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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “robert ledger”
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  • The Official Record

    Oversight, national security and democracy

    Edited by Peter Finn, Robert Ledger ...
    The construction, control and preservation of the Official Record is inherently contested. Those seeking greater openness and (democratic) accountability argue 'sunlight is [...] the best of disinfectants’, while others seek stricter information control because, to their mind, sound government arises when advice and policy are formulated secretly. This edited volume explores the intersection of ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • Power and Political Economy from Thatcher to Blair

    The Great Enemy of Democracy?

    by Robert Ledger ...
    Series series British Politics and Society
    This book investigates the policies of the Thatcher, Major and Blair governments and their approaches towards concentration of economic and political power.The 1979–2007 British governments have variously been described as liberal or, to use a political insult and a favourite academic label, neoliberal. One of the stated objectives of the Thatcher, Major and Blair governments—albeit with differing ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Neoliberal Thought and Thatcherism

    ‘A Transition From Here to There?’

    by Robert Ledger ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Modern British History
    The premiership of Margaret Thatcher has been portrayed as uniquely ideological in its pursuit of a more market-based economy. A body of literature has been built on how a sharp turn to the right by the Conservative Party during the 1980s - inspired by the likes of Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek - acted as one of the key stepping stones to the turbo-charged capitalism and globalization of our ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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  • Stand on Guard

    Reassessing Threats to Canada's National Security

    by Stephanie Carvin ...
    Series series Munk Series on Global Affairs
    In Stand on Guard, Stephanie Carvin sets out to explain the range of activities considered national security threats by Canadian security services today. As new forms of terrorism and extremism appear, especially online, we need a responsibly widened view of such threats and how they manifest in the contemporary world. Canadians should not be more fearful, Carvin explains, but a more sophisticated ... Read more

    $28.09 USD

  • Sex Trafficking

    A Global Perspective

    by Karin Bruckmüller, Brad Bullock, Michael A. Bush, Mirna Carranza, Yingyu Chen, Brian E. Crim, James B. Grassano, Sunita Manian, William J. Mathias, Margaret Melrose, Nhatthien Q. Nguyen, Henry Parada, David H. Richards, Stefan Schumann, Arvind Verma, T.A Ryan ...
    Global estimates of human trafficking range from 600,000 to four million victims each year with the majority being victims of sex trafficking. This strikingly large range belies the difficulty in gathering, defining, and accountability of sex-trafficking data. Victims of sex trafficking may be forced into pornography, prostitution for the military or militia, spousal prostitution, and prostitution ... Read more

    $47.79 USD

  • The Great American Delusion

    by Patrick Davies ...
    Something has been going badly wrong in America. But what is really happening, why, and what does it mean? Could the US itself now be the greatest threat to the future of the West? What does Joe Biden need to do to get America back on track?In this fascinating account of America today, Patrick Davies, former British Deputy Ambassador to the US, sets out to understand how the US, blinded by myths ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Border Nation

    A Story of Migration

    by Leah Cowan ...
    Series series Outspoken by Pluto
    'A must-read manifesto for border abolition' - gal-demBorders are more than geographical lines - they impact all our lives, whether it’s the inhumanity of deportations, or a rise in racist attacks in the wake of the EU referendum. Border Nation shows how oppressive borders must be resisted.Laying bare the web of media myths that vilify migrants, Leah Cowan dives into the murky waters of corporate ... Read more

    $9.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The National Security Enterprise

    Navigating the Labyrinth, Second Edition

    by Roger Z. George, Harvey Rishikof, Jon J. Rosenwasser, Michael Warner, David P. Auerswald, Gordon Adams, Rodney Bent, Kathy Peroff, Marc Grossman0, Desaix Myers1, Franklin C. Miller2, Joseph McMillan3, Michael J. Meese4, Isaiah Wilson III5, Dina Temple-Raston6, Thomas Fingar7, Brittany Albaugh8, Susan Ginsburg9, Colton C. Campbell0, Gerald Felix Warburg1, Ellen Laipson2, John Diamond3 ...
    This second edition of The National Security Enterprise provides practitioners’ insights into the operation, missions, and organizational cultures of the principal national security agencies and other institutions that shape the US national security decision-making process. Unlike some textbooks on American foreign policy, it offers analysis from insiders who have worked at the National Security ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Resisting Borders and Technologies of Violence

    Edited by Mizue Aizeki, Matt Mahmoudi, Coline Schupfer ...
    Series series Abolitionist Papers
    The border regimes of imperialist states have brutally oppressed migrants throughout the world. To enforce their borders, these states have constructed a new digital fortress with far-reaching and ever-evolving new technologies. This pathbreaking volume exposes these insidious means of surveillance, control, and violence.In the name of “smart” borders, the U.S. and Europe have turned to private ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • Democracy Betrayed

    The Rise of the Surveillance Security State

    by William W. Keller ...
    A vital and important look at the rise of a security state that is transforming the nature of our democracyIn the aftermath of 9/11, in lockstep with booming technological advancements, a new and more authoritarian form of governance is upplanting liberal democracy. The creation of the Security Industrial Complex — an “internal security state–within–the–state” fueled by tech companies, private ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Dirty Entanglements

    Corruption, Crime, and Terrorism

    by Louise I. Shelley ...
    The entangled threat of crime, corruption, and terrorism now deserves high-level policy attention because of its growth trajectory. Using lively case studies, this book analyzes the transformation of crime and terrorism and the business logic of terrorism. Louise I. Shelley concludes that corruption, crime, and terrorism will remain important security challenges in the twenty-first century as a ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Intelligence in an Insecure World

    by Peter Gill, Mark Phythian ...
    Over a decade on from the terrorist attacks of 9/11, intelligence continues to be of central importance to the contemporary world. Today there is a growing awareness of the importance of intelligence, and an increasing investment in it, as individuals, groups, organizations and states all seek timely and actionable information in order to increase their sense of security.But what exactly is ... Read more

    $40.50 USD