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Natural Acts: Gender, Race, and Rusticity in Country Music, Paperback - Pamela Fox

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Description"'All I gotta do is act naturally, ' Buck Owens sang, and Pamela Fox knows where the acting comes in. From early hillbilly acts to alt.c...

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Bridging State and Civil Society. Informal Organizations in Tajik/Afghan Badakhshan, Hardback - Suzanne Levi-Sanchez

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Provides an in-depth study of parts of Central Asia and Afghanistan that remain marginalized from the larger region. Suzanne Levi-Sanchez provides ...

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Provocative Eloquence: Theater, Violence, and Antislavery Speech in the Antebellum United States, Hardcover - Laura L. Mielke

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DescriptionIn the mid-19th century, rhetoric surrounding slavery was permeated by violence. Slavery's defenders often used brute force to suppress ...

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Regimes of Desire, 93. Young Gay Men, Media, and Masculinity in Tokyo, Paperback - Thomas Baudinette

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Publisher: The University of Michigan PressAuthor(s): Thomas BaudinetteNumber of pages: 262Collection: Michigan Monograph Japanese StudiesPublicati...

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Ellington Uptown: Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, & the Birth of Concert Jazz, Paperback - John Howland

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DescriptionThe story of the African American contributions to the symphonic jazz vogue of the 1920s through the 1940s.During the early decades of t...

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The Matter of Disability: Materiality, Biopolitics, Crip Affect, Paperback - David T. Mitchell

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DescriptionThe Matter of Disability returns disability to its proper place as an ongoing historical process of corporeal, cognitive, and sensory mu...

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On Parliamentary War: Partisan Conflict and Procedural Change in the U.S. Senate, Paperback - James Ian Wallner

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Dysfunction in the Senate is driven by the deteriorating relationship between the majority and minority parties. Regular order is virtually nonexis...

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Ancient Art of Emulation. Studies in Artistic Originality and Tradition from the Present to Classical Antiquity, Hardback - ***

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Are copies of Greek and Roman masterpieces as important as the originals they imitate?

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Silent Guns of Two Octobers. Kennedy and Khrushchev Play the Double Game, Hardback - Theodore Voorhees

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Uses new as well as previously under-appreciated documentary evidence to link the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Checkpoint Charlie tank standoff to a...

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From Expectation to Experience. Essays on Law and Legal Education, Paperback - James Boyd White

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Publisher: The University of Michigan PressAuthor(s): James Boyd WhiteNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2000Dimensions: 228 x 153 x 13Cover typ...

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Dialectical Imaginaries. Materialist Approaches to U.S. Latino/a Literature in the Age of Neoliberalism, Paperback - ***

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Brings together essays that analyse the effects of class conflict and capitalist ideology on contemporary works of US Latino/a literature. The edit...

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Learning by Voting. Sequential Choices in Presidential Primaries and Other Elections, Hardback - Kenneth C. Williams

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Publisher: The University of Michigan PressAuthor(s): Kenneth C. WilliamsIllustration(s): 16figs.23tabs.Number of pages: 184Publication date: 2001D...

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Paradigms and Sand Castles. Theory Building and Research Design in Comparative Politics, Paperback - Barbara Geddes

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Paradigms and Sand Castles demonstrates the relationship between thoughtful research design and the collection of persuasive evidence in support of...

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Developing States, Shaping Citizenship. Service Delivery and Political Participation in Zambia, Hardback - Erin Accampo Hern

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Argues that the quality of citizens' interactions with the government through service provision sends them important signals about what they can ho...

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Rationality of Irrationality. Political Determinants and Effects of Party Position Blurring, Paperback - Kyung Joon Han

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Argues that political parties are motivated to strategically blur their position on an issue when they struggle with a certain disadvantage in the ...

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Coalition of the unWilling and unAble. European Realignment and the Future of American Geopolitics, Paperback - John R Deni

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Why does the US need European allies, and why is it getting more difficult for those allies to partner with Washington in pursuing other common int...

