A Social Theory of Corruption: Notes from the Indian Subcontinent (Rajan Sudhir Chella)(Pevná vazba)

A Social Theory of Corruption: Notes from the Indian Subcontinent (Rajan Sudhir Chella)(Pevná vazba)

A social theory of grand corruption from antiquity to the twenty-first century. In contemporary policy discourse, the notion of corruption is highly constricted, understood just as the pursuit of private gain while fulfilling a public duty. Its paradigmatic manifestations are bribery and extortion,

Indian Textiles (Gillow John)(Paperback / softback)

This all-encompassing survey of textiles from every region of the Indian subcontinent runs the gamut of commercial, tribal, and folk textiles. The authors first place them in context by examining the cultural background: the history, the materials, and the techniques--weaving, printing, painting,

Kim (Kipling Rudyard)(Pevná vazba)

The story of a half-caste boy, part Indian part Irish who journeys throughout the subcontinent with an aged lama in search of religious enlightenment, the nominal plot revolves around the Great Game: the struggle between Britian and Russia for control of

Quantum Theory (Bohr Niels)(Pevná vazba)

Quantum Theory contains the seminal works of quantum theory from the early years of the 20th Century, representing breakthroughs in science that radically altered the landscape of modern knowledge: Quantum Theory of Line-Spectra by Niels Bohr and The Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory by

Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines (Okonjo-Iweala Ngozi)(Pevná vazba)

A frontline account of how to fight corruption, from Nigeria's former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.In Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has written a primer for those working to root out corruption and disrupt vested interests. Drawing on her experience as Nigeria's

Biocapital: The Constitution of Postgenomic Life (Sunder Rajan Kaushik)(Pevná vazba)

Contemporary House India (Gregory Robert)(Pevná vazba)

A major overview of the most innovative, ambitious and beautiful houses on the Indian subcontinent, where dramatic new approaches to building have been bolstered by a generation of design-savvy home-owners This survey of over twenty examples of India’s finest contemporary residential architecture

Political Corruption: The Internal Enemy of Public Institutions (Ceva Emanuela)(Pevná vazba)

From the spread of kleptocracy in Venezuela at the expense of the country's economy, to President Trump's appointment of family members to high-ranking White House positions, to President Lukashenko's desperate stranglehold on power in Belarus, across the world political corruption is

Heterosexism in Health and Social Care (Fish J.)(Pevná vazba)

This interdisciplinary text develops a theory of heterosexism and provides everyday examples from health and social care environments. It engages with current debates, including intersecting identities, and presents a coherent analysis of the health and social care needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual

Social Media in Sport: Theory and Practice (Abeza Gashaw)(Pevná vazba)

This book enables students to grasp the holistic enterprise of social media as it pertains to social, legal, marketing, and management issues. The book also helps students better understand the research process in social media scholarship and make connections with academic research and applied

Color Theory: A Critical Introduction (Fine Aaron)(Pevná vazba)

Giving an overview of the history of color theory from ancient and classical cultures to contemporary contexts, this book explores important critical principles and provides practical guidance on the use of color in art and design. Going beyond a simple recitation of what has historically been said

Chetna's 30 Minute Indian: Quick and Easy Everyday Meals (Makan Chetna)(Pevná vazba)

Quick and delicious Indian meals from the queen of Indian home

Classical Sociological Theory (Loyal Steven)(Pevná vazba)

Introducing the founders of sociological theory - from Marx, Weber, Durkheim and Martineau through to Simmel, DuBois, Mead and others - this accessible textbook locates each thinker within their own social, political and historical context. By doing so, it helps readers to understand the

The Economy of Hope (Miyazaki Hirokazu)(Pevná vazba)

Hope is an integral part of social life. Yet, hope has not been studied systematically in the social sciences. Editors Hirokazu Miyazaki and Richard Swedberg have collected essays that investigate hope in a broad range of socioeconomic situations and phenomena across time and space and from a

Understanding Institutions: The Science and Philosophy of Living Together (Guala Francesco)(Pevná vazba)

A groundbreaking new synthesis and theory of social institutions Understanding Institutions proposes a new unified theory of social institutions that combines the best insights of philosophers and social scientists who have written on this topic. Francesco Guala presents a theory that combines the

Infinite Group Theory: From the Past to the Future (Baginski Paul)(Pevná vazba)

The development of algebraic geometry over groups, geometric group theory and group-based cryptography, has led to there being a tremendous recent interest in infinite group theory. This volume presents a good collection of papers detailing areas of current

Finding the Raga - An Improvisation on Indian Music (Chaudhuri Amit)(Pevná vazba)

A revelatory and very personal exploration of Indian classical music from 'one of his generation's best writers'

Notes on the Brown-Douglas-Fillmore Theorem (Chavan Sameer)(Pevná vazba)

Suitable for both postgraduate students and researchers in the field of operator theory, this book is an excellent resource providing the complete proof of the Brown-Douglas-Fillmore theorem. The book starts with a rapid introduction to the standard preparatory material in basic operator theory

Philosophy of Physics: Quantum Theory (Maudlin Tim)(Pevná vazba)

A sophisticated and original introduction to the philosophy of quantum mechanics from one of the world's leading philosophers of physicsIn this book, Tim Maudlin, one of the world's leading philosophers of physics, offers a sophisticated, original introduction to the philosophy of quantum

The Nature of Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact (Shulgin Alexander)(Pevná vazba)

The Nature of Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact, Volume 1, presents lectures from Alexander 'Sasha' Shulgin's popular course on what drugs are, how they work, how they are processed by the body, and how they affect our society. Transcribed from the original lectures recorded at San

Same Old: Queer Theory, Literature and the Politics of Sameness (Nichols Ben)(Pevná vazba)

In its contributions to the study of material social differences, queer theoretical writing has mostly assumed that any ideas which embody 'difference' are valuable. More than this, where it is invoked in contemporary theory, queerness is often imagined as synonymous with difference itself. This

Firesigns: A Semiotic Theory for Graphic Design (Skaggs Steven)(Pevná vazba)

Semiotics concepts from a design perspective, offering the foundation for a coherent theory of graphic design as well as conceptual tools for practicing designers.Graphic design has been an academic discipline since the post-World War II era, but it has yet to develop a coherent theoretical

Corruption in Contemporary Politics: A New Travel Guide (Newell James L.)(Pevná vazba)

The book provides an accessible account of the significance of political corruption, its causes, consequences and

Gandhian Way - Peace, Non-violence and Empowerment (Congress Indian National)(Pevná vazba)

World leaders, Nobel laureates, and social activists from around the world share their thoughts on peace, nonviolence, empowerment, and poverty--the cornerstones of Gandhian philosophy--in this commemorative volume that celebrates 100 years of Satyagraha, the nonviolence movement pioneered by