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Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning)
ISBN: 9780190693145 / Angielski / Miękka / 526 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sodas are astonishing products. Little more than flavored sugar-water, these drinks cost practically nothing to produce or buy, yet have turned their makers--principally Coca-Cola and PepsiCo--into a multibillion-dollar industry with global recognition, distribution, and political power. Billed as "refreshing," "tasty," "crisp," and "the real thing," sodas also happen to be so well established to contribute to poor dental hygiene, higher calorie intake, obesity, and type-2 diabetes that the first line of defense against any of these conditions is to simply stop drinking them. Habitually...
Sodas are astonishing products. Little more than flavored sugar-water, these drinks cost practically nothing to produce or buy, yet have turned their ...
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The Obama Doctrine: American Grand Strategy Today
ISBN: 9780190202620 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By mid-2015, the Obama presidency will be entering its final stages, and the race among the successors in both parties will be well underway. And while experts have already formed a provisional understanding of the Obama administration's foreign policy goals, the shape of the "Obama Doctrine" is finally coming into full view. It has been consistently cautious since Obama was inaugurated in 2009, but recent events in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and the Far East have led an increasingly large number of foreign policy experts to conclude that caution has transformed into weakness. In The...
By mid-2015, the Obama presidency will be entering its final stages, and the race among the successors in both parties will be well underway. And whil...
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Scotland 2021
ISBN: 9780993294235 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Scotland 2021 gathers some of the country's most insightful thinkers to ask: where are we going and what priorities should we set? Scotland is still experiencing deep post-EU referendum and post-independence referendum shifts in civil society, with a new political landscape emerging at Holyrood and beyond. Continuing austerity and the emergence of a precarious economy, the challenges of climate change and the insecurity of both the European and British Unions are huge factors influencing the next five years. Scotland 2021 offers immediate and agenda-setting responses to the May 2016... Scotland 2021 gathers some of the country's most insightful thinkers to ask: where are we going and what priorities should we set? Scotland is stil... |
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Fed Up!: Our Fight to Save America from Washington
ISBN: 9780316132961 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now, do not misunderstand me, America is great.
But we are fed up with being over-taxed and over-regulated. We are tired of being told how much salt to put on our food, what kind of cars we can drive, what kinds of guns we can own, what kind of prayers we are allowed to say and where we can say them, what we are allowed to do to elect political candidates, what kind of energy we can use, what doctor we can see. What kind of nation are we becoming? I fear it's the very kind the Colonists fought against. But perhaps most of all, we are fed up because deep down we know how great America... Now, do not misunderstand me, America is great.
But we are fed up with being over-taxed and over-regulated. We are tired of being told how much sa... |
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Red Alert: How China's Growing Prosperity Threatens the American Way of Life
ISBN: 9781455519248 / Angielski / Miękka / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "I would caution readers to dismiss Stephen Leeb's warnings only at their peril."
-Thomas Kaplan, chairman, Tigris Financial Group The American Dream is close to being replaced by a living nightmare: Key commodities that are essential to our daily lives and that are widely believed to be abundant are running critically short. Even worse, the Chinese are doing what they can to monopolize the world's dwindling resources. The U.S. is now largely dependent on our greatest economic rival for rare earth elements as well as a host of other minerals-all of which are absolutely essential... "I would caution readers to dismiss Stephen Leeb's warnings only at their peril."
-Thomas Kaplan, chairman, Tigris Financial Group The American... |
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You're Not Mad Enough Yet
ISBN: 9781434377111 / Angielski / Twarda / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is a wealth of literature in the marketplace identifying the various issues the general public has with respect to what they believe to be the failure of the Senate and the House of Representatives in protecting the best interest of our country and our citizens. This book does not repeat those issues, but rather sets forth an analysis of proposed legislation and actions that should be taken by the Senate and the House of Representatives in resolving those issues in the best interest of all the citizens of our country. The proposed solutions are sufficient to identify the issues. The...
There is a wealth of literature in the marketplace identifying the various issues the general public has with respect to what they believe to be the f...
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A Criminal History of the Democrat Party: How the Party of the KKK, Socialism and #Resist have become the Party of the Media/ Industrial Complex
ISBN: 9781727030105 / Angielski / Miękka / 426 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Naked America: Stripped of Its Many Myths, The Bare Truth Suggests Revolutionary Economic, Political and Social Reforms
ISBN: 9781419655760 / Angielski / Miękka / 686 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every society has its ideals, and its myths. In Naked America, author Michael A. Smith examines many of the nation's original ideals, and presents compelling information indicating most of them have been transformed into myths. For example, many regularly describe the United States as the land of economic opportunity, yet 20 percent of American households earn half of all income, and own more than half of all the nation's assets. Education is touted as the road to success, although only one-third of high school graduates achieve a postsecondary education degree. Two-thirds of future jobs in...
