Street-Level Bureaucracy in Weak State Institutions
ISBN: 9781447368748 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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407,78 zł |
The Tools to Be Free: Social Citizenship, Education, and Service in the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 9781666960136 / Angielski / 15-07-2024 Książka dostępna od: 15-07-2024 |
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Termin ukazania się książki: 15-07-2024
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526,36 zł |
Pandemic of Perspectives: Creative Re-Imaginings
ISBN: 9781032340906 / Angielski / 27-05-2024 Książka dostępna od: 27-05-2024 |
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193,64 zł |
Nigeria: X-ray of Issues and the Way Forward
ISBN: 9781778833298 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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72,45 zł |
Divided Government in Comparative Perspective
ISBN: 9780198295655 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Divided government occurs when the executive fails to enjoy majority support in at least one working house of the legislature. To date, the study of divided government has focused almost exclusively on the United States. However, divided government occurs much more widely. It occurs in other presidential systems. Moreover, it is also the equivalent of minority government in parliamentary regimes and cohabitation in French-style semi-presidential systems. This book examines the frequency, causes and management of divided government in comparative context, identifying the similarities and...
Divided government occurs when the executive fails to enjoy majority support in at least one working house of the legislature. To date, the study of d...
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911,73 zł |
Multi-Level Governance
ISBN: 9780199259250 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This unique collection brings together leading scholars from a range of disciplines to assess and critique the key concept of multi-level governance. This is a concept which has been widely adopted to explain the changing nature of domestic and international politics ever since its early application to the EU.
This unique collection brings together leading scholars from a range of disciplines to assess and critique the key concept of multi-level governance. ...
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911,73 zł |
The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics
ISBN: 9780199278480 / Angielski / Twarda / 1040 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science is a ten-volume set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of political science. Each volume focuses on a particular part of the discipline, with volumes on Public Policy, Political Theory, Political Economy, Contextual Political Analysis, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Law and Politics, Political Behavior, Political Institutions, and Political Methodology. The project as a whole is under the General Editorship of Robert E. Goodin, with each volume being edited by a distinguished...
The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science is a ten-volume set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state o...
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Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society, and Participation
ISBN: 9780262633536 / Angielski / Miękka / 221 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Just as education has promoted democracy and economic growth, the Internet has the potential to benefit society as a whole. Digital citizenship, or the ability to participate in society online, promotes social inclusion. But statistics show that significant segments of the population are still excluded from digital citizenship. The authors of this book define digital citizens as those who are online daily. By focusing on frequent use, they reconceptualize debates about the digital divide to include both the means and the skills to participate online. They offer new evidence (drawn from... Just as education has promoted democracy and economic growth, the Internet has the potential to benefit society as a whole. Digital citizenship, or... |
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The President and Congress in Postauthoritarian Chile: Institutional Constraints to Democratic Consolidation
ISBN: 9780271019482 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As many formerly authoritarian regimes have been replaced by democratic governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere, questions have arisen about the stability and durability of these new governments. One concern has to do with the institutional arrangements for governing bequeathed to the new democratic regimes by their authoritarian predecessors and with the related issue of whether presidential or parliamentary systems work better for the consolidation of democracy. In this book, Peter Siavelis takes a close look at the important case of Chile, which had a long... As many formerly authoritarian regimes have been replaced by democratic governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere, questions have... |
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176,79 zł |
German Multiculturalism: Immigrant Integration and the Transformation of Citizenship
ISBN: 9780275976279 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Migration, asylum, and citizenship have become unavoidable topics in contemporary European politics. Klopp examines the issues of immigration, integration, and multiculturalism in Germany, Europe's premier immigration country, through the perspectives of both immigrants and local institutions (unions, employers, schools, neighborhoods, and city government). Klopp addresses the potential for immigration patterns and increasing heterogeneity to produce the conditions for social transformation, and specifically he shows how these factors are challenging and gradually transforming the... Migration, asylum, and citizenship have become unavoidable topics in contemporary European politics. Klopp examines the issues of immigration, inte... |
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580,26 zł |
Indian Fighters Turned American Politicians: From Military Service to Public Office
ISBN: 9780275981303 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The words Indian fighter recall Custer. Indian fighter politician brings to mind Andrew Jackson or William Henry Harrison. Yet politicians who rose to prominence by exploiting their participation in bloody campaigns against Native America were much more common than most Americans realize. This book will bring to light important facts and highlight controversial issues regarding well-known figures from American history and folklore, while situating the questionable actions of these politicians within their historical and political times. While most people know that Davy Crockett went to... The words Indian fighter recall Custer. Indian fighter politician brings to mind Andrew Jackson or William Henry Harrison. Yet politicians who rose... |
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Making Good Citizens: Education and Civil Society
ISBN: 9780300099171 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Americans have reason to be concerned about the condition of American democracy at the start of the twenty-first century. Surveys show that civic participation has declined, cynicism about government has increased, and young people have a weak grasp of the principles that underlie our constitutional system. Crucial questions must be answered: How serious is the situation? What role do schools play in shaping civic behavior? Are current education reform initiatives-such as multiculturalism and school choice-counterproductive? How can schools contribute toward reversing the trend? This volume...
