wyszukanych pozycji: 82
Routledge Handbook of Election Law
ISBN: 9781138393363 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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1128,08 zł |
Money in American Politics: An Encyclopedia
ISBN: 9781440851766 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Some Americans have come to the conclusion that U.S. politics is dominated by money, that politicians are frequently if not routinely "bought and paid for," and that the only entities who wield political power are America's monied "elite" or powerful special interests like "big labor" or "Wall Street." But other American citizens believe that proposals to limit the influence of money in politics run counter to the free speech principles enshrined in the Constitution. This book will explores this compelling and controversial issue, examining where money in American politics comes from,... Some Americans have come to the conclusion that U.S. politics is dominated by money, that politicians are frequently if not routinely "bought and p... |
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441,84 zł |
Constitutional Precedent in US Supreme Court Reasoning
ISBN: 9781839103124 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. |
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519,16 zł |
Eloquent Science: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Better Writer, Speaker, and Atmospheric Scientist
ISBN: 9781878220912 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Eloquent Science evolved from a workshop aimed at offering atmospheric science students formal guidance in communications, tailored for their eventual scientific careers. Drawing on advice from over twenty books and hundreds of other sources, this volume presents informative and often humorous tips for writing scientific journal articles, while also providing a peek behind the curtain into the operations of editorial boards and publishers of major journals. The volume focuses onwriting, reviewing, and speaking and is aimed at the domain of the student or scientist at the start of... Eloquent Science evolved from a workshop aimed at offering atmospheric science students formal guidance in communications, tailored for thei... |
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187,78 zł |
Entertainment & Politics: The Influence of Pop Culture on Young Adult Political Socialization
ISBN: 9781433106439 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Now in its second edition, Entertainment & Politics is an essential text for understanding how young people acquire and hold political beliefs over time. In this updated and expanded edition, the author reaches beyond the U.S., including research on Canada, Great Britain, and Ireland to investigate a broader international picture of the effect the entertainment media has on the socio-political beliefs of young people. The book examines the many ways that the entertainment media influence young people, and the extent to which young people's beliefs differ from those of their parents,...
Now in its second edition, Entertainment & Politics is an essential text for understanding how young people acquire and hold political beliefs ...
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114,61 zł |
Branded Conservatives: How the Brand Brought the Right from the Fringes to the Center of American Politics
ISBN: 9780820474656 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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229,48 zł |
Here's Looking at You: Hollywood, Film and Politics, Fourth Edition
ISBN: 9781433153648 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Now in its updated and expanded fourth edition, Here's Looking at You: Hollywood, Film & Politics examines how the tangled relationship between Hollywood's global film industry and the politics of federal and state governments manifests itself in the real world of political campaigns and in the fictional world of Hollywood films. The book contradicts the film industry's assertion that it produces nothing but entertainment. While it is true that the vast majority of Hollywood films are strictly commercial ventures, hundreds of movies-from Birth of a Nation to The Help, recreated stories...
Now in its updated and expanded fourth edition, Here's Looking at You: Hollywood, Film & Politics examines how the tangled relationship between Hollyw...
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242,64 zł |
The Andromeda Galaxy and the Rise of Modern Astronomy
ISBN: 9781461430483 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 271 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. The Andromeda Galaxy - Messier's M31 - has an almost romantic appeal. It is the most distant object and the only extragalactic object that is visible to the unaided human eye. Now known to be about 21/2 million light-years away, it appears in the sky to be several times the width of the full Moon under good seeing conditions. The Andromeda Galaxy and the Rise of Modern Astronomy examines the astronomical studies of Andromeda and its importance to our developing knowledge of the universe. The book discusses how M31 was described both by the Ancients, but more importantly, by astronomers... The Andromeda Galaxy - Messier's M31 - has an almost romantic appeal. It is the most distant object and the only extragalactic object that is visib... |
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148,85 zł |
Presidential Swing States, Third Edition
ISBN: 9781793614964 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 462 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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563,35 zł |
Evicted! Property Rights and Eminent Domain in America
ISBN: 9780313353444 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 233 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The 2005 Supreme Court decision Kelo v. City of New London, which upheld the taking of an individual's home by local government for the sake of private development, unleashed a firestorm of controversy. The backlash against eminent domain cuts across partisan, ideological, and racial lines, with 4 out of 5 Americans opposing Kelo. Critics of Kelo claim that it represents a radical departure in the law, putting every homeowner in jeopardy of dispossession by government at the service of corporate interests. But are property rights and eminent domain truly in mortal... The 2005 Supreme Court decision Kelo v. City of New London, which upheld the taking of an individual's home by local government for the sake... |
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220,92 zł |
Entertainment & Politics: The Influence of Pop Culture on Young Adult Political Socialization
ISBN: 9781433106552 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Now in its second edition, Entertainment & Politics is an essential text for understanding how young people acquire and hold political beliefs over time. In this updated and expanded edition, the author reaches beyond the U.S., including research on Canada, Great Britain, and Ireland to investigate a broader international picture of the effect the entertainment media has on the socio-political beliefs of young people. The book examines the many ways that the entertainment media influence young people, and the extent to which young people s beliefs differ from those of their parents,...
