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Saudi Arabia - Guarding The Desert Kingdom (Paperback): Anthony H. Cordesman Saudi Arabia - Guarding The Desert Kingdom (Paperback)
Anthony H. Cordesman
R1,766 Discovery Miles 17 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With this multivolume study, Anthony H. Cordesman once again proves that he is a leading authority on the affairs of the Middle Eastern states. Cordesman led this comprehensive net assessment of the political, economic, energy, security (both internal and external), and military trends in each of the Gulf states, as well as the power projection capabilities of the U.S. forces in the Gulf.

The Hardest Job in the World - The American Presidency (Paperback): John Dickerson The Hardest Job in the World - The American Presidency (Paperback)
John Dickerson
R557 R434 Discovery Miles 4 340 Save R123 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Gunflint Burning - Fire in the Boundary Waters (Paperback): Cary J Griffith Gunflint Burning - Fire in the Boundary Waters (Paperback)
Cary J Griffith
R483 Discovery Miles 4 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

On May 5, 2007, two days into his twenty-seventh trip to the Boundary Waters, Stephen Posniak found a perfect spot on Ham Lake and set about making a campfire. Over the next two weeks, the fire he set would consume 75,000 acres of forest and 144 build

Glass (Paperback): Patrick Wilmot Glass (Paperback)
Patrick Wilmot
R305 R244 Discovery Miles 2 440 Save R61 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A writer in self-imposed exile in London receives a call from the Prime Minister of his former country, inviting him to return to write the Prime Minister's biography. As he embarks from his small flat in west London to the modern Caribbean island he once called home, he immediately finds himself thrust into a world of exceptional wealth, power, and corruption. In the midst of this turmoil the writer falls deeply in love. As the love affair advances, the writer's passion for the island resurfaces, until the loss of a close friend propels him to make one final, potentially cataclysmic decision that will change everything.

CJBAT Study Guide - Comprehensive Review Book with Practice Exam Questions for the Criminal Justice Basic Abilities Test... CJBAT Study Guide - Comprehensive Review Book with Practice Exam Questions for the Criminal Justice Basic Abilities Test (Florida Law Enforcement Test Prep) (Paperback)
Trivium Police Officers Exam Prep Team
R667 Discovery Miles 6 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Shapeshifting for Law Enforcement CNT/HNT - Effective Scenario Training for Crisis/Hostage Negotiation Teams (Hardcover): Ellis... Shapeshifting for Law Enforcement CNT/HNT - Effective Scenario Training for Crisis/Hostage Negotiation Teams (Hardcover)
Ellis Amdur, Lisabeth Eddy
R1,380 R1,099 Discovery Miles 10 990 Save R281 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Global Human Trafficking - Critical Issues and Contexts (Paperback): Molly Dragiewicz Global Human Trafficking - Critical Issues and Contexts (Paperback)
Molly Dragiewicz
R1,523 Discovery Miles 15 230 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Human trafficking has moved from relative obscurity to a major area of research, policy and teaching over the past ten years. Research has sprung from criminology, public policy, women s and gender studies, sociology, anthropology, and law, but has been somewhat hindered by the failure of scholars to engage beyond their own disciplines and favoured methodologies. Recent research has begun to improve efforts to understand the causes of the problem, the experiences of victims, policy efforts, and their consequences in specific cultural and historical contexts.

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Global Human Trafficking: Critical issues and contexts" foregrounds recent empirical work on human trafficking from an interdisciplinary, critical perspective. The collection includes classroom-friendly features, such as introductory chapters that provide essential background for understanding the trafficking literature, textboxes explaining key concepts, discussion questions for each chapter, and lists of additional resources, including films, websites, and additional readings for each chapter.

The authors include both eminent and emerging scholars from around the world, drawn from law, anthropology, criminology, sociology, cultural studies, and political science and the book will be useful for undergraduate and graduate courses in these areas, as well as for scholars interested in trafficking."

Political and Civic Engagement - Multidisciplinary perspectives (Paperback): Martyn Barrett, Bruna Zani Political and Civic Engagement - Multidisciplinary perspectives (Paperback)
Martyn Barrett, Bruna Zani
R1,799 Discovery Miles 17 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Based upon a three-year multi-disciplinary international research project, "Political and Civic Participation" examines the interplay of factors affecting civic and political engagement and participation across different generations, nations and ethnic groups, and the shifting variety of forms that participation can take.

