A provocative book that demystifies China's great democratic leap backward under Xi Jinping, revealing why the country's embrace of capitalism has given rise to hard authoritarianism, mass surveillance, and one-man rule instead of democracy as many in the West had hopedWhen China embarked on its transformative journey of modernization in 1979, many believed the country's turn toward capitalism would put its totalitarian past to rest and mark the birth of a democratic, open society.
An empirically powerful account of why interpersonal violence across the globe exacts a far greater cumulative cost on society than war and terrorism combinedCivil wars, interstate wars, and terrorism receive a great deal of media and policy attention, for good reasons.
An empirically powerful account of why interpersonal violence across the globe exacts a far greater cumulative cost on society than war and terrorism combinedCivil wars, interstate wars, and terrorism receive a great deal of media and policy attention, for good reasons.
A provocative book that demystifies China's great democratic leap backward under Xi Jinping, revealing why the country's embrace of capitalism has given rise to hard authoritarianism, mass surveillance, and one-man rule instead of democracy as many in the West had hopedWhen China embarked on its transformative journey of modernization in 1979, many believed the country's turn toward capitalism would put its totalitarian past to rest and mark the birth of a democratic, open society.
Aunque el maiz fue uno de los cultivos originarios mas importantes de America, en la actualidad su consumo en Colombia es menor que el de los productos elaborados a partir del trigo.
The Bankers' Banquet: How Development Funds Get DevouredEvery year, billions of dollars are pledged to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the very businesses that create jobs, drive innovation, and sustain local economies across Africa and the developing world.
Die Finanzwirtschaft bildet einen zentralen Bestandteil der modernen Betriebswirtschaftslehre und gewinnt vor dem Hintergrund zunehmend komplexer Markte, globaler Verflechtungen und wachsender Anforderungen an Unternehmen stetig an Bedeutung.
'A gripping take on how fraud and scamming have become part of our everyday lives' Laura Whateley For decades, we have thought of scammers as rogue actors - offshore con artists or opportunistic criminals who target the elderly, the ill-informed and the vulnerable, looking to gain access to their money or their identities.
From designing your food truck and identifying your market to establishing a business plan and determining the operational concerns of a mobile business, this comprehensive guide provides down-to-earth advice on every aspect of setting up and running a food truck business.
From designing your food truck and identifying your market to establishing a business plan and determining the operational concerns of a mobile business, this comprehensive guide provides down-to-earth advice on every aspect of setting up and running a food truck business.
Este texto, titulado "e;Columnas Espartanas: Una mirada reflexiva al sistema financiero 2017-2025"e;, es un compendio de mas de ochenta columnas de opinion escritas por Enrique Marshall Rivera, exvicepresidente del Banco Central y exsuperintendente de Bancos de Chile
The largest political constituency in the United States is the care majority — the parents, daughters, sons, aunts, paid caregivers, and care recipients whose lives turn on the work of holding other people together.
Retirement Planning for the 21st Century: A Practical Guide to Financial Security, Tax Savings, and Lifetime IncomeRetirement today is more complex than ever.
Tanzania's 2025 Pre-Election Crisis: Enforced Disappearances, Judicial Deference, Digital Repression, and the Architecture of FearThis book provides a comprehensive, real-time analysis of Tanzania's political environment during the lead-up to the October 29, 2025 general election.
Tanzania 2025 Contested Elections: The Handcuffed Election, Volume 6 examines the political, legal, and institutional dynamics shaping Tanzania's pre-election environment ahead of the October 2025 general election.
This book examines the conduct of Tanzania's legal profession during the 2025 electoral cycle, with particular focus on the Public Bar Association (PBA) and its institutional rivalry with the Tanganyika Law Society (TLS).
This book presents a comprehensive analysis of Tanzania's 2025 election cycle, examining the intersecting crises of democratic backsliding, electoral governance failure, resource corruption, digital repression, institutional bias, and political violence.
The complex and multifaceted relationship between economic factors and conflictIn this book, Stephen Brooks provides a systematic empirical and theoretical examination of how economic factors influence security affairs.
The complex and multifaceted relationship between economic factors and conflictIn this book, Stephen Brooks provides a systematic empirical and theoretical examination of how economic factors influence security affairs.
How resistance to extraction shaped Indigenous demands for autonomy, integration, or assimilationFrom the onset of colonialism, Indigenous communities have faced seizure of their land, labor, and resources by non-Indigenous actors.
How resistance to extraction shaped Indigenous demands for autonomy, integration, or assimilationFrom the onset of colonialism, Indigenous communities have faced seizure of their land, labor, and resources by non-Indigenous actors.
A revelatory exploration of how today s right-wing authoritarianism emerged not in opposition to neoliberalism, but from within it FINALIST FOR THE 2025 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 'Bracingly original.
Financial Management for Non-Financial Managers is an accessible, practical and easy to understand guide that will allow any manager to gain confidence in understanding financial matters, managing a budget and dealing with bankers, accountants and finance professionals.
'A brilliant book' Alastair Campbell, The Rest is Politics'The essential, must-read insider account of the West's cat and mouse economic warfare against Russia and how it is changing the face of global trade.
Selected writings from one of the most important commentators of our generation covering the wreckage of Labour's 10 year love affair with the RightBY THE SUMMER of 2007, Britain was close to crashing.
Financial Management for Non-Financial Managers is an accessible, practical and easy to understand guide that will allow any manager to gain confidence in understanding financial matters, managing a budget and dealing with bankers, accountants and finance professionals.
