Zbirka: Politične vede in teorije
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All Roads Lead to Serfdom(2022) AUBREY, THOMAS (FOUNDER OF CREDIT CAPITAL ADVISORY)Drawing on the German ordoliberal tradition, this book argues that liberalism's reliance on a utilitarian policy framework has resulted in increased concentrations of power, restricting freedom and equality. It proposes an alternative public policy framewVezava: Trda127,68 € -
Escaping Dystopia(2022) MCBRIDE, STEPHEN (MCMASTER UNIVERSITY)Overcoming crises and forging alternatives is the most pressing issue of our times. In this book, Stephen McBride explores the multiple crises defining neoliberalism, identifying the linkages between them, and argues for radical solutions to revive our inVezava: Mehka28,26 € -
Broken Solidarities(2022) ANDERL, FELIX (PHILIPPS UNIVERSITAT MARBURG (CENTER FOR CONFLICT STUDIES))Felix Anderl's book is a stimulating analysis of the decline of the social movement against the World Bank and the rise of a new form of transnational rule. The book observes international organizations and social movements in their interaction, demonstraVezava: Trda111,97 € -
Care and the Pluriverse(2022) FITZGERALD, MAGGIE (UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN)This book examines the concept of the pluriverse alongside global ethics and the ethics of care in order to contemplate new ethical horizons for engaging across difference. Offering a challenge to the current state of the field, this book argues for a retVezava: Trda127,68 € -
Authoritarian Contagion(2021) COOPER, LUKE (LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS)This innovative book uses examples from around the world to examine the spread of draconian and nationalistic forms of government - 'authoritarian protectionism' - which provides new insight into the changing nature of the authoritarian threat to democraVezava: Mehka16,62 € -
Western Ideology and Other Essays(2021) GAMBLE, ANDREW (POLITICS DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD)The Western Ideology brings together for the first time Andrew Gamble's writings on political ideas and ideologies, which illustrate the main themes of his writing in intellectual history and the history of ideas, including economic liberalism and neolibeVezava: Mehka46,56 € -
Gilets Jaunes and the New Social Contract(2022) DEVELLENNES, CHARLES (UNIVERSITY OF KENT)This book provides a lively account of the gilets jaunes, the yellow vest movement that has shaken France since 2018. Charles Devellennes assesses what lessons can be drawn from their activities and the impact for the contemporary relationship between staVezava: Mehka36,58 € -
Analysis of Thomas Paine's Rights of Man(2017) ASSIS, MARIANA,XIDIAS, JASONBorn in Britain in 1737, Thomas Paine had a humble, religious upbringing and very little formal education. The course of his life turned in 1774, when he met the great American statesman Benjamin Franklin in London.Vezava: Mehka11,59 € -
Analysis of William Cronon's Nature's Metropolis(2017) HUDSON, CHERYLBefore the publication of Nature’s Metropolis in 1991, historians generally treated urban and rural areas as distinct from one another, each following separate lines of development and maturity.Vezava: Mehka11,59 € -
Analysis of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow(2017) MOORE, RYANThe United States has the world's largest prison population, with more than two million behind bars. Alexander says this is mainly due to America's 'war on drugs,' launched in 1982. In The New Jim Crow, she explains how this government initiative has ledVezava: Mehka11,59 € -
Analysis of Jane Jacobs's The Death and Life of Great American Cities(2017) FULLER, MARTIN,MOORE, RYANAmerican author, journalist, and activist Jane Jacobs was born in 1916 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She moved to New York City in 1934, where she became a journalist, writing for magazines including Architectural Forum and Fortune.Vezava: Mehka11,59 € -
Analysis of Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth(2017) QUINN, RILEYFrantz Fanon’s 1961 masterpiece is both a powerful analysis of the psychological effects of colonization and a rallying cry for violent uprising and independence.Vezava: Mehka11,59 € -
Analysis of Paul Kennedy's The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers(2017) QUINN, RILEYKennedy sought to understand the social, economic, and military forces that shape great powers. While earlier scholars of international history had written about ‘great men’ and their achievements, Kennedy focused on the interdependence of military mightVezava: Mehka11,59 € -
Analysis of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs & Steel(2017) QUINN, RILEYWinner of the 1998 Pulitzer, Guns, Germs, and Steel attempts to answer why human history unfolded differently on different continents.Vezava: Mehka11,59 € -
Analysis of Edward Said's Orientalism(2017) QUINN, RILEYAdvertisements for soap. The image of a lm star. We accept these common objects as a normal part of our life. But each also carries hidden messages that none of us even suspect – as Barthes demonstrated in his unique analysis of the signs that generate meVezava: Mehka11,59 €
