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Race, Riots, and the Police
Howard Rahtz · Lynne Rienner Publishers
Pages: 209
Format: Print book
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Reflected almost daily in headlines, the enormous rift between the police and the communities they serve -- especially African American communities -- remains one of the major challenges facing the United States. And race-related riots continue to be a violent manifestation of that rift.... |
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The Undocumented Mark Steyn
Mark Steyn · Regnery Publishing; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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Hes brash, brilliant, and drawn to controversy like a moth to a flame. For decades, Mark Steyn has dazzled readers around the world with his raucous wit and brutal honesty. Whether hes sounding off on the tyranny of political correctness, the existential threat of Islamic extremism, the nationalization... |
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ISIS: An Introduction and Guide to the Islamic State
Brian L. Steed · ABC-CLIO
Pages: 197
Format: Hardcover
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ISIS also referred to as ISIL, the Islamic State, or Daesh began to assert its power and gain recognition for its militant and terroristic activities in April 2013. After the coordinated attacks in Paris on November 13th, 2015, ISIS has captured the full attention of observers in the West.... |
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The Ghosts of Langley: Into the CIA's Heart of Darkness
John Prados · The New Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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From the writer Kai Bird calls a "wonderfully accessible historian," the first major history of the CIA in a decade, published to tie in with the seventieth anniversary of the agency's foundingDuring his first visit to Langley, the CIA's Virginia headquarters, President Donald... |
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The Rise of Big Data Policing: Surveillance, Race, and the Future of Law Enforcement
Andrew G Ferguson · NYU Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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The consequences of big data and algorithm-driven policing and its impact on law enforcement In a high-tech command center in downtown Los Angeles, a digital map lights up with 911 calls, television monitors track breaking news stories, surveillance cameras sweep the streets, and rows of networked... |
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The Poverty Industry: The Exploitation of America's Most Vulnerable Citizens
Daniel L. Hatcher · New York University Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Government aid doesn t always go where it s supposed to. Foster care agencies team up with companies to take disability and survivor benefits from abused and neglected children. States and their revenue consultants use illusory schemes to siphon Medicaid funds intended for children and the poor... |
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Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation
Serhii Plokhy · Basic Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimea and attempted to seize a portion of Ukraine. While the world watched in outrage, this blatant violation of national sovereignty was only the latest iteration of a centuries-long effort to expand Russian boundaries and create a pan-Russian nation. In Lost... |
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The Future of Crime and Punishment: Smart Policies for Reducing Crime and Saving Money
William R. Kelly · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 266
Format: Hardcover
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Today, we know that crime is often not just a matter of making bad decisions. Rather, there are a variety of factors that are implicated in much criminal offending, some fairly obvious like poverty, mental illness, and drug abuse and others less so, such as neurocognitive problems. Today,... |
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Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest
ZEYNEP TUFEKCI · Yale University Press
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
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A firsthand account and incisive analysis of modern protest, revealing internet-fueled social movements' greatest strengths and frequent challenges To understand a thwarted Turkish coup, an anti-Wall Street encampment, and a packed Tahrir Square, we must first comprehend the power and the weaknesses... |
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Trudeaumania: The Rise to Power of Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Robert Wright · Harpercollins
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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Nearly twenty years after his death and more than thirty since his retirement from active politics, Pierre Elliott Trudeau is at long last receding from the lived memory of Canadians. But despite the distance of time, he still holds court in the minds of many, and today his son Justin now lives... |
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Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times
Nancy F Koehn · Scribner
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
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From a brilliant historian at the Harvard Business School, here is a masterful, in-depth portrait of five extraordinary figures - Ernest Shackleton, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Rachel Carson - that illuminates how great leaders are made in times of adversity... |
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