Showing results for "The Fall" in Public Policy

Is Wall Street bad for Main Street America? "A well-told exploration of why our current economy is leaving too many behind." —The New York Times In looking at the forces that shaped the 2016 presidential election, one thing is clear: much of the population believes that our economic system is...

Chinese society has been shaped by the interplay of the EAST—exams, autocracy, stability, and technology—from ancient times through the present. Beginning with the Sui dynasty's introduction of the civil service exam, known as Keju, in 587 CE—and continuing through the personnel management system used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—Chinese autocracies have developed exceptional tools for homogenizing ideas, norms, and practices. But this uniformity came with a huge downside: stifled creativity.

In the last few years, it has become abundantly clear that the effects of accelerating climate change will be catastrophic, from rising seas to more violent storms to desertification. Yet why do nation-states find it so difficult to implement transnational policies that can reduce carbon output and slow global warming? In Oceans Rise, Empires Fall, Gerard Toal identifies geopolitics as the culprit.

Alexander Stevens, einer der bekanntesten Strafverteidiger des Landes, und Constantin Schreiber, Tagesschau-Sprecher, Bestseller-Autor und von Haus aus ebenfalls Jurist mit Leidenschaft fürs Strafrecht, befassen sich mit spektakulären und teilweise noch nie erzählten Mordfällen. Gemeinsam beleuchten und rekonstruieren sie diese aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln, nehmen die Rollen von Anwalt und Verteidiger ein und fördern überraschende Wendungen, geheimnisvolle Indizien und verrückten Motive zutage.

In the 25 years after 1989, the world enjoyed the deepest peace in history. In The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth, the eminent foreign policy scholar Michael Mandelbaum examines that remarkable quarter century, describing how and why the peace was established and then fell apart. Mandelbaum argues that the widespread peace ended because three major countries put an end to it with aggressive nationalist policies aimed at overturning the prevailing political arrangements in their respective regions.

A bold, thought-provoking pathway to the national solidarity that could, finally, address the ills of racism in America “Racism is an existential threat to America,” Theodore R. Johnson declares at the start of his profound and exhilarating book. It is a refutation of the American Promise...

Klaus-Peter Lipphaus hat in seiner Zeit bei der Polizei vieles erlebt, das die Grenzen des Vorstellbaren übersteigt. In 30 Jahren als Kriminalkommissar ermittelte er gegen Rauschgiftbanden und organisierte Kriminalität, vor allem aber in zahlreichen schockierenden Mordfällen. Habgier, sexuelle Triebhaftigkeit, schiere Mordlust – Kommissar Lipphaus war mit sämtlichen Spielarten der Niedertracht konfrontiert, aus denen Menschen zu Mördern werden.

How earnest hippies, frightened parents, suffering patients, and other ordinary Americans went to war over marijuana In the last five years, eight states have legalized recreational marijuana. To many, continued progress seems certain. But pot was on a similar trajectory forty years ago, only to...

Ein brutaler Drogensüchtiger, der Rentner verprügelt und selbst vor seinen eigenen Großeltern nicht haltmacht. Amtsrichter Stephan Zantke hat tagtäglich mit unglaublichen Fällen wie diesem zu tun und trifft dabei auf menschliche Abgründe, die nur schwer zu ertragen sind – und bei denen manchmal nur das Böse übrig bleibt. Nach dem großen Erfolg seines ersten Hörbuches gewährt der bekannte »Klartext-Richter« erneut einen ehrlichen und unbeschönigten Blick in den Alltag deutscher Gerichte.

With wit and sharp insight, former Traffic Commissioner of New York City, Sam Schwartz a.k.a. "Gridlock Sam", one of the most respected transportation engineers in the world and consummate insider in NYC political circles, uncovers how American cities became so beholden to cars and why the current shift away from that trend will forever alter America's urban landscapes, marking nothing short of a revolution in how we get from place to place.

In the 1930s, American colleges and universities began to screen applications using the SAT, a mass-administered, IQ-descended standardized test. The widespread adoption of the test accompanied the development of the world's first mass higher education system—and served to promote the idea that the United States was becoming a "meritocracy." In Higher Admissions, Nicholas Lemann reflects on the state of America's aspirational meritocracy and the enduring value and meaning of standardized testing.