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Violence Against Women: The Bloody Footprints
ISBN: 9780803950450 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Violence against women permeates our society at every level, in every setting. Murder, rape, intimidation, pornography, workplace harassment, incest are all part of a general belief built into the roots of patriarchal society: Women are proper targets of male violence. The chapters in this book, contributed by some of the most prolific contemporary writers on women's issues, explore this culture of violence and oppression, examining its ideological underpinnings and its structural supports in the social, political and legal systems that protect the violent by blaming the victim.
Violence against women permeates our society at every level, in every setting. Murder, rape, intimidation, pornography, workplace harassment, incest a...
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Retiring the State: The Politics of Pension Privatization in Latin America and Beyond
ISBN: 9780804747066 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1990s, numerous Latin American nations privatized their public pension systems. These reforms dramatically transformed the way these countries provide retirement income, and they provoked widespread protests from workers and pensioners alike. Retiring the State represents the first book-length study of the origins of this surprising trend. Drawing on original field research, including interviews with key policymakers, Madrid argues that the recent reforms were driven not by social policy, but by macroeconomic concerns. Countries facing growing financial pressures chose to...
In the 1990s, numerous Latin American nations privatized their public pension systems. These reforms dramatically transformed the way these countries ...
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The Strategic Dynamics of Latin American Trade
ISBN: 9780804748995 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The diversity of Latin American trade agreements established since the mid-1980s reflects a broadening range of strategic perceptions and orientations. The argument of this volume is that this increasing divergence among the arrangements reflects fundamental and growing differences among their broader strategic perceptions and political and economic objectives. These, in turn, are grounded in each country's economic profile, the institutional configuration of its trade policy process, and the constraints and opportunities policymakers perceive at the domestic and international levels. The...
The diversity of Latin American trade agreements established since the mid-1980s reflects a broadening range of strategic perceptions and orientations...
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Battling for Hearts and Minds: Memory Struggles in Pinochet's Chile, 1973-1988
ISBN: 9780822338277 / Angielski / Twarda / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Considers Pinochet's Chile, and the struggle between the state and its critics over how to remember traumatic events that demanded cultural, moral, and political recognition.
Considers Pinochet's Chile, and the struggle between the state and its critics over how to remember traumatic events that demanded cultural, moral, an...
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A Place in Politics: São Paulo, Brazil, from Seigneurial Republicanism to Regionalist Revolt
ISBN: 9780822343462 / Angielski / Twarda / 403 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Place in Politics is a thorough reinterpretation of the politics and political culture of the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo between the 1890s and the 1930s. The world's foremost coffee-producing region from the outset of this period and home to more than six million people by 1930, Sao Paulo was an economic and demographic giant. In an era marked by political conflict and dramatic social and cultural change in Brazil, nowhere were the conflicts as intense or changes more dramatic than in Sao Paulo. The southeastern state was the site of the country's most important political...
A Place in Politics is a thorough reinterpretation of the politics and political culture of the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo between the 1890s ...
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Changing Organizations: Practicing Action Training and Research
ISBN: 9780761910053 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Action training and research method of organizational development is a classic in public administration. Authors have assembled Neely Gardner's work in the form of a training manual, updating and putting it in the context of modern practice and scholarly thought.
Action training and research method of organizational development is a classic in public administration. Authors have assembled Neely Gardner's work i...
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Sustainable Democracy: Individuality and the Politics of the Environment
ISBN: 9780761902218 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the most fundamental dilemmas characterizing the end of the twentieth century is the tension between consumerism, on one hand, and the threats to our health and environment on the other. John Buell and Thomas S DeLuca provide a trenchant analysis of the growth of environmentalism during a period of increased conservatism and deregulation. First, they consider the myths that strengthen our understanding of environmental issues and their political ramifications. The authors then probe the intricate relation between economic growth and environmentalism. Finally, they suggest a series of...
One of the most fundamental dilemmas characterizing the end of the twentieth century is the tension between consumerism, on one hand, and the threats ...
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Communicating Social Science Research to Policy Makers
ISBN: 9780803972155 / Angielski / Twarda / 175 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This practical guide for doing policy analysis is written for academics who want to get their research to the attention of decision-makers in the public sector, or who want to train their students in the skills necessary to undertake policy-relevant research. Readers will learn: how to prepare an unbiased description of a problem to be studied; the various diagnostic techniques; the rules for designing policy prescriptions; how to use formal forecasting models; how to reach consensus over fiscal and benefits analysis; how to do costs and benefits analysis strategies for the effective...
This practical guide for doing policy analysis is written for academics who want to get their research to the attention of decision-makers in the publ...
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Controversial Issues in Educational Policy
ISBN: 9780803948327 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Controversial Issues in Educational Policy examines the current debates in US education including such issues as parental choice, decentralization, bilingual education and the role of business. For each issue, tensions among the conflicting ideas of conservatism and liberalism and among the basic societal values of equity, liberty and efficiency and excellence are examined. Bierlein discusses multiple aspects of each topic and equips readers with a foundation necessary to carefully analyze the debates.
Controversial Issues in Educational Policy examines the current debates in US education including such issues as parental choice, decentralization, bi...
