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Александр Черенов. Катынь: СС+НКВД – шляхта

Катынь: СС+НКВД – шляхта

Александр Черенов

Роман – в жанре исторической альтернативы, но на строго документальной основе и не в интерпретации наследников польских панов и отечественных «либералов». Альтернативная точка зрения в этом сомнительном деле имеет право на существование – вместе...
Андрей Тихомиров. Некоторые проблемы разоружения. Хроника последних десятилетий

Некоторые проблемы разоружения. Хроника последних десятилетий

Андрей Тихомиров

Сколько существует человечество, столько и борется человек с человеком за «место под Солнцем», однако, если в древности, это угрожало только ему самому и экосистеме, то теперь от этого зависит весь окружающий мир, ведь человек изобрел атомную...
Группа авторов. Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditions

Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditions

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Praise for Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditions A Strengths-Based Approach «Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditionsprovides a wellspring of knowledge, from the...
Peter  Dale. Child Protection Assessment Following Serious Injuries to Infants

Child Protection Assessment Following Serious Injuries to Infants

Peter Dale

This book is especially welcome because of the scholarship and thoughtfulness evident throughout. —Dr Peter Reder, Child Psychiatrist, London How do child protection professionals and courts make judgments on whether serious injuries to infants...
Группа авторов. Why We're Losing the War on Terror

Why We're Losing the War on Terror

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The war on terror is a lost cause. As the war heads towards its second decade, American security policy is in disarray – the Iraq War is a disaster, Afghanistan is deeply insecure and the al-Qaida movement remains as potent as ever with new...
Группа авторов. What's Wrong with the Europe Union and How to Fix It

What's Wrong with the Europe Union and How to Fix It

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The European Union seems incapable of undertaking economic reforms and defining its place in the world. Public apathy towards the EU is also increasing, as citizens feel isolated from the institutions in Brussels and see no way to influence...
Группа авторов. Young Men Who Have Sexually Abused

Young Men Who Have Sexually Abused

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Young men who sexually abuse is a subject of increasing concern amongst professionals. This important volume explores the current theoretical and practice issues involved in working therapeutically with young men who have sexually abused....
Brid  Featherstone. Gender and Child Welfare in Society

Gender and Child Welfare in Society

Brid Featherstone

Considers ways in which raising questions about gender can help researchers and practitioners better understand family relationships and issues in children's development Draws on current developments in thinking about gender relations Offers an...
Guillermo de la Dehesa. What Do We Know About Globalization?

What Do We Know About Globalization?

Guillermo de la Dehesa

What Do We Know About Globalization: Issues of Poverty & Income Distribution examines the two fundamental arguments that are often raised against globalization: that it produces inequality and that it increases poverty. A lively and accessible...
Группа авторов. Understanding, Assessing, and Responding to Terrorism

Understanding, Assessing, and Responding to Terrorism

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Preparedness is the best weapon against terrorism Understanding, Assessing, and Responding to Terrorism: Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Personnel gives a detailed explanation of how to implement preventive and/or protective measures to...
Группа авторов. Europe in the Global Age

Europe in the Global Age

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Europe's social model – its system of welfare and social protection – is regarded by many as the jewel in the crown. It is what helps to give the European societies their distinctive qualities of social cohesion and care for the vulnerable. Over...
Группа авторов. Democracy and Civil Society in the Third World

Democracy and Civil Society in the Third World

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This book provides an accessible account of popular political, social and economic movements in the Third World. Focusing on poor and marginalized groups within developing countries, it shows how these groups have been stimulated into action by...
Группа авторов. Democracy in the Developing World

Democracy in the Developing World

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Until the late 1980s, there were very few democratically elected governments in the developing world. These areas were characterized by a range of authoritarian regimes from military administrations to one-party dictatorships. Over the past...
Группа авторов. Political Theory in Modern Germany

Political Theory in Modern Germany

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This book provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the major political thinkers of modern Germany. It includes chapters on the works of Max Weber, Carl Schmitt, Franz Neumann, Otto Kirchheimer, Jurgen Habermas and Niklas Luhmann....
Russell  Blackford. Freedom of Religion and the Secular State

Freedom of Religion and the Secular State

Russell Blackford

Exploring the relationship between religion and the state Focusing on the intersection of religion, law, and politics in contemporary liberal democracies, Blackford considers the concept of the secular state, revising and updating enlightenment...
Группа авторов. The Third Way and its Critics

The Third Way and its Critics

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The idea of finding a 'third way' in politics has become a focus of discussion across the world. Political leaders, in the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America claim to be following its principles. Yet the notion has also attracted much criticism....
Группа авторов. Democracy and the Global Order