Every society has its ideals, and its myths. In Naked America, author Michael A. Smith examines many of the nation's original ideals, and presents com...
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Hydrogen Its Production and Energy Uses
ISBN: 9780894990717 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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African Crisis Response Initiative
ISBN: 9783825841553 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Making Public Policy: A Hopeful View of American Government
ISBN: 9780465043354 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A political scientist at Harvards Kennedy School of Government analyzes how public policy is made in this countryand why the system works so much better than most observers believe.
A political scientist at Harvards Kennedy School of Government analyzes how public policy is made in this countryand why the system works so much bett...
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White Nationalism, Black Interests: Conservative Public Policy and the Black Community
ISBN: 9780814330203 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The rise of the Conservative movement in the United States over the last two decades is evident in current public policy, including the passage of the Welfare Reform Act, the weakening of affirmative action, and the approval of educational vouchers for private schooling. At the same time, new rules on congressional redistricting prohibit legislators from constructing majority black congressional districts, and blacks continue to suffer disproportionate rates of incarceration and death-penalty sentencing. In this significant new study, the distinguished political scientist Ronald W. Walters... The rise of the Conservative movement in the United States over the last two decades is evident in current public policy, including the passage of ... |
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Setting National Priorities: Policy for the Nineties
ISBN: 9780815700470 / Angielski / Miękka / 333 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Setting National Priorities continues the highly acclaimed and influential series of books that examine domestic and foreign policy choices confronting the United States.
Setting National Priorities continues the highly acclaimed and influential series of books that examine domestic and foreign policy choices confrontin...
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Building the Virtual State: Information Technology and Institutional Change
ISBN: 9780815700777 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explores how the American public sector must evolve and adapt to exploit the possibilities of digital governance fully and fairly. Drawing from case studies, the book argues that the real challenge lies in overcoming the entrenched organizational and political divisions within the state.
Explores how the American public sector must evolve and adapt to exploit the possibilities of digital governance fully and fairly. Drawing from case s...
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Welfare Reform and Beyond: The Future of the Safety Net
ISBN: 9780815706397 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Brookings Institution's Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative was created to inform the critical policy debates surrounding the upcoming congressional reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and a number of related programs that were created or dramatically altered by the 1996 landmark welfare reform legislation. The goal of the project has been to take the large volume of existing and forthcoming research studies and shape them into a more coherent and policy-oriented whole. This capstone collection gathers twenty brief essays (published between... The Brookings Institution's Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative was created to inform the critical policy debates surrounding the upcoming congressi... |
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A Communications Cornucopia: Markle Foundation Essays on Information Policy
ISBN: 9780815761150 / Angielski / Miękka / 674 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rapid progress in information technologies has produced an ever-broadening array of choices in information products. This progress has placed enormous strain on the governmental institutions that use and regulate information technology. The essays in this book provide a broad look at the many ways t
Rapid progress in information technologies has produced an ever-broadening array of choices in information products. This progress has placed enormous...
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The Promise of Green Politics: Environmentalism and the Public Sphere
ISBN: 9780822323709 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An exploration of the relationship between the means and the ends in green politics.
An exploration of the relationship between the means and the ends in green politics.
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Disaster and the Politics of Intervention
ISBN: 9780231146975 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Government plays a critical role in mitigating individual and collective vulnerability to disaster. Through measures such as disaster relief, infrastructure development, and environmental regulation, public policy is central to making societies more resilient. However, the recent drive to replace public institutions with market mechanisms has challenged governmental efforts to manage collective risk. The contributors to this volume analyze the respective roles of the public and private sectors in the management of catastrophic risk, addressing questions such as: How should homeland security...
Government plays a critical role in mitigating individual and collective vulnerability to disaster. Through measures such as disaster relief, infrastr...
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Contract or Trust?: The Role of Compacts in Local Governance
ISBN: 9781861343796 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Relationships between local and central government and voluntary and community organisations have been controversial for some time; and particularly since the introduction of the 'contract culture' during the 1980s. New Labour now argues that it wishes to develop a 'partnership culture' in which the voluntary sector is a major partner.New local partnerships, or compacts, of varying kinds are now being developed across the UK, involving a range of local public agencies including councils, health bodies and Learning and Skills Councils. This report is the first national evaluation of how this...
Relationships between local and central government and voluntary and community organisations have been controversial for some time; and particularly s...
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What's Wrong with Protectionism: Answering Common Objections to Free Trade
ISBN: 9781538122129 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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