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Finding Far Away
ISBN: 9781609111342 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Finding Far Away is a fascinating memoir that reads like an incredible fiction novel. Writer Lisa Wade takes you on a one year, exciting journey in Peru. Ima-gine a young, single American woman working as an Environmental Engineer in the gold mining industry in a country far away from her home. This memoir has it all-the story of a brave woman and her struggles, both personally and professionally, and the changes she goes through as she experiences life in a third world country. Wade describes the corruption of Peruvian poli-tics, the struggles of climbing the corporate ladder in a...
Finding Far Away is a fascinating memoir that reads like an incredible fiction novel. Writer Lisa Wade takes you on a one year, exciting journey in Pe...
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Election Watchdogs: Transparency, Accountability and Integrity
ISBN: 9780190677817 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recent decades have seen growing concern regarding problems of electoral integrity. The most overt malpractices used by rulers include imprisoning dissidents, harassing adversaries, coercing voters, vote-rigging counts, and even blatant disregard for the popular vote. Elsewhere minor irregularities are common, exemplified by inaccurate voter registers, maladministration of polling facilities, lack of security in absentee ballots, pro-government media bias, ballot miscounts, and gerrymandering. Serious violations of human rights that undermine electoral credibility are widely condemned by...
Recent decades have seen growing concern regarding problems of electoral integrity. The most overt malpractices used by rulers include imprisoning dis...
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The Punitive City: Privatized Policing and Protection in Neoliberal Mexico
ISBN: 9781783606979 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mexico--a country whose name has become synonymous with drugs, crime, violence, and insecurity. While global media fascination and academic interest has been fixated on the drug war, however, an equally dangerous threat has emerged--the privatization of the police and security force. In The Punitive City, Markus-Michael Muller explores how local political dynamics have played a huge part in Mexico's chronic instability. Encompassing a wider context of urbanized neoliberalism and democratization of local politics, Muller closely examines the new reality of extreme security...
Mexico--a country whose name has become synonymous with drugs, crime, violence, and insecurity. While global media fascination and academic interest h...
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The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade
ISBN: 9781250013958 / Angielski / Miękka / 736 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Soon to be a Major PBS Documentary Event "An authoritative guide to the business of war. Chilling, heartbreaking, and enraging."---Arundhati Roy The Shadow World is the behind-the-scenes tale of the global arms trade, exposing in forensic detail the deadly collusion that all too often exists among senior politicians, weapons manufacturers, felonious arms dealers, and the military---a situation that compromises our security and undermines our democracy. Andrew Feinstein reveals the cover-ups behind a range of weapons deals, from the largest in... Soon to be a Major PBS Documentary Event "An authoritative guide to the business of war. Chilling, heartbreaking, and enraging."---... |
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Preventing Regulatory Capture: Special Interest Influence and How to Limit It
ISBN: 9781107646704 / Angielski / Miękka / 530 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When regulations (or lack thereof) seem to detract from the common good, critics often point to regulatory capture as a culprit. In some academic and policy circles it seems to have assumed the status of an immutable law. Yet for all the ink spilled describing and decrying capture, the concept remains difficult to nail down in practice. Is capture truly as powerful and unpreventable as the informed consensus seems to suggest? This edited volume brings together seventeen scholars from across the social sciences to address this question. Their work shows that capture is often misdiagnosed and...
When regulations (or lack thereof) seem to detract from the common good, critics often point to regulatory capture as a culprit. In some academic and ...
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The Breach: Inside the Impeachment and Trial of William Jeffer
ISBN: 9781476730073 / Angielski / Miękka / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The journalist who co-wrote the original article breaking the Monica Lewinsky scandal for the "Washington Post" reveals the complete story behind the headlines: a riveting, in-depth account of an event unique in American history -- the first impeachment of an elected president.
"For all of the titillation about thongs and cigars, the story of the impeachment and trial of William Jefferson Clinton was not so much about sex as it was about power. It may have started with an unseemly rendezvous near the Oval Office, but it mushroomed into the Washington battle of a generation, ultimately... The journalist who co-wrote the original article breaking the Monica Lewinsky scandal for the "Washington Post" reveals the complete story behind the ...
