ilość książek w kategorii: 177831
Inside the IMF
ISBN: 9780123258403 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Revealing the inside workings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), this text studies the culture of organizations and uses sociological methods to understand the technology which underpins office and commercial life. It advises on how to improve work processes and computer systems by exploring systems which use search and retrieval applications, hypertext documents, and shared database applications such as Lotus Notes.
Revealing the inside workings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), this text studies the culture of organizations and uses sociological methods t...
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682,09 zł |
Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (Afis)
ISBN: 9780124183513 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. An easy-to-understand synopsis of identification systems, presenting in simple language the process of fingerprint identification, from the initial capture of a set of finger images, to the production of a Rapsheet. No other single work exists which reviews this important identification process from beginning to end. We examine the identification process for latent (crime scene) prints and how they are identified with these systems. While the primary focus is automated fingerprint identifications, the book also touches on the emergence and use of fingerprints in other biometric...
An easy-to-understand synopsis of identification systems, presenting in simple language the process of fingerprint identification, from the initial ca...
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325,25 zł |
Hispanics and the U.S. Political System: Moving Into the Mainstream
ISBN: 9780130615008 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. As the Hispanic population in the U.S. grows, so too does its influence. The general election in 2000 marked an era of increased influence and awareness by Hispanics in politics both as voters and politicians. While it is clear that Latinos are influencing and changing politics, the impact on politics in the U.S. is still not clear. Authored by leading scholar, F. Chris Garcia and Gabriel Sanchez, Hispanics and the U.S. Political System: Moving into the Mainstream focuses on the historical, contemporary and future role of Hispanics in the United States.
As the Hispanic population in the U.S. grows, so too does its influence. The general election in 2000 marked an era of increased influence and awarene...
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550,92 zł |
Civil Rights and Liberties: Provocative Questions and Evolving Answers
ISBN: 9780131174351 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. For undergraduate courses in Constitutional Law, Civil Rights & Liberties, Introduction to American Government, Introduction to Law and Legal Process, and Judicial Process & Politics. Examining contemporary and perennial constitutional issues in civil liberties and rights, this text engages students in an exploration of how and why U.S. Supreme Court Justices have interpreted the provisions of the U.S. Constitution relating to freedom of expression and religion, and equal protection and privacy.
For undergraduate courses in Constitutional Law, Civil Rights & Liberties, Introduction to American Government, Introduction to Law and Legal Process,...
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419,70 zł |
Women's Pac's: Abortion and Elections
ISBN: 9780131174481 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A supplemental text for courses on Interest Groups, American Political Parties, Campaigns and Elections, and Women and Politics, and other Women's Studies courses. Filling the gap in knowledge about women's political action committees (PACs), this useful text examines the attitudes, priorities, and motivations of individuals who contribute significant amounts of money to the political scene. The three PACs examined are EMILY's List (supporting Democratic pro-choice women candidates); the WISH List (supporting Republican pro-choice women candidates); and the Susan B. Anthony List (supporting...
A supplemental text for courses on Interest Groups, American Political Parties, Campaigns and Elections, and Women and Politics, and other Women's Stu...
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230,81 zł |
Politics in Florida, Fourth Edition
ISBN: 9781614933816 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 508 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Politics in Florida, Fourth Edition --Authors: Susan A. MacManus, Aubrey Jewett, David J. Bonanza, Thomas R. Dye Florida, a demographic and cultural microcosm of the United States, has risen to political prominence and is one of the nation's premier electoral battlegrounds. Politics in Florida, Fourth Edition, is the most comprehensive and current book available on one of the nation's largest, most competitive, and most racially- and ethnically- diverse swing states. More insights and trend-lines from the USF-Nielsen Sunshine State Survey-the state's leading and extensive focused-survey...
Politics in Florida, Fourth Edition --Authors: Susan A. MacManus, Aubrey Jewett, David J. Bonanza, Thomas R. Dye Florida, a demographic and cultural m...
