Corruption in politics, government and society

La constante crisis política que nuestro país ha sufrido en los últimos años ha hecho que muchos empiecen a observar cuidadosamente la Constitución como herramienta para la búsqueda de salidas institucionales.

This new edition of a 1999 classic shows how institutionalized corruption can be fought through sophisticated political-economic reform.

Auch in seinem neuen Jahrbuch hat Thomas Röper, der Autor der Internetseite "Anti-Spiegel", wieder einige der dreistesten Beispiele für Desinformation zusammengetragen, die 2020 in den deutschen Medien stattfanden.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union a team of young economic reformers led by Yegor Gaidar worked to create a new economic future for Russia.

Corruption is a serious problem in many countries around the world, according to Transparency International's 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) and the World Bank's 2011 Control of Corruption governance indicator.

Corruption has an impact.

** THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *Inheritance.

Schattenmächte enthüllt die verborgene Welt der Verschwörungstheorien, die seit Jahrhunderten die menschliche Gesellschaft prägen.

Jedes Jahr verteilt die Bundesregierung Abermilliarden Euro deutsches Steuergeld in die Welt.

'BRAZILIAN PSYCHO is a riveting and explosive masterpiece of political crime fiction that deserves to share the shelf with AMERICAN TABLOID, THE POWER OF THE DOG and A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS, and confirms Joe Thomas as one of our very best contemporary crime writers.

Winner of the the National Book Critics Circle Award for Non-Fiction'Spellbinding .

A new account of modern Iraqi politics that overturns the conventional wisdom about its sectarian divisionsHow did Iraq become one of the most repressive dictatorships of the late twentieth century?

Die politischen Entscheidungen sind in den letzten 25 Jahren nicht unbedingt gut für die Menschen in unserem Land ausgegangen.

Lord Acton (1834-1902) is often called a historian of liberty.

This book analyzes how the paradox of the poor often voting against their material interests emerged in India.

"e;The Two Michaels is a timely and highly-readable book - a gripping human drama that also tells a bigger story about the fast-changing world of international diplomacy, superpower rivalry, and the struggle to secure the Internet.

'Kennard reports with devastating precision.

This new edition of a 1999 classic shows how institutionalized corruption can be fought through sophisticated political-economic reform.

This is the story of how a small island on the edge of Europe became one of the world's major tax havens.

14 YEARS 5 PRIME MINISTERSTHE PARTY IS OVER After decades in the hands of malevolent players and two years of disastrous leadership, the Conservative party stands at the edge of the abyss.

At the young age of fifteen, Dikgang Moseneke was imprisoned for participating in anti-apartheid activities.

How has corruption shaped - and undermined - the history of public life in modern Britain?

This book argues that politicians, especially party leaders, liberalize trade by buying off legislative support with side-payments.

In time for the 50th anniversary of President Nixons epic trips to China and Russia, as well as his incredible Watergate downfall, the man who was at his side for a decade as his aide and White House Deputy takes readers inside the life and administration of Richard Nixon.

Regardless of which political party Americans identify with, the sentiment that those who work in Washington are corrupt transcends partisanship.

Bruno Manser war ein Vielbegabter, ein Multitalent, der auch als Naturforscher, Handwerker, Sportler verblüffte.

This study of parliamentary control of finance in Canada will special emphasis on the period after 1867 is an outgrowth of an interest in the House of Commons on the part of its author which earlier produced The Canadian House of Commons: Representation.

Royal Favouritism and the Governing Elite of the Spanish Monarchy, 1640-1665 presents a study of the later years of the reign of Philip IV from the perspective of his favourite (valido), don Luis Mendez de Haro, and of the other ministers who helped govern the Spanish Habsburg Monarchy.

En este libro, Jorge Ernesto Roa Roa nos muestra las posibilidades de establecer mediaciones entre la filosofía y el derecho.

'Detailed and impeccably researched.

Why have the police become the new public enemy?

Fewsmith explains why political reform in China started, why it has stalled and in many cases gone backward.

Corruption, Party, and Government in Britain, 1702-1713 offers an innovative and original reinterpretation of state formation in eighteenth-century Britain, reconceptualising it as a political and fundamentally partisan process.

An analysis of the UN''s development targets up until 2030, and the case for prioritizing the most powerful investment areas.

North Carolina had a big, unfortunate headstart on now-common attacks on democratic institutionsthe lessons learned as NC makes its way out of the chaos can benefit other states.

Die Politik verwundet Menschen.

Why leadership is key to ending political and corporate corruption globallyCorruption corrodes all facets of the world's political and corporate life, yet until now there was no one book that explained how best to battle it.

One of the Boston Globe’s Best Sports Books of the Year: “Incisive, heartbreaking, important and even funny” (Jeremy Schaap, New York Times–bestselling author of Cinderella Man).