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  • From Socialism to Capitalism
    Janos Kornai
    Eight essays connected by various common strands. The most important one is the community of the main subject-matter: socialism, capitalism, democracy, change of system. These four expressions cover four phenomena of great and comprehensive importance. Each piece in the book deals with these and the connections between them.One of the Leitmotifs is the 'capitalism/socialism' pa...
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    35,36 €

  • Segurança Pública: Agendas Temáticas
    Arruda Do Carmo / Simone Ágatha Krystine Pinheiro De Matos (orgs)
    A Segurança Pública trata-se de um objeto de estudo e de ação que parte da percepção coletiva das relações sociais até se chegar à instrumentalização políticas públicas, o qual se manifesta por evolução empírica e teórica de movimentos incrementais e ruptivos que são reflexivos às transformações da humanidade, sendo assim apreendido como um fenômeno complexo que reflete as espe...
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    19,54 €

  • Broken Promises and Lies of the Republicans
    Gene P. Abel
    Reagan *Bush 43* Trump is intended to convince the America VOTER that conservative ideas are wrong for our country. We are faced with serious issues that must be solved! Our huge deficit, tax reform, immigration, background checks for gun purchase, funding shortfall of Social Security and Medicare, rebuilding of our infrastructure and military, educating our children and crea...
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    13,08 €

  • The National Institutes of Health and EcoHealth Alliance Did Not Effectively Monitor Awards and Subawards, Resulting in Missed Opportunities to Oversee Research and Other Deficiencies, A-05-21-00025
    Office of Inspector General (OIG... HHS
    This book by the Office of Audit Services (OAS), Office of the Inspector General of the US Department of Health and Human Services is an important read. It explores the ways in which NIH and its viral research grant awardee EcoHealth Alliance have failed to comply with Federal requirements leading to unallowable costs and an unsatisfactory compliance rate.This book was written...
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    31,44 €

  • Crisis Leadership and Public Governance during the COVID-19 Pandemic
    This book explores various issues and challenges emanating from the COVID-19 pandemic. It examines how governments worldwide have dealt with the pandemic. Post-COVID-19 and its disruptive impact on social and economic life as well as public and political attitudes, the world is not the same. A new normal has dawned in public management and public services, with immense implicat...
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    166,33 €

  • The U.S. Constitution in Five Minutes
    The U.S. Constitution was written more than 230 years ago for a new country on the periphery of the world. Two centuries later, it governs the most powerful nation on earth, and its meaning is constantly debated.The U.S. Constitution in Five Minutes presents fifty-nine essays on subjects central to the meaning and application of the U.S. Constitution. Written by scholars, these...
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    30,95 €

  • The Formula for Impact
    Georgie Smith / Travis Bates
    HOW CAN I MAKE A DIFFERENCE?WHY ARE THINGS SO SLOW AROUND HERE?IS THE PUBLIC SECTOR FOR ME?!Every day, new recruits join two million Aussie public servants striving to help our country thrive. But whether you’re in local, state or federal government, without a roadmap it’s easy to get overwhelmed, lose hope, and quit. Unless you have guides.With wit and insight, two career publ...
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    27,33 €

  • In Local Hands
    Lisa K. Parshall
    The first comprehensive study of village government formation and dissolution in New York State. ...
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    121,56 €

  • Women, Peace and Security in Military Operations
    Draws on expertise from military, academia, and civil society it offers insights and recommendations on how militaries can effectively integrate the Women, Peace and Security agenda into their operations. ...
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    85,00 €

  • Covid-19 New Normal
    This book seeks to understand the New Normal in a post-Covid-19 world, amid the ongoing battle against the pandemic. With emerging variants like Omicron, it is likely that the fight against Covid-19 would be a protracted one. It is thus timely to review how we have coped since its first outbreak in December 2019 and what the future holds from the economic, political and health ...
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    105,73 €

