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Quantitative Datenanalyse: Eine Einführung mit SPSS (Studientexte zur Soziologie)
by Markus TausendpfundDas Buch bietet eine Einführung in die quantitative Datenanalyse mit dem Statistikprogramm SPSS. Es werden Kenntnisse vermittelt, um einfache Analysen selbstständig durchführen zu können. Dazu gehören der Download von Sekundärdatensätzen, die sachgemäße Kodierung von Variablen (Datenaufbereitung), die uni- und bivariate Datenanalyse sowie multivariate Analyseverfahren. Für eine möglichst praxisnahe Darstellung werden die einzelnen Analysen auf Basis der ALLBUS-Daten 2014 illustriert. Dabei werden die zentralen Befehle (Syntax) vorgestellt, die für die Datenanalyse mit SPSS erforderlich sind.
Quantitative Easing and Its Impact in the US, Japan, the UK and Europe
by Kjell Hausken Mthuli NcubeThis volume empirically analyzes the effects of quantitative easing (QE) on interest rates and the economy in the US, Japan, UK and Europe. Using an event-study methodology, the authors find that the measures undertaken by the Federal Reserve and Bank of England, which focus primarily on bond purchases, are much more effective in lowering interest rates than those undertaken by the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank, which have relied more heavily on lending to private financial institutions. Using large Bayesian vector autoregression (BVAR) models they also analyze the impact of QE on the wider economy. They produce no-QE counterfactual forecasts that are compared with their corresponding baseline forecasts, incorporating the effects of QE on government bond spreads. Despite the failure of stimulating economic activities as a whole, the simulation results suggest that the unconventional monetary policies have a positive influence on industrial production in the US, UK and Japan. The authors' analysis finds that QE contributes to the reduction in unemployment in the US and Japan, and a rise in inflation-expectations in the US, UK and Euro zone. However, evidence on QE's effect on house prices, stock prices, consumer confidence, and exchange rate, is mixed and thus inconclusive.
Quantitative Methoden in der Politikwissenschaft: Eine Einführung (Grundwissen Politik)
by Markus TausendpfundDieses Lehrbuch bietet eine Einführung in die sozialwissenschaftliche Forschungslogik und den quantitativen Forschungsprozess. Die einzelnen Phasen des Forschungsprozesses – Forschungsthema und Entwicklung einer Forschungsfrage, Konzeptspezifikation, Hypothesenbildung, Operationalisierung, Forschungsdesign, Auswahlverfahren und Datenerhebung – werden anhand politikwissenschaftlicher Beispiele dargestellt und erläutert. Zudem werden wichtige sozialwissenschaftliche Datensätze vorgestellt und die Bedeutung der Sekundäranalyse herausgearbeitet. Es bietet damit zentrale Informationen, die für ein Verständnis der quantitativen Sozialforschung und die Auseinandersetzung mit empirischen Studien erforderlich sind. Für die 2. Auflage wurde das Buch aktualisiert und überarbeitet.
Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics
by Adil H. MouhammedThis book provides a brief yet rigorous introduction to various quantitative methods used in economic decision-making. It has no prerequisites other than high school algebra. The book begins with matrix algebra and calculus, which are then used in the book's core modes. Once the reader grasps matrix theory and calculus, the quantitative models can be understood easily, and for each model there are many solved examples related to business and economic applications.
Quantitative Methods for the Social Sciences: A Practical Introduction with Examples in R (Springer Texts in Political Science and International Relations)
by Daniel Stockemer Jean-Nicolas BordeleauThis textbook offers an essential introduction to survey research and quantitative methods with clear instructions on how to conduct statistical tests with R. Building on the premise that we need to teach statistical methods in a holistic and practical format, the book guides students through the four main elements of survey research and quantitative analysis: (1) the importance of survey research, (2) preparing a survey, (3) conducting a survey and (4) analyzing a survey. In detail, students will learn how to create their own questionnaire on the basis of formulating hypotheses; sampling participants; disseminating their questionnaire; creating datasets; and analyzing their data. The data analytical sections of this revised and extended edition explain the theory, rationale and mathematical foundations of relevant bivariate and multi-variate statistical tests. These include the T-test, F-test, Chi-square test and correlation analyses, as well as bivariate and multivariate regression analyses. In addition, the book offers a brief introduction to statistical computing with R, which includes clear instructions on how to conduct these statistical tests in R. Given the breadth of its coverage, the textbook is suitable for introductory statistics, survey research and quantitative methods classes in the social sciences.
