The Original Sins
ISBN: 9781498461917 / Angielski / Miękka / 526 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is the connection between: the court-martial of a Union Army Colonel and the ABSCAM scandal; President Garfield's assassin Charles Guiteau and former Vice President Al Gore; the conviction of New York "sawdust swindler" Sam Hayes and lobbyist Jack Abramoff; and President Theodore Roosevelt and former New York Yankee owner George Steinbrenner III? If you answered "corruption," you are right, but only partly so.The Original Sins: America's Fight Against Corruption in the Era of Manifest Destiny tells the stories behind America's efforts to define and prevent corruption in our national...
What is the connection between: the court-martial of a Union Army Colonel and the ABSCAM scandal; President Garfield's assassin Charles Guiteau and fo...
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The Original Sins
ISBN: 9781498461924 / Angielski / Twarda / 526 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is the connection between: the court-martial of a Union Army Colonel and the ABSCAM scandal; President Garfield's assassin Charles Guiteau and former Vice President Al Gore; the conviction of New York "sawdust swindler" Sam Hayes and lobbyist Jack Abramoff; and President Theodore Roosevelt and former New York Yankee owner George Steinbrenner III? If you answered "corruption," you are right, but only partly so.The Original Sins: America's Fight Against Corruption in the Era of Manifest Destiny tells the stories behind America's efforts to define and prevent corruption in our national...
What is the connection between: the court-martial of a Union Army Colonel and the ABSCAM scandal; President Garfield's assassin Charles Guiteau and fo...
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191,40 zł |
The Ethical Lobbyist: Reforming Washington's Influence Industry
ISBN: 9781626163805 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lobbyists in Washington aren't a new phenomenon. Since the early days of the republic, citizens and groups alike have hired professionals to press their interests with lawmakers. However, recent examples of misconduct--like that seen in the Abramoff scandal--highlight the unique ethical challenges this industry faces in the twenty-first century. Though major scandals happen less frequently than popularly believed, the more pervasive ethics problem is that members of the profession often cut deals that go against their clients' interests. They sacrifice the interests of those they... Lobbyists in Washington aren't a new phenomenon. Since the early days of the republic, citizens and groups alike have hired professionals to press ... |
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Gangster States: Organized Crime, Kleptocracy and Political Collapse
ISBN: 9781349504367 / Angielski / Miękka / 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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Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan
ISBN: 9780231704564 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan follows a newly independent oil-rich former Soviet republic as it adopts a Western model of democratic government and then turns toward corrupt authoritarianism. Audrey L. Altstadt begins with the Nagorno-Karabagh War (1988-1994) which triggered Azerbaijani nationalism and set the stage for the development of a democratic movement. Initially successful, this government soon succumbed to a coup. Western oil companies arrived and money flowed in--a quantity Altstadt calls "almost unimaginable"--causing the regime to resort to repression to...
Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan follows a newly independent oil-rich former Soviet republic as it adopts a Western model of demo...
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'MAFIA' Don: Donald Trump's 40 years of Mob ties.
ISBN: 9781537454696 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'MAFIA' DON: Donald Trump's 40 years of Mob ties meticulously documents the many "special interests" with their hooks in Mr. Trump and the criminal elements that have woven a web around him throughout his career and made him highly vulnerable to blackmail should he become president. The inevitable conclusion is that he is NOT the independent he would lead us to believe. Come 2017, will the Mob own the White House? From builder and developer to casino operator to presidential candidate, criminal elements have woven a sinister web around Mr. Trump that he has taken pains to hide. His...
'MAFIA' DON: Donald Trump's 40 years of Mob ties meticulously documents the many "special interests" with their hooks in Mr. Trump and the criminal el...
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The Illuminati: The Secret Society That Hijacked the World
ISBN: 9781578596195 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chilling initiations. Big banks and money manipulations. Possible links to the Rockefellers, Rothschilds, Adamses, and Bushes. Reviewing the evidence, documents, and connections, The Illuminati: The Secret Society That Hijacked the World by award-winning journalist and author Jim Marrs shines a light on the history, workings, continuing influence, and pernicious and hidden power of this secret order. Surveying experts--from those who dismiss the Illuminati as a short-lived group of little consequence to skeptics who dare question the government's accounts and...
Chilling initiations. Big banks and money manipulations. Possible links to the Rockefellers, Rothschilds, Adamses, and Bushes. Reviewing the evidence,...
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State Capitalism in Eurasia
ISBN: 9789813149373 / Angielski / Twarda / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first book to specify the type of economic system that has arisen in Central Asia, replacing the simplistic ideas of "petro-state" or "resource dependent." The book presents three types of state capitalism now established in the former Soviet Union states of Eurasia -- crony, dual-sector, and predatory capitalism. It provides first-hand research based on extensive interviewing in the native languages in five of the six. From the political economic perspective, it surveys the source of resources for these authoritarian regimes, their decision-making, and the disposition of... This is the first book to specify the type of economic system that has arisen in Central Asia, replacing the simplistic ideas of "petro-state" or "... |
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348,26 zł |
Prohibition Gangsters: The Rise and Fall of a Bad Generation
ISBN: 9780813594279 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Master story teller Marc Mappen applies a generational perspective to the gangsters of the Prohibition era--men born in the quarter century span from 1880 to 1905--who came to power with the Eighteenth Amendment.
