The Politics of Freedom of Information: How and Why Governments Pass Laws That Threaten Their Power (Worthy Ben)(Pevná vazba)

The Politics of Freedom of Information: How and Why Governments Pass Laws That Threaten Their Power (Worthy Ben)(Pevná vazba)

Worth Dying For - The Power and Politics of Flags (Marshall Tim)(Pevná vazba)

An enlightening popular account of the symbolism that drives global

How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything (Seidman Dov)(Pevná vazba)

The flood of information, unprecedented transparency, increasinginterconnectedness-and our global interdependence-aredramatically reshaping today's world, the world of business, andour lives. We are in the Era of Behavior and the rules of the gamehave fundamentally changed. It is no longer what you

Worth Dying For - The Power and Politics of Flags (Marshall Tim)(Paperback / softback)

When you see your nation's flag fluttering in the breeze, what do you feel?; For thousands of years flags have represented our hopes and dreams. We wave them. Burn them. March under their colours. And still, in the 21st century, we die for them. Flags fly at the UN, on the Arab street, from front

China's Western Horizon: Beijing and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia (Markey Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

A crucial assessment of how global and regional politics converge in the swath of Eurasia that includes South Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Under the ambitious leadership of President Xi Jinping, China is transforming its wealth and economic power into tools of global political

Power of Habit - Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change (Duhigg Charles)(Paperback / softback)

In 'The Power of Habit', award-winning 'New York Times' business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With penetrating intelligence and an ability to distill vast amounts of information into

Restraining Great Powers: Soft Balancing from Empires to the Global Era (Paul T. V.)(Pevná vazba)

How subtler forms of balance-of-power politics can help states achieve their goals against aggressive powers without wars or arms races At the end of the Cold War, the United States emerged as the world's most powerful state, and then used that power to initiate wars against smaller countries in

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Acemoglu Daron)(Pevná vazba)

Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the

Basic Laws of Human Stupidity - The International Bestseller (Cipolla Carlo M.)(Pevná vazba)

The five laws that confirm our worst fears: stupid people can and do rule the world.Since time immemorial, a powerful dark force has hindered the growth of human welfare and happiness. It is more powerful than the Mafia or the military. It has global catastrophic effects and can be found anywhere

The Wto and Economic Development (Zissimos Ben)(Pevná vazba)

Economists offer rigorous quantitative analyses of how the institutional design and purpose of the WTO (and its progenitor, the GATT) affect economic development.The World Trade Organization (WTO) was established partly to support economic development in developing countries through international

Spinoza and the Politics of Freedom (Taylor Dan)(Pevná vazba)

Combining careful historical and textual analysis with comparisons across past and present political theory, this book re-establishes Spinoza as a collectivist philosopher. Taking as its starting point the formative role of fear in Spinoza's thought, Dan Taylor argues that Spinoza's vision of

Information: A Historical Companion (Blair Ann)(Pevná vazba)

A landmark history that traces the creation, management, and sharing of information through six centuries Thanks to modern technological advances, we now enjoy seemingly unlimited access to information. Yet how did information become so central to our everyday lives, and how did its processing and

How Much Is a Little Girl Worth? (Denhollander Rachael)(Pevná vazba)

You're beautiful, worthy, and you should be loved Because of all that you are.Different from anything else in this world, You are precious beyond all the stars. How Much Is a Little Girl Worth? is Rachael Denhollander's tenderhearted anthem to little girls everywhere, teaching them that they have

How to Talk to Your Cat About Gun Safety - and Abstinence, Drugs, Satanism, and Other Dangers That Threaten Their Nine Lives (Auburn Zachary)(Paperback / softback)

The cats of America are under

The Tribe: The Inside Story of Irish Power and Influence in Us Politics (Perry Caitriona)(Pevná vazba)

Compromising Positions: Sex Scandals, Politics, and American Christianity (Smith Leslie Dorrough)(Pevná vazba)

Americans have long believed that the private lives of their politicians are important indicators of their fitness to lead and of their ability to defend and uphold American values. For many, a sex scandal renders a person ineligible, or at the very least questionably qualified, for public service

Changing Power of the British Monarchy (Hubbard Ben)(Paperback / softback)

With topic fact boxes containing information that enhances or reinforces the text and fun Regal Facts boxes, plus a timeline and small family trees, this book provides young readers with a fascinating insight into the history of the British

Strategy That Works: How Winning Companies Close the Strategy-To-Execution Gap (Leinwand Paul)(Pevná vazba)

How to close the gap between strategy and execution Two-thirds of executives say their organizations don't have the capabilities to support their strategy. In Strategy That Works, Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi explain why. They identify conventional business practices that unintentionally

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

The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters (Nichols Tom)(Pevná vazba)

Technology and increasing levels of education have exposed people to more information than ever before. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled informed debates on any number of issues. Today, everyone

The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals (Crabtree Robert H.)(Pevná vazba)

Provides vital information on organometallic compounds, their preparation, and use in synthesis, and explores the fundamentals of the field and its modern applications Fully updated and expanded to reflect recent advances, the new, seventh edition of this bestselling text presents students and

Twilight of the Merkel Era: Power and Politics in Germany After the 2017 Bundestag Election (Langenbacher Eric)(Pevná vazba)

The Politics of Technology in Africa (Gagliardone Iginio)(Pevná vazba)

As more Africans get online, information and communication technologies (ICTs) are increasingly hailed for their transformative potential. Yet, the fascination for the possibilities of promoting more inclusive forms of development in the information age have obfuscated the reality of the complex

Hybrid Conflicts and Information Warfare - Old Labels, New Politics (Fridman Ofer)(Pevná vazba)

Russian and Western experts explore the theory and realities of contemporary hybrid threats and information warfare, including the case of the Islamic