Quantitative Research Methods in Communication: The Power of Numbers for Social Justice (Routledge Social Justice Communication Activism Series)
by Erica Scharrer Srividya RamasubramanianThis fully updated second edition offers an advanced introduction to quantitative methods that focuses on why and how to conduct research that contributes to social justice.Providing both inspiration and step-by-step guidance on how to conceive, design, and carry out a quantitative study, the book shows how research can be used to work toward a more just and equitable world. The authors provide a detailed guide to quantitative methods and statistical analysis, showing how researchers can engage with social justice issues in systematic, rigorous, ethical, and meaningful ways. This new edition includes a new chapter on writing literature reviews and better aligns with the stages of quantitative research as well as the changing technologies that are available for researchers to both study and use in their work. It includes updated real-world case studies, interviews with scholar-activists, and definitions of key concepts as well as a deeper focus on ethics, social media, computational social sciences, data analytics, and data visualization techniques.Attuned to questions of access, equity, justice, diversity, and inclusion, this textbook is ideal for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses in research methods for communication and the social sciences. It will also be of interest to researchers who wish to engage with the transformation of structures, practices, and understandings in society through community and civic engagement and policy formation.Online resources for instructors include a test bank, PowerPoint slides, sample dataset, and YouTube tutorials. They are available online at www.routledge.com/9781032599878.
Quantitative Social Science: An Introduction
by Kosuke ImaiAn introductory textbook on data analysis and statistics written especially for students in the social sciences and allied fieldsQuantitative analysis is an increasingly essential skill for social science research, yet students in the social sciences and related areas typically receive little training in it—or if they do, they usually end up in statistics classes that offer few insights into their field. This textbook is a practical introduction to data analysis and statistics written especially for undergraduates and beginning graduate students in the social sciences and allied fields, such as economics, sociology, public policy, and data science.Quantitative Social Science engages directly with empirical analysis, showing students how to analyze data using the R programming language and to interpret the results—it encourages hands-on learning, not paper-and-pencil statistics. More than forty data sets taken directly from leading quantitative social science research illustrate how data analysis can be used to answer important questions about society and human behavior.Proven in the classroom, this one-of-a-kind textbook features numerous additional data analysis exercises and interactive R programming exercises, and also comes with supplementary teaching materials for instructors.Written especially for students in the social sciences and allied fields, including economics, sociology, public policy, and data scienceProvides hands-on instruction using R programming, not paper-and-pencil statisticsIncludes more than forty data sets from actual research for students to test their skills onCovers data analysis concepts such as causality, measurement, and prediction, as well as probability and statistical toolsFeatures a wealth of supplementary exercises, including additional data analysis exercises and interactive programming exercisesOffers a solid foundation for further studyComes with additional course materials online, including notes, sample code, exercises and problem sets with solutions, and lecture slidesLooking for a more accessible introduction? Consider Data Analysis for Social Science by Elena Llaudet and Kosuke Imai, which teaches from scratch and step-by-step the fundamentals of survey research, predictive models, and causal inference. It covers descriptive statistics, the difference-in-means estimator, simple linear regression, and multiple linear regression.
