ilość książek w kategorii: 8310
The Opinion Makers: An Insider Exposes the Truth Behind the Polls
ISBN: 9780807042335 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A former senior editor at the Gallup Poll exposes how pollsters don't report public opinion, they manufacture it.
A former senior editor at the Gallup Poll exposes how pollsters don't report public opinion, they manufacture it.
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84,42 zł |
Political Change, Democratic Transitions and Security in Southeast Asia
ISBN: 9780415493536 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The fragility of democracy in Southeast Asia is a subject of increasing concern. While there has been significant movement in the direction of democratisation, the authoritarian tendencies of popularly elected leaders and the challenges posed by emerging security threats have given rise to a shared concern about the return of military rule in the region. This book examines the nature of political transitions in Southeast Asia and why political transitions towards political liberalisation and democracy have often failed to take off. It considers political systems in Southeast Asia that have... The fragility of democracy in Southeast Asia is a subject of increasing concern. While there has been significant movement in the direction of demo... |
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733,31 zł |
Parties and Elections in New European Democracies
ISBN: 9780955820328 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The abrupt transformation of one-party Communist regimes into political systems holding competitive elections challenges theories of democracy by evolution. Part One develops an inter-active model of how the supply of parties by political elites shapes the responses of inexperienced electors, and what this means for the institutionalisation of party systems and party identification. The model is then applied to elections since 1990 in ten Central and East European democracies that are now members of the European Union. Part Two provides a definitive and up to date text of election results and...
The abrupt transformation of one-party Communist regimes into political systems holding competitive elections challenges theories of democracy by evol...
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255,29 zł |
Democracy in Social Movements
ISBN: 9780230218833 / Angielski / Twarda / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collectionexploresconceptions and practices of democracy of social movement organizations involved in global protest. Focusing on the global justice movement this book shows how they adopt radical new democratic approaches and thus provide a fundamental critique of conventional politics."
This collectionexploresconceptions and practices of democracy of social movement organizations involved in global protest. Focusing on the global just...
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388,20 zł |
Democratic Elections in Poland, 1991-2007
ISBN: 9780415547307 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a political history of democratic elections in Poland from the first fully competitive parliamentary elections in 1991 to the unexpected, most recent election in 2007. It provides a detailed electoral perspective on the trajectory of political development in the context of post-authoritarian change.
This is a political history of democratic elections in Poland from the first fully competitive parliamentary elections in 1991 to the unexpected, most...
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733,31 zł |
Mediating Legitimacy: Chieftaincy and Democratisation in Two African Chiefdoms
ISBN: 9789956558643 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study analyses the effects of democratic transition in two African countries - Cameroon and South Africa - on chiefs and the institution of chieftainship. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, the monograph explores the cultural and socio-political conditions that enabled chiefs to reinvent themselves in the new era of democratic politics despite their status as old political actors. It explores the kinds of legitimacies claimed by chiefs in the new era and the responses of their subjects to such claims, particularly with respect to chiefs involvement in national politics.
The monograph... This study analyses the effects of democratic transition in two African countries - Cameroon and South Africa - on chiefs and the institution of chief...
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213,21 zł |
The Future of Our Democracies: Young Party Members in Europe
ISBN: 9780230219731 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents the results of a new comparative research project on the trajectories, motivations, perceptions and attitudes of young members (aged 18-25) of 15 different European political parties in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Norway and Hungary. The project combined a mass survey of 2919 young party members with 517 in-depth interviews.
This book presents the results of a new comparative research project on the trajectories, motivations, perceptions and attitudes of young members (age...
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194,08 zł |
States of Emergency in Liberal Democracies
ISBN: 9780521449694 / Angielski / Twarda / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In an emergency, statesmen concentrate power and suspend citizens rights. These emergency powers are ubiquitous in the crisis government of liberal democracies, but their nature and justification is poorly understood. Based on a pluralist conception of political ethics and political power, this book shows how we can avoid the dangers and confusions inherent in the norm/exception approach that dominates both historical and contemporary debate. The book shows how liberal values need never indeed must never be suspended, even in times of urgency. Only then can accountability remain a live...
In an emergency, statesmen concentrate power and suspend citizens rights. These emergency powers are ubiquitous in the crisis government of liberal de...
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409,65 zł |
Parliamentary Democracy in Crisis
ISBN: 9781442610149 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In November 2008, as the economic decline was being fully realized, Canada's newly elected minority government, led by Conservative Stephen Harper, presented a highly divisive fiscal update in advance of a proposed budget. Unable to support the motion, the Liberal and New Democratic Parties, with the backing of the Bloc Qu?b?cois, formed a coalition in order to seek a no-confidence vote and to form a new government. In response, Conservative cabinet ministers launched a media blitz, informing Canadians that the opposition was mounting a 'coup d'?tat.' Ultimately Governor General Micha?lle... In November 2008, as the economic decline was being fully realized, Canada's newly elected minority government, led by Conservative Stephen Harper,... |
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149,01 zł |
The Route to Power in Nigeria: A Dynamic Engagement Option for Current and Aspiring Leaders
ISBN: 9780230619340 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Proceeding from a longitudinal analysis of Nigeria s governorship history, The Route to Power in Nigeria shows how personalities have for the most part overwhelmed institutions, to the detriment of the country s democratic consolidation. While it is customary to hold leaders solely responsible for the predicament of Nigeria s governorship, M.J. Balogun argues they could not have accomplished the task entirely by themselves. Here we see how the "silent majority," individuals who exploit weaknesses in the system, and those who have lost hope of casting votes in free elections play important...
Proceeding from a longitudinal analysis of Nigeria s governorship history, The Route to Power in Nigeria shows how personalities have for the most par...
