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  • Global Liveable And Smart Cities Index: Ranking Analysis, Simulation And Policy Evaluation

    by Khee Giap Tan, Tao Oei Lim, Yanjiang Zhang, Isaac Yang En Tan ...
    A rising proportion of the global population are moving to cities in search of a better standard of living. However, although urbanisation has its benefits, unchecked urbanisation can lead to a host of challenges, such as congestion and limited access to public services. As such, the concept of urban liveability has been garnering more attention from policymakers and academics who are interested ... Read more

    133,44 €

  • Los Factores Criminógenos Ahora En El Territorio Nacional

    by Aurelio Rodríguez Tapia ...
    El comienzo de un malestar, que amenaza con terminar fatal, como se perdi la paz en la republica. Una serie de sucesos y errores en materia de seguridad publica, la recesion econmica, muchos jvenes, pocas oportunidades de trabajo para ellos, la globalizacin, el profundo abismo de las clases sociales, producto de una parte del neoliberalismo faccioso, nadie fue la excepcin todos camos en la vorgine ... Read more

    4,95 €

  • Idee e Metafisica della politica

    by Giulio Romano Carlo ...
    Raccolta di articoli pubblicati sulla testata ''Rivoluzione Liberale'' che trattano tematiche differenti, dalla dimensione politica della società italiana degli anni 2000, al fenomeno dei serial killer durante gli anni '70/'80 e proposte in chiave economica e giuridica su cui rifondare le istituzioni della società dell'informazione. Nella second parte presente anche il manifesto del razional ... Read more

    4,00 €

  • Elogio del crimine

    by Karl Marx ...
    Series series I sassi
    Questo testo, scritto da Marx fra il 1860 e il 1862 è stato solitamente aggiunto dai curatori alla "Teoria del plusvalore" nel quarto volume de "Il "Capitale". Il ragionamento è semplice: così come il filosofo produce idee e il poeta versi, il criminale, non solo produce crimini, ma tutto un apparato importantissimo ed essenziale alla società: il criminale è infatti l'origine del diritto penale e ... Read more

    1,99 €

  • Redesigning Urban Security in Gated Communities Using the Toyota Management System

    A Lean-Based Framework for Modern Residential Safety Challenges

    by Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman ...
    Series Book 2 - The Smart Cities & Urban Operations Excellence Series
    This book proposes a new vision for security management in modern residential cities by applying Toyota's proven methodologies—Gemba, Kaizen, Hoshin Kanri, Standardized Work, and Visual Management—within urban security systems. By aligning strategic goals, standardizing operations, and involving real-time field assessments, we advocate for a holistic transformation that addresses organizational, ... Read more

    Free

  • Chinese Culture and Mental Health

    Edited by Wen-Shing Tseng, David Y. H. Wu ...
    Chinese Culture and Mental Health presents an in-depth study of the culture and mental health of the Chinese people in varying settings, geographic areas, and times. The book focuses on the study of the relationships between mental health and customs, beliefs, and philosophies in the Chinese cultural setting. The text reviews traditional and contemporary Chinese culture; characteristic relations ... Read more

    49,49 €

  • Challenges in Public Health Governance

    The Canadian Experience

    by Dr. Claude Rocan ...
    Challenges in Public Health Governance: The Canadian Experience is an examination of public health from a governance perspective. Part 1 begins with an examination of the fragmented nature of public health in Canada, identifies some major fault lines that characterize the public health realm, and reviews briefly the notion of network governance. Part 2 looks at specific public health theatres: ... Read more

    12,29 €

  • Federal Solutions For Fragile States In The Middle East: Right-sizing Internal Borders

    by Liam Anderson, Vaughn Shannon ...
    In most regions of the world, federalism (territorial autonomy) is used as a successful institutional means of dispersing political power and accommodating ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity. The Middle East is an exception. Aside from the anomalous case of the U.A.E and Iraq's troubled experiment with federalism, Middle Eastern regimes have largely resisted efforts to decentralize ... Read more

