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Soft Power Soft Power Joseph S. Nye "Joseph Nye coined the term "soft power" in the late 1980s. It is now used frequently - and often incorrectly - by political leaders, editorial writers, and academics around the world. So what is sof… OL1027508W
Authority and the Individual Authority and the Individual Bertrand Russell From Ancient Greek philosophy to the French Revolution to the modern welfare state, in Authority & the Individual Bertrand Russell tackles the perennial questions about the balance between authority … OL1088583W
Pennsylvania Avenue Pennsylvania Avenue John Harwood,Gerald F. Seib,John Harwood Prizewinning journalists John Harwood and Gerald F. Seib show how today's Washington power game really works, through stories of people who are making a difference on Pennsylvania Avenue, America's p… OL12459064W
Idéologies et organisation du pouvoir politique Idéologies et organisation du pouvoir politique Marcel Painchaud xi, 251 p. : 26 cm OL13510694W
Sex and power Sex and power Rita Banerji As squeamish as India is today about sex, this is also the land where queens once copulated with dead horses at religious ceremonies, where the art of love-making was declared the revelation of the g… OL13719131W
Gender and power in Britain, 1640-1990 Gender and power in Britain, 1640-1990 Susan Kingsley Kent Gender and Power in Britain is an original and exciting history of Britain from the early modern period to the present focusing on the interaction of gender and power in political, social, cultural a… OL14864491W
Who really runs Ireland? Who really runs Ireland? Matt Cooper Having money and not having it; making it and losing it; using it and misusing it; giving it and taking it . . . this is the story of Ireland during the boom, described in jaw-dropping detail in Who … OL15090247W
Poder político, élites y dificultades para la democracia Poder político, élites y dificultades para la democracia Ezequiel Soberanes Rojas El autor trata del proceso de descomposición de la izquierda mexicana y la izquierda local del estado de Tabasco, deja ver que poco a poco los priístas (uno de los dos partidos oficalistas de México)… OL15476554W
The edifice complex The edifice complex Deyan Sudjic An analysis of the role played by the rich and powerful in architecture argues that architecture is an expression of authority rather than art, with examples from buildings commissioned by such figur… OL15822460W
Ogimaag Ogimaag Cary Miller "Cary Miller's Ogimaag: Anishinaabeg Leadership, 1760-1845 reexamines Ojibwe leadership practices and processes in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. At the end of the nineteenth cen… OL15975080W
That used to be us That used to be us Thomas L. Friedman America has a huge problem. It faces four major challenges, on which its future depends, and it is failing to meet them. In That Used to Be Us, Thomas L. Friedman, one of our most influential columni… OL16141991W
The English Aristocracy The English Aristocracy David Crouch William the Conqueror's victory in 1066 was the beginning of a period of major transformation for medieval English aristocrats. In this groundbreaking book, David Crouch examines for the first time t… OL16574355W
Samurai Game Samurai Game Christine Feehan "In an underground club, a high-ranking public official spends his secret nights indulging in fantasies as exciting as they are depraved. For a seductive employee of the Dungeon, it's her job to fulf… OL16646165W
LA QUESTION DU POUVOIR EN AFRIQUE DU NORD ET DE L'OUEST - Hors-se rie - (volume 2) - Affirmations i… LA QUESTION DU POUVOIR EN AFRIQUE DU NORD ET DE L'OUEST - Hors-se rie - (volume 2) - Affirmations i… Sophie Caratini Depuis 1990, on assiste a une modification des rapports de domination entre les anciennes puissances coloniales et les pays d'Afrique du Nord et de l'Ouest, dont les gouvernements doivent composer … OL16935411W
The black box society The black box society Frank Pasquale Every day, corporations are connecting the dots about our personal behavior - silently scrutinizing clues left behind by our work habits and Internet use. The data compiled and portaits created are i… OL17149117W
Anarquia Inmanentista de Manuel Gonzalez Prada Anarquia Inmanentista de Manuel Gonzalez Prada Thomas Ward Ward, en suma, nos ofrece en este libro un completo análisis de la utopía protocristiana de González Prada; su análisis deseca las ideas de este escritor, contextualizándolo correctamente dentro del … OL1720655W
Leadership and power Leadership and power S. K. Chakraborty,Pradip Bhattacharya Contributed articles. OL17875326W
Power in Global Governance Power in Global Governance Michael N. Barnett This edited volume gathers together international scholars to reconsider the conceptualisation of power in world politics. OL19000016W
The Putin mystique The Putin mystique Anna Arutunyan "The Putin Mystique takes the reader on a journey through the Russia of Vladimir Putin, named by Forbes magazine in 2013 as the most powerful man in the world. It is a neo-feudal world where iPads, W… OL19986565W
The spoils of war The spoils of war Bruce Bueno de Mesquita "It's striking how many of the presidents Americans venerate--Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy, to name a few--oversaw some of the republic's bloodiest y… OL20037775W
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