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194,08 zł |
Judging Democracy
ISBN: 9781551117027 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Judging Democracy, Christopher Manfredi and Mark Rush challenge assertions that the Canadian and American Supreme Courts have taken radically different approaches to constitutional interpretation regarding general and democratic rights. Three case studies compare Canadian and American law concerning prisoners' voting rights, the scope and definition of voting rights, and campaign spending. These examples demonstrate that the two Supreme Courts have engaged in essentially the same debates concerning the franchise, access to the ballot, and the concept of a "meaningful" vote. They... In Judging Democracy, Christopher Manfredi and Mark Rush challenge assertions that the Canadian and American Supreme Courts have taken radic... |
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138,36 zł |
Iraq in Transition: The Legacy of Dictatorship and the Prospects for Democracy
ISBN: 9781597973007 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. **Winner of the 2010 San Diego Book Awards Association Prize in General Non-Fiction**Iraq in Transition takes the reader on a journey from Iraq's troubled history through the country's invasion and chaotic collapse of governance to the fragile state of political development today. Along the way, Peter Munson, an officer and Middle East specialist in the Marine Corps who has participated in operations in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Africa, explains the social, cultural, and political roots of violent conflict and political confrontation among Iraq's numerous factions....
**Winner of the 2010 San Diego Book Awards Association Prize in General Non-Fiction**Iraq in Transition takes the reader on a journey fr...
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181,00 zł |
A Better World: Stalinism and the American Intellectuals
ISBN: 9780887386312 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book chronicles the struggle among non-Communist leftists and liberals over American relations with the Soviet Union from 1939 through the 1950s. Few now care as passionately and as violently as people did then about Soviet-American relations. It was a time when friends became enemies, and others forged strange alliances, all in the name of commitments that today seem remote. A Better World evokes those times and their choices, and explains why these long-ago battles still arouse such deep feelings today--and should. Americans who were pro-Soviet without being... This book chronicles the struggle among non-Communist leftists and liberals over American relations with the Soviet Union from 1939 through the 19... |
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217,41 zł |
Identity, Citizenship, and Violence in Two Sudans: Reimagining a Common Future
ISBN: 9781137371782 / Angielski / Twarda / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 2011 split of Sudan and the conflicts that have followed make it a case of ongoing significance for understanding state-building in Africa. Examining both the north-south divide and the spread of violence from Darfur, this study shows how colonial legacies have shaped state formation and charts out a path to inclusive citizenship and democracy.
The 2011 split of Sudan and the conflicts that have followed make it a case of ongoing significance for understanding state-building in Africa. Examin...
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194,08 zł |
Civic Participation in America
ISBN: 9781137371775 / Angielski / Miękka / 195 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book argues that the declining nature of traditional forms of civic participation over the last half century are the result of the evolution of larger institutional, social, and historical forces that have favored the self-interest motivation at the expense of civic duty
This book argues that the declining nature of traditional forms of civic participation over the last half century are the result of the evolution of l...
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194,08 zł |
Marketing Democracy: Public Opinion and Media Formation in Democratic Societies
ISBN: 9780887381997 / Angielski / Twarda / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines mass marketing techniques in a political rather than economic context. The authors' thesis remains persuasive: democratic politics, precisely because it requires mass support for its legitimation, increases the need for public opinion to be channelized and focused. This is precisely the task of marketing in the political process. Increasingly, advanced societies are involved in symbolic rather than direct forms of struggle. As a result, management of ideas becomes crucial to both political survival and economic expansion. Romain Laufer and Catherine Paradeise argue... This book examines mass marketing techniques in a political rather than economic context. The authors' thesis remains persuasive: democratic politi... |
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505,68 zł |
Handbook of Diversity Management: Beyond Awareness to Competency Based Learning
ISBN: 9780761824589 / Angielski / Miękka / 636 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Handbook of Diversity Management brings together a group of diversity practitioners and scholars to address a variety of topics that comprise the growing field of diversity management.
Handbook of Diversity Management brings together a group of diversity practitioners and scholars to address a variety of topics that comprise the grow...
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910,38 zł |
Trade Unions and the Coming of Democracy in Africa
ISBN: 9780230600614 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book, top scholars look at the efficacy of trade union and worker protest in overthrowing authoritarian governments in Africa. The analytical introduction and case studies from major African countries argue that unions were often the most important single social force in the democratization process.
In this book, top scholars look at the efficacy of trade union and worker protest in overthrowing authoritarian governments in Africa. The analytical ...
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388,20 zł |
Democracy in Iran: History and the Quest for Liberty
ISBN: 9780195396966 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Today Iran is once again in the headlines. Reputed to be developing nuclear weapons, the future of Iraq's next-door neighbor is a matter of grave concern both for the stability of the region and for the safety of the global community. President George W. Bush labeled it part of the "Axis of Evil," and rails against the country's authoritarian leadership. Yet as Bush trumpets the spread of democracy throughout the Middle East, few note that Iran has one of the longest-running experiences with democracy in the region. In this book, Ali Gheissari and Vali Nasr look at the political history...
Today Iran is once again in the headlines. Reputed to be developing nuclear weapons, the future of Iraq's next-door neighbor is a matter of grave conc...
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111,66 zł |
Democracy at Risk: How Terrorist Threats Affect the Public
ISBN: 9780226520544 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How do threats of terrorism affect the opinions of citizens? Speculation abounds, but until now no one had marshaled hard evidence to explain the complexities of this relationship. Drawing on data from surveys and original experiments they conducted in the United States and Mexico, Jennifer Merolla and Elizabeth Zechmeister demonstrate how our strategies for coping with terrorist threats significantly influence our attitudes toward fellow citizens, political leaders, and foreign nations. How do threats of terrorism affect the opinions of citizens? Speculation abounds, but until now no one had marshaled hard evidence to explain the c... |
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431,20 zł |