books about: politica     books:       Political leadership among swat pathans2 reviews Fredrik Barth Athlone Press, 1954 a timeless work Fredrik Barth's Political Leadership Among Swat Pathans is one of the most beautiful ethnographies I have read. He presents us a unique and interesting case example about the ways in which 'khans' of the Pakhtoun lineage play(ed) their roles as the leaders in the Swat valley (now in Pakistan). Barth carefully shows how do the leaders and their subjects participate in the defence of their ...             A history of Greece to the death of Alexander the Great, (Modern Library giants)2 reviews J. B. Bury Modern Library, 1937 A Classic Reissued J.B. Bury wrote his "History of Greece" before World War I, but it was such a good overview of classical Greek history that the third edition was still being used as a college textbook in the late 1960's. Although only selected portions of the text were assigned reading, I read the book cover to cover and have kept it to this day. Bury writes in a lucid, easily understood style that entertains ...             La bruja, coca, politica y demonio (Spanish Edition)3 reviews German Castro Caycedo Planeta, 1994 GREAT How can it be possible that no one has reviwed this book yet???? It is great try it It talks with real details about the beggining of drug dealer in Colombia and all their relations with politicians             The Organization man6 reviews William Hollingsworth Whyte Jonathan Cape, 1958 The 1950's Corporation: Friend or foe? William Whyte, who was an editor at Fortune magazine, argues in this 1956 bestseller that some people not only worked for an organization, but sold their psyches to them as well. These "organization men" willingly subordinated their personal goals and desires to conform to the demands of corporations and other organizations. This is different than modern-day workaholism -- the "organization ...             Reflexiones en Politica y Economia Para un Mundo Mejor (Spanish Edition)3 reviews Adolfo Garcia Mendez BookSurge Publishing and Lemar Publishers, 2008 Excellent primer Mr. Garcia, an agronomist and businessman in Venezuela, has clearly and convincingly written about the advantages of capitalism and the problems of socialism for all segments of society. His book, at this time available only in Spanish, is written as a primer for those in Latin America who daily are bombarded by the leaderships in Cuba and Venezuela about the "virtues" of authoritarian ...             Entre projimos: el conflicto armado interno y la politica de la reconciliacion en el Peru (Spanish Edition)3 reviews Kimberly Theidon Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 2004 Among Neighbours The author did fieldwork in the Peruvian Highlands after the violence of the Shining Path rebellion, participated in the truth commission, and is now in the Anthropology Department at Harvard. The book has fascinating accounts of grassroots responses to the violence and the problem of continuing with community life afterwards. It avoids common stereotypes and platitudes around these issues, and ...             El Rostro Cambiante De La Politica En Estados Unidos: La Politica Obrera y Los Sindicatos (Spanish Edition)4 reviews Jack Barnes Pathfinder Press (NY), 1997 Como hacer una revolución-¡ Sí, en los Estados Unidos ! El sindicato es demasiado débil. La dirección es un amigo del patrón. Toda la gente se queda con los que hablan su lengua y en la cafetería no se mezclan con los demás. Uno quiere luchar junto por los demás, a favor de todos los trabajadores, ¿pero cuando vamos unir? Este libro es un manual para los decidios a tomar un próximo paso. Plantea como debemos ser internacionalistas; pensar y actuar en ...             Nueva Internacional: Una Revista De Politica Y Teoria Marxistas No 13 reviews Pathfinder Pr, 1991 Cuando El Mundo De Hoy Día Empezó El gobierno de EE.UU. nunca hace la guerra por " la democracia" o por " la libertad", ni en contra de "la purificacion etnica", ni en contra " del terrorismo". El gobierno de EE.UU. hace la guerra para dominar los mercados y las ganancias: las ganancias de las familias que tienen milliones y miles de milliones de dolares.En el Golfo Persico en 1991-y en la region hoy y mañana -- la guerra ...             The national system of political economy (Reprints of economic classics)2 reviews Friedrich List A.M. Kelley, 1966 One of World's Most Important Unread Books. This book is very hard to find now. If you come by it in a large academic library you might note that it hasn't been checked out in a couple of decades or more. It is in fact the first, and probably still the most powerful, challenge to Adam Smith, David Ricardo and colleagues who developed the tenets and assumptions of the Free Trade, Laissez-Faire movement, starting in 1776 with Smith's ...             Managerial Revolution3 reviews James Burnham Penguin Books, 1941 Classic Burnham's Managerial Revolution was published in 1940, almost 20 years before J.K. Galbraith's more famous The New Industrial State (1958), but contains most of the important ideas concerning the rise of a managerial class with loyalties more to its own class than to the owners of the enterprise (capital, shareholders), which later made Galbraith famous. Other than the fact that Burnham (once a ...             Crisis del multilateralismo clasico: Politica comercial externa estadounidense y zonas de libre comercio ...1 review Maria Cristina Rosas Gonzalez Instituto de Investigaciones Economicas, Facultad de Ciencias Politicas y Sociales, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1995 Excellent book on the challenges of international trade I believe that the academic work of Maria Cristina Rosas is simply extraordinary. This is, to my knowledge, her first commercial book and it deals with a difficult subject: the crisis of the multilateral trading system and the birth of free trade zones. The way she describes the evolution of GATT, the reasons that lead countries to sign free trade-customs unions-common market agreements, and the ...             