Social Systems

In the first edition of A Country Called Prison, Mary Looman and John Carl presented persuasive data calling for downsizing of America's prisons. Their novel approach continues in their second edition, shifting the beliefs many people have about prisons and their role in the American society. Since the original edition was published, the landscape of incarceration has been changing.

Moralisch Weltspitze, klimabewusst, divers, postkolonial, aber voller Illusionen – ein Sittenbild der bunten deutschen Republik. Man kratzt sich am Kopf. War Deutschland nicht eben noch das beliebteste Land der Welt, beneideter Exportweltmeister und begehrter Investitionsstandort mit einer funktionierenden Verwaltung und bestens ausgebildeten Fachkräften? Der Dreiklang aus Demokratie, Marktwirtschaft und einer Arbeitsdisziplin, die im Rest der Welt zugleich gefürchtet und belächelt wird, hat den Ruf „Made in Germany" zum Weltkulturerbe gemacht.

Fun fact: Blondes do not have more fun! The Mainland is Samara Yancy’s new home. Away from the authorities on The Rock, who view her as a felon. But life here is no picnic. It turns out, no amount of blood money or minions can bring you happiness. But, if she doesn’t return voluntarily, her family will suffer in her stead. So, it’s time to rally her allies and craft a strategy to get her people out; regardless of the consequences. But as usual, nothing goes according to plan. As each layer of deception unfolds, she discovers the depth of rot within her once beloved city/state ...

When life gives you lemons, burn the whole tree down! Samara Yancy has tried her best not to start another Great War. To defeat her enemy, she’ll need more defensive Combat Mages to fight by her side. But they’re scattered, some behind city/state dampening fields, others miles away on The Mainland. Meanwhile, her Psi ability continues to develop in strange ways. When it gives her cryptic clues about the source of all the unrest plaguing her world, she needs to learn more about her kind. Oddities who were both admired and feared. But the universe keeps messing up her plans. After another...

The AI Parasite: How a Non-Conscious System Hijacked Society What if the most powerful intelligence on Earth isn’t conscious, isn’t human, and isn’t even fully recognized for what it is? This isn’t the story of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) or the rise of sentient machines. This is something far more subtle—and far more dangerous. In this provocative and deeply unsettling essay, we explore a radical new theory: that today's digital world is already being controlled—not by conscious minds or centralized governments—but by a non-conscious, goal-driven Artificial ...

Ian Millhiser, Vox's Supreme Court correspondent, tells the story of what the six very conservative Republicans Supreme Court justices are likely to do with their power. The Agenda exposes a radically altered Supreme Court whose powers extend far beyond transforming any individual right - its agenda is to shape the very nature of America's government, redefining who gets to have legal rights, who is beyond the reach of the law, and who chooses the people who make our laws.

Todo lo que no quieres pero necesitas saber sobre el poder, la economía, la sociedad y las telecomunicaciones en la era de la información.

Die alte Weltordnung zerbröselt, befeuert durch den neuen US-Präsidenten Donald Trump. Er zettelt Handelskriege an, untergräbt multilaterale Bündnisse und schleift die Schutzmechanismen der amerikanischen Demokratie. Als Systemsprenger betreibt Trump den Rückfall in eine Welt, in der jeder Nationalstaat nur auf den besten Deal aus ist und unsere Werte keine Rolle spielen. Elmar Theveßen entwirft in diesem Buch das düstere Szenario vom Abgleiten in einen Autoritarismus, der uns alle bedroht.

At a time when many Americans may be seeking alternatives to current health care choices, Dr. Knope offers an option that allows patients to directly contract with healthcare providers for individualized care. Using first-hand accounts and plenty of examples of how concierge medicine works, Knope offers a plan for patients looking to make a change to a medical system that is negotiated between doctor and patient, rather than through insurance and pharmaceutical companies.

Das politische System der Bundesrepublik ist nicht ganz einfach zu durchschauen.

With increasing urgency, the plight of the American family grips the national conscience. The family courts are often our society's last safety net to prevent disaster. In this penetrating exposé of the inner workings of the U.S. family court system, two award-winning journalists provide an intimate look at the lives of the children whose fate it decides.

So far the author is not a well-known scientist. Nonetheless, he has been able to attract occasional interest to his books on scientific topics, particularly because of his popular website on perpetual motion machines. This text gathers together his scientific theories---insights that may be important to science. It includes such areas as psychology, social science, physics of black holes and wormholes, mathematics, miscellaneous theories, and many other topics. It will be updated periodically to give the latest, most advanced and interesting scientific viewpoints advocated by the author. ...

Congressional scholars Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein identify two overriding problems that have led Congress—and the United States—to the brink of institutional collapse. But they offer a panoply of useful ideas and reforms, endorsing some solutions, like greater public participation and institutional restructuring, while debunking others, like independent or third-party candidates. Above all, they call on the media as well as the public to focus on the true causes of dysfunction rather than just throwing the bums out every election cycle.

The immune system holds the key to human health. In The Beautiful Cure, leading immunologist Professor Daniel Davis describes the scientific quest to understand how it works - and how it is affected by stress, sleep, age and our state of mind - and explains how this knowledge is now unlocking a revolutionary new approach to medicine and well-being.

In a fit of idealism, Ed Boland left a 20-year career as a non-profit executive to teach in a tough New York City public high school. But his hopes quickly collided headlong with the appalling reality of his students' lives and a hobbled education system unable to help them. Freddy runs a drug ring for his incarcerated brother; Nee-cole is homeschooled on the subway by her brilliant homeless mother; Byron's Ivy League dream is dashed because he is undocumented. In the end, Boland isn't hoisted on his students' shoulders and no one passes AP anything.

ATTENTION STUDENTS: If you need to write a paper on green business, then this is the perfect reference. It's simple, easy to understand, and right to the point. This book explores green business as it relates to society and the environment. It examines the triple-bottom line, recommends common strategies for implementation and maintenance, discusses the impact on decisions of business leaders, and suggests methods for reducing carbon footprints. The text is educational and informational, and it is written for easy reader understanding at all levels. If you are interested in learning about ...

Twenty essays on Irish women, historical and contemporary, who have defied cultural norms around femininity and achieved great things. The subjects include Irish women from Queen Medb to Eileen Gray, from Constance Markievicz to Sonia O’Sullivan, covering stateswomen, artists, writers, activists and rebels of all kinds. Written by multi-award-winning author and first Laureate na nÓg (Irish Children’s Laureate) Siobhán Parkinson. Perfect for use in schools as well as for leisure listening, this collection celebrates the role of women in Ireland’s changing society.

Equality is easy to grasp in theory but often hard to achieve in reality. In this accessible and wide-ranging work, American University law professor Robert L. Tsai offers a stirring account of how legal ideas that aren't necessarily about equality at all - ensuring fair play, behaving reasonably, avoiding cruelty, and protecting free speech - have often been used to overcome resistance to justice and remain vital today.

Family group conferences (FGCs) are the primary forum in New Zealand for dealing with juvenile crime, as well as child welfare issues. This third volume in the Little Books of Justice and Peacebuilding Series is about the juvenile justice system that is built around these conferences. Since their introduction in New Zealand, family group conferences have been adopted and adapted in many places throughout the world.

An audacious US Supreme Court is overturning a number of long-standing precedents, and Overturned offers a lively account of the court's history of overturning prior cases and examples and analyses of 300 cases overruled in its history.