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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “oliver decker”
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  • Commodified Bodies

    Organ Transplantation and the Organ Trade

    by Oliver Decker ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
    Commodified Bodies examines the social practice of organ transplantation and trafficking and scrutinises the increasingly neoliberal tendencies in the medical system. It analyses phenomena such as the denomination of human body parts as "raw materials" and "commodities," or the arguments used by the proponents for a free market solution. Moreover, it argues that modern medicine is still linked ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • German Perspectives on Right-Wing Extremism

    Challenges for Comparative Analysis

    Edited by Johannes Kiess, Oliver Decker, Elmar Brähler ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy
    This book discusses right-wing extremism by analysing Germanophone research on this topic for the first time in English, including unique survey data from Germany and Austria. Highlighting how questions of terminology can become complicated when country cases are compared, the authors analyse theoretical and methodological issues in relation to the question of right-wing extremism. In Anglo ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • The Dynamics of Right-Wing Extremism within German Society

    Escape into Authoritarianism

    Edited by Oliver Decker, Johannes Kiess, Elmar Brähler ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
    The Dynamics of Right-Wing Extremism within German Society explores the prevalence of right-wing extremist attitudes in Germany.The book provides a thorough psychosocial and sociological theory of general authoritarian dynamics to explain broader societal attitudes, particularly focusing on right-wing extremism. It provides a uniquely long-term perspective on the different dimensions of right-wing ... Read more

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  • Risk Communication for the Future

    Towards Smart Risk Governance and Safety Management

    Edited by Mathilde Bourrier, Corinne Bieder ...
    Series series SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
    The conventional approach to risk communication, based on a centralized and controlled model, has led to blatant failures in the management of recent safety related events. In parallel, several cases have proved that actors not thought of as risk governance or safety management contributors may play a positive role regarding safety. Building on these two observations and bridging the gap between ... Read more

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  • AiREAS: Sustainocracy for a Healthy City

    Phase 3: Civilian Participation – Including the Global Health Deal Proposition

    Edited by Jean-Paul Close ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume describes phase 3 of the AiREAS multidisciplinary cocreation effort to produce a Healthy City. Phase 1 referred to making visible the invisible from an air quality and human exposure perspective. Phase 2 studies air quality related to health and Phase 3 looks at air quality, health and lifestyle from the perspective of persuasion to innovative change.The three books together describe ... Read more

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  • Elements of Robotics

    by Mordechai Ben-Ari, Francesco Mondada ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This open access book bridges the gap between playing with robots in school and studying robotics at the upper undergraduate and graduate levels to prepare for careers in industry and research. Robotic algorithms are presented formally, but using only mathematics known by high-school and first-year college students, such as calculus, matrices and probability. Concepts and algorithms are explained ... Read more

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  • Quarterly Essay 37 What's Right?

    The Future of Conservatism in Australia

    by Waleed Aly ...
    Series Book 37 - Quarterly Essay
    Where did the Right go wrong? With the departure of George W. Bush and John Howard, conservative parties in the US and Australia entered a period of turmoil. Foreign affairs, economics, the environment – all were issues to be avoided. Most profoundly, conservatives no longer seemed to have a compelling vision of the future – and arguably still don’t. How did the Right end up in this state? How ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Billionaires & Ballot Bandits

    How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps

    by Greg Palast ...
    A close presidential election in November could well come down to contested states or even districts--an election decided by vote theft? It could happen this year. Based on Greg Palast and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s investigative reporting for Rolling Stone and BBC television, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps might be the most important book published this year ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Mayhem

    A Memoir

    by Sigrid Rausing ...
    A searingly powerful memoir about the impact of addiction on a family.In the summer of 2012 a woman named Eva was found dead in the London townhouse she shared with her husband, Hans K. Rausing. The couple had struggled with drug addiction for years, often under the glare of tabloid headlines. Now, writing with singular clarity and restraint, Hans’ sister, the editor and publisher Sigrid Rausing, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • The Influence Machine

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Corporate Capture of American Life

    by Alyssa Katz ...
    An illuminating history and groundbreaking investigation tracing how a single trade organization turned itself into the most dangerous political weapon in AmericaWhen Americans hear the words “Chamber of Commerce,” many still think of the local business associations that spruce up Main Streets and sponsor Little League teams around the country. But the United States Chamber of Commerce is a ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • In America

    Tales from Trump Country

    by Caitríona Perry ...
    As RTÉ's Washington correspondent, Caitríona Perry has earned a reputation as a reliable source of truth as the world tries to make sense of the maelstrom of shocking headlines emanating from Donald Trump's America. In her first book, she goes beyond the news reports and delves into the American heartland where she witnessed his rise at first hand, while others were blindsided by his victory. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Republican Noise Machine

    Right-Wing Media and How It Corrupts Democracy

    by David Brock ...
    In The Republican Noise Machine, David Brock skillfully documents perhaps the most important but least understood political development of the last thirty years: how the Republican Right has won political power and hijacked public discourse in the United States.Brock, a former right-wing insider and the author of the New York Times bestseller Blinded by the Right, uses his keen understanding of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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