Now in its second edition, Entertainment & Politics is an essential text for understanding how young people acquire and hold political beliefs ...
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536,66 zł |
Constitutional Precedent in US Supreme Court Reasoning
ISBN: 9781035315567 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. |
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132,28 zł |
How to Become a Champion
ISBN: 9781093129250 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 46 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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44,56 zł |
An Epicure in the Terrible: A Centennial Anthology of Essays in Honor of H. P. Lovecraft
ISBN: 9780984638611 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. When An Epicure in the Terrible first appeared in 1991, commemorating the centennial of H. P. Lovecraft's birth, it was hailed as a significant contribution to Lovecraft studies. Its thirteen original essays, along with a lengthy biocritical introduction by S. T. Joshi, contained penetrating work by leading authorities in the field. Among them were Kenneth W. Faig, Jr.'s pioneering study of Lovecraft's parents; Jason C. Eckhardt's analysis of Lovecraft's heritage as a New England Yankee; and Donald R. Burleson's treatment of the key theme of "touching the glass," epitomized by "The Outsider."...
When An Epicure in the Terrible first appeared in 1991, commemorating the centennial of H. P. Lovecraft's birth, it was hailed as a significant contri...
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119,07 zł |
Leaders of the Pack: Polls & Case Studies of Great Supreme Court Justices
ISBN: 9780820463063 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 287 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Greatness and leadership are two ideas that often intersect, especially in the imagery of leading the pack of more than one hundred Supreme Court justices. Despite differences in interpretation, there are points of agreement concerning the names of the most remarkable people who have been and are the leaders of the pack. This book clarifies constitutional law and the history of America s highest bench by exploring the personalities and times of sixteen justices, from John Marshall to Sandra Day O Connor and William H. Rehnquist."
Greatness and leadership are two ideas that often intersect, especially in the imagery of leading the pack of more than one hundred Supreme Court just...
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209,09 zł |
Liberal Constitutionalism, Marriage, and Sexual Orientation: A Contemporary Case for Dis-Establishment
ISBN: 9780820455334 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 155 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Liberal Constitutionalism, Marriage, and Sexual Orientation: A Contemporary Case for Dis-Establishment uses constitutional theory and political philosophy to shed light on an elusive feature of American jurisprudence: the establishment of a sectarian preference in the law to the detriment of American citizens who happen to be gay or lesbian and who wish to exercise their fundamental right to marry. Reviewing aspects of liberal-democratic theory, marriage law, and pertinent analogies that deal with the right to marry, Gordon Albert Babst presents the notion of the -shadow establishment,...
Liberal Constitutionalism, Marriage, and Sexual Orientation: A Contemporary Case for Dis-Establishment uses constitutional theory and political...
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161,85 zł |
Presidential Swing States, Second Edition
ISBN: 9781498565882 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 514 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In this new and updated volume, the contributors examine the phenomena of presidential swing states in the 2016 presidential election. They explore the reasons why some states and, now counties are the focus of candidate attention, are capable of voting for either of the major candidates, and are decisive in determining who wins the presidency.
In this new and updated volume, the contributors examine the phenomena of presidential swing states in the 2016 presidential election. They explore th...
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248,54 zł |
Injustice for All: Mapp vs. Ohio and the Fourth Amendment
ISBN: 9780820472676 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. With its original documents and extensive interviews, Injustice for All is an authentic voice for civil liberties and change and the consequences that result. The book details the historical, legal, and political significance of the famous search-and-seizure case Mapp v. Ohio. From the underworld of gambling in 1960s Cleveland to the chambers of the Warren Court justices, the obscenity case becomes the vehicle for implementing the exclusionary rule. Dollree Mapp, the police who searched her, and all the major participants are followed throughout the investigation. The private...
With its original documents and extensive interviews, Injustice for All is an authentic voice for civil liberties and change and the consequenc...
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148,43 zł |
«The Supremes»: An Introduction to the U.S. Supreme Court Justices
ISBN: 9780820495484 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 165 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. This second edition of -The Supremes- introduces readers to the Supreme Court s newest members, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, with vivid biographical sketches and riveting accounts of how they successfully navigated the politics inherent in judicial appointments. Compelling portraits of all nine justices are completely updated, with clear explanations of their votes and opinions in landmark cases involving free speech, religion, capital punishment, gun control, affirmative action, privacy, abortion, and terrorism. Never has the Supreme Court s story been so...
This second edition of -The Supremes- introduces readers to the Supreme Court s newest members, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel A...
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155,14 zł |
Law, Media, and Culture: The Landscape of Hate
ISBN: 9780820449814 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. We are living in an era in which hate has become a national value. Hatred against the other is now an endemic and unforgiving aspect of our culture. Law, Media, and Culture examines how the law defines and reacts to hate, how the media reinforces it, and how hate is manifested in popular culture. This book also takes a fresh look at how the Internet has become a major tool to communicate hate, and how the development of attitudes toward hate are shaped by gender.
We are living in an era in which hate has become a national value. Hatred against the other is now an endemic and unforgiving aspect of our culture. <...
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154,62 zł |