wyszukanych pozycji: 54
Urban Landscape Entomology
ISBN: 9780128130711 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. |
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399,14 zł |
Political Theory Today
ISBN: 9780745608563 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the central questions and debates in contemporary political thought and offers guidelines for the reformulation of political theory in the light of the philosophical and substantive problems it faces today.
The book includes discussion of the nature of political obligation; the interrelation of equality and liberty; gender; the public and the private; principles of justice and the conditions of their realization; democratic politics and the forms of representation; sovereignty, the nation-state and the international system; the... This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the central questions and debates in contemporary political thought and offers guidelines for the ref...
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136,45 zł |
Models of Democracy, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780804754712 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In a succinct and far-reaching analysis, David Held provides an introduction to major theories of democracy from classical Greece to the present, along with a critical discussion of what democracy should mean today. This new edition has been extensively revised and updated to take into account significant transformations in world politics. A new chapter on deliberative democracy has been added, which focuses on how citizen participation can be increased in politics, and how that participation can become more informed. Like its predecessor, the third edition of Models of... In a succinct and far-reaching analysis, David Held provides an introduction to major theories of democracy from classical Greece to the present, a... |
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811,37 zł |
Soziale Demokratie im globalen Zeitalter
ISBN: 9783518125045 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2007 / 287 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Ob Seuchen oder Terrorismus für globale Probleme gibt es keine nationalen Lösungen. Doch welcher Akteur könnte diese Herausforderungen bewältigen? Für David Held ist dazu nur eine große Koalition aus alten Europäern und liberalen Amerikanern, Entwicklungsländern und sozialen Bewegungen in der Lage. Diesem Bündnis für globale soziale Demokratie hat er ein Grundsatzprogramm geschrieben. Jenseits von Radikalopposition und neoliberalem "Weiter so" entwirft er eine pragmatische Utopie: eine Reform des UN-Sicherheitsrats, die Entwicklung demokratischer Institutionen jenseits des...
Ob Seuchen oder Terrorismus für globale Probleme gibt es keine nationalen Lösungen. Doch welcher Akteur könnte diese Herausforderungen bewältigen?...
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49,78 zł |
Global Covenant: The Social Democratic Alternative to the Washington Consensus
ISBN: 9780745633534 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In this pathbreaking book, one of the world's leading analysts of globalization and global governance confronts the failures of international politics in the aftermath of 9/11 and the war against Iraq. He argues that there were and are alternatives to the way the western coalitions responded to the profound challenges of mass terrorism and political violence - alternatives which can better address the roots of these challenges and deliver political and social justice.
In order to grasp this alternative, the changing structure of the global order has to be understood. To this end,... In this pathbreaking book, one of the world's leading analysts of globalization and global governance confronts the failures of international politics...
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92,77 zł |
Cosmopolitanism: Ideals and Realities
ISBN: 9780745648361 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This book sets out the case for a cosmopolitan approach to contemporary global politics. It presents a systematic theory of cosmopolitanism, explicating its core principles and justifications, and examines the role many of these principles have played in the development of global politics, such as framing the human rights regime. The framework is then used to address some of the most pressing issues of our time: the crisis of financial markets, climate change and the fallout from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In each case, Held argues that realistic politics is exhausted, and that...
This book sets out the case for a cosmopolitan approach to contemporary global politics. It presents a systematic theory of cosmopolitanism, explicati...
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109,15 zł |
Social Theory of Modern Societies: Anthony Giddens and His Critics
ISBN: 9780521278553 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. During the past decade, Anthony Giddens has published a series of substantial volumes that have defined a distinctive and original theoretical approach. The twin focal points of his research are the "theory of structuration" and the analysis of "modernity." Giddens' writing on these and related themes are widely recognized as among the most important contributions to theoretical debate in the social sciences. This is the first book to provide a systematic and critical assessment of Giddens' work. It includes eleven critical essays specially commissioned from contributors who are well known in...
During the past decade, Anthony Giddens has published a series of substantial volumes that have defined a distinctive and original theoretical approac...
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158,58 zł |
Introduction to Critical Theory : Horkheimer to Habermas
ISBN: 9780745607696 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The writings of the Frankfurt school, in particular of Horkheimer, Adorno, Marcuse, and Jurgen Habermas, caught the imagination of the radical movements of the 1960s and 1970s and became a key element in the Marxism of the New Left.
Partly due to their rise to prominence during the political turmoil of the 1960s, the work of these critical theorists has been the subject of continuing controversy in both political and academic circles. However, their ideas are frequently misunderstood. In this major work, now available from Polity Press, David Held presents a... The writings of the Frankfurt school, in particular of Horkheimer, Adorno, Marcuse, and Jurgen Habermas, caught the imagination of the radical movemen...
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147,37 zł |
Cultural Politics in a Global Age: Uncertainty, Solidarity and Innovation
ISBN: 9781851685509 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Contributors including Will Hutton, Amartya Sen, Homi Bhabha, Kwame Anthony Appiah and Jurgen Habermas gather together to answer, What is the future of culture in the age of globalization? Diverse essays from the perspectives of academia, international relations, business, policy making, cultural institutions, artists, and their audiences, represent a major theoretical and methodological challenge to the social sciences, and raise questions about the culture of change."
Contributors including Will Hutton, Amartya Sen, Homi Bhabha, Kwame Anthony Appiah and Jurgen Habermas gather together to answer, What is the future o...
