wyszukanych pozycji: 5
Modernization and the Working Class: The Politics of Legitimacy
ISBN: 9780292769465 / Angielski / Miękka / 1982 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This is a fascinating inquiry into the factors that determine the acceptance or rejection of capitalism by the industrial working class. Combining classical social theory, historical evidence, and survey data, Waisman explores the relationship between the degree of modernization and the legitimacy of the capitalist social order. Propositions about the interaction between established elites and emerging working classes are illustrated with three typical cases: Disraelian Britain, Bismarckian Germany, and Peronist Argentina. From the contrasting theories of Marx and Bakunin, the author... This is a fascinating inquiry into the factors that determine the acceptance or rejection of capitalism by the industrial working class. Combining ... |
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103,69 zł |
Reversal of Development in Argentina: Postwar Counterrevolutionary Policies and Their Structural Consequences
ISBN: 9780691633633 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Carlos Waisman has pinpointed the specific beliefs that led the Peronists unwittingly to transform their country from a relatively prosperous land of recent settlement, like Australia and Canada, to an impoverished and underdeveloped society resembling the rest of Latin America. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while... Carlos Waisman has pinpointed the specific beliefs that led the Peronists unwittingly to transform their country from a relatively prosperous land ... |
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899,73 zł |
The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution
ISBN: 9780143105275 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The greatest novel of the Mexican Revolution, in a brilliant new translation by an award-winning translator
The Underdogs is the first great novel about the first great revolution of the twentieth century. Demetrio Macias, a poor, illiterate Indian, must join the rebels to save his family. Courageous and charismatic, he earns a generalship in Pancho Villa s army, only to become discouraged with the cause after it becomes hopelessly factionalized. At once a spare, moving depiction of the limits of political idealism, an authentic representation of Mexico s peasant life, and... The greatest novel of the Mexican Revolution, in a brilliant new translation by an award-winning translator
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56,37 zł |
Institutional Design In New Democracies : Eastern Europe And Latin America
ISBN: 9780813321097 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Countries throughout Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe are moving from semi-closed to open economies and from authoritarian to democratic political systems. Despite important differences between the regions, these transitions involve similar tasks: the establishment of governmental institutions and electoral systems conducive to legitimation of the new and fragile democracies and expansion of the institutional infrastructure of a market economy.This volume looks at both regions, focusing on the relationship between the tasks of institutional design and the outcomes of the process...
Countries throughout Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe are moving from semi-closed to open economies and from authoritarian to democratic p...
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259,30 zł |
Civil Society and Democracy in Latin America
ISBN: 9781403972286 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. A dense web of private associations drawn from multiple social classes, interest groups and value communities makes for a firm foundation for strong democracy. In Latin America today, will civil society improve the quality of democracy or will it foster political polarization and reverse recent progress? Distinguished theorists from the United States, Canada and Latin America explore the diverse impact of civil society on economic performance, political parties, and state institutions. In-depth and up-to-date country studies explore the consequences of civil society for the durability of...
A dense web of private associations drawn from multiple social classes, interest groups and value communities makes for a firm foundation for strong d...
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191,40 zł |