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Autor: David Mason Wydawnictwo: Rowman & Littelfield Publisher Data wydania: 2000 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-0-7425-0153-9 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 102.9 zł | |
This work explores popular attitudes on social, economic, and political justice in the former communist states of Russia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, and eastern Germany. Drawing on opinion surveys, it examines this philosophically and theoretically important concept. więcej... | ||
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Autor: Martin Matustik Wydawnictwo: Rowman & Littelfield Publisher Data wydania: 2001 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-0-7425-0797-5 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 93.1 zł | |
This philosophical-political profile offers the first of its kind intellectual reconstruction of Habermas' defining existential and historical situations, his generational profile and interventions, his impact on as well as the discontents that his life work generates in others. Written as a lively dramatic engagement with major themes of Habermas' adult life in postwar Germany, the entire study occupies a unique place between the standard genres of a biography and a theoretical commentary on the oeuvre. In this work the więcej... | ||
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Autor: Anthony Olcott Wydawnictwo: Rowman & Littelfield Publisher Data wydania: 2001 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-0-7425-1140-8 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 102.9 zł | |
The detektiv, Russia's version of the murder mystery, has conquered what in Soviet days loved to call itself the most reading nation on earth. The first full-length study of the genre, Russian Pulp vividly illustrates how Russians understand law-breaking and crime, policemen and criminals in ways wholly different from those of Westerners. After explaining why solving a crime is always a social function in Russia, Anthony Olcott examines the staples of thrillers-sex, theft, and murder-to demonstrate that Russians see police więcej... | ||
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Autor: Diana Ayton-Shenker Wydawnictwo: Rowman & Littelfield Publisher Data wydania: 2002 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-0-7425-1649-6 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 112.7 zł | |
This annual publication provides readers with the most accurate, complete, and up-to-date information on the work of the United Nations. Designed to serve international affairs experts, concerned citizens, and students, each volume of A Global Agenda offers a comprehensive overview of the complex and disparate activities of the entire UN system over the course of a year and describes their significance within the context of contemporary events. Sponsored by the United Nations Association of the United States of America. więcej... | ||
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Autor: Veseth Wydawnictwo: Rowman & Littelfield Publisher Data wydania: 2006 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-0-7425-3659-3 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 63.7 zł | |
Veseth separates rhetoric from reality by taking close-ups of classic globalization images and comparing them with unexpected alternative visions. więcej... | ||
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Autor: Barkawi Wydawnictwo: Rowman & Littelfield Publisher Data wydania: 2005 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-0-7425-3701-9 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 73.5 zł | |
War doesn't just tear nations apart - it brings peoples and places closer together, providing a new lens on globalization. This book offers a fresh perspective on globalization and war, topics rarely considered together. It conceives war as a form of interconnection between home and abroad, and as an occasion for circulation and interchange. It identifies the political and military work required to create and maintain a free-trading world, while critiquing liberal and neoliberal conceptions of the pacific benefits of economic więcej... | ||
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Autor: Finley Wydawnictwo: Rowman & Littelfield Publisher Data wydania: 2005 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-0-7425-5073-5 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 53.9 zł | |
Spanning from the birth of Christianity through the Crusades and the Protestant Reformation to John XXIII and the Second Vatican Council, "Key Moments in Church History" is a brief and accessible guide to the origins and evolution of the Catholic Church. In this insightful and informative look at eleven of the most significant periods in church history, Finley not only helps readers understand the context and characters of the past, but sheds light on the current and future Church. The result is a hopeful and inspirational więcej... | ||
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Autor: Kay Wydawnictwo: Rowman & Littelfield Publisher Data wydania: 1998 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-0-8476-9001-5 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 87.2 zł | |
Tracing NATO's formative years, its Cold War development, and its post-Cold War evolution, Sean Kay draws on his policy experience in Brussels and Washington to provide unique insights into contemporary policy challenges, including NATO's outreach to the East and its Partnership for Peace, peacekeeping and the future of the Balkans, enlargement and the role of Russia in Europe, NATO's internal military adaptation, and the future of the transatlantic relationship. Kay argues that although NATO has evolved to some degree, więcej... | ||
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Autor: Berman Wydawnictwo: Rowman & Littelfield Publisher Data wydania: 2001 Kategoria: popularnonaukowe ISBN: 978-0-8476-9568-3 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 112.7 zł | |
Shelled into ruins at the onset of the Bosnian War (1993), Treca Gimnazija, a high school in central Sarajevo, became a war school, adapting to wartime conditions by conducting classes in the dispersed basement classrooms in neighborhoods across the city. Education scholar David M. Berman, who interviewed many of Treca Gimnazija's students, teachers, and administrators during the siege of Sarajevo, 1992-1995, as well as after the war, chronicles the human drama of everyday life in a high school operating under the constant więcej... | ||
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Autor: K. Anna Wydawnictwo: Rowman & Littelfield Publisher Data wydania: 2003 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-1-5805-1142-1 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 122.5 zł | |
Created for the occasion of his twenty-fifth anniversary as Pope, John Paul II: A Light for the World provides a celebration in photographs and word of the courageous pastor who guides more than one billion Catholics and has made his mark on history the world over. John Paul II: A Light for the World features over 140 photographs - many of which seldom have been seen outside the Vatican - by official Vatican photographers who have captured the Pope's remarkable life and ministry for two and a half decades. These photographs więcej... | ||