Americans have reason to be concerned about the condition of American democracy at the start of the twenty-first century. Surveys show that civic part...
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296,30 zł |
From Comrades to Citizens: The South African Civics Movement and the Transition to Democracy
ISBN: 9780312231026 / Angielski / Twarda / 253 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1980s South Africa's urban townships exploded into insurrection led by youth and residents' organisations that collectively became known as the civics movement. Ironically the movement has been unable to adapt to the role of a voluntary association in the liberal polity it helped create, and has great difficulty defining any alternative role. This volume charts the rise and fall of the movement in the transition to and consolidation of democracy in South Africa.
In the 1980s South Africa's urban townships exploded into insurrection led by youth and residents' organisations that collectively became known as the...
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389,98 zł |
With Ballot and Bayonet: The Political Socialization of American Civil War Soldiers
ISBN: 9780820350363 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this groundbreaking study of what motivated soldiers to enlist and fight in this nation's most bloody conflict, Joseph Allan Frank argues that politics was central to the development of the armies of the North and South: motivating soldiers, molding the organization, defining the qualifications of officers, shaping fighting styles, and framing the nature of relations between the army and society. Frank describes how political considerations motivated the soldiers and inspired the loyalty of the officers and men, assuring military cohesion. He reveals that these stalwart citizen... In this groundbreaking study of what motivated soldiers to enlist and fight in this nation's most bloody conflict, Joseph Allan Frank argues that p... |
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Lineages of European Citizenship: Rights, Belonging and Participation in Eleven Nation-States
ISBN: 9780333986837 / Angielski / Twarda / 235 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lineages of European Citizenship provides an historical analysis of the development of citizenship from the nineteenth to the Twentieth-century in Europe and the USA. The contributors focus on the role played by internal struggles for social and political inclusion in shaping the character of both the state and citizenship, and the deployment of two main political languages, loosely associated with liberalism and republicanism, in legitimizing citizens' claims.
Lineages of European Citizenship provides an historical analysis of the development of citizenship from the nineteenth to the Twentieth-century in Eur...
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194,97 zł |
Religion in American Public Life: Living with Our Deepest Differences
ISBN: 9780393322064 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Raise any number of public issues--health care, education, welfare--and religious beliefs inevitably shape Americans' viewpoints. On certain topics the introduction of religion can be explosive. This book discusses how we can and why we should hear religious voices in the public square. An American Assembly Book.
Raise any number of public issues--health care, education, welfare--and religious beliefs inevitably shape Americans' viewpoints. On certain topics th...
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Citizenship and the Ethics of Care: Feminist Considerations on Justice, Morality and Politics
ISBN: 9780415170819 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Care and women's emancipation have often been seen as opposed. What emancipation should mean for the world of care has always received little attention. Recently, however, the whole subject has been brought into the political arena with new reforms of the welfare state, health care policies and family law. Politicians have begun to look for new ways to appreciate care as a meaningful activity and a moral perspective. In this context, Selma Sevenhuijsen argues for a revaluation of care from a feminist perspective. She proposes a new political concept of an ethics of care that will integrate...
Care and women's emancipation have often been seen as opposed. What emancipation should mean for the world of care has always received little attentio...
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Risk and Citizenship: Key Issues in Welfare
ISBN: 9780415241588 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Contemporary welfare provision poses serious challenges for social policy. Large and rapid changes are said to be taking place in the way we live, work and relate to each other, characterised by anxiety and insecurity.Risk and Citizenship explores how new and diffrent forms of citizenship are evolving in the context of this 'risk society' and the implications for the development of social policy at both the macro and micro level.
This spirited and informed collection of papers by leading analysts addresses key questions related to welfare, citizenship and risk including: the... Contemporary welfare provision poses serious challenges for social policy. Large and rapid changes are said to be taking place in the way we live, wor...
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662,64 zł |
Risk and Citizenship: Key Issues in Welfare
ISBN: 9780415241595 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Contemporary welfare provision poses serious challenges for social policy. Large and rapid changes are said to be taking place in the way we live, work and relate to each other, characterised by anxiety and insecurity.Risk and Citizenship explores how new and diffrent forms of citizenship are evolving in the context of this 'risk society' and the implications for the development of social policy at both the macro and micro level.
This spirited and informed collection of papers by leading analysts addresses key questions related to welfare, citizenship and risk including: the... Contemporary welfare provision poses serious challenges for social policy. Large and rapid changes are said to be taking place in the way we live, wor...
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239,52 zł |
Citizenship Through Secondary Religious Education
ISBN: 9780415298124 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Religion has achieved ever greater prominence in debates about citizenship at every level of cultural, economic, social and political life. Citizenship through Secondary Religious Education highlights some of the key issues surrounding citizenship for the R.E. teacher. Topics selected include those of historical and immediate relevance to teaching citizenship through religious education. There are chapters covering general critical planning issues and those concentrating on specific themes such as:
Religion has achieved ever greater prominence in debates about citizenship at every level of cultural, economic, social and political life. Cit... |
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188,55 zł |