The Polity

Author : Neal Asher
Publisher : Start Publishing LLC
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781597805162

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Polity Agent by Neal Asher Pdf

From 800 years in the future, a runcible gate is opened into the Polity and those coming through it have been sent specially to take the alien ‘Maker’ back to its home civilization in the Small Magellanic cloud. Once these refugees are safely through, the gate itself is rapidly shut down – because something alien is pursuing them. The gate is then dumped into a nearby sun. From those refugees who get through, agent Cormac learns that the Maker civilization has been destroyed by pernicious virus known as the Jain technology. This, of course, raised questions: why was Dragon, a massive biocontruct of the Makers, really sent to the Polity; why did a Jain node suddenly end up in the hands of someone who could do the most damage with it? Meanwhile an entity called the Legate is distributing pernicious Jain nodes . . . and a renegade attack ship, The King of Hearts, has encountered something very nasty outside the Polity itself.

Author : Neal Asher
Publisher : Start Publishing LLC
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781597805155

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The Line of Polity by Neal Asher Pdf

Outlink station Miranda has been destroyed by a nanomycelium, and the very nature of this sabotage suggests that the alien bioconstruct Dragon - a creature as untrustworthy as it is gigantic - is somehow involved. Sent out on a titanic Polity dreadnought, the Occam Razor, agent Cormac must investigate the disaster. Meanwhile, on the remote planet Masada, the long-term rebellion can never rise above-ground, as the slave population is subjugated by orbital laser arrays controlled by the Theocracy in their cylinder worlds, and by the fact that they cannot safely leave their labour compounds. For the wilderness of Masada lacks breathable air ... and out there roam monstrous predators called hooders and siluroynes, not to mention the weird and terrible gabbleducks.

Author : Cas Mudde
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781509536856

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The Far Right Today by Cas Mudde Pdf

The far right is back with a vengeance. After several decades at the political margins, far-right politics has again taken center stage. Three of the world’s largest democracies – Brazil, India, and the United States – now have a radical right leader, while far-right parties continue to increase their profile and support within Europe. In this timely book, leading global expert on political extremism Cas Mudde provides a concise overview of the fourth wave of postwar far-right politics, exploring its history, ideology, organization, causes, and consequences, as well as the responses available to civil society, party, and state actors to challenge its ideas and influence. What defines this current far-right renaissance, Mudde argues, is its mainstreaming and normalization within the contemporary political landscape. Challenging orthodox thinking on the relationship between conventional and far-right politics, Mudde offers a complex and insightful picture of one of the key political challenges of our time.

Author : Holona LeAnne Ochs
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438457611

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Privatizing the Polity by Holona LeAnne Ochs Pdf

Presents evidence that the expansion of welfare privatization makes it harder for people to move out of poverty in large numbers. Research on poverty and research on governance currently exist as largely disparate literatures without a framework for building knowledge regarding how policies and practices compare as poverty alleviation strategies. In Privatizing the Polity, Holona LeAnne Ochs examines the evolution of the governance of welfare programs across the United States. Throughout the political spectrum the trend in recent decades has been towards welfare privatization, shifting the boundaries of poverty governance from public to private actors—whether they are foundations or social entrepreneurs—whose interests in poverty governance are more obscure. The analysis of more than eighteen years of data suggests that strategies of devolution and privatization make it more difficult for people to move out of poverty. At the same time the framework for understanding the governance structures, enactment practices, and social wealth leverage presented in Privatizing the Polity offers numerous opportunities for acquiring a deeper understanding of assumptions formerly taken for granted and redirecting the system to enhance poverty alleviation. Holona LeAnne Ochs is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Lehigh University. She is the coauthor (with Richard Seltzer) of Getting a Cut: A Contextual Understanding of Commission Systems and Gratuity: A Contextual Understanding of Tipping Norms from the Perspective of Tipped Employees.

Author : Xenophon
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547045878

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The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians by Xenophon Pdf

"The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians" presents a quick overview of Sparta and Athens, outlining their natures and political systems. The book offers excellent insights into the Athenian democracy and compares it with the political order of Sparta, which could be described as "communist" today. It is perfect for anyone taking history lessons or interested in the Antique period.