"Marc Mappen proves an adept storyteller as he takes readers beyond 'Boardwalk Empire.' Mappen spins some good yarns about the gangsters, dominated by New Yorkers, whose rise was triggered by the Eighteenth Amendment, which took effect in 1920, and who proved that, at times, crime not only pays, but pays very well." --Sam Roberts, New York Times "A book... Master story teller Marc Mappen applies a generational perspective to the gangsters of the Prohibition era--men born in the quarter century span from ...
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The Democracy Amendments: How to Amend Our U.S. Constitution to Rescue Democracy For All Citizens
ISBN: 9780998331607 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Our democracy is in trouble and we the people know it. Our U.S. political system is completely distorted as it's currently financed and structured. Problems with the way we select our political leaders have been on full display in the 2016 Presidential election. Once elected, Washington politicians are not equally and properly representing our broad citizen interests, since they regularly tip outcomes of law, policy, and regulation toward the interests of wealthy and influential campaign donors. These actions regularly move large amounts of money out of our pockets and into... Our democracy is in trouble and we the people know it. Our U.S. political system is completely distorted as it's currently financed and structured.... |
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55,35 zł |
The Despot's Guide to Wealth Management: On the International Campaign Against Grand Corruption
ISBN: 9781501705519 / Angielski / Twarda / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych.
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128,00 zł |
Journalism and the Nsa Revelations: Privacy, Security and the Press
ISBN: 9781784536756 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Scholarly analysis of impact of Snowden's NSA revelations on media and journalism
Scholarly analysis of impact of Snowden's NSA revelations on media and journalism
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Journalism and the Nsa Revelations: Privacy, Security and the Press
ISBN: 9781784536763 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Scholarly analysis of impact of Snowden's NSA revelations on media and journalism
Scholarly analysis of impact of Snowden's NSA revelations on media and journalism
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131,18 zł |
Ukraine and the Empire of Capital: From Marketisation to Armed Conflict
ISBN: 9780745337388 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the Orange Revolution to Euromaidan, Ukraine has been in turmoil for decades. With Russia now threatening its borders and with simmering civil unrest, the country's stability hangs by a thread. In Ukraine and the Empire of Capital, Yuliya Yurchenko analyzes these dramatic events through the lens of the country's post-Soviet past. Providing distinctive and unexplored reflections on the origins of the conflict, Yurchenko challenges the four central myths that underlie Ukraine's post-Soviet reality: the myth of transition, the myth of democracy, the myth of two Ukraines, and the myth...
From the Orange Revolution to Euromaidan, Ukraine has been in turmoil for decades. With Russia now threatening its borders and with simmering civil un...
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Uncovering Trump: The Truth Behind Donald Trump's Charitable Giving
ISBN: 9781635761597 / Angielski / Miękka / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From David A. Fahrenthold, winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, comes a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the stories and scandals of Donald Trump's campaign. In February of 2016, Donald Trump promised $6 million in donations, including $1 million from his own pocket, to local charities along his campaign trail. But by the time he won the New Hampshire primary, he had stopped giving away money and had donated far less than his pledged amount. Washington Post reporter David A. Fahrenthold went in search of the missing money, and found a bigger story...
From David A. Fahrenthold, winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, comes a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the stories and ...
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Torn from the World: A Guerrilla's Escape from a Secret Prison in Mexico
ISBN: 9780872867529 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Guerrilla's Escape from a Secret Prison in Mexico.
A Guerrilla's Escape from a Secret Prison in Mexico.
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Malfeasance & Immorality: An Analysis of the World Economic Crash of 2008, the Corrupt Political and Financial Institutions that Caused it, the Plan of the 1% Plutonomy Against the 99%
ISBN: 9781884564833 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An Analysis of the World Economic Crash of 2008,
the Corrupt Political and Financial Institutions that
Caused it, the Plan of the 1% Plutonomy
Against the 99% and Ethical Strategies
to Survive the Coming Collapse
of the Economy
An Analysis of the World Economic Crash of 2008,
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Organizing Leviathan: Politicians, Bureaucrats, and the Making of Good Government
ISBN: 9781107177598 / Angielski / Twarda / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the quality of government worldwide, their organizational structure, and why some countries are less corrupt and better governed than others.
This book examines the quality of government worldwide, their organizational structure, and why some countries are less corrupt and better governed th...
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New York Exposed: The Gilded Age Police Scandal That Launched the Progressive Era
ISBN: 9780190864347 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Animated by a vivid cast of characters, ranging from the bosses of Tammany Hall to prostitutes and counterfeiters to the do-gooders determined to change business as usual, Daniel Czitrom's New York Exposed offers an unforgettable portrait of a formative moment, when muckraking journalism and urban reform were beginning to alter the American social and political landscape.
Animated by a vivid cast of characters, ranging from the bosses of Tammany Hall to prostitutes and counterfeiters to the do-gooders determined to chan...
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Catching Thunder: The True Story of the World's Longest Sea Chase
ISBN: 9781786990877 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Poachers, kingpins and the longest chase in maritime history: A desperate race to save our planet's oceans.
Poachers, kingpins and the longest chase in maritime history: A desperate race to save our planet's oceans.
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