Michael C Williams: 16 books

Book cover of Security Beyond the State

Security Beyond the State

Private Security in International Politics

by Rita Abrahamsen, Michael C. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010

Across the globe, from mega-cities to isolated resource enclaves, the provision and governance of security takes place within assemblages that are de-territorialized in terms of actors, technologies, norms and discourses. They are embedded in a complex transnational architecture, defying conventional...
Book cover of Critical Security Studies

Critical Security Studies

Concepts And Strategies

by Keith Krause, Michael C. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002

This text takes issue with arguments that security studies is a discipline of limited use in making sense of the post-Cold War world. It argues that many of the most interesting theoretical issues in international relations can most usefully be studied through a prism labelled "security studies"....
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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2019

The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (with bonus article "Now What?" by Joan C. Williams and Suzanne Lebsock) (HBR's 10 Must Reads)

by Harvard Business Review, Joan C. Williams, Thomas H. Davenport
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018

The definitive management ideas of the year from Harvard Business Review. Includes the definitive ideas of the year, all in one place, selected by HBR's editors. Gives readers the opportunity to catch up on a year's worth of recent ideas from HBR quickly--or collect articles over time. Includes...
Book cover of 5 Years of Must Reads from HBR: 2019 Edition
by Harvard Business Review, Michael E. Porter, Joan C. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019

Get five years of the latest, most significant thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review in one library set. Every year, HBR editors examine the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past twelve months to select the articles that have provoked the most conversation, the most inspiration,...
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1865

America Makes War and Peace in Lincoln’s Final Year

by Michael B. Ballard, Richard Wightman Fox, John F. Marszalek
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015

In 1865 Americans faced some of the most important issues in the nation’s history: the final battles of the Civil War, the struggle to pass the Thirteenth Amendment, the peace process, reconstruction, the role of freed slaves, the tragedy of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, and the trials of the...
Book cover of Intelligence and the National Security Strategist

Intelligence and the National Security Strategist

Enduring Issues and Challenges

by Matthew M. Aid, Christopher M. Andrew, Michael R. Bromwich
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2005

Intelligence and the National Security Strategist: Enduring Issues and Challenges presents students with a useful anthology of published articles from diverse sources as well as original contributions to the study of intelligence. The collection includes classic perspectives from the history of warfare,...
Book cover of History of American Political Thought
by George Alecusan, John E. Alvis, Donald R. Brand
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019

Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists,...
Book cover of Binding, Transport and Storage of Metal Ions in Biological Cells
by Robert JP Williams, Blanca Barquera, Jacqui Gulbis
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014

Metal ions play key roles in biology. Many are essential for catalysis, for electron transfer and for the fixation, sensing, and metabolism of gases. Others compete with those essential metal ions or have toxic or pharmacological effects. This book is structured around the periodic table and...
Book cover of Health Humanities Reader
by Allen Peterkin, Arthur W. Frank, David H. Flood
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014

Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire...
Book cover of Improving grassland and pasture management in temperate agriculture
by Dr O. Huguenin-Elie, Dr L. Delaby, Dr K. Klumpp
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2018

Assesses latest research on how grasslands function Surveys best practice in sustainable grassland management Considers wider aspects of sustainability such as ecosystem services and biodiversity
Book cover of African American Students’ Career and College Readiness
by Brandee Appling, Elizabeth Auguste, Christopher T. Belser
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015

African American Students’ Career and College Readiness: The Journey Unraveled explores the historical, legal, and socio-political issues of education affecting African American students and their career and college readiness. Each chapter has been written based on the authors’ experience and...
Book cover of Achieving sustainable production of poultry meat Volume 1
by Lisa K. Williams, Prof. Tom J. Humphrey, Dr Sabrina Vandeplas
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2016

Reviews latest research on zoonoses affecting poultry meat such as Salmonella and Campylobacter as well as methods for their control on the poultry farm and in the slaughterhouse Summarises advances in understanding and optimising poultry quality traits such as flavour, colour, tenderness, shelf life...
Book cover of Advancing Excellence and Public Trust in Government
by George Amedee, David Anderson, Cal Clark
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011

Over the last four decades the public trust in government in the United States has fallen dramatically due to a 'perfect storm' of contributing factors, such as a seemingly never ending string of political scandals, partisan polarization and toxic attack politics, and miserable failures to respond...
Book cover of Fields of Vision

Fields of Vision

Essays on the Travels of William Bartram

by Stephanie C. Haas, Mark Williams, Edward J. Cashin
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2009

 A classic work of history, ethnography, and botany, and an examination of the life and environs of the 18th-century south. William Bartram was a naturalist, artist, and author of Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the ExtensiveTerritories...
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