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635,73 zł |
United Nations Politics: International Organization in a Divided World
ISBN: 9780131727656 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. United Nations Politics takes a unique approach that focuses on the politics that is, the persistent and mostly singular emphasis that all member states place on the pursuit of national political, economic, cultural and ideological interests of UN affairs. The project began as an effort to research and write a ten-year-later sequel to The Challenge of Relevance written by Puchala and Coate in 1989. This earlier volume was an assessment of the United Nations and its operations in the late eighties. United Nations Politics builds from a series of some 200... United Nations Politics takes a unique approach that focuses on the politics that is, the persistent and mostly singular e... |
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288,53 zł |
On Liberty
ISBN: 9781517290825 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Discussed and debated from time immemorial, the concept of personal liberty went without codification until the 1859 publication of On Liberty. John Stuart Mill's complete and resolute dedication to the cause of freedom inspired this treatise, an enduring work through which the concept remains well known and studied. The British economist, philosopher, and ethical theorist's argument does not focus on "the so-called Liberty of the Will...but Civil, or Social Liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual." Mill asks and answers...
Discussed and debated from time immemorial, the concept of personal liberty went without codification until the 1859 publication of On Liberty. John S...
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32,06 zł |
Regional and Ethnic Conflicts: Perspectives from the Front Lines, Coursesmart Etextbook
ISBN: 9780131894280 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Regional and Ethnic Conflicts: Perspectives from the Front Lines provides an alternative vantage point that contributes new perspectives to the study of ethnopolitical conflict. The interest and insights students gain from this book into how complex ethnopolitical conflicts can be mitigated, resolved and prevented give hope to the future. From a pedagogical perspective, this text is designed to expose students to alternative perspectives. It adds realism and insight to students' understanding of distal ethnopolitical conflicts. Contributors were purposely asked to discuss a range of factors...
Regional and Ethnic Conflicts: Perspectives from the Front Lines provides an alternative vantage point that contributes new perspectives to the study ...
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377,72 zł |
Issues in American Political Life: Money, Violence and Biology
ISBN: 9780131930629 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A core text for undergraduate courses in American Public Policy, or supplemental reading in such courses as Introduction to American Government or Politics, American Public Policy Analysis, Introduction to Political Science. A substantive alternative to typical "issues" texts-which cover too many issues, too superficially-this intriguing and comprehensive text offers a more in-depth and coherent approach to contemporary policy problems and solutions. It provides a conceptual framework in which students can become comfortable actually doing policy analysis, and in learning skills beyond...
A core text for undergraduate courses in American Public Policy, or supplemental reading in such courses as Introduction to American Government or Pol...
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456,42 zł |
We Need A New FDR Recovery: Executive Intelligence Review; Volume 42, Issue 35
ISBN: 9781517267971 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Franklin Roosevelt's First Hundred Days was not a bureaucratic playbook, neither was it simply the result of effective management and political deal-making, and if it were to be reduced to such, it would add little benefit to solving our nation's immediate crisis. The essence of FDR's First Hundred Days as President was driven by nothing less than a poetic and creative impulse to act, as FDR is often quoted from his first inaugural address: "The Nation asks for action, and action now." Not simply for the immediate restoration of the nation's physical survival, which it certainly accomplished,...
Franklin Roosevelt's First Hundred Days was not a bureaucratic playbook, neither was it simply the result of effective management and political deal-m...
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45,86 zł |
Public Administration in Theory and Practice
ISBN: 9780137393848 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book focuses on the interaction between the constitutionally mandated institutions and the bureaucracy.
This book focuses on the interaction between the constitutionally mandated institutions and the bureaucracy.
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257,04 zł |
The Selling of the President
ISBN: 9780140112405 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 251 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) What makes you cast your ballot?
A Presidential candidate or a good campaign? How he stands on the issues or how he stands up to the camera? The Selling of the President is the enduring story of the 1968 campaign that wrote the script for modern Presidential politickingand how that script came to be. It introduces:
What makes you cast your ballot?
