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19 produkter
If Mayors Ruled the World
Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities
Häftad, 2014
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
185 kr
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Can cities solve the biggest problems of the twenty-first century better than nations? Is the city democracy’s best hope?In the face of the most perilous challenges of our time—climate change, terrorism, poverty, and trafficking of drugs, guns, and people—the nations of the world seem paralyzed. …
Cool Cities
Urban Sovereignty and the Fix for Global Warming
E-bok, 2017
186 kr
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A pointed argument that cities—not nation-states—can and must take the lead in fighting climate changeClimate change is the most urgent challenge we face in an interdependent world where independent nations have grown increasingly unable to cooperate effectively on sustainability. In this book, …
Truth of Power
Intellectual Affairs in the Clinton White House
Häftad, 2001
361 kr
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President Clinton had a romance with big ideas. He intently cultivated intellectuals, seducing them with his characteristic charm and with the promise of real influence on the political stage. Yet most often he disappointed the big thinkers whose advice he sought.Benjamin Barber was first invited …
Fear's Empire
War, Terrorism, and Democracy
Häftad, 2004
279 kr
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The author of Jihad vs. McWorld analyzes how American foreign policy has gone wrongand how it could go right. In this hard-hitting but pragmatic new critique of the Bush administration's foreign policy, Benjamin R. Barber exposes in detail the folly of an agenda of preventive war, placing it in the …
Consumed
How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole
Häftad, 2008
182 kr
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A powerful sequel to Benjamin R. Barber's best-selling Jihad vs. McWorld, Consumed offers a vivid portrait of a global economy that overproduces goods and targets children as consumers in a market where there are never enough shoppers—and where the primary goal is no longer to manufacture goods but …
Strong Democracy
Participatory Politics for a New Age
Häftad, 2004
306 kr
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Since its appearance twenty years ago, Benjamin R. Barber's "Strong Democracy" has been one of the primary standards against which political science thinking and writing is measured. Defined as the participation of all of the people in at least some aspects of self-government at least some of the …
Jihad Vs McWorld
Häftad, 2011
187 kr
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JIHAD VS. MCWORLD is an essential text for anyone who wants to understand the challenges facing us after the tragic events of September 11, 2001 and in light of the current conflict in the Middle East. In a groundbreaking work, political scientist Benjamin R. Barber offers a penetrating analysis of …
Conquest of Politics
Liberal Philosophy in Democratic Times
Häftad, 1989
461 kr
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The description for this book, The Conquest of Politics: Liberal Philosophy in Democratic Times, will be forthcoming.
Passion for Democracy
American Essays
Häftad, 2000
572 kr
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Benjamin Barber is one of America's preeminent political theorists. He has been a significant voice in the continuing debate about the nature and role of democracy in the contemporary world. A Passion for Democracy collects twenty of his most important writings on American democracy. Together they …
Conquest of Politics
Liberal Philosophy in Democratic Times
E-bok, 2021
642 kr
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The description for this book, The Conquest of Politics: Liberal Philosophy in Democratic Times, will be forthcoming.
Passion for Democracy
American Essays
E-bok, 2021
768 kr
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Benjamin Barber is one of America''s preeminent political theorists. He has been a significant voice in the continuing debate about the nature and role of democracy in the contemporary world. A Passion for Democracy collects twenty of his most important writings on American democracy. Together they …
Death of Communal Liberty
A History of Freedom in a Swiss Mountain Canton
Häftad, 2015
969 kr
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Switzerland today is faced with a profound dilemma--its village life is dying, a casualty of the collision between communal norms and the need for national survival in an industrial, urbanizing world. Benjamin Barber traces the origins and evolution of communal liberty in the group of alpine …
Death of Communal Liberty
A History of Freedom in a Swiss Mountain Canton
Inbunden, 2016
2309 kr
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Switzerland today is faced with a profound dilemma--its village life is dying, a casualty of the collision between communal norms and the need for national survival in an industrial, urbanizing world. Benjamin Barber traces the origins and evolution of communal liberty in the group of alpine …
Death of Communal Liberty
A History of Freedom in a Swiss Mountain Canton
E-bok, 2015
698 kr
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Switzerland today is faced with a profound dilemma-its village life is dying, a casualty of the collision between communal norms and the need for national survival in an industrial, urbanizing world. Benjamin Barber traces the origins and evolution of communal liberty in the group of alpine …
Jihad Vs McWorld
E-bok, 2010
147 kr
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JIHAD VS. MCWORLD is an essential text for anyone who wants to understand the challenges facing us after the tragic events of September 11, 2001 and in light of the current conflict in the Middle East. In a groundbreaking work, political scientist Benjamin R. Barber offers a penetrating analysis of …
Cool Cities
Urban Sovereignty and the Fix for Global Warming
Inbunden, 2017
228 kr
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A pointed argument that cities—not nation-states—can and must take the lead in fighting climate changeClimate change is the most urgent challenge we face in an interdependent world where independent nations have grown increasingly unable to cooperate effectively on sustainability. In this book, …
