Political leaders and leadership

The rediscovery in the fifteenth century of Lucretius' De rerum natura was a challenge to received ideas.

This book is a companion to Political Debasement: Incivility, Contempt, and Humiliation in Parliamentary and Public Discourse.

The fraught relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran is usually attributed to sectarian differences, even by the states' own elites.

One of the great figures of the twentieth century, Chairman Mao looms irrepressibly over the economic rise of China.

Most accounts of health and healthcare in Africa are written by foreigners.

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Set in the offices of a magazine publishers, Meredith Oakes' comedy of fragile values in the media will not restore your faith in human nature, but it is guaranteed to help you get on in publishing without really succeeding.

A fascinating analysis of the recent history of the beautiful but troubled Southeast Asian nation of Cambodia To many in the West, the name Cambodia still conjures up indelible images of destruction and death, the legacy of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime and the terror it inflicted in its attempt to create a communist utopia in the 1970s.

This book critiques a modern U.

Es ist der wichtigste demokratische Prozess der Welt: die Wahl eines neuen Präsidenten der USA – oder die Wiederwahl eines amtierenden Präsidenten.

A major new account of one of the leading philosopher-statesmen of the eighteenth centuryEdmund Burke (1730-97) lived during one of the most extraordinary periods of world history.

What impact did the printing press a new means of communicating the written word have on early modern English lawyers?

During the federal election campaign of 1930 an eleven-year-old boy attended a campaign meeting in his native Prince Edward Island.

This book is a political biography of Arkadij Maksimovich Maslow (1891-1941), a German Communist politician and later a dissident and opponent to Stalin.

Contrary to popular claims, religion played a critical role in Barack Obama's 2008 election as president of the United States.

The Global Obama examines the president's image in five continents and more than twenty countries.

Praise for The LEADERSHIP GENIUS of GEORGE W.

Fills a serious gap in German historical literature by providing the first political biography of Jung, a leading figure of the anti-Nazi Right.

Japanese manga comic books have attracted a devoted global following.

When he was elected President in 1845, James K.

The first scholarly analysis of the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, more commonly known as the Party Congress.

The monograph explores the dynamics of ingroup identity in the foreign policy-making of Middle Eastern monarchies from the evolution of the regional system after the World Wars until the present.

As citizens, why do we care about the everyday life of ministers and civil servants?

Former Syracuse mayor Stephanie Miner offers a candid insider look at her trailblazing time in elected office, the pressures and pitfalls of city and state politics, and the true potential of local government.

The face of international politics has changed significantly in the 21st century: it has become increasingly female.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti's name does not appear in any First Amendment treatise or casebook.

Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D.

The Limits of European Integration (1983) examines the increasing resistance to the loss of authority to EEC institutions in the 1970s and 80s, and the resulting decline in the momentum towards European political integration.

Cult-of-personality or true democracy?

An up-to-date and comprehensive handbook written by experienced professionals, covering all aspects of journal publishing, both online and in print.

Soviet foreign policy in the Stalin era is commonly assumed to have been a direct product of either Marxist ideology or the leader's whims.

Josephine Roche (1886-1976) was a progressive activist, New Deal policymaker, and businesswoman.

A new perspective of art and the market, that sees them as productive together, with evidence from bestselling writers.

Reza Shah's authoritarian and modernising reign transformed Iran, but his rule and Iran's independence ended in ignominy in 1941.

Vladimir Putin has emerged as one of the key leaders of the twenty-first century.

Bertie Ahern, three times Irish Taoiseach, is often described as an enigma.

"e;This incisive work"e; examining Obama's speeches and the theories of W.

Most African economies range from moderately advanced capitalist systems with modern banks and stock markets to peasant and pastoral subsistent systems.

An original study explaining why leaders in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia adopted more extensive women''s rights than their Middle Eastern counterparts.

Tracing Diefenbaker's deliberations over nuclear policy, McMahon shows that Diefenbaker was politically cautious, not indecisive - he wanted to acquire nuclear weapons and understood from public opinion polls that most Canadians supported this position.

For nearly ten years - indeed more if we include his period of influence under Mandela's presidency - Thabo Mbeki bestrode South Africa's political stage.

This book argues that explaining judicial independence-considered the fundamental question of comparative law and politics-requires a perspective that spans the democracy/autocracy divide.

Brings the history of Shakespeare publishing vividly to life, from the earliest print editions to the latest digital texts.

Few politicians in recent American history are as well-known as Ronald Reagan, the 40th U.

Who is Hillary Clinton?

'I would choose this account over and above the rest.