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Weapons of math destruction: how big data increases inequality and threatens …
We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives -- where we go to school, whether we get a car loan, how much we pay for health insurance -- are being made not by humans, but by mathematical models. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules, and bias is eliminated. But as Cathy O'Neil reveals in this bo…
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- First edition.
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780553418811
- Collation
- x, 259 pages ; 22 cm
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- -
- Call Number
- 303.4833 CAT w
Middle East politics and international relations: crisis zone
Shahram Akbarzadeh.
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- 2nd Ed.
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781003196778
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 327.56 AKB m
Regions and powers: the structure of international security
This book outlines a theory which in the post-Cold War era builds upon Waltz's neorealism theory of International Relations. Using this theory as a lens to examine the world of International Relationswill aid in one's understanding of the world we live in today. This is required reading for any one taking political science or IR at the graduate level. This book develops the idea that, since de…
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- -
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- 9780521891110
- Collation
- xxiv, 564 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Series Title
- Cambridge studies in international relations
- Call Number
- 327.116 BUZ r
Celebrity and power: fame in contemporary culture
Simultaneously celebrated and denigrated, celebrities represent not only the embodiment of success, but also the ultimate construction of false value. Celebrity and Power questions the impulse to become embroiled with the construction and collapse of the famous, exploring the concept of the new public intimacy: a product of social media in which celebrities from Lady Gaga to Barack Obama are ex…
- Edition
- 2nd ed
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780816695621
- Collation
- lii, 290 pages ; 23 cm
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- -
- Call Number
- 306.0973 MAR c
Navigating disruption : media relations in the digital age
The connection between the media and popular culture is inextricably linked. What we listen to, watch and consume influences our way of life and shapes the stories that content creators tell through mass media. With digitalisation, the ways in which storytellers reach their audience have evolved significantly. Navigating Disruption: Media Relations in the Digital Age offers an insight into this…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789814928120
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- 1 online resource
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- Call Number
- 302.23 BER n
The political science of the Middle East: theory and research since the Arab …
This book is a generational stocktaking over the contemporary state of political science research on the Middle East and North Africa. It presents the major theoretical developments that have unfolded since the Arab uprisings in 2011-12, while highlighting the critical knowledge and fruitful literatures that regional experts have contributed back to mainstream political science. It features nea…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780197640081
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xi, 307 pages)
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- -
- Call Number
- 320.956 LYN p
The future of US global power: delusions of decline
Has the combination of protracted war, explosive indebtedness and mounting income inequality dealt a decisive blow to US global influence and stature? Has the 'rise of the rest' completely upended the distribution of global power? The flood of recent commentary bemoaning the end of American primacy would lead one to think so. Stuart Brown rejects this conventional wisdom, and argues that the US…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781137023155
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- x, 321 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Series Title
- International political economy series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
- Call Number
- 327.730 090 512 BRO f
Studying foreign policy comparatively: cases and analysis
Integrating theory and case studies, this cogent text explores the processes and factors that shape foreign policy. Following a levels-of-analysis organization, Neack considers all elements that influence foreign policy, including the role of leaders, bargaining, national image, political culture, public opinion, the media, and nonstate actors.
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781538109618
- Collation
- 1 online resource.
- Series Title
- New Millennium Books in International Studies
- Call Number
- [POL-LIB-595]
International relations of Asia
As the world's most vital region, Asia embodies explosive economic growth, diverse political systems, vibrant societies, modernizing militaries, cutting-edge technologies, rich cultural traditions amid globalization, and strategic competition among major powers. As a result, international relations in Asia are evolving rapidly. In this deeply informed study, leading scholars offer the most curr…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780742556959
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- xviii, 383 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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- -
- Call Number
- [POL-ASEA-08]
Power, information technology, and international relations theory: the power …
American policy towards the internet has been the subject of popular debate, from the Iranian Green Revolution to Edward Snowden's revelations about Internet surveillance. This book examines the internet as a form of power in global politics, taking into account the significance of global material culture upon theories of international relations to reconsider how technology is understood as a f…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781137306890
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- x, 220 pages ; 23 cm.
- Series Title
- Palgrave studies in international relations
- Call Number
- [POL-LIB-562]
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