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Thomas Carothers
From the World Cup to the Olympics to professional leagues, soccer is the most popular sport in world.
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Learn more about biggest women’s soccer event in the world, the women’s World Cup, including rivalries and underdogs in the finals.
Learn more about the history of legendary Italian club Juventus The title features a timeline, a glossary, and the author’s all-time dream team. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing…
Learn more about players whose breakout achievements could not be maintained in the long run. From Mark Fidrych to Jeremy Lin, each chapter highlights a one-hit wonder from sports’ history…
Some champions don’t stand the test of time–they win a title and are soon forgotten. Other champions endure, and their greatness is remembered throughout history.
Readers will learn about the history of the football program at Oklahoma State University. The title features informative sidebars, a timeline, statistics, a glossary, and additional resources. Aligned to Common…
This title offers high-interest subject matter sure to catch the attention of sports fans and reluctant readers alike.
Introduces soccer fans to the history of one of the top MLS clubs, Philadelphia Union. The title features informative sidebars, exciting photos, a timeline, team facts, a glossary, and an…
This title introduces soccer fans to the history of one of the top MLS clubs, Orlando City SC. The title features informative sidebars, exciting photos, a timeline, team facts, a…
Introduces soccer fans to the history of one of the top MLS clubs, Columbus Crew SC. The title features informative sidebars, exciting photos, a timeline, team facts, a glossary, and…
This landmark study, an examination of US democracy assistance efforts in Romania, is the first comprehensive analysis of the workings - and failings - of US democracy assistance in one…
Over the past decade, Carothers has established himself as the leading U.S. expert on democracy promotion. He is a powerful critic not only of the nuts-and-bolts of democracy assistance but…
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Beset with persistent problems of self-interest, corruption, ideological incoherence, and narrow electoral majorities, political parties are the weakest link in many democratic transitions around the world.
The most balanced and sophisticated account currently available of U.S. policy toward Latin America in the 1980s, and of the complexities, tensions and difficulties inherent in making democratization in a…
T Carothers
Aid to promote democracy abroad has emerged as a major growth industry in recent years. Not only the United States but many other Western countries, international institutions, and private foundations…
Severe political polarization is increasingly afflicting old and new democracies alike, producing the erosion of democratic norms and rising societal anger. This volume is the first book-length comparative analysis of…
First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Identifies major risk factors associated with long-term developmental delays as well as the processes that led to resilience in some of the mothers and children. This volume traces the children’s…
