Обществено-политически науки
Unfinished Transition
Издател: Statskonsult
This paper addresses the efforts by the Djindjic/Zivkovic governments (2001-2004) to reform the Serbian public administration. On the surface, the Serbian reform process is ambiguous. Though there is widespread agreement that the present administrative system is badly in need of overhaul, it has been remarkably resilient. Despite political
Values Matter Most
Ben J. Wattenberg
Издател: The Free Press
PBS talk show host and syndicated columnist Wattenberg challenges the notion that it is economic concerns that drive people most in electing presidents and members of Congress. Rather, what concerns voters are social values that they believe can be changed through the political process: crime, welfare, education, and affirmative action. Wattenberg
Visions of Europe
Michel Foucher (ed.) , José Ignacio Oyarzabal (ed.)
Издател: Fundacion BBV
The first section of this publication, Visions of Europe, presents interviews with ten important European figures, all top political leaders as well as the leading players shaping the future of our continent. The second part of the book comprises a number of analyses, prepared by various European experts for different encounters with the media,
What the Dog Saw
Malcolm Gladwell
Издател: Penguin Books
What the Dog Saw is a compilation of 19 articles by Malcolm Gladwell that were originally published in The New Yorker which are categorized into three parts. The first part, Obsessives, Pioneers, and other varieties of Minor Genius, describes people who are very good at what they do, but are not necessarily well-known. Part two, Theories,
Where Good Ideas Come From
Steven Johnson
Издател: Allen Lane
Johnson--writer, Web guru, and bestselling author of Everything Bad Is Good for You--delivers a sweeping look at innovation spanning nearly the whole of human history. What sparks our great ideas? Johnson breaks down the cultural, biological, and environmental fuel into seven broad "patterns," each packed with diverse, at times almost disjointed
Why Europe Should Embrace Turkey
Heather Grabbe , Katinka Barysch , Steven Everts
Издател: Centre for European Reform (CER)
Many Turks heaved a sigh of relief in December 2004, when EU leaders declared that Turkey could start accession negotiations in October 2005. Some 40 years after the EU had first opened up the prospect of membership, that goal finally appeared to be within reach. Yet as the opening of those accession talks approaches, the mood in Turkey is
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