Resultados para "The Institution" en Política y gobierno

In Institution Building in Weak States, Andrew Radin argues that the international community's approach to building state institutions needs its own reform. This innovative book proposes a new strategy, rooted in a rigorous analysis of recent missions.

Long before the pandemic, Ruha Benjamin was doing groundbreaking research on race, technology, and justice, focusing on big, structural changes. But the twin plagues of COVID-19 and anti-Black police violence inspired her to rethink the importance of small, individual actions. Part memoir, part manifesto, Viral Justice is a sweeping and deeply personal exploration of how we can transform society through the choices we make every day.

On November 26, 1791, George Washington convened his department secretaries - Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Knox, and Edmund Randolph - for the first cabinet meeting. Why did he wait two and a half years into his presidency to call his cabinet? Because the US Constitution did not create or provide for such a body. Washington was on his own.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to The US Citizenship Test Study Guide and learn about the ins and outs of American history and functions of the US government needed to pass the test.

President Joe Biden has repeatedly said that the United States would close the digital divide under his leadership. However, the divide still affects people and communities across the country. The complex and persistent reality is that millions of residents live in digital deserts, and many more face disproportionate difficulties when it comes to getting and staying online, especially people of color, seniors, rural residents, and farmers in remote areas. Economic and health disparities are worsening in rural communities without available internet access.

Die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation kennt zwei Konzepte von Macht: "Macht über" und "Macht mit". Worin sie sich unterscheiden, darum geht es in diesem Buch. Die Frage, die sich in diesem Zusammenhang stellt, lautet: Wie ist es möglich, seine Macht zu vergrößern und dabei sowohl im Einklang mit den eigenen Werten und Bedürfnissen als auch mit denen der anderen zu handeln? Das Buch entstand auf der Grundlage eines Seminars, das Marshall Rosenberg vor einigen Jahren in Italien abhielt, in Zusammenarbeit mit Vilma Costetti.

Intrigen. Verrat. Ein Geheimnis - eine abenteuerliche Recherche hinter den Kulissen von Vatikan und Malteserorden. Aufruhr im Malteser-Ritterorden: Seit den Kreuzzügen versteht der Orden sich als starker Arm der Kirche. Doch 2017 wird zum ersten Mal in seiner fast tausendjährigen Geschichte der Großmeister vom Papst persönlich aus dem Amt kommandiert. Als Ordensfürst Matthew Festing seinen Palast in Rom räumen muss, ist das nur der Gipfel einer Affäre, die weit über die Kirchenwelt hinaus für Schlagzeilen sorgt.

The BBC is a central part of British life, shared culture and international standing. But the BBC is in peril as never before in its long history. It faces ever-increasing competition and threats from new technology and consumption trends. It suffers relentless attacks from a range of hostile players motivated by their own political and commercial interests. And it faces deep funding cuts. These pressures may even destroy it within a generation. We must not end up recognising what its value was only when it's gone.

Former Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper reveals the shocking details of his tumultuous tenure while serving in the Trump administration. From June of 2019 until his firing by President Trump after the November 2020 election, Secretary Mark T. Esper led the Department of Defense through an...

An eye-opening account of how Congress today really works - and doesn’t - that follows the dramatic journey of the sweeping financial reform bill enacted in response to the Great Crash of 2008. The founding fathers expected Congress to be the most important branch of government and gave it the most power. When Congress is broken - as its justifiably dismal approval ratings suggest - so is our democracy.