The Paradox of Power. Statebuilding in America, 1754-1920, Paperback - Ballard C. Campbell

Argues that the state in America is rooted in the country's colonial experience and analyses the evidence for this by reviewing governance at all l...

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Can political representation help women upend entrenched systems of power? Property and Power finds evidence that quotas improve women's ability to...

Exploration of the divine sonship of Jesus in the New Testament letter to the Hebrews

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The eastern Roman Empire was the largest state in western Eurasia in the sixth century. A century later, it was a fraction of its former size. Rava...

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Why has China grown so fast for so long despite vast corruption? In China's Gilded Age, Yuen Yuen Ang argues that not all types of corruption hurt ...

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The Burden of Power is the fourth volume of Alastair Campbell's diaries, and perhaps the most eagerly awaited given the ground it covers. Campbell ...

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