The Populist Explosion: How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics

This volume, covering twenty-five populist parties in seventeen European states, presents the first comparative study of the impact of the Great Re...

DescriptionBeginning in the late 1950s and continuing through the 1970s, the United States experienced a vast expansion in national policy making. ...

Reducere. In 2006, few Americans were expecting the economy to collapse. Today the American church is in a similar position, on the precipice of a great spir...

Reducere. DescriptionThe victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 election left specialists of American politics perplexed and concerned about the future of US de...

Reducere. DescriptionIn October 2008, as the U.S. economy plunged, the Federal Reserve began paying interest on banks' reserve balances. The resulting switch...

What comes after neoliberalism? In these times of health emergency, economic collapse, populist anger and ecological threat, societies are forced t...

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Fire, falling timbers, and flying debris test the courage of the du Pont children as they race from their home to escape an explosion at their fami...

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Reducere. In this essential exploration of the American heartland, Kayleigh McEnany presents an eye-opening collection of interviews and stories about the po...

Against the Consensus: Reflections on the Great Recession - Justin Yifu Lin

Reducere. Private foundations have been the dynamo of social change since their invention at the beginning of the last century. Yet just over 10 percent of t...

Reducere. A comprehensive history of the Croatian collaborationist movement and its four years of misrule under the Axis occupation.

The epic story of London's major railway stations, by Britain's bestselling transport historian.Illustrations: 1x8pp colour plates, 1x8pp b/w plate...

The epic story of London's major railway stations, by Britain's bestselling transport historian.Publisher: Atlantic BooksAuthor(s): Christian Wolma...

The renowned historian Ivan Berend discusses populist demagoguery through the presentation of 18 politicians from 12 European countries from World ...

The Great Recession: Market Failure or Policy Failure? - Robert L. Hetzel

Reducere. What makes it so difficult to enact and sustain comprehensive social welfare policy that would aid the disadvantaged in the United States? Addressi...

Winner of the Littleton-Griswold PrizeWinner of the Ralph Waldo Emerson AwardWinner of the Order of the Coif AwardWinner of the David J. Langum Sr....

Reducere. Theodore J. Karamanski's sweeping maritime history demonstrates the far-ranging impact that the tools and infrastructure developed for navigating t...

Ten years after the landmark legislation, Ezekiel Emanuel leads a crowd of experts, policy-makers, doctors, and scholars as they evaluate the Affor...

The author provides a thorough analysis of the issues related to the interest rates in the conduct of monetary policy, such as the risk-taking chan...

DescriptionThe generational and social thinking changes that caused an unprecedented shift toward support for gay marriage How did gay marriage--so...

This volume examines how the political, economic and social changes of the Great Depression impacted on Hollywood and how it responded to them.

Reducere. "I have a dream." When those words were spoken on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, the crowd stood, electrified, as Martin Lut...

Reducere. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Jewish immigrants upended Protestant control of vaudeville and the silent film industry. This book rejec...

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Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Steven G. EpsteinIllustration(s): 7 halftones, 4 line drawings, 2 tablesNumber of pages: 400Pu...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Steven G. EpsteinIllustration(s): 7 halftones, 4 line drawings, 2 tablesNumber of pages: 400Pu...

DescriptionThe revolt of the voters that exploded in 2016 represents a reaction to the effects of financial globalization, with economic discontent...

Presents the history of Western ideas about the nature of human experience. This book explores Western discourse since the sixteenth century onward...

Reducere. Florida has long been a beacon for retirees, but for many, the American dream of owning a home there was a fantasy. That changed in the 1950s, when...

Have you ever puzzled over the causes of the 2007-8 financial crisis and wondered how it will affect all our futures? If so, this book is for you. ...

DescriptionHow the rise of the car, the symbol of American personal freedom, inadvertently led to ever more intrusive policing--with disastrous con...

Description Literal and metaphorical excavations at Sweet Briar College reveal how African American labor enabled the transformation of Sweet Briar...

Reducere. A robust and timely investigation into the political and moral fault-lines that divide Brexit Britain and Trump's America -- and how a new settleme...

Leading economists discuss post-financial crisis policy dilemmas, including the dangers of complacency in a period of relative stability.The Great ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: James N. GregoryBetween 1900 and the 1970s, twenty million southerners migrated north and west. Weaving together for the fi...

Reducere. Contrary to warnings about the dangers of populism, Donald F. Critchlow argues that grassroots activism is essential to party renewal within a demo...

Reducere. Something is going badly wrong in America. But what is really happening, why, and what does it mean? Could the US itself now be the greatest threat...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Bill LichtensteinIllustration(s): 282 colour and black and white photosNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 202...

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International and Local Actors in Disaster Response uses the Beirut explosion in August 2020 to explore disaster prevention and response in develop...

Reducere. On January 3, 1961, nuclear reactor SL-1 exploded in rural Idaho, spreading radioactive contamination over thousands of acres and killing three men...

Reducere. Do you ever find yourself losing sight of the important things in life-work and stress can become overwhelming at times. Such is the situation wher...

The edited book brings together country experts on populism, ethno-territorial politics, and party competition. It consists of twelve empirical cha...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Jacob GrumbachIllustration(s): 32 b/w illus. 17 tables.Number of pages: 288Collection: Princeton St...

Reducere. Where Black people live has long been an important determinant of their ability to participate in political processes. The Great Migration signific...

"This bold, intellectually ambitious, and wholly original book challenges the way in which Western social science understands China.... It will set...

DescriptionPopulism, or the political ideology that pits the people against elites, has become a significant feature of mature democracies in the t...