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Understanding China

governance, socio-economics, global influence

This book offers a long-overdue, balanced, and objective perspective on China's transformation from a constrained economy in the late 1970s to a leading global power in 2024. It examines the political motivations behind China's rise through a detailed contextualisation of the reforms and ...

Workers without companies

towards a new way of working

Workers Without Companies contributes to the debate on the future of work in a productive landscape that is now global, while ways of working diversify at an unprecedented pace. Faced with several decades of mass unemployment in Europe and the activation of self-employment-especially through intermediary ...

Taxing the state

the politics of changing taxes in the American states

Taxing the State: The Politics of Changing Taxes in the American States is a comparative analysis that explores the socioeconomic and political causes and effects of tax policy and budget spending at the state level. The chapters analyze the level of taxation as political action ...

International banking law and regulation

International Banking Law and Regulation offers a critical exploration of the legal and regulatory frameworks that govern the global banking sector. Tracing the development of banking from its mediaeval origins to today's complex cross-border financial structures, this book examines how law and regulation underpin ...

Populism, propaganda, and political extremism

building the rage machine

At its core, this book is about political anger: how it is cultivated, where it is taking us, and how to address it. Populism, Propaganda, and Political Extremism: Building the Rage Machine explores the manufacturing of populist narratives and deployment of propaganda that together produce ...

The European bookshop business model

challenges, opportunities and enduring cultural significance

Drawing on original primary data, this book offers a comparative account of the European bookshop model, charting how it has evolved in the contemporary economy, how recent industry transformations have impacted it, and how bookshops have sought to adapt to new market conditions. Covering the ...

From Socrates to the Supreme Court

an introduction to philosophy through the law

Philosophy and law are separate disciplines, but they deal with many of the same issues-from the meaning of equality and liberty, the nature of knowledge, reasoning, and mental states, to the indeterminacy of language, causation, free will, luck, and personal identity. This textbook introduces philosophy ...

Fundamentals of interviewing and interrogation

This book provides interviewers, particularly police investigators, with everything they need to conduct effective, ethical interviews with criminal suspects. The author pulls from his training and experience to provide instruction on interviewing and interrogation, an essential area of investigations. This book provides both the theory ...

Global terrorism

This thoroughly revised and updated edition explores the evolution and persistence of terrorism by examining the core motivations-religious, ethnic, and political-driving violent extremist groups and individuals. Global Terrorism, Fifth Edition, features a variety of comprehensive case studies, and expanded coverage on: The intersection between terrorism ...

Argumentation

the key concepts

This book is an accessible reference guide to the key concepts associated with argumentation theory, criticism, and pedagogy.

Inside the situation room

the theory and practice of crisis decision-making

Combining decades of diplomacy and world-renowned scholarship, Inside the Situation Room bridges the gap between politics and academia to illuminate how world leaders make decisions in times of crisis. For decades, people have sought to understand how and why decisions are made in times of ...

Law and technology

a methodical approach

Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach offers a defensible and consistent approach to the legal analysis of technology. It puts forward a step-by-step methodology for thinking about and ultimately challenging technology to meet society's demands.

Robert H. Jackson

a life in judgment

Discover the meteoric rise of one of the most extraordinary and singular figures in American jurisprudence, Robert H. Jackson, from self-trained lawyer to influential Supreme Court Justice and chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials, in this compelling new biography. Until he joined the ...

The American edge

the military tech nexus and the sources of great power dominance

To regain its capacity to effectively deter China and retain its unmatched global status, the United States must deepen its partnership with the nation's most innovative tech companies. In The American Edge, Seth G. Jones explains how the industrial bases of the world's ...

Clinical legal education

theory and practice

The definitive guide to clinical legal education, bridging theory and practice. Clinical Legal Education offers a comprehensive introduction to clinical legal education, covering the principles of access to justice, professional legal ethics, and essential practical skills. Key features: · Authored by experts with extensive experience in ...

The permanent problem

the uncertain transition from mass plenty to mass flourishing

In The Permanent Problem, Brink Lindsey reshapes our understanding of the vital but complex relationship between material prosperity and human flourishing. The advanced capitalist democracies of the 21st century are the richest, freest, healthiest, best educated, and best governed societies in history. Why then does ...

Toxic demography

ideology and the politics of population

Population politics has taken many forms throughout history. Political leaders from both democracies and non-democracies commonly place population issues at the center of their political programs, manufacturing alarm over changing demographic distributions. From fears of existential decline to debates over migration and fertility, demographic issues ...

The European Court of Human Rights

After the devastation of two world wars, Europe sought to prevent future conflict through new institutions-one of the most significant being the European Court of Human Rights. In this updated edition, Angelika Nussberger provides a comprehensive introduction to the Court, examining its mission, structure, procedures ...

Populism and foreign policy

How and why does the formation of populist governments lead to changes in foreign policy? This book theorizes and empirically analyzes how populism, understood as a thin-centred ideology, impacts foreign policy. It argues that two common features of populists' foreign policy, the use of foreign ...

Tweeting scared

Congress's crisis of communication

Congress is routinely lurching from one disaster to another, but the crisis that remains constant is the communication crisis - a failure of the technology and information dissemination that enable Congress to effectively communicate. This book considers how the staff and professionals that drive the daily ...