A Presidential candidate or a good campaign? How he stands on the issues or how he stands up to the camera? <... |
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104,83 zł |
The Portable Machiavelli
ISBN: 9780140150926 / Angielski / Miękka / 1979 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In the four and a half centuries since Machiavelli s death, no single and unanimously accepted interpretation of his ideas has succeeded in imposing itself upon the lively debate over the meaning of his works. Yet there has never been any doubt about the fundamental importance of Machiavelli s contribution to Western political theory.The Portable Machiavelli brings together the complete texts of The Prince, Belfagor, and Castruccio Castracani, newly translated by Peter Bondanella and Mark Musa especially for this volume. In addition, the editors include an abridged...
In the four and a half centuries since Machiavelli s death, no single and unanimously accepted interpretation of his ideas has succeeded in imposing i...
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67,22 zł |
The State and Revolution
ISBN: 9780140184358 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In July 1917, when the Provisional Government issued a warrant for his arrest, Lenin fled from Petrograd; later that year, the October Revolution swept him to supreme power. In the short intervening period he spent in Finland, he wrote his impassioned, never-completed masterwork The State and Revolution. This powerfully argued book offers both the rationale for the new regime and a wealth of insights into Leninist politics. It was here that Lenin justified his personal interpretation of Marxism, savaged his opponents and set out his trenchant views on class conflict, the lessons of earlier...
In July 1917, when the Provisional Government issued a warrant for his arrest, Lenin fled from Petrograd; later that year, the October Revolution swep...
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62,04 zł |
Tell Them Who I Am: The Lives of Homeless Women
ISBN: 9780140241372 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "One of the very best things ever written about homeless people in the nation."--Jonathan Kozol.
"One of the very best things ever written about homeless people in the nation."--Jonathan Kozol.
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104,83 zł |
Beyond Machiavelli: Tools for Coping with Conflict
ISBN: 9780140245226 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "Fisher and two colleagues associated with the Harvard Negotiation Project, Harvard Law School, spell out conflict resolution techniques useful at the international level, and also in other contexts."--Book News, Inc.
"Fisher and two colleagues associated with the Harvard Negotiation Project, Harvard Law School, spell out conflict resolution techniques useful at the...
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104,83 zł |
Sweet Charity?: Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement
ISBN: 9780140245561 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In this era of eroding commitment to government sponsored welfare programs, voluntarism and private charity have become the popular, optimistic solutions to poverty and hunger. The resurgence of charity has to be a good thing, doesn't it? No, says sociologist Janet Poppendieck, not when stopgap charitable efforts replace consistent public policy, and poverty continues to grow.In Sweet Charity?, Poppendieck travels the country to work in soup kitchens and "gleaning" centers, reporting from the frontlines of America's hunger relief programs to assess the effectiveness of these...
In this era of eroding commitment to government sponsored welfare programs, voluntarism and private charity have become the popular, optimistic soluti...
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104,83 zł |
War and Peace in the Middle East: A Concise History, Revised and Updated
ISBN: 9780140245646 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "Remarkable...breathtaking in its scope and historical precision, this is highly recommended volume for both publivc and academic libraries.Library Journal."
"Remarkable...breathtaking in its scope and historical precision, this is highly recommended volume for both publivc and academic libraries.Library...
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104,83 zł |
The Portable Edmund Burke
ISBN: 9780140267600 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The intellectual wellspring of modern political conservatism, Edmund Burke is also considered a significant figure in aesthetic theory and cultural studies. As a member of the House of Commons during the late eighteenth century, Burke shook Parliament with his powerful defense of the American Revolution and the rights of persecuted Catholics in England and Ireland; his indictment of the English rape of the Indian subcontinent; and, most famously, his denouncement of English Jacobin sympathizers during the French Revolution. The Portable Edmund Burke is the fullest one- volume...
The intellectual wellspring of modern political conservatism, Edmund Burke is also considered a significant figure in aesthetic theory and cult...
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109,20 zł |