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In the tradition of the great pamphleteers, our Founding Fathers, Charles Spencer comes through again with a fast cogent explanation of politicians who would promise you anything and everything in a naked attempt to steal your vote. Includes a free printable PDF that you can print and hand out to your favorite young heads of mush who can (at this tender age) be bought off with a promise of free college or free healthcare.
If it feels too good to be...
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New Challenges for Maturing Democracies in Korea and Taiwan takes a creative and comparative view of the new challenges and dynamics confronting these maturing democracies. Numerous works deal with political change in the two societies individually, but few adopt a comparative approach-and most focus mainly on the emergence of democracy or the politics of the democratization processes. This book, utilizing a broad, interdisciplinary approach, pays...
43) Social Policy in an Era of Global Competition: Comparative, international and local perspectives
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Welfare states globally have been subjected to reform agendas that have stressed economic competitiveness but how has global competition reshaped welfare states in practice? Providing a new cross-national and international narrative this book captures the complexity of social policy reform process that have taken place over the past 25 years. Drawing on data relating to multiple countries the authors examine global, cross-national and local cases...
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This is the sixth book for Anthony W. Brown. The first book, "Rebirth from Darkness to Light", was written under the pseudonym, Just Anthony, which is the authors stage name as a poet. The second book, " Hope Peace, Love & Joy, An Inquiry into their Philosophical Nature and the Endless Pursuit of Attaining Them" is a book written Christmas of 2022 and rebranded under the current title in 2023. This book is an intersection between Counseling Psychology...
45) Irrepressible China and India: Ancient Civilizations and Wisdom. Modern Statecraft and Resurgence
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Chinese and Indian civilizations are two of the oldest civilizations in the world. And although they have quite different heritage from their different history, they have similarly promising future ahead.The resurgence of China And India is a headline story of the modern world.Today, China and India are leading nations in the important economically focused BRICS bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which is emerging as the counterweight...
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What is the European Union's role in the third millennium geopolitical environment in Sub-Saharan Africa? What are Rural Development Policies in Tanzania? In agriculture they are considered a driver for the development of the entire Country System. What can be created from convergence and cooperation in an African model nation such as The United Republic of Tanzania and the European Vision 2014-2020 in East Africa. This book represents a useful compendium...
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF SELF DESTRUCTION is the second of two books exploring war in all its complexity. In the first book, THE BOOK TO END ALL WARS, it was posited that war acts upon the human psyche like a destructive mental virus. The first book looked into the history of that deadly virus. The current examination through THE PHILOSOPHY OF SELF DESTRUCTION examines the current milieu of the virus in present times. It examines the virus from a psychological...
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What would you do to change the course of a nation when you observed that nation heading down a very dangerous path? Plea for a Nation is just that. It's a call to action for anyone who is willing to listen and aid in a much needed course correction.
Our beloved nation stands at a crossroads. Bitter partisanship has left many disillusioned, while the powerful wield self-interest against the common good. Yet I still believe in the spirit of America...
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Esa labor por democratizar un conocimiento crítico de nuestro país y divulgar las posibles salidas desde el consenso y el uso del conocimiento académico, es otro de los elementos que hacen la diferencia en el trabajo de Luis Ugalde, lo que lo distancia de ciertas posiciones intelectuales que siempre han tenido dificultades para dialogar con el país.
Es por eso que la política como oficio, disciplina e institución recorre las páginas del libro,...
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Este libro en su conjunto parte de la idea de que el psicoanálisis es más que una teoría de la mente y una clínica para el tratamiento de afecciones nerviosas. Desde nuestra lectura, es también una crítica a la cultura. Así, debe intervenir en el discurso y en las prácticas sociales que instrumentan y ejercen violencia para denunciarlas y resistirlas. Los autores de esta compilación consideramos que, más allá de las malas, irresponsables...
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It is the toiling masses and the rest of the people who fight for national liberation, democracy and socialism against imperialism and all reaction who let us hope for a bright future of world peace and common prosperity. They are now waging anti-imperialist and democratic mass struggle against the current global crisis that has been brought about by revisionist betrayal of socialism, neoliberalism and fascism. These are the prelude to the resurgence...
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Welcome to the wild world of American politics, where Joe Biden and Donald Trump have strutted onto the stage like a duo in a never-ending sitcom. Picture Biden, the seasoned politician, dishing out empathy like it's candy at a parade, while Trump, the real estate tycoon turned commander-in-chief, storms in like a bull in a china shop, only to redecorate the entire place in his own style. Their stories read like a comedy of errors, with Biden playing...
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As President Trump strives to make America great again - accomplishing more in his first 5 months than his predecessor was able to destroy in the previous 8 years - he faces several enemies. The Democrats, the MSM, and many of the feckless GOP (not to mention countless leakers and sabotage agents intent on bringing his Presidency down). Trump and America will always triumph. But what of the nattering nabobs of doom who continue to chatter away? How...
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The crisis of the world capitalist system and that of the Philippine ruling system have become worse than in any period after World War II. The US-instigated policies of neoliberal globalization, state terrorism and aggressive war have wrought havoc on the lives of the people and continue to escalate oppression and exploitation. The Filipino people cannot tolerate their suffering and they are fighting back against imperialism and all reaction. The...
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"The world is full of information. What do we do when we get the information, when we have digested the information, what do we do then? Is there a point where ye say, yes, stop, now I shall move on."
James Kelman here offers something of why a book such of this is in front of the public. The State relies on our suffocation, that we cannot hope to learn "the truth." But whether we can or not is beside "the point." Finally, there is no "point." We...
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The government should be a government of people, not money. The Occupy Wall Street movement senses this but lacks focus. This book provides that focus.
The government has roles to play in the safety, conflict resolution, and pooling resources. The roles that the government has to play require strict adherence to the rules. There can be no forgiveness.
Religion asks for perfection. To ask for the impossible guarantees failure. The role religion has...
57) The Land Beyond the Border: State Formation and Territorial Expansion in Syria, Morocco, and Israel
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Uses an innotvative theoretical framework to comparatively explore the dynamics of state expansion and contraction in Syria (1976-2005), Morocco (since 1975), and Israel (since 1967).Based on three case studies from the Middle East, The Land beyond the Border advances an innovative theoretical framework for the study of state expansions and state contractions. Johannes Becke argues that state expansion can be theorized according to four basic ideal...
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Examines the political dynamics behind anticorruption efforts in Asia.
Focusing on Northeast and Southeast Asia-regions notable for political diversity, difficult environments for fighting corruption, and multifarious anticorruption outcomes-this book examines the political dynamics behind anticorruption efforts there. The contributors present case studies of the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea, and China that explore...
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The current resurgence of Marxism is based on new sources of inspiration and creativity from movements that seek democratic, egalitarian and ecological alternatives to capitalism. The Marxism of many of these movements is neither dogmatic nor prescriptive, but rather, open, searching, utopian. It revolves around four primary factors: the importance of democracy for an emancipatory project; the ecological limits of capitalism; the crisis of global...
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Políticas del sufrimiento y la vulnerabilidad reúne diversos ensayos sobre vida y política a fin de poner en juego la potencia resistente de la vulnerabilidad humana y el no-poder-querer-más. Si los canales de gestión del sufrimiento y la vulnerabilidad (medicalización y psicologización, institucionalización, literatura de autoayuda, etc.) aspiran a reparar individualmente los desajustes del sujeto autoproductivo e imposibilitan su visibilidad,...