We the Media, has become something of a bible for those who believe the online medium will change journalism for the better. -Financial Times Big Media has lost its monopoly on the news, thanks to the Internet. Now that it's possible to publish in real time to a worldwide audience, a new breed of grassroots journalists are taking the news into their own hands. Armed with laptops, cell phones, a…

* Joseph Rotblat -- founder of Pugwash Conferences -- and joint winner with Pugwash of the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize* How to eliminate weapons of mass destruction in a time of international terrorism and nuclear proliferation * High-profile authors on a topic of critical and immediate importanceNever before have so many people worried about the effects of military conflict. At a time when terroris…

Anthony Giddens is one of the most famous and influential sociologists of recent decades. Largely credited with the concept of the Third Way, he continues to be a key advisor to Tony Blair, and is generally presented as an exponent of liberalism and socialism. This original and controversial book provides an excellent introduction to Giddens' work, covering the wide range of his writing from th…

Taxation involves complex questions of policy, law and practice. The book offers an innovative introduction to tax research by combining commentary on disciplinary-based and interdisciplinary approaches. Its objective is to guide and encourage researchers how to produce taxation researchthat is rigorous and relevant. It comments upon how disciplinary-based approaches to tax research have develo…

National governments are proving ill-equipped to manage an increasingly complicated suite of global problems, from infectious diseases to climate change to conflicts over international trade. In The Coming Democracy, leading political analyst Ann Florini sets forth a compelling new paradigm for transnational governance, one based on the concept of ?transparency?? the idea that the free flow of …

This book is the first to deal with the specific threat of terrorism in Southeast Asia after the Bali blasts of 12 October 2002, and in the wake of the US-led war on Iraq. It offers a comprehensive and critical examination of the ideological nature, sociopolitical motivations, trans-regional linkages, geographic loci and functional characteristics of the terrorist threat in the region. The cont…

Many who have read the New York Times bestseller The Da Vinci Code have questions that arise from seven codes-expressed or implied-in Dan Brown's book. In Breaking the Da Vinci Code: Answers to the Questions Everyone's Asking, Darrell Bock, Ph.D., responds to the novelist's claims using central ancient texts and answers the following questions: Who was Mary Magdalene? Was Jesus Married? Would J…

The Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration explores how systematic research methods could aid in understanding traditional questions in public administration as well as emerging theoretical and practical questions. This book offers encyclopedic treatment of research designs with case studies: surveys research designs used in public administration and relates these designs to anal…

Few subjects are more influenced by philosophy than the form of governance that guides and administers public affairs, yet much of the literature about public administration remains silent about this connection. Handbook of Organization Theory and Management: The Philosophical Approach, Second Edition identifies and discusses many of the most important philosophies and movements that have influ…

The study of public policy and the methods of policy analysis are among the most rapidly developing areas in the social sciences. Policy analysis has emerged to provide a better understanding of the policymaking process and to supply decision makers with reliable policy-relevant knowledge about pressing economic and social problems. Presenting a broad, comprehensive perspective, the Handbook of…