wyszukanych pozycji: 23
Comedy and Tragedy - and what's in between: Musings, Vignettes, Poems III
ISBN: 9780990426349 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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74,93 zł |
How Democratic Is the American Constitution?
ISBN: 9780300095241 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this provocative book, one of our most eminent political scientists poses the question, "Why should Americans uphold their constitution?" The vast majority of Americans venerate the Constitution and the democratic principles it embodies, but many also worry that the United States has fallen behind other nations on crucial issues, including economic equality, racial integration, and women's rights. Robert Dahl explores this vital tension between the Americans' belief in the legitimacy of their constitution and their belief in the principles of democracy.
Dahl starts with the assumption... In this provocative book, one of our most eminent political scientists poses the question, "Why should Americans uphold their constitution?" The vast ...
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79,35 zł |
Meeting You Was Fate: An Adult Romance Fairytale
ISBN: 9781072281238 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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65,49 zł |
Politics, Economics, and Welfare
ISBN: 9781138530393 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 612 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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709,67 zł |
Democracy and Its Critics
ISBN: 9780300049381 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 397 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In this prize-winning book, one of the most prominent political theorists of our time makes a major statement about what democracy is and why it is important. Robert Dahl examines the most basic assumptions of democratic theory, tests them against the questions raised by its critics, and recasts the theory of democracy into a new and coherent whole. He concludes by discussing the directions in which democracy must move if advanced democratic states are to exist in the future.
"When Robert Dahl speaks about democracy, everyone should listen. With Democracy and Its Critics Dahl has... In this prize-winning book, one of the most prominent political theorists of our time makes a major statement about what democracy is and why it is im...
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124,51 zł |
Pluralist Democracy
ISBN: 9780300030761 / Angielski / Miękka / 1983 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Continuing his career-long exploration of modern democracy, Dahl addresses a question that has long vexed students of political theory: the place of independent organizations, associations, or special interest groups within the democratic state."--The Wilson Quarterly
"There is probably no greater expert today on the subject of democratic theory than Dahl....His proposal for an ultimate adoption here of a 'decentralized socialist economy, ' a system primarily of worker ownership and control of economic production, is daring but rational, reflecting his view that economic inequality... "Continuing his career-long exploration of modern democracy, Dahl addresses a question that has long vexed students of political theory: the place of ...
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247,66 zł |
Let the White Doves Soar: Volume I: "Tyranny"
ISBN: 9781460953747 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 426 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This is a story of the drama and adventure of World War II careers, that are mixed with the heart break and ecstasy of war time romances. In late 1943, a young United States Army Air Force pilot, First Lieut. Jacob "Jake" Bradford is preparing to leave for the war.He wants to marry his high school sweetheart Carol. In the end she says, "No, we need to wait until after the war. I love you and I will wait for you." He reluctantly leaves for Arizona to train for his first mission, ferrying a new B-25 bomber to North Africa. He meets his co-pilot and new friend, Second Lieut. William "Buck"...
This is a story of the drama and adventure of World War II careers, that are mixed with the heart break and ecstasy of war time romances. In late 1943...
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74,04 zł |
Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition
ISBN: 9780300015652 / Angielski / Miękka / 1972 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Amidst all the emotional uproar about democracy and the widespread talk of revolution comes this clear call to reason--a mind-stretching book that equips the young and the old suddenly to see an ageless problem of society in a new and exciting way. Everything Dahl says can be applied in a fascinating way to the governing of any human enterprise involving more than one person--whether it is a nation-state, a political party, a business firm, or a university.
Amidst all the emotional uproar about democracy and the widespread talk of revolution comes this clear call to reason--a mind-stretching book that equ...
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110,67 zł |
Who Governs?: Democracy and Power in the American City
ISBN: 9780300103922 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In this now-classic work, one of the most celebrated political scientists of the twentieth century offers a powerful interpretation of the location of political power in American urban communities. For this new edition, Robert A. Dahl has written a new Preface in which he reflects on Who Governs? more than four decades after its publication. And in a new Foreword, Douglas W. Rae offers an assessment of Dahl's achievement in this, Dahl's greatest and most influential book. "Dahl is never dogmatic, and never imagines that the world stands still to accommodate either the democratic...
