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HOMELAND AND NATIONAL SECURITY Understanding America’s Past to Protect the Future Dr. Monique M. Maldonado This text examines the events that have led to the establishment of the Department of Defense and how national security has changed since then. Early chapters provide historical perspective, describing the nature and practice of national security. The latter half of the book provides a detailed examination of homeland and national security concepts as we now understand it. A former antiterrorism instructor for the United States Air force, Dr. Monique M. Maldonado served over thirteen years of active duty service specializing in cyber-security, knowledge operations, and security management. She earned a Ph.D. in public policy at Walden University, where she focused on terrorism, mediation, and peace.

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GLOBAL SECURITY Thomas Riley O’Connor This text is an introduction to the emerging field of global security and reflects its growing knowledge base by educating readers about structures and processes that are the most serious threats on a planetary scale. Readers explore key concepts and research findings on topics such as armed conflict, transnational crime, cybersecurity, financial crisis, poverty, health, population dynamics, and more. Thomas Riley O’Connor holds a Ph.D. in criminology with an emphasis on comparative crime and justice systems. A senior professor in criminal justice and homeland security, Dr. O’Connor also serves as the director of global security studies at Austin Peay State University. In addition to his work with the university, he has been a contractor and consultant with elements of the intelligence and defense communities.

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REDUCING INEQUALITY Addressing the Wicked Problems across Professions and Disciplines Bruce S. Jansson Recognizing a gap in discussions of income inequality in most social work textbooks, this book provides an overview of the potential impact of income inequality on the United States. It examines why the United States is currently the most unequal industrialized nation, encourages students to develop proposals to address inequality, and shares diverse curriculum and research on the topic. Bruce Jansson, who earned his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago, is the Margaret W. Driscoll/Louise M. Clevenger Professor of Social Policy and Social Administration at the University of Southern California.

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WHO SHAPED THE AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM? Innovators and Pioneer James Windell This text features the work of seminal thinkers within criminal justice such as Founding Father James Madison, former director of the FBI J. Edgar Hoover, and famed attorney Clarence Darrow. Students learn about key figures in law enforcement, corrections, the courts, popular culture, and criminological theory, whose personal biographies are intertwined with their criminal justice achievements. James Windell has worked for many years as a court clinical psychologist. He is an adjunct faculty member of criminal justice at Wayne State University and a lecturer at Oakland University, both in Michigan.

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MOCK CONGRESS WORKBOOK Simulating the House of Representatives Sara Parker and Katherine Zuber

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Designed as a hands-on simulation, this workbook brings to life the roles and responsibilities of Congress members. This latest version features newly introduced bills that cover hot button issues such as sanctuary cities, mandatory minimum sentencing standards, school vouchers, public infrastructure spending, and the fight for a $15 minimum wage. It is an ideal instructional tool for introductory courses in American politics and public policy.

LESSONS FROM A LEGISLATIVE LIFE Robert C. Jubelirer | As told to Vincent P. Carocci With David A. Atkinson

© 2018 This book details Robert C. Jubelirer’s 32 years of electoral service to the state of Pennsylvania. Weaving together personal experience and insight into the storied history of the state’s politicians and public servants, the book provides a unique commentary on people and events. It is an excellent read for students in government and public policy courses.

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JUDICIAL POLICYMAKING Readings on Law, Politics, and Public Policy Jeb Barnes

ÂŠ 2018 This text provides readers with diverse materials, including scholarly writings, newspaper articles, and political cartoons, to explore the complex and varied role of law and courts in contemporary American society. Specific topics include the core promises of and limits on law and courts, American courts compared to those abroad, the question of the American legal system serving core democratic values, and more.

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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT Global and Presidential Impacts Michael Meagher

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This text demonstrates how the office of the presidency has shaped domestic politics and become a key player in globalization. By addressing topics such as the relationship between the presidency and the media, the foundations of world citizenship, and more, this text offers readers a fresh perspective on American government, aspects of the presidency, and the many ways the world is linked.

