Games Nations Play

Games Nations Play
Author: John W. Spanier
Publisher: CQ-Roll Call Group Books
Total Pages: 622
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN:

A study of the shifting balance of power in the world today, and the domestic factors and varying perceptions of reality that influence policy decisions. The authors also reveal the disturbing continuation of the dangerous adversary games that nations play.

Games Nations Play

Games Nations Play
Author: John W. Spanier
Publisher: Greenwood
Total Pages: 532
Release: 1975
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Power Play

Power Play
Author: Asi Burak
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2017-01-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1250089344

“An insider’s view of the good things that can emerge from being glued to a screen. . . . A solid piece of pop-culture/business journalism.” —Kirkus Reviews The phenomenal growth of gaming has inspired plenty of hand-wringing since its inception—from the press, politicians, parents, and everyone else concerned with its effect on our brains, bodies, and hearts. But what if games could be good, not only for individuals but for the world? In Power Play, Asi Burak and Laura Parker explore how video games are now pioneering innovative social change around the world. As the former executive director and now chairman of Games for Change, Asi Burak has spent the last ten years supporting and promoting the use of video games for social good, in collaboration with leading organizations like the White House, NASA, World Bank, and The United Nations. The games for change movement has introduced millions of players to meaningful experiences around everything from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the US Constitution. Power Play looks to the future of games as a global movement. Asi Burak and Laura Parker profile the luminaries behind some of the movement’s most iconic games, including former Supreme Court judge Sandra Day O’Connor and Pulitzer Prize–winning authors Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. They also explore the promise of virtual reality to address social and political issues with unprecedented immersion, and see what the next generation of game makers have in store for the future.

The Game of Nations

The Game of Nations
Author: Miles Copeland
Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1970
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

A former CIA officer describes how the game of espionage is played, with particular reference to Egypt in the Nasser era.

Native American Games and Stories

Native American Games and Stories
Author: James Bruchac
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2000
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781555919795

Recognizing the widespread American Indian belief that you can learn while you play and play while you learn, "Native American Games and Stories" provides young readers with stories and games that educate and entertain them. Illustrations.

To Play the Game

To Play the Game
Author: J. Bowyer Bell
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Total Pages: 204
Release:
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781412840095

In this fascinating analysis of the development, structure, and strategies of sports, Bell argues that games are an institution that not only reflect society but also mold society. He develops a typology of seven game levels from the primitive to the decadent and examines the history of game development in Western civilization, through the relation of the various game levels to national ambitions and strategies. To Play the Game is both enlightening and entertaining, an original contribution to the growing scholarship on sports.

The Philosophy of Social Science

The Philosophy of Social Science
Author: Martin Hollis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1994-09
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521447805

An introduction to the philosophy of social science from a well-known author.

Morality among Nations

Morality among Nations
Author: Mary Maxwell
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 214
Release: 1990-07-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1438412266

Morality among Nations, a rejoinder to Hans Morgenthau's Politics among Nations, offers a pathbreaking synthesis of sociobiology and international relations theory. It shows that two different moralities evolved in human pre-history—one, the "standard morality" from which abstract ethical principles arise concerning such things as obligation and justice; and the other, "group morality" or the proclamation of the group's right to survive and its superiority over other groups. Part One surveys the philosophical literature on the question of international morality, introducing arguments offered by both classical theorists such as Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Grotius, as well as twentieth century writers such as Reinhold Niebuhr, Hedley Bull, Richard Falk, and Charles Beitz. Part Two presents the relevant sociobiological theories focusing on Robert Trivers' work on the evolution of moral emotions, and Richard Alexander's and Pierre van den Berghe's work on the evolution of group behavior and ethnocentrism. Part Three analyzes the traditional philosophical work on international morality in light of new sociobiological ideas.