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Apocalypse Soon?: Wagering on Warnings of Global Catastrophe
ISBN: 9780773524378 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using arguments that parallel those of Blaise Pascal and William James, Haller offers prudential reasons for caution that should convince those not already persuaded by ethical arguments. While models of global systems can reveal only possible, not probable, futures, the catastrophic threats posed by such things as global warming, ozone depletion, or population increase represent what James would call "live options": that is, they present us with a plausible possibility that forces us to make momentous decisions. Haller concludes that we cannot afford to risk catastrophe, despite the high...
Using arguments that parallel those of Blaise Pascal and William James, Haller offers prudential reasons for caution that should convince those not al...
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484,79 |
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The Politics of Chemical Risk: Scenarios for a Regulatory Future
ISBN: 9780792348917 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. All industrial countries have developed regulatory systems to assess and manage the risk of chemical substances to the working and natural environment. The pressure to harmonize these often specialized regulatory systems is increasingly strong at the international level. Such harmonization not only entails the assessment of particular chemicals, but also the way assessment procedures and their boundary with risk management is organized. As these initiatives intensify, they increasingly raise important questions of how to integrate national differences in the international regulatory arena....
All industrial countries have developed regulatory systems to assess and manage the risk of chemical substances to the working and natural environment...
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602,40 |
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Translating Agency Reform: Rhetoric and Culture in Comparative Perspective
ISBN: 9780230580725 / Angielski / Twarda / 191 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through comparative analysis this book examines and explains the official rhetoric of agency reform across consensus and adversarial political cultures. It traces the trajectory of talk about agency reform in The Netherlands, Sweden and Australia and identifies the national styles of speaking that mediated the agency idea.
Through comparative analysis this book examines and explains the official rhetoric of agency reform across consensus and adversarial political culture...
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200,77 |
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Money Laundering: Hume Papers on Public Policy 1.2
ISBN: 9780748604852 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an issue of our quarterly journal Hume Papers on Public Policy--the journal of the David Hume Institute.
This is an issue of our quarterly journal Hume Papers on Public Policy--the journal of the David Hume Institute.
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135,69 |
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Citizenship Policies in the New Europe
ISBN: 9789089641083 / Angielski / Miękka / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The two most recent expansions to the EU, in May 2004 and January 2007, have had a significant impact on contemporary conceptions of statehood, nation-building, and citizenship within the Union. This volume outlines the citizenship laws in each of the twelve new countries as well as in the accession states of Croatia and Turkey.
The two most recent expansions to the EU, in May 2004 and January 2007, have had a significant impact on contemporary conceptions of statehood, nat... |
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349,00 |
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Adding Value to Policy Analysis and Advice
ISBN: 9780868408590 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Governments need high quality policy analysis and advice as they wrestle with complex economic, social and environmental issues. This book explores public policy practices in Australia and New Zealand, and ways to enhance performance and capability in the policy analysis and advisory system.
Governments need high quality policy analysis and advice as they wrestle with complex economic, social and environmental issues. This book explores pu...
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116,30 |
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Reputation and Power: Organizational Image and Pharmaceutical Regulation at the FDA
ISBN: 9780691141800 / Angielski / Miękka / 856 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is the most powerful regulatory agency in the world. How did the FDA become so influential? And how exactly does it wield its extraordinary power? Reputation and Power traces the history of FDA regulation of pharmaceuticals, revealing how the agency's organizational reputation has been the primary source of its power, yet also one of its ultimate constraints. Daniel Carpenter describes how the FDA cultivated a reputation for competence and vigilance throughout the last century, and how this organizational image has enabled the agency... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is the most powerful regulatory agency in the world. How did the FDA become so influential? And how exactly d... |
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252,08 |
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Public Policy Making: Process and Principles
ISBN: 9780765625342 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This brief text identifies the issues, resources, actors, and institutions involved in public policy making and traces the dynamics of the policymaking process, including the triggering of issue awareness, the emergence of an issue on the public agenda, the formation of a policy commitment, and the implementation process that translates policy into practice. Throughout the text, which has been revised and updated, Gerston brings his analysis to life with abundant examples from the most recent and emblematic cases of public policy making. At the same time, with well-chosen references, he...
This brief text identifies the issues, resources, actors, and institutions involved in public policy making and traces the dynamics of the policymakin...
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872,61 |
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Canada Among Nations, 1993-94: Global Jeopardy
ISBN: 9780886292034 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This year's volume of Canada Among Nations addresses the following key issues: Canada's role in international peacekeeping The aftermath of the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Sustainable Development Canada and the Pacific International migration and refugees International security Canada and the Arctic The consequences of the defeat of the Charlottetown Accord for Canada's foreign and international economic relations The future of NAFTA with a new Democratic president in the White House Contributors include: Andrew Cohen on international security and NATO Michael Hart on...
This year's volume of Canada Among Nations addresses the following key issues: Canada's role in international peacekeeping The aftermath of the United...
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140,54 |
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Europeanization and National Politics
ISBN: 9781403918741 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Europeanization has become a key topic in analysis of the politics of the new Europe. This broad-ranging new text focuses centrally on the impact of the EU on its member states but also on the way in which states 'up-load' their policy priorities to the European level.
Europeanization has become a key topic in analysis of the politics of the new Europe. This broad-ranging new text focuses centrally on the impact of t...
