Secrets in global governance

Secrets in Global Governance

Scholars have long argued that transparency makes international rule violations more visible and improves outcomes. Secrets in Global Governance revises this claim to show how equipping international organizations (IOs) with secrecy can be a critical tool

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Secrets in Global Governance

What makes international rules effective? Transparency provided by international organizations has been a common answer. This book offers multi-method

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Corporate Actors in Global Governance

What part should corporate actors play in global governance? With regard to concerns over such issues as public health, education, human rights, and t

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School Governance in Global Contexts

The edited volume provides multiple lens to view school governance practices, exploring its modernization, ethical review, future trend, as well as th

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Environment in Global Sustainability Governance

With Agenda 2030, the UN adopted wide-ranging Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that integrate development and environmental agendas. This book has

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Secrets in the Stacks

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Secrets in the Stacks

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China and Global Governance

This book proposes a new concept of “International Leadership with Chinese Characteristics” (ILCC) to interpret China’s role in global governance.

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International Regimes in Global Health Governance

By analyzing the roles and problems faced by international regimes as major players in global health governance, this book looks into the root causes

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International Organization and Global Governance

Concise chapters from a diverse mix of established and emerging global scholars offer accessible, in-depth coverage of the history and theories of int

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International Organizations in Global Social Governance

Our knowledge about the involvement of IOs varies significantly by policy fields, and we know comparatively little about the specific roles of IOs in

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Secrets of World War II

World War II was the most destructive war in history. Secrets of World War II reveals little-known stories of the people, weapons, and battles that have affected the maps on our walls and the allegiances in our hearts.

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Corporate Governance

In the wake of the recent global financial collapse the timely new edition of this successful text provides students and business professionals with a

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Rethinking Global Governance Taylor & Francis Ltd

Rethinking Global Governanceargues that long-ignored, non-western political systems from the distant and more recent past can provide critical insights into improving global governance. This book will be of interest both to those seeking to apply archaeological and ethnographic data to issues of broad contemporary concern as well as to academics, politicians, policy ma...

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Regional Integration and Migration Governance in the Global South

This topical volume deals with the major challenges of migration in the Global South and their governance, which are traditionally much less considere

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Global Governance and Corporate Responsibility in Conflict Zones

Corporations in conflict zones and their provision of security are particularly relevant for understanding whether private actors are increasingly sou

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European Union and the United Nations in Global Governance

Written by a leading expert in the field, this book analyses the complex relations between the European Union (EU) as a regional organization and the

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Democratic Legitimacy in the European Union and Global Governance

This book addresses one of the most relevant challenges to the sustainability of the European Union (EU) as a political project: the deficit of citize

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Agency in Earth System Governance

This volume synthesizes a decade of multidisciplinary research into how diverse actors, from local to global levels, exercise authority in environment

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Understanding Chinese Corporate Governance

In a complex political and environmental global landscape, it has never been more critical for global organizations to understand the past, present, a

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Neo-Liberalism, State Power and Global Governance

This volume explores some of the ways in which neo-liberalism has affected both the exercise of state power and the conduct of global governance in th

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A-level Geography Topic Master: Global Governance

Master the in-depth knowledge and higher-level skills that A-level Geography students need to succeed; this focused topic book extends learning far be

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Deadly Secrets

From the global million-copy bestselling author of The Girl in the Ice comes the sixth Detective Erika Foster thriller: a heart-racing, hold-your-brea

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Reconceptualising the Rule of Law in Global Governance, Resources, Investment and Trade

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Oxford Handbook of Corporate Law and Governance

Now in paperback, this essential handbook delves into corporate law and governance and its role in the global landscape. A comprehensive study, it pro

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Global Legitimacy Crises

Global Legitimacy Crises addresses the consequences of legitimacy in global governance, specifically: when and how do legitimacy crises affect interna

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Spatial Justice, Contested Governance and Livelihood Challenges in Bangladesh Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book analyses the key livelihood and governance challenges that the urban poor experience while navigating public spaces in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Using data collected through extensive fieldwork in Bangladesh, the book contributes to the emerging scholarship of resilient cities, gendered space, spatial justice, and poverty in cities of the Global South. Exploring debate...

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The Secrets We Kept - Lara Prescott

Two female spies. A banned masterpiece. A book that changed history. A BANNED MASTERPIECE 1956. A celebrated Russian author is writing a book, Doctor Zhivago, which could spark dissent in the Soviet Union. The Soviets, afraid of its subversive power, ban it. But in the rest of the world it's fast becoming a sensation. TWO FEMALE SPIES The CIA plans to use the book to ...

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Business, Power and Sustainability in a World of Global Value Chains

Essential reading on sustainability governance in the twenty-first century

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The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life - Saad Gad

Anotace: Professor and "de facto global therapist" to an ever-growing audience of hundreds of thousands of people builds on national bestseller The Parasitic Mind to argue that happiness is not merely a changeable mood but a process toward which we can strive by following some basic steps that have been known to humans for millennia.Happiness Is a FactIt is a scientific ...

