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Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau 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 | Henry David Thoreau |
The Handbook for Leaders The Prince is often regarded as the first true leadership book. It shocked contemporary readers with its ruthless call for fearless and effective action. With simple prose and straightforward logic, Machiavelli's guide still has the power to surprise and inform anyone hoping to make their way in the world. This keepsake edition includes an introduction by Tom Butler-Bowdon, drawing out lessons for managers and business leaders, and showing how The Prince remains vital...
| Автор | Niccolo Machiavelli |
This work contains two of Cicero’s most important political writings, “The Republic” and “The Laws”. In “The Republic”, or “On the Commonwealth”, Cicero crafts a Socratic dialogue in six books on the subject of Roman politics. Cicero discusses the history of Roman politics and its constitution, the role of justice in government, the types of constitutions, the role of education, and the ideal citizen in a republic. In “The Laws” we find another Socratic dialogue which discusses the laws and in...
| Автор | Марк Цицерон |
This work contains two of Cicero’s most important political writings, «The Republic» (De re publica) and «The Laws» (De Legibus). In «The Republic», or «On the Commonwealth», Cicero crafts a Socratic dialogue in six books on the subject of Roman politics. Cicero discusses the history of Roman politics and its constitution, the role of justice in government, the types of constitutions, the role of education, and the ideal citizen in a republic. In «The Laws» we find another Socratic dialogue...
| Автор | Марк Цицерон |
Originally published in two parts in 1791 and 1792, “The Rights of Man” is Thomas Paine’s defense of the French Revolution in response to Edmund Burke’s criticism in “Reflections on the Revolution in France.” A classic work of The Age of Enlightenment, “The Rights of Man” contends that reason should be the foundation of authority and government. Paine argues that any government that fails to protect the natural rights of its citizens should be opposed by political revolution. In accessible and...
| Автор | Thomas Paine |
United States Declaration of Independence, the original PG edition by Thomas Jefferson 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 | Thomas Jefferson |
United States Bill of Rights 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 | United States |
The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny by Orestes Augustus Brownson 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 | Orestes Augustus Brownson |
Democracy in America – Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville. Translated by Henry Reeve 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 | Alexis de Tocqueville |
The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations offers a comprehensive overview of the field and its research processes through the empirical and research scholarship of leading international authors. The book is structured along the lines of applied research in the discipline: from formulating good research questions and designing a good research project, to various modes of theoretical argumentation, through conceptualization, to...
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This treatise on political theory, originally published anonymously in 1748, has become one of the most influential works of political science ever written. French philosopher Charles de Montesquieu wrote this piece under the inspiration of such political theorists as René Descartes, Nicholas de Malebranche, and Niccolò Machiavelli. The ideas laid forth by Montesquieu in this work, especially that of balancing power among branches of government, had a prominent influence on the American...
| Автор | Charles de Montesquieu |
This treatise on political theory, originally published anonymously in 1748, has become one of the most influential works of political science ever written. French philosopher Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu wrote this piece under the inspiration of such political theorists as René Descartes, Nicholas de Malebranche, and Niccolò Machiavelli. The ideas laid forth by Montesquieu in this work, especially that of balancing power among branches of government, had a prominent influence...
| Автор | Charles de Montesquieu |
First published anonymously in December 1689, John Locke’s “Two Treatises of Government” are considered to be some of the most important works of political philosophy ever written. In the first treatise Locke disputes the divine right of monarchial rule principle that is put forth in the book “Patriarcha” by Sir Robert Filmer. The first treatise is in fact a sentence by sentence refutation of “Patriarcha.” Filmer asserts the idea that absolute authority over the world flows from the Biblical...
| Автор | John Locke |
What is “I AM MBARE”? I AM MBARE is a Non-Governmental Organisation which was formed in 2015 by young people from the community of Mbare in order to initiate a positive face of the community. Our vision: Turn Mbare into a healthy and vibrant place to live, where the rights and well-being of each member of the community are respected.
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How can the G20 fulfill their role most efficiently in the post-crisis era, and what role do the emerging economies play in the new global economic order? This timely volume provides an overview of the most important challenges ahead for the G20, especially China.
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John Locke's «Two Treatises of Government» are considered to be some of the most important works of western philosophy ever written. In the first treatise Locke disputes the divine right of monarchial rule principle that is put forth in the book «Patriarcha» by Sir Robert Filmer. In the second treatise Locke sets forth the basic principles of natural law that lay the foundation for basic human rights and the government of man. Also contained within this volume is the shorter work, «A Letter...
| Автор | John Locke |
Работа «В борьбе за правду» написана и опубликована в Берлине в 1918 году, как ответ на предъявленные Парвусу обвинения в политических провокациях ради личного обогащения, на запрет возвращения в Россию и на публичную отповедь Ленина, что «революцию нельзя делать грязными руками».
| Автор | Александр Парвус |
«Если память надежна, а разум ясен, то неглупый старый человек обладает необычайной широтой и глубиной понимания», – говорит Урсула Ле Гуин. И ее книга прекрасно иллюстрирует эту максиму. Перед вами подборка эссе – и вместе с тем не совсем эссе. Это записи из блога, который писательница вела в последние годы жизни, размышления о самом важном – остроумные, ироничные и вместе с тем лирические и глубокие. В них нашлось место самым разным темам: писательство, искусство, политика, феминизм, коты и...
| Автор | Урсула Ле Гуин |
Угроза терроризма, рост криминала, стрельба на улицах – наш мир не становится безопаснее… Как защитить себя, вовремя заметить опасность и избежать ее? Мастер-класс по выживанию в чрезвычайных ситуациях дает один из самых профессиональных спецагентов на планете. Клинт Эмерсон, отставной офицер ВМФ, несколько лет прослуживший в Агентстве национальной безопасности, основывается на своем обширном опыте, который включает 20 лет участия в спецоперациях по всему миру, в составе группы и в одиночку, и...
| Автор | Клинт Эмерсон |
'Kürschners Handbuch Gesetzliche Grundlagen, Geschäftsordnungen' gibt kompakt und in einem Band die rechtlichen Grundlagen der Arbeit des Deutschen Bundestages, des Bundesrates und der Bundesregierung wieder.
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