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Death by a Thousand Cuts: Neuropolitics, Thymos, and the Slow Demise of Democracy
ISBN: 9783111327792 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. According to Plato, democracies die when people get angry. Resentment causes them to vote for demagogues. Recently, democratically elected politicians have used crises as a pretext for dismantling democracy, following a pattern we have seen since the dawn of civilization. Why do people fall for the lure of dictatorships? And what can we learn from the cause and effects of dictatorships to understand why democracies die?
In this new edition of Matt Qvortrup’s acclaimed monograph Death By A Thousand Cuts, the author shows how neuroscience can help us understand why people... According to Plato, democracies die when people get angry. Resentment causes them to vote for demagogues. Recently, democratically elected politicians...
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130,56 zł |
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Referendums Around the World: The Continued Growth of Direct Democracy
ISBN: 9780230361751 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Surveying all referendums around the world since 1793, Dr Qvortrup and contributors provide a thorough account of why and when citizens have been asked to vote on policy issues. Referendums Around the World is essential reading for political scientists and others interested in direct democracy as well as representative government.
Surveying all referendums around the world since 1793, Dr Qvortrup and contributors provide a thorough account of why and when citizens have been aske...
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194,97 zł |
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The Politics of Participation: From Athens to E-Democracy
ISBN: 9780719076596 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. We live in an age of democracy. Very few people challenge the virtues of 'government by the people', yet politicians and commentators are fond of decrying the 'crisis of democracy'. How do these views square up? We live in an age of democracy. Very few people challenge the virtues of 'government by the people', yet politicians and commentators are fond of d... |
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109,78 zł |
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The Referendum and Other Essays on Constitutional Politics
ISBN: 9781509929290 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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208,68 zł |
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The Referendum
ISBN: 9781509903696 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In 2016 the UK will vote on its continued membership of the European Union. The mechanism allowing this, the referendum, is little used and as a result little understood by the electorate. This book offers much needed clarity on the question. It asks if referendums are a force for good in democratic societies and whether they allow for full political engagement. It provides an overview of the rules governing referendums by asking who can vote? And, how much money can be spent? To counter the technical and political analysis, it draws on anecdotes and lessons from history to allow the voter to...
In 2016 the UK will vote on its continued membership of the European Union. The mechanism allowing this, the referendum, is little used and as a resul...
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78,20 zł |
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The British Constitution: Continuity and Change: A Festschrift for Vernon Bogdanor
ISBN: 9781849463713 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Vernon Bogdanor - one of Britain's foremost constitutional experts who has written extensively on political and constitutional issues - once told The Guardian, that he made -a living of something that doesn't exist.- Bogdanor also quipped that the British Constitution can be summed up in seven words: -Whatever the Queen in Parliament decides is law.- That may still be the case, yet, in many ways, the once elusive Constitution has now become much more grounded, much more tangible, and much more based on written sources than was previously the case. The British Constitution now exists in a way...
Vernon Bogdanor - one of Britain's foremost constitutional experts who has written extensively on political and constitutional issues - once told The ...
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391,27 zł |
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Winners and Losers: Which Countries Are Successful and Why?
ISBN: 9781800794054 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. The aim of this short book is to understand which countries do well on key indicators and why. After a short philosophical and historical survey of the literature to put the book into context, the Better-Place Index is developed. This is subsequently tested against a number of policy variables, such as levels of taxation, immigration, and democratic institutions, and other measures. The book provides statistical evidence that these factors are correlated with higher scores on the Better Place Index. The aim of this short book is to understand which countries do well on key indicators and why. After a short philosophical and historical survey of... |
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151,35 zł |
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Nationalism, Referendums and Democracy: Voting on Ethnic Issues and Independence
ISBN: 9780367228835 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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198,19 zł |
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Referendums Around the World: With a Foreword by Sir David Butler
ISBN: 9783319577975 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 307 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Summarising and analysing all the nationwide referendums since 1793, this new edition asks such questions as: Are the resulting decisions prudent? Why were these issues submitted to referendums? Why did most voters vote against the governments recommendations? Have 'the people had grown tired of the old political class? Is this a new tendency?
