Award-winning journalist and author Barbara McLintock uses the example of BC's capital city, Victoria, as a case study to show how a region can not...

For much of British history, kings and queens have taken oaths on the Bible as they were coronated. Symbolically,perhaps, President George Washingt...

For much of British history, kings and queens have taken oaths on the Bible as they were coronated. Symbolically perhaps, President George Washingt...

Through a variety of primary sources--including speeches, poems, magazine articles, and book excerpts--this collection illustrates the origins, amb...

Through a variety of primary sources--including speeches, poems, magazine articles, and book excerpts--this collection illustrates the origins, amb...

In recent years, administrative leadership of local governments has responded to the pressures generated by financial strain, control from central ...

The guiding question of this work is the following: In which way, if at all, can we define a framework that allows a comparative view on social pro...

Since its enactment in 1935, Social Security has been amended hundreds of times. Consequently, this paper is not fully comprehensive. Instead, it b...

Security provides monthly benefits to retired or disabled workers and their family members, and to the family members of deceased workers. The Soci...

Social Security, in the United States, currently refers to the Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program. The original S...

From a customer service perspective, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has set a standard for superior customer service among governmental a...

The goal of disability insurance is to replace a portion of a worker's income should illness or disability prevent him or her from working. Individ...

The term social security in this report refers to programs established by statute that insure individuals against interruption or loss of earning p...

History's first national party with roots in a mass electorate, the Jacksonian Democrats were not so much unified around a shared policy program as...

History's first national party with roots in a mass electorate, the Jacksonian Democrats were not so much unified around a shared policy program as...

This monograph discloses the estate-based social structure of contemporary Russia by way of outlining the principles of the USSR´s peculiar estate ...

Somalia has long been plagued by conflict, humanitarian concerns, and economic stagnation. Most recently, Somalia has been in the news for the incr...

For over 2 decades, Somalia has been the prime example of a collapsed state. For almost a generation, Somalia has been a byword for state failure, ...

Somalia has lacked a functioning central government since 1991. In December 2006, the Ethiopian military intervened in Somalia to support Somalia's...