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In this text, a constitutional law scholar argues that most of the social issues agenda for law violates the constitutional principle of equal citizenship. The conservative "social issues agenda" is targeted at voters who have felt left out by other civil rights movements.

The school choice reform movement believes parents should have a choice of where they send their children to school. In this book the author, an educational sociologist, discusses the practice and politics of school choice objectively and comprehensively.

This work comprises the memoirs of Richard M. Bissell Jr, whose leadership of America's intelligence services brought about such developments as the U-2 spy plane and the Corona spy satellite, and who was also the architect of the Bay of Pigs operation that faied to overthrow Castro in 1961.

Drawing on data from interviews with key Soviet architects of "new thinking" and of Gorbachev-era policy reforms, this text offers an historical narrative of political change in the late Soviet period, along with theoretical insights into the effect of ideas on state behaviour.

During World War I, the Catholic church blocked the distribution of government-sponsored VD prevention films, a trend which continued for the next 20 or so years. This work provides an account of these efforts, what effect they had on the movie industry, and why they were eventually abandoned.

Since the 19th century the Japanese have looked to the West for ideas, institutions and technology that would help them achieve the goal of "national wealth and strength". In this book, an historian of Japan discusses Japan's "cultural borrowing" from America and Europe.

This study aims to provide a systematic treatment of arguments-from-ignorance across a wide range of modern discourse - from constitutional law, scientific inquiry and moral philosophy to organizational behaviour, computer operation and personal interaction.

This text details the follow up study of alcohol use amongst three groups of Native Americans first interviewed in 1966. The authors found that there is a considerable diversity in patterns of alcohol use among both women and men.

An historical survey of government involvement in US human services. The work traces the development and integration of service agencies and suggests that future social service reform must unify goals and eliminate the overlap among a number of organizations.

What is behind the greening of European politics, and what is the future of the Green movement? This book examines environmental interest groups at the vanguard of the Green movement in Western Europe - from Greenpeace to national bird societies - in order to answer these questions.

Based on archives worldwide, this work explores the political involvements of this British industrialist. The study reveals Chamberlain's aggressive approach to Britain's problems between 1867 and 1914 including his involvement in Irish Home Rule and the House of Lords.

The author evaluates the properties of low-frequency electromagnetic fields and their interactions with the human body, exploring the possible link to cancer, and concludes that the health risks from these interactions have been vastly overstated.

Describes how four 20th-century women writers have inherited and adapted a tradition of American romance. Analyzing fiction by Faulkner and others, this work goes on to explain how women have updated the genre to include alternatives to matriarchal (as well as patriarchal) constructions.

This study tells the story of an incident of ritual murder that occurred in Ghana in 1943. It provides insights into law and politics in the colonial Gold Coast, the clash between traditional and modern values, and the nature of African monarchy in the colonial period.

What is the origin of the universe? How did life appear on Earth and why was much of that life destroyed at various times in Earth's history? In this book, four scientists propose answers to these questions, discussing the newest developments in some areas of current research.

This text describes the response of Jewish race scientists in the late 1800s to the question of whether there was a biological basis for Jewish distinctiveness and social development and the complex factors involved in the debate.

Moore offers a reading of the Gospels of Mark and Luke, applying the poststructuralist techniques of Derrida, Lacan and Foucault. He argues that whereas the language of the Gospels is concrete, pictorial and often startling, the language of modern scholarship tends to be propositional and abstract.

Essayist, novelist and playwright, Andre Gide was also a homosexual apologist whose sexuality was central to his work. This study of homosexuality in Gide's theatre and fiction analyzes his ideas, tracing the philosophical, anthropological, scientific and literary movements that shaped his thought.

European Jews achieved civil emancipation during the 19th century, becoming equal citizens with all the rights and responsibilities of their Gentile compatriots. This book looks at the effects of this freedom on a traditional Jewish population largely untouched by secular culture.

Examines the lives and politics of important members of Tsar Nicholas II's government - the 215 men appointed by Nicholas to his State Council. It looks at the balance of power between bureaucrats and their monarchs, at the role and personality of Nicholas II and at the coming Russian Revolution.

Gathers travel accounts by Russian writers visiting the U.S. around the turn of the century, and offers background information on each other.

The focus of this study is the 1787-88 campaign to ratify the United States Constitution. The work uses both historical and rational choice analysis to examine the rhetoric and strategic manipulations used in this campaign. It outlines patterns and principles applicable to most political campaigns.

Umeko's experiences are presented as illustrative of the contradictions and ironies behind Japan's changing views of women and the West. She was sent abroad in 1871 to absorb what could benefit Japanese women but on her return had to adapt to the confines of the official view of the role of women.

This is a critical history of analytic philosophy from its inception in the late-19th century to the present day. The book focuses on the connections between the four leading movements in the field - logical realism, logical positivism, ordinary language analysis and linguistic essentialism.