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African arguments Africa and the war on drugs / by Carrier, Neil

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Closing arguments Clarence Darrow on religion, law, and society / by Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938

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Documentary history of the American Civil War era

“…Political arguments…”
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Ballot box China grassroots democracy in the final major one-party state / by Brown, Kerry, 1967-

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Congo masquerade the political culture of aid inefficiency and reform failure / by Trefon, Theodore

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The Democratic Republic of Congo : between hope and despair / by Deibert, Michael

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Britain in Africa by Porteous, Tom

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Deadly censorship : murder, honor, and freedom of the press / by Underwood, James L.

Table of Contents: “…An editor is censored -- Pretrial maneuvers -- The first round of the trial -- The prosecution case -- The defense case -- Tillman's testimony -- The closing arguments -- The verdict -- Notes.…”
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Defect or defend : military responses to popular protests in authoritarian Asia / by Lee, Terence, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The theoretical argument -- Personalism in the Philippines : the fall of Marcos -- Personalism in Indonesia : the fall of Suharto -- Power sharing authoritarianism in China & Burma -- Conclusion.…”
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The good neighbor : Franklin D. Roosevelt and the rhetoric of American power / by Stuckey, Mary E.

Table of Contents: “…A neighborhood of shared values -- Mobilizing the neighborhood -- Political friendship : argument in Roosevelt's neighborhood -- Roosevelt's moderate neighborhood : community on the middle ground -- International fair play : the global neighborhood.…”
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Tyranny unmasked by Taylor, John, 1753-1824

Table of Contents: “…Unmasking the protecting-tariff policy and its advocates from many perspectives -- section 2. Arguments against the protecting duty summarized through an analysis of its major consequences -- section 3. …”
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The institutional imperative the politics of equitable development in Southeast Asia / by Kuhonta, Erik Martinez, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Extensions and conclusions: Extending the theoretical argument : the Philippines and Vietnam ; Conclusion.…”
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Corruption as a last resort : adapting to the market in Central Asia / by McMann, Kelly M., 1970-

Table of Contents: “…An absence of alternatives : a new framework for understanding corruption -- Alternatives to corruption and the impact of market reform : the arguments and their theoretical implications -- Bribery, favoritism, and clientelism : evidence from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan -- Market actors as an unrealized alternative : the impact of market reforms -- Islamic institutions and secular charities : obstacles to providing substitute resources -- Families : the uneven impact of market reforms -- Reducing corruption : policy recommendations -- Appendix : statistical analysis.…”
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Corruption as a Last Resort : Adapting to the Market in Central Asia / by McMann, Kelly M., 1970-

Table of Contents: “…An absence of alternatives : a new framework for understanding corruption -- Alternatives to corruption and the impact of market reform : the arguments and their theoretical implications -- Bribery, favoritism, and clientelism : evidence from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan -- Market actors as an unrealized alternative : the impact of market reforms -- Islamic institutions and secular charities : obstacles to providing substitute resources -- Families : the uneven impact of market reforms -- Reducing corruption : policy recommendations -- Appendix : statistical analysis.…”
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Corruption as a Last Resort : Adapting to the Market in Central Asia / by McMann, Kelly M., 1970-

Table of Contents: “…An absence of alternatives : a new framework for understanding corruption -- Alternatives to corruption and the impact of market reform : the arguments and their theoretical implications -- Bribery, favoritism, and clientelism : evidence from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan -- Market actors as an unrealized alternative : the impact of market reforms -- Islamic institutions and secular charities : obstacles to providing substitute resources -- Families : the uneven impact of market reforms -- Reducing corruption : policy recommendations -- Appendix : statistical analysis.…”
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Runaway state-building patronage politics and democratic development / by O'Dwyer, Conor, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…: postcommunist welfare politics -- Exporting the argument : party competition and state effectiveness in other new democracies.…”
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Understanding Ukrainian politics power, politics, and institutional design / by D'Anieri, Paul J., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Institutions and democracy : questioning the connections -- Power and institutions : overview of the argument -- The evolution of Ukrainian politics 1989-2004 -- Societal divisions and the challenge of liberal democracy in Ukraine -- The constitution and executive-legislative relations -- The electoral law : cause or effect of weak parties? …”
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ASEAN Resistance to Sovereignty Violation : Interests, Balancing and the Role of the Vanguard State / by Southgate, Laura

Table of Contents: “…The Indonesian Invasion of East Timor; Indonesia and the Cold War regional environment (1970-1975); Civil war in East Timor; ASEAN vanguard state -- external power interest convergence; ASEAN institutional cohesion; Indonesia's invasion of East Timor (December 1975); Invasion repercussions: Indonesian resistance to sovereignty violation; Theoretical assessment of Indonesia's invasion of East Timor (1975); Contrasting theoretical arguments…”
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ASEAN Resistance to Sovereignty Violation : Interests, Balancing and the Role of the Vanguard State / by Southgate, Laura

Table of Contents: “…The Indonesian Invasion of East Timor; Indonesia and the Cold War regional environment (1970-1975); Civil war in East Timor; ASEAN vanguard state -- external power interest convergence; ASEAN institutional cohesion; Indonesia's invasion of East Timor (December 1975); Invasion repercussions: Indonesian resistance to sovereignty violation; Theoretical assessment of Indonesia's invasion of East Timor (1975); Contrasting theoretical arguments…”
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Oxford readings in the Attic orators

Table of Contents: “…Humphreys -- The nature of proofs in antiphon / Michael Gagarin -- 'Artless proofs' in Aristotle and the orators / Christopher Carey -- Torture and rhetoric in Athens / David Mirhady -- Ability and education : the power of persuasion / Josiah Ober -- Lady Chatterley's lover and the Attic orators : the social composition of the Athenian jury / Stephen Todd -- Arguments from precedent in the Attic oratory / Lene Rubinstein -- Politics as literature : Demosthenes and the burden of the Athenian past / Harvey Yunis.…”
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