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Occupation Diaries

"Few Palestinians have opened their minds and their hearts with such frankness." —The New York Times "At once gentle and angry, resolute and realistic." —The Nation "Towards any proper understanding of history there are many small paths. I strongly suggest you walk with him." —John Berger on Palestinian Walks It is often the smallest details of daily life that tell us the most. And so it is under occupation in Palestine. What most of us take for granted has to be carefully thought about and planned for: When will the post be allowed to get through? Will there be enough water for the bath tonight? How shall I get rid of the rubbish collecting outside? How much time should I allow for the journey to visit my cousin, going through checkpoints? And big questions too: Is working with left-wing Israelis collaborating or not? What effect will the Arab Spring have on the future of Palestine? What can anyone do to bring about change? Are any of life’s pleasures untouched by politics?

La société libanaise à l'épreuve du drame syrien

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20 ans après la fin de la guerre civile, 10 ans après le départ de l'armée syrienne, le Liban est confronté depuis 4 ans au drame syrien. Au sommaire notamment de ce numéro : Travailleurs étrangers, réfugiés syriens et marché du travail ; Economie des guerres civiles: la Syrie et le Liban transformés ; Crise du logement et fin du contrôle des loyers à Beyrouth ; Clientélisme et contestation : l'exemple de la mobilisation des travailleurs de Spinneys au Liban...

Contributos para a avaliação da qualidade da democracia nos países europeus

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Este trabalho abrangente sobre o estado da democracia nos países europeus dá-nos uma perspectiva profunda e rigorosa acerca da relação entre os cidadãos, os partidos e a democracia. Focada num tema sempre actual que interessa ao grande público e ao meio académico, trata-se de uma obra relevante pelo seu detalhe.

Oeuvres de Olympe de Gouges

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4 Oeuvres de Olympe de Gouges Ce livre numérique présente une collection de 4 oeuvres de Olympe de Gouges éditées en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement aux différentes oeuvres. Liste des oeuvres: - 1791 - Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne - 1791 - Sera-t-il Roi, ne le sera-t-il pas ? - 1792 - L’Esclavage des noirs ou l’Heureux Naufrage - 1793 - Testament politique

Misbehaving

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Richard Thaler, vincitore del premio Nobel per l'economia 2017, ha dedicato l'intera carriera a studiare l'idea radicale per cui gli agenti economici sono individui prevedibili e inclini a commettere errori. Misbehaving è il resoconto affascinante e divertente della sua lotta per riportare una disciplina accademica con i piedi per terra e per cambiare il modo in cui pensiamo l'economia, noi stessi e il mondo. La teoria economica tradizionale assume che gli individui siano razionali. Fin dall'inizio della sua ricerca, Thaler ha compreso che questi automi non somigliavano affatto alle persone vere. Quando acquistiamo una radiosveglia o chiediamo un mutuo, siamo tutti vittime di distorsioni cognitive che ci allontanano dai criteri di razionalità postulati dagli economisti. In altre parole ci comportiamo in modo anomalo e, ciò che piú conta, con serie conseguenze. Inizialmente sottovalutato dagli economisti come un campo divertente ma irrilevante, lo studio degli errori degli esseri umani e dei loro effetti sul mercato ora guida gli sforzi per migliorare le decisioni nelle nostre vite, nelle imprese e nelle politiche pubbliche.

Managing Diversity

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Australia, Canada, and Ireland are all engaged in questions of multiculturalism and in the politics of recognition and reconciliation, the opportunities and pressures of geographic regionalism, shifts in political agendas associated with the impact of neo-liberalism, and moves to frame political agendas less at the macro-level of state intervention and more at the level of community partnership and empowerment. In related but distinct ways, each state is being challenged to devise policies and offer outcomes that address an unfolding and unsteady synthesis of issues relating to citizenship, the role of nation-states in a 'borderless' world, and the management of economic change while preserving an enabling sense of national identity and social cohesion.Analyzing issues ranging from urban planning and the provision of broadcasting services for minority languages, to principled debates over basic rights and entitlements, these essays offer penetrating summaries of each political culture while also prompting comparative reflection on the broad theme of "democracy and difference."