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DIVISIVE DISCOURSE The Extreme Rhetoric of Contemporary American Politics Joseph Zompetti

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This text examines the divisive discourse that pervades contemporary American political conversation. It provides a framework for identifying and interpreting extreme language and insight into how polarizing rhetoric leads to societal fragmentation. By exposing the rhetoric of division and teaching readers how to confront it, the book serves as a guide for how to have civil discussions about controversial issues.

THE AMERICAN POLITICAL NARRATIVE Anthony Neal

This text is a succinct yet poignant narrative about the development of the American political system and what is needed to maintain it. The book focuses on core aspects of America’s history, fundamental beliefs, and institutions. Students explore the American Revolution, the structure and functions of Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Presidency, civil liberties, social movements, domestic and foreign policy, and more.

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PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS John J. Kennedy

ÂŠ 2018 This text gives readers an overview of the government institutions and politics of the keystone state. It explains how Pennsylvania compares to other states on a wide variety of demographic and economic areas, and examines detailed statistics relating to election results and political trends, with an emphasis on the current party realignment.

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CAPTURING HISTORY Brief Readings on America from Discovery to 1877 Ryan Jordan

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This book deftly combines primary source documents with historical narrative to give readers an engaging account of early American history. A range of writing styles and methods are featured in 150 small document excerpts on topics ranging from demography to economics, politics to foreign policy.

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VOICE AND VISION Primary Source Readings on American Government and Democracy Tseggai Isaac

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This anthology features timeless primary sources that define the American vision of liberty, justice, and equality and document challenges to this vision. The readings address topics such as American liberal ideology, slavery, the military-industrial complex, and the results of seminal Supreme Court cases like the Dred Scott decision and Brown v. Board of Education.

AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND CITIZENSHIP A Reader Mark Ellickson, Ph.D.

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This reader uses thought-provoking articles and book chapters by well-known authors and political commentators to address a wide variety of subjects in American government. Students will explore topics such as citizenship, constitutional foundations, federalism, and civil liberties. Readings also examine civil rights, political participation and voting behavior, and public opinion and political socialization. The book is designed to spark interest and generate debate.

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THE STRAIGHT DETROIT America’s Premier Legacy City Jeffrey T. Horner

This text gives readers a variety of in-depth perspectives on the city of Detroit and the economic, social, political, and cultural considerations that have shaped and continue to shape it. A focus on newcomers and their experiences is a running theme throughout the anthology, which also explores the early history of the city, its industrial decline, race relations, and more.

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RIVERS OF STRUGGLE AND RESISTANCE A Social Political History of the Underrepresented in the United States Dr. Robert Stanley Oden

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This anthology provides a template for understanding the impact and origins of race, class, and gender oppression in the United States. It is an exploration of United States political history from a critical view of the issues, movements, historic moments, and key individuals and groups who have articulated and participated in movements for social justice and equality in the United States.

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VISIONS OF UTOPIA A Political Theory Anthology Jasper Sumner, III

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This anthology approaches political theory through analysis of the modern ideologies that shape our experience of the world today. Students become familiar with communitarianism and the utopian universe, liberal and conservative reactions to utopianism, the feminist, environmentalist, and dystopian views of utopianism.

THE WORLD TRANSFORMED Modern Civilization Since 1648 Dr. Charles Carter and Dr. Terry Morris

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Rather than approaching history and civilization purely chronologically, this text considers the differing approaches to life and politics that prevailed at various times in various places. The chapters explore intellectual transformation in 17th and 18th Century Europe, traditional East Asian states, Muslim empires, the emergence of the nation-state, and challenges to western modernity and the developing world.

