Альберт Эйнштейн

Peace operations remain a principal tool for managing armed conflict and protecting civilians. The fully revised, expanded and updated third edition of  Understanding Peacekeeping  provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the theory, history, and politics of peace operations. Drawing on a dataset of nearly two hundred historical and contemporary missions, this book evaluates the changing characteristics of the contemporary international environment in which peace operations are deployed, the strategic purposes peace operations are intended to achieve, and the major challenges facing today’s peacekeepers. All the chapters have been revised and updated, and five new chapters have been added – on stabilization, organized crime, exit strategies, force generation, and the use of force. Part 1 summarizes the central concepts and issues related to peace operations. Part 2 charts the historical development of peacekeeping, from 1945 through to 2020. Part 3 analyses the strategic purposes that United Nations and other peace operations are intended to achieve – namely, prevention, observation, assistance, enforcement, stabilization, and administration. Part 4 looks forward and examines the central challenges facing today’s peacekeepers: force generation, the regionalization and privatization of peace operations, the use of force, civilian protection, gender issues, policing and organized crime, and exit strategies.

This important intervention interrogates keystone features of the dominant European theoretical landscape in the field of populism studies, advancing existing debates and introducing new avenues of thought, in conjunction with insights from the contemporary Latin American political experience and perspectives. In each essay – the title a nod to the influential socialist thinker Jos? Carlos Mari?tegui, from whom the authors draw inspiration – leading Argentine scholars Paula Biglieri and Luciana Cadahia pair key dimensions of populism with diverse themes such as modern-day feminism, militancy, and neoliberalism, in order to stimulate discussion surrounding the constitutive nature, goals, and potential of populist social movements. Biglieri and Cadahia are unafraid to court provocation in their frank assessment of populism as a force which could bring about essential emancipatory social change to confront emerging right-wing trends in policy and leadership. At the same time, this fresh interpretation of a much-maligned political articulation is balanced by their denunciation of right-aligned populisms and their failure to bring to bear a sustainable alternative to contemporary neo-authoritarian forms of neoliberalism. In their place, they articulate a populism which offers a viable means of mobilizing a response to hegemonic forms of neoliberal discourse and government.

The concept of free will is profoundly important to our self-understanding, our interpersonal relationships, and our moral and legal practices. If it turns out that no one is ever free and morally responsible, what would that mean for society, morality, meaning, and the law? Just Deserts  brings together two philosophers – Daniel C. Dennett and Gregg D. Caruso – to debate their respective views on free will, moral responsibility, and legal punishment. In three extended conversations, Dennett and Caruso present their arguments for and against the existence of free will and debate their implications. Dennett argues that the kind of free will required for moral responsibility is compatible with determinism – for him, self-control is key; we are not responsible for becoming responsible, but are responsible for staying responsible, for keeping would-be puppeteers at bay. Caruso takes the opposite view, arguing that who we are and what we do is ultimately the result of factors beyond our control, and because of this we are never morally responsible for our actions in the sense that would make us  truly deserving  of blame and praise, punishment and reward. Just Deserts  introduces the concepts central to the debate about free will and moral responsibility by way of an entertaining, rigorous, and sometimes heated philosophical dialogue between two leading thinkers.

Nadmorska miejscowość przyjęła Halinę z szeroko otwartymi ramionami. Wbrew obawom kobieta odnalazła się w zupełnie nowym otoczeniu i szybko zyskała sympatię i szacunek sąsiad?w. Jej wnuczka Marta z każdym kolejnym dniem r?wnież przekonuje się, że trafiła w wyjątkowe i przyjazne miejsce, w kt?rym nareszcie może być po prostu sobą. Wydawać by się mogło – sielanka. Obie panie jednak doskonale wiedzą, że zostawiły za sobą mn?stwo nierozwiązanych problem?w, kt?re z czasem zdają się nawarstwiać. Czy przeprowadzka, niczym delikatne dotknięcie pierwszej kostki domina, spowoduje nieuchronne zniszczenia w całej konstrukcji ich rodzinnych relacji? Kolejne perypetie bohater?w powieści „Nic się nie kończy” …

Robert i R?ża już jakiś czas temu wypuścili swoje dzieci w świat, kt?re teraz już na własny rachunek tworzą karty tej opowieści. Księża Tadeusz i Jan zostają wysłani na misje do szkockiego niedużego miasta Kirkcaldy, na p?łnoc od Edynburga, gdzie co krok spotykają rodak?w. Pierwszy z nich, teraz już niewątpliwie gł?wny bohater opowieści, ma niezwykły dar przyciągania do siebie ludzi, kt?rzy powierzają mu swoje kłopoty. Oczywiście, opr?cz radości nie zabraknie też chwil trudnych, a nawet bardzo trudnych, ale nie po raz pierwszy będziemy się mogli przekonać, że tak niemodne dziś atrybuty jak dobroć, wierność i męska przyjaźń sprawdzić się mogą nawet w sytuacjach podbramkowych. Tuż za rogatkami miasta zamieszkali też Ela z Davidem, kt?rzy oczekują szczęśliwego powiększenia rodziny.