In the United States, few issues are more socially divisive than the location of hazardous waste facilities and other environmentally harmful enterprises.
WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN AWARD 2020An exquisitely written, heartbreaking and hopeful novel of culture, language, tradition, suffering and empowerment 'A groundbreaking novel for black and white Australia' Richard Flanagan, Man Booker Prize winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep NorthKnowing that he will soon die, Albert "e;Poppy"e; Gondiwindi has one final task he must fulfill.
World Cities and Nation States takes a global perspective to show how national governments and states/provinces/regions continue to play a decisive, and often positive, partnership role with world cities.
This book explores the diverse immigrant experiences in urban West Africa, where some groups integrate seamlessly while others face exclusion and violence.
Social Infrastructure and Vulnerability in the Suburbs examines how the combination of the low-density, car-centric geography of outer suburbs and neoliberal governance in the past several decades has affected disadvantaged populations in North American metro areas.
Likely to raise hackles among Democrats and Republicans alike, this dynamic history of modern Florida argues that the Sunshine State has become the political and demographic future of the nation.
This groundbreaking study of the politics of secession combines traditional political history with current work in anthropology and gender and ritual studies.
In this funny, fast-paced, razor-sharp, well-reasoned, and supremely savvy critique of the state of our union under the disastrous reign of Barack Obama, bestselling author, Fox News contributor, syndicated columnist, and popular radio host Monica Crowley asks (and answers) the pressing question: What the @$%& has happened to America?
Federalism in Canada tells the turbulent story of shared sovereignty and divided governance from Confederation to the present time with three main objectives in mind.
An inspiring and eye-opening memoir showing how Democrats can reconnect with rural and red-state voters, from Montana's three-term democratic senatorSenator Jon Tester is a rare voice in Congress.
Walter Johnson, Harvard historian and author of the acclaimed River of Dark Dreams, urges us to embrace a vision of justice attentive to the history of slaverynot through the lens of human rights, but instead through an honest accounting of how slavery was the foundation of capitalism, a legacy that continues to afflict people of color and the poor.
In diesen lyrischen und sich reich aufblätternden Memoiren erfahren wir etwas über die Schönheit von Darryl Babe Wilsons Kindheit, aber auch über seine Herausforderungen als armer Indianer in einer weißen Gesellschaft.
For Kennedy devotees, as well as readers unfamiliar with the "e;lion of the Senate,"e; this book presents the compelling story of Edward Kennedy's unexpected rise to become one of the most consequential legislators in American history and a passionate defender of progressive values, achieving legislative compromises across the partisan divide.
In his 1961 Farewell Address, President Eisenhower famously referred to the emergence of a "e;military-industrial complex"e; so powerful that it threatened to warp America's political institutions and economy.
For Kennedy devotees, as well as readers unfamiliar with the "e;lion of the Senate,"e; this book presents the compelling story of Edward Kennedy's unexpected rise to become one of the most consequential legislators in American history and a passionate defender of progressive values, achieving legislative compromises across the partisan divide.
"e;Public Power in California"e; examines the structural and economic issuesaffecting the expansion of municipal electric power utilities in thestate of California.
If you've ever watched a dog chew on a bone, you've probably noticed how hard she concentrates on itturning it over, getting a stronger grip, digging her teeth into it.
This book, The State of the American Mind: Stupor and Pathetic Docility Volume One begins to unravel some of the most obvious, perplexing, embarrassingand enduring problems and contradictions of American history and sociology, viz.
Este libro es una denuncia, protesta y exposicin de la poltica injusta, inmoral, inhumana y hasta ilegal, desarrollada por la administracin de Bush, para implementar una limpiesa social, eliminando, va deportacin, a miles de inmigrantes originarios de pases del tercer mundo.
I have written this book as a way to vent my frustrations and anger caused by the way our federal government looks upon and treats the average citizens of this country.
This book can serve as an important reference guide to political reporters, historians, students, elected and non-elected officials, political campaigners, game shows and trivia buffs while at the same time offer a historical profile of presidential first with fascinating tidbits and major events during the presidency of each president (first to forty-third) is in chronological order.