The book draws upon an extensive body of data to answer the following key questions:

  • Why do many citizens fail to vote in elections?
  • Why are young people turning increasingly to street demonstrations, charitable activities, consumer activism and social media to express their political and civic views?
  • What are the barriers which hinder political participation by women, ethnic minorities and migrants?
  • How can greater levels of engagement with public issues be encouraged amongst all citizens?

Together, the chapters in this volume provide a comprehensive overview of current understandings of the factors and processes which influence citizens patterns of political and civic engagement. The book draws on theoretical insights provided by a range of disciplines including Politics, Sociology, Social Policy, Psychology and Education. With contributions from leading international researchers, the book offers a uniquely authoritative and coherent overview of the field. The chapters also present a set of evidence-based recommendations for policy, practice and intervention that can be used by political and civil society actors to enhance levels of political and civic engagement, particularly among youth, women, ethnic minorities and migrants.

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Political and Civic Participation" provides an invaluable resource for all those who are concerned with citizens levels of engagement including: researchers and academics in the social sciences; politicians and political institutions; media professionals; ministries of education, educational professionals and schools; youth workers and education NGOs; and leaders of ethnic minority and migrant organizations and communities."

The Police Learning Organization - A Values-Oriented, Ten-Minute Daily Best Practice for Reducing Personal Risk and... The Police Learning Organization - A Values-Oriented, Ten-Minute Daily Best Practice for Reducing Personal Risk and Organizational Liability (Paperback)
Les Kachurek
R342 R284 Discovery Miles 2 840 Save R58 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Big Squeeze - Freedom of expression under pressure (Paperback): Rachael Jolley The Big Squeeze - Freedom of expression under pressure (Paperback)
Rachael Jolley
R259 Discovery Miles 2 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Centaur's Dilemma - National Security Law for the Coming AI Revolution (Paperback): James E. Baker The Centaur's Dilemma - National Security Law for the Coming AI Revolution (Paperback)
James E. Baker
R1,195 Discovery Miles 11 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Assessing the legal and practical questions posed by the use of artificial intelligence in national security matters.The increasing use of artificial intelligence poses challenges and opportunities for nearly all aspects of society, including the military and other elements of the national security establishment. This book addresses how national security law can and should be applied to artificial intelligence, which enables a wide range of decisions and actions not contemplated by current law. James Baker, an expert in national security law and process, adopts a realistic approach in assessing how the law-even when not directly addressing artificial intelligence-can be used, or even misused, to regulate this new technology. His new book covers, among other topics, national security process, constitutional law, the law of armed conflict, arms control, and academic and corporate ethics. With his own background as a judge, he examines potential points of contention and litigation in an area where the law is still evolving and might not yet provide clear and certain answers. The Centaur's Dilemma also analyzes potential risks associated with the use of artificial intelligence in the realm of national security-including the challenges of machine-human interface, operating (or not operating) the national-security decision-making process at machine speed, and the perils of a technology arms race. Written in plain English, The Centaur's Dilemma will help guide policymakers, lawyers, and technology experts as they deal with the many legal questions that will arise when using artificial intelligence to plan and carry out the actions required for the nation's defense.

Armor Your Self - How to Survive a Career in Law Enforcement: Guidance and Support for Officers and Their Families (Paperback):... Armor Your Self - How to Survive a Career in Law Enforcement: Guidance and Support for Officers and Their Families (Paperback)
John S Marx
R773 Discovery Miles 7 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Kubark Counterintelligence Interrogation - The CIA Document of Human Manipulation (Paperback): The Central Intelligence Agency,... Kubark Counterintelligence Interrogation - The CIA Document of Human Manipulation (Paperback)
The Central Intelligence Agency, Cia
R291 Discovery Miles 2 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Risk-Informed Analysis of Transportation Worker Identification Credential Reader Requirements (Paperback): Joseph C. Chang,... Risk-Informed Analysis of Transportation Worker Identification Credential Reader Requirements (Paperback)
Joseph C. Chang, James V Marrone, David Metz, Sean Colbert-Kelly, Matthew A DeNardo, …
R1,452 Discovery Miles 14 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Censored - Distraction and Diversion Inside China's Great Firewall (Paperback): Margaret E. Roberts Censored - Distraction and Diversion Inside China's Great Firewall (Paperback)
Margaret E. Roberts
R521 Discovery Miles 5 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A groundbreaking and surprising look at contemporary censorship in China As authoritarian governments around the world develop sophisticated technologies for controlling information, many observers have predicted that these controls would be easily evaded by savvy internet users. In Censored, Margaret Roberts demonstrates that even censorship that is easy to circumvent can still be enormously effective. Taking advantage of digital data harvested from the Chinese internet and leaks from China's Propaganda Department, Roberts sheds light on how censorship influences the Chinese public. Drawing parallels between censorship in China and the way information is manipulated in the United States and other democracies, she reveals how internet users are susceptible to control even in the most open societies. Censored gives an unprecedented view of how governments encroach on the media consumption of citizens.

