Noukogude Liidu lagunemisega sai labi ka kulm soda, Venemaal algasid reformid ning tulevikku ennustati demokraatlike riikide sobraliku kooseksisteerimisena. Tana on Laane ja Venemaa vahel taas terav vastasseis, Venemaa on okupeerinud alasid Ukrainas, Gruusias ning raagitakse kuberrunnakutest ja valimiste mojutamisest. Unistus demokraatlikust ja usaldusvaarsest partnerriigist Venemaast ei saanud taituma. See raamat kusib, miks see nii on. Kes las ...
71-летняя супермодель Мэй Маск – не просто красивая, но и невероятно успешная и счастливая женщина – делится мудрыми уроками, которые она усвоила за долгую жизнь. Несмотря на удары судьбы и невзгоды: развод и статус многодетной матери-одиночки в 31 год, бедность и невостребованность, Мэй никогда не опускала руки. Она упорно работала, боролась с жесткими стандартами в модной индустрии, воспитывала в детях независимость и амбициозность – и всегда ...
Over the last ten years the issue of Europe has been placed at the centre of major political conflicts, revealing profound splits in society. These splits are represented in terms of an opposition between those countries on the losing and those on the winning sides of globalisation. Inequalities beyond those nations are critically absent from the debate.Based on major European statistical surveys, the new research in this work presents a map of ...
On the map of global trade, China is now the factory of the world. A parade of ships full of raw commodities—iron ore, coal, oil—arrive in its ports, and fleets of container ships leave with manufactured goods in all directions. The oil that fuels China’s manufacturing comes primarily from the Arabian peninsula. Much of the material shipped from China are transported through the ports of Arabian peninsula, Dubai’s Jabal Ali port foremost among t ...
Argues that South Africans, like everyone else, need democracy for a more equal society What are democracies meant to do? And how does one know when one is a democratic state? These incisive questions and more by leading political scientist, Steven Friedman, underlie this robust enquiry into what democracy means for South Africa post 1994. Democracy is often viewed through a lens reflecting Western understanding. New democracies are compared ...
