The New Corporation: How Good Corporations Are Bad for Democracy, Paperback - Joel Bakan

A deeply informed and unflinching look at the way corporations have slyly rebranded themselves as socially conscious entities ready to tackle socie...

Reducere. The inspiration for the film that won the 2004 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary, The Corporation contends that the corpor...

DescriptionSince the demise of the USSR, the mantle of the largest planned economies in the world has been taken up by the likes of Walmart, Amazon...

The culture of entitlement to protection from opposing ideas at US colleges is analysed in terms of its effects on the broader cultural climate, an...

What would happen if you admitted you weren't a good person?It's a seemingly crazy question. From priests to prisoners, nearly everyone thinks they...

The same God who leads us to green pastures guides us through the valleys. #1 New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen shares how all things a...

DescriptionA finalist for the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction A New York Times Notable Book Bloomberg Best Book of 2018 The N...

Reducere. In a revelatory work praised as "excellent and timely" (New York Times Book Review, front page), Adam Winkler, author of Gunfight, once again makes...

Contributor(s): Author: Greg LukianoffAuthor: Jonathan HaidtThe New York Times bestseller Something has been going wrong on many college campuses i...

Unlike other career books, this book offers managers a team-focused approach to neutralizing a not-so-pleasant--or productive--working atmosphere. ...

In an age of dwindling economic competition, instead of breaking up corporate giants, we need to compel them to share their technology, data, and k...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: E. M. ForsterEssays that applaud democracy's toleration of individual freedom and self-criticism and deplore its encouragem...

Reducere. Everyone hates poorly-run meetings-they're a waste of time, and people dread them. If you consistently lead bad meetings, you lose trust and credib...

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DescriptionA stellar group of America's leading political thinkers explore how to reboot our democracy The presidential election of 2016 highlighte...

From longtime labor organizer Jane McAlevey, a vital call-to-arms in favor of unions, a key force capable of defending our democracyFor decades, ra...

Reducere. We like to think of ourselves, our friends, and our families as decent people. We may not be saints, but we are still honest, relatively kind, and ...

Reducere. The church used to be recognized as a force for good, but this is changing rapidly. Christians are now often seen as the bad guys, losing both resp...

Reducere. Democracy and higher education are inextricably linked: universities not only have the ability to be key arbiters of how democracy is advanced, but...

DescriptionWhy we're better off treating corporations as people under the law--and making them behave like citizens Are corporations people? The U....

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Reducere. What happens when a democratic theory professor gets involved with the Democratic Party? In this political memoir, Claire Snyder-Hall shares lesson...

Publisher: New Directions Publishing CorporationAuthor(s): Lawrence FerlinghettiNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 1995Dimensions: 134 x 202 x 2...

Reducere. Are You a Good Witch or a Bad Witch? Or perhaps you are a witch who simply wants to make some dramatic, positive changes. The next time you are dow...

Eminent Corporations. The Rise and Fall of the Great British Corporation - Andrew Simms, David Boyle

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A lively, surprising, and necessary guide to navigating our food choices - is a certain food OK for your health? OK for the environment? How do I k...

Reducere. A TRIBUTE TO THE PEE DEESome people think about being kind others talk about being kind. However, A PeeDeeian: One who is raised in the Pee Dee Reg...

The author puts forward a radical alternative to the endless complaints about reality TV, throwaway movies and violent video games. In this title, ...

In Music and Autism: Speaking for Ourselves, renowned ethnomusicologist Michael Bakan engages in deep conversations-some spanning the course of yea...

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Publisher: Christian Focus Publications LtdAuthor(s): Mark CoppengerNumber of pages: 192Collection: The Big TenPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 19...

How middle-class economic dependence on the state impedes democratization and contributes to authoritarian resilience Conventional wisdom holds tha...

Hackers as vital disruptors, inspiring a new wave of activism in which ordinary citizens take back democracy. Hackers have a bad reputation, as sha...

Contributor(s): Author: Christian B. MillerWe like to think of ourselves, our friends, and our families as decent people. We may not be saints, but...

Reducere. How the new conspiracists are undermining democracy--and what can be done about itConspiracy theories are as old as politics. But conspiracists tod...

The former special assistant for legislative affairs to President Clinton, president of the American Constitution Society, and author of the "damn ...

How to Lose WWII is an engrossing, fact-filled collection from Bill Fawcett that sheds light on the biggest, and dumbest, screw-ups of the Great Wa...

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DescriptionBorn to Slovenian peasants, Louis Adamic commanded crowds, met with FDR and Truman, and built a prolific career as an author and journal...

Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing CoAuthor(s): Luke BrethertonNumber of pages: 480Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 224 x 38Cover type...

"An urgent manifesto for the reconstruction of democratic belonging in our troubled times." --Davide PanagiaAcross the world, democracies are suffe...

Reducere. Bad News is a response to Thomas Frank's 2004 book What's the Matter with Kansas. I ask the same question he asked about the right, but about the l...

Takes on received wisdom about gay identities and gay rights, arguing that we are not "almost there, " but on the contrary have settled for a water...

A powerful selection of Susan Howe's key essays, The Quarry moves backward chronologically, from her brand-new -Vagrancy in the Park- (about Wallac...

Reducere. Al Dunlap is an original: an outspoken, irascible executive with an incredible track record of injecting new life into tired companies. The busines...

Do you struggle with intense emotion and uncertainty? Does moving forward from your past feel impossible? Are those fears and anxieties holding you...

Reducere. An up-close look at the education arms race of after-school learning, academic competitions, and the perceived failure of even our best schools to ...

An all-new original series featuring the art of viral sensation Joe Whale, AKA the Doodle Boy, and fan-favourite Eric Luper!Publisher: Scholastic U...