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Wellbeing (The Art of Living)

Routledge, 2014

The politics of wellbeing and the new science of happiness have shot up the agenda since Martin Seligman coined the phrase "positive psychology". After all, who does not want to live the good life? So ten years on, why is it that much of this otherwise welcome debate sounds like as much apple-pie - "work less", "earn...

The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Public Policy

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

This book brings together a large and diverse collection of philosophical papers addressing a wide variety of public policy issues. Topics covered range from long-standing subjects of debate such as abortion, punishment, and freedom of expression, to more recent controversies such as those over gene editing, military drones, and statues...

American Breakdown: The Trump Years and How They Befell Us

Verso, 2019

How Trump got to the Oval Office—and how both parties and the mainstream media are keeping him there

Donald Trump’s residency in the White House is not an accident of American history, and it can’t be blamed on a single cause. In American Breakdown, David Bromwich provides an essential analysis of...

Nomic Truth Approximation Revisited (Synthese Library)

Springer, 2019

This monograph presents new ideas in nomic truth approximation. It features original and revised papers from a (formal) philosopher of science who has studied the concept for more than 35 years.

Over the course of time, the author's initial ideas evolved. He discovered a way to generalize his first theory of nomic...

Historians on Leadership and Strategy: Case Studies From Antiquity to Modernity

Springer, 2019

This book examines the well-covered subject of leadership from a unique perspective: history's vast catalogue of leadership successes and failures. Through a collection of highly compelling case studies spanning two millennia, it looks beyond the classic leadership parable of men in military or political crises and shows...

Fully Grown: Why a Stagnant Economy Is a Sign of Success

University of Chicago Press, 2020

Most economists would agree that a thriving economy is synonymous with GDP growth. The more we produce and consume, the higher our living standard and the more resources available to the public. This means that our current era, in which growth has slowed substantially from its postwar highs, has raised alarm bells. But should it?...

Children in Street Situations: A Concept in Search of an Object (Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research)

Springer, 2019

This book provides new insights on the lives of children in street situations by providing analyses from a qualitative perspective on the sociology of childhood. It proposes some insightful perspectives on the current discussion about the rights of children in street situations. It includes a unique selection of texts, which were...

Between Utopia and Realism: The Political Thought of Judith N. Shklar (Haney Foundation Series)

University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019

From her position at Harvard University's Department of Government for over thirty-five years, Judith Shklar (1928-92) taught a long list of prominent political theorists and published prolifically in the domains of modern and American political thought. She was a highly original theorist of liberalism, possessing a broad and...

Smart Electricity Distribution Networks

CRC Press, 2017

Smart distribution networks are one of the key research topics of countries looking to modernise electric power networks. Smart Electricity Distributions Networks aims to provide a basic discussion of the smart distribution concept and new technologies related to it, including distributed energy resources (DERs), demand side...

Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam

Atlantic Monthly Press, 2017

“An extraordinary feat of journalism . . . full of emotion and color.”âKarl Marlantes, Wall Street Journal

The first battle book from Mark Bowden since his #1 New York Times bestseller Black Hawk Down, Hue 1968 is the story of the centerpiece of the Tet Offensive and a turning...

How to Grow Leaders: The Seven Key Principles of Effective Leadership Development

Kogan Page, 2005

""Authoritative & wise"" -- Warren Bennis ""John Adair is without doubt one of the foremost thinkers on leadership in the world"" -- Sir John Harvey-Jones There is a revolution underway. We are moving -- rapidly in some areas, slower in others -- from management to business leadership. As the market...

Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus (Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology)

Springer, 2005

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has been recognized in printed records dating from the sixteenth century, and since the eradication of rinderpest (cattle plague) in the early part of the twentieth century it has been rec- nized as the most important and feared disease of cattle and other dom- tic livestock. The beginning of the twenty-first...

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