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    A People's History of...

    A People's History of the United States 1492-Present

    Zeer dikke hardback in goede staat. Stofomslag lichte gebruikssporen. Engelstalig.

    Since its original landmark publication in 1980, A People's History of the United States has been chronicling American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version of history taught in schools -- with its emphasis on great men in high places -- to focus on the street, the home, and the, workplace.

    Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. As historian Howard Zinn shows, many of our country's greatest battles -- the fights for a fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, health and safety standards, universal suffrage, women's rights, racial equality -- were carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance. Covering Christopher Columbus's arrival through President Clinton's first term, A People's History of the United States, which was nominated for the American Book Award in 1981, features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history.

    Revised, updated, and featuring a new after, word by the author, this special twentieth anniversary edition continues Zinn's important contribution to a complete and balanced understanding of American history.

    Howard Zinn;

    € 20,00

    The Power of Identity...

    The Power of Identity - The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture Vol. II

    Mooi exemplaar. Paperback in zeer goede staat. Engelstalig.

    The Power of Identity is the second volume of Manuel Castells' trilogy, The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture. It deals with the social, political, and cultural dynamics associated with the technological transformation of our societies and with the globalization of the economy. It analyzes the importance of cultural, religious, and national identities as sources of meaning for people, and the implications of these identities for social movements. It studies grassroots mobilizations against the unfettered globalization of wealth and power, and considers the formation of alternative projects of social organization, as represented by the environmental movement and the women's movement. It also analyzes the crisis of the nation-state and its transformation into a network state, and the effects on political democracies of the difficulties of international governance and the submission of political representation to the dictates of media politics and the politics of scandal. This substantially expanded second edition updates and elaborates the analysis of these themes, adding new sections on al-Qaeda and global terrorist networks, on the anti-globalization movement, on American unilateralism and the conflicts of global governance, on the crisis of political legitimacy throughout the world, and on the theory of the network state.

    Manuel Castells;

    € 20,00

    My Beloved World

    My Beloved World

    Dikke hardback in zeer goede staat. Stofomslag. Engelstalig. Geillustreerd.

    The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by a sitting Justice, she recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a journey that offers an inspiring testament to her own extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself.

    Here is the story of a precarious childhood, with an alcoholic father (who would die when she was nine) and a devoted but overburdened mother, and of the refuge a little girl took from the turmoil at home with her passionately spirited paternal grandmother. But it was when she was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes that the precocious Sonia recognized she must ultimately depend on herself.  She would learn to give herself the insulin shots she needed to survive and soon imagined a path to a different life. With only television characters for her professional role models, and little understanding of what was involved, she determined to become a lawyer, a dream that would sustain her on an unlikely course, from valedictorian of her high school class to the highest honors at Princeton, Yale Law School, the New York County District Attorney’s office, private practice, and appointment to the Federal District Court before the age of forty. Along the way we see how she was shaped by her invaluable mentors, a failed marriage, and the modern version of extended family she has created from cherished friends and their children. Through her still-astonished eyes, America’s infinite possibilities are envisioned anew in this warm and honest book, destined to become a classic of self-invention and self-discovery.

    Sonia Sotomayor;

    € 14,00
    € 5,00

    The Political Brain

    The Political Brain

    Linnen band. Dikke hardback in zeer goede staat. Met stofomslag. Engelstalig.

    The Political Brain is a groundbreaking investigation into the role of emotion in determining the political life of the nation. For two decades Drew Westen, professor of psychology and psychiatry at Emory University, has explored a theory of the mind that differs substantially from the more "dispassionate" notions held by most cognitive psychologists, political scientists, and economists—and Democratic campaign strategists. The idea of the mind as a cool calculator that makes decisions by weighing the evidence bears no relation to how the brain actually works. When political candidates assume voters dispassionately make decisions based on "the issues," they lose. That's why only one Democrat has been re-elected to the presidency since Franklin Roosevelt—and only one Republican has failed in that quest.

