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Introduction
This book challenges the utility of off-scale military spending and the illusory search for hegemony, illustrating how both are responsible for the...
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Essentials of Leadership: The Core Sources of Trump’s Presidency
This chapter examines several basic elements of the Trump presidency and leadership. They include: the nature of the president’s supporters,...
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Taxing Alcohol
Alcohol is said to impose harms, including healthcare costs and impaired driving, that warrant an alcoholic beverage tax. However, research shows...
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Machaca
Ana Rosa pulls into the gravelly yard behind El Sueño de mi Abuelita to find a clutch of strangers—men, women and children—waiting in the dawn...
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Alternative Trading Models After Brexit
The book concludes by examining the alternative trading models that have been advanced for Brexit. These range from close forms of relationship with...
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Financial Services
FinTech, an acronym for financial technology, can be considered a byproduct of globalization and technology. The higher number of cross border...
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In the Eye of the Hurricane: Strategies for Analyzing the Trump Presidency
This chapter discusses the issues associated with psychological analyses of a president “at a distance.” It takes up the issues of narratives as...
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Love and Lettuce
“Mira eso, chica … here she comes,” Concha whispers. She and Rita scrunch down in the wide front seat of Rita’s Dodge Ram, draining their...
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Reactors, Bombs and Visions: A Brief History of the Nuclear Age
When radiochemist Otto Hahn and his assistant Fritz Strassmann conducted their experiments at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin in 1938, they...
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Introduction: The Rise of Nativist Populism
The book offers a novel way of framing three waves of nativist populism in the post-war era, each examined in separate chapter. Each wave occurred in...
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Enter the Dragon: Coming of Age as Blond, White, Female Researcher in Fragile Contexts
Research for social change, especially in fragile and insecure contexts, is never easy. In my chapter I move beyond a focus on physical risks,...
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A Moral Superpower
Sweden has taken in more refugees than any comparable country. The reason for this state of affairs is not circumstances beyond Swedish control...
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Democracy and the Rule of Law
President Donald Trump’s cozying up to dictators makes almost daily headlines. He seems comfortable with and anxious to please such strongmen as...
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Intersections and Cultural Exchange: Archaeology, Culture, International Law and the Legal Travels of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Since the discovery of the first rolls of parchment in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have been the subject of various disputes not only of a theological...
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) After Brexit
The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) is typically associated with a range of economic benefits, ranging from enhanced technological and...
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Leadership Style, Presidential Success, and Political Time
This chapter takes up issue of Trump’s presidential style and demeanor and examines his two presidencies. One is the bombastic tabloid presidency...
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Vaccines
That is an excerpt from General History of the Things of New Spain (Historia General De Las Cosas De La Nueva España), written by Franciscan priest...
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Inequality and the Rise of Populism
After two centuries of growing global inequality, faster growth in Asia compared to the West has seen this trend start to recede. Inequality within...
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The Road Taken: Temporary Labour Migration in Canada’s Immigration System
This chapter outlines the significant changes to Canada’s immigration system since 2000, the bulk of which have been aimed at the Temporary Foreign...
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Introduction
The Canada–US relationship is marked by higher levels of institutionalization than is commonly understood. That is because these institutions are not...