Название: Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves
Автор: Kevin Bales
Издательство: University of California Press
Год: 2007
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 284
Размер: 6 MB
Язык: English

In his 1999 book, Disposable People, Kevin Bales brought to light the shocking fact of modern slavery and described how, nearly two hundred years after the slave trade was abolished (legal slavery would have to wait another fifty years), global slavery stubbornly persists. In Ending Slavery, Bales again grapples with the struggle to end this ancient evil and presents the ideas and insights that can finally lead to slavery's extinction. Recalling his own involvement in the antislavery movement, he recounts a personal journey in search of the solution and explains how governments and citizens can build a world without slavery.

Название: The American Era: Power and Strategy for the 21st Century
Автор: Robert J. Lieber
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Год: 2005
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 270
Размер: 5 MB
Язык: English

The American Era makes a provocative argument about America's world role. It sets out the case for a grand strategy that recognizes American preponderance as necessary and desirable for coping with the perils of the post-9/11 world. The book argues firstly that, Militant Islamic terrorism and weapons of mass destruction pose a threat which requires us to alter the way we think about the pre-emptive and preventive use of force. Secondly, the UN and other international bodies are incapable of acting on these urgent problems. Thirdly, in an international system with no true central authority other countries will inevitably look for leadership to the US. The book argues that if America does not respond actively to terrorist threats, no one else will take the initiative.

Название: The Rise of the Unelected: Democracy and the New Separation of Powers
Автор: Frank Vibert
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Год: 2007
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 212
Размер: 5 MB
Язык: English

Unelected bodies, such as independent central banks, economic regulators, risk managers and auditors have become a worldwide phenomenon. Democracies are increasingly turning to them to demarcate boundaries between the market and the state, to resolve conflicts of interest and to allocate resources, even in sensitive ethical areas such as those involving privacy or biotechnology. This book examines the challenge that unelected bodies present to democracy and argues that, taken together, such bodies should be viewed as a new branch of government with their own sources of legitimacy and held to account through a new separation of powers. Vibert suggests that such bodies help promote a more informed citizenry because they provide a more trustworthy and reliable source of information for decisions. This book will be of interest to specialists and general readers with an interest in modern democracy as well as policy makers, think tanks and journalists.

Название: Genocide and the Global Village
Автор: Kenneth J. Campbell
Издательство: Palgrave MacMillan
Год: 2001
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 194
Размер: 5 MB
Язык: English

A half-century ago, the international community made a solemn promise to ''never again'' allow genocide to go unchallenged. In the early days of the post-Cold War era, international leaders failed to stop horrific genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda, chiefly because Western leaders lack the ''political will'' to use decisive force. Despite increased attention to war crimes issues, American military policy still gives lowest priority to responding to gross abuses of human rights. In Genocide and the Global Village . Kenneth Campbell explains why the international community fails to prevent, suppress, and punish contemporary genocide. Campbell provides a multi-level analysis of genocide's impact upon world order, and the inter-play of politics and morality in the international community's determination of the appropriate role for military force in halting genocide and securing an emerging global civil society. He recommends practical steps the international community can take to greatly improve its response the next time genocide occurs-a next time that will occur.

Название: Богу - парус, кесарю - флот. Опыт палеолингвистики
Автор: Павлов С.И.
Издательство: М.: Белые альвы
Год: 2002
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 384 с.: ил.
Размер: 17,6 mb
Язык: Русский

Тема этой книги - новое открытие в области лингвистической палеонтологии, способное существенно повысить точность этимологических исследований.

Название: Democracy, America, and the Age of Globalization
Автор: Jay R. Mandle
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Год: 2007
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 178
Размер: 5 MB
Язык: English

This book addresses the concerns of readers who accept the benefits of globalization and technological change, but seek to reverse the tendency toward income inequality that each produces. Government policies can mitigate that outcome. But policies to offset inequality are not insisted upon by the electorate because the public believes our system of private donations to political campaigns results in the government principally serving the interests of the wealthy. Adopting a system of public funding of electoral campaigns is necessary if egalitarian economic policies are to be adopted.

Название: Everyday Enlightenment: The Twelve Gateways to Personal Growth
Автор: Dan Millman
Издательство: Grand Central Publishing
Год: 1999
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 368
Размер: 42 MB
Язык: English

On the Journey of Life, Do You Sometimes Wish You Had a Map? You now hold such a map in your hands-a guide through the twelve gateways of personal growth to the summit of your potential. Dan Millman makes your ascent accessible by bringing enlightenment down to earth-applying spiritual wisdom to the practical realities of everyday life. Explore the challenges and mysteries of body, mind, and emotions. Discover a new approach to success. Change confusion into clarity and knowledge into action. It begins as you turn the first page and enter... 1. Discover Your Worth 2. Reclaim Your Will 3. Energize Your Body 4. Manage Your Money 5. Tame Your Mind 6. Trust Your Intuition 7. Accept Your Emotions 8. Face Your Fears 9. Illuminate Your Shadow 10. Embrace Your Sexuality 11. Awaken Your Heart 12. Serve Your World The Time is Now. The Road is Open. Your Destiny Awaits.

Название: The War Racket: The Lies, Myths, and Propaganda That Feed the American War Machine
Автор: Harry Browne
Издательство: Nelson Current
Год: 2004
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 627
Размер: 25 MB
Язык: English

This book takes a sharp, unflinching look at the vast deceptions surrounding our country's bloodiest battles. From the Spanish-American War to World War I and II, from Vietnam War to the recent wars in Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan, this book suggests that each war effort has produced three types of deceptions: lies told about alleged threats to America (such as weapons of mass destruction)propaganda during the warand myths that are repeated after the war to help support future aggressionsThe sad fact is most Americans have little or no knowledge about the real motivations behind our nation's devastating wars. This book will change all of that as it uncovers the myriad lies and teaches readers how we can spot further myths, untruths, and manipulations in the war rhetoric of politicians. With the war in Iraq becoming increasingly unpopular, this book will cover a very timely, very urgent topic and put this latest war-and the manipulations surrounding it-in an historical context.

Название: Resistance Is Futile!: How the Trump-Hating Left Lost Its Collective Mind
Автор: Ann Coulter
Издательство: Sentinel
Год: 2018
Формат: epub
Страниц: 288
Размер: 1 MB
Язык: English

Since the day Donald Trump announced his presidential campaign, the left has waged an unhinged, hysterical war against him. Now, with her trademark candor and wit, Ann Coulter defends Trump's policies in the face of liberal hypocrisy and exaggeration.Liberals used to pride themselves on their ultra-hipness; they mocked right-wingers for supposedly overreacting to headlines and believing in conspiracies.

Название: Thinking about Shakespeare
Автор: Kay Stockholder; Amy Scott
Издательство: Wiley
Год: 2018
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 251
Размер: 3 MB
Язык: English

Explores the challenges of maintaining bonds, living up to ideals, and fulfilling desire in Shakespeare's playsInThinking About Shakespeare, Kay Stockholder reveals the rich inner lives of some of Shakespeare's most enigmatic characters and the ways in which their emotions and actions shape and are shaped by the social and political world around them. In addressing all genres in the Shakespeare canon, the authors explore the possibility of people being constant to each other in many different kinds of relationships: those of lovers, kings and subjects, friends, and business partners.