Clever & entertaining' Sunday Times Elegantly written & full of surprises' Daily Telegraph Always entertaining & often eye-opening' Financial Times Old ideas that were mocked or ignored for centuries are now storming back to the cutting edge of research & informing the way we lead our lives In Rethink Steven Poole explains why today's chess grandmasters quantum physicists & psychologists are mining the last 2000 years of history for answers to the problems of the present He explores how long-neglected thinkers could transform our everyday lives from improving the way boardrooms operate to inspiring grand projects for social & political change & above all he shows that by rethinking discarded ideas we can each gain a better understanding of the world
- & perhaps be better equipped to change it A whirlwind of discovery Among the greatest compliments you can give a book is that it helps you to see things differently' Guardian When it comes to describing a complex idea clearly Poole is one of the best writers around' Sunday Times Fascinating Poole confirms his standing as one of our liveliest & most thought-provoking writers on science & technology' Spectator
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Once celebrated as an answer to the myriad ills of the post-Cold War era global governance is now in trouble Written by two of the leading scholars in the field Rethinking Global Governance provides an antidote to simplistic usage & an authoritative yet readable attempt to grasp the governance of our globe--past present & future-- 160 pages Weiss Thomas G ...

History means many things to many people But finding an answer to the question ' What is history?' is a task few feel equipped to answer If you want to explore this tantalising subject where do you start? What are the critical skills you need to begin to make sense of the past? The perfect introduction to this thought-provoking area Jenkins' clear & concise prose guides readers through the controversies & debates that surround historical thinking at the present time providing them with the means to make their own discoveries ...

With innovative new chapters on process tracing regression analysis & natural experiments the second edition of Rethinking Social Inquiry further extends the reach of this path-breaking book The original debate with King Keohane & Verbanow updatedremains central to the volume & the new material illuminates evolving discussions of essential methodological tools Thus process tracing is often invoked as fundamental to qualitative analysis but is rarely applied with precision Pitfalls of regression analysis are sometimes noted but often are inadequately examined & the complex assumptions & trade-offs of natural experiments are poorly understood The second edition extends the methodological horizon through exploring these critical tools A distinctive feature of this edition is the online placement of four chapters from the prior edition all focused on the dialogue with King Keohane & Verba Also posted online are exercises for teaching process tracing ...

Why are house prices in many advanced economies rising faster than incomes? Why isn't land & location taught or seen as important in modern economics? What is the relationship between the financial system & land? In this accessible but provocative guide to the economics of land & housing the authors reveal how many of the key challenges facing modern economies
- including housing crises financial instability & growing inequalities
- are intimately tied to the land economy Looking at the ways in which discussions of land have been routinely excluded from both housing policy & economic theory the authors show that in order to tackle these increasingly pressing issues a major rethink by both politicians & economists is required

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Rethinking the New Deal Court challenges the prevailing account of the New Deal era Supreme Court which holds that in the spring of 1937 the Court suddenly abandoned jurisprudential positions it had staked out in such areas as substantive due process & commerce clause doctrine In this view the impetus for such a dramatic reversal was provided by external political pressures manifested in FDR's landslide victory in the 1936 election & by the subsequent Court-packing crisis Author Barry Cushman by contrast discounts the role that political pressure played in securing this constitutional revolution Instead he reorients study of the New Deal Court by focusing attention on the internal dynamics of doctrinal development & the role of New Dealers in seizing opportunities presented by doctrinal change Recasting this central story in American constitutional development as a chapter in the history of ideas rather than simply an episode in the history of politics Cushman offers a thoroughly researched & carefully argued study that recharacterizes the mechanics by which laissez-faire constitutionalism unraveled & finally collapsed during FDR's reign Identifying previously unseen connections between various lines of doctrine Cushman charts the manner in which Nebbia v New York's abandonment of the distinction between public & private enterprise hastened the demise of the doctrinal structure in which that distinction had played a central role ...

Peace it&s wonderful! Except when the Peace Movement is actually a subterfuge by the warlike & imperialistic Kril to force the Terrans to abandon the planet leaving it defenceless & ripe for conquest The Terran diplomats have their usual primary concerns; covering their ah flank & not doing anything that might threaten their careers which means that they&re not about to do anything period Once again it&s up to Retief to thwart the would-be conquerors even if the unthinkable happens & he&s drummed out of the Corps Diplomatique Terrestriennel & Retief has never been more dangerous to the villains than when he&s operating outside the rules of diplomacy ...

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