Political Science from Sorensen Books : Your Vancouver Island Bookshop

Condition: clean copy. Content: With the cessation of hostilities in the Cold War the assumptions underpinning military intelligence have evaporated and the whole nature of espionage has bee thrown into question. At the same time sophiscated electronic technology has transformed its practice. Against this background of change and innovation, this book provides a comprehensive picture of the intelligence machine in… Read more

The popular depiction of the women's suffrage movement is often London-based with 'suffragettes' chaining themselves to railings, marching for the cause, breaking windows, getting arrested and being forcibly fed by prison authorities. But the movement was more widespread than this might suggest. Throughout the country, as support grew, Scottish women were also playing an important part in the campaign for… Read more

'A fascinating ethnographic 'progress' report on one of Canada's flagship institutions: the negotiation of land claims with First Nations...Hunters and Bureaucrats makes a significant contribution to the exploding literature on indigenous, local and traditional knowledge. It provides one of the most original, coherent, and critical discussions of this literature, one that will draw a substantial readership' … Read more

The demands of identity fuel much of what is going on in world politics today. The univrsal recognition on which liberal democracy is founded has been increasingly challenged by restrictive forms of recognition and resentment based on nation, religion, sect, race, ethnicity, or gender, which have resulted in anti-immigrant populism, the upsurge of politicized Islam, the fractious environment of many… Read more

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The Prize tells the panoramic history of oil - and the struggle for wealth and power that has always surrounded oil. It is a struggle that has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, and transformed the destiny of men and nations. The Prize is as much a history of the modern world as of the oil industry… Read more