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Home Field Advantage. Roots, Reelection, and Representation in the Modern Congress, Hardback - Charles R Hunt

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Although partisan polarization gets much of the attention in political science scholarship about Congress, members of Congress represent diverse co...

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From the Valley of Bronze Camels. A Primer, Some Lectures, & A Boondoggle on Poetry, Paperback - Jane Miller

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Jane Miller loves poetry. In these provocative and deeply insightful essays, she unpacks the work of giants like Adrienne Rich, Paul Celan, Marina ...

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The United States and International Law. Paradoxes of Support across Contemporary Issues, Paperback - Richard W Maass

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Analyses the seemingly inconsistent US relationship with international law by identifying five types of state support for international law: leader...

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Pride, Not Prejudice. National Identity as a Pacifying Force in East Asia, Paperback - Eunbin Chung

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Numerous studies have suggested that more peaceful relations are likely only if countries submerge or paper over existing national identities by pr...

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The Language(s) of Politics. Multilingual Policy-Making in the European Union, Paperback - Nils Ringe

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Multilingualism depoliticizes policymaking in the EUPublisher: The University of Michigan PressAuthor(s): Nils RingeNumber of pages: 288Publication...

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Complex Systems in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Theory, Method and Application, Hardback - Euel W. Elliott

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Provides a sophisticated yet accessible account of complexity science or complex systems research. The authors range from the implications for arti...

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Development in Multiple Dimensions: Social Power and Regional Policy in India, Hardcover - Alexander Lee

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DescriptionWhy do some states provide infrastructure and social services to their citizens, and others do not? In Development in Multiple Dimension...

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Governing and Ruling. The Political Logic of Taxation in China, Paperback - Changdong Zhang

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Studies how the Chinese Communist Party uses and reforms its taxation institution to promote economic growth and governance quality while limits th...

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Mobility, Mobilization, and Counter/Insurgency. The Routes of Terror in an African Context, Hardback - Daniel E Agbiboa

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Takes African insurgencies back to their routes by providing a transdisciplinary perspective on the centrality of mobility to the strategies of ins...

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Prismatic Performances. Queer South Africa and the Fragmentation of the Rainbow Nation, Paperback - April Sizemore-Barber

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Focuses on the queer embodiments that both reveal and animate the gaps between South Africa's self-image and its lived realities. The book argues t...

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The Article Book: Practice Toward Mastering A, An, and the, Paperback - Tom Cole

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Reducere. A comprehensive guide and workbook for improving ESL/EFL students' understanding of English articles, The Article Book can be used as either a supp...

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Schoolbook Nation: Conflicts Over American History Textbooks from the Civil War to the Present, Paperback - Joseph Moreau

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Blindness Through the Looking Glass: The Performance of Blindness, Gender, and the Sensory Body, Paperback - Gili Hammer

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Modern Western culture is saturated with images, imprinting visual standards of concepts such as beauty and femininity onto our collective consciou...

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Performance Constellations: Networks of Protest and Activism in Latin America, Hardcover - Marcela A. Fuentes

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Performance Constellations maps transnational protest movements and the dynamics of networked expressive behavior in the streets and online, as peo...

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The Appearing Demos: Hong Kong During and After the Umbrella Movement, Hardcover - Laikwan Pang

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As the waves of Occupy movements gradually recede, we soon forget the political hope and passions these events have offered. Instead, we are increa...

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The Many Faces of Political Islam, Second Edition: Religion and Politics in Muslim Societies, Paperback - Mohammed Ayoob

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Analysts and pundits from across the American political spectrum describe Islamic fundamentalism as one of the greatest threats to modern, Western-...

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Lords of the Sea. Pirates, Violence, and Commerce in Late Medieval Japan, Paperback - Peter D. Shapinsky

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Publisher: The University of Michigan PressAuthor(s): Peter D. ShapinskyNumber of pages: 344Collection: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studi...

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Till One Day the Sun Shall Shine More Brightly. The Poetry and Prose of Donald Revell, Paperback - Derek Pollard

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A collection of essays, reviews, and interviews that is designed to ignite a more wide-ranging critical appraisal of Donald Revell's writing, from ...