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The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life - Gad Saad

<p>Professor and "de facto global therapist" to an ever-growing audience of hundreds of thousands of people builds on national bestseller The Parasitic Mind to argue that happiness is not merely a changeable mood but a process toward which we can strive by following some basic steps that have been known to humans for millennia. Happiness Is a Fact It is ...

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TAXTOPIA: How I Discovered the Injustices, Scams and Guilty Secrets of the Tax Evasion Game - neuveden

Anotace: `A shocking, enraging, sometimes hilarious expose of a tax system that lives down to all our worst fears of further enriching the wealthy at the expense of the little guys.` - Piers Morgan`Very funny (and furious)... This is not some crazed figure on the extreme left hoping to bring down the establishment. The book is written by an accountant who has spent his ...

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Routledge Handbook of Global Land and Resource Grabbing Taylor & Francis Ltd

This handbook provides a cutting-edge, comprehensive overview of global land and resource grabbing. The handbook will be essential reading for students and scholars interested in land and resource grabbing, agrarian studies, development studies, critical human geography, global studies, and natural resource governance....

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TAXTOPIA: How I Discovered the Injustices, Scams and Guilty Secrets of the Tax Evasion Game - Rebel Accountant The

<p>'A shocking, enraging, sometimes hilarious expose of a tax system that lives down to all our worst fears of further enriching the wealthy at the expense of the little guys.' - Piers Morgan'Funny, clever and really quite brilliant. Taxtopia will make you furiously angry and possibly even filthy rich.' - Tom Peck, The Independent'If you want to know how skewed the ...

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TAXTOPIA: How I Discovered the Injustices, Scams and Guilty Secrets of the Tax Evasion Game - The Rebel Accountant

Anotace: `A shocking, enraging, sometimes hilarious expose of a tax system that lives down to all our worst fears of further enriching the wealthy at the expense of the little guys.` - Piers Morgan`Funny, clever and really quite brilliant. Taxtopia will make you furiously angry and possibly even filthy rich.` - Tom Peck, The Independent`If you want to know how skewed the...

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Hell Bent: The global sensation from the creator of Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo

Anotace: Alex Stern returns in another tale of murder and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite. Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. Alex Stern is back and the Ivy League is going straight to hell. Find a gateway to the underworld. Steal a soul out of hell. A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. But Galaxy "Alex" Stern i...

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Hell Bent: The global sensation from the creator of Shadow and Bone - Bardugo Leigh

Anotace: Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. Alex Stern is back and the Ivy League is going straight to hell. Find a gateway to the underworld. Steal a soul out of hell. A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. But Galaxy "Alex" Stern is determined to break Darlington out of purgatory?even if it costs her a future at Lethe and at Yale. Fo...

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Hell Bent: The global sensation from the creator of Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo

<p>Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. Alex Stern is back and the Ivy League is going straight to hell. Find a gateway to the underworld. Steal a soul out of hell. A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. But Galaxy "Alex" Stern is determined to break Darlington out of purgatory?even if it costs her a future at Lethe and at...

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Public Administration in the 21st Century Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book examines the transformations happening in global societies, the economy and in politics, to trace the trajectory of public administration as an academic discipline as well asbeing afocus of social science research.In the second edition, the volume brings into focus lessons on policy and governance learnt from the Global South in building administrative capacitie...

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Public Administration in the 21st Century Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book examines the transformations happening in global societies, the economy and in politics, to trace the trajectory of public administration as an academic discipline as well asbeing afocus of social science research.In the second edition, the volume brings into focus lessons on policy and governance learnt from the Global South in building administrative capacitie...

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China and Eurasian Powers in a Multipolar World Order 2.0 Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book argues that the World order is no more unipolar and the war in Ukraine proves this fact. It has been transformed into Multipolar Word Order 2.0 stage. This title critically examines Chinese, US, Russian, EU, Indian and other powers cooperation and competition over security, diplomatic, economic and cyberspace issues.This volume will be of great interest to decis...

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Tribe of Mentors : Short Life Advice from the Best in the World - Ferriss Timothy

Anotace: When facing life`s questions, who do you turn to for advice? We all need mentors, particularly when the odds seem stacked against us. To find his own, bestselling author and podcast guru Tim Ferriss tracked down more than 100 eclectic experts to help him, and you, navigate life. Through short, action-packed profiles, he shares their secrets for success, happines...

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Tribe of Mentors : Short Life Advice from the Best in the World - Timothy Ferriss

<p>When facing life's questions, who do you turn to for advice? We all need mentors, particularly when the odds seem stacked against us. To find his own, bestselling author and podcast guru Tim Ferriss tracked down more than 100 eclectic experts to help him, and you, navigate life. Through short, action-packed profiles, he shares their secrets for success, happiness...

