Social Sciences and Modern States: National Experiences and Theoretical Crossroads (Advances in Political Science)

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Modern social sciences have, over the past forty years, been committed to the improvement of public policy. More recently, however, doubts have arisen about the possibility and desirability of a policy-oriented social science. In this book, leading specialists in the field analyze both the development and failings of policy-oriented social science. In contrast to other writings on the subject, this volume presents a distinctively historical and comparative approach. By looking at earlier periods, the contributors demonstrate how policy orientation has been central to the emergence and evolution of the social sciences as a form of professional activity. Case studies of rarely examined societies such as Poland, Brazil and Japan further demonstrate the various ways in which intellectual developments have been shaped by the societal contexts in which they have emerged and how they have taken part in the shaping of these societies.

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The Rise of Regulatory Capitalism:: The Global Diffusion of a New Order (The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Series)

The Rise of Regulatory Capitalism:: The Global Diffusion of a New Order (The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Series) Review

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The Rise of Regulatory Capitalism:: The Global Diffusion of a New Order (The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Series) Feature

As the papers in this issue of The Annals suggest, the current economic order is anything but free of regulation. Indeed, many policy changes seem to have expanded and extended regulation – in a global sense. The international arena is increasingly legalized, and new layer of regulatory controls is being created at still another level of policymaking as regulatory solutions adopted in North America and Europe have spread across continents.

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Indonesia Free: A Political Biography of Mohammad Hatta

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A leader of Indonesian independence, joint proclaimer of the Republic of Indonesia, and the first Vice President of this Republic, Mohammad Hatta led an eventful life. Yet this quiet, principled, and highly idealistic man was often overshadowed by the charismatic President of the Republic, Sukarno. But without Hatta's practical ideas on social and economic reform (based on principles of democracy), the Sukarno regime was fated to end in political and economic disaster and Hatta was fated to end his life deeply disillusioned by politics and frustrated by his unrealized ideals. This well-written, almost novelistic, biography focuses on the political achievements of Hatta and the difficulties he faced in the struggle for independence and the formation of a new state.

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Political Speech: Historic US Supreme Court Rulings (LandMark Case Law)

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This book contains the landmark decisions of the Supreme Court dealing with political speech. Included is a copy of the US Constitution, Bill of Rights and the Constitutional Amendments.

A 1919 California statute banning red flags was found to be unconstitutional. Stromberg is one of the first cases to protect symbolic speech from infringement by a state.

The Broadrick case upholds an Oklahoma statute which prohibits state employees from engaging in partisan political activities.

Citizens United was decided in 2010 and holds that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts for candidates in an election cannot be limited because of the First Amendment.

1. Whitney v. California (1927)
2. Stromberg v. California (1931)
3. Albertson v. Subversive Activities Control Board (1965)
4. Cohen v. California (1971)
5. Broadrick v. Oklahoma (1973)
6. Greer v. Spock (1976)
7. Clark v. Community for Creative Nonviolence (1984)
8. California Democratic Party v. Jones (2000)
9. Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)

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