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THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS The Role of Ethics in Public Service Dr. José de Arimatéia da Cruz and Dr. Becky Kohler da Cruz

© 2017 The anthology combines general theories, functions, and practices of government with specific examples of issues confronting government today. The readings prompt students to think critically about the challenges public servants face in their work. The text moves beyond familiar titles and roles to help students recognize elected officials and members of the judiciary as public servants who are regularly required to engage with hotly contested issues.

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FREE SPEECH Supreme Court Opinions from the Beginning to the Roberts Court William Bennett Turner

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This text is a collection of Supreme Court opinions on free speech. These opinions help students learn how justices think, reason, express themselves, wrestle with contentious issues, and reach decisions. The book features precedent-setting cases including Schenck v. United States, the Pentagon Papers case, and Citizens United.

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RELIGION AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES Politics, Ecology, and Women’s Rights Ivanessa Arostegui

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This anthology explores three areas of life in which religion has a profound impact: political policy; ecology; and women’s rights. The articles expose readers to diverse opinions, while original introductions to the issues and the religions help place the articles in context. The carefully curated articles address some of contemporary society’s most challenging issues.

SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Meeting the Challenges of a Diverse Society Michael Reisch

© 2017 This book provides a clear, conceptual social justice framework and up-to-date analyses of contemporary social policy issues. The text uses case studies and rigorous analysis to explore the relationship of social policy to economic, social, and culture transformation and the ongoing conflict between universal and population-specific conceptions of social welfare.

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FROM CONCEPT TO DIALOGUE An Introduction to Political Theory Elissa Alzate

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Blending high-interest original writing with select primary sources on political theory, this text fosters appreciation for and critical thinking about major political concepts. The text poses thought-provoking questions that guide readers into drawing critical information out of challenging material.

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THE DRAMA OF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM Matthew Caverly

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This volume of canonical essays discusses the head and heart of American national politics. Exploring the full panoply of American national politics, the essays collectively suggest that our political system may best be understood as a dramatic metaphor. Readers will look across a stage that fragments power horizontally and vertically, and to a background of unifying characteristics called the American political culture.

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A TREK THROUGH TEXAS GOVERNMENT Floyd William Holder IV

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This travel adventure tale allows readers to move across geography and through time to learn about the history and government of Texas. The story encompasses everything from a “tour” of the capitol to exploring Texas iconography to concise explanations of municipal, county, special district, and state-wide governmental structure.

TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY CHICAGO Dick Simpson, Constance A. Mixon, and Melissa Mouritsen

© 2017 This anthology investigates the social, economic, political, and governmental conditions of Chicago in this century. Covering metropolitan Chicago as a whole, this volume underscores the city’s efforts in recent years to establish itself as a global metropolitan region and highlights the most pressing issues Chicago is facing to create a positive future in these challenging times.

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CONSTRUCTING INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Christopher M. Brown

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This text promotes a real-world global perspective through the inclusion of reflective readings from scholars who are shaping discussions on the future of the discipline. The work explores topics such as feminist international relations, international law and organizations, postcolonial agency, norms, international political economy, development, the rise of nationalism, and the role of human rights beyond liberal and republican traditions.

CASE STUDIES IN DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS Robert O. Kirkland

ÂŠ 2017 In a post-9/11 world, the term terrorism is used to describe everything from guerilla-style warfare against U.S. Troops to mass murder of civilians in the name of ideological and political agendas. This anthology provides high quality, timely information that helps students understand how domestic and international terrorist groups forms and evolved, and how they currently operate.

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This text offers readers detailed information about the basic principles and nuances of developing empirical research design procedures to predict and describe political phenomena. By simultaneously providing in-depth substantive details and eliciting critical thinking, the volume is going to stimulate a meaningful dialogue about the current state of systematic political research inquiry.

CALIFORNIA POLITICS

This text presents a contemporary view of the political, cultural, and social changes that have occurred in California in the late 20th century and early 21st century. The new edition features essays that reflect the dynamics of demographic change in California and an introduction that explores the origin and significance of the Black Lives Matter Movement.

