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Contagious Leadership Workbook - Paperback

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by John C. Maxwell (Author)What does it mean to be a good leader? Do you believe that leadership is a biblical idea?Founded by John C. Maxwell in 1996, EQUIP(TM) is dedicated to equipping Christians with the leadership skills needed for advancing the Great Commission in their communities, workplaces, and churches. This curriculum, featuring Maxwell's core leadership teachings, has been translated into 35 languages and taught in over 100 countries, and has already effectively trained over one ...

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence Systems in Intelligence Analysis - Paperback

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by Daniel Ish (Author), Jared Ettinger (Author), Christopher Ferris (Author)The U.S. military and intelligence community are interested in developing and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) systems to support intelligence analysis. The authors develop methods for assessing the impact AI systems are likely to have on intelligence missions that they support. Number of Pages: 108 Dimensions: 0.23 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: October 31, 2021

Urban Informatics: Using Big Data to Understand and Serve Communities - Paperback

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by Daniel T. O'Brien (Author)Urban Informatics: Using Big Data to Understand and Serve Communities introduces the reader to the tools of data management, analysis, and manipulation using R statistical software. Designed for undergraduate and above level courses, this book is an ideal onramp for the study of urban informatics and how to translate novel data sets into new insights and practical tools.The book follows a unique pedagogical approach developed by the author to enable students to bu...

Ivan the Terrible: Leaders From Ivan the Terrible to Stalin (History of the Murderous, Bloodthirsty First Tsar of Russia) - Paperback

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by Steve Pittman (Author)Ivan the terrible was a horrible mechanic. He thought he knew everything there was to know about cars, but he was actually very incompetent. He would often misdiagnose problems, and he would always take longer than expected to complete repairs.This made him a very unpopular mechanic, and he eventually went out of business. But his legacy lives on in the stories of his unhappy customers. You will discover topics such as Russia before the first tsar A lineage of heroes ...

Innovative Funding and Financing for Infrastructure - Paperback

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by Jeff Delmon (Author)Investment in infrastructure is critical to economic growth, quality of life, poverty reduction, access to education, good quality healthcare-i.e, a dynamic economy. Yet amid scarce public capital, heavily indebted governments and increased demands on government resources, infrastructure projects often suffer from investment shortfalls and inadequate maintenance. These challenges merit renewed efforts at finding additional sources of funding. Innovative Funding and Fina...

Women's Empowerment and Public Policy in the Arab Gulf States: Exploring Challenges and Opportunities - Paperback

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by Rabia Naguib (Editor)This open access book explores the various dimensions of women's empowerment in public policy in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), with a particular focus on Qatar, comparing the country to the other Gulf states. Through its rich compilation of empirical qualitative research, the text unpacks the various ways in which women's empowerment materializes in the GCC context, providing insights into public policy perspectives in high-income rentier states more broadly. The...

The Power of Energy Justice & the Social Contract - Hardcover

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by Raphael J. Heffron (Editor), Louis de Fontenelle (Editor)This open access book focuses on the energy sector and will make a significant contribution to its continued evolution. For many years, the energy sector has been missing a raison d'etre and now finally there are increased calls for that to be justice. Hence, this book will develop the concept of energy justice and how it needs to be formalised in a new 'social contract' with all stakeholders in society. The focus will be on improvin...

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by Norma Rossi (Editor), Malte Riemann (Editor)Security Studies: An Applied Introduction offers a transformative tool to understand, analyse, and engage with the complexities of security in the modern world. This groundbreaking new text redefines the landscape of security studies with the following features: Policy-Relevant: each chapter provides analysis of policy responses to empirical security issues. This practical approach offers a toolkit to assess and contribute to real-world polic...

Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality - Hardcover

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by Benjamin Shestakofsky (Author)"Readers . . . will find a real-life 'The Office, ' Silicon Valley version, alternately comical and poignant."―New York Times This systematic analysis of everyday life inside a tech startup dissects the logic of venture capital and its consequences for entrepreneurs, workers, and societies. In recent years, dreams about our technological future have soured as digital platforms have undermined privacy, eroded labor rights, and weakened democratic discourse. I...

Let the Word Go Forth: The Speeches, Statements, and Writings of John F. Kennedy 1947 to 1963 - Paperback

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by Theodore Sorensen (Selected by)Author BiographyTheodore Sorensen (1928-2010) was a key White House aide and longtime adviser to President John F. Kennedy. Number of Pages: 450 Dimensions: 1.13 x 8.54 x 6.46 IN Publication Date: October 05, 1991

Thinking Past Terror: Islamism and Critical Theory on the Left - Paperback

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by Susan Buck-Morss (Author)Author BiographySusan Buck-Morss is Professor of Political Philosophy and Social Theory at Cornell University. She is the author of Dreamworld and Catastrophe: The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West, The Dialectics of Seeing: Walter Benjamin and the Arcades Project and The Origin of Negative Dialectics: Theodor W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin and the Frankfurt Institute. Number of Pages: 160 Dimensions: 0.47 x 7.72 x 5.24 IN Publication Date: September 17, 2006

Agrarian Elites and Democracy in Latin America - Hardcover

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by Bel?n Fern?ndez Milmanda (Author)This groundbreaking book delves into the underexplored realm of agrarian elites and their relationship to democracy in Latin America. With a fresh perspective and new theory, it examines the strategies these elites use to gain an advantage in the democratic system. The book provides a detailed examination of when and how agrarian elites participate in the electoral arena to protect their interests, including a novel non-partisan electoral strategy. By provi...

