Current Issues and Controversies in Policing Reviews

Current Issues and Controversies in Policing This text examines the major issues and controversies facing police officers today, providing with a solid understanding of the state of policing in the U. S. today.  This main theme of this text is change in policing, and the past, present and future issues that have and will shape [...] Read more »

Liberal vs. Conservative Reviews

Liberal vs. Conservative It’s all out civil war in the suburbs! When avid talk radio show listener and devout conservative Marty Johnson becomes fed up with liberal policies, he and his wife decide to take out their frustrations by declaring war on the quintessential liberal family that lives next door, the Kaufmans. The ensuing war [...] Read more »

Is Anyone Responsible?: How Television Frames Political Issues (American Politics and Political Economy Series) Reviews

Is Anyone Responsible?: How Television Frames Political Issues (American Politics and Political Economy Series) A disturbingly cautionary tale, Is Anyone Responsible? anchors with powerful evidence suspicions about the way in which television has impoverished political discourse in the United States and at the same time molds American political consciousness. It is essential reading for media [...] Read more »

conversations with an unapologetic black liberal Reviews

conversations with an unapologetic black liberal A blog about anything and everything written by a black liberal who cares about most things and most people.Kindle blogs are fully downloaded onto your Kindle so you can read them even when you’re not wirelessly connected. And unlike RSS readers which often only provide headlines, blogs on Kindle [...] Read more »

Strange Wine: Live at CBGB’s Reviews

Strange Wine: Live at CBGB’s 2003 release featuring the American Underground band live (tracks 1-25) were performed at CBGB, New York City, August 30, 1987. Tracks 26-28 are in the studio July 1988. Dr. Strange Records. List Price: $ 13.98 Price: Read more »

Governmentality: Current Issues and Future Challenges (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought) Reviews

Governmentality: Current Issues and Future Challenges (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought) Examining questions of statehood, biopolitics, sovereignty, neoliberal reason and the economy, Governmentality explores the advantages and limitations of adopting Michel Foucault’s concept of governmentality as an analytical framework. Contributors highlight the differences as well as possible convergences with alternative theoretical frameworks. By [...] Read more »

The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World Reviews

The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World “Meticulous . . . [Diamond] gleaned that . . . the fate of democracy was not driven by events but by the passion of individual people.”—The New York Times Book ReviewIn 1974, nearly three-quarters of all countries were dictatorships; today, more than [...] Read more »

Women’s Periodicals in the United States: Social and Political Issues (Historical Guides to the World’s Periodicals and Newspapers) Reviews

Women’s Periodicals in the United States: Social and Political Issues (Historical Guides to the World’s Periodicals and Newspapers) Throughout American history, women have worked in reform organizations, informal community groups, and consciousness-raising societies to change their neighborhoods, their states, and their nation. To accomplish social change, women have needed to communicate effectively among themselves and [...] Read more »

Capitalism and Social Democracy (Studies in Marxism and Social Theory) Reviews

Capitalism and Social Democracy (Studies in Marxism and Social Theory) This is a study of the choices faced by socialist movements as they developed within capitalist societies. Professor Przeworski examines the three principal choices confronted by socialism: whether to work through elections; whether to rely exclusively on the working class; and whether to try to [...] Read more »