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Weapons of Math Destruction
How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
2021 || Paperback || Cathy O'Neil || Crown
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A former Wall Street quant sounds the alarm on Big Data and the mathematical models that threaten to rip apart our social fabric with a new afterword
A manual for the twenty-first-century citizen . . . relevant and urgent. Financial Times
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review The Boston Globe Wired Fortune Kirkus Reviews The Guardian Nature On Point
We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasing...
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Political Science
A Global Perspective
2021 || Paperback || Leonardo A. Morlino e.a. || SAGE
Approaching the subject from a focussed international and pluralist perspective, this book provides advanced-level treatment of all the core areas to give postgraduate students a wide-ranging and dynamic introduction
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An Introduction to Middle East Politics
2020 || Paperback || Benjamin MacQueen || SAGE
This new edition of An Introduction to Middle East Politics continues to provide an expansive survey of Middle East politics, thoroughly revised and restructured in response to events currently taking place. Written in a lively and accessible manner, MacQueen takes students on a tour of the region’s modern political history up to the present, clearly signposting key events and issues.
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Essential Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts
2020 || Paperback || Evan M. Berman e.a. || CQ Press
Known for its brevity and student-friendly approach, this book remains one of the most popular introductory books on statistics for public policy and public administration students, using carefully selected examples tailored specifically for them.
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Principles of Comparative Politics (International Student Edition)
2020 || Paperback || William Roberts Clark e.a. || SAGE
This book offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to comparative inquiry, research, and scholarship. It also benefits from an international focus, taking into consideration nearly 200 countries.
The Government and Politics of the European Union / 8th edition
2017 || Paperback || Neill Nugent || Bloomsbury Publishing
The definitive textbook on EU politics and governance, now in its 8th edition, has been thoroughly updated to take into account the ongoing developments and evolution of the EU. Major changes, recent developments, and the crises that have befallen the union in recent times are analysed within this context. This includes eurozone crisis, the migration crisis, and the UK's decision to leave the EU.
Acclaimed author and academic Neill Nugent has written a comprehensive text, enabling students wi...
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International Relations Theory
2017 || Paperback || Oliver Daddow || SAGE
With 30% new content, including a new chapter on poststructuralism, this introduction now covers everything needed to accompany a student through their IR Theory module and to be a resource that they can keep coming back to throughout their studies
Destroying a Nation
The Civil War in Syria
2017 || Paperback || Nikolaos Van Dam || Bloomsbury Publishing
Following the Arab Spring, Syria descended into civil and sectarian conflict. It has since become a fractured warzone which operates as a breeding ground for new terrorist movements including ISIS as well as the root cause of the greatest refugee crisis in modern history. In this important book, former Special Envoy of the Netherlands to Syria, Nikolaos van Dam, explains the recent history of Syria, covering the growing disenchantment with the Asad regime, the chaos of civil war and the fract...
An Introduction to Sustainability
Environmental, Social and Personal Perspectives
2017 || Paperback || Martin Mulligan || Taylor & Francis
An Introduction to Sustainability provides students with a comprehensive overview of the key concepts and ideas which are encompassed within the growing subject of sustainability. This is an essential textbook for any sustainability course.
NATO
From Regional to Global Security Provider
2017 || Paperback || Yonah Alexander e.a. || Lexington Books
The purpose of NATO: From Regional to Global Security Provider is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the Alliance's new vision (the new Strategic Concept) and common security impact - associated tasks to be undertaken within a short and longer term time horizon. The book serves as a relevant and timely study of the most pressing issues facing NATO today - including recent lessons gained. It provides recommendations for consideration and further discussion (i.e., the "what" and the "how" r...