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It's Going to Be All Right (Paperback): Warren Bluhm It's Going to Be All Right (Paperback)
Warren Bluhm
R367 R302 Discovery Miles 3 020 Save R65 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Building Back Truth in an Age of Misinformation (Hardcover): Leslie F. Stebbins Building Back Truth in an Age of Misinformation (Hardcover)
Leslie F. Stebbins; Foreword by Ethan Zuckerman
R786 Discovery Miles 7 860 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book is about how we can build back truth online. It provides solutions so that we can repair our existing social media platforms and build better ones that prioritize value over profit, strengthen community ties and promote access to trustworthy information. This book explains the problem of misinformation within the larger context of "information disorder." It provides a road map with six paths forward to understand how platforms are designed to exploit us, learn to embrace agency in our interactions with digital spaces, build tools to reduce harmful practices, require platform companies to prioritize the public good, repair journalism and strengthen curation to promote trusted content and create new healthier digital public squares. This book presents a comprehensive and connected strategy on how we can reduce misinformation and build back truth. New, experimental models that are ethically designed to build community and promote trustworthy content are having some early successes. We know that human social networks -- online and off-- magnify whatever they are seeded with. They are not neutral. We also know that to repair our systems we need to repair their design. We are being joined in the fight by some of the best and brightest minds of our current generation as they flee big tech companies in search of vocations that value integrity and public values. The problem of misinformation is not insurmountable. We can fix this.

Crisis Leadership - Boris Johnson and Political Persuasion During the Covid Pandemic (Paperback): Philip Seargeant Crisis Leadership - Boris Johnson and Political Persuasion During the Covid Pandemic (Paperback)
Philip Seargeant
R566 Discovery Miles 5 660 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Desegregation - Resistance and Readiness (Paperback): Melvin Marvin Tumin Desegregation - Resistance and Readiness (Paperback)
Melvin Marvin Tumin
R1,286 Discovery Miles 12 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"The most critical dimension of desegregation in our region is found in the attitudes of members of the dominant white communities. Melvin Tumin, a sociology professor at Princeton University, and eleven associates...have done a first-rate job mapping this vital dimension in an opinion study of citizens of Guilford County, North Carolina...the best effort yet to plumb citizens' attitudes on this agonizing modern problem."--Reading Guide, Law Library of University of Virginia. Originally published in 1958. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Mr. Putin - Operative in the Kremlin (Paperback, New & expanded edition): Fiona Hill, Clifford G Gaddy Mr. Putin - Operative in the Kremlin (Paperback, New & expanded edition)
Fiona Hill, Clifford G Gaddy
R990 R864 Discovery Miles 8 640 Save R126 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Fiona Hill and other U.S. public servants have been recognized as Guardians of the Year in TIME's 2019 Person of the Year issue. From the KGB to the Kremlin: a multidimensional portrait of the man at war with the West. Where do Vladimir Putin's ideas come from? How does he look at the outside world? What does he want, and how far is he willing to go? The great lesson of the outbreak of World War I in 1914 was the danger of misreading the statements, actions, and intentions of the adversary. Today, Vladimir Putin has become the greatest challenge to European security and the global world order in decades. Russia's 8,000 nuclear weapons underscore the huge risks of not understanding who Putin is. Featuring five new chapters, this new edition dispels potentially dangerous misconceptions about Putin and offers a clear-eyed look at his objectives. It presents Putin as a reflection of deeply ingrained Russian ways of thinking as well as his unique personal background and experience. Praise for the first edition: "If you want to begin to understand Russia today, read this book."-Sir John Scarlett, former chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) "For anyone wishing to understand Russia's evolution since the breakup of the Soviet Union and its trajectory since then, the book you hold in your hand is an essential guide."-John McLaughlin, former deputy director of U.S. Central Intelligence "Of the many biographies of Vladimir Putin that have appeared in recent years, this one is the most useful."-Foreign Affairs "This is not just another Putin biography. It is a psychological portrait."-The Financial Times Q: Do you have time to read books? If so, which ones would you recommend? "My goodness, let's see. There's Mr. Putin, by Fiona Hill and Clifford Gaddy. Insightful."-Vice President Joseph Biden in Joe Biden: The Rolling Stone Interview.

