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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
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
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
The best laid plans The best laid plans Sidney Sheldon Oliver Russell, a Southern governor, has a plan to win the White House. Leslie Stewart has a plan to stop him. Neither scheme comes off the way it was planned. OL15829428W
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
Southeast Asian perspectives on power Southeast Asian perspectives on power Liana Chua "Over the last half-century, Southeast Asia has undergone innumerable, far-reaching changes that have consequences not only for large-scale institutions and processes, but also for everyday life. Thi… OL16176804W
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
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
Viral nation Viral nation Shaunta Grimes "After a virus claimed 95 percent of the global population, the world changed. The United States splintered into fifty walled cities where the surviving citizens clustered to start over. The Company,… OL17903640W
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
Labyrinths of power Labyrinths of power Peter H. Smith 1 volume ; 24 cm OL1987630W
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
Dynasties Dynasties Jeroen Frans Jozef Duindam "For thousands of years, societies have fallen under the reign of a single leader, ruling as chief, king, or emperor. In this fascinating global history of medieval and early modern dynastic power, J… OL20019698W
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
China's crony capitalism China's crony capitalism Minxin Pei "When Deng Xiaoping launched his economic reforms in the late 1970s, he vowed to build "socialism with Chinese characteristics." Three and half decades later, behind its rapid growth and glitzy façad… OL20046438W
Los amos de México Los amos de México Jorge Zepeda Patterson "¿Son los multimillonarios los verdaderos dueños de México? El contenido en este libro lleva a pensar que sí. Las 20 familias más acaudaladas del país concentran más del 10% del PIB y de la mitad del… OL20057479W
When corporations rule the world When corporations rule the world David C. Korten A handful of corporations and financial institutions command an ever-greater concentration of economic and political power in an assault against markets, democracy, and life. It's a "suicide economy,… OL20548289W
Das Innenleben der Macht Das Innenleben der Macht Gerd Langguth Gerd Langguth, Politologe und CDU-Insider, liefert eine ebenso kenntnisreiche wie schonungslose Analyse des Zustands der CDU. Er gewährt Einblicke in die Machtverhältnisse der Partei und beschreibt g… OL2273551W
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