The Six-Shooter State: Public and Private Violence in American Politics, Paperback - Jonathan Obert

DescriptionAmerican violence is schizophrenic. On the one hand, many Americans support the creation of a powerful bureaucracy of coercion made up o...

What is causing American public opinion to move into increasingly alt-right terrain? The Everyday Crusade provides an answer. The book shows that A...

The white nationalist movement in the United States is nothing new. Yet, prior to the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, ma...

On August 7, 1989, Congressman Mickey Leland departed on a flight from Addis Ababa, with his thirteen-member delegation of Ethiopian and American r...

A blend of historical and contemporary analysis that opens up many of the puzzles - and curses - of modern American politics, for both professional...

Reducere. American society is rapidly secularizing-a radical departure from its historically high level of religiosity-and politics is a big part of the reas...

Reducere. Dangerously Divided is for scholars, lay readers, journalists, and policy makers who are interested in American politics, race and ethnicity, class...

Telling a neglected history of decolonisation and violence in Burundi, Aidan Russell examines the political language of truth that drove extraordin...

Reducere. -A must-read, sure to engage. . . An important and richly narrated reminder to women of why, 'If you not at the table, you're on the menu.'- --Jess...

Reducere. In the 1970s, queer Americans demanded access not only to health and social services but also to mainstream Democratic and Republican Party politic...

Reducere. This book examines how cryptocurrencies based on blockchain technologies, fit into existing general law categories of public and private law. The b...

With Latin America home to some of the most draconian bans on abortion in the world, abortion rights is one of the most controversial and hotly-con...

Property rights are important for economic exchange, but many governments don't protect them. Private market organizations can fill this gap by pro...

Reducere. A straightforward approach to managing tantrums. Noting that of all the behavioral problems parents face from their children, temper tantrums may b...

Illustrates how states appeal to popular morality to forge new group identities and mobilize violence against perceived threats. In an era where st...

A "gripping, " (Booklist) "clear-eyed, and honest" (The New York Times Book Review) biography of Samuel Colt--the inventor of the legendary Colt re...

This book delves into the many innovative changes that the financial industry has undergone in recent years. The authors investigate these developm...

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Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Jonathan ZimmermanNumber of pages: 360Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 226 x 24Cover ty...

Reducere. Based on Levenda's research into Mormonism, Freemasonry, and esoteric societies over the past thirty years, this book is intended for an audience t...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Guillaume (Universite du Quebec a Montreal (UQAM), Canada) LaganiereNumber of pages: 312Collection: ...

Reducere. Prayers for Living offers 500 new accessible, contemporary and wide-ranging intercessory prayers suitable for public worship or private devotion. T...

Reducere. Prayers for Living offers 500 new accessible, contemporary and wide-ranging intercessory prayers suitable for public worship or private devotion. T...

Reissue of a tried and tested resource, particularly helpful for those who are nervous about leading prayers in church.

Amazon FBA has grown significantly over the past few years. There is a reason why so many people have jumped on board.Amazon is a multi-billion dol...

Reducere. How rich is the Queen and where did her wealth come from?Have you ever wondered where the funding for the Queen's priceless jewellery, gilded carri...

Dismissing industrial policy because 'governments cannot pick winners' is counter-productive. This Element studying selected major innovations illu...

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...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Professor Michael (University of New South Wales, Australia) LeggNumber of pages: 312Collection: Civ...

Reducere. How do dictators stay in power? When, and how, do they use repression to do so? Dictators and their Secret Police explores the role of the coercive...

In colaborare cu: Institutul de Investigare a Crimelor Comunismului in RomaniaMemorialul Rezistentei Anticomuniste „Tara Fagarasului” Volum aparut ...

A New Model for Housing Finance presents a thought-provoking solution to the housing crisis that follows the division of public and private money o...

Reducere. In Separated by Their Sex, Mary Beth Norton offers a bold genealogy that shows how gender came to determine the right of access to the Anglo-Americ...

A vibrant introduction to the world's oldest democratic republic, which is fully up-to-date, covering Obama's presidency and the rise of the Tea Pa...

Tensions of American Federal Democracy uses an original analytical framework combined with comparative perspectives - including those of other mode...

A historical overview of Saturn's meaning in the history of astrology, combined with a philosophical background to help the fullness of the traditi...

Reducere. An exciting new popular study of the male body--fresh, honest, and full of revelationsIn this surprising, candid cultural analysis, Susan Bordo beg...

Concentrating on presidents and cabinet members, from the birth of the US through the Carter administration, this book tells how they and their ass...

DescriptionThis book presents the case that the origins of American liberty should not be sought in the constitutional-reformist feats of its "stat...

Reducere. DescriptionA manual and guide to using the most common group of predictive techniques in traditional astrology. This includes primary directions th...

Reducere. When Neil Reynolds was first asked to work as a private military contractor in Iraq, he didn't even know where it was on the map. But the Border Wa...

To better understand school violence this Element provides a comprehensive meta-analysis of the school violence and victimization literature. Using...

Reducere. Turkey has gone through significant transformations over the last century--from the Ottoman Empire and Young Turk era to the Republic of today--but...

This comprehensive book is a practical guide for executive and non-executive directors and aspiring directors to lead, govern and steer UK-based or...