No Good Men Among the Living (Paperback): Anand Gopal No Good Men Among the Living (Paperback)
Anand Gopal
R518 R392 Discovery Miles 3 920 Save R126 (24%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Through their dramatic stories, Gopal shows that the Afghan war, so often regarded as a hopeless quagmire, could in fact have gone very differently. Top Taliban leaders actually tried to surrender within months of the US invasion, renouncing all political activity and submitting to the new government. Effectively, the Taliban ceased to exist - yet the Americans were unwilling to accept such a turnaround. Instead, driven by false intelligence from their allies and an unyielding mandate to fight terrorism, American forces continued to press the conflict, resurrecting the insurgency that persists to this day. With its intimate accounts of life in war-torn Afghanistan, Gopal's thoroughly original reporting lays bare the workings of America's longest war and the truth behind its prolonged agony.

Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? (Paperback): Susan Moller Okin Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? (Paperback)
Susan Moller Okin; Edited by Joshua Cohen, Matthew Howard, Martha C. Nussbaum
R703 Discovery Miles 7 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Polygamy, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, punishing women for being raped, differential access for men and women to health care and education, unequal rights of ownership, assembly, and political participation, unequal vulnerability to violence. These practices and conditions are standard in some parts of the world. Do demands for multiculturalism--and certain minority group rights in particular--make them more likely to continue and to spread to liberal democracies? Are there fundamental conflicts between our commitment to gender equity and our increasing desire to respect the customs of minority cultures or religions? In this book, the eminent feminist Susan Moller Okin and fifteen of the world's leading thinkers about feminism and multiculturalism explore these unsettling questions in a provocative, passionate, and illuminating debate.

Okin opens by arguing that some group rights can, in fact, endanger women. She points, for example, to the French government's giving thousands of male immigrants special permission to bring multiple wives into the country, despite French laws against polygamy and the wives' own bitter opposition to the practice. Okin argues that if we agree that women should not be disadvantaged because of their sex, we should not accept group rights that permit oppressive practices on the grounds that they are fundamental to minority cultures whose existence may otherwise be threatened.

In reply, some respondents reject Okin's position outright, contending that her views are rooted in a moral universalism that is blind to cultural difference. Others quarrel with Okin's focus on gender, or argue that we should be careful about which group rights we permit, but not reject the category of group rights altogether. Okin concludes with a rebuttal, clarifying, adjusting, and extending her original position. These incisive and accessible essays--expanded from their original publication in "Boston Review" and including four new contributions--are indispensable reading for anyone interested in one of the most contentious social and political issues today.

The diverse contributors, in addition to Okin, are Azizah al-Hibri, Abdullahi An-Na'im, Homi Bhabha, Sander Gilman, Janet Halley, Bonnie Honig, Will Kymlicka, Martha Nussbaum, Bhikhu Parekh, Katha Pollitt, Robert Post, Joseph Raz, Saskia Sassen, Cass Sunstein, and Yael Tamir.

Introduction to Homeland Security (Paperback, New): Keith Gregory Logan, James D. Ramsay Introduction to Homeland Security (Paperback, New)
Keith Gregory Logan, James D. Ramsay
R1,558 Discovery Miles 15 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book introduces students to the dynamic and complex enterprise that is homeland security. Using a broad lens, the authors explore key operational and content areas, as well as the practices and policies that are part of an effective homeland security program. With original essays from academics and practitioners, the book encapsulates the breadth of homeland security as it exists today. Topical coverage includes: administration, intelligence, critical infrastructure protection, emergency management, terrorism and counterterrorism, law and policy, technology and systems, strategic planning, strategic communication, civil-military affairs, private sector involvement, environmental security, and public health. Accessible, engaging, and comprehensive, this is an essential resource for courses on homeland security.