    In politics, when reason and emotion collide, emotion invariably wins. Elections are decided in the marketplace of emotions, a marketplace filled with values, images, analogies, moral sentiments, and moving oratory, in which logic plays only a supporting role. Westen shows, through a whistle-stop journey through the evolution of the passionate brain and a bravura tour through fifty years of American presidential and national elections, why campaigns succeed and fail. The evidence is overwhelming that three things determine how people vote, in this order: their feelings toward the parties and their principles, their feelings toward the candidates, and, if they haven't decided by then, their feelings toward the candidates' policy positions.

    Westen turns conventional political analyses on their head, suggesting that the question for Democratic politics isn't so much about moving to the right or the left but about moving the electorate. He shows how it can be done through examples of what candidates have said—or could have said—in debates, speeches, and ads. Westen's discoveries could utterly transform electoral arithmetic, showing how a different view of the mind and brain leads to a different way of talking with voters about issues that have tied the tongues of Democrats for much of forty years—such as abortion, guns, taxes, and race. You can't change the structure of the brain. But you can change the way you appeal to it. And here's how…

    Drew Westen;

    € 20,00

    Back from the Brink

    Back from the Brink

    Mooi exemplaar. Dikke hardback met stofomslag als nieuw. Engelstalig.

    In the late summer of 2007, shares of Northern Rock went into free-fall, causing a run on the bank - the first in over 150 years. Northern Rock proved to be only the first. Twelve months later, as the world was engulfed in the worst banking crisis for more than a century, one of its largest banks, RBS, came within hours of collapse. Back from the Brink tells the gripping story of Alistair Darling's one thousand days in Number 11 Downing Street. As Chancellor, he had to avert the collapse of RBS hours before the cash machines would have ceased to function; at the eleventh hour, he stopped Barclays from acquiring Lehman Brothers in order to protect UK taxpayers; he used anti-terror legislation to stop Icelandic banks from withdrawing funds from Britain. From crisis talks in Washington, to dramatic meetings with the titans of international banking, to dealing with the massive political and economic fallout in the UK, Darling places the reader in the rooms where the destinies of millions weighed heavily on the shoulders of a few. His book is also a candid account of life in the Downing Street pressure cooker and his relationship with Gordon Brown during the last years of New Labour. Back from the Brink is a vivid and immediate depiction of the British government's handling of an unprecedented global financial catastrophe. Alistair Darling's knowledge and understanding provide a unique perspective on the events that rocked international capitalism. It is also a vital historical document.

    Alistair Darling;

    € 18,50

    The Economics of Enough

    The Economics of Enough

    Linnen band. Hardback in goede staat. Stofomslag. Lichte gebruikssporen. Engelstalig.

    The world's leading economies are facing not just one but many crises. The financial meltdown may not be over, climate change threatens major global disruption, economic inequality has reached extremes not seen for a century, and government and business are widely distrusted. At the same time, many people regret the consumerism and social corrosion of modern life. What these crises have in common, Diane Coyle argues, is a reckless disregard for the future--especially in the way the economy is run. How can we achieve the financial growth we need today without sacrificing a decent future for our children, our societies, and our planet? How can we realize what Coyle calls "the Economics of Enough"?

    Running the economy for tomorrow as well as today will require a wide range of policy changes. The top priority must be ensuring that we get a true picture of long-term economic prospects, with the development of official statistics on national wealth in its broadest sense, including natural and human resources. Saving and investment will need to be encouraged over current consumption. Above all, governments will need to engage citizens in a process of debate about the difficult choices that lie ahead and rebuild a shared commitment to the future of our societies.

    Creating a sustainable economy--having enough to be happy without cheating the future--won't be easy. But The Economics of Enough starts a profoundly important conversation about how we can begin--and the first steps we need to take.

    Diane Coyle;

    € 11,00

    A Demon of Our Own Design

    A Demon of Our Own Design

    Hardback met stofomslag in zeer goede staat. Engelstalig.

    It's Wall Street's most painful paradox. Investors are more sophisticated than ever, are enabled by unprecedented technology, and protected by more government oversight and regulation than at any other time in history. Yet Wall Street is becoming a riskier and riskier place. Crashes and catastrophic losses seem commonplace. Hedge funds wreck on the financial shoals with a disturbingly familiar pattern. Worse, today's financial crises do not arise from economic instability or acts of nature, but from the very design of the financial markets themselves.