Summarising and analysing all the nationwide referendums since 1793, this new edition asks such questions as: Are the resulting decisions prudent? Why...
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175,48 zł |
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The Politics of Participation: From Athens to E-Democracy
ISBN: 9780719076589 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. We live in an age of democracy. Very few people challenge the virtues of "government by the people," yet, politicians and commentators are fond of decrying the "crisis of democracy." How do these views square up? This book provides the answer by surveying the philosophical history of democracy and its critics and by analyzing empirical data about citizen participation in Britain and other developed democracies. In addition to analysis of major political thinkers like Plato, Machiavelli and J.S. Mill, the book analyzes how modern technology has influenced democracy. An essential book for...
We live in an age of democracy. Very few people challenge the virtues of "government by the people," yet, politicians and commentators are fond of dec...
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439,32 zł |
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The Referendum and Other Essays on Constitutional Politics
ISBN: 9781509945788 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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67,77 zł |
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Government by Referendum
ISBN: 9781526130037 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A perfect primer for anyone interested in the politics of referendums. -- .
A perfect primer for anyone interested in the politics of referendums. -- .
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60,18 zł |
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The British Constitution: Continuity and Change
ISBN: 9781849469883 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Vernon Bogdanor - one of Britain's foremost constitutional experts who has written extensively on political and constitutional issues - once told The Guardian that he made 'a living of something that doesn't exist.' He also quipped that the British Constitution can be summed up in eight words: 'Whatever the Queen in Parliament decides is law.' That may still be the case, yet in many ways the once elusive British Constitution has now become much more grounded, much more tangible, and much more based on written sources than was previously the case. It now exists in a way in which it previously...
Vernon Bogdanor - one of Britain's foremost constitutional experts who has written extensively on political and constitutional issues - once told The ...
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166,89 zł |
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Referendums Around the World
ISBN: 9783031490958 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. |
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136,47 zł |
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Democracy on Demand: Holding Power to Account
ISBN: 9781526158956 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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137,29 zł |
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Nationalism, Referendums and Democracy: Voting on Ethnic Issues and Independence
ISBN: 9780367228828 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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704,29 zł |
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Referendums Around the World: The Continued Growth of Direct Democracy
ISBN: 9781349348404 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Surveying all referendums around the world since 1793, Dr Qvortrup and contributors provide a thorough account of why and when citizens have been asked to vote on policy issues. Referendums Around the World is essential reading for political scientists and others interested in direct democracy as well as representative government.
Surveying all referendums around the world since 1793, Dr Qvortrup and contributors provide a thorough account of why and when citizens have been aske...
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194,97 zł |
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Direct Democracy: A Comparative Study of the Theory and Practice of Government by the People
ISBN: 9780719082061 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Should citizens be allowed to propose legislation? Should they even be allowed to recall politicians if they do not live up to their expectations? These questions and many others form the subject of this timely book. In addition to presenting an up to date review of the empirical literature, Direct Democracy provides a survey of the political philosophers who have theorised about this subject. It is the central tenet in the book that the demand for direct democracy is a consequence of the demand for more consumer choices. Like consumers want individualised products, so voters want... Should citizens be allowed to propose legislation? Should they even be allowed to recall politicians if they do not live up to their expectations? ... |
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466,78 zł |
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The Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Impossibilty of Reason
ISBN: 9780719065811 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 135 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This title presents an overview of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's work from a political science perspective. Was Rousseau - the great theorist of the French Revolution - really a conservative? constitutionalist much closer to Madison, Montesquieu and Locke than to revolutionaries. Outlining his profound opposition to Godless materialism and revolutionary change, this book finds parallels between Rousseau and Burke, as well as showing that Rousseau developed the first modern theory of nationalism. ethical, religious and political writings, and should be of value to students of politics, philosophy...
This title presents an overview of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's work from a political science perspective. Was Rousseau - the great theorist of the French ...
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137,29 zł |
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I Want to Break Free: A Practical Guide to Making a New Country
ISBN: 9781526166050 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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71,34 zł |
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