    88,50 €

  • Rebel City: Hong Kong's Year Of Water And Fire

    by . South China Morning Post Team, Zuraidah Ibrahim, Jeffie Lam ...
    SCMP's reporting team looks back at Hong Kong's most wrenching political crisis since its return to Chinese rule in 1997. Anti-extradition bill protests that morphed rapidly into a wider anti-government movement in 2019 left no aspect of the city untouched, from its social compact to its body politic to its open economy. The demonstrations which continued well into 2020 have tested every ... Read more

    16,10 €

  • Leviathan

    by Thomas Hobbes ...
    In Leviathan, Hobbes set out his doctrine of the foundation of states and legitimate governments – originating social contract theory. Leviathan was written during the English Civil War; much of the book is occupied with demonstrating the necessity of a strong central authority to avoid the evil of discord and civil war.Beginning from a mechanistic understanding of human beings and the passions, ... Read more

    3,54 €

  • Access to Justice for the Urban Poor

    Toward Inclusive Cities

    by Asian Development Bank ...
    This publication suggests solutions that can be built into the design of urban development projects undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to address the common problems and grievances of the urban poor, and to improve urban governance overall. It also identifies successful or promising community-based approaches to dispute resolution that can be useful in urban project design. It uses ADB ... Read more

    5,18 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The State of Black Progress

    Confronting Government and Judicial Obstacles

    by Star Parker ...
    Black Americans have arguably arrived at the height of their cultural prominence. In politics, entertainment, academia, and nearly every sphere of influence, “black issues” dominate the national discussion. Yet many black Americans are suffering more than ever from the blight of poverty, physical and mental health struggles, lack of opportunity, and failing schools. How do these signs of success ... Read more

    25,85 €

  • La Terreur masculiniste

    by Stephanie Lamy ...
    En réaction aux avancées féministes, partout dans le monde, des hommes radicalisés se livrent à des actions violentes pour entraver l’émancipation des femmes et des minorités. Les pouvoirs publics peinent à identifier les idéologies masculinistes pour ce qu’elles sont : un ensemble de thèses conspirationnistes participatives, qui peuvent motiver des individus ou des groupes au passage à l’acte ... Read more

    12,99 €

  • Fireman Sam - A Magic Rescue

    by Mattel ...
    Translated by Lene Trap-Lind ...
    Series series Fireman Sam
    Norman has been practising his magic tricks and decides to make a movie of them up in the Pontypandy mountains. Mandy, James and Sarah all go to the mountains with Norman to help film his tricks, but when Norman flies his kite out of the train window en route to the location and gets it stuck, Gareth the train conductor has to call for Fireman Sam to come quickly and help rescue Norman! © 2022 ... Read more

    4,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pescatori di uomini

    by Nello Scavo, Mattia Ferrari ...
    «È giunto il momento di riconoscere i segni dei tempi, di coglierne l’opportunità e di guardare lontano.»Giovanni XXIII«Don Ferrari testimonia un modello di Chiesa aperta alle sfide della modernità.»AvvenireIl 9 maggio 2019, i volontari sulla Mare Jonio, la nave della piattaforma della società civile Mediterranea, individuano nel tratto di mare tra la Sicilia e la Libia un gommone in avaria con 30 ... Read more

    9,99 €

  • Strażak Sam - Kajakowe wyzwanie

    by Mattel ...
    Translated by Katarzyna Kmieć-Krzewniak ...
    Series series Strażak Sam
    Dzisiaj w Pontypandy odbywa się wielki wyścig kajaków! Ben i Anna są gotowi do startu. Wyruszają swoimi kajakami, ale już po chwili odkrywają, że prąd zniósł ich daleko od portu... Strażak Sam to brytyjski serial animowany, który po raz pierwszy został wyemitowany w brytyjskiej telewizji w 1987 roku. Pomysł na serial pochodzi od dwóch byłych strażaków, Dave'a Gingella i Davida Jonesa, którzy ... Read more