Dictionnaire incorrect

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Les idées reçues, fausses, de la sottise et des préjugés qui ont jalonné notre époque sont passées au crible de la sévérité et de l'humour.Une vraie leçon d'antiterrorisme intellectuel. Comment mener un combat en utilisant toutes les armes à la fois ? La forme de dictionnaire qu'adopte ce livre est une réponse.L'auteur pourrait reprendre à son compte, au fond, la dernière tirade du Cyrano d'Edmond Rostand quand, rapière au poing, le bretteur défie ses éternels ennemis : la bêtise, le mensonge, la lâcheté, la courtisanerie. On y ajoutera la bienpensance et les nouveaux conformismes.Sauf que ce livre est, justement, à l'image de la guerre qu'il mène : c'est-à-dire que les longues offensives y côtoient les rapides coups de main, les actions de commando les manoeuvres d'encerclement, les pilonnages d'artillerie les opérations de guérilla, mais s'y intègrent également - car la guerre c'est aussi cela - les permissions, les théâtres aux armées, les fiestas arrosées à la caserne, les sorties en ville, les parties de belote et les distractions plus libertines.Quatre armes sont ici utilisées : la satire chansonnière, dérision blagueuse et farce drolatique d'abord ; puis le fouet du pamphlet politico-social ; ensuite la méthode encyclopédiste - au sens XVIIIe siècle du terme - qui consiste à démystifier en parlant de tout et donc à travers toutes les approches possibles ; et enfin, le dictionnaire philosophique voltairien qui permet de passer au crible, de façon iconoclaste, les idéologies dont nous continuons à être les héritiers ou les victimes.Feu sur le quartier général ! Cet ouvrage (d'autant qu'il n'épargne pas le pouvoir intello-médiatique), fera grincer des dents. Fortement. C'est fait pour.

Politics as a Vocation

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Initially, a lecture for students this essay by Max Weber (1864-1920), the founder of political sociology, turned out to be a classic of political sciences. Until today it is a set book for students. The German academic explores the field of professional politicians - who make their living 'off' or 'for' politics. He explains what it needs to be a leader. This book is a must read - not only for politicians and students, but every citizen with responsibility towards his state.

Wake Up, Italia!

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La storia é sempre il prodotto di ciò che mettiamo in campo. Per questo motivo studenti, cittadini ed accademici di primo piano, hanno deciso in modo molto pragmatico e post-ideologico, di riunire le proprie idee e proposte per un cambiamento non solo politico ma pure individuale, in cui ognuno di noi può sentirsi entusiasticamente coinvolto. Un pamphlet nobile e popolare, un invito sincero a divenire noi stessi protagonisti di quel cambiamento che vogliamo. Introdotto da Federico Fubini, giornalista economico del Corriere della Sera, il libro é composto dagli interventi di Marco Mari, Luigi Zingales, Mario Bertolissi, Francesco Daveri, Claudia Mancina, Francesca Di Lisa, Maurizio Martini, Paolo Gubitta, Luca Romano, Irene Guida, Luigi Borgo, Francesca Mazzonetto.

Per non morire di mafia

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Pietro Grasso, dal 2005 a capo della Procura Nazionale Antimafia racconta come la vecchia "piovra" sia diventata una rete invisibile, infiltrata nei colossali affari degli appalti edilizi, della contraffazione, della droga. Un sistema divenuto moderno e sofisticato, che si è garantito la complicità di "insospettabili" e coperture politiche e finanziarie. La mafia non si arrende mai ma neppure i magistrati come Pietro Grasso, che da trent'anni hanno fatto di questa ardua lotta il compito di ogni giorno.

The Making of America

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The United States of America has been blessed with the world’s greatest political success formula. In a little over a century, this formula allowed a small segment of the human family—less than 6 percent—to become the richest nation on earth. It allowed them to create more than half of the world’s total output in production and enjoy the highest standard of living in the history of the world. In this book, we learn how the Founding Fathers discovered this success formula. Much of this discovery is told in the words of the Founders themselves, so that the reader can feel the power of their minds sweeping away thousands of years of bad government and illogical laws to formulate a whole new society based on human freedom. By returning to the roots of the Founders’ thinking, and contemplating the logic that they used in establishing the Constitution, we can better understand the challenges and solutions that confront us in today’s political world. This eBook includes the original index, illustrations, footnotes, table of contents and page numbering from the printed format.

China Unmasked: An Inside Look into this Century's Biggest Story

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China Unmasked: An Inside Look into this Century's Biggest Story On paper, China’s bullish GDP, which has propelled its national economy into the world’s number two spot, would seem a runaway success. However, entrenched economic and political structures rooted in decades of planned economics are proving difficult to shift, making China’s vast national wealth all but impossible to spread more evenly. A secret 25-year “two-child” project may yet inspire a solution to the unintended consequences of the one child policy. The breakneck development of China’s green energy industry has taken many by surprise. But behind the boom lurk some murky truths. China’s national strategy to promote GM crops aims to reap dividends from the lucrative seed market. Will it work out? The emergence of a new generation of migrant workers poses a serious challenge to China, both politically and economically. Free from government restraints, private art museums occupy a unique cultural space and provide a valuable social function. But with increasingly limited funding options, many private museums are facing a tough future.