Who Is Antiracist?: Beliefs, Motivations, and Politics - Hardcover

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by George Yancey (Author), Hayoung Oh (Author)In the summer of 2020 when protests were mobilizing for social justice, the term "antiracist" started getting more traction. It demanded a more active civic orientation and a commitment to uprooting racism from institutions. In Who Is Antiracist? George Yancey and Hayoung David Oh use this flashpoint moment to ask, what are the characteristics of those who support antiracism? Who is most likely to be swayed toward this set of commitments, who is n...

After Accountability: A Critical Genealogy of a Concept (Revised and Updated Edition) - Hardcover

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by Pinko Collective (Author)An oral history and critical genealogy of "accountability," the complex abolitionist concept that pushes us to ask: just what do we mean by "community?" A concept just short of a program, accountability has been taken up as a core principle within leftist organizing and activity over the past quarter century. While it invokes a particular vocabulary and set of procedures, it has also come to describe a more expansive, if often vague, approach to addressing harm wi...

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by Isabel M. Perera (Author)The Welfare Workforce is a thought-provoking exploration of mental health care in the United States and beyond. Although all the affluent democracies pursued deinstitutionalization, some failed to provide adequate services, while others overcame challenges of stigma and limited resources and successfully expanded care. Isabel M. Perera examines the role of the "welfare workforce" in providing social services to those who cannot demand them. Drawing on extensive res...

International Student Mobility in Japan: Higher Education in the Era of the New Normal - Hardcover

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by Sachihiko Kondo (Editor), Yu Sengoku (Editor), Ryoko Nakano (Editor)In light of the COVID-19 crisis, this edited volume explores the changing landscape of International Student Education in Japanese universities and the impact on global student mobility. Author BiographySachihiko Kondo is Professor at Osaka University Center for International Education and Exchange. He also serves as the president of JAISE, Japan Association for International Student Education.Yu Sengoku is Senior Assistan...

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by Adam Lichtenheld (Author)Population displacement is a devastating feature of contemporary conflict with far-reaching political and humanitarian consequences. This book demonstrates the extent to which displacement is a deliberate strategy of war, not just a consequence of it. Moving beyond instances of ethnic cleansing, Adam Lichtenheld draws on field research in Uganda and Syria; case studies from Burundi, Indonesia, and Vietnam; and an original dataset of strategic displacement in 166 ci...

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by Robert Alexander Huber (Editor), Michael Jankowski (Editor)After reading this groundbreaking textbook, you will have a solid understanding of state-of-the-art populism research and be ready to take a deep dive into more complex debates. Every chapter follows a clear and logical structure and employs the following learning features to help you grapple with the complex topic of Populism: - Introduces the most state-of-the-art theories, methods, and empirical findings in populism research. ...

Hindi Imperialism: A Memoir of Dreams, Hopes and Betrayals - Paperback

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by Aladi Aruna (Author), R. Vijaya Sankar (Translator)'A missile in the anti-Hindi war.'-M.K. StalinThe massive and uncompromising opposition to the repeated attempts toimpose one language-Hindi-on the country has a long tradition in TamilNadu. Recent, aggressive attempts by the Hindutva regime to force Hindiupon all the people of the Indian Union have brought the Tamil resistanceinto particular focus. But this resistance has a long history. This book bythe prominent Tamil politician and lead...

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by Ashok Swain (Author)A broad, interdisciplinary and critical exploration of the range of security challenges caused by the global impacts of the climate crisis.Author BiographyAshok Swain is a Professor and Head of Department of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research. He is the UNESCO Chair on International Water Cooperation, and the Director of Research School of International Water Cooperation at Uppsala University. He is also the founding Editor-in-Chief of ′Environment and Securi...

Qualitative Research in Politics and International Relations: A Practical and Pluralist Guide - Paperback

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by Corina Lacatus (Author)The only accessible, practical and discipline-specific qualitative methods textbook on the market. Introduces theoretical issues in parallel with step-by-step guidance on 'how to do qualitative research' and 'how it has been done' in seminal published research.Author BiographyCorina Lacatus is a Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London. During 2020-2021, she is a Hillary Rodham Clinton Fellow at the Queen's Uni...

