Beyond the Facade: Political Reform in the Arab World
Author: Marina Ottaway
Publisher: Carnegie Endowment
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0870032771
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Author: Marina Ottaway
Publisher: Carnegie Endowment
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0870032771
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Melle Leenstra
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 36
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Susan Dashields
Publisher: America Star Books
Published: 2011-08-01
Total Pages: 626
ISBN-13: 9781462618705
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lee Morgenbesser
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2016-09-07
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 1438462891
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBehind the Façade examines the question of why authoritarian regimes in Southeast Asia bother holding elections. Using comprehensive case studies of Cambodia, Myanmar, and Singapore, Lee Morgenbesser argues that elections allow authoritarian regimes to collect information, pursue legitimacy, manage political elites, and sustain neopatrimonial domination. He demonstrates how these functions are employed to manage the complex strategic interaction that occurs between dictators, political elites, and citizens. Far from being mere window dressing or even a precursor to democracy, flawed elections, Morgenbesser concludes, are paramount to the maintenance of authoritarian rule.
Author: Jenny Davies
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9781921488030
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores the many and varied uses of Flinders Street Station over and above its primary function as the central suburban rail terminus. The affinity and affection that hundreds of thousand of people have for this building is still strongly evident in the culture of Melbourne.
Author: Magali Sarfatti Larson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2024-07-26
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 0520413970
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMagali Larson's comprehensive study explores how architecture "happens" and what has become of the profession in the postmodern era. Drawing from extensive interviews with pivotal architects—from Philip Johnson, who was among the first to introduce European modernism to America, to Peter Eisenman, identified with a new "deconstructionist" style—she analyzes the complex tensions that exist between economic interest, professional status, and architectural product. She investigates the symbolic awards and recognition accorded by prestigious journals and panels, exposing the inner workings of a profession in a precarious social position. Larson captures the struggles around status, place, and power as architects seek to redefine their very purpose in contemporary America. The author's novel approach in synthesizing sociological research and theory proposes nothing less than a new cultural history of architecture. This is a ground-breaking contribution to the study of culture and the sociology of knowledge, as well as to architectural and urban history. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1993 with a paperback edition in 1995.
Author: June Francis
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-09-01
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 1459238419
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs a renowned traveling player—with a dangerous sideline career in political intrigue—no one understands better than Philip Hurst the masks that people wear. But the effort it takes to school his reactions when he comes face-to-face with Rebecca Clifton tests even his theatrical expertise! Becky has blossomed from innocent childhood friend into a beautiful and fiery widow. As Philip gets drawn into the tangled web of her family affairs, he can't help but wonder if he's met his match. Could Becky be the woman to tempt Philip to take on a new role, as her loving husband?
Author: Julie A. Brand M.S.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Published: 2021-10-29
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 1698709862
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn her new book, Behind the Façade: Exposing Female Sex Offenders and Helping Abuse Victims to Heal, Julie Brand, M.S., combines research data, professional insights and survivors’ shared histories to enlighten readers about the reality of female-perpetrated sexual abuse. The book consists of three separate, independent chapters: 1) Female Sex offenders: Unmasking the Perpetrators, 2) What About Our Boys? Understanding the Challenges Facing Male Victims of Sexual Abuse and Assault, and 3) A Path to Recovery and Resiliency. Each chapter includes information from her workshops but also adds riveting new cases and material.
Author: Michael S. Heiser
Publisher: Kirkdale Press
Published: 2012-11-19
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 1577995775
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSci-fi meets historical fact in this thrilling novel by ancient-language scholar Michael S. Heiser. Haunted by his parents' death and his career failures, Dr. Brian Scott has begun to settle for the life he's been given. Until he's kidnapped by military insiders known as The Group. Disappearances. Visitations. Murder. Brian and a team of world-class scholars are given a confidential mission: To prepare humanity for a new reality. They are here. But as the government's involvement with extraterrestrials is revealed, strange things begin to happen. Something isn't right. Unpeeling layer after layer of deception and counter-deception, Brian moves toward a shocking revelation that will forever alter how humanity sees itself. Every document cited in The Façade actually exists. Every ancient text discussed in The Façade is authentic. Every historical figure referred to or quoted in The Façade is real.
Author: Abbas Sundiata
Publisher: Xulon Press
Published: 2006-04
Total Pages: 446
ISBN-13: 1597817554
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAccording to the author, Islam has hidden behind a fa ade of goodness for too long. The time has come to look behind that fa ade and view the malignity at the core of Islam.