Quantitative Social Science: An Introduction in Stata
by Kosuke Imai Lori D. BougherThe Stata edition of the groundbreaking textbook on data analysis and statistics for the social sciences and allied fieldsQuantitative analysis is an increasingly essential skill for social science research, yet students in the social sciences and related areas typically receive little training in it—or if they do, they usually end up in statistics classes that offer few insights into their field. This textbook is a practical introduction to data analysis and statistics written especially for undergraduates and beginning graduate students in the social sciences and allied fields, such as business, economics, education, political science, psychology, sociology, public policy, and data science.Quantitative Social Science engages directly with empirical analysis, showing students how to analyze data using the Stata statistical software and interpret the results—it emphasizes hands-on learning, not paper-and-pencil statistics. More than fifty data sets taken directly from leading quantitative social science research illustrate how data analysis can be used to answer important questions about society and human behavior.Proven in classrooms around the world, this one-of-a-kind textbook features numerous additional data analysis exercises, and also comes with supplementary teaching materials for instructors.Written especially for students in the social sciences and allied fields, including business, economics, education, psychology, political science, sociology, public policy, and data scienceProvides hands-on instruction using Stata, not paper-and-pencil statisticsIncludes more than fifty data sets from actual research for students to test their skills onCovers data analysis concepts such as causality, measurement, and prediction, as well as probability and statistical toolsFeatures a wealth of supplementary exercises, including additional data analysis exercises and interactive programming exercisesOffers a solid foundation for further studyComes with additional course materials online, including notes, sample code, exercises and problem sets with solutions, and lecture slides
Quantitative Techniques for Competition and Antitrust Analysis
by Peter Davis Eliana GarcésThis book combines practical guidance and theoretical background for analysts using empirical techniques in competition and antitrust investigations. Peter Davis and Eliana Garcés show how to integrate empirical methods, economic theory, and broad evidence about industry in order to provide high-quality, robust empirical work that is tailored to the nature and quality of data available and that can withstand expert and judicial scrutiny. Davis and Garcés describe the toolbox of empirical techniques currently available, explain how to establish the weight of pieces of empirical work, and make some new theoretical contributions. The book consistently evaluates empirical techniques in light of the challenge faced by competition analysts and academics--to provide evidence that can stand up to the review of experts and judges. The book's integrated approach will help analysts clarify the assumptions underlying pieces of empirical work, evaluate those assumptions in light of industry knowledge, and guide future work aimed at understanding whether the assumptions are valid. Throughout, Davis and Garcés work to expand the common ground between practitioners and academics.
Quantum Decision Theory and Complexity Modelling in Economics and Public Policy (New Economic Windows)
by Anirban Chakraborti Emmanuel Haven Sudip Patra Naresh SinghThis book is an outcome of the interdisciplinary conference held at OP Jindal Global University (Quantum Decision-making and Complexity modeling, and their possible applications in social sciences－ economics, finance and public policy). The volume builds upon the emerging fields of Econophysics, Complexity theory and Quantum like modelling in cognition and social sciences, and their plausible applications in economics and public policy. There can be deep linkages between the micro, meso and macro scales at which these paradigms operate. In this data-driven age, greater amounts of information, along with the facility to harvest, sort and process said information, have permitted an expansion of the capability to study a society’s various factors to a degree of detail and inclusiveness that has never before been available to researchers. As a result, an increasing number of throughlines is being discovered, revealing heretofore unknown connections between various disciplines and enhancing the study of such societal tropes as finance, language, shared behavior, and many others. As the reader will see, with clearer understanding of the interconnectedness of society’s assorted parts comes a clearer understanding of the society as a whole. We have received critical thoughts from noted experts in social and natural sciences to explore possible interconnections. The editors of this book earnestly hope that the critical reviews presented in this volume will stimulate further scholarly interest, but also interest among policy practitioners for the purpose of exploring possibilities for creating a new paradigm for comprehending pressing issues of deep uncertainty and emergence in social dynamics.
Quantum Social Theory for Critical International Relations Theorists: Quantizing Critique (Palgrave Studies in International Relations)
by Michael P. MurphyThis book examines the crossroads of quantum and critical approaches to International Relations and argues that these approaches share a common project of uncovering complexity and uncertainty. The “quantum turn” in International Relations theory has produced a number of interesting insights into the complex ways in which our assumptions about the physics of the world around us can limit our understanding of social life. While critique is possible within a Newtonian social science, core assumptions of separability and determinism of classical physics impose limits on what is imaginable. The author argues that by adopting a quantum imaginary, social theory can move beyond its Newtonian limits, and explore two methods for quantizing conceptual models—translation and application. This book is the first introductory book to quantum social theory ideas specifically intended for an audience of critical International Relations.
