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Political Ideologies and Worldviews : An Introduction
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Abstract: Political Ideologies and Worldviews: An Introduction takes a “pluralist” approach and, in addition to being the first open textbook on its subject, also pushes back against the Eurocentric tendencies of standard textbooks by including chapters on Indig...
Frontier Encounters : Knowledge and Practice at the Russian, Chinese and Mongolian Border
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Abstract: China and Russia are rising economic and political powers that share thousands of miles of border. Yet, despite their proximity, their practical, local interactions with each other — and with their third neighbour Mongolia — are rarely discussed. The t...
The Jewish Unions in America : Pages of History and Memories
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Abstract: Newly arrived in New York in 1882 from Tsarist Russia, the sixteen-year-old Bernard Weinstein discovered an America in which unionism, socialism, and anarchism were very much in the air. He found a home in the tenements of New York and for the next fif...
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the 21st Century : A Living Document in a Changing World
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Abstract: The Global Citizenship Commission was convened, under the leadership of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the auspices of NYU's Global Institute for Advanced Study, to re-examine the spirit and stirring words of The Universal Declaration o...
History of International Relations : A Non-European Perspective
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Abstract: Existing textbooks on international relations treat history in a cursory fashion and perpetuate a Euro-centric perspective. This textbook pioneers a new approach by historicizing the material traditionally taught in International Relations courses, and...
The Pogroms in Ukraine, 1918-19 : Prelude to the Holocaust
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Abstract: Between 1918 and 1921 an estimated 100,000 Jewish people were killed, maimed or tortured in pogroms in Ukraine. Hundreds of Jewish communities were burned to the ground and hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless and destitute, including orp...
Infrastructure Investment in Indonesia : A Focus on Ports
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Abstract: Infrastructure Investment in Indonesia: A Focus on Ports presents an important and original collation of current material investigating the efficient facilitation of major infrastructure projects in Indonesia and Australia, with an emphasis on infrastr...
Complexity, Security and Civil Society in East Asia : Foreign Policies and the Korean Peninsula
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Abstract: Complexity, Security and Civil Society in East Asia offers the latest understanding of complex global problems including nuclear weapons, urban insecurity, energy, and climate change in the region. Detailed case studies in China, North and South Korea,...
The Passion of Max Von Oppenheim : Archaeology and Intrigue in the Middle East From Wilhelm II to Hitler
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Abstract: Born into a prominent German Jewish banking family, Baron Max von Oppenheim (1860-1946) was a keen amateur archaeologist and ethnologist. His discovery and excavation of Tell Halaf in Syria marked an important contribution to knowledge of the ancient M...
A Quick Guide to Quantitative Research in the Social Sciences
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Abstract: This resource is intended as an easy-to-use guide for anyone who needs some quick and simple advice on quantitative aspects of research in social sciences, covering subjects such as education, sociology, business, nursing. If you area qualitative resea...