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An engaging, thought-provoking look at the great debate headed our way on whether to continue the monarchy in Canada after the death of Elizabeth Carefully looks at both the pro- and anti-monarchist sides and how they fit into Canadian political traditions Also highlights the problems associated with abolishing the monarchy in Canada Many Canadians have said they want to abolish the monarchy after Queen Elizabeth dies, rather than pass the crown on to her son Prince Charles Rich in detail on the...
| Автор | David Johnson |
In <i>Bounded Rationality and Politics</i>, Jonathan Bendor considers two schools of behavioral economics—the first guided by Tversky and Kahneman’s work on heuristics and biases, which focuses on the mistakes people make in judgment and choice; the second as described by Gerd Gigerenzer’s program on fast and frugal heuristics, which emphasizes the effectiveness of simple rules of thumb. Finding each of these radically incomplete, Bendor’s illuminating analysis proposes Herbert...
| Автор | Jonathan Bendor |
The first book to explore the Occupy movement in depth, with reportage and analysis. In the fall of 2011, a small protest camp in downtown Manhattan exploded into a global uprising, sparked in part by the violent overreactions of the police. An unofficial record of this movement, Occupy! combines adrenalin-fueled first-hand accounts of the early days and weeks of Occupy Wall Street with contentious debates and thoughtful reflections, featuring the editors and writers of the celebrated n+1 ,...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
Get up to speed on the U. S. political system Confused by caucuses, primaries, and pollsters? Puzzled by the various parties and special interest groups? Politics For Dummies has everything you need to understand local, state, and national politics; how to communicate with your elected officials; and what your representatives can do for you. You’ll find out all about lobbying groups, sub-committees, the government branches, and how elections work. Also included is new information on how to use...
| Автор | Ann M. DeLaney |
With the specter of prosecution after his term is over and the possibility of disbarment in Arkansas hanging over President Clinton, the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal and the events that have followed it show no sign of abating. The question has become what to do, and how to think, about those eight months. Did the President lie or was it plausible that he had truthfully testified to no sexual relationship? Was the job search for Monica just help for a friend or a sinister means of obtaining silence?...
| Автор | Leonard V. Kaplan |
During the last two decades the study of European foreign policy has experienced remarkable growth, presumably reflecting a more significant international role of the European Union. The Union has significantly expanded its policy portfolio and though empty symbolic politics still exists, the Union’s international relations have become more substantial and its foreign policy more focused. European foreign policy has become a dynamic policy area, being adapted to changing challenges and...
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In current debates, the term cosmopolitanismA” often remains quite vague and leads to sweeping generalizations. Unlike many recent publications, this book looks at the notion from a decidedly historical perspective, trying to give depth and texture to the concept.
| Автор | Georg Cavallar |
In current debates, the term cosmopolitanismA” often remains quite vague and leads to sweeping generalizations. Unlike many recent publications, this book looks at the notion from a decidedly historical perspective, trying to give depth and texture to the concept.
| Автор | Georg Cavallar |
В сборник вошли 450 афоризмов известного китайского литератора Фэн Цзицая в переводе легендарного китаеведа Н.А.Спешнева (1931-2011). Двуязычное издание позволяет оценить как эстетические особенности китайской мысли, так и изящество литературного перевода.
| Автор | Фэн Цзицай |
The English Constitution by Walter Bagehot libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!
| Автор | Walter Bagehot |
A classic work of The Age of Enlightenment, «The Rights of Man» is Thomas Paine's response to Edmund Burke's «Reflections on the Revolution in France». Central to the theme of «The Rights of Man» and The Age of Enlightenment is the idea that reason should be the foundation of authority and government. A classic work of early American literature, «The Rights of Man» greatly exemplifies the philosophy that America was founded upon.
| Автор | Thomas Paine |
«Если хотите знать, что Бог думает о деньгах, просто взгляните на тех, кому он их дал», – эту фразу американский журналист Ричард Коннифф поставил эпиграфом своей книги. Для изучения образа жизни, нравов и привычек богатых и сильных мира сего автор посетил самые шикарные места и самых знаменитых людей. Он рассматривает богачей как отдельный подвид homo sapiens с использованием методов социобиологии и генетики, что, по его мнению, оправдано, ведь «состоятельные семьи практикуют...
| Автор | Ричард Коннифф |
Поль Валери (1871–1945) – одна из самых многогранных фигур в культуре ХХ века: поэт, эссеист, мыслитель, драматург, но главное – искатель ключей к французской и мировой культуре, мастер сложнейших шифров и дешифровок, в которых математика оказывалась ключом к поэзии, а танец – ключом к философии. С текстами этого автора русский читатель познакомился благодаря давнему сборнику «Поль Валери об искусстве», подготовленному В. Козовым. В настоящем издании впервые столь полно явлен Валери – мыслитель...
| Автор | Поль Валери |
What's Wrong with the World by Gilbert Keith Chesterton libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!
| Автор | G. K. Chesterton |
Часть альманаха «Поле», в который вошли фрагменты из книг, выпущенных в рамках совместной издательской программы Ad Marginem и Музея современного искусства «Гараж».
| Автор | Джон Бёрджер |