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Gangsters, Democracy, and the State in Southeast Asia
ISBN: 9780877271345 / Angielski / Miękka / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An essay collection that studies workaday, regional politics in Southeast Asia and its implications for evolving democracies. The contributors examine the electoral process, conflicts between central and local governments, conflicts between individual...
An essay collection that studies workaday, regional politics in Southeast Asia and its implications for evolving democracies. The contributors examine...
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107,70 |
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No Rule of Law, No Democracy: Conflicts of Interest, Corruption, and Elections as Democratic Deficits
ISBN: 9781438462639 / Angielski / Twarda / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mainstream theories assert that democracy cures corruption. In market economies, however, elections are expensive and parties, with ever-thinning memberships, cannot legally acquire the necessary campaign funds. In order to secure electoral funds, a large number of politicians misappropriate public funds. Due to the illicit character of these transactions, high officials with conflicts of interest prefer to leave anticorruption enforcement mechanisms unreformed and reserve the right to intervene in the judicial process, with dire consequences for the rule of law. In No Rule of Law, No...
Mainstream theories assert that democracy cures corruption. In market economies, however, elections are expensive and parties, with ever-thinning memb...
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373,78 |
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Preventing Regulatory Capture: Special Interest Influence and How to Limit It
ISBN: 9781107036086 / Angielski / Twarda / 530 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When regulations (or lack thereof) seem to detract from the common good, critics often point to regulatory capture as a culprit. In some academic and policy circles it seems to have assumed the status of an immutable law. Yet for all the ink spilled describing and decrying capture, the concept remains difficult to nail down in practice. Is capture truly as powerful and unpreventable as the informed consensus seems to suggest? This edited volume brings together seventeen scholars from across the social sciences to address this question. Their work shows that capture is often misdiagnosed and...
When regulations (or lack thereof) seem to detract from the common good, critics often point to regulatory capture as a culprit. In some academic and ...
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317,17 |
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Indonesia's Overseas Labour Migration Programme, 1969-2010
ISBN: 9789004325449 / Angielski / Twarda / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Indonesia's Overseas Labour Migration Programme, 1969-2010, Wayne Palmer offers for the first time a detailed, critical analysis of the way in which Indonesia's Overseas Labour Migration Programme is managed and how that fits with other developments within the Indonesian government. Commonly portrayed as a corrupt bunch of officials out to line their own pockets at the expense of migrant workers' welfare, here we are shown that they also make exceptions to rules when the law and political climate are not on their side. Wayne Palmer used interviews with over 120 officials in six...
In Indonesia's Overseas Labour Migration Programme, 1969-2010, Wayne Palmer offers for the first time a detailed, critical analysis of the way ...
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339,95 |
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Corruption: A Short History
ISBN: 9780815727910 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From ancient times to modern, corruption has been ingrained in human society and is still a powerful issue in the contemporary world. In Corruption: A Short History, Carlo Brioschi provides a thorough and entertaining look at how corruption was born and has evolved over time, without ever being stamped out. He examines corruption through politics and history--from Babylon to modern-day U.S. organized crime and the great market collapses--and concludes with reflections on the moral perception of corruption and its dangers for democracy. From ancient times to modern, corruption has been ingrained in human society and is still a powerful issue in the contemporary world. |
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The World's Strangest Forgotten Conspiracy Theories ***Large Print Edition***
ISBN: 9781542815567 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explore the World most astonishing and mystifying forgotten conspiracy theories. Not only are these possible cover-ups and controversial conspiracy theories fascinating, they will surprise you. Find out for yourself where the truth lies. *** LARGE PRINT EDITION*** Everyone has that one theory they're absolutely convinced is true. Occasionally, we all stray from the generally accepted facts and - when we're eventually proved right - it's an incredibly satisfying feeling. While these theories typically revolve around the mundane aspects of our day to day lives,...Explore the World most astonishing and mystifying forgotten conspiracy theories. Not only are these possible cover-ups and controversial conspir... |
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2012, China & Beyond: World Thinking, China's Global Role, Individual Survival and the Path of Life beyond the End of Civilization as we kno
ISBN: 9781477574126 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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I Saw the Devil, I Saw God
ISBN: 9780615919010 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Arriving in the United States with nothing as a refugee, Charles Mwumvaneza has labored for years to have his incredible story heard. An unusual survivor of the infamous Rwandan genocide of 1994, Charles was marked for death and persecuted by individuals on both sides of the country's civil war. Though he opposed the artificial division of his country by colonialists into fictitious "tribes," Charles nevertheless possessed features from both groups. As members of Rwanda's Tutsi minority were exterminated by the thousands, Charles' hometown became a killing field as he and his wife Jeanne were...
