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These three volumes of Kentucky election statistics at last make this basic tool of political research easily accessible to scholars, journalists, teachers, political candidates and others interested in primary and general election returns. In Kentucky, as in many other states, these figures have been available only in the Secretary of State's office, and there has been no compilation of percentages and pluralities necessary for comparative purposes.The source of all the statistics in these volumes is the official records in the office of the Secretary of State in Frankfort, Kentucky. All retu

This book explores the history of Mongolia's relations with external powers via the prism of the relationship with the UK, drawing on archival documents and other historical resources in different languages such as Russian, Chinese and Mongolian. From the early history of the Mongolian state as part of the socialist alliance, Mongolia has had relations with the UK, which was the first western nation to recognize Mongolian independence in 1963. The evolving political situation in Mongolia and the world is here refracted through the relationship with the UK. Further, it introduces readers to the cultural and ideological differences between Mongolian foreign relations belong to different historical periods. This book will be of interest to scholars of Asia, of the post-socialist world, and of the role of the UK in the world. Dr Zolboo Dashnyam is Associate Professor, Director of the Institute of International Affairs, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Mongolia since 1997 and appointed as Director in 2018. He also served as Head of the Archival Unit at the Cabinet Secretariat, Mongolian Government and as a researcher at the National Archives of Mongolia and head of the Mongolian Centre of British Studies NGO. He received his Ph.D. in the History of Mongolian Foreign Relations from the National University of Mongolia in 2011. He was awarded by the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) fellow of the U.S. Department of State (2020), Chinese Studies fellowship of Taiwan (2018) and ITEC fellow of India (2016). He has written two monographs as an author and edited six books, and published roughly ten journal articles. He has been serving as Editor in Chief of the Journal of International Studies (in Mongolian) and the Mongolian Journal of International Affairs (in English) since 2018.

In early 20th-century Yemen, a sizable Jewish population was subject to sumptuary laws and social restrictions. Jews regularly came into contact with Islamic courts and Muslim jurists, by choice and by necessity, became embroiled in the most intimate details of their Jewish neighbors' lives. Mark S. Wagner draws on autobiographical writings to study the careers of three Jewish intermediaries who used their knowledge of Islamic law to manipulate the shari'a for their own benefit and for the good of their community. The result is a fresh perspective on the place of religious minorities in Muslim

The first book of its kind to appear since the end of the Cold War, this reference provides encyclopedic coverage of communism and its impact throughout the world in the 20th century. With the opening of archives in former communist states, scholars have found new material that has expanded and sometimes altered the understanding of communism as an ideological and political force. The book explains what communism was, the forms it took, and the enormous role it played in world history from the Russian Revolution through the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond. It examines the political, intellectual, and social influences of communism around the globe, and features contributions from an international team of 160 scholars. It includes more than 400 entries on major topics, such as: Figures: Lenin, Mao, Stalin, Ho Chi Minh, Pol Pot, Castro, Gorbachev ; Events: Cold War, Prague Spring, Cultural Revolution, Sandinista Revolution ; Ideas and concepts: Marxism-Leninism, cult of personality, labor ;Organizations and movements: KGB, Comintern, Gulag, Khmer Rouge ; Related topics: totalitarianism, nationalism, antifascism, anticommunism, McCarthyism

Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Political Traditions -- Chapter One: Political Culture -- 1. The Historical Legacy -- The Legacy of Communism -- Subjective Competence, Political Cynicism -- The Legacy of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -- 2. The Dimensions of Political Culture -- Regime Support -- Trust in Individual Institutions and Judgements on the Performance of Government -- Political Participation -- 3. Political Culture and Democratic Stability -- Chapter Two: The Parties -- 1. The Extent of Party Penetration in Hungary -- 2. The Functions of the Parties -- 3 . The Three Political Camps -- 4. The Origins and Establishment of the New Parties -- 5. The Character of the Parties -- The Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) -- The Hungarian Party of Justice and Life (MIEP) -- The Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) -- The Federation of Young Democrats-Hungarian Civic Party (Fidesz-MPP) -- The Independent Smallholders' Party (FKGP) -- The Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) -- The Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) -- Chapter Three: The Party System -- 1. Left and Right in Hungarian Politics -- 2. The Structure of the Party Spectrum: The Political-Cultural and Economic Axes -- 3. The Ideological and Political Agenda -- Chapter Four: Political Cleavages -- 1. Cleavages -- 2. The Three Cleavages of Hungarian Politics -- The Religious/Secular Cleavage -- The Political Class Cleavage -- The Urban/Rural Cleavage -- The Absent Cleavage: The Economic Class Division -- 3. Cleavages and the Party System -- Chapter Five: Political Elites -- 1. Nomenklatura and Transition -- 2. Political Elite Groups -- 3 . The Political Class: Deputies in the Pre- and Post-Transition Parliaments.