Ethics
Book SynopsisServing as a forum for a diverse array of views and issues, this book fosters the exploration of both theory and practice in the intersecting realms of politics and ethics. The essays presented here run the gamut of topics from global to state concerns; from the brutal conflict in East Timor to the impact of market forces in society. Scholarly research and viewpoints make this collection of papers an important resource for the studying and solving of political and ethical dilemmas.
£59.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc Asian Economic & Political Issues: Volume 6
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Crossing Borders in the Asia-Pacific: Essays on
Book SynopsisThe impact across borders of transnational identities, business links and ideas has been on the international political agenda for a long time. These cross border phenomena have a steady and profound influence on domestic politics and international relations. However, they also represent a challenge because these factors can subvert accustomed views of sovereignty. The essays in this book stress the diversity and influence as well as the limitations of cross border phenomena in the Asia-Pacific, a region home to the principles of non-interference and respect for autonomy. Emerging from this collection is a picture of an area dynamically affected by the penetration of ideas, organised interests, and financial flows. Though national borders have become more porous, state power and local identities still resist, shape and modify cross border influences.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Asian Economic & Political Issues: Volume 7
Book SynopsisAsian Economic & Political Issues - Volume 7
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Food Safety: Is Anyone Watching?
Book SynopsisWe all have to eat; it''s one of the necessities of life. Thus, the status of the food supply is of great concern to everyone. American consumers spend hundreds of billions of dollars annually on food, so someone has to keep the population relatively assured that they are not purchasing contaminated condiments. Much of this responsibility has fallen into the hands of government. Since the passage of food safety laws in the early 1900s, the federal government along with state and local agencies have overseen the sanitary conditions of the US food industry. Overall, agencies like the FDA have been successful in regulating food production. However, occasional outbreaks of illnesses do occur, so food safety remains an evolving art. This book provides an overview of governmental oversight of the American food industry. The articles give the history behind relevant agencies, legislation and important events. In the unending quest to find good food, such a collection becomes as necessary as eating.
£56.94
Nova Science Publishers Inc America in the 21st Century: Political & Economic
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Voter Registration
Book SynopsisOne of the hallmarks of American democracy is the right to vote. In fact, the freedom to vote is so ingrained in American culture that it is taken for granted. Each election shows increasingly decreasing voter turnout and a decline in eligible voters registering. This can be partially attributed to a general antipathy toward the political process and partisan debates. However, there is no legitimate excuse for not availing oneself of the precious freedom to cast a ballot and have a say in the direction of the nation. With the increasing attention given to autocratic regimes across the globe and the restrictions placed on individual freedoms, it is amazing that the right to vote is not more appreciated. This is not to say that the American system is perfect. The 2000 presidential election drew unwanted attention on the inefficiencies and problems inherent in the system, leading to nation-wide cries to rectify the election process. This book analyses the issues around voter registration by looking at voter turnout over the elections of the second half of the 20th century. The articles presented here provide a needed historical background and study of the voting system and specific elections and make for an important collection in understanding the problems and importance of the vote in American democracy.
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