Vlaanderen heeft zichzelf vastgereden. Snelwegen slibben dicht. De NMBS is ontspoord: treinen rijden niet op tijd of helemaal niet. De Lijn mist vaak de bus. Buurtbewoners van de luchthaven van Zaventem klagen over lawaaierige vluchten. Vlaanderen zit met een mobiliteitsknoop in zijn maag. Hoe is het zo ver kunnen komen? Hoe krijgen we deze knoop ontward?Marc Descheemaecker beseft als geen ander dat we vandaag een crisis van het mobiliteitsbeleid beleven. Uit eerste hand vertelt hij in Dood s...

De Verenigde Staten veranderen continu en de Amerikaanse politiek verandert mee

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De wetgevende, uitvoerende én rechterlijke macht van elke Amerikaanse staat zijn van grote invloed op het verkiezingsproces – en dus ook op de uitslag in die staat....

Twenty years ahead of its time, Hayek's thinking has become the stuff of economic orthodoxy in the twenty-first century and he remains a crucial voice in the debates about globalisation that are raging ever more passionately today.

The Globalization of World Politics is the bestselling introduction to international relations, and offers the most complete coverage of the key theories and global issues in world politics. The ninth edition has been thoroughly updated to explore the most pressing topics and challenges that dominate international relations today, including a brand-new chapter on global health, which explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tailored pedagogical features help students to consider key inte...

The late 20th century saw a remarkable flourishing of philosophy in France. The work of French philosophers is wide ranging, historically informed, often reaching out beyond the boundaries of philosophy; they are public intellectuals, taken seriously as contributors to debates outside the academy. Gary Gutting tells the story of the development of a distinctively French philosophy in the last four decades of the 20th century.

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Forget everything you think you know about global warming. It's not about carbon - it's about capitalism. The good news is that we can seize this crisis to transform our failed economic system and build something radically better. This is a book that redefines its era.

An essential overview of the problems of our world today -- and how we should prepare for tomorrow -- from the world's leading public intellectual

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Logically organized and accessible, this updated Fifth Edition of Gujarati's classic text provides students with an overview of the basics of econometric theory from ordinal logistic regression to time series.