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It is usually taken for granted that, in liberal democracies, a bond of political ′obligation′ exists between citizens and the state. The substantive, and controversial, argument of this book is that political obligation constitutes an insoluble problem in the liberal democratic state.

?The purpose of this book is to describe and explain how information specialists' (librarians) can and do serve people in their work setting, by seeking and earning a place on the team or in the group in question. ... Neway starts with a long chapter on the history of this type of work. She then has chapters on the team approach' in the social sciences and humanities, scientific research, medicine, and business. Another chapter summarizes the ...

This volume discusses the emergence of writings by Black women, the major concerns and themes of their fiction, and its special role within, and unique reflection of, Afro-American culture. A work of literary criticism as well as cultural history, Prologue focuses in depth on ten novels illustrative of the novels' concerns during the periods 1891-1920, 1921-1945, and 1946-1965, and discusses their literary characteristics and aesthetic achieve...

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This important work offers a new view of the Wobblies by examining not only their connection to American culture but their relationship to early twentieth-century American religion. Winters firmly believes that there is a strong religious character in the Wobblies. He focuses on figures such as Eugene Debs and Father Hagerty, depicting them as early pioneers of the unique beliefs the I.W.W. would adopt. He demonstrates and analyzes this religi...

The only complete history of this popular Shakespearean play, Haring-Smith's comprehensive study examines chronologically the development of the play's staging. It also reflects historical variations in stage practice and shifting cultural notions about marriage. She concludes with a handlist of all productions of the play and its adaptations in London, Stratford-upon-Avon, New York, and major Shakespeare festivals. The book also includes phot...

This bibliography provides information on the role of biological, psychological, and environmental explanations of deviant behavior in the development of crime and violence and in the control, treatment, and rehabilitation of offenders. It contains more than 2, 200 references to materials on biological, psychological, and environmental influences on child development, biological, physiological, and medical factors associated with brain functio...

?In response to the price-raising actions of OPEC, nationalization of overseas concessions, and the diminution of reserves in the US, the US petroleum industry should have changed considerably in structure and scope of activities since the 1950s. The author explores whether these changes have occurred by examining the reports of all public US oil companies as summarized in standard commercial reference books. Ghosh notes that changes in the di...

FDR's obsessive preoccupation with the media emerges with stark clarity. The general contours of substantial parts of Steele's account should be familiar to scholars versed in Steele's published work. But here he has drawn the study together in concise, judicious, and readable fashion. "Choice

The decision, in Spring 1948, to form two battalions of Foreign Legion paratroopers was prompted by the requirement for enlarged airborne forces in the First Indochina War (1946), and the healthy recruitment then employed by the Legion. There were some initial doubts. The Legion were known to be magnificent heavy infantry, but were felt by some to lack the flexibility and agility demanded by independent airborne operations. In the Legion itsel...