    In A Demon of Our Own Design, Richard Bookstaber paints a vivid picture of a financial world that is ever edging toward disaster. As a hedge fund 'rocket scientist,' Bookstaber provides an insider's perspective to the tumultuous management decisions made by some of the world's most powerful financial figures from Warren Buffett to Sandy Weill to John Meriwether,as well as recounting his own contribution to market calamities. He designed some of the complex options and derivatives that, combined with the globalization of the world's markets and the ever-increasing speed of transactions, allow markets to slide out of control. And he explains why the best efforts of institutions on the front lines to create safeguards, manage risk, and regulate the markets may end up contributing to instability. Bookstaber argues that many of the financial innovations and regulations that are supposed to level the playing field instead make the markets more dangerous for all the players, big and small.

    Drawing on his intimate knowledge of such infamous disasters as the 1987 Crash and the demise of Long-Term Capital Management, Bookstaber identifies the key areas that make markets vulnerable: liquidity that begets greater leverage; innovation that creates greater complexity; and a structure that demands a nonhuman level of rationality. The twofold solution he suggests—reducing complexity and breaking the tight coupling of transactions—goes against the prevailing winds of Wall Street, but will lead to a more robust and survivable market.

    Richard Bookstaber;

    € 6,99

    Strategisch...

    Strategisch partnerschap. Wat is wijsheid?

    Mooi exemplaar. Paperback als nieuw.

    Er is al veel geschreven over falende bestuurders en toezichthouders, ook in het semipublieke domein. Het wordt tijd om op basis van de lessons learned op zoek te gaan naar een nieuw perspectief op governance. Als reactie op de misstanden is de ontwikkeling van de governance de laatste jaren nogal technisch en procedureel van aard geweest. De regels en het afvinkgedrag leken te domineren. Angst en wantrouwen overheersten. In Strategisch partnerschap: wat is wijsheid? wordt een nieuw concept van governance gelanceerd, waarin bestuur en intern toezicht zich op een andere manier tot elkaar en andere betrokkenen verhouden. Bij strategisch partnerschap staat niet de procedurele omgang maar het inhoudelijk debat centraal. Rienk Goodijk laat aan de hand van zijn onderzoek naar betere practices en vele praktijkervaringen zien dat een dergelijke verhouding tussen bestuur en toezicht, aan de 'voorkant' en in betrokkenheid met stakeholders, veel kan opleveren. Niet het afvinken maar de aanspreekbaarheid leidt tot substantiële verbeteringen. Rolvastheid verandert in rolbewustzijn. Dat vraagt wijsheid ... Met een korte introductie van Jaap Winter:"dit boek geeft waardevolle handreikingen en inzichten om als bestuurders en toezichthouders te oefenen in wederzijds leren". Over de auteur Prof. dr. ir. Rienk Goodijk (1956) is werkzaam als senior adviseur op het gebied van bestuur en toezicht bij GITP en sinds 2015 tevens als bijzonder hoogleraar Governance in het semipublieke domein verbonden aan het Zijlstra Center van de VU in Amsterdam. Eerder hield hij zich als bijzonder hoogleraar Corporate governance en medezeggenschap aan de RU Groningen bezig met de ontwikkeling van het bestuurlijk functioneren en de betrokkenheid van stakeholders in de private sector. Later was hij nog bijzonder hoogleraar Governance in de semipublieke sector bij TiasNimbas van Tilburg University. Hij probeert als bedrijfskundige afgestudeerd aan de Universiteit van Twente wetenschap en praktijk met elkaar te verbinden en stimuleert de multidisciplinaire benadering van het thema governance. De laatste jaren richten zijn onderzoek en advisering zich vooral op de kwaliteit van bestuur en intern toezicht binnen (semi)publieke organisaties. Met name de onderlinge relatie tussen bestuur en toezicht heeft daarbij zijn aandacht. Als academic director is hij mede verantwoordelijk voor opleidingsactiviteiten voor bestuurders en toezichthouders.Goodijk is een veelgevraagd spreker op congressen en studiebijeenkomsten en heeft inmiddels een tiental boeken en vele publicaties op zijn naam staan, onder andere over de herwaardering van Rijnlandse principes, de oorzaken en patronen van falend toezicht en nieuwe inzichten op het gebied van governance. Ook is hij lid van diverse advies- en toezichthoudende organen.