In this now-classic work, one of the most celebrated political scientists of the twentieth century offers a powerful interpretation of the location of...
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121,74 zł |
A Preface to Economic Democracy: Volume 28
ISBN: 9780520058774 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Tocqueville pessimistically predicted that liberty and equality would be incompatible ideas. Robert Dahl, author of the classic A Preface to Democratic Theory, explores this alleged conflict, particularly in modern American society where differences in ownership and control of corporate enterprises create inequalities in resources among Americans that in turn generate inequality among them as citizens. Arguing that Americans have misconceived the relation between democracy, private property, and the economic order, the author contends that we can achieve a society of real...
Tocqueville pessimistically predicted that liberty and equality would be incompatible ideas. Robert Dahl, author of the classic A Preface to Democr...
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132,80 zł |
A Preface to Democratic Theory, Expanded Edition
ISBN: 9780226134345 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Robert Dahl s "Preface "helped launch democratic theory fifty years ago as a new area of study in political science, and it remains the standard introduction to the field. Exploring problems that had been left unsolved by traditional thought on democracy, Dahl here examines two influential models the Madisonian, which represents prevailing American doctrine, and its recurring challenger, populist theory arguing that they do not accurately portray how modern democracies operate. He then constructs a model more consistent with how contemporary democracies actually function, and, in doing so,...
Robert Dahl s "Preface "helped launch democratic theory fifty years ago as a new area of study in political science, and it remains the standard intro...
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116,20 zł |
On Democracy
ISBN: 9780300254051 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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88,48 zł |
On Political Equality
ISBN: 9780300126877 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Robert A. Dahl, one of the world's most influential and respected political scientists, has spent a lifetime exploring the institutions and practices of democracy in such landmark books as Who Governs?, On Democracy, and How Democratic Is the American Constitution? Here, Dahl looks at the fundamental issue of equality and how and why governments have fallen short of their democratic ideals.
At the center of the book is the question of whether the goal of political equality is so far beyond our human limits that it should be abandoned in favor of more attainable ends,... Robert A. Dahl, one of the world's most influential and respected political scientists, has spent a lifetime exploring the institutions and practices ...
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71,88 zł |
Congress and Foreign Policy
ISBN: 9780313237881 / Angielski / Twarda / 1983 / 305 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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409,48 zł |
SuperHero Landin Book: If Landin can be successful, so can all of you. You can be your own SuperHero! Remember to live your light!
ISBN: 9781072275671 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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47,06 zł |
The Ten P.M. Walk: Musings, Vignettes, Poems
ISBN: 9780990426318 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Ten P.M. Walk is a compilation of musings, vignettes, short stories and poetic reflections on daily experiences gleaned from literature, T.V., radio, conversations, observations, interactions, camping experiences, jogging, cycling, kayaking and, last but not least, life with a Chocolate Lab. The author explores the existential with a hint of the eternal.
The Ten P.M. Walk is a compilation of musings, vignettes, short stories and poetic reflections on daily experiences gleaned from literature, T.V., rad...
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66,09 zł |
Jodi's Private Island: A Utopian Living Outlook
ISBN: 9781072277699 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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56,21 zł |
One Hundred Middle English Lyrics
ISBN: 9780252063794 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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94,57 zł |
Political Oppositions in Western Democracies
ISBN: 9780300094787 / Angielski / Miękka / 1966 / 484 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Comparative political science. Opposition politics in Great Britain, United States, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, France, Italy. Patterns and explanations.
Comparative political science. Opposition politics in Great Britain, United States, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, France, It...
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383,81 zł |
E-Mails from Shilo
ISBN: 9780980061000 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. There is more to being a dog than looking cute, chasing squirrels, or figuring out how to get along with the resident cat--as the mom of Shilo, a rescued Golden Retriever, discovers when she uncovers a mysterious folder in her computer filled with nearly two years' worth of e-mails--from Shilo to Max, her sister's dog. (Animals/Pets)
There is more to being a dog than looking cute, chasing squirrels, or figuring out how to get along with the resident cat--as the mom of Shilo, a resc...
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75,06 zł |