A World Parliament: Governance and Democracy in the 21st Century - Paperback

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by Jo Leinen (Author), Andreas Bummel (Author)For the first time in history, all people worldwide are linked together in a shared civilization that spans the entire Earth. Humanity now has a common destiny. Global challenges such as war, poverty, inequality, climate change, and environmental destruction are overwhelming nation-states and today's international institutions. Even the best policies are futile if there are no appropriate political structures in place to implement them. Autocracy ...

Militias, States and Violence against Civilians: Civic Vice, Civic Virtue - Paperback

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by Paul Lorenzo Johnson (Editor), William Wittels (Editor)This book examines the conditions under which the presence and use of militias result in an increase or a decrease in violence against civilians in intra-state conflicts. Showcasing the breadth and diversity of modern militias in the context of violence against civilians, the volume addresses the predation and repression that many such groups are infamous for, as well as increasingly important efforts by other militias at civilian prot...

The Community of Swislocz, Grodno District - Hardcover

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by H. Rabin (Editor), Jonathan Wind (Prepared by), Irv Osterer (Cover Design by)Svislach is a village in western Belarus near the Polish border. It lies just east of Bialystock and about 155 miles southwest of Minsk. The Jewish community started to grow in the 18th century when it became the property of the Tyskowicz counts who made great efforts to enlarge and beautify the town and conducted fairs that brought in merchants from afar. Many became permanent residents. Jews numbered 997 in 1847...

The Special Operations Executive in Malaya: World War II and the Path to Independence - Paperback

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by Rebecca Kenneison (Author)During World War II, agents of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) infiltrated Japanese-occupied Malaya. There they worked with Malayan guerrilla groups, including the communist-sponsored Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA), regarded as the precursor of the communist insurgent army of the Malayan Emergency. This book traces the development of SOE's Malayan operations, and analyses the interactions between SOE and the various guerrilla groups. It explores...

Darkness and Desolation - Memorial Book for 12 Communities in the Braslav Region - Hardcover

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by Ariel Machnes (Editor), Rina Klinov (Editor), Jeff Deitch (Prepared by)This is the English-language translation of Emesh Shoah, the memorial book for the Braslav region, now in northern Belarus. The book covers the town of Braslav, which had a prewar population of several thousand Jews, together with 11 smaller localities in the region, each with a prewar population of several hundred Jews (Yod, Dubina, Opsa, Rimshan, Yaisi, Slobodka) or fewer (Kislovshchitzna, Plusy, Zamosh, Okmenitz, Zar...

U.S. Constitution and Other Key American Writings - Paperback

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by Founding Fathers (Author)This collection of essential documents is a must-have for those with a keen interest in American history. The U.S. Constitution and Other Key American Writings is a collection of the crucial documents that established the United States of America. In addition to the Constitution, readers can study supplementary texts like the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Federalist Papers, and even important speeches by early presidents. The Found...

That the Blood Stay Pure: African Americans, Native Americans, and the Predicament of Race and Identity in Virginia - Paperback

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by Arica L. Coleman (Author), Joseph F. Jordan (Foreword by)A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2014"This tremendous book, wisely honing in on one state, one set of political agendas, and a chronological view of the phenomenon of negotiated ethnicity, is the most thorough treatment of the topic this reviewer has read. A pure joy! . . . Essential." -CHOICEThat the Blood Stay Pure traces the history and legacy of the Commonwealth of Virginia's effort over four centuries to maintain racial p...

Chairman Biden and Dr. Fauci's Monster: Revised Edition - Paperback

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by Ronald Alfred Weitzman (Author)Chairman Biden and Dr. Fauci's Monster by Ronald Alfred Weitzman is a bold exploration of America's shifting political and social landscape under the Biden administration. This provocative work delves into key topics such as partisan politics, government overreach, and the controversial handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, shedding light on what the author sees as the path toward one-party rule and Marxist ideologies.Weitzman combines his extensive academic bac...

Constitution Of The Republic Of Korea: Including Constitutional Court Act And Act On Special Cases Concerning The Prescription For Public Prosecution - Paperback

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by South Korea National Assembly (Author)NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS Constitution Of The Republic Of Korea: Including Constitutional Court Act And Act On Special Cases Concerning The Prescription For Public Prosecution Against Crimes Disrupting Constitutional Order This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve ...

The Constitution Of The United States Of America: Including Declaration Of Independence, U.S. Bill Of Rights, And Other Amendments - Paperback

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by Founding Fathers (Author)NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS The Constitution Of The United States Of America: Including Declaration Of Independence, U.S. Bill Of Rights, And Other Amendments This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting &...

Urban Operations: War, Crime, and Conflict - Paperback

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by John P. Sullivan (Editor), Nathan P. Jones (Editor), Daniel Weisz Argomedo (Editor)"This informative book could not be more timely...this volume addresses...the complex challenges seen today in Ukraine, Haiti, Venezuela, Gaza, and in places that will feature in tomorrow's headlines." - Brian M. Jenkins, Senior Adviser to the President of the RAND Corporation"Urban Operations: War, Crime, and Conflict is essential reading for academics, policy makers, and security professionals alike." - Se...