Political Identification in Europe: Community in Crisis? (Machin Amanda)(Pevná vazba)

Political Identification in Europe: Community in Crisis? (Machin Amanda)(Pevná vazba)

In recent years, Europe has been buffeted by a series of contested crises that seemingly undermine and overwhelm its institutions and ideals: the economic shocks of 2008, the open disputes over migration, the political uncertainty generated by Brexit and the inroads made by various populist and

Neighbours (Steel Danielle)(Pevná vazba)

A community come together in a time of crisis in Neighbours, a powerful, gripping novel by the world's favourite storyteller, Danielle

The Transatlantic Reconsidered: The Atlantic World in Crisis (Lerg Charlotte A.)(Pevná vazba)

The Atlantic community seems to be in crisis and it is time to critically rethink past narratives and traditional frameworks of transatlantic relations. Exploring the historiography and legacies of the Atlantic World, contributors open up new, transnational, and global perspectives, helping us to

Oliver Loving (Block Stefan Merrill)(Pevná vazba)

A school shooting in a Texan border town leaves a family in crisis, a community torn apart, and the boy who holds the secret cocooned in a coma for ten

Islam in Liberal Europe: Freedom, Equality, and Intolerance (Hafez Kai)(Pevná vazba)

Islam in 'Liberal' Europe provides the first comprehensive overview of the political and social status of Islam and of Muslim migrants in Europe. In addition to offering a critical assessment of positive and negative trends in Islamic-Western relations, Kai Hafez also engages in a theoretical

Counter-Revolution: Liberal Europe in Retreat (Zielonka Jan)(Pevná vazba)

Is Europe disintegrating? Can open society survive? How to overcome the economic crisis? Will Europeans feel secure again? Counter Revolution is a bold attempt to make sense of the extraordinary events taking place in Europe today. It examines the counter-revolution developing in Europe, exploring

Democracy in China: The Coming Crisis (CI Jiwei)(Pevná vazba)

A respected Chinese political philosopher calls for the Communist Party to take the lead in moving China along the path to democracy before it is too late. With Xi Jinping potentially set as president for life, China's move toward political democracy may appear stalled. But Jiwei Ci argues that

Families in Eastern Europe (Robila Mihaela)(Pevná vazba)

Eastern Europe has been recognized as a region that has experienced major socio-political and economic changes in the last decades. The impact of these transitions on families and their functioning has also been significant. Although understanding of families in different cultures in the last years

The Idea of Europe: A Critical History (Weller Shane)(Pevná vazba)

There is an increasingly widespread sense that Europe is in crisis. Notions of a shared European identity and a common European culture appear to be losing their purchase. This crisis is often seen as a conflict between a cosmopolitan and a nationalist idea of Europe. The reality is, however,

Crises of Democracy (Przeworski Adam)(Pevná vazba)

Is democracy in crisis? The current threats to democracy are not just political: they are deeply embedded in the democracies of today, in current economic, social, and cultural conditions. In Crises of Democracy, Adam Przeworski presents a panorama of the political situation throughout the world of

Political Entrepreneurs: The Rise of Challenger Parties in Europe (Vries Catherine E. de)(Pevná vazba)

How challenger parties, acting as political entrepreneurs, are changing European democracies Challenger parties are on the rise in Europe, exemplified by the likes of Podemos in Spain, the National Rally in France, the Alternative for Germany, or the Brexit Party in Great Britain. Like disruptive

Obama and America's Political Future (Skocpol Theda)(Pevná vazba)

Barack Obama's galvanizing victory in 2008, coming amid the greatest economic crisis since the 1930s, opened the door to major reforms. But the president quickly faced skepticism from supporters and fierce opposition from Republicans, who scored sweeping wins in the 2010 midterm election. Here,

Ortner's Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal Remains (Buikstra Jane)(Pevná vazba)

Ortner's Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal Remains, Third Edition, provides an integrated and comprehensive treatment of the pathological conditions that affect the human skeleton. As ancient skeletal remains can reveal a treasure trove of information to the modern

No Refuge: Ethics and the Global Refugee Crisis (Parekh Serena)(Pevná vazba)

Syrians crossing the Mediterranean in ramshackle boats bound for Europe; Sudanese refugees, their belongings on their backs, fleeing overland into neighboring countries; children separated from their parents at the US/Mexico border--these are the images that the Global Refugee Crisis conjures to

Orban - Europe's New Strongman (Lendvai Paul)(Pevná vazba)

A convincing indictment of the most powerful political figure in the eastern EU ... This is gloves-off political writing at its best.' -- The Financial Times on Hungary

Securing Europe: Western Interventions Towards a New Security Community (Moustakis Fotios)(Pevná vazba)

The new model of intervention that emerged from Bosnia and Kosovo signalled a revolution in International Affairs. The crises in the Balkans revealed a new division of labor among Western states: US forces are primarily responsible for military action while European partners are more committed to

The Reform of Europe: A Political Guide to the Future (Aglietta Michel)(Pevná vazba)

A powerful and progressive programme for the Eurozone Since 2010, the eurozone crisis has roiled the continent, creating political discord and generating a long period of economic stagnation. The cyclical recovery enjoyed in 2017 is no cause for complacency. It should act as an impetus to undertake

Ever Closer Union?: Europe in the West (Anderson Perry)(Pevná vazba)

A comprehensive, critical assessment of the EU after Brexit The European Union is a political order of peculiar stamp and continental scope, its polity of 446 million the third largest on the planet, though with famously little purchase on the conduct of its representatives. Sixty years after the

Political Philosophy in Motion *.Mkv (Manolache Viorella)(Pevná vazba)

This book approaches the visual clues acknowledged by political philosophy, interested in the relationship of the philosophy and the politics of

Advances in Financial Machine Learning (Lopez de Prado Marcos)(Pevná vazba)

Machine Learning in Financial Markets begins by structuring financial data in a way that is amenable to machine learning (ML) algorithms. Then, the author discusses how to conduct research with ML algorithms on that data and how to backtest your discoveries. Most of the problems and solutions are

Diamond Jewelry: 700 Years of Glory and Glamour (Scarisbrick Diana)(Pevná vazba)

Diamonds have long symbolized political power and authority in Europe. This book explores the individuals who commissioned and wore extraordinarily precious diamond ornaments from the mid-fourteenth century to the present day.Exquisite paintings and breathtaking photography highlight the diamonds

Morbid Symptoms: An Anatomy of a World in Crisis (Sassoon Donald)(Pevná vazba)

The TransAtlantic reconsidered: The Atlantic world in crisis (Lerg Charlotte A.)(Paperback)

The Atlantic community seems to be in crisis and it is time to critically rethink past narratives and traditional frameworks of transatlantic relations. Exploring the historiography and legacies of the Atlantic World, contributors open up new, transnational, and global perspectives, helping us to

Novel Politics - Studies in Australian political fiction (Crowe Shaun)(Pevná vazba)