Centralregeringars politik

Varför greps en fyllerist i Göteborg med tio kokta ägg i kavajen? Varför letade Sällskapsresans Robban och Berra efter en butik som hällde rom på vinflaskor? Och varför blev den holländske kommissionären Frans Andriessen chockad när han skulle kop...

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Det välfärdssamhälle som skapades i Sverige under 1900-talet har under tre decennier omvandlats i snabb takt. Urholkade socialförsäkringssystem, långtgående marknadslösningar inom välfärdens kärnområden och individualisering av sociala problem har...

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"An opportunity for readers to see Piketty bring his larger argument about the origins of inequality and his program for fighting it into high relief." -Nicholas Lemann, New York Times The world's leading economist of inequality presents...

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I den här boken studeras svensk utrikespolitik vid en tidpunkt i historien som kännetecknas av tilltagande kamp mellan stormakterna, vilket har tydliga konsekvenser för mindre staters handlingsutrymme. Efter det Kalla krigets slut p...

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"Immensely readable…A hair-raising, cautionary tale about the burgeoning, post-Stuxnet world of state-sponsored hackers." -Washington Post From Wired senior writer Andy Greenberg comes the true story of the most devastating cybera...

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I den här boken anläggs ett långsiktigt perspektiv på arbetslöshetsfrågans och arbetslöshetspolitikens utveckling. Den första delen av boken belyser frågor om arbetslöshet i anslutning till ekonomisk och politisk debatt under tre olika historiska ...

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In response to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Federal Reserve and central banks worldwide have deployed tools that past policymakers and economists might have considered radical. Programmes like large-scale securities purch...

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Sowell presents a devastating critique of the mind-set behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years. Sowell sees what has happened during that time not as a series of isolated mistakes but as a logical consequence of a tainted vision...

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A provocative and timely case for how the science of genetics can help create a more just and equal society In recent years, scientists like Kathryn Paige Harden have shown that DNA makes us different, in our personalities and in our health-and in...

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Under efterkrigstidens första decennier blev Sverige en av världens ledande kärnkraftsnationer. En avgörande roll spelades av Asea och inte minst av Curt Nicolin personligen. Detta är berättelsen om den svenska kärnkraftens tidiga historia.  ...

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The first international history of the emergence of economic sanctions during the interwar period and the legacy of this development "Valuable . . . offers many lessons for Western policy makers today."-Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal ...

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Han har kallats den svenska narkotikapolitikens fader. Under flera decennier spelade han en nyckelroll i den narkotikapolitiska debatten. Läkaren och forskaren Nils Bejerot väckte starka känslor när han levde och han gör det än idag, mer än tretti...

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"Surging sea levels are inundating the coasts." "Hurricanes and tornadoes are becoming fiercer and more frequent." "Climate change will be an economic disaster." You've heard all this presented as fact. But according ...

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'Burnham has real intellectual courage, and writes about real issues.' - George Orwell Burnham's claim was that capitalism was dead, but that it was being replaced not by socialism, but a new economic system he called "managerialism"; rule by mana...

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An explosive investigation into how the United States of America built one of the largest illicit offshore finance systems in the world. For years, one country has acted as the greatest offshore haven in the world, attracting hundreds of billions ...

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An updated and refreshed edition of the groundbreaking book that shows how people can be nudged toward decisions that will improve their lives "If you've read Nudge and think you fully grasp the concept and its uses, you are mistaken. The new...

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A call to arms by a group of French intellectuals that rejects leftist reform and aligns itself with younger, wilder forms of resistance. Thirty years of "crisis," mass unemployment, and flagging growth, and they still want us to believe...

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Irene Wennemo berättar om välfärdssamhällets historiska rötter och om den krokiga vägen fram till dagens system där allt fler välfärdstjänster bjuds ut på marknaden och den tillit som byggt välfärdssamhället riskerar att försvagas. Välfärdspolitik...

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WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE Paul Kennedy's international bestseller is a sweeping account of five hundred years of fluctuating economic muscle and military might. Kennedy's masterwork begins in the year 1500, at a time of various great cen...

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"One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades."-John Gray, New York Times Book Review "A powerful, and in many insightful, explanation as to why grandiose programs of soc...

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A compelling explanation of how the law shapes the distribution of wealth What is it that transforms a simple object, an idea, or a promise to pay into an asset that creates wealth? Katharina Pistor explains how, behind closed doors in the offices...

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As the world's billionaire class reaps record profits and global inequalities further divide nations and communities, this anthology compiled by renown activist Dr. Vandana Shiva pulls back the curtain on how ruthless capitalistic exploitation bra...

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Daniel Tudor covers all the important issues, yet does not simply tell the more familiar stories, but looks deeper and wider to give the full story of Korea today. Martin Uden, Former British Ambassador to South Korea. In just fifty years, South K...

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Five stunningly large forests remain on Earth: the Taiga, extending from the Pacific Ocean across all of Russia and far-northern Europe; the North American boreal, ranging from Alaska's Bering seacoast to Canada's Atlantic shore; the Amazon, cover...

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The fully revised second edition of this textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to theories of public policy and policymaking. The policy process is complex: it contains hundreds of people and organisations from various levels and types of g...

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A cutting-edge, solutions-oriented analysis of how we can reimagine cities around the world to build sustainable futures. What would it take to make urban places greener, more affordable, more equitable, and healthier for everyone? In recent years...

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Reclaiming the Commons: Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, and the Rights of Mother Earth lays out the scientific, legal, political, and cultural struggle to defend the sovereignty of biodiversity and indigenous knowledge. Corporate war on natur...

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An engaging guide to the various ways in which war is now waged-and how to adapt to this new reality "This brisk everyman's guide-straight-talking and free of jargon-is a useful tasting menu to a fast moving, constantly evolving set of proble...

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Throw off the shackles of formal schooling and embark upon a rich journey of self-directed, life-long learning After over 100 years of mandatory schooling in the U.S., literacy rates have dropped, families are fragmented, learning "disabiliti...

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Aligning global governance to the challenges of sustainability is one of the most urgent international issues to be addressed. This book is a timely and up-to-date compilation of the main pieces of the global environmental governance puzzle. Essen...

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