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An analysis of the early Přemyslid realm provides an opportunity for recognizing the importance of different factors involved in the formation of stable social structures in the early medieval regnum. The contemporary narrative emphasizes the importance of violence, where the Přemyslid princes and their powerful retinues imposed princely will on elites and freemen in Bohemia and Moravia. However, our attention also turns to the problematic evidence of assumed powerful cavalry armies and the importance of communication between prince, elites and church, somewhat problematizing the role of violence as the primary tool of governance.Furthermore, an analysis of "otherness" in Saxon chronicles and a comparison of different traditions of St. Wenceslas and Great Moravia confirm the importance of the "Identitätsbildung"-process and "ideology" as stabilising factors in the new Přemyslid regnum.

2. Domestic Revenue Mobilization Needs to Be Stepped Up3. The Case for Petroleum Price Adjustment; 4. A Small but Growing Domestic Financial Sector; APPENDIXES; I. External Stability Assessment and Competitiveness; II. Updated Debt Sustainability Analysis Using the Low-Income Country; TEXT TABLES; 1. Composition of Growth, 1994-2011; 2. Average Revenue-to-GDP Ratios of Selected SSA Groupings, 1990-2010; 3. Macroeconomic Outlook, 2010-14; Contents; I. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: RELATIONS WITH THE FUND; II. RELATIONS WITH THE WORLD BANK UNDER THE JOINT BANK-FUND WORK PROGRAM (JMAP)

Sonia Sotomayor: A Biography is an overview of Justice Sotomayor's life and career from her childhood to her ascent to the Supreme Court. It is also an early assessment of her performance on the court, her relationships with her colleagues, and the particular influence she is likely to exert on future decisions. Sharing an inspirational, rags-to-riches story, the book begins with Sotomayor's childhood in an East Bronx housing project. It follows her to Princeton, where she was a student activist, and to Yale Law School. Equally important to an understanding of this influential judge is the discussion of her career as a prosecutor for the City of New York and as a judge in the District Court for the Southern District of New York and the Second Circuit Court. Examining her reputation as a tough but fair jurist, the book explores the influence of these years which, at the time of her appointment, established her as the only Supreme Court justice with experience as a trial ...

Examining artistic representations of rivers, related architecture, and the work of ancient geographers and topographers, as well as writers who describe rivers, Campbell explores the role and influence of rivers and their surrounding landscape on the society and culture of the Roman Empire.

Pakistan is a vitally important country in the contemporary global political system. It is a de facto nuclear state, and a pivotal country in the War on Terror. This book provides a comprehensive study of a nuclear-armed Pakistan, investigating the implications of its emergence as a nuclear weapons state. Setting out the historical background of Pakistani nuclear development, the book examines the lessons for proliferation that can be drawn from the Pakistan case. It explains the changes and continuities of Pakistan's nuclear policy, assessing its emerging force posture and the implications fo.

This new, expanded edition brings the story of the Interstates into the twenty-first century. It includes an account of the destruction of homes, businesses, and communities as the urban expressways of the highway network destroyed large portions of the nation's central cities. Mohl and Rose analyze the subsequent urban freeway revolts, when citizen protest groups battled highway builders in San Francisco, Baltimore, Memphis, New Orleans, Washington, DC, and other cities. Their detailed research in the archival records of the Bureau of Public Roads, the Federal Highway Administration, and the U.S. Department of Transportation brings to light significant evidence of federal action to tame the spreading freeway revolts, curb the authority of state highway engineers, and promote the devolution of transportation decision making to the state and regional level. They analyze the passage of congressional legislation in the 1990s, especially the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), that initiated a major shift of Highway Trust Fund dollars to mass transit and light rail, as well as to hiking trails and bike lanes. Mohl and Rose conclude with the surprising popularity of the recent freeway teardown movement, an effort to replace deteriorating, environmentally damaging, and sometimes dangerous elevated expressway segments through the inner cities. Sometimes led by former anti-highway activists of the 1960s and 1970s, teardown movements aim to restore the urban street grid, provide space for new streetcar lines, and promote urban revitalization efforts. This revised edition continues to be marked by accessible writing and solid research by two well-known scholars.

"Why do presidents, when facing the same circumstances, focus on different threats to national security? Enemies of the American Way attempts to answer this question by investigating the role of identity in presidential decision making. The book explains why presidents disagree on what constitute a threat to the US security via the study of three US presidencies in the 19th century (Cleveland, Harrison and McKinley). These case studies help draw a theory of threat identification to understand how and why specific actions are taken, including the decision to wage war. Using a constructivist approach, the book develops a rule-based identity theory to posit that American identity defines potential national security threats, i.e., how a policymaker defines Americans also defines the threats to Americans. Enemies of the American Way offers a new means of understanding a key period when America rose to prominence in international relations while proposing a template that can be used to explain American foreign policy today. It will appeal to students of international relations and foreign policy."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Part I. Homeland security and organization and administration: a first look at homeland security organization / Keith Gregory Logan; Law and policy in homeland security and emergency management / Emily Bentley; Private sector and homeland security / Michael Chumer -- Part II. Homeland security resources: critical infrastructure protection / Steven D. Hart and James Ramsay; Homeland security intelligence / William J. Lahneman; Defense Support of civil authorities / Bert Tussing; Homeland security technology / Randy Griffith; Environmental security and public health / Terry O'Sullivan and James Ramsay -- Part III. Homeland security strategies: emergency management / Scott Robinson; Strategic communication for homeland security / Gail Fann Thomas; Strategic planning / Samuel H. Clovis, Jr.; American and terrorism in the twenty-first century / George Michael; Terrorism and counterterrorism: defending our communities at the local level / Michael L. Hummel.

Forces behind the vitality of Taiwan / Steve Tsang -- The Resilience and Dynamism of Taiwan's Democratic System / Shelley Rigger -- Social Foundations of Political Vitality / Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao -- Literature's role in breaching the authoritarian mindset / Pei-Yin Lin -- The impact of film and the performing arts on life in Taiwan / Mark Harrison -- The Media and the Vitality of Democratic Taiwan / Gary D. Rawnsley & Qian Gong -- Cross-Strait tensions and Taiwan's economic vitality / Scott L. Kastner -- Taishang as a Factor Shaping Taiwan's Domestic Politics / Gunter Schubert and Shu Keng -- Social network as a source of economic vitality / Dung-sheng Chen -- Innovation and Taiwan's Vitality in the Knowledge Economy / Joseph Wong -- Sustainability of Taiwan's Vitality / Steve Tsang

Can John D. Negroponte be described as 'The Last American Diplomat'? In a career spanning 50 years of unprecedented American global power, he was the last of a dying breed of patrician diplomats - devoted to public service, a self-effacing and ultimate insider, whose prime duty was to advise, guide and warn. Negroponte served as US ambassador to Honduras, Mexico, the Philippines and Iraq; he was US Permanent Representative to the UN, Director of National Intelligence and Deputy Secretary of State to George W. Bush. His was a high-flying and seemingly conventional career but one full of surpris