Автор: Roberts, Alasdair Название: Midges ISBN: 1780276389 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780276380 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 6330.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: Whether resident or tourist, no-one is spared from the bloodlust of Scotland`s most savage insect . . . The midge does not like sunlight and thrives in the wet, so the Scottish summertime brings perfect climatic conditions for this ruthless wee beastie.
For a while, it seemed impossible to lose money on real estate. But then the bubble burst. The financial sector was paralyzed and the economy contracted. State and federal governments struggled to pay their domestic and foreign creditors. Washington was incapable of decisive action. The country seethed with political and social unrest. In America's First Great Depression, Alasdair Roberts describes how the United States dealt with the economic and political crisis that followed the Panic of 1837.
As Roberts shows, the two decades that preceded the Panic had marked a democratic surge in the United States. However, the nation's commitment to democracy was tested severely during this crisis. Foreign lenders questioned whether American politicians could make the unpopular decisions needed on spending and taxing. State and local officials struggled to put down riots and rebellion. A few wondered whether this was the end of America's democratic experiment.
Roberts explains how the country's woes were complicated by its dependence on foreign trade and investment, particularly with Britain. Aware of the contemporary relevance of this story, Roberts examines how the country responded to the political and cultural aftershocks of 1837, transforming its political institutions to strike a new balance between liberty and social order, and uneasily coming to terms with its place in the global economy.
Автор: Roberts, Alasdair Название: The Logic of discipline ISBN: 0199846146 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199846146 Издательство: Oxford Academ Цена: 38010.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The era of economic liberalization, spanning 1978 to 2008, is often regarded as a period in which government was simply dismantled. In fact, government was reconstructed to meet the needs of a globalized economy. Central banking, fiscal control, tax collection, regulation, port and airport management, infrastructure development-in all of these areas, radical reforms were made to the architecture of government. A common philosophy shaped all of these reforms: the logic of discipline. It was premised on deep skepticism about the ability of democratic processes to make sensible policy choices. It sought to impose constraints on elected officials and citizens, often by shifting power to technocrat-guardians who were shielded from political influence. It placed great faith in the power of legal changes--new laws, treaties, and contracts--to produce significant alterations in the performance of governmental systems. Even before the global economic crisis of 2007-2009, the logic of discipline was under assault. Faced with many failed reform projects, advocates of discipline realized that they had underestimated the complexity of governmental change. Opponents of discipline emphasized the damage to democratic values that followed from the empowerment of new groups of technocrat-guardians. The financial crisis did further damage to the logic of discipline, as governments modified their attitudes about central bank independence and fiscal control, and global financial and trade flows declined. It was the market that now appeared to behave myopically and erratically--and which now insisted that governments should abandon precepts about the role of government that it had once insisted were inviolable. A sweeping account of neoliberal governmental restructuring across the world, The Logic of Discipline offers a powerful analysis of how this undemocratic model is unraveling in the face of a monumental--and ongoing--failure of the market.
Автор: Roberts, Alasdair Название: Tales of the morar highlands ISBN: 191247641X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781912476411 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 12310.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Beyond Fort William, on the road to the Isles, lies Morar, the 'Highlands of the Highlands' and center of the 'Rough Bounds', that wild, desolate, but uniquely beautiful part of Scotland that was once the homeland of the Clan Macdonald of Clanranald, Lords of the Isles. Inspired by bards, writers and images of the past, Alasdair Roberts has collected and revitalized a huge number of traditional tales which transport the reader to the heart of this remote and beguiling landscape.
Tales of the Morar Highlands is a book packed with extraordinary incident and remarkable characters, from mysterious loch monsters and fugitive princes to lords, priests and smugglers, as well as the ordinary people who have made this fascinating part of Scotland their home for thousands of years.
Автор: Forbes Alasdair Название: On Psyche`s Lawn: The Gardens at Plaz Metaxu ISBN: 1910258814 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781910258811 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 52800.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: This beautifully illustrated book describes the making of Plaz Metaxu, described by Tim Richardson as "Probably the most significant new garden to have been made in Britain in recent decades"
Автор: Gray Alasdair Название: The Fall of Kelvin Walker ISBN: 1838853855 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781838853853 Издательство: Canongate Рейтинг: Цена: 10550.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: From the genius of Scottish letters, a satire of religion, the media and London
Автор: Gray Alasdair Название: McGrotty and Ludmilla ISBN: 1838853871 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781838853877 Издательство: Canongate Рейтинг: Цена: 10550.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A fantastical comedy from the irreplaceable Alasdair Gray
Автор: Gray Alasdair Название: Unlikely Stories, Mostly ISBN: 1838852735 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781838852733 Издательство: Canongate Рейтинг: Цена: 10550.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The first short story collection from the irreplaceable Alasdair Gray, sublimely decorated throughout
Автор: Manning Jon, Allan Alasdair, Nugent Tim Название: Kerbal Space Program ISBN: 1491913053 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781491913055 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 33780.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Kerbal Space Program (KSP) is a critically acclaimed, bestselling space flight simulator game. It`s making waves everywhere from mainstream media to the actual space flight industry, but it has a bit of a learning curve. In this book, five KSP nerds-including an astrophysicist-teach you everything you need to know.
Автор: Alasdair Pettinger Название: Frederick Douglass and Scotland, 1846: Living an Antislavery Life ISBN: 1474444261 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474444262 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 30610.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: This book shows that addressing crowded halls from Ayr to Aberdeen, Frederick Douglass gained the confidence, mastered the skills and fashioned the distinctive voice that transformed him as a campaigner.
Автор: Gray Alasdair Название: Lanark ISBN: 1782117148 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781782117148 Издательство: Canongate Рейтинг: Цена: 12860.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: `The best Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott` ANTHONY BURGESS. The cornerstone epic, introduced by William Boyd
Автор: Roberts, Alasdair Название: Strategies for governing ISBN: 1501714406 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501714405 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 108680.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
With the fields of public administration and public management suffering a crisis of relevance, Alasdair Roberts offers a provocative assessment of their shortfalls. The two fields, he finds, no longer address urgent questions of governance in a turbulent and dangerous world. Strategies for Governing offers a new path forward for research, teaching, and practice. Leaders of states, Roberts writes, are constantly reinventing strategies for governing. Experts in public administration must give advice on the design as well as execution of strategies that effective, robust, and principled. Strategies for Governing challenges us to reinvigorate public administration and public management, preparing the fields for the challenges of the twenty-first century.
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