wyszukanych pozycji: 13
Numerical Methods in Turbulence Simulation
ISBN: 9780323911443 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. |
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917,50 zł |
Past Imperfect: A personal history of an adventuresome lifetime in and around medicine
ISBN: 9780595263882 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 524 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "If Moser had not lived the life he sets down in this memoir, he would have had a hard time inventing it. As fiction, it would seem too picaresque, too filled with wonderful adventure, harrowing moments, travel, romance, eccentric, intellectual challenges, and all the rewards and hardships of an extraordinary life in medicine. But Moser has lived it and his art as a writer keeps pace with his animated life as a doctor. The result is a book that takes a reader into the heart of medicine, and into the heart of this fascinating man... This is a lofty book, by a man who has dared to climb to the...
"If Moser had not lived the life he sets down in this memoir, he would have had a hard time inventing it. As fiction, it would seem too picaresque, to...
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108,17 zł |
Unexpected Outcomes : Electoral Systems, Political Parties, and Representation in Russia
ISBN: 9780822957461 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Can democratization be promoted by getting the institutions right? In "Unexpected Outcomes," Robert G. Moser offers a compelling analysis of the extent to which institutions can be engineered to promote desired political outcomes. The introduction of democracy in Eastern Europe and the former USSR has enabled scholars to bring new perspectives to the debate about electoral systems. Russia is arguably the most important of the postcommunist states and its mixed electoral system provides an interesting controlled experiment for testing the impact of different electoral systems. Moser... Can democratization be promoted by getting the institutions right? In "Unexpected Outcomes," Robert G. Moser offers a compelling analysis of the ex... |
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119,78 zł |
Electoral Systems and Political Context
ISBN: 9781107025424 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Electoral Systems and Political Context illustrates how political and social context conditions the effects of electoral rules. The book examines electoral behavior and outcomes in countries that use mixed-member electoral systems where voters cast one ballot for a party list under proportional representation (PR) and one for a candidate in a single member district (SMD). Based on comparisons of outcomes under the two different rules used in mixed-member systems, the book highlights how electoral systems' effects especially strategic voting, the number of parties, and women's representation...
Electoral Systems and Political Context illustrates how political and social context conditions the effects of electoral rules. The book examines elec...
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466,28 zł |
Electoral Systems and Political Context
ISBN: 9781107607996 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 303 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Electoral Systems and Political Context illustrates how political and social context conditions the effects of electoral rules. The book examines electoral behavior and outcomes in countries that use mixed-member electoral systems where voters cast one ballot for a party list under proportional representation (PR) and one for a candidate in a single member district (SMD). Based on comparisons of outcomes under the two different rules used in mixed-member systems, the book highlights how electoral systems' effects especially strategic voting, the number of parties, and women's representation...
Electoral Systems and Political Context illustrates how political and social context conditions the effects of electoral rules. The book examines elec...
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193,41 zł |
Luso-American Literature: Writings by Portuguese-Speaking Authors in North America
ISBN: 9780813550589 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Portuguese and Cape Verdean immigrants have had a significant presence in North America since the nineteenth century. Recently, Brazilians have also established vibrant communities in the U.S. This anthology brings together, for the first time in English, the writings of these diverse Portuguese-speaking, or "Luso-American" voices. Historically linked by language, colonial experience, and cultural influence, yet ethnically distinct, Luso-Americans have often been labeled an "invisible minority." This collection seeks to address this lacuna, with a broad mosaic of prose, poetry, essays,...
Portuguese and Cape Verdean immigrants have had a significant presence in North America since the nineteenth century. Recently, Brazilians have also e...
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193,69 zł |
Texas Iron: The Guns of the Texas Rangers
ISBN: 9781681791050 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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83,16 zł |
Ethnic Politics After Communism
ISBN: 9780801443770 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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591,28 zł |
Is Democracy Exportable?
ISBN: 9780521764391 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Can democratic states transplant the seeds of democracy into developing countries? What have political thinkers going back to the Greek city-states thought about their capacity to promote democracy? How can democracy be established in divided societies? In this timely volume a distinguished group of political scientists seeks answers to these and other fundamental questions behind the concept known as democracy promotion. Following an illuminating concise discussion of what political philosophers from Plato to Montesquieu thought about the issue, the authors explore the structural...
Can democratic states transplant the seeds of democracy into developing countries? What have political thinkers going back to the Greek city-states th...
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471,25 zł |
Is Democracy Exportable?
ISBN: 9780521748322 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Can democratic states transplant the seeds of democracy into developing countries? What have political thinkers going back to the Greek city-states thought about their capacity to promote democracy? How can democracy be established in divided societies? In this timely volume a distinguished group of political scientists seeks answers to these and other fundamental questions behind the concept known as democracy promotion. Following an illuminating concise discussion of what political philosophers from Plato to Montesquieu thought about the issue, the authors explore the structural...
Can democratic states transplant the seeds of democracy into developing countries? What have political thinkers going back to the Greek city-states th...
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203,33 zł |
A Three-Hour Service for Good Friday: Reflections from the Cross
ISBN: 9780788011368 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. These hymns, litanies, prayers, and meditations provide material for any denomination for three hours of Good Friday worship. Based on the Seven Last Words of Christ spoken from the Cross, the material could be adapted for any time during the season of Lent or Holy Week.
These hymns, litanies, prayers, and meditations provide material for any denomination for three hours of Good Friday worship. Based on the Seven Last ...
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60,46 zł |
Russian Politics: Challenges of Democratization
ISBN: 9780521801195 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. What went wrong in Russia? A group of leading young scholars answer this question through a theoretically informed, in-depth analysis of the Yeltsin era. They challenge explanations that stress the constraints of history and concentrate instead on the importance of elite decisions and political institutions. The authors agree that elite inattention to institution building has been a central problem of Russia's postcommunist transition. The weakness of the state and its institutions has contributed to a number of serious problems threatening democratic consolidation.
What went wrong in Russia? A group of leading young scholars answer this question through a theoretically informed, in-depth analysis of the Yeltsin e...
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471,25 zł |
Megacities: The Politics of Urban Exclusion and Violence in the Global South
ISBN: 9781848132955 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This book examines the massive urbanization of the world's population. All around the world "Megacities" are becoming scenes of vast deprivation, especially in the global south. In such gigantic and dense social environments, complex sets of relationships link poverty and exclusion to urban politics, power relations and public policy. In these cities, local urban politics and policy-making is the strategic prey of violent actors. The urban poor are confronted with the challenge of dealing with their inevitable encounters with violence. "Megacities" examines recent world-wide trends in poverty...
This book examines the massive urbanization of the world's population. All around the world "Megacities" are becoming scenes of vast deprivation, espe...
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433,26 zł |