El Lugar de Brasil En La Politica Exterior Argentina (Breves) (Spanish Edition)1 review Roberto Russell, Juan Tokatlian Fondo de Cultura Economica USA, 2003 Brasil, in Argentina's foreign policy... Brasil has always had a very important place in Argentina's foreign policy. However, even if Brasil has managed to retain its relevance, there has been some changes, clearly evident nowadays. Before Argentina saw its neighbor as a threat, now we see Brasil as an ally. A good relationship between the two countries is now of the utmost importance for both of them. That is, exactly, what ...             Carlos Rangel 1929-1988: notario del fracaso latinoamericano: Del buen salvaje al buen revolucionario cumple ...1 review Colette Capriles Thomson Gale, 2006 Vibrant and passionate essay! The intense reality of the Latin American citizen was expresed acidically by Octavio Paz when stetd : "Latin America is the final result of a rape among the Spanish conquerer and the sumise Indian" Carlos Rangel was a very intelligent and sharp thinker who really wrought with bloody letters the terrible and awful realñity of the Latin American way of thinking in most of cases. The general ...             El Ciclo de la Ilusion y el Desencanto: Un Siglo de Politicas Economicas Argentinas (Ariel Sociedad ...1 review Pablo Gerchunoff, Lucas Llach Ariel, 2003 Avoid repeating past mistakes ... I loved it!!! A professor at my university recommended this book to me, not only for Argentinian History 1 and 2, but also for History of Argentinian Economic Policies. "El ciclo de la ilusión y el desencanto" explains quite clearly the economic policies that were applied in Argentina, and at the same time gives a good insight into our history. It is easy to read (despite the subject), and ...             The economics of welfare1 review A. C Pigou St. Martin's Press, 1952 Exelet work of A.C. Pigou Pigou have done an exelent work on welfare economics             Economia politica y modelos multisectoriales (Biblioteca Tecnos de ciencias economicas ; 46) (Spanish Edition)1 review Jose Maria Vegara Tecnos, 1979 Best book on input-ouput analysis I've ever read Highly synthetic, very clear, keeps mathematics and logic at a very simple yet thorough level. It is the best book on input-output analysis ever written showing the basics not only for teaching purposes but also for understanding the fundamentals. Analyses general principles of input-output techniques and concepts, and also introduces a basic yet robust analysis of input-output principles ...             The American commonwealth1 review James Bryce Bryce Macmillan, 1941 Basic text of American government, often referred to, seldom read. James Bryce's "The American Commonwealth" is a basic text of American government and politics, one of three such texts, the others being Hamilton, Madison, and Jay The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics), and de Tocqueville Democracy In America (Complete). These three works, two by foreigners, form the groundwork of a basic understanding of the American system of government. Such an ...             Alabados sean nuestros senores: Una educacion politica (Spanish Edition)1 review Regis Debray Sudamericana, 1999 Alabados sean nuestros senores Las experiencias de Regis Debray podrian llenar varias vidas de un ciudadano corriente Alabados sean nuestros senores narra esta insolita trayectoria ideologica y politica, que lo llevo desde la Cuba revolucionaria, pasando por las carceles bolivianas y el Chile socialista, hasta el palacio del Eliseo. Y lo hace con un estilo subyugante en su forma, brillante en su contenido y de una aplastante ...             Ejercito y La Politica 1928-1945 (Spanish Edition)1 review Robert A. Potash Sudamericana, 1994 Uncovering Intimate Relations between Military Forces and Politic Power. Mr. Robert Potash was born at Boston Massachusetts in 1921; he obtained a BA in History in 1942; entered the USA army and retired in 1946. He returned to Harvard where he first obtained a MA in 1947 and PhD in 1953. He has devoted more than 35 years to study Argentina's Military and their relations with the Political power. He has written three wonderful volumes, this is the first one, ...             Corrupción. Las Cloacas del Poder: Estrategias y mentiras de la política mundial (Spanish Edition)1 review Miguel Pedrero Editorial Nowtilus, 2009 La Realidad Del Mundo Particularmente yo, me encuentro este libro bastante interesante. Sería de gran utilidad que a las personas les gustara leer para que se dieran cuenta de lo que están haciendo estas personas con nosotros. Asi, déjarían de ver menos televisión, escuchar noticias (escrita o televisada) y se dedicaran a estudiar para remover esa cortina de ignorancia que está arropando al mundo. Solo le pido a Dios ...              search for books 1928-1945, 1929-1988, alexander, argentina, argentinas, biblioteca, cambiante, comercial, commonwealth, corrupción, desencanto, economicas, economics, educacion, estadounidense, estrategias, internacional, latinoamericano, leadership, managerial, marxistas, multilateralismo, multisectoriales, organization, political, reconciliacion, reflexiones, revolucionario, revolution, sindicatos books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen music: Four Famous Baritones of The Past home  impressum - about us