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714,42 |
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Sex, Drugs, and Body Counts: The Politics of Numbers in Global Crime and Conflict
ISBN: 9780801448614 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Big, attention-grabbing numbers are frequently used in policy debates and media reporting: "At least 200,000-250,000 people died in the war in Bosnia." "There are three million child soldiers in Africa." "More than 650,000 civilians have been killed as a result of the U.S. occupation of Iraq." "Between 600,000 and 800,000 women are trafficked across borders every year." "Money laundering represents as much as 10 percent of global GDP." "Internet child porn is a $20 billion-a-year industry." Peter Andreas and Kelly M. Greenhill see only one problem: these numbers are probably false.... Big, attention-grabbing numbers are frequently used in policy debates and media reporting: "At least 200,000-250,000 people died in the war in Bosn... |
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349,04 |
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Cases in Public Policy and Administration
ISBN: 9780205607426 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Writing the perfect complement to their bestseller, Introducing Public Administration, Shafritz and Borick highlight the great drama inherent in public policy -- and the ingenuity of its makers and administrators -- in this new casebook that brings thrilling, true life adventures in public administration to life in an engaging, witty style. Drawing on a unique assortment of literary, historic, and modern examples, Cases in Public Policy and Administration exposes students to public administration in practice by telling the tales of:
Writing the perfect complement to their bestseller, Introducing Public Administration, Shafritz and Borick highlight the great drama inheren... |
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271,44 |
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Torture as Public Policy: Restoring U.S. Credibility on the World Stage
ISBN: 9781594515095 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After September 11, 2001 the Bush Administration decided that the most important intelligence about terrorism would come from the interrogation of captives suspected of terrorism. As a result, many detainees were subject to harsh interrogation techniques that at times amounted to torture. Here, James P. Pfiffner authoritatively examines the policy directives, operational decisions, and leadership actions of the Bush Administration that reversed centuries of US policy on the treatment of enemy prisoners. He shows how the serious reservations of career military lawyers about these policies were...
After September 11, 2001 the Bush Administration decided that the most important intelligence about terrorism would come from the interrogation of cap...
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222,96 |
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Health of Nations: An International Perspective on U.S. Health Care Reform
ISBN: 9781568023601 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study analyzes the health care delivery systems in the United States, Canada, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom - comparing and contrasting them. This edition is updated to feature new information on developments in US policy, as well as changes to the Medicare system.
This study analyzes the health care delivery systems in the United States, Canada, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom - comparing ...
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218,16 |
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Think Tanks and Foreign Policy: The Foreign Policy Research Institute and Presidential Politics
ISBN: 9780739141632 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Think tanks have become increasingly important in American politics foreign policy. In the last thirty years think tanks have emerged as major actors on the political stage, comparable in influence to large interest groups, political parties, and government agencies. In the same time span these think tanks have replaced universities as the main source for new policy ideas and the background research and arguments to justify them.
Think tanks have become increasingly important in American politics foreign policy. In the last thirty years think tanks have emerged as major actors ...
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218,16 |
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The New York Times Reader: Health & Medicine
ISBN: 9781604264821 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Featuring interviews with prominent New York Times reporters, this guide looks at all aspects of reporting and writing in this fast-paced area. Featuring a wealth of guidance and how-to tips, this book is a fascinating read for all aspiring medical and health reporters.
Featuring interviews with prominent New York Times reporters, this guide looks at all aspects of reporting and writing in this fast-paced area. Featur...
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290,87 |
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Bringing America Home
ISBN: 9780984370214 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pauken examines how the Bush administration squandered the political capital that Goldwater-Reagan conservatives took more than three decades to build. He also looks at why America went from having the strongest economy in the world to facing its most serious economic crisis since the Great Depression.
Pauken examines how the Bush administration squandered the political capital that Goldwater-Reagan conservatives took more than three decades to build...
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75,83 |
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Bringing America Home
ISBN: 9780984370207 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How did the Bush administration squander the political capital that Goldwater-Reagan conservatives took more than three decades to build? How did America go from having the strongest economy in the world to facing our most serious economic crisis since the Great Depression? What became of an American culture that once was guided by the principles of Christianity? Bringing America Home not only explains how we lost our way, but shows how our founding principles can help us find our way back. A native Texan, veteran of the Nixon and Reagan administrations, and former state chairman of the Texas...
How did the Bush administration squander the political capital that Goldwater-Reagan conservatives took more than three decades to build? How did Amer...
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113,84 |
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Moral Desert: A Critique
ISBN: 9780761850694 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book, the author critically explores the idea that we deserve to be praised or rewarded for good behavior and blamed or punished when we act badly, which seems central to everyone's moral deliberation and practices. Simmons considers the implications of his views for distributive justice and personal morality.
In this book, the author critically explores the idea that we deserve to be praised or rewarded for good behavior and blamed or punished when we act b...
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169,68 |
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The Obama Chronicles: Stories From The Heartland: The Election of Obama and His Governing Style
ISBN: 9781442175792 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the rise of Barack Obama, his campaign for the Presidency, and, his election as the first African-American President of the United States. The author has recorded insights and reactions of Americans from all across the country, interwoven with his own views as a native of Chicago and having grown up in Obama's old 13th Senate District. Hicks offers insights in the lessons Obama learned in Chicago politics, his mid-western values and how these factors predicted his governing style and policies. The expectation of Americans from all walks of life were recorded, real time,...
This book examines the rise of Barack Obama, his campaign for the Presidency, and, his election as the first African-American President of the United ...
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38,83 |
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