El interrogatorio de la Habana y otros ensayos

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Este libro recoge cuatro magníficos ensayos políticos que Enzensberger reunió en 1973 expresamente para una edición en Anagrama. «El interrogatorio de La Habana: Autorretrato de la contrarrevolución» trata de la fallida invasión de los anticastristas en la Bahía Cochinos: describe los antecedentes de la operación, los manejos de los exiliados cubanos, el papel de la CIA, etc. Con la ayuda de extractos de las declaraciones de los prisioneros interrogados desenmascara magistralmente las trampas de su ideología burguesa.«Imagen de un partido: Antecedentes, estructura e ideología del Partido Comunista de Cuba» es un polémico análisis de la historia del Partido Comunista Cubano desde su fundación hasta nuestros días. Estudia las diferentes épocas del partido (Komintern, época de Batista, época de Fidel) y su relación con el comunismo internacional, así como su importancia interna en el país, centrándose especialmente en el papel jugado a partir del levantamiento castrista.En «Turismo revolucionario» se estudia el fenómeno del «delegado» y «las delegaciones», concepto creado por la URSS en los años veinte y adoptado paulatinamente por los demás países socialistas. El «delegado» es toda persona que visita un país socialista procedente de un país no comunista. Enzensberger –a partir de los textos de Koestler, Serge, Brecht, Gide, Myrdal y Sontag– analiza críticamente la literatura de la ilusión y la del desengaño, así como el concepto mismo de las «delegaciones».«Las Casas, o una mirada retrospectiva hacia el futuro» es una apología de la figura del padre Las Casas y de su célebre obra Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias, en la que analizó con gran perspicacia y exactitud el colonialismo en su forma primigenia.

The Naked Communist

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The Naked Communist has sold more than a million copies. It found its way into the libraries of the CIA, the FBI, the White House, and homes all across America. The Naked Communist contains a distillation of more than a hundred books and treatises on communism, many written by Marxist authors. We see the communist the way he sees himself—stripped of propaganda and pretense. Explained here is the amazing appeal of communism, its history, and its basic and unchanging concepts—even its secret timetable of conquest.This book has been called “the most powerful book on communism since J. Edgar Hoover’s ‘Masters of Deceit’.” In one clarifying and readable volume, the whole incredible story of communism is graphically told. It includes the tragic story of China, Korea, Russia, the UN, Alger Hiss, Whittaker Chambers, Elizabeth Bentley, General MacArthur, and others.In 1961, Skousen added the 45 goals of communism. Today, all but one of those goals is fulfilled. A brief discussion of each goal is included in this new edition.Among the many questions it answers are: Who gave America’s nuclear secrets to the Russians? How did the FBI fight the battle of the underground? Why did the West lose 600 million allies after World War II? What really happened in Korea? What is communism’s great secret weapon? Is there an answer to communism? What lies ahead? What can I do to stop communism? But the most important question of all that this book answers is how to stop communism and how to do it without a major war. National broadcaster Paul Harvey at CBS said, “I have never given any volume such an unqualified endorsement.”Reviews“The Naked Communist lays out the whole progressive plan. It is unbelievable how fast it has been achieved.”~ Dr. Ben Carson, Surgeon, Philanthropist, Journalist “No one is better qualified to discuss the threat to this nation from communism. You will be alarmed, you will be informed.”~ Ronald Reagan, United States President“Skousen predicted someday you won’t be able to find the truth anywhere because the history of this country is going to be hijacked by communists. I think we are there.”~ Glenn Beck, National Radio Host“I feel certain that your efforts on this important subject (communism) will receive widespread attention and consideration.”~ J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation“We believe in a moral code. Communism denies innate right or wrong. As W. Cleon Skousen has said in his timely book, The Naked Communist: The Communist ‘has convinced himself that nothing is evil which answers the call of expediency.’ This is a most damnable doctrine. People who truly accept such a philosophy have neither conscience nor honor. Force, trickery, lies, broken promises are wholly justified.” ~ Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture under President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Public Security in Federal Systems

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Ensuring public security is increasingly becoming a complex task for governments across the world. Day-to-day public security generally referred to as maintenance of public order is a localized activity, best entrusted to a well-trained and accountable police department. However, public security across the world, irrespective of the type of government has acquired a complex character. Constitutionally designated governance domains of a federal polity create rough patches. Increasing intricacies of public security, with local, national, international and global security crossing each other’s boundaries, is creating not-easily-surmountable-challenges for police departments, increasing compulsions of synergy by the day. The need for going beyond traditionally laid out division of power to devise mechanisms that can bring different components of the security apparatus function independently as well as in coordination with each other is generally required, but has increasingly become a necessity. The nature of security requirements in rural and urban contexts calls for greater specialisation, professionalization and coordination. Aside from complex character of the politics of terror, emerging challenges of narco-terrorism, pedalling in arms, cyber crime need nationwide dexterity and exchanges amongst agencies and governments. Border management, intra-state and inter-state migrations and ferment amongst marginalised sections of population are other areas of public security that call for a federal management of public security. The present volume brings together twelve essays on Canada, India, Mexico and USA specially written for the book and bound together by a well-articulated Introduction.

