The Idea of Failed States. Community, Society, Nation, and Patterns of Cohesion, Paperback - H. Christian Breede

This book compares the dimensions of state strength characterised by community, society, and nation. By exploring factors related to social cohesio...

There have been many attempts to build a socialist society, from the Soviet Union to Maoist China to Venezuela. All of them have ended in failure. ...

The Politics of Social Cohesion examines the impact of immigration on social cohesion and egalitarian redistribution. Holtug argues that immigratio...

This book aims at the unquestioned colloquial use of the term 'failed states' and its idea that they are now the primary threat to international pe...

Culture and the Soldier offers a long-overdue examination of how culture - defined as reproduced identities, values, and norms - both shapes the mi...

Publisher: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian SchonNumber of pages: 466Publication date: 2017Dimensions: 200 x 140 x 20Cover type: Paper...

Encompassing five continents and twenty centuries, this book puts ruler personality cults on the crossroads of disciplines rarely, if ever, juxtapo...

Reducere. Advance praise forIQ A Smart History of a Failed Idea""An up-to-date, reader-friendly account of the continuing saga of the mismeasure of women and...

Reducere. Gore Vidal has been described as the last 'noble defender" of the American republic. In Imperial America, Vidal steals the thunder of a right wing ...

Drawing on family and communal records, diaries, memoirs, literary works, and other sources, the author reconstructs the fascinating story of how P...

Publisher: 1517 MediaAuthor(s): Cyril OrjiNumber of pages: 259Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 160 x 237 x 28Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farme...

Offers a narrative that tells the stories of all people in the United States.

Reducere. In the mid-twentieth century, the struggle against colonial rule fundamentally reshaped the world and the lives of the majority of the world's popu...

Examines trends and patterns relating to religion in the lives of immigrants. This book moves beyond specific studies of particular faiths in parti...

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) first argued that there were continuities between the age of European imperialism and the age of fascism in Europe in The...

Reducere. Addresses the proliferation of failed states across the world and our inability to stabilise them. 'Everything this book advocates makes sense' Max...

This book examines the ways in which the people of an Oaxacan village practice traditional cooperative and reciprocal relationships.Publisher: Univ...

Particular attention was paid to the theory of political marketing, with conceptual definitions developed to better facilitate communication betwee...

Reducere. From the time it was organized in 1880, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers recorded aspects of the history of the mechanical engineering ...

Reducere. During his tenure as Chancellor of North Carolina State University, Larry K. Monteith witnessed the state's transformation from a largely agrarian-...

Reducere. From Africa to Asia and Latin America, the era of climate wars has begun. Extreme weather is breeding banditry, humanitarian crisis, and state fail...

Reducere. This revised edition of a classic text provides a concise case for the role of the Christian college and its distinctive mission and contribution. ...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Kofi Dᴐnkᴐ was a blacksmith and farmer, as well as an important healer, intellectual, spiritual leader, settler of disputes, and custodian of share...

Reducere. DescriptionHow the billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to make America a "Bible nation"The Greens of Okl...

An insightful and informative overview of how, in the time leading up to the founding of The Christian Community nearly one hundred years ago, Rudo...

Reducere. The Rise of the West, winner of the National Book Award for history in 1964, is famous for its ambitious scope and intellectual rigor. In it, McNei...

Reducere. DescriptionChildren should not just read about history, they should live it. In The Story of Civilization, the stories that have shaped humanity co...

A revised and expanded edition of Ali's important history of how African Americans have created independent and third-party movements to expand dem...

Over the years, much has been written about growing economic challenges, increasing income inequality, and political polarization in the United Sta...

Social justice: an ideal, forever beyond our grasp; or one of many practical possibilities? More than a matter of intellectual discourse, the idea ...

Contributor(s): Editor: Susan OckertBusiness Statistics of the United States is a comprehensive and practical collection of data from as early as 1...

Reducere. DescriptionRichly illustrated with over 600 color photographs, this guide describes more than 1, 100 wildflowers that can be found east of the Miss...

A landmark compendium of fascinating articles from one hundred years of The Christian Community journal.Publisher: Floris BooksNumber of pages: 256...

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The Idea of Spatial Form contains the classic essay that introduced the concept of "spatial form" into literary discussion in 1945, and has since b...

In this revised edition of "The Karmic Journey", the author brings new findings and experience to the area of karma and reincarnation. As a past li...

Reducere. Will there be peace? Will there be war? Find out with Mundane Astrology. Here, in one volume, are three classic books on the astrology of nations a...

DescriptionWinner of the Merle Curti Award in Intellectual History, Organization of American Historians Co-Winner of the Society for U.S. Intellect...

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Calibri} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Pulitzer prize-winner Chris Hedges charts the dramatic an...

The idea of an exceptional America remains controversial. In this dazzlingly comprehensive collection of essays, some of the nation's best scholars...

To what extent do federal systems promote multiple identities and attachments? How do their identities affect the trust that is assigned to various...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Death and the Idea of Mexico is the first social, cultural, and political history of death in a nation that has made death its tutelary sign. Exami...

Reducere. One of Newman's best and most accessible books, The Idea of a University stands among the central texts of the Oxford Movement and remains a crucia...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Sonya (University of Roehampton, UK) NevinIllustration(s): 11 bw illusNumber of pages: 256Publicatio...

A global history of human rights in a world of nations that grant rights to some while denying them to others Once dominated by vast empires, the w...