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Building a highway metropolis : the origins and advent of Houston's postwar growth -- Whose highways? : planning, politics, and consequences -- "Only you can prevent another freeway" : the Harrisburg freeway and the struggle to shape a neighborhood -- Infrastructural elections : transit referenda in the 1970s -- By road or by rail? : the 1983 transit debate -- The legacies and limits of infrastructural citizenship

Direct voting on key issues is a measure of society's democratic maturity. "Forcing choice," says Patrick Boyer, shows that a nation respects the judgment of its people and that its government is prepared to heed their will, and it can strengthen the bond that unites a country. But, just as a general election, a referendum can be risky business

"This revision of We the People includes the many remarkable political developments of the past two years, ranging from the 2014 midterm elections to the gridlock in Washington to the rising foreign policy challenges in Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Nearly every chapter also has significant updates based on the most recent scholarly research on American politics"--

The Taft presidency, the Republican insurgency, and the progressive movement -- The election of 1912 -- Foreign policy before World War I -- Financial reform and technological progress -- Social change in the late progressive era -- American culture in the teens -- Wilson's management of the peace and entry into World War I -- The home front -- The American Expeditionary Force in Europe -- Plans for peace, 1919 -- After the war

Introduction. - 1: The Arabian Peninsula, 1958-85 . - 2: Cold War and Unification in Two Yemens . - 3: Yemen After Unification: Elections and Civil War . - 4: Modern Political Islam in the Arabian Peninsula . - 5: Water, Oil and Workers . - 6: The Roots and Course of the 2011 Uprisings . - 7: America's Deep Engagement . - 8: Yemen's Implosions, 2014 . - 9: Saudi-Led, American-Backed Military Intervention, 2015 . - Conclusion

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Citation -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Legislature: Elections and Entitlements -- 2. Corporate Politics: Power and Ethics -- 3. Policymaking: Health Care Reality and Ideology -- 4. Local Government: Education and Economic Development -- 5. Higher Ed: Manufacturing Crises at the University of Virginia -- Conclusion: The Commodification of Government -- Methodology and Literature Review -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Author.

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Prelude: Before 1913 -- Chapter 2. Sex and the Sisters, 1913-1915 -- Chapter 3. Liquor and War, 1915-1919 -- Chapter 4. Catholics and the Ku Klux Klan, 1921-1925 -- Chapter 5. Al Smith, Joe T. Robinson, and the 1928 Election -- Chapter 6. A Prejudice Wanes and Waxes, 1929-1960 -- Chapter 7. Postlude: After 1960 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Cover -- Author Bio Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Transliteration System -- Note on Transliteration -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Social conditions of armenians remainingin istanbul andin the provinces -- 2. The legal context -- 3. State surveillance and anti-armenian campaigns -- 4. The patriarchal election crisis: 1944-50 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover

Introduction: Obama-phobia in America -- Why Obama haters should love Obama -- The not-post-racial election -- Angry, afraid, and cold: defining the Obama haters -- Obama haters' racial attitudes -- Othering Obama, part I: xenophobia among Obama haters -- Othering Obama, part II: islamophobia among Obama haters -- Hot tea: Obama haters and tea partiers -- Thinking like a hater -- The future of hate

Côte d'Ivoire is preparing for presidential elections in October 2015 amid strong macroeconomic performance. All continuous and end-December quantitative performance criteria (PCs) and all but one indicative targets were met. All structural benchmarks were implemented, albeit with a minor delay regarding the restructuring of a public bank. However, some other important structural measures experienced significant delays

section 1. Introduction -- section 2. Public relations issues -- section 3. Mismanagement of funds and embezzlement -- section 4. Criminal or unethical acts in non-profit organizations -- section 5. Illegal business transactions and financial fraud in non-profits -- section 6. Bribery in non-profit organizations -- section 7. Election fraud in non-profit organizations -- section 8. Government actions against non-profit organizations -- section 9. Conclusion.

This book presents latest research in the field of Political Economy, dealing with the integration of economics and politics and the way institutions affect social decisions. The focus is on innovative topics such as an institutional analysis based on case studies; the influence of activists on political decisions; new techniques for analyzing elections, involving game theory and empirical methods.

This book advances a new approach for understanding women's election to office, challenging assumptions of a single model of candidate emergence and the necessity for women to assimilate to men's pathways to office. The authors argue that a relationally embedded model of candidate emergence better captures women's decision-making than an ambition framework in which candidacy is self-initiated

Under the 60-year dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner's Colorado party, wealth and power became concentrated in the hands of a small few; until elections in 2008 broke the party's hold on the country. This book tells the story of how Fernando Lugo, a bishop from a deprived diocese, swept to victory and what this means for his country

Since 2000, the attacks of 9/11, the death of Arafat and the elections of Hamas and Kadima make the Israel/Palestine 'two-state solution' seem illusory. This work maps the effects of local and global political changes on both Palestinian people and politics. It is for those who want to understand a conflict entrenched in global politics