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The Government Machine: A Revolutionary History of the Computer
ISBN: 9780262533881 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 564 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In The Government Machine, Jon Agar traces the mechanization of government work in the United Kingdom from the nineteenth to the early twenty-first century. He argues that this transformation has been tied to the rise of "expert movements," groups whose authority has rested on their expertise. The deployment of machines was an attempt to gain control over state action -- a revolutionary move. Agar shows how mechanization followed the popular depiction of government as machine-like, with British civil servants cast as components of a general purpose "government machine"; indeed, he... In The Government Machine, Jon Agar traces the mechanization of government work in the United Kingdom from the nineteenth to the early twen... |
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357,34 zł |
War, Diplomacy and Informal Empire: Britain and the Republics of La Plata, 1836-1853
ISBN: 9781850438670 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. It became an established practice in the 19th century for the European colonial powers - in particular, Britain and France - to exercise hegemony over large areas of the world by attempting to secure the election of governments that would favour their interests. Latin America was one such region which the colonial powers treated as their ""informal empire."" There has been much debate about the effectiveness of informal empire and it has generally been argued that the colonial powers found it more profitable to exercise control in this indirect manner than to administer territories... It became an established practice in the 19th century for the European colonial powers - in particular, Britain and France - to exercise hegemony ... |
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689,33 zł |
Faucault and Political Reason: Liberalism, Neo-Liberalism, and Rationalities of Government
ISBN: 9780226038261 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Despite the enormous influence of Michel Foucault in gender studies, social theory, and cultural studies, his work has been relatively neglected in the study of politics. Although he never published a book on the state, in the late 1970s Foucault examined the technologies of power used to regulate society and the ingenious recasting of power and agency that he saw as both consequence and condition of their operation.
These twelve essays provide a critical introduction to Foucault's work on politics, exploring its relevance to past and current thinking about liberal and neo-liberal forms... Despite the enormous influence of Michel Foucault in gender studies, social theory, and cultural studies, his work has been relatively neglected in th...
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205,22 zł |
Bystander Society: Conformity and Complicity in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
ISBN: 9780197691717 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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137,42 zł |