  • La riqueza extrema debería pagar impuestos
    J.P. Fonteijn
    La brecha entre ricos y pobres aumenta rápidamente, pero nosotros seguimos a lo nuestro y lo dejamos estar. Como resultado, nuestra economía cada vez es más injusta y está más enferma. Este libro explica la situación y qué podemos hacer al respecto a medida que el problema va en aumento. ¡Es hora de cambiar! Hacemos que la gente corriente pague muchos impuestos y dejamos a su a...
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    16,67 €

  • Governing Well
    W L Terence Ho
    What is the secret of effective government in today’s complex and turbulent world?In this collection of essays written for Singapore’s leading news organisations, public policy practitioner turned academic Terence Ho trains his focus on the issues of the day: education, demographics, economic growth, inflation, taxes and social support, among others.In unpacking these issues an...
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    44,69 €

  • Nigeria’s Policy Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
    Isaac Nnamdi Obasi
    Nigeria’s Policy Response to COVID-19 Pandemic provides an insightful discussion of how the Nigerian government and its people fought the battle against the coronavirus pandemic which claimed over 6 million deaths and over 468 million confirmed cases globally as of 20 March 2022. Like many other countries, Nigeria faced many challenges implementing its policy response particula...
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    32,54 €

  • Herbivores and Carnivores
    John Astley
    In Herbivores and Carnivores, John Astley offers insights on closed or cloaked subject: the struggle for democratic cultural values in post-War Britain. The materials vary in content, but a central theme emerges: as individual members of society, we so often seem to adhere - the author suggests - to strictly limited choices with pre-packaged versions of the way we live our live...
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    13,12 €

  • Un-Learning to Labour?
    Jon Sunnerfjell
    Today’s flexible Western labour markets place new demands on the workforce. Whereas industrial society fostered individuals who found dignity in performing long-term, manual labour, few people can now expect to go through working life without engaging in continuous updating of knowledges and skills. However, there are environments on both sides of the Atlantic where the workfor...
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    27,93 €

  • The Economic Consequences of the Peace
    John Maynard Keynes
    The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) is a book written and published by the British economist John Maynard Keynes. After the First World War, Keynes attended the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 as a delegate of the British Treasury. In his book, he argued for a much more generous peace, not out of a desire for justice or fairness - these are aspects of the peace that Ke...
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    28,20 €

  • The Economic Consequences of the Peace
    John Maynard Keynes
    The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) is a book written and published by the British economist John Maynard Keynes. After the First World War, Keynes attended the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 as a delegate of the British Treasury. In his book, he argued for a much more generous peace, not out of a desire for justice or fairness - these are aspects of the peace that Ke...
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    16,27 €

  • The Souls of Queer Folk
    Joel Davis Brown
    You’d be hard-pressed to find a leader who doesn’t want to be better. Yet, at a time when leaders are being asked to do more with fewer resources, modern professionals are having a difficult time leading in a distinctive, powerful, and transformative way. At a time when leaders are feeling besieged, the question is: to whom should they turn to learn, develop, and embody a new ...
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    32,07 €

  • Freedom’s Anchor
    Andrew P Napolitano
    In Freedom’s Anchor, famed legal commentator Judge Andrew P. Napolitano makes the case for using natural law principles to restrain government. Going back to Aristotle, Augustine, and Aquinas, Judge Napolitano identifies the origins of Natural Law Theory and explains its growth and development in English and American law. He argues compellingly that the idea that our rights com...
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    66,89 €

  • 夕照漫笔（上）
    中筠 资
    '资中筠先生，大概是今天学术界、文化界、思想界中一位最受尊敬的老前辈了。'--梁文道 '她不阿世、不迎俗，以独立的人格，自立于天地之间。'--杨继绳 '作者绝少废话，叙述简练直白，切中肯綮，持论倘正，隐藏启蒙理想，这是上一世代的大家风范。'--豆瓣读者'无异议' '资中筠先生实乃真的勇士，遗世独立、风骨傲然的士人也！'--豆瓣读者龙辰 本书是继2011年《资中筠自选集》、2013年《老生常谈》之后，著名学者资中筠的又一个自选集，收入其2013-2022年间尚未入集的文章，以及讲座整理稿、访谈记录。全书共两卷、八辑，涉及学术思考、公共话题、私人生活等各个方面。上卷四辑为：文化教育、公益与社会改良、闲情与杂感、访谈录，下卷四辑为：历史与救国、世界观察、思故人、音乐家园。 资先生的主要著...
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    28,63 €

