Governance and Politics in Post-Military Nigeria: Changes and Challenges (Adejumobi S.)(Pevná vazba)

Governance and Politics in Post-Military Nigeria: Changes and Challenges (Adejumobi S.)(Pevná vazba)

This edited collection is the product of a National Research Working Group (NRWG) established by Said Adejumobi and supported by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA). It analyzes the progress made in Nigeria since the return to democratic rule in 1999 and the prospects of democratic

Governance and Politics in the Post-Crisis European Union (Coman Ramona)(Paperback)

Urbanization and Urban Governance in China: Issues, Challenges, and Development (Ye Lin)(Pevná vazba)

Offers a more tightly knitted and concrete analysis on the governance issues of China's urbanizationExamines how China's urban governance needs to evolve and respond to the challenges of urbanization. Explores practical recommendations for China's future urbanization

Journalism and Politics in Nigeria: Embers of the Empire (Ette Mercy)(Pevná vazba)

This book explores the legacy of colonial heritage on Nigerian political activities and journalistic

Governance, Multinationals and Growth(Pevná vazba)

In Governance, Multinationals and Growth, leading scholars celebrate and build upon the pioneering work of Edward Safarian on multinational enterprises and foreign direct investment. The book explores the linkages among multinationals and foreign direct investment, corporate and public governance,

Change and the politics of certainty (Edkins Jenny)(Pevná vazba)

The book engages with our desire to seek change in a world of increasing inequality, exclusion and violence. Deploying practical, academic and autobiographical illustrations, the book argues that although we might need to traverse the fantasy of certainty and security, we do not need to give up on

Politics and Technology in the Post-Truth Era (Visvizi Anna)(Pevná vazba)

This book examines the relationship between information and communication technology (ICT) and politics in a global

Philosophy and Real Politics (Geuss Raymond)(Pevná vazba)

A trenchant critique of established ideas in political philosophy and a provocative call for change Many contemporary political thinkers are gripped by the belief that their task is to develop an ideal theory of rights or justice for guiding and judging political actions. But in Philosophy and Real

European Union Governance and Policy Making: A Canadian Perspective (Brunet-Jailly Emmanuel)(Pevná vazba)

European Union Governance and Policy Making introduces Canadian students to the politics of the EU. Divided into three parts, the collection examines its political system (history, theories, institutions), specific policies, and some of the challenges that the EU currently faces. Geared toward

U.S. Military Detention Operations in Post-Abu Ghraib Iraq (Meriwether Jeffrey)(Pevná vazba)

Detention operations are vital to U.S. military doctrine and crucial to the success of combat and recovery missions. This book shows that the image of abuse from Abu-Ghraib were but one small, harmful element in an overwhelmingly successful detention mission in Iraq. It focuses on the subsequent

Authoritarianism and Resistance in Turkey: Conversations on Democratic and Social Challenges (zyrek Esra)(Pevná vazba)

This book offers an in-depth overview of Turkish history and politics essential for understanding contemporary Turkey. Based on interviews with leading intellectuals and academics from Turkey, the book's theme follows the dramatic transformations that have occurred from the 1980 military coup to

Latin America's Left Turns - Politics, Policies, and Trajectories of Change (Cameron Maxwell A.)(Pevná vazba)

Contingency, Behavioural and Evolutionary Perspectives on Public and Non-Profit Governance (Monteduro Fabio)(Pevná vazba)

This volume accesses governance in public and non-profit organizations. Building on and challenging recent research in this area, this volume critically examines the contextual, behavioural and historical factors of

Knowledge Management in Tourism: Policy and Governance Applications (Fayos-Sola Eduardo)(Pevná vazba)

Knowledge Management in Tourism: Policy and Governance Applications is an indispensable instrument for everyone interested in the theory and practice of the quest for effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of tourism activities in helping build the future of

Sovereign Forces: Everyday Challenges to Environmental Governance in Latin America (McNeish John-Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

Sovereignty is a significant force regarding the ownership, use, protection and management of natural resources. By placing an emphasis on the complex intertwined relationship between natural resources and diverse claims to resource sovereignty, this book reveals the backstory of contemporary

Corporate Governance in Russia (No Contributor)(Pevná vazba)

This book explores discussions and practice around corporate governance in Russia from the early 1990s until 2018. 　It covers three major aspects of corporate governance theory and practice: a vision of corporate governance in Russia in the context of global trends and challenges, the general

Assam Politics in Post-Congress Era: 1985 and Beyond (Goswami Sandhya)(Pevná vazba)

Assam has undergone two significant alterations in its political contours since the 1980s--one leading to the rise of a regional party and the other to a firm foothold by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Assam Movement (1979-1985) led to the formation of the main regional party--Asom Gana

Beyond Power and Resistance: Politics at the Radical Limits (Bloom Peter)(Pevná vazba)

This book challenges the conceptual and practical effectiveness of resistance to achieve social and political change, and considers an alternative framework that goes beyond a desire to resist sovereign power, but offers political movements that expand individual and collective

Adaptation Under Fire: How Militaries Change in Wartime (Barno David)(Pevná vazba)

A critical look into how and why the U.S. military needs to become more adaptable. Every military must prepare for future wars despite not really knowing the shape such wars will ultimately take. As former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates once noted: We have a perfect record in predicting the

Politics and Affect in Black Women's Fiction (Glass Kathy)(Pevná vazba)

Exploring literary possibilities, Politics and Affect reads black women's text-in particular Frances Harper's 'The Two Offers' (1859), Julia Collins's The Curse of Caste (1865), Nella Larsen's Quicksand (1928), and Danzy Senna's Caucasia (1998)-as richly creative documents saturated with

Governance Democracy and Development (Thakur Anil Kumar)(Pevná vazba)

Studies in Law, Politics, and Society (Sarat Austin)(Pevná vazba)

This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics and Society contains two sections, focusing on the interaction between law and religion, together with the ways in which the law simultaneously enhances and inhibits projects of social

Why Politics Matters: Making Democracy Work (Stoker Gerry)(Paperback)

Profound social changes have made governance and political leadership more challenging than ever. The result is that politics in the democratic world faces a crisis in the 21st century. The revised edition of this highly successful text reassesses the gap between citizen expectation and the

The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan (Harris Tobias)(Pevná vazba)

Shinzo Abe entered politics burdened by high expectations: that he would change Japan. In 2007, seemingly overwhelmed, he resigned after only a year as prime minister. Yet, following five years of reinvention, he masterfully regained the premiership in 2012, and now dominates Japanese democracy as