    Rienk Goodijk;

    € 11,50

    Unbalanced, The...

    Unbalanced, The Codependency of America and China

    Dikke hardback met stofomslag in zeer goede staat. Engelstalig.

    The Chinese and U.S. economies have been locked in an uncomfortable embrace since the late 1970s. Although the relationship initially arose out of mutual benefits, in recent years it has taken on the trappings of an unstable codependence, with the two largest economies in the world losing their sense of self, increasing the risk of their turning on one another in a destructive fashion. In Unbalanced: The Codependency of America and China Stephen Roach, senior fellow at Yale University and former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, lays bare the pitfalls of the current China-U.S. economic relationship. He highlights the conflicts at the center of current tensions, including disputes over trade policies and intellectual property rights, sharp contrasts in leadership styles, the role of the Internet, the recent dispute over cyberhacking, and more. A firsthand witness to the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s, Roach likely knows more about the U.S.-China economic relationship than any other Westerner. Here he discusses: * Why America saving too little and China saving too much creates mounting problems for both* How China is planning to re-boot its economic growth model by moving from an external export-led model to one of internal consumerism with a new focus on service industries* How America, shows a disturbing lack of strategy, preferring a short-term reactive approach over a more coherent Chinese-style planning framework* The way out: what America could do to turn its own economic fate around and position itself for a healthy economic and political relationship with China In the wake of the 2008 crisis, both unbalanced economies face urgent and mutually beneficial rebalancings. Unbalanced concludes with a recipe for resolving the escalating tensions of codependence. Roach argues that the Next China offers much for the Next America-and vice versa.

    Stephen Roach;

    € 10,00

    Surrender

    Surrender

    Hardback met stofomslag in goede staat. Klein scheurtje, bibliotheek sticker en stempeltjes op schutblad. Verder netjes. Engelstalig.

    Bruce Bawers While Europe Slept sounded the alarm about the dire impact of Muslim immigration in Europe. Now, in Surrender, he reveals that a combination of fear and political correctness has led politicians, intellectuals, religious leaders, and the mediaboth in the United States and abroadto appease radical Islam at the cost of our most cherished values: freedom of speech and freedom of the press. And the cost could ultimately be even higherthe imposition of sharia law in places where liberty once reigned.
    In Surrender, Bawer writes of a new form of jihad that began with the fatwa against Salman Rushdie in 1989, a death sentence born of Muslim outrage over a work of literature. It marked the dawn of an era of pressure and intimidation designed to crush the ability of non-Muslims to resist Islamic encroachments on Western freedom. In a sweeping survey of recent history and current events, Bawer traces a pattern of heightened sensitivity to Muslim reactions and a reluctance to look honestly at the human-rights deficiencies of the Muslim world. This pattern can be seen in the widespread denunciation of the Danish cartoons and of the editors who printed them; in the glowing media coverage of the supposedly moderate Muslim icon Tariq Ramadan; in the decision of major newspapers to ignore or soft-pedal terrorist dry runs on American airplanes; in the international uproar over a single sentence about Islam in a lecture by Pope Benedict; and in attempts by certain parties to silence criticism of Islam by suing writers who have dared to speak forthrightly about the religion.
    Bawer argues that people throughout the Western worldin reaction to such events as the Danish cartoon riots and the murder of filmmaker Theo van Goghare surrendering to fear. And he observes that Muslim extremists have found unexpected allies: non-Muslims who, motivated by the misguided doctrine of multiculturalism, refuse to criticize even the most illiberal aspects of Islamic culture. The resulting accommodation undermines the values of individual liberty and equality on which our nation was founded.

    Fearless and excoriating, Surrender is an essential wake-up call for everyone concerned about the preservation of our most fundamental freedoms.

    Bruce Bawer;

    € 11,50
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