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A fabulous failure

the Clinton presidency and the transformation of American capitalism

How the Clinton administration betrayed its progressive principles and capitulated to the right When Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992, he ended twelve years of Republican rule and seemed poised to enact a progressive transformation of the US economy, touching everything from health care ...

The British constitution

a very short introduction

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b The British constitution is regarded as unique among the constitutions of the world. What are the main characteristics of Britain's peculiar constitutional arrangements? How has the British constitution altered in response to the changing nature of its ...

The Senkaku paradox

risking great power war over small stakes

America needs better options for resolving potential crises. In recent years, the Pentagon has elevated its concerns about Russia and China as potential military threats to the United States and its allies. But what issues could provoke actual conflict between the United States and either ...

Thug criminology

a call to action

Thug Criminology combines the urgent and as yet silenced voices of former gang/street-involved peoples turned academics, alongside their allies, in order to challenge and disrupt mainstream and academic knowledge about urban youth gangs specifically, and the "streets" more broadly. The book questions how the ...

Data-driven HR

how to use AI, analytics and data to drive performance

How can HR professionals utilize and leverage their organization's data effectively, with the use of AI, for more talent attraction, better employee engagement and higher talent retention to ultimately drive performance? AI is now an integral part of being data-driven. With this updated edition ...

Ukraine's patronal democracy and the Russian invasion

Volume 1: The Russia-Ukraine war

The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 jeopardizes the country's independence and its chances for Western-style development. However, the heroic attitude of the Ukrainian people, combined with a solidifying national identity, makes the domestic foundations for a western turn stronger than ever. After the ...

Russia's imperial endeavor and its geopolitical consequences

Volume 2: The Russia-Ukraine war

Aside from the near-complete devastation of a sovereign state and reversal of the global balance of power, the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 is leading to a radical transformation in the Eastern European and Eurasian regions - including Russia itself. The 12 chapters in this ...

Globalization and nationalism

the cases of Georgia and the Basque country

This book argues for an original, unorthodox conception about the relationship between globalization and contemporary nationalism. While the prevailing view holds that nationalism and globalization are forces of clashing opposition, Sabanadze establishes that these tend to become allied forces. It acknowledges that nationalism does react ...

From black gold to frozen gas

how Qatar became an energy superpower

Today, Qatar is among the world's wealthiest countries. Its rich hydrocarbon resources have transformed this small Gulf state into an energy powerhouse, funded its outsized global ambitions, and allowed it to forge an identity separate from those of its large and powerful neighbors. Drawing ...

The worth of art

financial tools for the art market

The market for art can be as eye-catching as artworks themselves. Works by artists from da Vinci and Rembrandt to Picasso and Modigliani have sold for hundreds of millions of dollars. The world's ultrawealthy increasingly treat art as part of their portfolios. Since artworks ...

The golden passport

global mobility for millionaires

The first comprehensive on-the-ground investigation of the global market for citizenship, examining the wealthy elites who buy passports, the states and brokers who sell them, and the normalization of a once shadowy practice. Our lives are in countless ways defined by our citizenship. The country ...

Of law and the world

critical conversations on power, history, and political economy

A searching dialogue between two leading legal scholars exploring the place of law in global affairs. The modern world is legalized: legal language, institutions, and professionals are everywhere. But what is law's power in global life? What does all this legality have to do ...

From zero to millionaire

a simple, effective and stress-free way to invest in the stock market

"Investing is a simple activity, which an entire industry strives to make complicated to justify its existence." At a time when a record number of people are investing in the stock market, this book by award-winning financial writer Nicolas Bérubé reveals how any investor can ...

Unknown market wizards

the best traders you've never heard of

REVISED PAPERBACK EDITION WITH NEW MATERIAL IN EVERY CHAPTER Jack D. Schwager has returned to the traders to ask them how they navigated the unprecedented markets of 2020-2022, including the pandemic bear market, an abrupt reversal to new highs, rising inflation, and the emergence of ...

Oil and the political economy in the Middle East

post-2014 adjustment policies of the Arab gulf and beyond

The downhill slide in the global price of crude oil in 2014 had major repercussions across the Middle East. Following the Arab uprisings of 2010 and 2011, the oil price decline represented a second major shock for the region in the early twenty-first century - one ...

United Nations peace operations and International Relations theory

United Nations peace operations have undergone multiple transformations over the more than seventy years of their existence. Multidimensional peace operations have organised elections, helped deliver humanitarian assistance, advised on army and police reform, and fought rebel groups. Such operations not only represent a core pillar ...

Precision

A History of American Warfare

We think of precision warfare as a modern invention, closely associated with the Gulf War, the Kosovo Campaign and drone technologies. But its origins go back much further in history. As historian James Patton Rogers reveals, this quest to achieve precision in war began in ...

Critical theory and human rights

from compassion to coercion

This book describes how human rights have given rise to a vision of benevolent governance that, if fully realised, would be antithetical to individual freedom. It describes human rights' evolution into a grand but nebulous project, rooted in compassion, with the overarching aim of improving ...

Ley de vagos y maleantes

Texto íntegro

La Ley de Vagos y Maleantes, fue una ley de Orden Penal español aprobada el 4 de agosto de 1933 por las Cortes de la Segunda República referente al tratamiento de vagabundos, nómadas, proxenetas y otros comportamientos considerados antisociales. Conocida popularmente como 'La Gandula', la ...

Adolescencia, Redes Sociales y violencia de género digital

Esta obra colectiva pretende dar respuesta a uno de los principales desafíos de la sociedad digital: la detección y prevención de la violencia de género en la adolescencia a través de las redes sociales. Para ello reúne aportaciones de investigadoras de áreas de conocimiento diversas ...