CHRONICLING CALIFORNIA

Through maps, photographs, newspaper articles, census materials, and more, this reader examines the unique history of California and its significance today. Topics include ethnic and cultural diversity; the environment; business and urban development; labor; politics; and the contested meanings of California.

A MORE PERFECT UNION

This text applies the great political writing of the past to contemporary issues of today, connecting the rich political thought our Constitution stems from to how it is applied in the practice of modern politics. It presents profound questions about the policy initiatives that are necessary if American society is to survive.

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With its awareness of how discrimination is also a response to terrorism this book moves beyond the already proven motivations for discrimination and brings the conversation solidly into the present moment. It examines issues related to power dynamics in the United States, as well as globally.

This book helps students to understand the influences that shape world regions. It employs conventional approaches to the study of world regions, then highlights important moments, events, and trends that either fostered conflict or led to regional cooperation. Each unit includes a regional overview, key terms, case studies, and classroom discussion activities.

This text analyzes theories of democracy from America’s founders and connects them with the ideas of classical and Renaissance political philosophy. The text explores classical thinkers from Ancient Greece, political writing from the Enlightenment, and America’s founders. It includes the entirety of all original documents paired with commentary, analysis, and imagery to enhance both interest and comprehension.

This book explores the entwined nature of religion and politics in the history and construction of the U.S. Using the text, students are empowered to deeply explore common ideas and narratives about religion and politics. Its contents are designed to provoke conversation and critical thinking about the impact of religious ideas and actions on the geopolitical self-identity of the country.

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UNDUE PROCESS Michael E. Norris

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This text book analyzes how the vast expansion of private security has undermined the constitutional rights to due process and equal protection. The book explains the world of private security and examines how it has rapidly expanded due to budget-conscious limits on police capacity. It also explores specific constitutional issues raised by netlaw, private prisons, and the activities of bounty hunters.

This book offers students a fresh perspective on international events and politics as they learn to view them through the lens of economic and financial interests and the interplay of overt and covert players. Topics include the role of private banks in reconstruction after WWII, the impact of soldiers-for-hire in Africa, and the profits to be made from warfare.

This book argues that the intellectual and historical origins of Neo-Conservatism can be traced back to the Greco-Persian wars. It discusses historical topics such as the legacy of the Crusades and behavioralist versus traditionalist approaches to foreign policy, and asserts that current academic training produces advisers and analysts who misunderstand Middle Eastern history, cultures, and traditions.

FROM PERSONAL TO POLITICAL

This book is dedicated to the second and third waves of feminism. The selected readings explore how these movements prompted social changes and highlight the outcomes of those changes. It examines how activism helped change laws regarding rape and domestic violence and supported the formation of battered women’s shelters.

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This book presents important theories and concepts in political science and shows how these apply in real-world politics while giving readers insight into political science research. Students will learn the historic origins, developments, and characteristics of America as a nation. They will explore the use of empirical data to evaluate social processes and events, and consider America’s role in the international system.

This text helps students make connections between political theory and the real world politics of 21st Century America. In working through the anthology, students will explore the nature of human beings, and how people should live together to form a society that successfully balances liberty and security.

This text introduces students to the American political system, and demonstrates how African Americans have fit themselves into that system and contributed to its successful evolution. Readers will be introduced to African-American perspectives on the operation of government, the impact of the Bill of Rights, and Black political parties, factions, and activity.

This book introduces students to basic concepts in world politics. It addresses common misperceptions and their impact on foreign policy, and it explores forms of bureaucratic dysfunction in key American agencies. Students will learn to to examine and analyze U.S. foreign and military policy, and a variety of global security crises.

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In recognition of the fact that peace is much more than the absence of war, this book gives readers new insights into the causes of international conflict. The reading selections examine peace, conflict, violence, and power as essential elements, at both the micro- and macro- levels, in determining the course of events. The selected readings pose fresh questions, and respond to standard questions in new ways.

