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August 2009
 

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DC33 .C639 2009  Coquery-Vidrovitch, Catherine  Enjeux politiques de l'histoire coloniale.  Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch  Marseille: Agone, c2009  France -- Civilization -- Foreign influences; France -- Politics and government; France -- Colonies; French Colonial History Political Debate Historiography   CVUH, Comité de vigilance face aux usages publics de l'histoire. Includes bibliographical references

 

DC419.A43 A43 2009  Amar, Cécile  Fadela Amara: le destin d'une femme.  Cécile Amar  Paris: Hachette Littératures, c2009  Amara, Fadela; Cabinet officers -- France -- Biography; Muslim women -- France -- Biography; France -- Politics and government -- 1981-1995; France -- Politics and government -- 1995-2007; Political Biography Algerian Immigration Urban Policies Suburbs  Includes bibliographical references

 

DT1974.2 .M46 2009  Memory, narrative, and forgiveness: perspectives on the unfinished journeys of the past.  edited by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela and Chris Van Der Merwe  Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009  South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- Congresses; Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- Congresses; Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- South Africa -- Congresses; Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- Case studies   Papers presented at a conference held at the University of Cape Town in 2006 to mark the 10th anniversary of the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission --Preface; Includes bibliographical references

 

F1256 .B36 2009  Barmeyer, Niels, 1969-  Developing Zapatista autonomy: conflict and NGO involvement in rebel Chiapas.  Niels Barmeyer  Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2009  Chiapas (Mexico) -- History -- Peasant Uprising, 1994-; Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1988-2000; Mayas -- Mexico -- Chiapas -- Government relations; Non-governmental organizations -- Mexico -- Chiapas; Conflict management -- Mexico -- Chiapas; Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Mexico)  Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-270) and index.

Table of Contents:      Roots of Zapatista autonomy -- Pueblos de Base -- Who is running the show?: the workings of Zapatista government -- Resistance, conflict, and community division -- Global networks, local impacts: the transformation of NGO involvement in Chiapas -- The second phase of the Zapatista revolution -- Projects and their impacts: observations by a volunteer water worker -- Mobility and cultural change in the face of outside involvement -- Accommodating home base and civil society: the EZLN's many facets

 

F2326 .T55 2009  Tinker Salas, Miguel  The enduring legacy: oil, culture, and society in Venezuela.  Miguel Tinker Salas  Durham [N.C.]: Duke University Press, 2009  Venezuela -- Civilization -- 20th century; Venezuela -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Petroleum industry and trade -- Social aspects -- Venezuela; Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- Venezuela  Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-315) and index.

Table of Contents:      Introduction: oil, culture, and society -- A tropical Mediterranean: Lake Maracaibo at the turn of the century -- The search for black gold -- La ruta petrolera: learning to live with oil -- Oil, race, labor, and nationalism -- Our tropical outpost: gender and the senior staff camps -- The oil industry and civil society -- Oil and politics: an enduring relation -- Conclusion: an enduring legacy

 

F2519.3.P58 B588 2007  Bittencourt, Libertad Borges  A formação de um campo político na América Latina: as organizações indígenas no Brasil.  Libertad Borges Bittencourt  Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil: Editora UFG, c2007  Indians of South America -- Brazil -- Politics and government; Indians of South America -- Brazil -- Societies, etc; Political culture -- Brazil; Brazil -- Politics and government  Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-227); Indigenismo e nacionalidade na América Latina -- O índio e a ordem: organizações indígenas na America Latina -- As organizações indígenas no Brasil -- A voz do índio no Brasil

 

F2849.2 .G566 2007  González, Julio C., abogado  Isabel Perón: intimidades de un gobierno.  Julio González  Buenos Aires, Argentina: Editorial El Ateneo, c2007  Argentina -- Politics and government -- 1955-1983; Perón, Isabel, 1931-; Women presidents -- Argentina 

 

F3101.A4 .A56 2008  Amorós, Mario  Compañero presidente: Salvador Allende, una vida por la democracia y el socialismo.  Mario Amorós  [Valencia]: Universitat de València, c2008  Allende Gossens, Salvador, 1908-1973; Allende Gossens, Salvador, 1908-1973 -- Political and social views; Chile -- Politics and government -- 1970-1973; Presidents -- Chile -- Biography; Allende, Salvador, 1908-1973; Chile Política y gobierno 1970-1973   PUV --Cover; Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-372)

 

F3101.A95 A5 2006  Aylwin Azócar, Patricio  El poder de la paradoja: 14 lecciones políticas de la vida de Patricio Aylwin.  Margarita Serrano, Ascanio Cavallo   con la colaboración de Karin Niklander  Santiago de Chile: Grupo Editorial Norma, c2006  Aylwin Azócar, Patricio -- Interviews; Chile -- Politics and government -- 1988-; Aylwin, Patricio, 1918- -- Entrevistas. renib; Aylwin, Patricio, 1918- -- Pensamiento político y social. renib; Políticos -- Chile -- Biografías. renib 

 

HC175 .V45 2009  Veigel, Klaus Friedrich, 1974-  Dictatorship, democracy, and globalization: Argentina and the cost of paralysis, 1973-2001.  Klaus F. Veigel  University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, c2009  Argentina -- Economic conditions -- 1945-; Argentina -- Economic policy; Debts, External -- Argentina; Argentina -- Foreign economic relations; Dictatorship -- Argentina; Democracy -- Argentina; Globalization -- Case studies  Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-224) and index.

