политология

In the past decade the relationship between communities, children and families has inspired a wealth of research and policy initiatives because of a growing belief that the breakdown of families and communities is a significant factor in social probl…

The best, the fastest, the hippest and the most unorthodox account ever published of the US presidential electoral process in all its madness and corruption.In 1972 Hunter S. Thompson, the creator and king of Gonzo journalism, covered the US presiden…

Jewry street — Еврейская улица в Средневековой Англии, где жили «королевские евреи», казначеи, ростовщики мужчины и женщины, торговцы, раввины, фальшивомонетчики, изгои и изгнанники. Что общего было между ними и защитниками крепости Масада в Иудее, т…

As a practitioner in the field for over thirty years, I have been exposed to endless 'planning' sessions that are prescriptive to the point of being oppressive. Thistext 'gives permission' to the practitioner to allow for emergence, uncertainty, and …

Авторы международного бестселлера «Почему одни страны богатые, а другие бедные» в своей новой книге исследуют, как одни страны развиваются и обеспечивают свободу гражданам, а другие впадают в деспотизм или беззаконие. Свобода возникает, когда между г…

Those who work with children and young people have a responsibility to safeguard and promote their welfare. Recognizing and detecting signs of emotional abuse and neglect is an important responsibility as well as a key skill. As well as ensuring that…

Gathering among the best European specialists of welfare state comparisons, this book organises comprehensive and up to date information on European welfare state reforms in an analytical framework which allows a new approach to social policy changes…

This carefully annotated selection features the main analysis of the operation of an economic system, the introductory chapter of the great attack on mercantilism, and portions of the analysis of the functions of the state-Books I, IV, and V. Edited …

Gorbachev s Gamble offers a new and more convincing answer to this question by providing the missing link between the internal and external aspects of Gorbachev s perestroika. Andrei Grachev shows that the radical transformation of Soviet foreign pol…

China and India are becoming increasingly influential, powerful and prominent countries – but what kind of states do their leaders and people wish them to become? Will they act and behave like major Western entities or like something altogether diffe…

Conflict is inherent to all human and inter-state relations, but it is not inevitable. Since the end of the Cold-War, the prevention of conflict escalation into violence through management and resolution has become a fundamental objective of the inte…

Otfried Höffe is one of the foremost political philosophers in Europe today. In this major work, already a classic in continental Europe, he re-examines philosophical discourse on justice – from Classical Greece to the present day. Höffe confronts wh…

Эта книга – инструкция и манифест, рецепт, что делать дальше в стране, которая называется сегодня Кыргызской Республикой. Стране, которой нужна крепкая надежда и путь, чтобы остановить утечку мозгов и превратить страну в центр силы, в один из центров…

Настоящий курс предназначен для студентов, обучающихся по направлению подготовки "Международные отношения" в бакалавриате и магистратуре. В нем рассматриваются современные проблемы геоэкономики с акцентом на их геоэнергетический аспект на фоне глобал…

Тесты предназначены для контроля качества знаний студентов и объективной оценки объема усвоения курса «Политология». Могут быть использованы как инструмент дистанционной текущей (оперативной) проверки полноты усвоения наиболее значимых понятий и поло…

The turn of the century has seen the US greatly enhance its military supremacy across the world. It has also played a key role in shaping the international economic order. More recently, however, its world-wide economic domination has started to dimi…

In a world of transnational economics and mass communications, ethnic conflict and nationalism have recently re-emerged as major political forces. Is this due to the advance of modernity? Will a global culture supersede nationalism? In fact, the revo…

Thomas More remains one of the most enigmatic thinkers in history, due in large part to the enduring mysteries surrounding his best-known work, Utopia. He has been variously thought of as a reformer and a conservative, a civic humanist and a devout C…

Human service organizations are under increasing pressure to demonstrate that their programs work. Organization Practice, Second Edition helps students and professionals in human services and nonprofit management understand complex behaviors in organ…

Модерная реставрация: создание Священного союза и политика Александра I во второй половине 1810-х – начале 1820-х годов.