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Free Download Flight 149: A Hostage Crisis, a Secret Special Forces Unit, and the Origins of the Gulf War by Stephen Davis
English | September 7, 2021 | ISBN: 1541700058 | 236 pages | PDF | 2.08 Mb
A gripping, real-life drama that reveals the true story of a plane full of unsuspecting passengers who landed in a war zone and were delivered into the hands of a murderous dictator.

Free Download Youth in Regime Crisis: Comparative Perspectives from Russia to Weimar Germany By Felix Krawatzek
2018 | 336 Pages | ISBN: 0198826842 | PDF | 18 MB
How do political regimes respond to the challenges emanating from youth mobilization? This book seeks to understand regime resilience and breakdown by analysing the public meaning of youth, as well as the physical mobilization of young people.Mobilization carried by young people is a key component in understanding the stabilisation of the authoritarian regime structures in contemporary Russia, but the Russian experience makes only sense if placed in its broader historical context.Three comparative cases, the breakdown of the authoritarian Soviet Union, the breakdown of the democratic Weimar Republic, and the crisis of the democratic regime in France around 1968 highlight how regimes which lacked popular support have compensated for their insufficient legitimacy by trying to mobilize youth symbolically and politically.This book illustrates the symbolic significance of youth and its role in regime crisis by analysing a new data set of newspaper articles with a new method of discourse analysis. The combination of qualitative interpretation and quantitative network analysis enables a deeper and more systematic understanding of discursive structures about youth. Through this methodological innovation the book contributes to the way we define the categories of youth, generation, and crisis. It makes the case that our conceptualisation should reflect the way terms are being used – usages that can be captured in a systematic way with new methods of discourse analysis. Oxford Studies in Democratization is a series for scholars and students of comparative politics and related disciplines. Volumes concentrate on the comparative study of the democratization process that accompanied the decline and termination of the cold war. The geographical focus of the series is primarily Latin America, the Caribbean, Southern and Eastern Europe, and relevant experiences in Africa and Asia. The series editor is Laurence Whitehead, Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford.

Free Download Wind Against the Mountain: The Crisis of Politics and Culture in Thirteenth-Century China By Richard L. Davis
1996 | 283 Pages | ISBN: 0674953576 | PDF | 78 MB
Richard Davis has expertly crafted a stirring narrative of the last years of Song, focusing on loyalist resistance to Mongol domination as more than just a political event. Davis convincingly argues that Song martyrs were dying for more than dynasty alone: martyrdom can be linked to other powerfully compelling symbols as well. Seen from the perspective of the conquered, the phenomenon of martyrdom reveals much about the cultural history of the Song.Davis challenges the traditional view of Song martyrdom as a simple expression of political duty by examining the phenomenon instead from the perspective of material life and masculine identity. He also explores the tensions between the outer court of militant radicals and an inner court run by female regents–tensions that reflect the broader split between factions of Song government as well as societal conflict. Davis reveals the true magnitude of the loyalist phenomenon in this beautifully written, fascinating study of Song political loyalty and cultural values.

Free Download The Giving Crisis: Helping Average Givers Become Everyday Philanthropists by Andrew McNair
English | April 25th, 2023 | ISBN: 1637631502 | 224 pages | True EPUB | 3.43 MB
The contemporary church faces a financial crisis of epic proportions. The reason is simple.

Free Download Portugal Since the 2008 Economic Crisis: Resilience and Change
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1857439619 | 263 Pages | PDF (True) | 7 MB
Portuguese democracy is now celebrating its 50th anniversary. Portugal joined the European Union (EU) in 1986, but the enduring legacies of the country’s transition process from authoritarianism to democracy became apparent during the European sovereign debt crisis, when Portugal experienced its third bailout since the institutionalization of democratic government. Although the first decade after EU accession was one of slight growth and investment, Portugal’s economy has, in effect, been performing poorly since the beginning of the 21st century. Among the major changes in Portuga – as in much of Southern Europe – as a result of the ‘great recession’, was the emergence of important new actors, including populist parties, new social movements and the polarization of attitudes toward the EU. In some of these areas, the phrase ‘with the exception of Portugal’ was always present. This book explores the factors that might explain why this is no longer the case, presenting a global overview, with an interdisciplinary focus, of the processes of economic, social and political changes in Portuguese democracy since the 2008 economic crisis.

Free Download Defense and Recognition in the Climate Crisis: How to Communicate About Truths, Facts and Opinions
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3658407239 | 484 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 2 MB
Truths, facts and opinions on the climate issue are often met with psychological or social defense, both publicly and privately. Based on selected psychological and philosophical theories as well as data material, this book shows how defense comes about, how it works, and how, on the other hand, the necessary recognition can succeed on various levels. It is only through recognition that constructive discourse becomes possible. This book offers all the basics to be able to theoretically and practically solve communication conflicts between defense and recognition in the climate crisis.

Free Download Crisis and Progress in the Soviet Economy, 1931-1933 by R. W. Davies
English | PDF | 1996 | 629 Pages | ISBN : 0333311051 | 139.2 MB
The profound economic crisis of 1931-33 undermined the process of industrialisation and the stability of the regime. In spite of feverish efforts to achieve the over ambitious first five-year plan, the great industrial projects lagged far behind schedule. These were years of inflation, economic disorder and of terrible famine in 1933.

Free Download Marla Paul, "The Friendship Crisis: Finding, Making, and Keeping Friends When You’re Not a Kid Anymore"
English | ISBN: 1594861579 | 2005 | 224 pages | EPUB | 1175 KB
As seen in Self, Fitness, Real Simple, Health, Ladies’ Home Journal, and Redbook, this much-praised celebration of women’s friendships-now in paperback-explores the keys to forming emotionally supportive and sustaining connections at every stage in life.

Free Download The Modern Crisis by Murray Bookchin
2022 | ISBN: 1849354464 | English | 196 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
Six incisive essays from the father of social ecology.

Free Download Entrepreneurial Crisis Management: How Small and Micro-Firms Prepare for and Respond to Crises
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031251873 | 98 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 1.1 MB
​This book explores the timely issue of how small businesses, micro firms and entrepreneurs respond to crises. A largely overlooked area of research, the author posits that by better understanding crisis management in small and micro firms, we can help to protect these businesses from the potentially devastating effects of a crisis.