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"Though nominalism is a major presupposition in academia and western society, R. Scott Smith shows that nominalism undermines all knowledge whatsoever. In light of the many clear examples of knowledge that we do have, nominalism should be replaced by a realist view of properties"--

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Series Page -- About the Author -- Contents -- Acknowledgments and Preface -- Editor's Introduction -- Timeline -- 1. Korea, the United States, and the World -- 2. The Korean People: Their Land and Their Story -- 3. Korea's Colonial Ordeal, 1910-1945 -- 4. Korea as a Divided Nation -- 5. North Korea: The People and Their System -- 6. Thinking about the Future of Korea -- Notes -- Glossary -- Suggestions for Further Reading.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- List of tables -- List of figures -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The concept of competitiveness -- 2 International competitiveness: alternative macroeconomic strategies and changing perceptions in recent years -- 3 Comparative advantage and competitiveness in a small, 'open' economy -- 4 Competitiveness and internationalization of industry: the case of Switzerland -- 5 Hindering and supporting factors in the start-up of new, small, technology based firms -- 6 Competitiveness and the management of strategic change processes -- 7 Social approaches to the competitive process -- 8 Competition and the momentum of technical change -- Index.

The iconic deserts of the American southwest could not have been colonized and settled without the help of desert experts from the Middle East. For example: In 1856, a caravan of thirty-three camels arrived in Indianola, Texas", "led by a Syrian cameleer the Americans called "Hi Jolly." This "camel corps," the US government hoped, could help the army secure the new southwest swath of the country just wrested from Mexico. Though the dream of the camel corps - and sadly, the camels - died, the idea of drawing on expertise, knowledge, and practices from the desert countries of the Middle East did not.As Natalie Koch demonstrates in this evocative, narrative history, the exchange of colonial technologies between the Arabian Peninsula and United States over the past two centuries - from date palm farming and desert agriculture to the utopian sci-fi dreams of Biosphere 2 and" "Frank Herbert's "Dune" - bound the two regions together, solidifying the colonization of the US West and, eventually, the reach of American power into the Middle East. Koch teaches us to see deserts anew, not as mythic sites of romance or empty wastelands but as an "arid empire," a crucial political space where imperial dreams coalesce

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Political Science brings together philosophers of science and political scientists to discuss philosophical issues in political science. The book offers twenty-seven essays on how to do research in political science, the purposes and use of political science in society as well as how to evaluate claims made by political scientists.

'Mind-blowing, gut-wrenching, shocking' - Chris Atkins'Gripping . . . this is one not to miss' - Irish TimesFor two years, Donna McLean lived a life of bliss with her boyfriend, Carlo. But her great love story wasn't just built on lies - it was one. Because Carlo wasn't a bike-obsessed Italian locksmith at all; he was a British police officer, part of a unit that had worked undercover for years to infiltrate activist groups across the country. More than twenty of those officers deliberately targeted women and duped them into relationships, posing as socialists, environmental campaigners and union reps, before vanishing without a trace.Small Town Girl is Donna's shattering story of a life turned upside down overnight, and her reclamation of a truth that was shamelessly buried by those who should be protecting the most vulnerable in society

For three decades after the Second World War, the 'Butcher of the Balkans' lived an idyllic life with his family in a Los Angeles suburb. Andrija Artukovic was a senior member of the Ustasha, a Croatian fascist and nationalist movement, and was responsible for the wartime murders of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children. Wanted in Yugoslavia to stand trial for war crimes, he had illegally entered and claimed political asylum in the United States - and his powerful supporters sought to keep him there.Meanwhile, just 10 miles away, David Whitelaw lived with his mother, Judith, who fled Germany in 1938. Seventy-six of her relatives were killed in the Holocaust. When David learned Artukovic was living comfortably nearby, he vowed to ensure his deportation to stand trial as a war criminal. But when a firebomb, thrown with the sole intention of causing fear, saw the young man sent to jail, a battle began for his own freedom, while the war criminal remained at large.A true David-versus-Goliath battle, The Fierce is the story of the teenager who helped take down the worst mass murderer and war criminal in America