The readings in this anthology teach students about fundamental international relations theories and explain the implications these theories have for nationstates, sub-national groups, surpranational organizations, and the people who comprise them. Beginning with realism, liberalism, and idealism, the book examines how certain theories took root and developed over time.

Opening with a call for re-engagement, this text then moves on to address topics such as high quality civic education, building social capital, the role of citizenship in students’ daily lives, cultural approaches to communication, and theoretical and pedagogical perspectives on global citizenship.

This anthology uses accessible readings to introduce students to the realities of neoliberal globalization and its impact on the lives of people around the world. The material sidesteps theory to focus on real-world cases that reflect the consequences and implications of globalization.

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This text addresses this comparative ethos and Cold War thematics, topics in world history traditionally associated with realpolitik, U.S. foreign policy as a subset of world politics, topics traditionally associated with neoliberalism, and failures of the current nation-state system. Students learn about globalization, international law and organizations, transnational actors, integration theory, and international security.

This book examines the phenomenon of terrorism by looking at the concepts and causes behind it, as well as the roles of religion, public relations, and politics. It increases understanding of the roots of terrorism, and explores how various forms of intervention are used to confront terrorism. It also discusses the ability of terrorist groups to advance political agendas, fundraise, and use media to promote their visions and ideologies.

This text blends social, political, and intellectual history to give students a wellrounded, comprehensive understanding of early American primary sources. Different voices, philosophies, and points of view are explored thoughtfully and respectfully. There are discussion questions for each primary source document, as well as comparison questions that can be used as essay assignments.

This text aims to encourage a careful and, therefore, a critical reading of the most significant and often controversial ideas examined in the works of classical and modern political theory. Together the introductory essays and selected readings provide an overview of the assumptions and important arguments still used by those seeking to understand human nature, society and political life.

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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

This text features the writing of some of the greatest political philosophers from ancient times to the present, along with concise introductions that highlight and explain the major points of each selection. Readers are introduced to the ideas of Socrates and Plato, Aristotle’s writing on politics and ethics, and the meditations of Marcus Aurelius.

SATIRE’S BREW

This book takes a fresh approach to media critique by using a fictional character to guide the reader through an analytical journey of political and social satire. As readers engage with the story they have a front row seat to lectures about the state of media and politics, violence in animation, and the comedy of outrage.The audience becomes familiar with the fifth estate and is presented with some of its best examples of media satire.

This text is divided into three parts. In Part 1, students become familiar with the genesis and mission of the Department of Homeland Security. Part 2 addresses threats to homeland security, and Part 3 explores responses to these threats. In addition to discussing recent developments in homeland security, the anthology also gives historical perspective and covers policy and operations.

WORLD PERSPECTIVES

This text seeks to help students understand how countries interact and operate on the global level by examining a variety of critical issues, including trade, terrorism, and humans rights. World Perspectives provides an engaging reading experience that challenges students to seek information and answers on how the international system operates.

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By introducing students to vital primary sources, and supplementing these with insightful secondary readings, this volume encourages students to think critically about key components of the American political system. Organized thematically, the reading selections explore the foundations of the American political system, the three branches of American government, and the psychological nature of political behavior.

This book is designed to offer students a fresh take on the motives, means, and opportunities for personal engagement in our political system. The book includes the basic information contained in traditional American government texts, but it also explores psychological, social, and media paths toward political engagement for the millennial generation.

This book traces the historical trajectory of the vice-presidential institution, telling the story of the vice presidency, and those who have held the office. It is an infinitely more colorful narrative than most would imagine; and yet, the vice presidency continues to be an enigma to most of the public.

This anthology presents readings on a broad array of topics related to American politics on film, including film history, film genres, and analysis of film. A guide for students to use when analyzing films for political content, this text covers timely topics such as political ideologies and institutions.

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This text introduces students to the terminology, concepts, and theories that will enable them to make their own assessments about international politics, past and present. It uses a unique combination of foundational readings and primary sources, application case studies, articles, and analytical essays to provide students with a thorough and practical introduction to international relations.