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Human Capital versus Basic Income. Ideology and Models of Anti-Poverty Programs in Latin America, Paperback - Fabian A Borges

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Combining cross-national quantitative research covering the entire region and in-depth case studies based on field research, Human Capital versus B...

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Human Capital versus Basic Income. Ideology and Models of Anti-Poverty Programs in Latin America, Hardback - Fabian A Borges

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Combining cross-national quantitative research covering the entire region and in-depth case studies based on field research, Human Capital versus B...

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Destined to Fail. Carl Seashore's World of Eugenics, Psychology, Education, and Music, Hardback - Julia Eklund Koza

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A little-known fact about the prominent US psychologist and educator Carl Seashore (1866-1949) is that he was deeply involved in the American eugen...

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Sojiji Volume 94. Discipline, Compassion, and Enlightenment at a Japanese Zen Temple, Paperback - Joshua A. Irizarry

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Through accessible prose, ethnographically-grounded analysis, and emotionally compelling stories, this book explores the rich pastiche of daily lif...

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Selected Plays of Stan Lai. Volume 1: Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land and Other Plays, Paperback - Stan Lai

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Bringing the iconic plays of Stan Lai to an English-language readershipPublisher: The University of Michigan PressAuthor(s): Stan LaiIllustration(s...

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Compound Containment. A Reigning Power's Military-Economic Countermeasures against a Challenging Power, Paperback - Dong Jung Kim

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Investigates when a reigning power will make its military containment of a challenging power 'compound' by simultaneously employing restrictive eco...

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Shaping the Future of Power. Knowledge Production and Network-Building in China-Africa Relations, Paperback - Lina Benabdallah

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Shows that foreign policy encounters between rising powers and Global South states do not necessarily exhibit the same logics, behaviors, or invest...

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Causal Case Study Methods: Foundations and Guidelines for Comparing, Matching, and Tracing, Paperback - Derek Beach

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In this comprehensive reconstruction of causal case study methods, Derek Beach, Rasmus Brun Pedersen, and their coauthors delineate the ontological...

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Blindness Through the Looking Glass. The Performance of Blindness, Gender, and the Sensory Body, Hardback - Gili Hammer

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Challenges visuality as the dominant mode through which we understand gender, social performance, and visual culture

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Animated by Uncertainty. Rugby and the Performance of History in South Africa, Paperback - Joshua D. Rubin

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Analyses South African rugby through the lens of aesthetic politics. Building on 17 months of ethnographic research with rugby coaches, players, an...

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Animated by Uncertainty. Rugby and the Performance of History in South Africa, Hardback - Joshua D. Rubin

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Analyses South African rugby through the lens of aesthetic politics. Building on 17 months of ethnographic research with rugby coaches, players, an...

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Aso ebi. Dress, Fashion, Visual Culture, and Urban Cosmopolitanism in West Africa, Paperback - Charles Okechukwu Okey Nwafor

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The Nigerian and West African practice of aso ebi fashion invokes notions of wealth and group dynamics in social gatherings. This book investigates...

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The Black Widows of the Eternal City: The True Story of Rome's Most Infamous Poisoners, Hardcover - Craig A. Monson

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The Black Widows of the Eternal City offers, for the first time, a book-length study of an infamous cause c l bre in seventeenth-century Rome, how ...

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Selected Plays of Stan Lai. Volume 3: A Dream Like a Dream and Agovolume 3, Paperback - Stan Lai

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Publisher: The University of Michigan PressAuthor(s): Stan LaiNumber of pages: 486Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 37Cover type: Paper...

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Bound Together. The Secularization of Turkey's Literary Fields and the Western Promise of Freedom, Hardback - Baris Buyukokutan

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Takes a new look at twentieth-century Turkey, asking whether its current condition was inevitable; what it will take for Turkish women and men to r...

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An A to W of Academic Literacy. Key Concepts and Practices for Graduate Students, Paperback - Mary Jane Curry

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Includes 65 common academic literacy terms and explores how they relate to genres, writing conventions, and language use. Each entry briefly define...

