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Today, privacy is one of the most hotly debated topics worldwide. The book aims to balance the development of personal rights in a country that has historically valued collective rights over those of the individual. The protection of privacy is not an issue that has been emphasi…
"Today, even as America asserts itself globally, it lacks a grand strategy to replace "containment of communism." In this book, Gary Hart outlines a new grand strategy, one directing America's powers to the achievement of its large purposes." "Central to this strategy is the pow…
Discusses the wave of popular rebellion against governments in Arab nations during the Spring of 2011. This brief, timely analysis situates the assault on Libya in the context of the winds of revolt that swept through the Middle East in the Spring of 2011.
Within the United States, minority and low-income communities currently bear a disproportionate amount of risk associated with pollution and other harmful environmental practices. The environmental justice movement is working to change this fact, promoting the fair and non-discr…
John F. Kennedy died decades ago - yet because of his extraordinary promise and untimely death, his star still resonates strongly. On the anniversary of his assassination, a political scientist and analyst - himself a teenager in the early 1960s, and inspired by JFK and his pres…
In this authoritative analysis, Alison Pargeter follows the twists and turns of the Muslim Brotherhood as it battled through the years of oppression under authoritarian regimes to finally become a key and legitimate political actor. From Egypt and Syria to Tunisia and Libya, the…
Explores a crucial concept in political science Helps to link governance theory with contemporary social science more fully Governance has become one of the most commonly used concepts in contemporary political science. It is, however, often used to mean a variety of different …
"Personal information contained in your emails, phone calls, GPS movements and social media is a hot commodity, and corporations are cashing in by mining and selling the data they collect about our private lives. "Spying on Democracy" reveals how the government acquires and uses…
Persia Felix could never have been a phrase coined to describe modern Iran. Her lot since the period of the Qajars has been to stand in the crossfire of great power politics. In this collection, a new debate takes place on the approach of the Qajar system (1796-1925) within the …
Monograph on the collective bargaining theory in the UK from 1930 to 1975 - examines the justifications for trade unions as collective bargaining agents (incl. Strikes), concludes that real wage rates have been lowered, and suggests reform of labour legislation, a compact betwee…
"François Mitterrand was a man of exceptional gifts and exceptional flaws who, during his fourteen years as president, strove to drag his tradition-bound and change-averse country into the modern world ... As president he brought the French Communists into the government the bet…
In this gripping memoir, John F. Kennedy's closest advisor recounts in full for the first time his experience counseling Kennedy through the most dramatic moments in American history ... from the decision to go to the moon to the Cuban Missile Crisis, when JFK requested that the…
