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Author Ian Clark
This book is concerned with the history of tourism at the Coranderrk Aboriginal Station at Healesville, northeast of Melbourne, which functioned as a government reserve from 1863 until its closure in 1924. At Coranderrk, Aboriginal mission interests and tourism int....
Release Date 2016/02 -
Author John O. McGinnis
Successful democracies throughout history--from ancient Athens to Britain on the cusp of the industrial age--have used the technology of their time to gather information for better governance. Our challenge is no different today, but it is more urgent because the a....
Release Date 2012/12 -
Adjusting to the New World Economy
Author Michael Czinkota
Professor Czinkota shares with us his practical insights into the modern world trading system and the complexities that exist within. It provides an invaluable framework for future global leaders in their endeavors to solve global trade crises and find opportunities for furthering the free flow of g....
Release Date 2022/07 -
Author Luca Zamparelli , Roberto Veneziani
Offering a unique picture of recent developments in a range of non-conventional theoretical approaches in economics, this book introduces readers to the study of Analytical Political Economy and the changes within the subject.Includes a wide range of topics and the....
Release Date 2018/06 -
Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power
Author Xuetong Yan , Daniel A. Bell , Edmund Ryden , Sun Zhe
The rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will China look like in the future? What should it look like? And what will China's rise mean for the rest of world? This book, written by China's most influenti....
Release Date 2013/08 -
Author Michael R. Czinkota
In this era of constant change and globalization, political and international issues influence the business environment worldwide and penetrate our lifestyle and expectations in ways beyond most imaginations. The increasing transparency of information provides easi....
Release Date 2016/12 -
Author Al Naqvi , Mani Janakiram
Get the inside story of American Artificial Intelligence (AI) failure and fall: Learn how to reassume American AI leadership and win against ChinaOn the eve of the Sino-American great power competition General Mattis challenged America to move forward at the speed of relevance. To compete effectivel....
Release Date 2022/08 -
Author Nicholas Wallwork
Your practical and fearless guide to surviving the world’s biggest break-up Whether you’re a staunch Remainer, a buccaneering Brexiteer, or are wavering between the two camps, you’ll want to be fully au fait with all the issues surrounding Britain’s exit from the E....
Release Date 2019/07 -
British Politics For Dummies, 2nd Edition
Author Michael Pattison , Julian Knight
Your updated and revised guide to British politicsSo, you want to be knowledgeable about British politics but don't know where to start? You've come to the right place! British Politics For Dummies is your essential guide to understanding even the trickiest quest....
Release Date 2015/05 -
Author Richard Millington
Richard Millington is the founder of FeverBee. Over the past 16 years, Richard has helped to develop over 270+ successful communities, including those for Apple, Facebook, Google, The World Bank, SAP, Oracle, Amazon, Autodesk, Lego, The United Nations, Novartis, and many more.Richard is the author o....
Release Date 2021/05 -
Author Cyndi Suarez , Nonprofit Quarterly
Learn to create a nonprofit organization and society in which Black people can thriveIn Building A Pro-Black World: A Guide To Creating True Equity in The Workplace and In Life, a team of dedicated nonprofit leaders delivers a timely roadmap to building pro-Black nonprofit organizations. Refreshingl....
Release Date 2023/07 -
Citizen-Centered Cities, Volume I
Author Paul R. Messinger
Modern cities are increasingly involving citizens in decisions that affect them. This trend is a part of a movement toward a new standard of city management and planning—falling under the names public involvement, public engagement, collaborative governance, ....
Release Date 2016/12 -
Classical Humanism and the Challenge of Modernity
Author Bas van Bommel
In scholarship, classical (Renaissance) humanism is usually strictly distinguished from 'neo-humanism', which, especially in Germany, flourished at the beginning of the 19th century. While most classical humanists focused on the practical imitation of Latin styli....
Release Date 2015/03 -
Author E. Gabriella Coleman
Who are computer hackers? What is free software? And what does the emergence of a community dedicated to the production of free and open source software--and to hacking as a technical, aesthetic, and moral project--reveal about the values of contemporary liberalism?....
Release Date 2012/11 -
Author Shaked Spier
Collective Action 2.0 explores the issues related to information and communication technologies (ICTs) in detail, providing a balanced insight into how ICTs leverage and interact with collective action, which will have an impact on the current discourse. Recent eve....