Criminal History Record Information Sharing with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency - Education and Training... Criminal History Record Information Sharing with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency - Education and Training Materials for State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Partners (Paperback)
Douglas C Ligor, Shawn D. Bushway, Maria McCollester, Richard H Donohue, Devon Hill
R1,474 Discovery Miles 14 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Staying ON During the Great Reset (Paperback): K. M. Patten Staying ON During the Great Reset (Paperback)
K. M. Patten
R264 Discovery Miles 2 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The art of the subject stop (Paperback): Chad Bruckner, Nicholas Ruggiero The art of the subject stop (Paperback)
Chad Bruckner, Nicholas Ruggiero
R343 Discovery Miles 3 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Politics in ONE Lesson (Paperback): Kyrel Zantonavitch Politics in ONE Lesson (Paperback)
Kyrel Zantonavitch
R213 Discovery Miles 2 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
After the Good Friday Agreement - Analysing Political Change in Northern Ireland (Paperback, Illustrated Ed): Joseph Ruane After the Good Friday Agreement - Analysing Political Change in Northern Ireland (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
Joseph Ruane
R673 Discovery Miles 6 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This timely collection of essays examines the impact of the historic Good Friday Agreement, which all parties are still debating, and offers a theoretical understanding of the processes and forces at work in making and implementing the Agreement. The authors analyze the changes in Northern Ireland that were produced and have followed from the Agreement. The complete text of the Agreement is included.

From Buddy to Boss - Effective Fire Service Leadership (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Chase Sargent From Buddy to Boss - Effective Fire Service Leadership (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Chase Sargent
R1,766 Discovery Miles 17 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A good friend once said about Chase Sargent that he's "a very intelligent man, but he sure does tick people off sometimes." Sargent doesn't disagree. He may have made some people mad, but he wishes he had done it more often to get this point across: "Leadership-in all aspects of life-is sorely lacking." The second edition of From Buddy to Boss: Effective Fire Service Leadership reinforces the fact that the fire service is screaming for leaders as men and women discover that leadership is important to their existence and success. Being a firefighter can be tiring and frustrating, but it can be rewarding. It's not only about the job, "but also about raising kids, managing your life, and trying to be a good person, attached to God, country, family, and friends," says the author. Many leaders today are surrounded by external politics, hidden agendas, ?scal constraints, and manipulative people. Consider these factors when navigating your career. Sargent knows from decades of experience that simply reaching the top of the organizational ladder does not make you a good leader. Before he went into teaching this subject, "It became apparent very quickly that the leadership and human resources training being provided was as scarce as water in a desert and that the ?re service was thirsty." This new second edition includes must-read topics on leadership lessons from the War in Iraq, knowing death in the fire service, and providing leadership in large-scale disasters. This book will change your life.

