Ghana was the first African country south of the Sahara to liberate itself from colonial domination. On 6th March, 1957, it gained independence from British colonial rule. In spite of its relative ...więcej »
This is a study of Chinese Local People's Congresses (LPCs) and their accountability function within the one-party regime. The focus is to what extent, how, and why LPCs can promote political accou...więcej »
Egypt is looking for democracy 2500 years ago . From the days of the Persian conquest to the English occupation.Then , came the military presidents , Nasser , Al Sadat and Mubarak. In fact , Eg...więcej »
The United Nations predicts that by the year 2050 almost 70% of the planet’s population will be living in cities. The onus on social scientists is to explain the contemporary challenges po...więcej »
This pioneering book provides a new interpretation of the Anglo-American special relationship's fundamental nature, its strengths and weaknesses, and the heart of its operational dynamic. Revealing...więcej »
Proceedings of the symposium held at the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (Poland), May 26-29 2002In the wealth of literature concerning Bell Beakers, the present volume is the first br...więcej »
Since the 1990s, about three decades ago, the territory of Masisi in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, has become a "mouroir", a giant with feet of clay, due to the dynamics of communal and...więcej »
The end of socialism posed a historical challenge to European societies. The former socialist Central and East European countries were faced with what has been called a "triple transformation": Mut...więcej »
The Politician Within Me book casts a new look at a practice and science that we have known for a long time, which is affecting the process of people's social (political) decision-making. This has ...więcej »
Disasters are events that make serious disruption in society. Women are mostly considered as the victims of these disasters and their role is often ignored. Overlooking the participation of women i...więcej »
Genealogical Troves ~ Volume Two provides Nineteenth Century records of baptisms, marriages and deaths pertaining to the-
Griffin families
Connell (O'Connell) families
-who resided in the vicinit...więcej »
Is democracy driven by citizens or by the citizen elite? Acclaimed sociologist and author Dipankar Gupta argues that at every historical juncture when democracy made significant advances, it was th...więcej »
The popularity of social media over the past many years, particularly sites like Twitter, has conferred associate network for up to the minute data on events across the world. the data conferred on...więcej »
In Living the Questions: Dispatches From a Life Already in Progress, Wade Tillett takes up the question of how to live – not in some abstract sense, but in the urgent present. Tillett real...więcej »
Current politics in Serbia and Croatia reflect centuries of political narratives manufactured to isolate and antagonize the region's ethnic groups. This work examines current affairs in the Balkans...więcej »
As author of Citizen Power in 1971, Senator Gravel determined that much of what he wrote then is apropos in America today; hence, the release of Citizen Power: A Mandate...więcej »
Following the excavations at Sumaqa, Horvat Raqit was chosen as the second site for excavation and research on Mount Carmel. The excavations at Sumaqa were conducted between 1983-1995 and produc...więcej »
For the first time in history, Australia will be uncomfortably close to the designs and demarches of competing great powers. In the years ahead, we will no longer be too small to make a difference....więcej »
In this work, the author assembles information that will satisfy linguists, historians and geographers alike. The corpus of Cardiganshire place-names contains some 15,000 headwords. Each headword i...więcej »