Release Date 2017/02 -
Compassionate Counterterrorism
Author Leena Al Olaimy
From purchasing pay-per-view pornography to smoking pot, many so-called Muslim terrorists prove by their actions that they aren't motivated by devotion to religion, Leena Al Olaimy argues. So why do they really turn to violence, and what does that tell us abo....
Release Date 2019/02 -
Author Louis Hyman
Before the twentieth century, personal debt resided on the fringes of the American economy, the province of small-time criminals and struggling merchants. By the end of the century, however, the most profitable corporations and banks in the country lent money to mi....
Release Date 2011/01 -
Developing the Global Bioeconomy
Author Heinz Stichnothe , J. Richard Hess , Erin Searcy , Patrick Lamers
Developing the Global Bioeconomy: Technical, Market, and Environmental Lessons from Bioenergy brings together expertise from three IEA-Bioenergy subtasks on pyrolysis, international trade, and biorefineries to review the bioenergy sector and draw useful lessons for....
Release Date 2016/05 -
Disorder and Public Concern Around Globalization
Author Mario Amendola , Jean-Luc Gaffard
Disorder and Public Concern Around Globalization examines the contrast between an idealized vision and a realistic view of globalization. Both are inscribed in the contemporary debate within political and economic theory. This opposition highlights the conditions under wh....
Release Date 2019/04 -
Environmental Politics in Egypt
Author Jeannie Sowers
Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted in Egypt from the late 1990s to 2011, this book shows how experts and activists used distinctive approaches to influence state and firm decision-making in three important environmental policy domains. These include; industria....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Geographic Mental Maps and Foreign Policy Change
Author Luis da Vinha
In recent years geographic mental maps have made a comeback into the spotlight of scholarly inquiry in the area of International Relations (IR), particularly Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA). The book is framed within the mental map research agenda. It seeks to contri....
Release Date 2017/05 -
Author William Walters , Wendy Larner
Foucault's thoughts on governmentality have made a significant impact on the studies of power and governance in modern societies. However, most studies of governmentality confine themselves to the exploration of power within nation-states. Global Governmental....
Release Date 2004/08 -
Author Marcus Goncalves , Harry Xia , Mario Svigir
Sustainable capitalism is more than a response to the environmental crisis. In this book, the authors propose a new conceptual business model as a contribution to global sustainable capitalism in the making, in an attempt assist in the education of global stakehold....
Release Date 2019/12 -
Handbook of Sustainable Development
Sustainable development has garnered the attention of the global community when United Nations created Brundtland Commission in 1983 to suggest various ways to save the human environment and natural resources and promote economic and social development. Sustainable development is a way of organizing.... -
How to Get Government Contracts: Have a Slice of the $1 Trillion Pie
Author Olessia Smotrova-Taylor
How to Get Government Contracts demystifies the process of how a company can enter the government market, win its first and subsequent contracts, and then grow itself into a multi-million-dollar government contractor within a couple of years. It offers an insider's....
Release Date 2012/11 -
If We Can Put a Man on the Moon: Getting Big Things Done in Government
Author John O'Leary , William D. Eggers
The American people are frustrated with their government-dismayed by a series of high-profile failures (Iraq, Katrina, the financial meltdown) that seems to just keep getting longer. Yet our nation has a proud history of great achievements: victory in World War II, ....
Release Date 2009/11 -
Author Cedric L. Alexander
When those we elect descend into partisan tribalism, criminal malfeasance, and emulation of foreign autocracies and oligarchies, Cedric Alexander says it is the unelected apolitical "fourth branch" of government—our nation's public servants, civil servants, a....
Release Date 2020/01 -
In the Line of Fire, 3rd Edition
Author Jerry Weissman
In this fully-updated edition of his classic In the Line of Fire, the world’s #1 presentation consultant helps you respond with perfect assurance to the toughest questions from the most hostile questioners as you stay in control and win your audience.Jerry Weissman draws on brand-new case studies to....
Release Date 2021/12 -
Author Anupama C. Raman , Pethuru Raj
The emergence of highly promising and potent technologies has enabled the transition of ordinary objects into smart artifacts-providing wider connectivity of digitized entities that can facilitate the building of connected cities. This book provides readers with a ....
Release Date 2015/06