Author : George Washington Musgrave
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1843
Category : Covenants (Church polity)
ISBN : UOM:39015068262289

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The Polity of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States by George Washington Musgrave Pdf

Author : Robert Vaughan
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783385130517

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Congregationalism: Or the Polity of Independent Church Viewed In Relation to the State and Tendencies of Modern Society by Robert Vaughan Pdf

Author : John HOPPUS
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018831981

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Three Lectures on the Polity and History of the Hebrews, from the Exode to the Advent of the Messiah; including a brief notice of the Jewish Sects by John HOPPUS Pdf

Author : Jeffrey W Driver
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780718842680

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A Polity of Persuasion by Jeffrey W Driver Pdf

At an international level, Anglicanism has almost no mandating or juridical power. Stresses and threats of division over issues such as human sexuality have resulted in moves to enhance the Communion's central structures and instruments. However, itis becoming clear that there is little likelihood of substantial change in this direction succeeding, at least in the medium term. The challenge for Anglicanism is to make a 'polity of persuasion' work more effectively. This volume seeks to identifysome trends and shifts of emphasis in Anglican ecclesiology to serve that end. Jeffrey W. Driver argues that there is more at stake in such an exercise than Anglican unity. In an ever-shrinking, pluralist, and conflicted world, where oneness is often forced by dominance, the people of God are called to model something different. The injunction of Jesus, 'it is not so among you', challenged his followers to use power and live in community in a way that contrasted with what occurred 'among the Gentiles' (Mark 10:41-45). This is why the sometimes tedious debates about authority and structure in the Anglican Communion could actually matter - because they might have something to say about being human in community, about sharing power and coexisting, about living interdependently on a tiny and increasingly stressed planet. The Anglican experiment in dispersed authority, for all its grief, could be a powerful gift.

Author : Patrick C. Livingood
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817356392

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Mississippian Polity and Politics on the Gulf Coastal Plain by Patrick C. Livingood Pdf

Using research at the Pevey (22Lw510) and Lowe-Steen (22Lw511) mound sites on the Pearl River in Lawrence County, Mississippi, this book explores the social and political mechanisms by which these polities may have interacted with each other and the geographic limit to the effects of inter-polity competition.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 942 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Literature
ISBN : UCAL:B2972960

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The Contemporary Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Classical literature
ISBN : UCD:31175010183625

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The Classical Review by Anonim Pdf

This companion to the Classical Quarterly contains reviews of new work dealing with the literatures and civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome. Over 300 books are reviewed each year.

Author : Harro Höpfl
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1985-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0521316383

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The Christian Polity of John Calvin by Harro Höpfl Pdf

This book explores the relationship between Calvin's thought about civil and ecclesiastical order and his own circumstances and activities. The early chapters argue that in his pre-Genevan writings, including the first edition of the Institution, Calvin's political thinking was entirely conventional; his subsequent thought and conduct were not an implementation of previously formulated ideas. Later chapters examine whether and to what extent Calvin developed a distinctive vision of the Christian polity as part of an overall conception of the Christian life.

Author : Daniel J. Elazar
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1412820510

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Covenant & Polity in Biblical Israel by Daniel J. Elazar Pdf

In this first volume of a trilogy, Daniel J. Elazar addresses political uses of the idea of covenant, the tradition that has adhered to that idea, and the political arrangements that flow from it, Among the topics covered are covenant as a political concept, the Bible as a political commentary, the post-biblical tradition, medieval covenant theory, and Jewish political culture.

Author : Sujian Guo,Gary A Stradiotto
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317751069

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Democratic Transitions by Sujian Guo,Gary A Stradiotto Pdf

Democratic transitions have occurred in many countries in various regions across the globe, such as Southern Europe, Latin America, Africa, East and Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, and these nations have undergone simuntaneously political, economic and social transformations. Yet, the patterns and characteristics of transitions have varied significantly, and different modes of transition have resulted in different outcomes. This book offers cross-national comparisons of democratic transition since the turn of the twentieth century and asks what makes democracies succeed or fail. In doing so it explores the influence the mode of transition has on the longevity or durability of the democracy, by theoretically examining and quantitatively testing this relationship. The authors argue that the mode of transition directly impacts the success and failure of democracy, and suggest that cooperative transitions, where opposition groups work together with incumbent elites to peacefully transition the state, result in democracies that last longer and are associated with higher measures of democratic quality. Based on a cross-national dataset of all democratic transitioning states since 1900, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of international politics, comparative politics and democracy, and democratization studies.