Arriving in the United States with nothing as a refugee, Charles Mwumvaneza has labored for years to have his incredible story heard. An unusual survi...
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Copping Out: The Consequences of Police Corruption and Misconduct
ISBN: 9781440830891 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this shocking yet fascinating volume, an award-winning Chicago journalist goes behind the headlines to provide a far-reaching analysis of brutality, vice, and corruption among men and women who have sworn to serve and protect. This timely book draws on actual cases to examine the widespread phenomenon of corruption inside law enforcement agencies. It looks at the effort of criminal elements and gangs to infiltrate police departments and the criminal justice system, and it discusses how vigilante justice is encouraged by claims of police misconduct. Of particular importance to readers,... In this shocking yet fascinating volume, an award-winning Chicago journalist goes behind the headlines to provide a far-reaching analysis of brutal... |
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Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?
ISBN: 9781476795201 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The raging question in the world today is who is the real Vladimir Putin and what are his intentions. Karen Dawisha's brilliant Putin's Kleptocracy provides an answer, describing how Putin got to power, the cabal he brought with him, the billions they have looted, and his plan to restore the Greater Russia. Russian scholar Dawisha describes and exposes the origins of Putin's kleptocratic regime. She presents extensive new evidence about the Putin circle's use of public positions for personal gain even before Putin became president in 2000. She documents the establishment of Bank...
The raging question in the world today is who is the real Vladimir Putin and what are his intentions. Karen Dawisha's brilliant Putin's Kleptocracy...
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Gangster States: Organized Crime, Kleptocracy and Political Collapse
ISBN: 9781137490285 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author draws on behavioral ecology to predict the evolution of organized crime in unregulated systems of exchange and the further development of racketeer economies into unstable kleptocratic states. The result is a new model that explains the expansion and contraction of political-economic complexity in prehistoric and contemporary societies.
The author draws on behavioral ecology to predict the evolution of organized crime in unregulated systems of exchange and the further development of r...
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Ethics and Integrity in British Politics: How Citizens Judge Their Politicians' Conduct and Why It Matters
ISBN: 9781107050501 / Angielski / Twarda / 241 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Public perceptions of political ethics are at the heart of current political debate. Drawing on original data, this book is the first general account of popular understandings of political ethics in contemporary British politics. It offers new insights into how citizens understand political ethics and integrity and how they form judgments of their leaders. By locating these insights against the backdrop of contemporary British political ethics, the book shows how current institutional preoccupations with standards of conduct all too often miss the mark. While the use of official resources is...
Public perceptions of political ethics are at the heart of current political debate. Drawing on original data, this book is the first general account ...
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368,21 |
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Why Elections Fail
ISBN: 9781107052840 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unfortunately too often elections around the globe are deeply flawed or even fail. What triggers these problems? In this second volume of her trilogy on electoral integrity, Pippa Norris compares structural, international, and institutional accounts as alternative perspectives to explain why elections fail to meet international standards. The book argues that rules preventing political actors from manipulating electoral governance are needed to secure integrity, although at the same time officials also need sufficient resources and capacities to manage elections effectively. Drawing on new...
Unfortunately too often elections around the globe are deeply flawed or even fail. What triggers these problems? In this second volume of her trilogy ...
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The Quest for Good Governance: How Societies Develop Control of Corruption
ISBN: 9781107113923 / Angielski / Twarda / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why do some societies manage to control corruption so that it manifests itself only occasionally, while other societies remain systemically corrupt? This book is about how societies reach that point when integrity becomes the norm and corruption the exception in regard to how public affairs are run and public resources are allocated. It primarily asks what lessons we have learned from historical and contemporary experiences in developing corruption control, which can aid policy-makers and civil societies in steering and expediting this process. Few states now remain without either an...
Why do some societies manage to control corruption so that it manifests itself only occasionally, while other societies remain systemically corrupt? T...
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