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248,90 zł |
Political Theory and the Modern State: Essays on State, Power, and Democracy
ISBN: 9780804717496 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The essays in this volume, written in the main over the last five years, are concerned to map out the terms of discourse about the modern state and to offer an initial assessment of them. They examine, among other topics, the notion of the modern state, the efficacy of the concept of sovereignty, problems of power and legitimation, sources of political stability and crisis, and the future of democracy. In so doing, they provide an introduction to many of the central issues of modern politics and political thought.
The essays in this volume, written in the main over the last five years, are concerned to map out the terms of discourse about the modern state and to...
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124,44 zł |
Beyond Gridlock
ISBN: 9781509515714 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. It is now conventional wisdom to see the great policy challenges of the 21st century as inherently transnational. It is equally common to note the failures of the international institutions the world relies on to address such challenges. As the acclaimed 2013 book Gridlock argued, the world increasingly needs effective international cooperation, but multilateralism appears unable to deliver it in the face of deepening interdependence, rising multipolarity, and the growing complexity and fragmentation that characterise the global order. The Gridlock authors have now...It is now conventional wisdom to see the great policy challenges of the 21st century as inherently transnational. It is equally common to note the ... |
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300,30 zł |
Global Inequality: Patterns and Explanations
ISBN: 9780745638867 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. What is global inequality? How can it be measured? What are the major trends and patterns? What are the implications of global inequality for the world economy and multilateral governance? What role does and should inequality play in national and international policy-making?
In this comprehensive overview, the authors address these key questions. They examine the major issues that need to be confronted in conceptualizing, measuring and analysing contemporary patterns of global inequality. In addition, they explore the implications of these patterns... What is global inequality? How can it be measured? What are the major trends and patterns? What are the implications of global inequality for the worl...
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327,60 zł |
Cosmopolitanism
ISBN: 9780745624464 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The world is becoming deeply interconnected, whereby actions in one part of the world can have profound repercussions elsewhere. In a world of overlapping communities of fate, there has been a renewed enthusiasm for thinking about what it is that human beings have in common, and to explore the ethical basis of this.
The world is becoming deeply interconnected, whereby actions in one part of the world can have profound repercussions elsewhere. In a world of overlap...
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109,15 zł |
Taming Globalization: Frontiers of Governance
ISBN: 9780745630779 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In this volume some of the world's leading analysts of globalization discuss the economic, political and ethical implications of global economic integration. They assess the benefits and the costs of globalization and suggest strategies for reconciling it with the interests and aspirations of the people in all regions of the world.
The contributors understand globalization not as a uniform process that should be praised or condemned in its entirety, but as a complex phenomenon that can and must be shaped and steered towards socially desirable goals.... In this volume some of the world's leading analysts of globalization discuss the economic, political and ethical implications of global economic integ...
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92,77 zł |
The Global Transformations Reader
ISBN: 9780745631356 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The world is changing dramatically and a vigorous public debate is under way about the nature and historical significance of these changes. At the centre of this debate lie conflicting claims about the extent, form and consequences of contemporary globalization. On the one hand there are the globalists, who argue that the world is being fundamentally and irreversibly transformed by globalization. On the other hand there are the sceptics, who believe that the globalists' claims are exaggerated and poorly substantiated. The sceptics contest the very idea of globalization, arguing that the power...
The world is changing dramatically and a vigorous public debate is under way about the nature and historical significance of these changes. At the cen...
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136,45 zł |
A Globalizing World? : Culture, Economics, Politics
ISBN: 9780415329736 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book examines contemporary debates in an accessible fashion, offering a clear guide to one of the big issues of our time. This important and innovative textbook will be welcomed across the social sciences.
This book examines contemporary debates in an accessible fashion, offering a clear guide to one of the big issues of our time. This important and inno...
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959,60 zł |
The Transformation of the Gulf: Politics, Economics and the Global Order
ISBN: 9780415574525 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book examines the political, economic and social transformation of the six member-states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the ways in which these states are both shaping, and being reshaped by, the processes of globalisation. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, the volume combines thematic chapters focusing on issues such as globalisation, nationalism and identity, political thinking, and economic diversification and redistributive policymaking with empirical chapters studying specific aspects of reform and change:
This book examines the political, economic and social transformation of the six member-states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the ways in... |
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248,92 zł |
Political Theory and the Modern State
ISBN: 9780745606200 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This volume offers an incisive overview of central issues and controversies in political thought and analysis. It includes major discussions of the idea of the modern state, contemporary theories of the state, problems of power and legitimation, new forms of democratic ideal, citizenship and social movements, the direction of public policy and the fate of sovereignty in the modern global system. While analysing these topics, the author critically assesses the thought of many of those who have contributed decisively to political discussion. Among those whose works are discussed are classic...
This volume offers an incisive overview of central issues and controversies in political thought and analysis. It includes major discussions of the id...
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103,69 zł |
Prospects for Democracy: North, South, East, West
ISBN: 9780804721929 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This comprehensive overview of democracy across the globe explores its nature and future through theoretical analyses and a wide-ranging set of case studies.
This comprehensive overview of democracy across the globe explores its nature and future through theoretical analyses and a wide-ranging set of case s...
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394,21 zł |
Globalization / Anti-Globalization: Beyond the Great Divide
ISBN: 9780745639116 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Is globalization being eclipsed by a resurgent geopolitics? Does the war on terror denote the end of globalization or a new phase of militarized globalization? Empire or globalization - are these the right terms to describe the current global order?
The second edition of this highly successful book tests the claims of those who dismiss the continuing significance of globalization through a comprehensive assessment of contemporary global trends. In the aftermath of 9/11, and the war in Iraq, there has been much talk of the end of globalization. Held and McGrew argue that these... Is globalization being eclipsed by a resurgent geopolitics? Does the war on terror denote the end of globalization or a new phase of militarized globa...
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92,77 zł |