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Michael Wolff Fire and fury
inside the Trump White House
Kritische journalistieke reportage over het eerste jaar (2017) van de regering van de Amerikaanse president Trump.
Non-fictie
Engels | 321 pagina's | Little, Brown, London | 2018
Gedrukt boek
Grahame Lock Political philosophy
an audio course on Western political theory
This audio course examines the major periods in the history of Western political thought and questions the political and social order. It considers the ways in which thinkers have responded to the particular political problems of their day, and the ways in which they contribute to a broader conversation about human goods and needs, justice, democracy, and the proper relationship of the individual to the state. One aim will be to understand the strengths and weaknesses of various regimes and philosophical...
Engels | 4 uur | Home Academy Publishers, The Hague | 2008
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Koert Debeuf Tribalization
Why war is coming
War is coming. In 'Tribalization' Koert Debeuf depicts war as an inevitable outcome should the current decreasing of democracy and globalization continue. To describe this worldwide process towards more authoritarian nationalism and fundamentalism The author coins the term tribalization to describe this worldwide process, towards a more authoritarian nationalism and fundamentalism, and reminds his readership of the highly similar 1930s. The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States,...
Engels | 142 pagina's (ePub2, 0,6 MB) | Academic & Scientific publishers, Brussel | 2018
E-book
Elusive Russia
current developments in Russian state identity and institutional reform under President Putin
Since President Putin came to power, Russia's domestic political process underwent continuous changes. Up till now it remains unclear whether Russia is on the road towards becoming a fullfledged democracy or if it is diverting from this path. Elusive Russia brings together the views of four leading Russia experts on Russian state identity and institutional reform. Marie Mendras, Luke March, Irina Busygina and Andrei Zakharov share their original approaches on some key components of today's russian...
Non-fictie
Engels | 90 pagina's (PDF, 1 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017
E-book
Realist biography and European policy
an innovative approach to European policy studies
The method of biographical story-telling applied to newly emerging fields of research. Realist Biography and European Policy is the first concerted attempt to integrate the separate strands of (critical) realism as a developed philosophy for social science with biographical narrative methods as a concrete methodological approach. The main goal is to demonstrate that the combination of critical realism and biographical methods is not only possible, but it is exceptionally well suited for the exploration...
Non-fictie
Engels | 228 pagina's (PDF, 2,9 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
E-book
Tomislav Kezharovski Annihilation/Likvidacija
censorship in Macedonia
The Macedonian authorities use very heavy-handed methods to crush criticism and investigations into political corruption. Free expression is under increasing threat. More than half of Macedonia’s citizens are scared to openly express their opinions. Journalists are pushed into self-censorship fearing that telephones and emails are monitored. The case known as ‘Likvidacija’, Macedonian for ‘Annihilation’ gives a breathtaking example of power abuse as on May 2013 the investigating journalist Tomislav...
Non-fictie
Engels | 128 pagina's (ePub2, 1,7 MB) | Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2015
E-book
Bisrat Woldemichael Handiso Genocide of thought
censorship in Ethiopia
Bisrat Woldemichael Handiso (1983) is an Ethiopian journalist who worked as an editor for different local newspapers. He was one of the founders of the Ethiopian Journalists Forum (EJF), an independent association made up of largely young journalists who advocate for greater press freedom in his country. In this function he ran trainig workshops and discussions on press freedom, visited journalist in prison and hospital and facilitated medical assistance for them. EJF was accused of being an illegal...
Non-fictie
Engels | 58 pagina's (ePub2, 1,5 MB) | Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2015
E-book
Dina Meza Kidnapped
censorship in Honduras
Freedom of expression in Honduras has been kidnapped. Those who are afraid of the truth attempt to imprison it in the depths of the earth. Kidnapped seeks to expose the problems for freedom of expression in journalism and literature in Honduras, the forms of censorship that have been introduced to conceal the truth, but also the creativity of Hondurans who refuse to be defeated in the face of this oppressive system. Kidnapped describes how the Honduran state, responsible for protecting this right,...
Non-fictie
Engels | 72 pagina's (ePub2, 1,6 MB) | Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2015
E-book
Rob de Wijk Power politics
We tend to think of ourselves as living in a time when nations, for the most part, obey the rule of law - and where they certainly don't engage in the violent grabs for territory that have characterised so much of human history. But as Rob de Wijk shows in this book, power politics very much remains a force on the international scene. Offering analyses of such actions as Putin's annexation of the Crimea and China's attempts to claim large parts of the South China Sea, de Wijk explains why power politics...
Non-fictie
Engels | 216 pagina's (ePub2, 5,7 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2015
E-book
Sofie Sun Drugs for the mind
censorship in China
In the eyes of the Chinese authorities books are too often Drugs for the Mind. Sofie Sun (1986) chose this remarkable description as the title of her investigation into censorship and literature in the People's Republic of China. She interviewed representatives of three groups of authors who each have their own view about censorship: writers with no official status living and working in the People’s Republic of China, writers in exile, and those who are members of the Chinese Writers Association....
Non-fictie
Engels | 104 pagina's (ePub2, 1,7 MB) | Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2015
E-book
Bui Thanh Hieu Speaking in silence
censorship in Vietnam
In the holiday paradise Vietnam, social media are allowed only to provide and exchange personal information. Bloggers and cyberdissidents who dare to question the government’s legitimacy or domestic policies are ruthlessly suppressed. Political blogger Bui Thanh Hieu (1972) nevertheless uses the Internet to criticize politically hot topics, such as Vietnam’s territorial claims within China as well as its handling of land disputes with the Catholic Church. In response to this, Hieu was arrested, his...
Non-fictie
Engels | 57 pagina's (ePub2, 1,6 MB) | Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2015
E-book
Gilbert Monod de Froideville | Mark Verheul An expert's guide to international protocol
best practices in diplomatic and corporate relations
Gids voor het internationale protocol in de wereld van de diplomatie en zakelijke betrekkingen.
Non-fictie
Engels | 297 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2016
Gedrukt boek
Rob de Wijk The art of military coercion
why the West's military superiority scarcely matters
Mede door missies in Irak, Afghanistan en Libie wordt licht geworpen op de rechtmatigheid en doelmatigheid van militaire interventies door het Westen.
Non-fictie
Engels | 325 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2014
Gedrukt boek
Regulating political parties
European democracies in comparative perspective
Opstellen over het reguleren van politieke partijen in Europa
Non-fictie
Engels | 288 pagina's | Leiden University Press, [Leiden] | 2014
Gedrukt boek
Omar Serrano The domestic sources of European foreign policy
defence and enlargement
Non-fictie
Engels | 200 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2013
Gedrukt boek
Joris Voorhoeve From war to the rule of law
peacebuilding after violent conflicts
Non-fictie
Engels | 203 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2007
Gedrukt boek
Sanneke Kuipers The crisis imperative
crisis rhetoric and welfare state reform in Belgium and the Netherlands in the early 1990s
Non-fictie
Engels | 232 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2006
Gedrukt boek
United Nations The United Nations of the future: globalization with a human face
Non-fictie
Engels | 304 pagina's | KIT-Publishers, Amsterdam | 2006
Gedrukt boek
Maurizio Ferrera Rescued by Europe?
social and labour market reforms in Italy from Maastricht to Berlusconi
Non-fictie
Engels | 199 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2004
Gedrukt boek
Marie Muller From warfare to welfare
human security in a southern African context
Non-fictie
Engels | 118 pagina's | Royal Van Gorcum, Assen | 2004
Gedrukt boek
Politicologie