Proceedings of the Convention of the Republican Party of Louisiana - Held at Economy Hall, New Orleans, September 25, 1865, and... Proceedings of the Convention of the Republican Party of Louisiana - Held at Economy Hall, New Orleans, September 25, 1865, and of the Central Executive Committee of the Friends of Universal Suffrage of Louisiana, Now, the Central Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Louisiana (Paperback)
Republican Party Convention
R403 R328 Discovery Miles 3 280 Save R75 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Power of Accountability - Offices of Inspector General at the State and Local Levels (Hardcover): Robin J. Kempf The Power of Accountability - Offices of Inspector General at the State and Local Levels (Hardcover)
Robin J. Kempf
R1,568 Discovery Miles 15 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Migrant children separated from their parents. A scheme to defraud Cook County using property tax breaks. An undisclosed thirty-year business relationship between city officials in Baltimore. These are the sorts of headlines regularly generated by offices of inspector general (OIGs) - bureaucratic units dedicated to government accountability that are commonly independent of the agencies they are charged with overseeing. In 1976, OIGs were virtually unheard of and were largely at the federal level, but today there are more than 170 OIGs overseeing state and local government entities. Why have OIGs been so widely adopted, and what do they do? How do they contribute to accountability, and what are their limitations? In The Power of Accountability Robin J. Kempf sets out to address these questions with empirical data and to examine the conflicts that have led to variations in the design and implementation of OIGs. In doing so she explores the power of the concept of the inspector general: an institutional model for keeping subnational government units accountable to the public. As more and more government entities have created offices of inspector general, practitioners in this developing field have recommended an archetypal structure for these agencies that assures their authority and independence. Why then, The Power of Accountability asks, have so many states and localities incorporated significant deviations from this recommended model in their design? Through an extensive review of government websites, laws, and ordinances; original surveys of the identified OIGs; legislative histories; and interviews with thirty-eight OIG staff in eight states, Kempf analyzes why OIGs have proliferated, why and how they work differently in various jurisdictions, and what effect these variations in design have on the effectiveness of OIGs as a mechanism of accountability. The ever-expanding call for accountability in government drives the increasing demand for offices of inspector general, which necessarily entails intense political maneuvering. The Power of Accountability is a uniquely useful resource for judging whether, under what circumstances, and how well OIGs fulfill their intended purpose and serve the public interest.

The High Road - The Future of American Greatness (Paperback): Keith R. Kelsch The High Road - The Future of American Greatness (Paperback)
Keith R. Kelsch
R470 Discovery Miles 4 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Today's Rightists In The United States - Why is reality so difficult for them? (Paperback): Dwayne Hinton Today's Rightists In The United States - Why is reality so difficult for them? (Paperback)
Dwayne Hinton
R197 Discovery Miles 1 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Sorrows of Mexico (Paperback): Lydia Cacho, Anabel Hernandez, Juan Villoro, Diego Enrique Osorno, Sergio Gonzalez... The Sorrows of Mexico (Paperback)
Lydia Cacho, Anabel Hernandez, Juan Villoro, Diego Enrique Osorno, Sergio Gonzalez Rodriguez, … 1
R404 R329 Discovery Miles 3 290 Save R75 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

With contributions from seven of Mexico's finest journalists, this is reportage at its bravest and most necessary - it has the power to change the world's view of their country, and by the force of its truth, to start to heal the country's many sorrows. Supported the Arts Council Grant's for the Arts Programme and by PEN Promotes Veering between carnival and apocalypse, Mexico has in the last ten years become the epicentre of the international drug trade. The so-called "war on drugs" has been a brutal and chaotic failure (more than 160,000 lives have been lost). The drug cartels and the forces of law and order are often in collusion, corruption is everywhere. Life is cheap and inconvenient people - the poor, the unlucky, the honest or the inquisitive - can be "disappeared" leaving not a trace behind (in September 2015, more than 26,798 were officially registered as "not located"). Yet people in all walks of life have refused to give up. Diego Enrique Osorno and Juan Villoro tell stories of teenage prostitution and Mexico's street children. Anabel Hernandez and Emiliano Ruiz Parra give chilling accounts of the "disappearance" of forty-three students and the murder of a self-educated land lawyer. Sergio Gonzalez Rodriguez and Marcela Turati dissect the impact of the violence on the victims and those left behind, while Lydia Cacho contributes a journal of what it is like to live every day of your life under threat of death. Reading these accounts we begin to understand the true nature of the meltdown of democracy, obscured by lurid headlines, and the sheer physical and intellectual courage needed to oppose it.