Quantum Technologies and Military Strategy (Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications)
by Ajey LeleThis book is about the strategic relevance of quantum technologies. It debates the military-specific aspects of this technology. Various chapters of this book cohere around two specific themes. The first theme discusses the global pattern of ongoing civilian and military research on quantum computers, quantum cryptography, quantum communications and quantum internet. The second theme explicitly identifies the relevance of these technologies in the military domain and the possible nature of quantum technology-based weapons. This thread further debates on quantum (arms) race at a global level in general, and in the context of the USA and China, in particular. The book argues that the defence utility of these technologies is increasingly becoming obvious and is likely to change the nature of warfare in the future.
Quantum-Social Investigations across Transnational Movements: Reconfiguring Complex Implications of Solidarity (Palgrave Studies in International Relations)
by Mehmet Akif KumralThis book weaves theoretical-empirical threads beyond pragmatic philosophy, quantum cosmology and world affairs. It offers a “quantum-social” approach to inquire solidarity configurations among transnational movements. The first part of the book develops an integrative framework to foreground “quantum-type” features of social fields, virtual movements, and complex encounters. Quantum conceptual keys open new gates for macro-theorizing of “non-locality” and comprehending fields around cognate disciplines like psychology and sociology as well as international studies. Accordingly, emotional “indeterminacy” is found fundamental for understanding mesoscopic dynamics of virtual mobilizations. All along micro-layers, phenomena of “entanglement” mold multiple pathways for transversal solidarities. The empirical second part looks at how transnational solidarity springs emerge under “quantum-like” contexts of liberation/revolution-redemption/resistance movements. Emotional memories and affective imageries dynamically co-mingle across flowing fields and moving habitats of “1968-71” and “2008-11.” Affective waves and sentimental circulations shape sanctified-secularized constellations of altruisms and sacrifices through which solidarities spin.
Quarterlife
by Devika RegeOne of The New Yorker's Best Books of 2024'A fearless achievement' The New Yorker'Blazingly original . . . Fiercely intelligent . . . Rege is at the forefront of a new generation of authors' Vauhini Vara, author of The Immortal King RaoThe Bharat Party has come to power after an intensely divisive election. Naren, a jaded Wall Street consultant, is lured home to Mumbai by their promise of ' better days '. With him is Amanda, eager to escape her New England town by volunteering in a Muslim-majority slum. Inspired by them, Naren's charismatic brother Rohit sets out to explore his ancestral heritage in the countryside, where he falls in with the fiery young men who drive the Hindu nationalist machine.As they each come to grips with the new India, their journeys coalesce into a riveting milieu characterized by brutal debates and desires as fraught as they are compulsive. The result is an ever-widening chorus that feeds into a festive night when all of Mumbai is on the streets - and the simmering unrest erupts.Quarterlife is as sweeping as it is intimate. With profound empathy and insight, Devika Rege lays bare the roots of political belief in a time of reckoning for democracies worldwide - this is a brilliantly innovative work that tests the limits of what the novel can achieve.
Quarterlife: A Novel
by Devika Rege“A superb read . . . both moving and inspiring.” —Jeet Thayil, author of Narcopolis Quarterlife is a groundbreaking portrait of a nation on the cusp of a new age. A group of young people converge in Mumbai after an election brings the divisive Bharat Party to power: Naren, a jaded Wall Street consultant lured home by the promise of “better days,” is accompanied by Amanda, a restless New Englander eager to live her ideals through a social impact fellowship in a slum. Meanwhile, Naren’s brother Rohit, the charismatic talent scout, sets out to explore his roots in the countryside and falls in with the fiery young men that drive the Hindu nationalist machine. As they each come to grips with the new India, their journeys coalesce into a riveting milieu characterized by brutal debates and desires as fraught as they are compulsive. The result is an ever-widening chorus that feeds into a festive night when all of Mumbai is on the streets—and the simmering unrest erupts. Quarterlife is as sweeping as it is intimate. With grace and precision, Devika Rege lays bare the moral and psychological roots of political belief in a time of reckoning for democracies worldwide. No one is spared, not even the writer. An urgent and prismatic debut, Quarterlife announces Rege as an evocative new voice in fiction and an author who is unafraid to test the limits of what the novel can achieve.
