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Two GAO reports about the military's unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) explore issues involving planning, training, and acquisition commonalities and efficiencies. The Department of Defense (DOD) requested about $6.1 billion in fiscal year 2010 for new unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and for...

After years of near ‘disrepute’ in official circles, Industrial Policy has made something of a comeback over the last few years and is now very much back on the agenda at national and EU levels, driven by concerns over globalisation, deindustrialisation, unemployment and perceived poor growth...

Looking back from the perspective of the mid-1990s, it is hard to believe that Soviet power for so long presented a threat and a challenge to the capitalist system. This book examines the assumptions of Soviet post-war economic theory and policy, traces the Soviets' analysis of Western economic development...

Understanding the Department of the Interior reviews many of the major issues handed by the Department of the Interior and impacting the U.S. today. The book aims to present the case, scientific and otherwise, for both sides of all the issues addressed. Areas covered include protection of national...

Questo libro racconta chi sono i Ligresti. La storia, le relazioni tentacolari nella politica e nelle istituzioni, nelle banche e nella finanza, lo spolpamento delle società quotate in Borsa per trarne benefici personali, la dissipazione del patrimonio a danno di decine di migliaia di piccoli azionisti,...

"Insegnare l’urbanistica come scienza", a cura di Luca P. Marescotti, raccoglie alcuni saggi introduttivi alle lezioni preparato per il workshop “Conoscenze e tecnologie appropriate per la sostenibilità e la resilienza nell’urbanistica - Knowledge and Appropriate Technologies for...

Ho iniziato a scrivere questo libro seguendo un corso di aggiornamento lavorativo sulla digitalizzazione nella Pubblica Amministrazione durante il quale ho cercato pervicacemente di dare un senso al profluvio di normativa dalla quale sono stati «investiti» gli operatori per attuare la tanto decantata...

Capitalism on Campus examines the university’s journey into market hands and the sexual sell-off of students, which has come with it. It raises critical questions about the forces which conjoin higher education to both sex work and declining academic freedom. In so doing it questions the role our...

'The Flim Flam Republic' is a long overdue examination of the Australian society. It is a frank and provocative test of our percieved and real identity, our culture, our politics and the strengths and weaknesses in our more treasured institutions.Poltics,Sport,Immigration,the law,corporate...

Give Paz a Chance, by Joseph P. Duggan, includes reflections on the transformation of the media industry; remembrances of political and cultural figures from the author's years in Washington politics, including finely rendered portraits of Robert Novak, Huntington Cairns, and Jeane Kirkpatrick; and...

While electronic research has developed in many governments around the world, the majority of its research has focused on the supply and demand aspects of e-government instead of the focus on technology integration for successful e-government design. Technology Development and Platform Enhancements...

International organizations (IOs) matter. This book uncovers the regular working world of IOs, examining whether, to what extent, and how these 'global governing bodies' can act independently of the will of states. This book explores this issue by asking who or what shapes their decisions; how and...

Laced with the controversial spirit that the politician is known for, Many Rivers to Cross chronicles his colourful journey as a Member of Parliament on the floor of Gordon House. It reflects on the stridency of his advocacies for his constituency of Central Clarendon eloquently articulated in his...

Partez à la découverte de l'intervention de l'État en économie avec ce Grand Article Universalis ! L'intervention de l'État dans l'économie est patente. Dans la plupart des pays développés, les enfants peuvent fréquenter des écoles, des jardins ou des piscines publics. Les routes...