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Randall W. Stone is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester. The dissertation on which this book is based won the Charles Sumner Prize from Harvard University and the 1994 Helen Dwight Reid Award from the American Political Science Association. He is also the author of Lending Credibility (Princeton).
Why did the Soviet Union squander the political leverage afforded by its trade subsidy to Eastern Europe? Why did...
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This is a political biography of one of the 20th century's most emblematic left-wing figures - Salvador Allende, who was president of Chile until he was ousted by General Pinochet in a US-supported coup in 1973.
Victor Figueroa Clark guides us through Allende's life and political project, answering some of the most frequently asked questions. Was he a revolutionary or a reformist? A bureaucrat or inspirational democrat? Figueroa Clark argues...
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When the world held its breath It is more than 25 years since the end of the Cold War. It began over 75 years ago, in 1944 long before the last shots of the Second World War had echoed across the wastelands of Eastern Europe with the brutal Greek Civil War. The battle lines are no longer drawn, but they linger on, unwittingly or not, in conflict zones such as Syria, Somalia and Ukraine. In an era of mass-produced AK-47s and ICBMs, one such flashpoint...
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Beyond the Little Red Book: China's revolutionary leader and his philosophy. In this collection of essays, China's Chairman Mao Tse-Tung explains the interpretation of Marxism-Leninism ideology that became known as Maoism. This philosophy fueled the Chinese Revolution and the massive social and economic changes Mao instituted as the nation's leader. From examining the way contradictions can cause great shifts within a society, to the necessity of...
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An A-to-Z reference of the great social reformer's own words. Among modern philosophers, few have had a greater impact on history than Karl Marx. Now this easy-to-use introduction to the nineteenth-century theorist breaks down his work into definitions of his terms and concepts, including Bourgeois State, Classless Society, and Freedom of the Press. Accompanied by an insightful introductory essay that puts the included excerpts from his works in context,...
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Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels: Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei Für die eBook-Ausgabe neu lektoriert, mit modernisierter Rechtschreibung, zahlreichen Fußnoten und eBook-Inhaltsverzeichnis Begleitwort des Herausgebers im Anhang Das Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei ist eine Schrift wie ein Fanal, jeder Satz ein Treffer. Eine akkurate Beschreibung der damaligen Zustände, eine theoretische Handlungsanweisung zur Neugründung einer Gesellschaft,...
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Esta antología de Constituciones cubanas comprende las primeras constituciones con que las fuerzas independentistas conformaron un código legal y un marco de actuación jurídico desde el que legitimar sus posiciones. Las tres primeras de estas constituciones se ocupan de preparar un espacio de poder y legalidad que permita establecer tratados y separar el poder judicial del resto de los poderes.
Es a partir de la Constitución de la Yaya que los...
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Diese Sammlung der anarchistischen Werke wurde mit einem funktionalen Layout erstellt und sorgfältig formatiert.
Johann Most (1846-1906), bekannt auch als John Most, war ein sozialistischer Redakteur, Agitator und Politiker der Sozialdemokratischen Arbeiterpartei (SDAP), dann der Sozialistischen Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands (SAP), bevor er sich schließlich zum Anarchismus bekannte. Er war Herausgeber der Zeitschrift Freiheit. Die Gottespest, die...
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In 1906, my great-grandfather Dr. Alexander Fitzgerald Irvine was the secretary of the Socialist Party of Connecticut and a fellow at Yale University where he taught studies in divinity. He sought to shed some light on the subject of social protection. He had first-hand experience as a reverend in the New Haven religious community. He became very aware of parishioner stealing and other forms of skulduggery used to acquire the most prosperous benefactors....
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Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechts-Philosophie ist eine Schrift von Karl Marx aus den Jahren 1843 und 1844. Sie besteht aus einer von März bis August 1843 verfassten Kritik des Hegelschen Staatsrechts, die 1927 erstmals veröffentlicht wurde, und einer Ende 1843 bis Januar 1844 entstandenen Einleitung, die im Jahr 1844 erschien. Ersterer Text ist auch als Kreuznacher Manuskript bekannt. Dieser berühmte Text erschien 1844 in den Deutsch-Französischen...
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"En un momento de crisis y tensiones geopolíticas, donde la brecha que separa a ricos y pobres es cada vez más profunda, repensar la agenda para la crítica materialista de la sociedad debe considerarse la tarea más urgente y necesaria. Hoy, en la era de las plataformas digitales, donde la figura protagonista es la del trabajador precario que las alimenta, el capitalismo opera desde la abstracción de un proceso de acumulación por desposesión...
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Diese Ausgabe der Werke von Franz Mehring wurde mit einem funktionalen Layout erstellt und sorgfältig formatiert. Dieses eBook ist mit interaktiven Inhalt und Begleitinformationen versehen, einfach zu navigieren und gut gegliedert.
Franz Mehring (1846-1919) war ein deutscher Publizist und Politiker. Er war einer der bedeutendsten marxistischen Historiker seiner Zeit und verfasste eine der bekanntesten frühen Biographien zu Karl Marx. Mehrings Bedeutung...
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Depuis quelques année, le PTB – le PVDA en Flandre – défraie la chronique politique et médiatique. Le Parti du travail est parvenu à s'imposer comme un interlocuteur, désormais régulier, de la presse audiovisuelle et écrite, et a décroché des résultats d'estime aux élections fédérales de 2010 et aux scrutins communal et provincial de 2012. Paradoxalement pourtant, le PTB – parti marxiste-léniniste et maoïste né dans les années...
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"A Financial Times Best Summer Book" Daniel A. Bell is Chair Professor of Political Theory with the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong. He served as Dean at Shandong University's School of Political Science and Public Administration from 2017 to 2022. He is the author of The China Model, Just Hierarchy (with Wang Pei), Beyond Liberal Democracy, China's New Confucianism (all Princeton), and other books.
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Prepare to be enthralled by a tale of darkness and intrigue, of power and ambition, of the rise and fall of one of the most enigmatic and controversial figures in modern history.
In this ground-breaking book, you'll gain unique insights into Mao's leadership style, his impact on Chinese society and politics, and his lasting legacy on the world stage. Whether you're a history buff, a student of politics, or simply someone who loves a good story, The...
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The T-54, T-62 and T-72 main battle tanks along with the personnel carriers, assault guns, self-propelled guns and anti-tank missiles that are illustrated in this photographic history represent the high point in the design and manufacture of armoured vehicles by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Although the superpowers never came to blows, the 'Cold War' was far from cold, as numerous 'hot' proxy wars were fought in Africa and the Middle East,...
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El socialismo y el hombre en Cuba es una carta enviada por Ernesto Che Guevara a Carlos Quijano, director del Semanario Marcha. Se publicó el 12 de marzo de 1965, bajo el título «Desde Argelia, para Marcha, La Revolución Cubana Hoy».
Carlos Quijano (abogado, político y ensayista, fundador y director del mencionado semanario uruguayo, nació en Montevideo el 21 de marzo de 1900 y murió en México el 10 de junio de 1984).
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Nina Bandelj is assistant professor of sociology and faculty associate at the Center for the Study of Democracy at the University of California, Irvine.
From Communists to Foreign Capitalists explores the intersections of two momentous changes in the late twentieth century: the fall of Communism and the rise of globalization. Delving into the economic change that accompanied these shifts in central and Eastern Europe, Nina Bandelj presents a pioneering...
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