"How did Gorbachev and Yeltsin get away with transforming and replacing the Soviet system and its foreign relations? Why did they act as they did in pushing for such radical changes? And how will history evaluate their accomplishments? In this unique and original study, George W…
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This comprehensive volume details the variety of constitutions and types of governing bodies in the ancient Greek world. A collection of original scholarship on ancient Greek governing structures and institutionsExplores the multiple manifestations of state action throughout the…
"The problem of global sustainability is indisputably the most serious issue facing humanity today. One of the biggest factors in the deterioration of global sustainability is climate change, which has been exacerbated by the entire range of human activities and is inextricably …
"Illicit work, social security fraud, economic crime, and other shadow economy activities are fast becoming an international problem. This second edition uses new data to reassess currency demand and the model approach to estimate the size of the shadow economy in seventy-six de…
"An incisive evaluation of foreign policy and the meaning of power in the Obama era" "By mid-2015, the Obama presidency will be entering its final stages, and the race among the successors in both parties will be well underway. And while experts have already formed a provisiona…
Bat Queens Bess? analyses the back and forth between the Elizabeth regime and various Catholic critics, who, from the early 1570s to the early 1590s, sought to characterize that regime as a conspiracy of evil counsel. Through a genre novel-the libellous secret history-to English…
Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. China's approach to governance reform; 2. Concept, chronology, and drivers of transparency reform; 3. Transparency and corruption: analysis of variation within China and hypothesis testing; 4. Comparing approaches to combatting corrup…
Governing modern societies
by Stehr, Nico, Ericson, Richard V.
fromGreen College thematic lecture series
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"Faire comprendre la Ve République en conjuguant récit enlevé et analyse politique et institutionnelle, tel est le pari relevé avec maestria par Philippe Raynaud dans cette synthèse originale, indispensable à lire à la veille de la prochaine élection présidentielle. Décryptant l…
Near Eastern empires and indigenous elites : rethinking ancient empire -- Judah on the eve of Persian rule -- Persian practices in Transeuphratene : the wider context of Nehemiah's rule -- Territories and populations : dealing with diversity -- Regions closer to Yehud under Pers…
"The first nine months of Donald Trump's term were stormy, outrageous -- and absolutely mesmerizing. Now, thanks to his deep access to the West Wing, bestselling author Michael Wolff tells the riveting story of how Trump launched a tenure as volatile and fiery as the man himself…
"The first nine months of Donald Trump's term were stormy, outrageous -- and absolutely mesmerizing. Now, thanks to his deep access to the West Wing, bestselling author Michael Wolff tells the riveting story of how Trump launched a tenure as volatile and fiery as the man himself…
Chuck Todd's gripping, fly-on-the-wall account of Barack Obama's tumultuous struggle to succeed in Washington. Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008 partly because he was a Washington outsider. But if he'd come to the White House thinking he could change the political culture,…
"In the interwar Eastern Mediterranean, European colonial modes of establishing land claims and controlling populations converged with a recent Ottoman past featuring desperate and violent efforts at nationalization and an increasingly empowered Zionist settler colonialism. Stat…