PATTERNS IN POLITICS

This text places questions about American Government within the broader context of how people in societies manage their relationships and resolve conflicts. The selected historical documents present a respectful view of the role religion and faith played during the founding period, and provide unique insights into American political culture during this time.

This collection of readings illuminates the connections between technology and democracy by providing a comprehensive but compact introduction to a wide-ranging conversation. Using the disaster surrounding Hurricane Katrina as a unifying thread, these readings are designed to help citizens make more thoughtful collective and individual decisions about technology.

This book provides a highly entertaining and academic look at free speech and association issues on the college campus. The presentation of the legal material mixed in with humorous fact patterns makes analysis of the cutting edge campus speech issues enjoyable.

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This text brings together scholarship from a variety of academic perspectives to explore the issues and themes central to the study of the developing world and its peoples. This is an ideal text for courses dealing with the politics of the developing world, developing world culture, and globalization.

This book delivers concise, yet insightful summaries of the crucial political systems and the ideas of prominent political philosophers throughout history. It is designed to provide students with a familiarity of the various political viewpoints, as a matter of conscientious citizenship. From Conservatism, to Monarchism, to Socialism, the book examines a wide range of influential political systems and illustrates how most societies around the globe exhibit a blend of systems.

This volume provides an in-depth exploration of the president’s major speeches and allows the reader to assess the extent to which Obama met the domestic and global expectations associated with his foreign policy agenda. It serves as an invaluable resource for U.S. Foreign Policy, American Government, International Relations, and Presidential Studies courses.

This title is designed to help students understand the forces shaping their lives and American society in an age of globalization. This knowledge is vital for students to practice democratic citizenship: casting informed votes, participating in the nation’s political life, and helping others to reach a better understanding of American public policy.

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This text explores if U.S. policy is improving on the problems found in a suddenly larger Asia, or in some way compounding them. The book focuses on U.S. interests in Asia in its broadest contours—from Japan, China, and the Koreas in the east; a discussion of India in the south; and also to Afghanistan and Pakistan in the west.

Using a systems analysis approach, chapters in this book focus on the political, social, economic, and cultural environment. Topics include the bargaining, conflict, cooperation, and lawmaking in the legislative process as well as demands, pressures, and support of the various groups within the political system.

ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION, AMITY, EQUANIMITY AND TRANQUILITY ANALYZING AND INVENTING PEACE PARADIGMS, CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND PEACEBUILDING STRATEGIES Abdul Karim Bangura and Alanoud Al-Nouh © 2011 REQUEST a Review Copy

This book intends to define and describe the theory of democratic peace and to propose Islamic peace paradigms and a conflict resolution strategy that are as compatible, complementary, or as an alternative to the democratic model.

This text examines how Islamic societies have fared under and dealt with the major political-economic systems that have operated throughout history. Each chapter explores one of several political-economic systems by defining major concepts and their synthesis, providing a thematic review of available literature, and reviewing three Islamic societies that operated under the system.

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In order to examine as many social economic trends in Washington, DC as possible and cohesively, the research methodology that underlies all of the chapters in this book is time-series: i.e. a quasi-experimental design that comprises arranged numerical observations collected over time in the same sequence (daily, monthly, annually, etc.). The timeframe covered in these chapters is from 1970 to 2006.

The word peace conjures myriad images. For some, peace is achieved in a world free of violent conflict from ethnic, cultural, religious, or political differences. For others, the promotion of democracy, justice, and human rights are additional and equally important facets of peace. This is a unique collection of articles that explore the notion of peace through the eyes of Washington, DC residents.

This book explores the legal challenges and triumphs of African Americans and law and politics in Washington, DC. It examines the interconnection between law and politics in Washington, DC, because it is vital to know the legal conditions under which the African American residents of the most powerful city in the world live, based on sound empirical evidence.

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