Democracy and the Global Order

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This book provides a highly original account of the changing meaning of democracy in the contemporary world, offering both an historical and philosophical analysis of the nature and prospects of democracy today.
Группа авторов. Political Theory and the Modern State

Political Theory and the Modern State

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This volume offers an incisive overview of central issues and controversies in political thought and analysis. It includes major discussions of the idea of the modern state, contemporary theories of the state, problems of power and legitimation,...
Группа авторов. Vladimir Putin and the Evolution of Russian Foreign Policy

Vladimir Putin and the Evolution of Russian Foreign Policy

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Almost three years after the first voluntary handover of power in Russian history, this book examines Putin's management of this complex agenda, and considers how Moscow's current approach to international relations resembles and differs from...
Группа авторов. Prime Ministers and the Media

Prime Ministers and the Media

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This book looks at the ways in which prime ministers manage and fail to manage their public communication. A timely examination of the ways in which prime ministers manage and fail to manage their public communication. Original in scope,...
Группа авторов. Development, Security and Unending War

Development, Security and Unending War

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According to politicians, we now live in a radically interconnected world. Unless there is international stability – even in the most distant places – the West's way of life is threatened. In meeting this global danger, reducing poverty and...
Группа авторов. The Ethics of War and Peace

The Ethics of War and Peace

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This book presents a clear and comprehensive introduction to the diverse and wide-ranging ethical aspects of war and peace. In a fair-minded and engaging analysis, Nigel Dower introduces the different ethical theories in traditional and...
Группа авторов. Women and Politics in Latin America

Women and Politics in Latin America

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This book provides a comprehensive view of women's political participation in Latin America. Focusing on the latter half of the twentieth century, it examines five different arenas of action and debate: political institutions, workplaces, social...
Группа авторов. The New Agenda for International Relations

The New Agenda for International Relations

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There have been significant political eras which have shaped not only the structure of world politics but the way in which it has been studied. The geopolitical and ideological contours of the Cold War period, for example, had an impact on...
Группа авторов. International Relations in a Global Age

International Relations in a Global Age

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The book investigates the ways in which state-centred approaches to international relations have limited our understanding of global, political, economic and cultural processes. By assessing a wide range of such state-centred work, Youngs...
Группа авторов. War and Power in the Twenty-First Century

War and Power in the Twenty-First Century

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Future developments in war, armed conflict and international relations are central to our collective fate in this century. This book looks forward by considering the forces that will drive changes in military organizations, sources of conflict,...
Rafael  Reuveny. North and South in the World Political Economy

North and South in the World Political Economy

Rafael Reuveny

A broad yet distinctive analysis of the growing political, economic, and social gap existing between the world’s northern and southern hemispheres. Featuring papers selected by the ISA President from the 2006 annual meeting, this upper-level...
Petra  Roter. Mapping the New World Order

Mapping the New World Order

Petra Roter

This groundbreaking study maps out and analyzes the development of a global intergovernmental (IGO) institutional architecture in the post World War II era. Systematically traces similarities and differences between the institutional...
Группа авторов. Forced Migration and Global Politics

Forced Migration and Global Politics

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Using real-world examples and in-depth case studies, Forced Migration and Global Politics systematically applies International Relations theory to explore the international politics of forced migration. Provides an accessible and...
Группа авторов. War in an Age of Risk

War in an Age of Risk

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Wars throughout history have been fought in the name of ideology, religion and the pursuit of peace. Our thinking about war – when it is justified, how it should be fought and how it is perceived – has changed dramatically over time. Whereas in...
Группа авторов. The Emotionally Abused and Neglected Child

The Emotionally Abused and Neglected Child

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Emotional abuse and neglect are at the core of all types of child maltreatment, and have the most harmful effects on the physical and psychological development and well-being of children. Yet they are considered to be the most difficult to deal...
Nick  Axford. Forty Years of Research, Policy and Practice in Children's Services

Forty Years of Research, Policy and Practice in Children's Services

Nick Axford

Founded in 1963, Dartington Social Research Unit conducts scientific research into child development within the context of children?s services with a view to informing interventions for children in need. Originating from a festschrift to...
Группа авторов. Women Who Sexually Abuse Children

Women Who Sexually Abuse Children

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Until recently, the topic of female sexual offenders remained under-researched, and many incorrect assumptions and beliefs still surround the subject. This book is organised in to five parts around eleven chapters. It provides a comprehensive...
Bruce Thyer A.. Social Work in Mental Health

Social Work in Mental Health

Bruce Thyer A.