Table of Contents:       Investigates the decline of the corporatist and inward-oriented postwar model of development during the 1970s and 1980s and the emergence of a new paradigm driven by the desire to participate in the process of globalization. Uses Argentina as a case study --Provided by publisher

 

HD1415 .I57 2009  Institutions and sustainability [electronic resource]: political economy of agriculture and the environment - essays in honour of Konrad Hagedorn.  edited by Volker Beckmann and Martina Padmanabhan  [Dordrecht]: Springer, c2009  Agriculture -- Economic aspects; Agriculture and state  Includes bibliographical references and index.

 

HD6305.J3 G67 2006  Gorni, Yosef  Converging alternatives: the Bund and the Zionist Labor Movement, 1897-1985.  Yosef Gorny  New York: State University of New York Press, c2006  Allgemeyner Idisher arbayṭerbund in Lia, Poylen un Rusland; Labor Zionism -- Europe, Eastern -- History; Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Jewish socialists -- Europe, Eastern -- History  Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-301) and index.

Table of Contents:      Between class and nation: the Bund in Russia, 1897-1917 -- Between Eretz Israel and the diaspora: the Second Aliya, 1904-1914 -- From class to peoplehood: the Polish Bund, 1917-1932 -- Between the  Zionist Klal  and the  Halutsic Klal: The Zionist Labor Movement in the 1920s -- The tragic illusion -- Between pioneerhood and peoplehood: the Zionist Labor Movement, 1930-1947 -- From Bund to Bundism, 1947-1985 -- From Zionist Klal to Jewish Klal

 

HD9560.5 .E54 2009  Engdahl, William  Full spectrum dominance: totalitarian democracy in the new world order.  F. William Engdahl  Baton Rouge, La.: Third Millennium Press, c2009  Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- History; United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century; World politics -- 21st century  Includes bibliographical references and index

 

HD9574.V42 M347 2007  Mayobre, Eduardo, 1946-  La nacionalización del petróleo, 1976: culminación de una política.  estudio preliminar de Eduardo Mayobre  [Caracas, Venezuela]: Fundación Rómulo Betancourt, c2007  Petroleum industry and trade -- Venezuela -- History -- 20th century; Petroleum industry and trade -- Government policy -- Venezuela -- History -- 20th century; Petroleum industry and trade -- Government ownership -- Venezuela -- History -- 20th century; Betancourt, Rómulo, 1908-1981  Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]-99); Estudio preliminar. Venezuela dueña de su petróleo.  Eduardo Mayobre -- Discurso ante el Senado, 6 de agosto de 1975. A propósito de la nacionalización petrolera.  Rómulo Betancourt

 

HV6432.7 .T39 2008 DVD  Taxi to the dark side [videorecording].  Jigsaw Productions presents in association with Tall Woods, LLC and Wider Film Projects   produced in association with The Discovery Channel   X-Ray Productions  Chatsworth, CA: Image Entertainment, c2008  Dilawar, d. 2002; Torture -- United States; Torture -- Government policy -- United States; Political prisoners -- Abuse of -- United States; Torture victims -- Afghanistan -- Biography; War on Terrorism, 2001- -- Prisoners and prisons; Guerra contra el terrorismo -- 2001- -- Prisioneros y prisiones. bidex  Region 1, widescreen format  Dolby digital 5.1 surround or Dolby digital 2.0 stereo; DVD format; Predominantly in English  some dialogue in Pashto with English and Spanish subtitles; Closed-captioned; Narrated by Alex Gibney; Cinematography, Maryse Alberti, Greg Andracke   editor, Sloane Klevin   original music by Ivor Guest, Robert Logan   additional music by Mario Grigorov   written & directed by Alex Gibney   produced by Alex Gibney, Eva Orner, Susannah Shipman; Originally produced as a motion picture in 2007; Special features (72 min.): optional audio commentary by Alex Gibney  interview with Frank Gibney (16 min.)  5 outtakes (22 min. total)  David Brancaccio interviews Alex Gibney for PBS Now (18 min.)  Robert Scheer interviews Alex Gibney on Link TV (14 min.)  theatrical trailer (2 min.); MPAA rating: R; An investigation into the introduction of torture as an interrogation technique in U.S. facilities, and the role played by key figures of the Bush Administration in the process.  Takes an in-depth look at the case of Afghan taxi driver Dilawar, who was suddenly detained by the U.S. military one afternoon and died in his Bagram prison cell five days later

 

HV6433.C5 V466 2007  La verdad olvidada del terrorismo en Chile, 1968-1996.  editor periodístico, Arturo Castillo Vicencio  [Chile?]: Editorial Maye, c2007  Terrorism -- Chile -- History -- 20th century; State-sponsored terrorism -- Chile -- History -- 20th century; Chile -- Politics and government -- 1970-1973; Chile -- Politics and government -- 1973-  Includes bibliographical references

 

JA84.A33 C43 2009  Chabal, Patrick, 1951-  Africa: the politics of suffering and smiling.  Patrick Chabal  London   New York: Zed   Pietermaritzburg, S.A.: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press   New York: Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, c2009  Africa -- Politics and government -- Philosophy  Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-209) and index

 

JC355 .B43 2009  Bednar, Jenna  The robust federation [electronic resource]: principles of design.  Jenna Bednar  Cambridge   New York: Cambridge University Press, c2009  Federal government; Federal government -- United States  Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-234) and index.