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Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Caf Society to Hollywood to Huac, Paperback - Karen Chilton

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Michigan Legends: Folktales and Lore from the Great Lakes State, Paperback - Sheryl James

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Butch Queens Up in Pumps: Gender, Performance, and Ballroom Culture in Detroit, Paperback - Marlon M. Bailey

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Why Is English Like That?: Historical Answers to Hard ELT Questions, Paperback - Norbert Schmitt

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The Tower of Myriad Mirrors: A Supplement to Journey to the West, Paperback - Yueh Tung

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There Used to Be Order. Life on the Copperbelt after the Privatisation of the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines, Paperback - Patience Mususa

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Examines social change in the Copperbelt region of Zambia following the re-privatization of the large state mining conglomerate. Based on three yea...

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Mediating the South Korean Other. Representations and Discourses of Difference in the Post/Neocolonial Nation-State, Paperback - David C. Oh

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Brings together leading and emerging scholars of multiculturalism in Korean media culture to examine mediated constructions of the 'other', taking ...

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Translating Human Rights in Education. The Influence of Article 24 Un Crpd in Nigeria and Germany, Paperback - Julia Biermann

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Four Point Listening and Speaking 1 (with Audio CD): Intermediate English for Academic Purposes, Paperback - Keith S. Folse

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DescriptionThe Four Point series is designed for English language learners whose primary goal is to succeed in an academic setting.The series cover...

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(Post-)colonial Archipelagos. Comparing the Legacies of Spanish Colonialism in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines, Paperback - Johanna Leinius

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Located at the intersection of Postcolonial Studies, Latin American Studies, Caribbean Studies, and History, this interdisciplinary volume brings t...

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(Post-)colonial Archipelagos. Comparing the Legacies of Spanish Colonialism in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines, Hardback - Johanna Leinius

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Located at the intersection of Postcolonial Studies, Latin American Studies, Caribbean Studies, and History, this interdisciplinary volume brings t...

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Cops, Teachers, Counselors. Stories from the Front Lines of Public Service, 2 Revised edition, Paperback - Michael Craig Musheno

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The 2003 edition of Cops, Teachers, Counselors has become one of the more visible books in this field of research. It was based on NSF-supported fi...

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Disability and Social Justice in Kenya. Scholars, Policymakers, and Activists in Conversation, Paperback - Rebecca Monteleone

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Presents the first interdisciplinary and multivocal study of its kind to review achievements and challenges related to the situation of persons wit...

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Aid Imperium. United States Foreign Policy and Human Rights in Post-Cold War Southeast Asia, Hardback - Salvador Santino Fulo Regilme

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Deploying global numerical data on US foreign aid and comparative historical analysis of America's post-Cold War foreign policies in Southeast Asia...

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That Could Be Us. News Media, Politics, and the Necessary Conditions for Disaster Risk Reduction, Hardback - Douglas A Van Belle

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Provides reasons for optimism about the prospect of disaster risk reduction (DRR) in at-risk communities around the world - observing communities a...

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An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the Diversity of Their Art, Paperback - Annie Ridley Crane Finch

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The Psychological Assessment of Political Leaders: With Profiles of Saddam Hussein and Bill Clinton, Paperback - Jerrold M. Post

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DescriptionIn an age when world affairs are powerfully driven by personality, politics require an understanding of what motivates political leaders...

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Marginal People in Deviant Places. Ethnography, Difference, and the Challenge to Scientific Racism, Paperback - Janice M. Irvine

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Revisits twentieth-century ethnographic studies of deviance, arguing that ethnographies that focus on marginal subcultures - ranging from Los Angel...

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Righteous Revolutionaries. Morality, Mobilization, and Violence in the Making of the Chinese State, Paperback - Jeffrey A. Javed

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

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The Politics of the Welfare State in Turkey. How Did Social Movements and Elite Competition Create a Welfare State?, Paperback - Erdem Yoruk

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Provides a politics-based explanation for the post-1980 transformation of the Turkish welfare system, in which poor relief policies have replaced e...

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