  • A 'SHARPE' VIEW
    Sharpe James
    A SHARPE VIEW BRINGS TO LIFENewark’s longest serving (1986-2006) modern day Mayor Sharpe James whose extroverted personality, leadership style that bordered on civic and religious frenzy, emotional speeches defending Newark and his intemperate letters to his critics and detractors, part historian, part street fighter and always entertaining, made Newark a destination city and p...
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    22,83 €

  • Legal Identity, Race and Belonging in the Dominican Republic
    Eve Hayes de Kalaf
    This book provides a cautionary tale regarding legal identity practices as promulgated by the World Bank, UN and Inter-American Development Bank. It warns that policies encouraging the en masse registration of native-born migrant-descended populations can also force the thorny question of nationality, unsettling long-established identities and entitlements. ...
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    38,83 €

  • Singapore Ageing
    Ageing is a part of life that all Singaporeans must face and, in fact, all families will have next of kins who will undergo that life stage. Singapore Ageing assembles a team of researchers, administrators, practitioners, advocates and academics from varied social service and care sectors, to share their thoughts, concerns and future challenges faced by an ageing Singapore in d...
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    117,82 €

  • How Trump and the Christian Right Saved LGBTI Human Rights
    Cynthia Burack
    Traces the Trump administration’s surprising support for LGBTI human rights abroad to Trump’s indifference and the cynicism and political interests of Christian conservative elites. ...
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    29,38 €

  • Report Of Investigation
    Congressman Jim Banks et al.
    The storming of the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 was ashock to us all, even AIs. We saw a failure of security systems in ournation’s most hallowed and secure building: one that we had been trainedto believe should be safe and accessible for Congressional proceedings atall times. It has become increasingly clear that we must understand thefailures in order to effecti...
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    39,18 €

  • a Blue Arctic
    Department of the Navy / White House
    Welcome to the world of the Blue Arctic! Through this book, you will be taken on a journey of discovery into one of Earth’s most remote and fascinating regions.The US Navy has been increasing its presence in Arctic waters over the past few years, with an eye towards promoting peace and protecting our interests throughout the region. The Navy is engaging in interoperability exer...
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    23,66 €

  • NASA Historical Investigation Into James E. Webb’s Relationship To The Lavender Scare
    Brian C. Odom
    The central purpose of this investigation was to locate any evidence that could indicate whether James Webb acted as a leader of or proponent for firing LGBTQ+ employees from the federal workforce. For this purpose, the acting NASA Chief Historian examined thousands of documents at the Truman Presidential Library, as well as archival collections at NASA Headquarters, NASAÔøΩs...
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    29,60 €

  • Big Data and Decision-Making
    Big data and its accompanying technological ecosystems have had a dramatic impact on business, politics and society. At the same time, the very nature of big data, a term that originates from computer science discourse, often remains opaque to research communities in other disciplines as well as to practitioners. Considering the pervasive impact of big data across a number of i...
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    149,74 €

  • Anglophobia
    Frank Salter / Harry Richardson
    'The white race is the biggest murderer, rapist, pillager, and thief of the modern world.' So said journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones.Had she said this about any other race, it is unlikely that she would ever have found employment with a mainstream media outlet. Yet not only was Nikole Hannah-Jones hired by The New York Times; she received the coveted Pulitzer Prize for journalism ...
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    15,75 €

  • Regulating Cyber Technologies
    Nathalie Rébé
    Regulating cyber matters is a complex task, as cyberspace is an intricate world full of new threats related to a person’s identity, finance, and private information. Algorithm manipulation, hate crimes, cyber-laundering, and data theft are strong menaces in the cyber world. New technologies are generating both privacy and security issues involving anonymity, cross-border transa...
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    169,66 €


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