A concise introduction to the long-obscured Southeast Asian country struggling to emerge from a half-century of military rule
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Cette série explore les questions complexes et pressantes du monde moderne, offrant des introductions accessibles mais faisant autorité sur des sujets cruciaux. Chaque volume aborde des sujets clés, de la politique internationale à la science et à la religion, en présentant des informations factuelles dans un format clair de questions et réponses. Elle constitue une ressource essentielle pour les étudiants, les professionnels et les esprits curieux à la recherche d'une compréhension fondamentale de sujets complexes.
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Artificial intelligence: What everyone needs to know
- 165pages
- 6 heures de lecture
Over the coming decades, Artifcial Intelligence will profoundly impact the way we live, work, wage war, seek a mate, educate our young, and care for our elderly. It is likely to greatly increase our aggregate wealth, but it will also upend our Labor markets, reshuffle our social order, and strain our private and public institutions. Eventually it may alter how we see our place in the universe, as machines continue to advance in arenas previously believed to be the sole dominion of humans. In Artificial Intelligence: What Everyone Needs to Know, Jerry Kaplan unpacks the complex issues surrounding AI in clear, non-technical language. Can machines really surpass human intelligence? How will AI affect our jobs and incomes? Can a robot knowingly commit a crime? How can a machine be conscious or exercise fee will? Many AI systems now learn from experience, and take actions beyond the scope of their initial programming. As such, they raise troubling questions for society. Should your personal robot be allowed to stand in line for you, or be forced to testify against you in a court of law? Are you solely responsible for all its actions? Should robots ever be granted the right to own property or enter into contracts? If it turns out to be possible to upload your mind into a machine, is that still you? The answers may surprise you. (back cover).
Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement
- 284pages
- 10 heures de lecture
A sharp and concise overview of Al Qaeda, from its humble origins in the mountains of Afghanistan to the present, explaining its perseverance and adaptation since 9/11 and the limits of U.S. and allied counterterrorism efforts
Agricultural and Food Controversies
- 168pages
- 6 heures de lecture
In Agricultural and Food Controversies: What Everyone Needs to Know, agricultural researchers present both sides of heavily debated agricultural and food issues. They answer questions and explain scholarly and scientific research on topics such as organic food, the safety of pesticides, livestock living conditions, the use of antibiotics in livestock intended for consumption, the effect of agriculture on the environment, and more.
Animal Rights
- 236pages
- 9 heures de lecture
This resource offers a survey of the animal rights movement.
ADHD. what everyone needs to know
- 191pages
- 7 heures de lecture
Researched and written by Stephen Hinshaw, an international expert on ADHD, and Katherine Ellison, a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and author, ADHD: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) is the go-to book for authoritative, current, accurate, and compelling information about the global ADHD epidemic.
Authoritarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)
- 188pages
- 7 heures de lecture
Despite the spread of democratization following the Cold War's end, all signs indicate that we are currently seeing a resurgence of authoritarianism. Around forty percent of the world's people live under some form of authoritarian rule, and authoritarian regimes govern about a third of the world's countries. In Authoritarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know, Erica Frantz guides us through today's authoritarian wave, explaining how it came to be and what its features are. She also looks at authoritarians themselves, focusing in particular on the techniques they use to take power, the strategies they use to survive, and how they fall. As she demonstrates, understanding how politics works in authoritarian regimes and recognizing the factors that either give rise to them or trigger their downfall, remains as important as ever. This book paves the ways for such an understanding. Authoritarianism is a clear and concise overview that provides readers with a context for making sense of one of the most important-and most worrying-developments in contemporary world politics
Atheism
- 304pages
- 11 heures de lecture
Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know provides a balanced look at the topic, considering atheism historically, philosophically, theologically, sociologically and psychologically.
Despite the spread of democratization following the Cold War's end, all signs indicate that we are currently seeing a resurgence of authoritarianism. Around forty percent of the world's people live under some form of authoritarian rule, and authoritarian regimes govern about a third of theworld's countries. In Authoritarianism: What Everyone Needs to KnowRG, Erica Frantz guides us through today's authoritarian wave, explaining how it came to be and what its features are. She also looks at authoritarians themselves, focusing in particular on the techniques they use to take power, thestrategies they use to survive, and how they fall. As she demonstrates, understanding how politics works in authoritarian regimes and recognizing the factors that either give rise to them or trigger their downfall, remains as important as ever. This book paves the ways for such an understanding.Authoritarianism is a clear and concise overview that provides readers with a context for making sense of one of the most important - and most worrying - developments in contemporary world politics.
Antiquities
- 264pages
- 10 heures de lecture
[Maxwell L. Anderson] exudes expertise, writes with admirable clarity, and succinctly answers the series of questions that he has set... For once, the glowing puffs that adorn the back cover of the book are well deserved. Anyone with an interest in this topic should have a copy. Peter Jones, Classics for All
Terrorism
- 186pages
- 7 heures de lecture
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The colonial and imperial past: obstacles or opportunities to create a modern Brazil? -- From the republic to the estado novo -- The experiment in democracy, 1945-64: why did it fail? -- The military in power: the final intervention? -- Failed transition? -- The Lula government: an assessment -- Dilma Rousseff: the right choice to succeed Lula in 2011? -- Public policy challenges for the 21st century -- Foreign affairs -- Brazilian culture and society -- Conclusion: some final reflections