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Mark Blitz defends the principles of American conservatism, countering many of the narrow or mistaken views that have arisen from both its friends and its foes. He asserts that individual liberty is the most powerful, reliable, and true standpoint from which to clarify and secure conservatism-but that individual freedom alone cannot produce happiness. The author shows that, to fully grasp conservatism's merits, we must we also understand the substance...
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Thanks to all the American tribe who made me write this the great patriotism for America and thanks to the people who believe in me and a special thanks to the people of kahola kojla for the history they been writing and to all my relatives to the entire world is possible a change of our history we as civilized creature today together respecting each other building the new world order and the academic rules to each continent The great Patriotism for...
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Daniel Hannan, a British Conservative Member of the European Parliament, calls on Americans to avoid Europe's future. He traces the common roots of British and American liberty, and describes how both countries are losing their inheritance as government crowds out the private sphere. He calls for a renewed commitment to the Anglosphere: the alliance of free, English-speaking nations which has preserved freedom in our time.
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War can be woven into the social fabric of a country. Threats to the national identity of Yemen were not born yesterday, nor was it born when the war began in 2015. This is a story whose depths go all the way back to the middle of the 20th century and the diverse sectarian and regional actors within Yemen at that time.Efforts made to uncover the motives of this conflict's development and motivations included exclusive interviews with the representatives...
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Steven S. Smith is a McKnight University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Law at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of The American Congress and Call to Order: Floor Politics in the House and Senate. He has coauthored Committees in Congress, Managing Uncertainty in the House of Representatives, and Politics or Principle? Filibustering in the United States Senate.
Thomas F. Remington is Claus M. Halle Distinguished...
26) The Common Law
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The Common Law changed America forever. The lectures-which were given at the Lowell Institute in Boston and subsequently published in 1880-created a buzz of excitement that enveloped the New England intellectual community. Over a century later, we can look back at The Common Law and still feel the same sense of excitement that our predecessors did, virtually undiminished by the tumultuous decades of American jurisprudence that have followed. It remains...
27) El Príncipe
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Las personas que intentan obtener el beneplácito de algún soberano, a menudo le ofrecen algo de gran importancia para ellos mismos, o algo que saben es de su particular agrado. Es por esto que los gobernantes siempre están recibiendo caballos, armas, brocados de oro, joyas y todo tipo de ropas elegantes que los donatarios consideran apropiados. Con la esperanza de traer ante vuestra Majestad una muestra de mi lealtad, me doy cuenta de que no hay...
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It is the toiling masses and the rest of the people who fight for national liberation, democracy and socialism against imperialism and all reaction who let us hope for a bright future of world peace and common prosperity. They are now waging anti-imperialist and democratic mass struggle against the current global crisis that has been brought about by revisionist betrayal of socialism, neoliberalism and fascism. These are the prelude to the resurgence...
29) Irrepressible China and India: Ancient Civilizations and Wisdom. Modern Statecraft and Resurgence
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Chinese and Indian civilizations are two of the oldest civilizations in the world. And although they have quite different heritage from their different history, they have similarly promising future ahead.The resurgence of China And India is a headline story of the modern world.Today, China and India are leading nations in the important economically focused BRICS bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which is emerging as the counterweight...
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As President Trump strives to make America great again - accomplishing more in his first 5 months than his predecessor was able to destroy in the previous 8 years - he faces several enemies. The Democrats, the MSM, and many of the feckless GOP (not to mention countless leakers and sabotage agents intent on bringing his Presidency down). Trump and America will always triumph. But what of the nattering nabobs of doom who continue to chatter away? How...
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What would you do to change the course of a nation when you observed that nation heading down a very dangerous path? Plea for a Nation is just that. It's a call to action for anyone who is willing to listen and aid in a much needed course correction.
Our beloved nation stands at a crossroads. Bitter partisanship has left many disillusioned, while the powerful wield self-interest against the common good. Yet I still believe in the spirit of America...
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF SELF DESTRUCTION is the second of two books exploring war in all its complexity. In the first book, THE BOOK TO END ALL WARS, it was posited that war acts upon the human psyche like a destructive mental virus. The first book looked into the history of that deadly virus. The current examination through THE PHILOSOPHY OF SELF DESTRUCTION examines the current milieu of the virus in present times. It examines the virus from a psychological...
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Esa labor por democratizar un conocimiento crítico de nuestro país y divulgar las posibles salidas desde el consenso y el uso del conocimiento académico, es otro de los elementos que hacen la diferencia en el trabajo de Luis Ugalde, lo que lo distancia de ciertas posiciones intelectuales que siempre han tenido dificultades para dialogar con el país.
Es por eso que la política como oficio, disciplina e institución recorre las páginas del libro,...
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What is the European Union's role in the third millennium geopolitical environment in Sub-Saharan Africa? What are Rural Development Policies in Tanzania? In agriculture they are considered a driver for the development of the entire Country System. What can be created from convergence and cooperation in an African model nation such as The United Republic of Tanzania and the European Vision 2014-2020 in East Africa. This book represents a useful compendium...
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The crisis of the world capitalist system and that of the Philippine ruling system have become worse than in any period after World War II. The US-instigated policies of neoliberal globalization, state terrorism and aggressive war have wrought havoc on the lives of the people and continue to escalate oppression and exploitation. The Filipino people cannot tolerate their suffering and they are fighting back against imperialism and all reaction. The...
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"The world is full of information. What do we do when we get the information, when we have digested the information, what do we do then? Is there a point where ye say, yes, stop, now I shall move on."
James Kelman here offers something of why a book such of this is in front of the public. The State relies on our suffocation, that we cannot hope to learn "the truth." But whether we can or not is beside "the point." Finally, there is no "point." We...
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The government should be a government of people, not money. The Occupy Wall Street movement senses this but lacks focus. This book provides that focus.
The government has roles to play in the safety, conflict resolution, and pooling resources. The roles that the government has to play require strict adherence to the rules. There can be no forgiveness.
Religion asks for perfection. To ask for the impossible guarantees failure. The role religion has...
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Políticas del sufrimiento y la vulnerabilidad reúne diversos ensayos sobre vida y política a fin de poner en juego la potencia resistente de la vulnerabilidad humana y el no-poder-querer-más. Si los canales de gestión del sufrimiento y la vulnerabilidad (medicalización y psicologización, institucionalización, literatura de autoayuda, etc.) aspiran a reparar individualmente los desajustes del sujeto autoproductivo e imposibilitan su visibilidad,...
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For the Sake of Allah explores the Gülen Movement, also known as Hizmet, a religio-social movement inspired by Fethullah Gülen, one of the most prominent Islamic scholars of Turkish origin in the modern world. Notwithstanding the current purge of Hizmet under the Erdoğan regime, it is one of the most interesting faith-based movements to arise from a Muslim society in the twentieth century. Since the late 1960s, Hizmet has opened thousands of schools...
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Glenn Palmer is Associate Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University. T. Clifton Morgan is Albert Thomas Professor of Political Science at Rice University. His books include Untying the Knot of War.
This book presents a general explanation of how states develop their foreign policy. The theory stands in contrast to most approaches--which assume that states want to maximize security--by assuming that states pursue two things,...
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