    0,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Strażak Sam - Uciekinier z zoo

    by Mattel ...
    Translated by Emilia Skowrońska ...
    Series series Strażak Sam
    Pewnego ranka na plaży Mandy i Norman spotykają pingwina. – Pewnie uciekł z zoo – mówi Mandy – musimy go tam z powrotem odprowadzić! Jednak Norman nie chce odprowadzać pingwina. Chce, by zwierzak u niego zamieszkał! Niestety nie wszystko idzie zgodnie z planem... Strażak Sam to brytyjski serial animowany, który po raz pierwszy został wyemitowany w brytyjskiej telewizji w 1987 roku. Pomysł na ... Read more

    0,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Decoding the Chinese Communists Art of War

    Unveiling Leninist Playbook

    by Pao Chin ...
    "Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"- Voltaire -In examining the tactics employed by the Chinese communist regime and Leninists rooted in Marxism-Leninism, the book reveals a disturbing array of covert strategies, particularly the use of honey traps aimed at fostering marital discord among potential recruits. This insidious method not only seeks to ... Read more

    7,15 €

  • Corporate Ties That Bind

    An Examination of Corporate Manipulation and Vested Interest in Public Health

    Edited by Martin J. Walker ...
    In the 21st century, corporations have worked their way into government and, as they become increasingly more powerful, arguments about their involvement with public health have become increasingly black and white. With corporations at the center of public health and environmental issues, everything chemical or technological is good, everything natural is bad; scientists who are funded by ... Read more

    26,35 €

  • Pension Policy and Governmentality in China

    Manufacturing Public Compliance

    by Yan Wang ...
    Rapid economic growth is often a disruptive social process threatening the social relations and ideologies of incumbent regimes. Yet far from acting defensively, the Chinese Communist Party has lead a major social and economic transformation over forty years, without yet encountering fundamental challenges subverting its rule. A key question for political sociology is thus - how have the logics of ... Read more

    1,05 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Prepare for Social Security

    The Insider's Guide to Maximizing Your Retirement Benefits

    by Matt Feret ...
    Series series The Insider's Guides
    Updated for 2026 rules, coordination strategies, and real-world filing considerations-so you're not relying on outdated Social Security guidance.You only get one opportunity to file for Social Security. The decision you make can affect hundreds of thousands of dollars in lifetime income for you, your spouse, and even your heirs.Social Security isn't just a government program-it's earned income, ... Read more

    6,35 €

  • Instrumentarien für ein gutes, gelingend(er)es Leben

    Ideen, Impulse und Instrumente für die Praxis und Lehre

    Edited by Martin Staats, Heike Schwering ...
    Series series Lebensqualität, Holismus und Nachhaltigkeit in der Sozialen Arbeit
    Je klarer und tiefer wir uns, andere und das, was uns umgibt, erkennen, durchdringen und in einen möglichen Zusammenhang bringen, desto größer und greifbarer wird ein realer und reicher Gestaltungsspielraum für ein gutes, gelingend(er)es Leben. Jener Überzeugung folgend geht der Sammelband in Resonanz mit dessen Vielschichtigkeit. Eine Fülle an bisher im Verborgenen liegenden Ideen, Impulsen und ... Read more

    22,99 €

  • Can America Afford to Grow Old?

    Paying for Social Security

    by Barry P. Bosworth, Gary Burtless, Henry J. Aaron ...
    Examines the effects of rising social security costs and of measures adopted to deal with them, and discusses possible ways of coping with the shortfall of available money for the aging American population. ... Read more

    14,94 €

  • Framing the Social Security Debate

    Values, Politics, and Economics

    Edited by R. Douglas Arnold, Michael J. Graetz, Alicia H. Munnell ...
    In his 1998 State of the Union address, President Clinton challenged Americans to a public debate about how to fix the long-term financial problems of Social Security. This annual volume of the National Academy of Social Insurance provides a framework for that debate. Competing reform proposals reflect contrasting views about the nature of the Social Security problem and how to solve it. This book ... Read more

    23,52 €