Global Justice, State Duties

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The rise of globalization and the persistence of global poverty are straining the territorial paradigm of human rights. This book asks if states possess extraterritorial obligations under existing international human rights law to respect and ensure economic, social and cultural rights and how far those duties extend. Taking a departure point in theory and practice, the book is the first of its kind to analyze the principal cross-cutting legal issues at stake: the legal status of obligations, jurisdiction, causation, division of responsibility, and remedies and accountability. The book focuses specifically on the role of states but also addresses their duties to regulate powerful nonstate actors. The authors demonstrate that many key issues have been resolved or clarified in international law while others remain controversial or await the development of further practice, particularly the scope of jurisdiction and the quantitative dimension of extraterritorial obligations to fulfil.

L’Esclavage des noirs ou l’Heureux Naufrage

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L’Esclavage des noirs ou l’Heureux Naufrage Olympe de Gouges, femme de lettres, femme politique et polémiste française (1748–1793) Ce livre numérique présente «L’Esclavage des noirs ou l’Heureux Naufrage», de Olympe de Gouges, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement aux différentes sections. Table des Matières -01- Présentation -02- PRÉFACE -03- PERSONNAGES -04- ACTE PREMIER. L'ESCLAVAGE DES NOIRS, OU L'HEUREUX NAUFRAGE -05- ACTE II. L'ESCLAVAGE DES NOIRS, OU L'HEUREUX NAUFRAGE -06- ACTE III. L'ESCLAVAGE DES NOIRS, OU L'HEUREUX NAUFRAGE

Voices from the Ground

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*Migrant workers are a lot more fussy than before. They don’t just talk money; they talk about working environments, holidays and other fringe benefits we have not even heard of before. Workers have more say than us now because they have a wider choice. *The Chinese don’t lack a culture of giving, historically, but the rapid accumulation of wealth (fueled by) the economic and social transformation of the past few decades has made China’s nouveau riche indulgent in fortune, rather than made them think about charity. …… By enjoying this book, you will gain a better understanding of the changes ongoing in China, as well as the efforts China is making to better understand the world.

Liberation Technology

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The revolutions sweeping the Middle East provide dramatic evidence of the role that technology plays in mobilizing citizen protest and upending seemingly invulnerable authoritarian regimes. A grainy cell phone video of a Tunisian street vendor’s self-immolation helped spark the massive protests that toppled longtime ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and Egypt’s "Facebook revolution" forced the ruling regime out of power and into exile. While such "liberation technology" has been instrumental in freeing Egypt and Tunisia, other cases—such as China and Iran—demonstrate that it can be deployed just as effectively by authoritarian regimes seeking to control the Internet, stifle protest, and target dissenters. This two-sided dynamic has set off an intense technological race between "netizens" demanding freedom and authoritarians determined to retain their grip on power. Liberation Technology brings together cutting-edge scholarship from scholars and practitioners at the forefront of this burgeoning field of study. An introductory section defines the debate with a foundational piece on liberation technology and is then followed by essays discussing the popular dichotomy of "liberation" versus "control" with regard to the Internet and the sociopolitical dimensions of such controls. Additional chapters delve into the cases of individual countries: China, Egypt, Iran, and Tunisia.This book also includes in-depth analysis of specific technologies such as Ushahidi—a platform developed to document human-rights abuses in the wake of Kenya’s 2007 elections—and alkasir—a tool that has been used widely throughout the Middle East to circumvent cyber-censorship. Liberation Technology will prove an essential resource for all students seeking to understand the intersection of information and communications technology and the global struggle for democracy.Contributors: Walid Al-Saqaf, Daniel Calingaert, Ronald Deibert, Larry Diamond, Elham Gheytanchi, Philip N. Howard, Muzammil M. Hussain, Rebecca MacKinnon, Patrick Meier, Evgeny Morozov, Xiao Qiang, Rafal Rohozinski, Mehdi Yahyanejad

Innovations in Urban Climate Governance

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Building on unique data, this book analyses the efficacy of a prominent climate change mitigation strategy: voluntary programs for sustainable buildings and cities. It evaluates the performance of thirty-five voluntary programs from the global north and south, including certification programs, knowledge networks, and novel forms of financing. The author examines them through the lens of club theory, urban transformation theory, and diffusion of innovations theory. Using qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) the book points out the opportunities and constraints of voluntary programs for decarbonising the built environment, and argues for a transformation of their use in climate change mitigation. The book will appeal to readers interested in sustainable city planning, climate change mitigation, and voluntarism as an alternative governance mechanism for achieving socially and environmentally desirable outcomes. The wide diversity of cases from the global north and south generate new insights, and offers practical guidelines for designing effective programs.

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