Jie Nie

Prestige, Manipulation, and Coercion

Elite Power Struggles in the Soviet Union and China After Stalin and Mao

How succession in authoritarian regimes was less a competition of visions for the future and more a settling of scores "Joseph Torigian's stellar rese...

Uncertain

The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure

A Selection of The Next Big Idea Club! "Maggie Jackson’s incisive and timely book is a provocative exploration of the surprising benefits of not kno...

Web-Age Information Management. WAIM 2010 Workshops

WAIM 2010 International Workshops: IWGD 2010, WCMT 2010, XMLDM 2010, Jiuzhaigou Valley, China, July 15-17, 2010, Revised Selected Papers

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the workshops of the 11th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management, held in Jiuzha...

Crossing Between Tradition and Modernity: Essays in Commemoriation of Milena Doležalová-Velingerová (1932–2012)

Kniha "Crossing Between Tradition and Modernity" představuje soubor třinácti esejů k uctění památky Mileny Doleželové-Velingerové (1932–20...