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Minsky
Neilson, Daniel H.
Polity Press (2019)
- EAN: 9781509528509
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha de edición: 2019
pvp.22,95 €
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No economist has written more incisively and provocatively on financial crisis than Hyman Minsky. Minsky is best known for his claim that "stability is destabilizing" - that the seeds of the bust are sown in ...
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International Conflict Management
Diehl, Paul F. Greig, J. Michael Owsiak, Andrew P.
Polity Press (2019)
- EAN: 9781509530533
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha de edición: 2019
pvp.26,60 €
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International conflict has long plagued the world, and it continues to do so. With many interstate and civil disputes experiencing no third-party attempts at conflict management, how can the international community mitigate the effects of ...
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Cybersecurity "Politics, Governance and Conflict in Cyberspace"
Brantly, Aaron F. Van Puyvelde, Damien
Polity Press (2019)
- EAN: 9781509528103
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha de edición: 2019
pvp.23,85 €
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In the last decade, the proliferation of billions of new Internet enabled devices and users has significantly expanded concerns about cybersecurity. But should we believe the prophets of cyber war or worry about online government ...
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The Age of Disruption "Technology and Madness in Computational Capitalism"
Stiegler, Bernard
Polity Press (2019)
- EAN: 9781509529278
- Páginas: 380
- Fecha de edición: 2019
pvp.34,95 €
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Half a century ago Adorno and Horkheimer argued, with great prescience, that our increasingly rationalized world was witnessing the emergence of a new kind of barbarism, thanks in part to the stultifying effects of the ...
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The Case for Universal Basic Income
Haagh, Louise
Polity Press (2019)
- EAN: 9781509522965
- Páginas: 140
- Fecha de edición: 2019
pvp.13,95 €
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Advocated (and attacked) by commentators across the political spectrum, paying every citizen a basic income regardless of their circumstances sounds utopian. However, as our economies are transformed and welfare states feel the strain, it has ...
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Amartya Sen
Hamilton, Lawrence
Polity Press (2019)
- EAN: 9781509519859
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha de edición: 2019
pvp.24,95 €
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Amartya Sen is one of the worlds best-known voices for the poor, the destitute and the downtrodden and an inspiration for policy makers and activists across the globe. He has also contributed almost without peer ...
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Lineages of Modernity "A History of Humanity from the Stone Age to Homo Americanus"
Todd, Emmanuel
Polity Press (2019)
- EAN: 9781509534470
- Páginas: 370
- Fecha de edición: 2019
pvp.41,95 €
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In most developed countries there is a palpable sense of confusion about the current state of affairs. Many things that were taken for granted a decade or two ago no longer seem secure, and ... -
The Gig Economy "A Critical Introduction "
Graham, Mark Woodcock, Jamie
Polity Press (2019)
- EAN: 9781509536368
- Páginas: 182
- Fecha de edición: 2019
pvp.22,95 €
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"All of a sudden, everybody's talking about the gig economy. Drawing upon years of research, stories from gig workers, and a review of the key trends and debates, Jamie Woodcock and Mark Graham shed light ...
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Narrative Power
Plummer, Ken
Polity Press (2019)
- EAN: 9781509517039
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha de edición: 2019
pvp.22,95 €
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Narratives are the wealth of nations: they animate life, sustain culture and cultivate humanity. They regulate and empower us, bringing both joy and discontent. And they are always embedded in ubiquitous power: stories shape power, ...
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The Ecology of Attention
Citton, Yves
Polity Press (2016)
- EAN: 9781509503735
- Páginas: 227
- Fecha de edición: 2016
pvp.23,95 €
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Information overload, the shallows, weapons of mass distraction, the googlization of minds: countless commentators condemn the flood of images and information, from television to video games and the internet, that dooms us to a pathological ...
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Understanding Inequalities
Platt, Lucinda
Polity Press (2019)
- EAN: 9781509521265
- Páginas: 250
- Fecha de edición: 2019
pvp.24,95 €
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Bringing together the most recent empirical evidence and the latest theoretical debates, this fully revised new edition gets to grips with a broad range of inequalities in peoples lives. Examining social class, gender, ethnicity, disability ...
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The Scramble for Europe "Young Africa on its way to the Old Continent"
Smith, Stephen
Polity Press (2019)
- EAN: 9781509534579
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha de edición: 2019
pvp.22,45 €
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From the harrowing situation of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean in rubber dinghies to the crisis on the US-Mexico border, mass migration is one of the most urgent issues facing our societies today. At ...
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The Political Economy of Inequality
Stilwell, Frank
Polity Press (2019)
- EAN: 9781509528653
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha de edición: 2019
pvp.24,95 €
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During the last few decades, the gap between the incomes, wealth and living standards of rich and poor people has increased in most countries. Economic inequality has become a defining issue of our age.
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The Sex Factor "How Women Made the West Rich"
Bateman, Victoria
Polity Press (2019)
- EAN: 9781509526772
- Páginas: 248
- Fecha de edición: 2019
pvp.22,95 €
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Why did the West become so rich? Why is inequality rising? How 'free should markets be? And what does sex have to do with it?
In this passionate and skilfully argued book, leading feminist ... -
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"In this accessible book, leading labor economist Bruce Pietrykowski offers a highly engaging exploration of the history and contemporary organization of work under capitalism. Employing a progressive, worker-centered vision that goes beyond neoclassical economics, he ...
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Will the Gig Economy Prevail?
Crouch, Colin
Polity Press (2019)
- EAN: 9781509532445
- Páginas: 140
- Fecha de edición: 2019
pvp.13,95 €
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Increasingly, employees are being falsely treated as 'self-employed.' This phenomenon - the 'gig economy' - is seen as the inevitable shape of things to come. In this book, Colin Crouch takes a step back and ...
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Rethinking Global Governance
Weiss, Thomas Wilkinson, Rorden
Polity Press (2019)
- EAN: 9781509527243
- Páginas: 160
- Fecha de edición: 2019
pvp.21,00 €
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'Rethinking Global Governance' casts fresh eyes upon a once poignant but now languishing concept. Its purpose is to disrupt the simple association between global governance and the actions and activities of international organizations in the ...
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The Demons of Liberal Democracy
Pabst, Adrian
Polity Press (2019)
- EAN: 9781509528455
- Páginas: 160
- Fecha de edición: 2019
pvp.21,00 €
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Liberals blame the global retreat of liberal democracy on globalisation and authoritarian leaders. Only liberalism, so they assume, can defend democratic rule against multinationals or populists at home and abroad. In this provocative book, Adrian ...
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Russia's Futures
Sakwa, Richard
Polity Press (2019)
- EAN: 9781509524242
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha de edición: 2019
pvp.21,50 €
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Russia is back as a major force in global politics, but what does this mean? Is Russia the dangerous revisionist foe that meddles in Western elections and tries to subvert the liberal international order? Or ...
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The Metric Society on the Quantification of the Social
Mau, Steffen
Polity Press (2019)
- EAN: 9781509530410
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha de edición: 2019
pvp.21,95 €
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The number emphasis of new forms of social life - from likes and retweets to star ratings and scores at work - is considered in terms of its pernicious impact in this suitable book for ...
