Political Sciences
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College for the Commonwealth: A Case for Higher Education in American Democracy [Hardback]
Michael T. Benson (Author); Hal R. Boyd (Author); E. Gordon Gee (Author)
£32.00ISBN: 9780813176598
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
In the past decade, states across the nation have cut higher education spending per student by more than 15 percent. Kentucky has experienced some of the largest cuts in the country, leading many to claim that higher education is in a state of cri... .... Learn More -
Moonshiners and Prohibitionists: The Battle over Alcohol in Southern Appalachia [Paperback]
Bruce E. Stewart (Author)
£27.00ISBN: 9780813176192
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: New Directions in Southern History
Homemade liquor has played a prominent role in the Appalachian economy for nearly two centuries. The region endured profound transformations during the extreme prohibition movements of the nineteenth century, when the manufacturing and sale of alc... .... Learn More -
World Politics on Screen: Understanding International Relations through Popular Culture [Paperback]
Mark A. Sachleben (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9780813176208
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Increasingly resistant to lessons on international politics, society often turns to television and film to engage the subject. Numerous movies made in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries reflect political themes that were of concern within th... .... Learn More -
Paving the Way for Reagan: The Influence of Conservative Media on US Foreign Policy [Hardback]
Laurence R. Jurdem (Author)
£32.00ISBN: 9780813175843
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
From 1964 to 1980, the United States was buffeted by a variety of international crises, including the nation's defeat in Vietnam, the growing aggression of the Soviet Union, and Washington's inability to free the fifty two American hostages held b... .... Learn More -
An Unseen Light: Black Struggles for Freedom in Memphis, Tennessee [Hardback]
Aram Goudsouzian (Editor); Charles W. McKinney (Editor); Elizabeth Gritter (Other); Brian D. Page (Other); Darius Young (Other)
£40.00ISBN: 9780813175515
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century
During the second half of the nineteenth century, Memphis, Tennessee, had the largest metropolitan population of African Americans in the Mid-South region and served as a political hub for civic organizations and grassroots movements. On April 4, ... .... Learn More -
Reshaping the Political Arena in Latin America: From Resisting Neoliberalism to the Second Incorporation [Paperback]
Eduardo Silva (Editor); Federico Rossi (Editor)
£25.50ISBN: 9780822965121
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Pitt Latin American Series
Neoliberalism changed the face of Latin America and left average citizens struggling to cope in many ways. Popular sectors were especially hard hit as wages declined and unemployment increased. The backlash to neoliberalism in the form of popular ... .... Learn More -
Just War Reconsidered: Strategy, Ethics, and Theory [Paperback]
James M. Dubik (Author); Martin Dempsey (Author)
£23.00ISBN: 9780813175010
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Battles and Campaigns
In the seminal Just and Unjust Wars, Michael Walzer famously considered the ethics of modern warfare, examining the moral issues that arise before, during, and after conflict. However, Walzer and subsequent scholars have often limited their analy... .... Learn More -
Strategic Frames: Europe, Russia, and Minority Inclusion in Estonia and Latvia [Paperback]
Jennie L. Schulze (Author)
£24.50ISBN: 9780822965114
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Russian and East European Studies
Strategic Frames analyzes minority policies in Estonia and Latvia following their independence from the Soviet Union. It weighs the powerful influence of both Europe and Russia on their policy choices, and how this intersected with the costs and b... .... Learn More -
James and Esther Cooper Jackson: Love and Courage in the Black Freedom Movement [Paperback]
Sara Rzeszutek (Author)
£27.00ISBN: 9780813174983
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century
James Jackson and Esther Cooper Jackson grew up understanding that opportunities came differently for blacks and whites, men and women, rich and poor. In turn, they devoted their lives to the fight for equality, serving as career activists through... .... Learn More -
Power versus Law in Modern China: Cities, Courts, and the Communist Party [Hardback]
Qiang Fang (Author); Xiaobing Li (Author)
£36.00ISBN: 9780813173931
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Asia in the New Millennium
Today 700 million Chinese citizens -- more than fifty-four percent of the population -- live in cities. The mass migration of rural populations to urban centers increased rapidly following economic reforms of the 1990s, and serious problems such a... .... Learn More
