This entertaining and accessible guide shows readers how to turn danger into opportunity, even when dragons threaten.

Helps students achieve their academic and career goals by clarifying the behaviors that they alone are responsible for, explaining why they are important, how they are assessed, and how they can lead to success.

Presents a timely discussion of the core problems faced by peasant communities under neo-liberal economics.

Breaks the spell of economic thought by interrogating the widespread language and logic of “incentives” in public life from a Lacanian perspective.

Argues that states substitute unwanted policy changes dictated by globalization with politically feasible ones, leading to policy convergence.