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In a provocative, brilliantly reasoned study, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author challenges current liberal notions that no individual or culture is better than any other and that America should guarantee equal prosperity for all its citizens. Reprint. NYT. .
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Examines the duality in American musical culture of classical music and vernacular music. Broyles traces its origins to early 19th-century Boston and seeks to show how specifically American forces gave it a different profile from similar developments in Europe..
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"Constructing Singapore" studies Singaporean nation-building by focusing on two processes: elite formation and elite selection It gives primary attention to the role that ethno-racial ascription plays in these processes, but also considers the input of personal connections, personal power, class and gender. It is a study of the progress of Singapore's state-sponsored nation-building project to its current state whereby a Singaporean version of Chinese ethno-nationalism has overwhelmed the discourse on national and Singaporean identity. Based upon archival research and formal interviews, this study unpacks the culture of elite governance in Lee Hsien Loong's Singapore today..
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A reprint of the 1967 Little, Brown book, Professor Bachrach considers the age-old question of the role of elites in a democracy He argues that the present influence of elites in the U.S. can be offset only by the revitalization of political participation. The book also provides a historical and analytical examination of the theory of democratic elitism, as well as its soundness both as empirical and as normative theory..
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This entertaining, raucous romp through the treacherous political landscape is one of 2008's best books. Warning: If you're a liberal, you might wanna look the other way. Aaron Harrison uses hilarious anecdotes and brilliant narrative to describe an event in his life which will shape him for years to come. He journeys throughout the landscape of political opinion and ignorance and comes out with this masterpiece of humorous non-fiction. Along the way, he meets interesting characters. Not fun, friendly people, but people whose idelible ignorance will be relayed throughout generations of Harrisons. Be it the archetypical college liberal or the utterly inept boss, this man has seen it all. It's not just people that makes this journey hard. Aaron has to work through one of the worst natural disasters in Iowa history: The 2008 floods..
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This is an account of management in the contemporary French business world. The formal nature of work relations and the rituals of French business life are analyzed and set against the role of senior executives, and the book looks at the corporate culture of four leading - but very different - companies (Michelin, L'Air Liquide, L'Oreal and Carrefour). There is also an examination of general management attitudes to labour relations, and the book includes an overview of the distinctive features of French management, future trends, and the changes that further European integration may or may not bring..
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This is the book neither Democrats nor Republicans want you to read. Should you ignore their wishes, you will discover the identity of our nation's first authoritarian leader, who were the forerunners of American fascism and learn about the new despised minorities in the US and modern analogues to the German Jews of the Nazi Era..
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