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Autor: Walsh Wydawnictwo: Rowman & Littelfield Publisher Data wydania: 2005 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-1-5805-1202-2 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 67.6 zł | |
As the authoritative and official publication of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, "From Pope John Paul II to Benedict XVI" invites readers to savor this pivotal moment in Church history, and to go behind the scenes to better understand: the life, death, and legacy of John Paul II; the inner workings of the conclave that elected the new pope; the mind and ministry of Benedict XVI; and, the challenges he and the Church face into the future. więcej... | ||
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Autor: Wilson Wydawnictwo: Rowman & Littelfield Publisher Data wydania: 2006 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-0-7425-5348-4 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 116.6 zł | |
Gun-related violence remains an intractable problem despite a decline in the past decade. Some believe the solution lies in stricter gun control laws while others think these measures would be ineffective or counter-productive. "Guns, Gun Policy, and Elections" examines current gun control policy, and explains how it was adopted by discussing the roles and interactions of elected officials, interest groups, political parties, and the public. Original research on media coverage and public opinion, as well as a chapter więcej... | ||
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Autor: S. Bar Wydawnictwo: Rowman & Littelfield Publisher Data wydania: 2006 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-0-7425-5120-6 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 73.5 zł | |
"Warrant for Terror" examines fatwas, which are legal opinions declaring whether a given act under Islam is obligatory, permitted, or forbidden and which serve as a major instrument by which religious leaders impel believers to engage in acts of jihad. This book is published in cooperation with the Hoover Institution. więcej... | ||
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Autor: D. Caldwell Wydawnictwo: Rowman & Littelfield Publisher Data wydania: 2005 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-0-7425-3813-9 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 77.4 zł | |
"Seeking Security in an Insecure World" is intended to provide a brief but thorough introduction to contemporary security studies. With clear and lively prose, compelling examples, and solid scholarship, it will engage both undergraduate students of international relations and general readers who wish to gain a better understanding of what security means today and how it can best be achieved. więcej... | ||
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Autor: Fisch Wydawnictwo: Rowman & Littelfield Publisher Data wydania: 2005 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-0-7425-4245-7 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 87.2 zł | |
The focus of this edited collection is a thoughtful multidisciplinary presentation of past and present U.S. drug policies and whether they are winning the so-called war on drugs (they aren't!). For the great majority of ills ascribed to drugs are actually caused by the black market created by drug prohibition; the more successful the war on drugs is in making the drug trade a dangerous business, the greater are the profits from increased prices, and hence the greater the incidence of disease, corruption, social disorder więcej... | ||
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Autor: Nacos Wydawnictwo: Rowman & Littelfield Publisher Data wydania: 2007 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-0-7425-5380-4 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 87.2 zł | |
The second edition of the award-winning "Mass-Mediated Terrorism" features a new chapter on public opinion and is updated with analyses of the Iraq war, increasing terrorist attacks abroad, and subsequent counterterrorism measures. It also includes new information on Al-Jazeera and the use of the Internet in terrorist efforts. Using U.S. cases and incidents abroad, Brigitte Nacos explores the use of political violence for the sake of publicity, media coverage of counterterrorism policies and its affect on political więcej... | ||
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Autor: J. Rowling Wydawnictwo: Rowman & Littelfield Publisher Data wydania: 2006 Kategoria: Literatura piękna ISBN: 978-0-7425-3959-4 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 77.4 zł | |
Why not take the claim that Harry Potter's world intertwines with our own seriously? In this timely yet otherworldly volume, over a dozen scholars of international relations join hands to demonstrate how this vastly popular artefact of popular culture reflects and shapes our own life world. Drawing on a wide range of historical and sociological sources, each shows how aspects of Harry's world contain aspects of our own. Practices such as quid ditch dovetail quite clearly with muggle sports, and the very British-ness of the więcej... | ||
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Autor: Kunz Wydawnictwo: Rowman & Littelfield Publisher Data wydania: 2006 Kategoria: albumy ISBN: 978-0-7425-4066-8 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 87.2 zł | |
This succinct overview explains conglomeration and regulation in the film and television industries, covering its history as well as the contemporary scene. Former producer William M. Kunz shows how the structure of these industries has evolved and how this structure impacts the production and distribution of cultural products. Ideal as a supplement for a variety of media courses, this student-friendly text includes synopses of key media regulations and policies, discussion questions, a glossary, and entertaining boxed features. więcej... | ||
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Autor: Williams Wydawnictwo: Rowman & Littelfield Publisher Data wydania: 2006 Kategoria: Informatyczne ISBN: 978-0-7425-4096-5 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 77.4 zł | |
"The Internet Election" analyzes the unprecedented role of the Web in the 2004 presidential campaign with an eye toward future elections. Leading political communication scholars cover grassroots organizing via the Internet, candidate e-mail strategies, blogs, online discourse about candidates' spouses, and the gendering of (other than presidential) candidates on Web sites. Political strategists and Internet enthusiasts, as well as political communication scholars, will welcome this well researched and informative book. więcej... | ||
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Autor: U. Morth Wydawnictwo: Rowman & Littelfield Publisher Data wydania: 2005 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-0-7425-2808-6 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 97 zł | |
The emergence of a European policy on armaments is an important and politically controversial component in the building of Europe and the controversy and tension between the ways of framing this issue highlight fundamental questions in European politics. "Organizing European Cooperation, The Case of Armaments" is a valuable tool for anyone trying to understand the interaction between two European organizational fields - market and defense - and the emergence of a new European organizational field on armaments. więcej... | ||
