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A user-friendly, comprehensive, and current explanation of the process and politics of global environmental policy-making, perfect for students new to the topic
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Neher (emeritus political science and Southeast Asian studies, Northern Illinois U.) invited his former student Dayley (international political economy and Asian studies, College of Idaho) to co-autho
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Uses recently declassified documents from Polish and East German communist party and foreign ministry archives to examine the interplay of national interests with exigencies of communist party relatio
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The International Conference on Elvis Presley, convened at the University of Mississippi in August, transformed a rock and roll icon into a scholarly phenomenon. Educators, artists, and Elvis aficiona
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