Italy is a country that exercises a hold on the imagination of people all over the world. Its long history has left an inexhaustible treasure chest of cultural achievement. The historic cities of Rome, Florence, and Venice are among the most sought-after destinations in the world for tourists and art lovers, and Italy's natural beauty and cuisine are rightly renowned. Italy's history and politics are also a source of endless fascination. Modern Italy has consistently been a political labor...

Robert Hichens has gone down in history as the man who was given the famous order to steer the Titanic away from the iceberg and failed. Following this, his falling out with the 'Unsinkable Molly Brown' over the actions of the lifeboats saw him branded a coward and his name indelibly tarnished. A key witness at both US and British Inquiries, Robert returned to a livelihood where fellow crewmen considered him jinxed. But Robert had a long career and was a hardworking, ambit...

This edited collection addresses the dynamics of the post-Communist transition in Central Eastern Europe. Its contributors present a detailed analysis of the events unfolding during the last three decades in the region, focusing in particular on identity-building processes and reforms in Belarus, Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine.The contributors outline reasons why some of these states accomplished a decisive br...

Vårt DNA utgör själva den ritning som gör oss till dem vi är. Konsekvenserna för våra liv – för barnuppfostran, utbildningssystemet och samhället – är enorma. Men ändå är det bara en föraning av framtiden: att kunna förutse psykiska problem och styrkor med hjälp av vårt DNA. Vi befinner oss nu vid den vändpunkt där genetiken förändrar psykologin och dess betydelse för våra liv. Vår framtid stavas DNA.Blueprint summerar många års forskning om genetik och sambandet med psyko...

Bland grönskande kullar i grevskapet Clare på Irlands västkust utspelas serien om de tre systrarna Maggie, Brianna och Shannon. Maggie Concannon är glaskonstnärinna, temperamentsfull, frispråkig och mycket begåvad. Hon har valt att leva ensam i den lilla byn och helt ägna sig åt sin konst.Men när den unge galleriägaren Rogan Sweeney från Dublin av en slump får syn på hennes alster blir han fast besluten att satsa på henne, och livet blir aldrig detsamma."Född ur elden" är d...

A game-changer when it was first published in 1961, Who Governs? remains one of the most influential political science books ever written. Dahl argues that American liberal democracy is a pluralist system in which policy is not, as is so often thought, shaped by a small group of powerful individuals. Rather, power is fragmented, with competing groups actively seeking to influence decisions and citizens indirectly shaping policy. ¶As a case study, Dahl analyzed the decision-making process i...

Idag genererar många teknikföretag på internet intäkter genom sådant som de själva inte betalat för att skapa - nyheter, film, musik och mycket annat. Mönstret går igen i alla innehållsbranscher, men tar sig olika uttryck: piratkopiering av film flyttar intäkter från filmbolagen till bredbandsoperatörerna, medan utarmningen av tidningarnas annonsmarknad flyttar annonsintäkter till exempelvis Google, som får intäkter genom att folk söker på nyhetsinnehåll. Det är inte stöld, det är inte "sh...

A modern classica that integrates Dahl's thining as it developed over the course of his academic career and marking a significant contribution to theories about democracy.Dahl argues that democracy is the most desirable politcal system- despite its imperfections. he offers an interpretation of democratic theory and practice that is relevant to the modern world and that pays specail attention to the problems highlighted by people who criticise it. By rigorously testing basic assumptions abo...

"Boken innehåller erfarenheter från människor som har studerat och övervunnit maktens spel och tar med läsaren såväl till antikens Kina som renässansens Italien. De många citaten berikar texten och boken bjuder även på lysande exempel på snillrika maktspelare. Därtill har den en säregen layout, med röda kapitelrubriker samt sidotext och de drygt 460 sidorna om makt gör boken till ett omfattande litterärt och intellektuellt mästerverk, till glädje för alla som är intresserade av män...

This book is the outcome of a symposium where leading researchers, mainly in developmental psychology, came together to discuss the implications of the emerging developmental science and the holistic approach. In doing this, the authors wanted to honor a distinguished colleague, David Magnusson, and his career-long contributions to this field.The purpose of the book is to discuss the profound implications for developmental science of the holistic paradigm, especially with regard to...

There are few better examples of analysis – the critical thinking skill of understanding how an argument is built – than Robert Dahl’s Democracy and its Critics. In this work, the American political theorist closely analyzes the democratic political system and then evaluates whether the arguments that are in favor of it are, in fact, rigorous. ¶Dahl sets out to describe democracy’s merits and problems, asking if it really is the worthwhile political system we believe it to be. Kno...

American political theorist Robert Dahl’s 1961 work of political theory exhibits deep levels of creative thinking. When Dahl wrote, the American system of liberal democracy was generally considered to be shaped by a small group of powerful individuals who dominate because they are wealthy and influential. But by connecting the evidence in a new way in Who Governs? Dahl argued convincingly against this view.Dahl suggested that power is actually distributed among a number of competin...