Автор: Domhoff, G. William Название: The Power Elite and the State ISBN: 020230373X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780202303734 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7501.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Greene Lucie Название: Silicon States: The Power and Politics of Big Tech ISBN: 1640092471 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781640092471 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2338.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Named a Best Book of the Year by Esquire Winner of the 800-CEO-READ Business Book Award in Current Events and Public Affairs In an era when faith in government and its institutions is quickly eroding, the businesses of Silicon Valley are stepping in to fill the gap. With outsize supplies of cash, talent, and ambition, a small group of corporations have been gradually seizing leadership--and consumer confidence--around the world. In Silicon States, renowned futurist and celebrated international think-tank leader Lucie Greene offers an unparalleled look at the players, promises, and potential problems of Big Tech. Through interviews with corporate leaders, influential venture capitalists, scholars, journalists, activists, and more, Greene explores the tension inherent in Silicon Valley's global influence. If these companies can invent a social network, how might they soon transform our political and health-care systems? If they can revolutionize the cell phone, what might they do for space travel, education, or the housing market? As Silicon Valley faces increased scrutiny over its mistreatment of women, cultural shortcomings, and its role in widespread Russian election interference, we are learning where its interests truly lie, and about the great power these companies wield over an unsuspecting citizenry. While the promise of technology is seductive, it is important to understand these corporations' possible impacts on our political and socioeconomic institutions. Greene emphasizes that before we hand our future over to a rarefied group of companies, we should examine the world they might build and confront its benefits, prejudices, and inherent flaws. Silicon States pushes us to ask if, ultimately, this is the future we really want.
Описание: Tucker presents guiding principles for ensuring that central bankers and other unelected policymakers remain stewards of the common good.
Автор: Hillier, Jean Название: Shadows of Power ISBN: 0415256313 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415256315 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 10411.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
A page-turning memoir from a former opioid addict in an opioid addicted community--and an up-close look at America's new health crisis.
Behind closed doors, millions of people abuse opioids. Nicholas Bush was one of them. In this beautifully poignant and refreshingly honest memoir, Bush boldly allows readers into his addiction-ravaged community. We see how heroin nearly claimed his life on multiple occasions, how it stole the lives of his young siblings and friends, and how it continues to wage a deadly toll on American neighborhoods--claiming thousands of lives and decreasing the average lifespan. But we also see that there is a way off of the devastating rollercoaster of opioid addiction, even for the most afflicted. Nicholas fights for recovery, claws his way out of a criminal livelihood, and finds his footing with faith and family, providing Americans with the inspirational story that is deeply needed today.
Автор: Cliff Maksushimat Название: Americo Prakak and the Shadows ISBN: 1667806734 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781667806730 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 8363.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: When one thinks about southwestern archaeology, multistoried villages and cliff-dwellings often come to mind. But on the eastern periphery of the Southwest, other types of villages once thrived. In this volume, Jamie Clark and John Speth document the lives and lifeways of the people who inhabited two of these villages - Henderson and Bloom Mound.
"Worth a read for anyone who cares about making change happen."--Barack Obama
A powerful new blueprint for how governments and nonprofits can harness the power of digital technology to help solve the most serious problems of the twenty-first century As the speed and complexity of the world increases, governments and nonprofit organizations need new ways to effectively tackle the critical challenges of our time--from pandemics and global warming to social media warfare. In Power to the Public, Tara Dawson McGuinness and Hana Schank describe a revolutionary new approach--public interest technology--that has the potential to transform the way governments and nonprofits around the world solve problems. Through inspiring stories about successful projects ranging from a texting service for teenagers in crisis to a streamlined foster care system, the authors show how public interest technology can make the delivery of services to the public more effective and efficient. At its heart, public interest technology means putting users at the center of the policymaking process, using data and metrics in a smart way, and running small experiments and pilot programs before scaling up. And while this approach may well involve the innovative use of digital technology, technology alone is no panacea--and some of the best solutions may even be decidedly low-tech. Clear-eyed yet profoundly optimistic, Power to the Public presents a powerful blueprint for how government and nonprofits can help solve society's most serious problems.
Автор: Willow Anna J Название: Understanding ExtrACTIVISM ISBN: 1138607401 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138607408 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6430.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Understanding ExtrACTIVISM surveys how contemporary resource extractive industry works and considers the responses it inspires in local citizens and activists. Chapters cover a range of extractive industries operating around the world, including logging, hydroelectric dams, mining, and oil and natural gas extraction. Taking an activist anthropological stance, Anna Willow examines how culture and power inform recent and ongoing disputes between projects’ proponents and opponents, beneficiaries and victims. Through a series of engaging case studies, she argues that diverse contemporary natural resource conflicts are underlain by a culturally constituted ‘extractivist’ mind-set and embedded in global patterns of political inequity. Offering a synthesizing framework for making sense of complex interconnections among environmental, social, and political dimensions of natural resource disputes, Willow reflects on why extractivism exists, why it matters, and what we might be able to do about it. The book is valuable reading for students and researchers in the environmental social sciences as well as for activists and practitioners.
Автор: Riamsara Kuyakanon, Hildegard Diemberger, David Sneath Название: Cosmopolitical Ecologies Across Asia ISBN: 036747736X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367477363 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 23734.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book offers a unique insight into the non-human and spiritual dimensions of environmental management in a changing world, presenting a comparative, place-based exploration of landscapes across Asia and the entities, practices and knowledges that inhabit them.
Описание: This book examines the politics of renewable electricity policy in democratic Spain. Following the introduction, four chapters chart the dramatic rise, fall, and, most recently, renewed rise in support for utility-scale renewable power, from the early 1980s to the present.
Автор: Brooks Clare, Butt Graham, Fargher Mary Название: The Power of Geographical Thinking ISBN: 3319842927 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319842929 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 15855.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this book geography educators from around the globe discuss their research into the power of geographical thinking and consider successful strategies to implement, improve and advance geography education in research and practice.
Автор: Quessard Maud, Heurtebize Frйdйric, Gagnon Frйdйrick Название: Alliances and Power Politics in the Trump Era: America in Retreat? ISBN: 303037260X ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030372606 Издательство: Springer Цена: 15855.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This volume examines the evolution of US foreign policy since Donald Trump`s accession to the presidency and the strategic challenges confronting the United States in a changing geopolitical environment.
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