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Why Nations Fail : the origins of power, prosperity and poverty
Drawing on an extraordinary range of contemporary and historical examples, from ancient Rome through the Tudors to modern-day China, leading academics Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson show that to invest and prosper, people need to know that if they work hard, they can make money and actually keep it - and this means sound institutions that allow virtuous circles of innovation, expansion an…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781846684302
- Collation
- 529 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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- 320 ACE w
The Political Economy of International Relations
In this book, Robert Gilpin argues that American power had been essential for establishing these institutions, and waning American support threatened the basis of postwar cooperation and the great prosperity of the period. For Gilpin, a great power such as the United States is essential to fostering international cooperation. Exploring the relationship between politics and economics first highl…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780691022628
- Collation
- 449 p. : 25 cm.
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- Call Number
- IB 337 GIL p
politics book : [big ideas simply explained]
From ancient and medieval philosophers such as Confucius and Thomas Aquinas, to revolutionary thought leaders such as Thomas Jefferson and Leon Trotsky, to the voices who have shaped modern politics today -- Mao Zedong, Malcolm X, Che Guevara, and more -- The Politics Book clearly and simply explains more than 100 groundbreaking ideas in the history of political thought. With easy-to-follow gra…
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- 1st American ed.
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781465402141
- Collation
- 352 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Series Title
- big ideas simply explained
- Call Number
- REF 320.01 POL
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