Seizing Power
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Author | : Naunihal Singh |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2014-07-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 142141337X |
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How coups happen and why half of them fail. While coups drive a majority of regime changes and are responsible for the overthrow of many democratic governments, there has been very little empirical work on the subject. Seizing Power develops a new theory of coup dynamics and outcomes, drawing on 300 hours of interviews with coup participants and an original dataset of 471 coup attempts worldwide from 1950 to 2000. Naunihal Singh delivers a concise and empirical evaluation, arguing that understanding the dynamics of military factions is essential to predicting the success or failure of coups. Singh draws on an aspect of game theory known as a coordination game to explain coup dynamics. He finds a strong correlation between successful coups and the ability of military actors to project control and the inevitability of success. Examining Ghana’s multiple coups and the 1991 coup attempt in the USSR, Singh shows how military actors project an image of impending victory that is often more powerful than the reality on the ground. In addition, Singh also identifies three distinct types of coup dynamics, each with a different probability of success, based on where within the organization each coup originated: coups from top military officers, coups from the middle ranks, and mutinous coups from low-level soldiers.
Author | : Susan George |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2015-08-05 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0745697852 |
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Lobbying has long been part of the political landscape. But in recent years links between big business and government have become stronger and more far-reaching than ever. Global corporations now demand control over decisions affecting labour laws, finance, public health, food and agriculture, safety regulations, taxes and international trade and investment. They even claim the right to private tribunals where they can sue governments for passing laws that could harm their present or future profits. These business elites dont want to govern directly. They operate behind the scenes - directing planning, setting standards and fashioning government to maximise their own profits. Thanks to the UN Global Compact they have extended their influence to the highest levels of multilateral decision-making and now, via the Davos-inspired Global Redesign Initiative, they are setting their sights on managing world-wide public policy. Elected by and accountable to no one, secretive and highly organized, these shadow sovereigns are destroying the very notion of the common good and making a mockery of democracy. It is high time we challenged this assault on our rights and our institutions. In this incisive and clear-sighted book Susan George provides us with the practical knowledge to do just that.
Author | : J. Jarillo |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2003-03-13 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0230598145 |
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Strategic Logic lays the foundations for a clear understanding of corporate profitability and provides the reader with innovative insights on how to develop original yet realistic strategies. Working with real-life examples and based on rigorous theory, the author analyses key managerial decisions and shows how to ensure these enhance the company's long-term profitability. Mergers and acquisitions are great opportunities for strategic development, but they can also destroyer value. The author indicates how to judge on what side a specific case will fall.
Author | : Robert Slater |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 421 |
Release | : 2010-07-30 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0470911131 |
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How oil volatility may lead to violence among oil powers The world supply of oil is running out. Meanwhile, the balance of oil power is shifting away from the United States and the Arab states toward national oil companies (NOCs) in Russia, China, and some emerging economies in Africa and South America. As developing countries seek a middle-class existence, their demand for oil grows exponentially, causing oil prices to spiral, turning some into international bullies. Until another fuel is found the world risks being at the mercy of these tyrants whose insatiable appetites for higher oil prices heighten competition and spur the threat of violence, domestic as well as global. In Seizing Power: The Grab for Global Oil Wealth, bestselling author Robert Slater: Profiles petroaggressors like Russia's Putin, Venezuela's Chavez, and IranÕs Ahmadinejad Describes how oil-rich outlaw nations are using a valuable natural resource as a weapon in global politics Warns that, as oil dwindles, these outlaw nations may turn upon one another in the fight for what oil is left Seizing Power clearly explains why oil is potentially toxic to world stability.
Author | : Stephen Mace |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006-03 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9781561842391 |
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Stephen Mace explores the magick of using power to deal with the two institutions that seem to do the most to cripple our access to it: the Corporation and the State. Of these, the former is surely more odious than the latter, and infinitely less vital. Most odious of all, of course, is the carnal union of the two, but such depravity may tend toward the decline of both parties, and "Seizing Power" examines the dynamics of this process as well.
Author | : Susan George |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2017-05-23 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0745697836 |
Download Shadow Sovereigns Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Lobbying has long been part of the political landscape. But in recent years links between big business and government have become stronger and more far-reaching than ever. Global corporations now demand control over decisions affecting labour laws, finance, public health, food and agriculture, safety regulations, taxes and international trade and investment. They even claim the right to private tribunals where they can sue governments for passing laws that could harm their present or future profits. These business elites dont want to govern directly. They operate behind the scenes - directing planning, setting standards and fashioning government to maximise their own profits. Thanks to the UN Global Compact they have extended their influence to the highest levels of multilateral decision-making and now, via the Davos-inspired Global Redesign Initiative, they are setting their sights on managing world-wide public policy. Elected by and accountable to no one, secretive and highly organized, these shadow sovereigns are destroying the very notion of the common good and making a mockery of democracy. It is high time we challenged this assault on our rights and our institutions. In this incisive and clear-sighted book Susan George provides us with the practical knowledge to do just that.
Author | : John Holloway |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : POLITICAL SCIENCE |
ISBN | : 9781786804716 |
Download CHANGE THE WORLD WITHOUT TAKING POWER Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A classic thought-experiment in the true meaning of resistance.
Author | : Barbara Geddes |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2018-08-23 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1107115825 |
Download How Dictatorships Work Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Explains how dictatorships rise, survive, and fall, along with why some but not all dictators wield vast powers.
Author | : Erwin Raphael McManus |
Publisher | : Thomas Nelson |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2002-11-03 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1418513865 |
Download Seizing Your Divine Moment Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
In this inspiring book, Erwin McManus uses the biblical account of Israel's war with the Philistines (1 Samuel 13 and 14) and the characters of Saul and Jonathan to demonstrate the difference between living a life of purpose and adventure, and living one of apathy and missed opportunity. In the midst of a less-than-hopeful battle, Saul-who should have been leading-rested beneath a pomegranate tree as Jonathan seized the divine moment that would impact the future of Israel. Through this story McManus artfully illustrates the eight characteristics of an adventurer's heart, what he calls "the Jonathan factor." Using powerful examples from his own life and ministry, along with fresh biblical teaching, McManus asserts that God crafts divine moments specific to each of us-priceless opportunities for us to actively engage in God's big-picture plan. Apathy and apprehension prevent us from being all we are meant to be for God's kingdom. But by developing the characteristics McManus outlines, Christians can move from mundane to miraculous living.
Author | : Maeva Marcus |
Publisher | : Duke University Press |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780822314172 |
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"Although there have been some other articles and books on the "Youngstown" case, this book remains definitive. The author handles a variety of materials exceedingly well, and shows great sensitivity not only to the legal issues involved, but to the political ones as well. It is a model case study."--Melvin I. Urofsky, Virginia Commonwealth University