Regime Change in Iran (Paperback): Donald Newton Wilber Regime Change in Iran (Paperback)
Donald Newton Wilber
R286 Discovery Miles 2 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This clandestine history of Operation Ajax to overthrow the Prime Minister of Iran was written for the US Central Intelligence Agency in March 1954 by Dr. Donald N. Wilber. It gives a unique insight into the extent to which the CIA and its British ally went in pursuit of their aim to remove Iran's elected head of government in 1952-53. It also includes many interesting parallels with contemporary developments in the Middle East. Dr. Mohammad Mossadeq was Prime Minister of Iran for just over two years, from April 1951 to August 1953, when he was removed from power in a complex plot prepared by the British and US intelligence agencies. Shortly after coming to office, Mossadeq enforced the Oil Nationalisation Act, which involved the expropriation of Anglo Iranian Oil Company's assets. In response, the British foreign secretary, Herbert Morrison, announced that the Mossadeq government would not be allowed to export any oil produced in the formerly British-controlled refinery at Abadan. In October 1952, Mossadeq declared Britain 'an enemy', and cut all diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom. In November and December of that year, British intelligence officials suggested to American intelligence that he should be ousted. Near the end of April 1953, Donald N. Wilber, covert consultant to Near East and Africa Division of the CIA, was selected by the Division to go to Nicosia, and in close collaboration with the SIS (the British Secret Intelligence Service), draw up a plan for the overthrow of Mossadeq...

The New American Servitude - Political Belonging among African Immigrant Home Care Workers (Paperback): Cati Coe The New American Servitude - Political Belonging among African Immigrant Home Care Workers (Paperback)
Cati Coe
R791 Discovery Miles 7 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Finalist, 2020 Elliott P. Skinner Award, given by the Association of Africanist Anthropology Examines why African care workers feel politically excluded from the United States Care for America's growing elderly population is increasingly provided by migrants, and the demand for health care labor is only expected to grow. Because of this health care crunch and the low barriers to entry, new African immigrants have adopted elder care as a niche employment sector, funneling their friends and relatives into this occupation. However, elder care puts care workers into racialized, gendered, and age hierarchies, making it difficult for them to achieve social and economic mobility. In The New American Servitude, Coe demonstrates how these workers often struggle to find a sense of political and social belonging. They are regularly subjected to racial insults and demonstrations of power-and effectively turned into servants-at the hands of other members of the care worker network, including clients and their relatives, agency staff, and even other care workers. Low pay, a lack of benefits, and a lack of stable employment, combined with a lack of appreciation for their efforts, often alienate them, so that many come to believe that they cannot lead valuable lives in the United States. While jobs are a means of acculturating new immigrants, African care workers don't tend to become involved or politically active. Many plan to leave rather than putting down roots in the US. Offering revealing insights into the dark side of a burgeoning economy, The New American Servitude carries serious implications for the future of labor and justice in the care work industry.

Arresting Contagion - Science, Policy, and Conflicts over Animal Disease Control (Hardcover): Alan L. Olmstead, Paul W. Rhode Arresting Contagion - Science, Policy, and Conflicts over Animal Disease Control (Hardcover)
Alan L. Olmstead, Paul W. Rhode
R1,277 Discovery Miles 12 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Over sixty percent of all infectious human diseases, including tuberculosis, influenza, cholera, and hundreds more, are shared with other vertebrate animals. Arresting Contagion "tells the story of how early efforts to combat livestock infections turned the United States from a disease-prone nation into a world leader in controlling communicable diseases. Alan Olmstead and Paul Rhode show that many innovations devised in the fight against animal diseases, ranging from border control and food inspection to drug regulations and the creation of federal research labs, provided the foundation for modern food safety programs and remain at the heart of U.S. public health policy.

America s first concerted effort to control livestock diseases dates to the founding of the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) in 1884. Because the BAI represented a milestone in federal regulation of commerce and industry, the agency encountered major jurisdictional and constitutional obstacles. Nevertheless, it proved effective in halting the spread of diseases, counting among its early breakthroughs the discovery of Salmonella "and advances in the understanding of vector-borne diseases.

By the 1940s, government policies had eliminated several major animal diseases, saving hundreds of thousands of lives and establishing a model for eradication that would be used around the world. Although scientific advances played a key role, government interventions did as well. Today, a dominant economic ideology frowns on government regulation of the economy, but the authors argue that in this case it was an essential force for good."