Quartierssanierung im Kontext urbaner Resilienz: Der Beitrag von Business Improvement Districts als Beteiligungsansatz zur Förderung der urbanen Resilienz in innerstädtischen Quartieren (Studien zum nachhaltigen Bauen und Wirtschaften)
by Thomas Glatte Lucas Falter Benjamin WilliStädte und ihre Quartiere sind Transformationsprozessen unterworfen und stehen nach Krisen wie der Corona-Pandemie vor großen Herausforderungen. Diese Publikation aus der Reihe „Studien zum nachhaltigen Bauen und Wirtschaften” untersucht in welcher Konstellation und unter welchen Bedingungen Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) als ein Beteiligungsinstrument der Quartiersentwicklung für die Stärkung der urbanen Resilienz eingesetzt werden können. Dabei wird auch der Frage nachgegegangen wer für die Umsetzung resilienter Stadtentwicklung verantwortlich ist und was konkret in einem Quartier resilient gestaltet werden soll.
Quasi-Constitutionality and Constitutional Statutes: Forms, Functions, Applications (Comparative Constitutional Change)
by Richard Albert Joel I. Colón-RíosThis book examines the interstices among statutory enactment, constitutional convention and formal constitution in which quasi-constitutionality exists. It provides a focal resource that can serve as a point of reference for scholars interested in quasi-constitutionality as a whole, from national and transnational perspectives, expanding on its many forms, functions, and applications with recourse to comparative insights. The book is divided in three main Parts, each of them preceded by a separate critical introduction in which an informed scholar contextualizes the chapters and offers reflections on the themes they develop. The first Part, titled 'Forms', is composed of chapters that address, from a theoretical and comparative perspective, questions related to the recognition of constitutional statutes and quasi-constitutional legislation. The second Part is titled 'Functions', and contains chapters that explore the explanatory power of quasi-constitutionality in different institutional contexts. The third Part, titled 'Applications', considers the ways in which constitutional statutes and quasi-constitutionality operate in relation to particular tensions and debates present in various jurisdictions.
Quasi-state Entities and International Criminal Justice: Legitimising Narratives and Counter-Narratives (Contemporary Security Studies)
by Ernst DijxhoornThis book explores the intended and unintended impact of international criminal justice on the legitimacy of quasi-state entities (QSEs). In order to do so, the concept of ‘quasi-state entity’ is introduced to distinguish actors in statehood conflicts that aspire to statehood, and fulfil statehood functions to a greater or lesser degree, including the capacity and willingness to deploy armed force, but lack the status of sovereign statehood. This work explores the ability of QSEs to create and maintain legitimacy for their actions, institutions and statehood projects in various constituencies simultaneously. It looks at how legitimacy is a prerequisite for success of QSEs and, using critical legitimacy theory, assesses the legitimating narratives of QSEs and their statehood adversaries. The book links international criminal justice to statehood projects of QSEs and their success and legitimacy. It looks at the effects of international criminal justice on the ability to create and maintain legitimacy of QSEs, an approach that leads to new insights regarding international courts and tribunals as entities competing with states over statehood functions that increasingly have to take the legal implications of their actions into consideration. Most important, a close assessment of the legitimising narratives of QSEs, counter narratives, and the messages sent by international criminal justice with which QSEs have to deal, and their ability to overcome legitimacy crises, provides insight on QSEs and the complex processes of legitimation. This book will be of much interest to students of international criminal justice, political violence, security studies and IR.
