Public Affairs Administration category: 1291 books
by Mika Aaltola, Cristian A. Cantir, Bjorn Olav Knutsen
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
Issues in E.U. and U.S. Foreign Policy, edited by MYnevver Cebeci, aims at analyzing the perceptions, interests, and policies of the EU and the US on various international issues. It portrays their convergences and divergences, and reflects on their interplay. The book has a geographical focus rather...
Indec
Historia íntima de una estafa
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Investigación periodística acerca de los vaivenes del Indec durante el
kirchnerismo.
Gustavo Noriega pasó más de quince años trabajando en el Instituto
Nacional de Estadística y Censos, procesando datos. Renunció a ese
trabajo y se convirtió en un hombre de los medios por su labor en...
Forever Tandem
A Love Story with Ancillary Passion for the Foreign Service
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2011
Forever Tandem tells the Foreign Service story of David and Teresa (Chin) Jones, who from vastly different backgrounds found both each other and U.S. foreign policy as life-long and life-enhancing commitments. Theirs were not exotic careers in deepest/darkest Forgottenstans but rather ones devoted...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This volume seeks to re-energise the paradigm of the New International Labour Studies by detailing how struggles over the construction, reproduction, utilisation and restructuring of labour forces are the contested social foundations upon which the global economy stands.
Through a combination...
Taiwan's Electoral Politics and Democratic Transition: Riding the Third Wave
Riding the Third Wave
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
An examination of the evolution of the democratic two-party system in Taiwan. This work explores the growth of Taiwan's competitive party system in the context of social attitudes, issue-based politics and local factions.
Justice before Reconciliation
Negotiating a ‘New Normal’ in Post-riot Mumbai and Ahmedabad
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
The book explores how Muslims in Mumbai and Ahmedabad coped with the aftermath of the violence directed against them in 1993 and 2002 respectively, and how they responded to the ethnic carnages of which they were the victims, highlighting the importance of the context and the history of the place...
An Education
How an outsider became an insider - and learned what really goes on in Irish government
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
'Fascinating' Fintan O'Toole, Irish Times
'It's a fascinating book. I ended up reading it till about four in the morning. It gives an incredible insight.' Shane Coleman, political editor, Newstalk
'Excellent' Sam Smyth, Irish Mail on Sunday
'A great read and I'd recommend it' Hugh Linehan, Irish Times
'One...
by Edward E. Rochon
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Preface explains the purpose of the essay. Chapter 1 describes the part played by Vermont, Maine and W. Virginia in the War of Independence. We explain why and how the 3 states came to exist. Chapter 2 gives reasons for 16 stripes. We note that 13 is a spooky number. Some think it jinxed. We have...
Being Good and Being Logical: Philosophical Groundwork for a New Deontic Logic
Philosophical Groundwork for a New Deontic Logic
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2015
This work represents an attempt to show that standard systems of deontic logic (taken as attempts to codify normal deontic reasoning) run into a number of difficulties. It also presents a new system of deontic logic and argues that it is free from the shortcomings of standard systems.
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...