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  • Democracy in Trouble

    Democratic Resilience and Breakdown from 1900 to 2022

    by Myles Williamson, Christopher Akor, Amanda B. Edgell ...
    Series series Elements in Political Economy
    This Element investigates the process of executive aggrandizement to identify factors associated with democratic resilience. We focus on five democracies that showed resilience in the face of incumbent-led autocratization. To understand how these cases survived, we pair them with similar cases where incumbents successfully dismantled democracy from within. Through structured focused comparisons, ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Philanthropic Response to Disasters

    Gifts, Givers and Consequences

    by Myles McGregor-Lowndes, Wendy Scaife, Michael Moran, Krystian Seibert, Graham Dwyer, Jeff Schlegelmilch, Greg Witkowski, Megan Conway, Kristen Pue ...
    Series series Global Perspectives on Philanthropy and Public Good
    When disaster strikes, our instinctive response is to make things better, not only as individuals but also as groups, organisations, communities and major institutions within society.With increasing climate-related disasters and the potential for future global pandemics, philanthropy will continue to play an essential role. Yet our knowledge of how philanthropic responses to disasters are ... Read more

    $47.69 USD

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  • Has China Won?

    The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy

    by Kishore Mahbubani ...
    **From a former president of the United Nations Security Council, an authoritative look at the US, China, and the defining geopolitical contest of the twenty-first century“An excellent and important book on the biggest question in international affairs: how will the relationship between the US and China evolve?” —Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator, Financial Times**China and the United ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • The Spirit of Democracy

    The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World

    by Larry Diamond ...
    "A neatly structured survey examines the prospects for universal democracy. . . . A refreshingly evenhanded overview of democracy's global prospects." — Kirkus Reviews"Meticulous [and] gleaned from his experience . . . Diamond is at his best when he recounts how ordinary people affect the democratic process." — The New York Times Book ReviewIn 1974, nearly three-quarters of all countries were ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Corporate Social Responsibility

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Jeremy Moon ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Corporate social responsibility has been defined as 'the responsibility of enterprises for their impacts on society'. Is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) just window dressing or is it a contradiction in terms? In this Very Short Introduction, Jeremy Moon shows that CSR holds much more value than it first appears, and shows how it has come of age in recent years. Illustrating the sorts of CSR ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Border and Rule

    Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism

    by Harsha Walia, Nick Estes ...
    In Border and Rule, one of North America’s foremost thinkers and immigrant rights organizers delivers an unflinching examination of migration as a pillar of global governance and gendered racial class formatioHarsha Walia disrupts easy explanations for the migrant and refugee crises, instead showing them to be the inevitable outcomes of the conquest, capitalist globalization, and climate change ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Building Better Public Services

    A Guide for Practitioners

    by Tony Dean ...
    For decades, public service organizations have been under constant and growing pressure from citizens and stakeholders to provide more integrated, effective and accountable programs and services. Governments are beginning to acknowledge that they can’t own every issue and increasingly look to collaboration, networking and consultation at many levels as they design and develop polices, programs and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The China Fantasy

    Why Capitalism Will Not Bring Democracy to China

    by James Mann ...
    **The book that got China right: a prophetic work on how America's policies towards China led it away from liberalization and further towards authoritarianism, from the bestselling author of Rise of the Vulcans"[The China Fantasy] predicted, China would remain an authoritarian country, and its success would encourage other authoritarian regimes to resist pressures to change . . . Mann’s prediction ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Beijing Consensus

    Legitimizing Authoritarianism in Our Time

    by Stefan Halper ...
    Beijing presents a clear and gathering threat to Washington -- but not for the reasons you think. China's challenge to the West stems from its transformative brand of capitalism and an entirely different conception of the international community. In The Beijing Consensus, a leading expert in international relations presents a coherent integration of the many sides of U.S.-China relations. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Human Resource Management in Context

    Insights, Strategy and Solutions

    by David Farnham ...
    HR functions within both internal and external contexts. The understanding of both contexts is crucial for comprehending how and why they drive HR strategies and practices in organizations, as well as the rules and structures within which they work. Built around five major themes which impact upon the HR function, and mapping to the CIPD Level 7 Advanced module of the same name, Human Resource ... Read more

    $64.79 USD

  • Democracies Divided

    The Global Challenge of Political Polarization

    Edited by Thomas Carothers, Andrew O'Donohue ...
    A must-read for anyone concerned about the fate of contemporary democracies.-Steven Levitsky, co-author of How Democracies Die2020 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleWhy divisions have deepened and what can be done to heal themAs one part of the global democratic recession, severe political polarization is increasingly afflicting old and new democracies alike, producing the erosion of democratic ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Democracy in Retreat

    The Revolt of the Middle Class and the Worldwide Decline of Representative Government

    by Joshua Kurlantzick ...
    Since the end of the Cold War, the assumption among most political theorists has been that as nations develop economically, they will also become more democratic—especially if a vibrant middle class takes root. This assumption underlies the expansion of the European Union and much of American foreign policy, bolstered by such examples as South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, and even to some ... Read more

    $20.19 USD