Que de lejos parecen moscas
by Kike FerrariLa revelación literaria argentina según The Wall Street Journal. Que de lejos parecen moscas es una novela negra explosiva que se ha convertido en un fenómeno de culto, por un escrito tan talentoso como inesperado. El señor Machi es el perfecto reflejo del éxito y del desprecio. Dueño de un pequeño imperio en Argentina, hizo su fortuna bajo la dictadura militar y luego la afianzó bajo los dos primeros gobiernos de la democracia casándose con una mujer de doble apellido, hija de un terrateniente. Lo que no le impide rodearse de bellas mujeres que obedecen a todos sus caprichos. Tiene un BMW, una colección de trescientas corbatas y diez millones de dólares en el banco. La cocaína y la «pastilla azul» le permiten distraerse de las quejas de su esposa por sus infidelidades y de las debilidades de sus hijos, tan distintos a él, pero sobre todo lo ayudan a ignorar a sus muchos enemigos, a quienes él considera insectos «que de lejos parecen moscas». Hasta que un día, encuentra un cadáver en el maletero de su BMW, atado con las esposas rosas de peluche que usa con sus amantes. Y entonces empieza otra historia. Con esta novela explosiva y original, Kike Ferrari llamó la atención de la prensa internacional y conquistó a algunos de los mejores editores del mundo. Un auténtico puñetazo en la mandíbula de todos los lectores. Críticas... «Kike Ferrari es tan de verdad que parece mentira. Tan honesto que parece un farsante. Escribe desde un sitio que ya no existe, con buen juego de piernas y pegada certera.»Carlos Zanón «Que de lejos parecen moscas es muy sólida, fluye perfectamente. Y además está escrita con esta idea de que la novela negra es la nueva novela social del siglo XX.»Paco Ignacio Taibo II «Sus textos se nutren de violencia y tragedia para conseguir transmitir esa extrema sensación que se advierte cuando las cosas no tienen solución. Un escritor a seguir.»Benito Garrido, Culturamas «Ferrari es un tipo que lleva las ideas por adentro y por afuera. No las esconde. No las mezquina. Nunca las niega. De hecho, se las tatúa en la piel, para evitar traicionarse en un descuido.»Carlos Salem «Leer a Kike Ferrari y escucharlo leer en vivo es presenciar un recital de rocanrol por su potencia narrativa y el lirismo crudo y duro de sus textos.»Leo Oyola «La novela, construida mediante saltos en el tiempo y llena de hombres de negocios repulsivos, mujeres acomodadas que prefieren unos cuernos a perder el dinero de sus maridos y matones sin remordimientos, es un ataque frontal a la actual democracia argentina.»Paula Corroto, Público
Que gane el más mejor: Mérito y competencia en el Chile de hoy
by Patricio Navia Pedro Engel BeratterUna mirada crítica, aguda y remecedora a la evidente diferencia de oportunidades en nuestro país. «Con gran lucidez los autores argumentan que si el Estado cumple a cabalidad su rol de igualar las oportunidades y proveer protección social para los débiles, la competencia aflora como el sistema más justo y eficiente en la adjudicación de roles.» Nicolás Eyzaguirre, ex ministro de Hacienda «El Chile de las diferencias abrumadoras, aquel donde cuentan decisivamente los contubernios del poder, la clase y hasta la raza, aparece al desnudo en este estupendo libro de lectura imprescindible.» Fernando Villegas, columnista y escritor «Los autores dejan en evidencia que estamos lejos de la igualdad de oportunidades. Con una mirada certera y aguda, ofrecen soluciones audaces, como aumentar la competencia no sólo entre las AFP, sino incluso entre los colegios de los barrios más pobres. Es un libro para quienes buscan dirigir y comprender el país.» Patricia Politzer, periodista «Para quien tenga interés en entender la evolución reciente de la sociedad chilena, este libro es un excepcional aporte, fresco y entretenido, muy fácil de leer.» Felipe Lamarca, economista
Que no se vaya nadie sin devolver la guita
by Enrique PintiOtro libro en que Enrique Pinti con su característico humor da cuentade un momento histórico de la República Argentina. El humorista tomacríticamente la serie de hechos que se desencadenaron en nuestro país enDiciembre del 2001. A través de cada nuevo libro de Enrique Pinti podemos anticipar parte delo que va a ocurrir en la República Argentina. Y no se trata de que estemáximo monologuista tenga poderes de adivinación ni de que poseainformación secreta, sino que su análisis de la realidad pasa por unsentido que pocos poseen: el sentido común. El sentido común que no sedeja obnubilar por el deseo o la fantasía.Sobre este punto, Pinti nos aclara que nunca permitió que sus opinionesfuera arrastradas por las ideologías en boga que vaticinaban larevolución a la vuelta de la esquina. Desde hace tiempo sabe que nuestropueblo es mucho más complejo de lo que la mayoría supone. Él se ve a símismo yt a todos nostros tal cual somos, y disecciona con mano firme alos políticos que siguen con su empecinado autismo frente a estederrumbe, a este horroroso presente cartonero, a este naufragio de todala sociedad.Si observamos los cacerolazos, los escraches y los piqueteros cortandorutas, pensaríamos que figuras como Rodríguez Saa, Menem o De la Sota nopodrían ser electos ni en un pueblito perdido de la selva misionera. Sinembargo, a pesar de todo lo que vemos, continúan encabezando lasencuestas y es probable que uno de ellos sea el próximo presidente delos argentinos.Vivimos épocas de gran confusión donde casi nadie puede prever cómo seráel día de mañana, y Enrique Pinti no es una excepción. Siento lo mismoque cualquiera de nosotros, pero intenta que pensemos juntos un futuromejor para la gente. Pese a todo, en este libro logra destrañar algunosmisterios nacionales, y lo hace con un lenguaje directo, con todo elpoder de su ironía, son su legítima bronca deslenguada.Y con su compromiso de siempre.