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In Search of National Economic Success: Balancing Competition and Cooperation
ISBN: 9780803971608 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using detailed case studies with statistical analysis In Search of Economic Success assesses comparatively the 'market liberal' belief in free markets, limited government and the trade-off between economic efficiency and social justice. Kenworthy argues that the key to economic success lies in combining competition with cooperation. Among advanced industrialized nations, the countries achieving the best economic performance results over the past three decades have been the most committed to combining competition and cooperation. Those faring worst rely predominantly on atomistic,...
Using detailed case studies with statistical analysis In Search of Economic Success assesses comparatively the 'market liberal' belief in free market...
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We Were the People: Voices from East Germany's Revolutionary Autumn of 1989
ISBN: 9780822312826 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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On Human Conflict: The Philosophical Foundations of War and Peace
ISBN: 9780761871057 / Angielski / Twarda / 534 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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An Introduction to Survey Research, Polling, and Data Analysis
ISBN: 9780803974029 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book describes how surveys are conducted in such a way that they can be believed, explains how to read statistical reports and analyze data and provides guidelines that are useful in evaluating polls.
This book describes how surveys are conducted in such a way that they can be believed, explains how to read statistical reports and analyze data and p...
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Indigenous Mestizos: The Politics of Race and Culture in Cuzco, Peru, 1919-1991
ISBN: 9780822323853 / Angielski / Twarda / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the early twentieth century, Peruvian intellectuals, unlike their European counterparts, rejected biological categories of race as a basis for discrimination. But this did not eliminate social hierarchies; instead, it redefined racial categories as cultural differences, such as differences in education or manners. In "Indigenous Mestizos " Marisol de la Cadena traces the history of the notion of race from this turn-of-the-century definition to a hegemony of racism in Peru.
De la Cadena s ethnographically and historically rich study examines how indigenous citizens of the city of Cuzco... In the early twentieth century, Peruvian intellectuals, unlike their European counterparts, rejected biological categories of race as a basis for disc...
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The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics
ISBN: 9780822331841 / Angielski / Twarda / 736 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cuba is often perceived in starkly black and white terms either as the site of one of Latin America s most successful revolutions or as the bastion of the world s last communist regime. "The Cuba Reader" multiplies perspectives on the nation many times over, presenting more than one hundred selections about Cuba s history, culture, and politics. Beginning with the first written account of the island, penned by Christopher Columbus in 1492, the selections assembled here track Cuban history from the colonial period through the ascendancy of Fidel Castro to the present.
"The Cuba Reader"... Cuba is often perceived in starkly black and white terms either as the site of one of Latin America s most successful revolutions or as the bastion of...
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Intermedial Representations of 9/11 in U.S. American and German Newspapers
ISBN: 9783631596685 / Angielski / Twarda / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For many weeks, the terrorist attacks of 9/11 dominated the newspapers which covered the consequences with an unprecedented immediateness. This study looks at diverging representations of 9/11 in U.S. and German newspapers (New York Times, Washington Post, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Suddeutsche Zeitung) and explores effects on its possible readerships. The impact of the attacks, forms of heroism, the enactment of leadership, various demonstrations of patriotism and grief as well as the textual and visual presentation of the attacks are analyzed in detail. These intermedial...
For many weeks, the terrorist attacks of 9/11 dominated the newspapers which covered the consequences with an unprecedented immediateness. This study ...
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Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents Volume 146: Russia's Resurgence
ISBN: 9780190255367 / Angielski / Twarda / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents is a series that provides primary source documents and expert commentary on various topics relating to the worldwide effort to combat terrorism, as well as efforts by the United States and other nations to protect their national security interests. Volume 146, Russia's Resurgence, examines recent developments in the foreign policy and strategy of the Russian Federation, including an examination of its aggression against neighboring states with Russian populations, its recent focus on strengthening its military capabilities, its...
Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents is a series that provides primary source documents and expert commentary on various topics relati...
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Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents Volume 145: The North Korean Threat
ISBN: 9780190255350 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents is a series that provides primary source documents and expert commentary on various topics relating to the worldwide effort to combat terrorism, as well as efforts by the United States and other nations to protect their national security interests. Volume 145, The North Korean Threat, examines the strategies adopted by the United States, China, and the international community in response to the nuclear threat posed by North Korea. The volume includes a selection of documents chosen to illustrate developments in this area from 2010...
Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents is a series that provides primary source documents and expert commentary on various topics relati...
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Politics, Justice & the Rule of Law: O Presidential & General Elections 2010 Political Realities ? O Judiciary Acts Sans Jurisdiction & Ultra-Vires th
ISBN: 9781481781763 / Angielski / Miękka / 822 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the most controversial Book, containing complex shocking revelations, in the series of Books by the Author, wherein most difficult topics are excellently and diligently dealt with, exposing realities in politics, and non-dispensation of justice, with judiciary acting sans jurisdiction, ultra-vires the Constitution, denying natural justice, making a mockery of the rule of law', paying scant regard to United Nations Conventions on Human Rights. The range of cases and topics dealt with is indeed amazing making exhorbing reading. Commencing with his own exposure to politics, paying high...
This is the most controversial Book, containing complex shocking revelations, in the series of Books by the Author, wherein most difficult topics are ...
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Internationalisation Versus Securitisation: Nation-Building Through Higher Education in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan
ISBN: 9789819509539 / Angielski / 07-01-2026 Książka dostępna od: 07-01-2026 |
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