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Lawful by Design

This book aids both legal scholars and political scientists, as well as practitioners, in understanding the design of procedure in global governance i

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Management of International Institutions and NGOs

This second edition of Management of International Institutions and NGOs covers all key topics in global governance, from a unique management perspect

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Meddlers

While the birth of global economic governance is conventionally dated to the end of World War II, Jamie Martin shows how its roots lie in World War I

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Resilient Communities of Central Eurasia Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book argues for the need to rethink governance through the lens of ´resilience as self-governance´. Building on complexity-thinking, it contends that in the context of change and complex life, challenges are most efficiently dealt with, at the source, ´locally´, to make ´the global´ more responsive and sustainable. This book will be of great value to students and sch...

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Responding to Environmental Issues through Adaptive Collaborative Management Taylor & Francis Ltd

Focused on forest management and governance, this book examines two decades of experience with Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM), assessing both its uses and improvements needed to address global environmental issues.This book will be of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners working in the fields of conservation, forest management, community develop...

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Virtually Lost Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book examines connections between the psycho-social difficulties and challenges faced by children and younger people in their online lives and the possibility that the digital technostructure may come to form the backbone of a new post-democratic system of technocratic governance. The book will appeal to readers interested in relationships between our contemporary g...

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Prince's Gambit

The second novel in the critically acclaimed Captive Prince trilogy from global phenomenon C. S. Pacat-with an all-new chapter exclusive to the print edition. With their countries on the brink of war, Damen and his new master, Prince Laurent, must exchange the intrigues of the palace for the sweeping might of the battlefield as they travel to the border to avert a lethal ...

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The Hawthorne Legacy - Barnesová Jennifer Lynn

Anotace: Intrigue, riches, and romance abound in this thrilling sequel to the global bestselling The Inheritance Games. Perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson. A DEADLY GAME. A PUZZLE TO SOLVE. A FORTUNE AT STAKE. One step forward. Avery thought that solving the riddle left by billionaire Tobias Hawthorne would reveal why he left her - a complete stranger ...

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Nineteen Steps - Millie Bobby Brown

Anotace: The debut novel from global star Millie Bobby Brown Love blooms in the darkest days... London, 1942. Despite the raging war, spirited 18-year-old Nellie Morris lives a quiet life in the tight-knit East End community of Bethnal Green. Her family and friends all tease that she will marry air raid warden Billy, the boy next door who´s always been sweet on her. ...

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Nineteen Steps - Millie Bobby Brown

<p>The debut novel from global star Millie Bobby Brown Love blooms in the darkest days... London, 1942. Despite the raging war, spirited 18-year-old Nellie Morris lives a quiet life in the tight-knit East End community of Bethnal Green. Her family and friends all tease that she will marry...

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Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructurings

The essential M&A primer, updated with the latest research and statisticsMergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructurings provides a comprehensive look at the field's growth and development, and places M&As in realistic context amidst changing trends, legislation, and global perspectives. All-inclusive coverage merges expert discussion with extensive graphs, research, ...

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The Banker´s Wife - Alger Cristina

Anotace: `Immersive, satisfying, tense - and timely` Lee Child`Whip smart and fraught with tension...Brilliant.` Mary Kubica, author of The Good GirlA fast-paced and impossibly gripping thriller for fans of The Woman in the Window and Need to Know.The only thing worse than finding out that your husband is dead, is discovering the secrets he left behind.Annabel`s seemingl...

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TRAVELERS THE EXP

A pulse-racing international thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Expats and The Accident §§It's 3:00am. Do you know where your husband is?§§Meet Will Rhodes: travel writer, recently married, barely solvent, his idealism rapidly giving way to disillusionment and the worry that he's living the wrong life. Then one night, on assignment for the award-wi...

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Anna O - Matthew Blake

<p>ANNA O - THE WORLD WILL KNOW HER NAME 'Certain to be one of the year's best thrillers' LEE CHILD 'Reads like a dream but unsettles like a nightmare' A J FINN ________________________________________________ *The instant global phenomenon* *Publishing in over 30 terri...

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Deliver Us The Moon (PC)

Deliver Us The Moon is a Sci-Fi thriller set in an apocalyptic near future where Earth's natural resources are depleted. In an effort to solve the energy crisis, global powers created the World Space Agency and secured a promising new source of energy on the moon.The World Space Agency colonized and operated from the moon until one fateful night all communications wi...

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Deliver Us The Moon

Deliver Us The Moon is a Sci-Fi thriller set in an apocalyptic near future where Earth's natural resources are depleted. In an effort to solve the energy crisis, global powers created the World Space Agency and secured a promising new source of energy on the moon. The World Space Agency colonized and operated from the moon until one fateful night all communications with E...

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Robert Ludlum´s (TM) The Bourne Defiance - Freeman Brian

Anotace: Jason Bourne is back... and this time he`s the hunted one. The latest electrifying entry in Robert Ludlum`s #1 New York Times bestselling series.Around the world, Treadstone agents are being hunted down and murdered... and Jason Bourne may be next on the list. Someone high up in the U.S. government is erasing all evidence of a shocking mission from Bourne`s past...

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