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All citizens of all countries desire to be governed well. That is what citizens want from the nation-states in which they live. Thus, nation-states in the modern world are responsible for the delivery of essential political goods to their inhabitants. That is their purpose, and has been their central legitimate justification since at least the seventeenth century. The essential political goods can be summarized and gathered under five categories: Safety and Security; Rule of Law, Transparency, and Corruption; Participation and Human Rights; Sustainable Economic Opportunity; and Human Development. Together, these five categories of political goods epitomize the performance of any government, at any level. No one, whether looking to her village, municipality, province, state, or nation, willingly wants to be victimized by crime or to live in a society without laws, freedom, the chance to prosper, or access to decent schools, well-run hospitals, and well-maintained roads. This Index measures the degree to which each of these political goods is provided within the forty-eight African countries south of the Sahara. ... Read more

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A companion volume to Books On Early American History and Culture, 1991-1995, this work covers scholarship on early American history, including North America and the Caribbean from 1492 to 1815. This annotated bibliography surveys over 1,000 monographs, essay collections, exhibition catalogs, and reference works published between 1986 and 1990. In thirty-two thematic sections, the book covers such topics as colonization, rural life and agriculture, and religion. This useful guide organizes the recent explosion of scholarly literature on pre-colonial, colonial, and early Republican America. ... Read more

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Until now, most Monroe scholarship has been limited to the resources available at the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, the Monroe Museum, and the College of William and Mary. These collections are only a portion of the widely scattered material that is available. With some 35,800 entries, representing 182 libraries and archives in the United States and Great Britain, this catalogue provides researchers with access to the wider corpus of Monroe papers, including letters written by and to Monroe, documents pertaining to his private affairs, important public documents, and official accounts of governmental bodies. ... Read more

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A multi-lingual index of constitutions listing all filmed documents in the spelling autopsied from the original source along with translations into English and German. ... Read more

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Since its foundation in 1978, The Journal of Strategic Studies has been the leading journal in its field, attracting some of the most senior scholars and practitioners.To mark the 25th anniversary of the journal, a 25-volume index has been published - a book that indexed 100 issues of ground-breaking academic articles and over 1,000 book reviews.

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: · )) is a sovereign state with territory in Western Europe (the Netherlands) and in the Caribbean (Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles). The three parts are referred to as "countries", and participate on a basis of equality as partners in the Kingdom. Their constitutional positions, however, are not the same. Both Caribbean countries are autonomous as provided for in the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which has been the Kingdom's leading document since 1954. The Charter also provides them, however, with a say in the Affairs of the Kingdom as described in the Charter, when these affairs affect Aruba and/or the Netherlands Antilles directly. The Netherlands are ruled by the institutions of the Kingdom that are mentioned in the Charter but regulated in the Constitution for the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Constitution for the Kingdom of the Netherlands was the highest law of the Kingdom up to 1954. It has since remained the document from which the institutions of the Kingdom originate and are (per article 5 of the Charter), for the most part, regulated. As no new separate institutions for the Kingdom have been installed, the Netherlands still conducts its affairs internally and externally in its capacity of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Suriname was a constituent country within the Kingdom from 1954 to 1975. It has since been an independent republic. Aruba has been a separate constituent country of the Kingdom since 1986. Netherlands New Guinea was a dependent territory of the Kingdom until 1962, but not an autonomous country. Before the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands was proclaimed in 1954, Suriname, Netherlands New Guinea, and the "Netherlands Antilles", formerly "Colony of ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18949613 ... Read more

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Scholarly Resources is pleased to announce the publication of The Gallup Poll Cumulative Index, the long-anticipated guide to the Gallup Poll public opinion surveys.

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All citizens of all countries desire to be governed well. That is what citizens want from the nation-states in which they live. Thus, nation-states in the modern world are responsible for the delivery of essential political goods to their inhabitants. That is their purpose, and has been their central legitimate justification since at least the seventeenth century. The essential political goods can be summarized and gathered under five categories: Safety and Security; Rule of Law, Transparency, and Corruption; Participation and Human Rights; Sustainable Economic Opportunity; and Human Development. Together, these five categories of political goods epitomize the performance of any government, at any level. No one, whether looking to her village, municipality, province, state, or nation, willingly wants to be victimized by crime or to live in a society without laws, freedom, the chance to prosper, or access to decent schools, well-run hospitals, and well-maintained roads. This Index measures the degree to which each of these political goods is provided within the forty-eight African countries south of the Sahara. ... Read more

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Charles James Fox, the standard bearer of the reform Whig opposition in the late eighteenth century, was among the most colorful politicians of his era and perhaps its most arresting orator. Despite a career marked by shifting alliances and misadventures, Fox is best known for his advocacy of the Libel Bill, which is a milestone in the history of English law; for his support of Catholic emancipation and the abolition of slavery, measures that became law after his death; and for his dedication to the rights of the common man. This is the first comprehensive bibliography of Fox, the "man of the people," and it provides a guide to the manuscript and archival sources as well as his own writings and the extensive literature on his life and career. The volume is augmented by a biographical essay, chronology, and author and subject indexes. ... Read more

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A prominent MP, William Wilberforce was also the most prominent layman in the Evangelical Revival and the leader of its causes, particularly that against slavery. This bibliography provides valuable background information on sources pertaining to Wilberforce and his era. After a biographical essay and chronology, the volume includes chapters covering manuscript and archival resources, published works on Wilberforce, his contemporaries, religious and political background, his life and career, his speeches, and periodical sources. Also provided is information on contemporary portraits and caricatures of Wilberforce and places associated with him. ... Read more