Quebec in a Global Light: Reaching for the Common Ground (Munk Series on Global Affairs)
by Robert CalderisiTo the outside world, Quebec is Canada’s most distinctive province. To many Canadians, it has sometimes seemed the most troublesome. But, over the last quarter century, quietly but steadily, it has wrestled successfully with two of the West’s most daunting challenges: protecting national values in the face of mass immigration and striking a proper balance between economic efficiency and a sound social safety net. Quebec has also taken a lead in fighting climate change. Yet, many people – including many Quebeckers – are unaware of this progress and much remains to be done. These achievements, and the tenacity that made them possible, are rooted in centuries of adversity and struggle. In this masterful survey of the major social and economic issues facing Quebec, Robert Calderisi offers an intimate look into the sensitivities and strengths of a society that has grown accustomed to being misunderstood. In doing so, he argues that the values uniting Quebeckers – their common sense, courtesy, concern for the downtrodden, aversion to conflict, and mild form of nationalism, linked to a firm refusal to be homogenized by globalization – make them the most "Canadian" of all Canadians.
Queen
by Aimée CarterPAWN...CAPTIVE...QUEEN? Kitty Doe is a Blackcoat rebel and a former captive with a deadly connection to the most powerful and dangerous man in the country, Prime Minister Daxton Hart. Forced to masquerade as Daxton's niece, Lila Hart, Kitty has helped the Blackcoats take back the prison known as Elsewhere. But Daxton has no intention of ceding his position of privilege-or letting Kitty expose his own masquerade. Not in these United States, where each person's rank means the difference between luxury and poverty, freedom and fear...and ultimately, between life and death. To defeat the corrupt government, Kitty must expose Daxton's secret. Securing evidence will put others in jeopardy, including the boy she's loved forever and an ally she barely trusts. For months, Kitty's survival has hinged on playing a part. Now she must discover who she truly wants to be, and whether the new world she and the rebels are striving to create has a place in it for her after all.
Queen Amidala (Star Wars Episode #1)
by Jude Watson Judy BlundellThe fascinating and dangerous first-hand story of Queen Amidala, "Episode I's" young heroine, who must hide her identity and risk everything in order to save her planet and people.
Queen Anne
by Edward GreggThe reign of Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch, was a period of significant progress for the country: Britain became a major military power on land, the union of England and Scotland created a united kingdom of Great Britain, and the economic and political basis for the Golden Age of the eighteenth century was established. However, the queen herself has received little credit for these achievements and has long been pictured as a weak and ineffectual monarch dominated by her advisers. This landmark biography of Queen Anne shatters that image and establishes her as a personality of integrity and invincible stubbornness, the central figure of her age.Praise for the earlier edition:"A thoughtful and . . . authoritative study, easily the best thing we have on the Queen. Like Anne herself, it is eminently worthy."--Angus McInnes, History"With the appearance of this volume, a generation of revision in Queen Anne studies comes to fruition."--Henry Horowitz, American Historical Review"The best kind of biography, scholarly but sympathetic, as well as highly readable."--John Kenyon, The Observer"Bold . . . startling . . . imaginative and persuasive."--G.C. Gibbs, London Review of Books