 

JC574 .R63 2009  The road from Mont Pèlerin: the making of the neoliberal thought collective.  edited by Philip Mirowski, Dieter Plehwe  Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2009  Neoliberalism; Neoliberalism -- Case studies  Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:      Introduction.  Dieter Plehwe -- French neoliberalism and its divisions: from the Colloque Walter Lippmann to the Fifth Republic.  François Denord -- Liberalism and neoliberalism in Britain, 1930-1980.  Keith Tribe -- Neoliberalism in Germany: revisiting the ordoliberal foundations of the social market economy.  Ralf Ptak -- The rise of the Chicago School of Economics and the birth of neoliberalism.  Rob van Horn and Philip Mirowski -- The neoliberals confront the trade unions.  Yves Steiner -- Reinventing monopoly and the role of corporations: the roots of Chicago law and economics.  Rob van Horn -- The origins of the neoliberal economic development discourse.  Dieter Plehwe -- Business conservatives and the Mont Pèlerin Society.  Kim Phillips-Fein -- The influence of neoliberals in Chile before, during, and after Pinochet.  Karin Fischer -- Taking aim at the new international economic order.  Jennifer Bair -- How neoliberalism makes its world: the urban property rights project in Peru.  Timothy Mitchell -- Postface: defining neoliberalism.  Philip Mirowski

 

JK1968 2008 .E54 2010  The elections of 2008.  edited by Michael Nelson  Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, c2010  Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2008; United States. Congress -- Elections, 2008; Elections -- United States  Includes bibliographical references.

Table of Contents:      The setting: diversifying the presidential talent pool.  Michael Nelson -- The nominations: rules, strategies, and uncertainty.  Barry C. Burden -- The presidential election: change comes to America.  Gerald M. Pomper -- The presidency: the unexpected competence of the Barack Obama administration.  Paul J. Quirk and Bruce Nesmith -- Congress: the second Democratic wave.  Gary C. Jacobson -- The media: coloring the news.  Marjorie Randon Hershey -- Voting behavior: a blue nation?.  Nicole Mellow -- Campaign finance: fundraising and spending in the 2008 elections.  Marian Currinder -- The meaning of the 2008 election.  David R. Mayhew

 

JL1229.C6 M73 2009  Morris, Stephen D., 1957-  Political corruption in Mexico: the impact of democratization.  Stephen D. Morris  Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009  Political corruption -- Mexico; Mexico -- Politics and government -- 2000-; Democratization -- Mexico; Political culture -- Mexico  Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:      Political corruption and change in Mexico -- The impact of new politics -- Changing state-society relations -- Fox's anticorruption reforms -- Exploring perceptions of corruption -- Participation in corruption -- Shifting patterns of corruption -- The role of culture? -- Conclusion

 

JQ1539.5.A67 G58 2008  Ghose, Tushar K  Public sector power and public sector pay in Hong Kong: a survey of the political economy of pay determination in a British colony (1965-1985).  Tushar K. Ghose  Hong Kong: Contemporary China Research Project, City University of Hong Kong, 2008  Civil service -- China -- Hong Kong -- Salaries, etc; Hong Kong (China) -- Officials and employees -- Salaries, etc  Developed from the author's doctoral dissertation; Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-372)

 

JZ5584.C93 K39 2008  Kaymak, Erol  Building confidence in peace: public opinion and the Cyprus peace process.  Erol Kaymak, Alexandros Lordos, Nathalie Tocci  Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies, c2008  Peace-building -- Cyprus -- Public opinion; Cypriots -- Attitudes; Cyprus -- Politics and government -- 2004-  Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-70)

 

KE3247 .T48 2009  Thomas, Mark P. (Mark Preston), 1969-  Regulating flexibility: the political economy of employment standards.  Mark P. Thomas  Montreal   Ithaca: McGill-Queens University Press, 2009  Labor laws and legislation -- Canada; Labor laws and legislation -- Social aspects -- Canada; Manpower policy -- Canada  Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-234) and index

 

LA1144.4 .P65 2009  The political economy of educational reforms and capacity development in Southeast Asia [electronic resource]: cases of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.  Yasushi Hirosato, Yuto Kitamura, editors  [Dordrecht]: Springer, c2009  Educational change -- Southeast Asia; Education and state -- Southeast Asia  Includes bibliographical references and indexes.