Автор: Sharman, Jason Название: Repression and resistance in communist europe ISBN: 1138371017 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138371019 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7042.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book explores the role of coercion in the relationship between the citizens and regimes of communist Eastern Europe.
Автор: Sharman Ian Название: Alpha Gods: Revelation ISBN: 191124373X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781911243731 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3309.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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On the run from their former masters in the Department of Extra-Human Affairs, the Alpha Gods are forced to face the consequences of their actions as a series of revelations threatens to tear the team apart.
Caught up in a scheme by the Nephilim to use a mysterious child, known only as the Merovingian Prince, to fulfil an ancient prophecy and finally free their fathers, the Grigori, from their extra-dimensional prison, can the Alpha Gods find the strength in the face of mounting tragedy to finally defeat them?
Alpha Gods: Revelation is the stunning finale to the story begun in Alpha Gods: Emergence and continued in Alpha Gods: Betrayal and will sow the seeds of future Alpha Gods adventures
Автор: Sharman Ian, Rogers Peter Название: The Intergalactic Adventures of Zakk Ridley ISBN: 1909276316 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781909276314 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4596.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Sharman, J. C. Название: The despot`s guide to wealth management : ISBN: 1501705512 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501705519 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3756.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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An unprecedented new international moral and legal rule forbids one state from hosting money stolen by the leaders of another state. The aim is to counter grand corruption or kleptocracy ("rule by thieves"), when leaders of poorer countries—such as Marcos in the Philippines, Mobutu in the Congo, and more recently those overthrown in revolutions in the Arab world and Ukraine—loot billions of dollars at the expense of their own citizens. This money tends to end up hosted in rich countries. These host states now have a duty to block, trace, freeze, and seize these illicit funds and hand them back to the countries from which they were stolen. In The Despot's Guide to Wealth Management, J. C. Sharman asks how this anti-kleptocracy regime came about, how well it is working, and how it could work better. Although there have been some real achievements, the international campaign against grand corruption has run into major obstacles. The vested interests of banks, lawyers, and even law enforcement often favor turning a blind eye to foreign corruption proceeds. Recovering and returning looted assets is a long, complicated, and expensive process.
Sharman used a private investigator, participated in and observed anti-corruption policy, and conducted more than a hundred interviews with key players. He also draws on various journalistic expos?s, whistle-blower accounts, and government investigations to inform his comparison of the anti-kleptocracy records of the United States, Britain, Switzerland, and Australia. Sharman calls for better policing, preventative measures, and use of gatekeepers like bankers, lawyers, and real estate agents. He also recommends giving nongovernmental organizations and for-profit firms more scope to independently investigate corruption and seize stolen assets.
How the rise of the West was a temporary exception to the predominant world order
What accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of the West? The conventional answer asserts that superior technology, tactics, and institutions forged by Darwinian military competition gave Europeans a decisive advantage in war over other civilizations from 1500 onward. In contrast, Empires of the Weak argues that Europeans actually had no general military superiority in the early modern era. J. C. Sharman shows instead that European expansion from the late fifteenth to the late eighteenth centuries is better explained by deference to strong Asian and African polities, disease in the Americas, and maritime supremacy earned by default because local land-oriented polities were largely indifferent to war and trade at sea.
Europeans were overawed by the mighty Eastern empires of the day, which pioneered key military innovations and were the greatest early modern conquerors. Against the view that the Europeans won for all time, Sharman contends that the imperialism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was a relatively transient and anomalous development in world politics that concluded with Western losses in various insurgencies. If the twenty-first century is to be dominated by non-Western powers like China, this represents a return to the norm for the modern era.
Bringing a revisionist perspective to the idea that Europe ruled the world due to military dominance, Empires of the Weak demonstrates that the rise of the West was an exception in the prevailing world order.
