Political Sciences

ISBN: 9780813197838
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
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In 1976 the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed the legality of capital punishment in their ruling on Gregg v. Georgia. In the 46 years since the decision was handed down, 1,551 convicted prisoners have been executed. The United States is ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813197487
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
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Between 1945 and 1965, more than fifty nations declared their independence from colonial rule. At the height of the Cold War, the global process of decolonization complicated US-Soviet relations, while Soviet and American interventionism transform... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813197623
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
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Between 1945 and 1965, more than fifty nations declared their independence from colonial rule. At the height of the Cold War, the global process of decolonization complicated US-Soviet relations, while Soviet and American interventionism transform... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813197630
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: American Warriors Series
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In 1948 the United Nations launched the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization following the conflict that erupted between Israel and its Arab neighbors, who profoundly opposed the creation of a Jewish state. UNTSO quickly found itself over... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780822967149
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Composition, Literacy, and Culture
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In this edited volume, authors seek to document and analyze how state and non-state actors leverage digital rhetoric as a twenty-first-century weapon of war. Rhet Ops offer readers a chance to focus on the human dimension of rhetorical practice wi... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788869774188
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Politics
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Focusing on the Libyan crisis, the volume sets discourse on interference within a theoretical framework. The first part tries to understand the lawfulness of the duty to interfere and the responsibility to protect, as well as the semantic differen... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788869774133
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Politics
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Since the 1990s, deliberative democracy has been the focus of increased scholarly attention, as well as the locus of initiatives intended to directly engage the public in matters of public concern. Geared to bringing the core tenets of public deli... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788869774294
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Politics
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The volume examines the process of globalization from a genealogical point of view. By doing so, it offers a contribution to the understanding of the deep and critical spatial transformation reshaping our world from both a political and a conceptu... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780822947448
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Pitt Latin American Series
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Since the end of World War II, the United States has come to dominate the world economically and politically, leading many to describe the United States as an empire. Scholars have analyzed how the US government has worked through international fi... .... Learn More