{"product_id":"law-for-beginners-lara-bryan","title":"Law for Beginners (Lara Bryan)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn entertaining and thought-provoking guide to what laws are, who makes them and how people enforce them. It covers crime and punishment as well as social and citizenship issues such as politics and international law, using a mixture of debates, cartoon strips and clear diagrams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapters in this book include:\u003cbr\u003e- What is politics?\u003cbr\u003e- Who's in charge?\u003cbr\u003e- What is a government?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll kinds of governments\u003cbr\u003eHow societies have run themselves from Ancient Athens and Rome, to China, Europe and the Birth of the United States pf America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePolitical systems\u003cbr\u003eHow does democracy actually work? How do countries get things done? And what about the alternatives - dictatorship, communism and even total anarchy?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElections and voting\u003cbr\u003eWho can vote? Who can't? And is there a way to count all the votes up that's fair to everyone?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePolitical change\u003cbr\u003eHow can people influence their governments in between elections - or in countries where elections don't happen at all?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePolitical ideologies\u003cbr\u003eWhat are the big ideas that politicians use to decide how to run a country? What's the difference between 'left' and 'right' in politics, and why does it matter? How can work out where YO are on the political spectrum?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBig questions\u003cbr\u003eSometimes what matters most isn't who is in charge, or what they stand for, but what they're actually going to do to fix the world's problems...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Is there such a thing as 'human rights'?\u003cbr\u003e- Can war ever be justified?\u003cbr\u003e- Why are some countries poor?\u003cbr\u003e- What is terrorism?\u003cbr\u003e- What is prison for?\u003cbr\u003e- What is freedom of speech?\u003cbr\u003e- How does the media affect politics?\u003cbr\u003e- What is immigration?\u003cbr\u003e- Am I a feminist?\u003cbr\u003e- Who's responsible for the planet?\u003cbr\u003e- Is corruption inevitable?\u003cbr\u003e- How to argue\u003cbr\u003e- Learn to debate\u003cbr\u003e- What next?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eLara has loved books since the days of being read bedtime stories by her Irish dad and French mum. At school she set up a secondhand bookshop called Books Change Lives, and went on to study English and Italian at Oxford University. After teaching in Italy and Myanmar, she got her dream job as a writer for Usborne Publishing. From explaining how economics works, to inventing boredom-busting activities, to telling a good dragon yarn, she's enjoyed every minute of the job.\nRose grew up in Northumberland, studied Physiology at Oxford and looked after orphaned orangutans for a bit. She worked in the charity sector for ten years, writing about issues from renewable energy, to the safety of workers in Bangladesh. For Usborne, she's written books about engineering, business, computers and the environment.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Hardcover), Englisch, 128 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65927270400349,"sku":"K087973763","price":11.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/8797376300001A.jpg?v=1789474183","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/law-for-beginners-lara-bryan","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}