Georgia Southern University is the state’s largest and most comprehensive center of higher education south of Atlanta. With 142 degree programs at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels, Georgia Southern has been designated a Carnegie Doctoral/Research university and serves more than 27,000 students from all 50 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico as well as 102 nations. With three vibrant campuses — the Armstrong Campus in Savannah, the Statesboro Campus and the Liberty Campus in Hinesville — Georgia Southern offers an attractive campus environment that encourages learning, discovery and personal growth. Georgia Southern’s nationally accredited academic programs prepare diverse scholars for leadership and service as world citizens. A unit of the University System of Georgia, the University boasts 200-plus student organizations, outstanding Division I athletics, and state-of-the art residence halls and campus facilities.

Since 1906, the University’s hallmark has been a culture of engagement that bridges theory with practice, extends the learning environment beyond the classroom, and promotes student growth and life success. Central to the University’s mission is the faculty’s dedication to excellence in teaching and the development of a fertile learning environment exemplified by a free exchange of ideas, high academic expectations, and individual responsibility for academic achievement. Faculty, staff, and students embrace core values expressed through integrity, civility, kindness, collaboration, and a commitment to lifelong learning, wellness, and social responsibility.

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Making the World More Relevant for Students: Role Playing Exercises for the Classroom

Realist/Idealist Texts: Psychometry and Semantics

When the Ends Justify the Means: Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase

This provocative volume explores how and why the word "patriot" has been appropriated by those who fight against the U.S. government—sometimes advocating violence in support of their goals.• Addresses the wide range of "patriot" groups currently active in the United States, covering their origins and current activities and what they reveal about America's political state• Profiles well-known patriot groups • Discusses the political, economic, and social dynamics that perpetuate the growth of these movements • Explores how and why such groups evolved from guardians of the principles of restrained government to proponents of radicalized violence against those they see as being in opposition to their beliefs• Overviews the congruence of patriotism and political violence in U.S. history, such as how disillusionment in the wake of the Civil War provided fodder for the forming of the Klu Klux Klan

Allegiance to Liberty: The Changing Face of Patriots, Militias, and Political Violence in America

Highlighting a breadth of American individuals and groups that have engaged in extremist behavior across history, this book provides a succinct and concise overview of extremist behavior in the past and examines the increasingly common incidences of hate and extremism in our country today.• Helps readers to understand the growing reaction against liberal political policies in the United States• Provides insight into the motivations of individuals and groups that insist that the character and culture of the United States has been fundamentally changed by unchecked immigration policies that are, even now, damaging the United States• Highlights major extremist events that illustrate extremist ideologies in action• Acknowledges and documents the origins of the anger felt by many extremists that they are being "left behind" in modern America

Modern American Extremism and Domestic Terrorism: An Encyclopedia of Extremists and Extremist Groups

This expansive collection of A-Z entries offers a compelling look into hate groups in America. Focusing on organizations in operation today, this book is intended for student and general audience readers, providing an essential resource that crosses into a number of hot-button issues in politics and culture.• Defines what a hate group is and what distinguishes such groups from other groups operating within the social and political landscape of the United States• Provides readers with an understanding of the numerous hate groups that are affecting both the social and political environments in the United States• Encourages readers to conduct further research into these groups by including extensive bibliographic resources as well as suggestions for further research• Provides information on groups that pertains to their origins and current activities and suggests possibilities of their future impacts on the political, social, and economic environments in the United States

Hate Groups and Extremist Organizations in America: An Encyclopedia

Barry J. Balleck received a B.A. in political science and an M.A. in international studies from Brigham Young University. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Colorado at Boulder with emphases in international relations, American politics, and political theory. Upon completion of his degree, Dr. Balleck joined the faculty of Georgia Southern University, where he held a joint appointment in both the Department of Political Science and the Center for International Studies. Dr. Balleck currently serves as the chair and department head of the Department of Political Science at Georgia Southern University. For the past twenty years he has also directed Georgia Southern University’s Model United Nations (MUN) program, one of the oldest and most continuous programs of its kind in the country. Dr. Balleck has directed the Georgia Southern MUN delegation to several national awards and has conducted dozens of MUN conferences for middle and high school students from Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida.

Dr. Balleck has research and teaching interests in the fields of international and domestic terrorism, U.S. foreign policy, the rhetoric of politics, the United Nations, and international human rights. He has dozens of conference presentations to his credit and has published in journals such as Presidential Studies Quarterly, Politics & Policy, and Peace Psychology Review. Dr. Balleck’s most recent publication is a book from Praeger Press entitled, “Allegiance to Liberty: The Changing Face of Patriots, Militias, and Political Violence in America.”

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