The Gun Debate - What Everyone Needs to Know (R) (Paperback): Philip J. Cook, Kristin A. Goss The Gun Debate - What Everyone Needs to Know (R) (Paperback)
Philip J. Cook, Kristin A. Goss
R342 R280 Discovery Miles 2 800 Save R62 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

No topic is more polarizing than guns and gun control. From a gun culture that took root early in American history to the mass shootings that repeatedly bring the public discussion of gun control to a fever pitch, the topic has preoccupied citizens, public officials, and special interest groups for decades.
The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) delves into the issues that Americans debate when they talk about guns. With a balanced and broad-ranging approach, noted economist Philip J. Cook and political scientist Kristin A. Goss thoroughly cover the latest research, data, and developments on gun ownership, gun violence, the firearms industry, and the regulation of firearms. The authors also tackle sensitive issues such as the effectiveness of gun control, the connection between mental illness and violent crime, the question of whether more guns make us safer, and ways that video games and the media might contribute to gun violence. No discussion of guns in the U.S. would be complete without consideration of the history, culture, and politics that drive the passion behind the debate. Cook and Goss deftly explore the origins of the American gun culture and the makeup of both the gun rights and gun control movements.
Written in question-and-answer format, the book will help readers make sense of the ideologically driven statistics and slogans that characterize our national conversation on firearms. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in getting a clear view of the issues surrounding guns and gun policy in America.

What Everyone Needs to Know(r) is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press

The Constitution of Liberty - The Definitive Editionvolume 17 (Paperback): F.A. Hayek The Constitution of Liberty - The Definitive Editionvolume 17 (Paperback)
F.A. Hayek; Edited by Ronald Hamowy
R742 R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Save R104 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From the $700 billion bailout of the banking industry to president Barack Obama's $787 billion stimulus package to the highly controversial passage of federal health-care reform, conservatives and concerned citizens alike have grown increasingly fearful of big government. Enter Nobel Prize-winning economist and political theorist F. A. Hayek, whose passionate warning against empowering states with greater economic control, "The Road to Serfdom," became an overnight sensation last summer when it was endorsed by Glenn Beck. The book has since sold over 150,000 copies. The latest entry in the University of Chicago Press's series of newly edited editions of Hayek's works, "The Constitution of Liberty" is, like "Serfdom," just as relevant to our present moment. The book is considered Hayek's classic statement on the ideals of freedom and liberty, ideals that he believes have guided--and must continue to guide--the growth of Western civilization. Here Hayek defends the principles of a free society, casting a skeptical eye on the growth of the welfare state and examining the challenges to freedom posed by an ever expanding government--as well as its corrosive effect on the creation, preservation, and utilization of knowledge. In opposition to those who call for the state to play a greater role in society, Hayek puts forward a nuanced argument for prudence. Guided by this quality, he elegantly demonstrates that a free market system in a democratic polity--under the rule of law and with strong constitutional protections of individual rights--represents the best chance for the continuing existence of liberty. Striking a balance between skepticism and hope, Hayek's profound insights are timelier and more welcome than ever before. This definitive edition of "The Constitution of Liberty" will give a new generation the opportunity to learn from his enduring wisdom.

The People vs. Democracy - Why Our Freedom is in Danger and How to Save it (Hardcover): Yascha Mounk The People vs. Democracy - Why Our Freedom is in Danger and How to Save it (Hardcover)
Yascha Mounk
R842 R673 Discovery Miles 6 730 Save R169 (20%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

“We can no longer assume that liberal democracy is the wave of the future… This splendid book is an invaluable contribution to the debate about what ails democracy, and what can be done about it.” —Michael J. Sandel, author of Justice “Everyone worried about the state of contemporary politics should read this book.” —Anne-Marie Slaughter, President of the New America Foundation The world is in turmoil. From Russia, Turkey, and Egypt to the United States, authoritarian populists have seized power. As a result, democracy itself may now be at risk. Two core components of liberal democracy—individual rights and the popular will—are increasingly at war with each other. As the role of money in politics soared and important issues were taken out of public contestation, a system of “rights without democracy” took hold. Populists who rail against this say they want to return power to the people. But in practice they create something just as bad: a system of “democracy without rights.” The consequence, as Yascha Mounk shows in this brilliant and timely book, is that trust in politics is dwindling. Citizens are falling out of love with their political system. Democracy is wilting away. Drawing on vivid stories and original research, Mounk identifies three key drivers of voters’ discontent: stagnating living standards, fear of multiethnic democracy, and the rise of social media. To reverse the trend, politicians need to enact radical reforms that benefit the many, not the few. The People vs. Democracy is the first book to describe both how we got here and what we need to do now. For those unwilling to give up either individual rights or the concept of the popular will, Mounk argues that urgent action is needed, as this may be our last chance to save democracy.

The Barefoot Lawyer - A Blind Man's Fight for Justice and Freedom in China (Paperback): Chen Guangcheng The Barefoot Lawyer - A Blind Man's Fight for Justice and Freedom in China (Paperback)
Chen Guangcheng
R577 R486 Discovery Miles 4 860 Save R91 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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