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Representing the first in-depth qualitative study of how social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are used to mediate contentious public parades and protests in Northern Ireland, this book explores the implications of mis-and dis-information spread via online platforms for peacebuilding in societies transitioning out of conflict

Intro -- Title Page -- About the Author -- Dedication -- Copyright Information © -- Acknowledgment -- Prologue -- Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview -- Chapter 2 The Systems -- Chapter 3 Linear and Non-linear Systems -- Chapter 4 Systems and Subsystems -- Chapter 5 The Current Context -- Animals -- Tiny Beetles Forests -- Kangaroos -- Polar Bears -- Sea Rise -- Wild Fires -- Amazon Rain Forest -- Asteroids -- Rising Sea Levels -- Great Lakes -- Pollution -- Protecting the Seas -- Drinking-Water -- Chapter 6 Global Disasters -- Ice Sheet Melt -- Famine and Inaccessible Water -- The Disappearing Aquifers -- Chapter Conclusions -- Section 3 Interventions -- Chapter 7 Pre-Event Intervention -- Chapter 8 Event Intervention -- Chapter 9 Post-Event Intervention -- Chapter 10 Warnings -- References -- Glossary.

Direct democracy typically is lauded for putting power in the hands of the people. But is it really as democratic as it seems? To what extent, and in what circumstances, is it less about citizen power and more about external influences seeking to manipulate outcomes? Addressing these issues, Shauna Reilly draws on and compares case studies of referendums, recall elections, and initiatives around the world to investigate the complex realities of direct democracy in action

The Chinese government has more control over more wealth than any other government in world history. With the Communist Party controlling the 'commanding heights' of the world's second-largest economy, China appears ideally structured to pursue economic statecraft, using economic resources to advance its foreign policy goals. Yet as this book shows, domestic complications frequently constrain Chinese leaders. They have responded with a distinctive approach to economic statecraft: orchestration. Drawing upon extensive field research across Asia and Europe, this book traces the origins, operations, and effectiveness of China's economic statecraft.

The Chinese government has more control over more wealth than any other government in world history. With the Communist Party controlling the 'commanding heights' of the world's second-largest economy, China appears ideally structured to pursue economic statecraft, using economic resources to advance its foreign policy goals. Yet as this book shows, domestic complications frequently constrain Chinese leaders. They have responded with a distinctive approach to economic statecraft: orchestration. Drawing upon extensive field research across Asia and Europe, this book traces the origins, operations, and effectiveness of China's economic statecraft.

Traveler, Adventurer, Observer, Geopolitics Expert, Teacher, Writer, Actor, Author...Andrew Reilly's book is a guide to the international politics, history and social life of numerous countries where Andrew spent part of his life - an amazing life many people dream of: free of daily routine and full of excitement and discoveries!_x000D__x000D_As Andrew's saga threads its way through over 50 countries around the globe, the story becomes a chronicle of our times - detailing the author's adventures hitchhiking across Europe, Russia, North Africa, the Middle East and beyond, learning as he traveled and earning a living in places he had never been._x000D__x000D_ Working as a stevedore on the docks of Hamburg, a British Army PX clerk in Berlin, ship-fitter in the US, grape harvester in France, miner near Death Valley, film/TV actor in Los Angeles and China, theater director in Russia and Hong Kong, and as a "Fulbright Scholar" English teacher in Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Romania, and Russia, Andrew Reilly has seen life in all its myriad aspects. He recounts those up-close encounters in this journal as seen through the eyes of an adventurer living in our restless age.

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Taboo Obvious Fact #1: The Police Aren't Murdering Black People -- Chapter 2: Taboo Obvious Fact #2: There Is No "War on POC" . . . and BBQ Becky Did Nothing Wrong -- Chapter 3: Taboo Obvious Fact #3: Different Groups Perform Differently -- Chapter 4: Taboo Obvious Fact #4: Performance-Not "Prejudice"-Mostly Predicts Success -- Chapter 5: Taboo Obvious Fact #5: Racism Didn't Cause the New Problems of Today -- Chapter 6: Taboo Obvious Fact #6: Anyone Can Be Racist (and "Racist" Has a Real Meaning) -- Chapter 7: Taboo Obvious Facts #7 and #8: Whiteness Isn't the Only "Privilege"-and "Cultural Appropriation" Is Not Real -- Chapter 8: Taboo Obvious Fact #9: A Sane Immigration Policy Isn't Racist (And We Need One!) -- Chapter 9: Taboo Obvious Fact #10: The "Alt-Right" Has Nothing to Offer -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Notes -- Index -- Copyright.

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Garden-Variety Psychopaths -- Chapter Two: Psychopathic Organizations -- Chapter Three: There Is No "I" in Psychopath -- Chapter Four: My Cold Dead Hands -- Chapter Five: Rocking the Vote -- Chapter Six: Ctrl-Alt-Delete -- Chapter Seven: Taking Control -- Conclusion -- About the Author -- Endnotes -- Index -- Copyright.