An essential desk reference for all helping professionals Social Work in Mental Health: An Evidence-Based Approach is a comprehensive and contemporary guide to the delivery of evidence-based care. Covering a wide spectrum of mental health...
Ruth  Nissim. Thinking Psychologically About Children Who Are Looked After and Adopted

Thinking Psychologically About Children Who Are Looked After and Adopted

Ruth Nissim

Assessment, intervention and living with children who are looked after or adopted all require an understanding of psychology and its application. This innovative collection makes thinking psychologically about looked after and adopted children...
Jo  Douglas. A Community Health Approach to the Assessment of Infants and their Parents

A Community Health Approach to the Assessment of Infants and their Parents

Jo Douglas

This book is a practical guide to the CARE programme, a home visiting programme that aims to assess infants? growth, development and psycho-social transitions in their first year of life and that together with the Index of Need checklist aims to...
Margaret  O'Brien. Children and Families in Communities

Children and Families in Communities

Margaret O'Brien

In the past decade the relationship between communities, children and families has inspired a wealth of research and policy initiatives because of a growing belief that the breakdown of families and communities is a significant factor in social...
Mary O'Connor Katherine. Comparative Approaches to Program Planning

Comparative Approaches to Program Planning

Mary O'Connor Katherine

As a practitioner in the field for over thirty years, I have been exposed to endless 'planning' sessions that are prescriptive to the point of being oppressive. Thistext 'gives permission' to the practitioner to allow for emergence, uncertainty,...
Группа авторов. Neglected Children and Their Families

Neglected Children and Their Families

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Those who work with children and young people have a responsibility to safeguard and promote their welfare. Recognizing and detecting signs of emotional abuse and neglect is an important responsibility as well as a key skill. As well as ensuring...
Bruno  Palier. Reforming the Bismarckian Welfare Systems

Reforming the Bismarckian Welfare Systems

Bruno Palier

Gathering among the best European specialists of welfare state comparisons, this book organises comprehensive and up to date information on European welfare state reforms in an analytical framework which allows a new approach to social policy...
Адам Смит. Selections from The Wealth of Nations

Selections from The Wealth of Nations

Адам Смит

This carefully annotated selection features the main analysis of the operation of an economic system, the introductory chapter of the great attack on mercantilism, and portions of the analysis of the functions of the state-Books I, IV, and V....
Группа авторов. American Power and the Prospects for International Order

American Power and the Prospects for International Order

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The turn of the century has seen the US greatly enhance its military supremacy across the world. It has also played a key role in shaping the international economic order. More recently, however, its world-wide economic domination has started to...
Группа авторов. Nations and Nationalism in a Global Era

Nations and Nationalism in a Global Era

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In a world of transnational economics and mass communications, ethnic conflict and nationalism have recently re-emerged as major political forces. Is this due to the advance of modernity? Will a global culture supersede nationalism? In fact, the...
Группа авторов. Imperialism and Global Political Economy

Imperialism and Global Political Economy

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In Imperialism and Global Political Economy Alex Callinicos intervenes in one of the main political and intellectual debates of the day. The global policies of the United States in the past decade have encouraged the widespread belief that we...
Группа авторов. Winners and Losers in Globalization

Winners and Losers in Globalization

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Seeking reason in the impassioned globalization debate, de la Dehesa examines who stands to win and who stands to lose from the process of globalization, in a style accessible to readers unfamiliar with economic theory. Objectively and...
Andrea  Cornwall. Gender Myths and Feminist Fables

Gender Myths and Feminist Fables

Andrea Cornwall

This collection brings together leading feminist thinkers who examine the struggles for interpretive power which underlies international development. Questions why the insights from years of feminist gender and development research are so often...
Группа авторов. Law, Ethics, and the War on Terror

Law, Ethics, and the War on Terror

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In recent years the mass murder of thousands of innocent civilians by al Qaeda terrorists has plumbed the depths of criminality and immorality. Yet it is the response to those attacks, particularly by the United States, that has provoked...
Группа авторов. What's Wrong With Terrorism?

What's Wrong With Terrorism?

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Terrorists perform terrible acts. They maim, mutilate and kill in pursuit of their goals. The horrifying events of 9/11 and the regular suicide bombings around the world have made terrorism one of the central preoccupations of the twenty-first...
W.  Long. The Evolution of Earth's Climate

The Evolution of Earth's Climate

W. Long

Climate change is one of the most controversial and argued issues in the world today, and it has been for years. It has been politicized by politicians on all sides, some scientists have used the study of it for their own material gain above...
Группа авторов. In Search of Politics

In Search of Politics

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We live in a world which no longer questions itself, which lives from one day to another managing successive crises and struggling to brace itself for new ones, without knowing where it is going and without trying to plan the itinerary. And...

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