Public Affairs category: 1291 books
Rediscovering Russia in Asia: Siberia and the Russian Far East
Siberia and the Russian Far East
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2015
This work presents a trans-Siberian expedition to rediscover the peoples, cultures and riches of Russia's eastern frontiers. It addresses such questions as: who are the people of the region?; have they a distinct culture?; and does the area have a future as part of the Pacific Rim?
From Failed Communism to Underdeveloped Capitalism: Transformation of Eastern Europe, the Post-Soviet Union and China
Transformation of Eastern Europe, the Post-Soviet Union and China
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
This text presents an analysis of the sources and general features of the current political and economic situation in the reforming countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and China.
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
This important document from the Department of Defense, the Manual for Civil Emergencies, has been converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. The manual provides guidance for the preparation, coordination, and execution of military support to civil authorities during civil emergencies....
by Mark Kleiman
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012
Drug-taking and drug control are alike; both are often done to excess. "Against Excess" shows how we can limit the damage done by drugs and the damage done by drug policies. Mark Kleiman cuts through the rhetoric of the war on drugs and the legalization debate to discuss the practical options available...
Shakespeare Inside
The Bard Behind Bars
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2007
Shakespeare Inside goes behind the scenes to reveal Shakespeare at work in the most decisive institutional context of our time - in prisons. Based upon the author's experience of watching prison yard rehearsals and performances, and interviewing inmates, program directors, and wardens, Shakespeare...
by Helena Goscilo
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
This study of the work of Tatyana N. Tolstaya initiates the reader into the paradoxes of her fictional universe: a poetic realm ruled by language, to which the mysteries of life, imagination, memory and death are subject.
by Sir William Henry Sleeman
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by the British author, William Sleeman.William Sleeman or Sir William Henry Sleeman was a British soldier and administrator in British India,best know as for his work suppressing Thuggee activity in this book.
Sons of the Mexican Revolution
Miguel Alemán and His Generation
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
The 1946 Mexican presidential election signaled the ascent of a new generation of cosmopolitan civilian government officials, led by the magnetic lawyer Miguel Alemán. Supporters hailed them as modernizing visionaries whose policies laid the foundation for unprecedented economic growth, while critics...
My Turn
Hillary Clinton Targets the Presidency
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Hillary Clinton is running for the presidency with a message of hope and change. But, as Doug Henwood makes clear in this concise, devastating indictment, little trust can be placed in her campaign promises. Rigorously reviewing her record, Henwood shows how Clinton's positions on key issues have...
Under the Palm Tree
A Journey from Childhood to Retirement
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013
This story is about one person’s life journey from childhood to the golden years of retirement. We work , play, love and to share it with other’s is stuff that make our existence meanful. Everyone has a story in them , I would strongly suggest to my reader , give it a shot , tell your story, it’s...
by Julio Camino
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2014
THE HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICAN in the last half century is a "drama in three acts". Act one: Dictatorships overthrow the armed left in the military field. Act two: Democracy is back and the end of the soviet communism coincides with a decade of "free market economies" (the '90)....
by William Fujii
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Other States, grade: 72% - First Class Honours, University of Greenwich, language: English, abstract: This paper argues that because of the new reality of the twenty-first century where the United States...
Radical Reform in Yeltsin's Russia: What Went Wrong?
What Went Wrong?
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
This work examines the political and organizational factors that have shaped Russian economic reforms since the demise of the Soviet Union. The author draws on a variety of sources - including interviews conducted in Ekaterinburg, Voronezh and Smolensk - to present a multilayered portrait of the successes,...
Media and Democracy in Australia
The internet's influence on contemporary political processes in the areas of information, communication, political activity and participation
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Other States, grade: 1, Macquarie University, language: English, abstract: When speaking about democracy one has to be careful to distinguish between its two key areas: direct democracy and representative democracy....