I Am - Free Will Democracy and Judeo-Christianity (Paperback): Francesco Vilardo I Am - Free Will Democracy and Judeo-Christianity (Paperback)
Francesco Vilardo
R271 Discovery Miles 2 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
God's Blueprint for Nations - The KNIGHTS are Rising to SAVE AMERICA and the NATIONS OF THE WORLD (Paperback): Don W Long God's Blueprint for Nations - The KNIGHTS are Rising to SAVE AMERICA and the NATIONS OF THE WORLD (Paperback)
Don W Long
R337 Discovery Miles 3 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Force and Understanding - Writings on Philosophy and Resistance (Paperback): Howard Caygill Force and Understanding - Writings on Philosophy and Resistance (Paperback)
Howard Caygill; Afterword by Jacqueline Rose; Edited by Stephen Howard
R1,851 Discovery Miles 18 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For the past thirty years, Howard Caygill has been a distinctive and radical voice in continental philosophy. For the first time, this volume gathers together Caygill's most significant philosophical essays, the majority of which are not freely available and many of which are previously unpublished. Here, a major philosopher is at work, offering rich, rigorous and politically-engaged readings of canonical and lesser-known figures and texts. From Kant and Frantz Fanon to Herman Kahn, founder of the Hudson Institute, Caygill uncovers the untapped resources that the history of philosophy provides for contemporary thought, whilst critically pushing beyond the limits of the tradition. Divided into two parts, the first part of the collection reveals the philosophical backdrop to Caygill's acclaimed study of political resistance, On Resistance: A Philosophy of Defiance (2015), whilst the second part sees Caygill further develop his account of resistance through wide-ranging analyses of contemporary culture. Exploring numerous subjects, including Nietzsche, metaphysics, radical politics, and digital resistance, to name but a few, Force and Understanding introduces readers to the orienting themes of Caygill's thought and provides the opportunity to engage with one of the most astute, learned, and critical philosophical minds around.

Watch and Ward - A History of Margate Borough Police 1858 to 1943 (Hardcover): Nigel Cruttenden Watch and Ward - A History of Margate Borough Police 1858 to 1943 (Hardcover)
Nigel Cruttenden; Edited by Meg Clare Cherry; Designed by Ben Jones
R1,733 Discovery Miles 17 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Project One Nigerian - Unlock your potential through your identity (Paperback): Bisayo Busari Project One Nigerian - Unlock your potential through your identity (Paperback)
Bisayo Busari
R663 Discovery Miles 6 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
God Speaks Man Replies - The Death of America (Paperback): Jim Johnson God Speaks Man Replies - The Death of America (Paperback)
Jim Johnson
R493 Discovery Miles 4 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Different Land (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition): Frank McMahon A Different Land (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
Frank McMahon
R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Utah's Secret Combinations 2022 Edition (Paperback): Defending Utah Utah's Secret Combinations 2022 Edition (Paperback)
Defending Utah
R473 R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Save R83 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The London Cage - The Secret History of Britain's World War II Interrogation Centre (Paperback): Helen Fry The London Cage - The Secret History of Britain's World War II Interrogation Centre (Paperback)
Helen Fry 1
R394 Discovery Miles 3 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The first complete account of the fiercely guarded secrets of London's clandestine interrogation center, operated by the British Secret Service from 1940 to 1948 Behind the locked doors of three mansions in London's exclusive Kensington Palace Gardens neighborhood, the British Secret Service established a highly secret prison in 1940: the London Cage. Here recalcitrant German prisoners of war were subjected to "special intelligence treatment." The stakes were high: the war's outcome could hinge on obtaining information German prisoners were determined to withhold. After the war, high-ranking Nazi war criminals were housed in the Cage, revamped as an important center for investigating German war crimes. This riveting book reveals the full details of operations at the London Cage and subsequent efforts to hide them. Helen Fry's extraordinary original research uncovers the grim picture of prisoners' daily lives and of systemic Soviet-style mistreatment. The author also provides sensational evidence to counter official denials concerning the use of "truth drugs" and "enhanced interrogation" techniques. Bringing dark secrets to light, this groundbreaking book at last provides an objective and complete history of the London Cage.

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