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The Politics of Memory: Transitional Justice in Democratizing Societies
ISBN: 9780199240906 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the most important political and ethical issues faced during a political transition from authoritarian or totalitarian to democratic rule is how to deal with legacies of repression. This book explores the important aspect of transitional politics, assessing how Portugal, Spain, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Germany after reunification, Russia, the Southern Cone of Latin America and Central America, as well as South Africa, have confronted legacies of repression.
One of the most important political and ethical issues faced during a political transition from authoritarian or totalitarian to democratic rule is ho...
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516,69 |
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Arguing Comparative Politics
ISBN: 9780199242702 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Assembling articles by one of the foremost scholars in comparative politics, this volume covers the important works and ideas in the field from the last thirty years, most notably the nature of contemporary democracy and its prospects. It explores state and society, constructing polities, and varieties of democracies; contains articles on civil society, political society, economic society, and a usable state; and compares and contrasts the incentive systems and political practices of parliamentarianism, presidentialism, and semi-presidentialism.
Assembling articles by one of the foremost scholars in comparative politics, this volume covers the important works and ideas in the field from the la...
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713,90 |
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The International Dimensions of Democratization: Europe and the Americas
ISBN: 9780199243754 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years, and especially following the end of the cold war, democratization has become one of the most crucial issues on the international political scene. Here, highly respected scholars from around the world explore the role and importance of international relations in the democratic development of states in the Americas and Europe, combining theoretical approaches with a rich set of empirical case studies.
In recent years, and especially following the end of the cold war, democratization has become one of the most crucial issues on the international poli...
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481,90 |
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Institutions and Democratic Citizenship
ISBN: 9780199244294 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Divided into two parts, this highly informative work first contributes to the debate on democracy's preconditions, then explores the historical development of state structures. Its primary conclusion is that democracy is not the product of social and economic forces, yet, to a greater extent, it is the consequence of prevailing institutional conditions, i.e. the nature of the state. In the second section, Hadenius maintains that the differing modes of state have displayed a variable capacity for governance and economic development. Thus, the evolution of state structures has consequences...
Divided into two parts, this highly informative work first contributes to the debate on democracy's preconditions, then explores the historical develo...
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679,10 |
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Institutions and Democratic Citizenship
ISBN: 9780199246663 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Divided into two parts, this highly informative work first contributes to the debate on democracy's preconditions, then explores the historical development of state structures. Its primary conclusion is that democracy is not the product of social and economic forces, yet, to a greater extent, it is the consequence of prevailing institutional conditions, i.e. the nature of the state. In the second section, Hadenius maintains that the differing modes of state have displayed a variable capacity for governance and economic development. Thus, the evolution of state structures has consequences...
Divided into two parts, this highly informative work first contributes to the debate on democracy's preconditions, then explores the historical develo...
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115,29 |
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Federalism, Democratization, and the Rule of Law in Russia
ISBN: 9780199246991 / Angielski / Twarda / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How has Russia's political elite struggled to build a federal system of government out of the rubble of the Soviet empire? This ground-breaking book examines the public debates, official documents, and political deals that built Russia's federal house, and analyzes the strength of its troubled foundation.
How has Russia's political elite struggled to build a federal system of government out of the rubble of the Soviet empire? This ground-breaking book e...
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806,69 |
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Deliberative Democracy and Beyond Liberals, Critics, Contestations
ISBN: 9780199250431 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this ground-breaking study, John Dryzek argues that democratic theory is now dominated by a deliberative approach. As one of those responsible for this turn, John Dryzek now takes issue with the direction it has taken. Discussing the models of democracy advocated by both friends and critics of the deliberative approach, Dryzek shows that democracy should be critical of established power, transitional in extending beyond national boundaries, and dynamic in its openness to changing constraints upon and opportunities for democratization.
In this ground-breaking study, John Dryzek argues that democratic theory is now dominated by a deliberative approach. As one of those responsible for ...
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247,58 |
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Democracy Transformed?: Expanding Political Opportunities in Advanced Industrial Democracies
ISBN: 9780199264995 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The popular pressures for reforms of the democratic process have mounted across the OECD nations over the past generation. In response, democratic institutions are changing, evolving, and expanding in ways that may alter the structure of the democratic process. These changes include reforms of the electoral process, the expansion of referendums, introduction of open government provisions, and more access points for direct political involvement. Indeed, some observers claim that we are witnessing the most fundamental transformation of the democratic process since the creation of mass democracy...
The popular pressures for reforms of the democratic process have mounted across the OECD nations over the past generation. In response, democratic ins...
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396,06 |
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Subnational Democracy in the European Union: Challenges and Opportunities
ISBN: 9780199270910 / Angielski / Miękka / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book deals with the theoretical implications of the changing nature of the European Member states and with the concept of new regionalism. Not only does it explore the historical and philosophical background of democracy in various countries, but also it offers an exposition of the institutional expression of democracy at different levels. In addition, it examines the role of pressure groups, policy networks, and political parties; includes a survey of critiques of sub-national democracy; and examines innovative approaches to improving regional and local democracy.
This book deals with the theoretical implications of the changing nature of the European Member states and with the concept of new regionalism. Not on...
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201,13 |
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The Performance of Democracies: Political Institutions and Public Policy
ISBN: 9780199286423 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Is the performance of western democracies in decline? Which countries show the best performance? What type of democracy works best? This book offers a comprehensive analysis of twenty-one OECD countries, systematically examining all major domestic policy areas--domestic security policy, economic policy, social policy, and environmental policy. The findings confront widely held assumptions about the performance of democracies and the role of democratic institutions.
Is the performance of western democracies in decline? Which countries show the best performance? What type of democracy works best? This book offers a...
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829,89 |
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Democracy Transformed?: Expanding Political Opportunities in Advanced Industrial Democracies
ISBN: 9780199291649 / Angielski / Miękka / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The popular pressures for reforms of the democratic process have mounted across the OECD nations over the past generation. In response, democratic institutions are changing, evolving, and expanding in ways that may alter the structure of the democratic process. These changes include reforms of the electoral process, the expansion of referendums, introduction of open government provisions, and more access points for direct political involvement. Indeed, some observers claim that we are witnessing the most fundamental transformation of the democratic process since the creation of mass democracy...
The popular pressures for reforms of the democratic process have mounted across the OECD nations over the past generation. In response, democratic ins...
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208,09 |
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Representation
ISBN: 9780202308852 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume, offers the thoughts of twenty scholars on the theory, history, and practice of representation. Two developments make a new appraisal of this subject timely. One is the decision of the United States Supreme Court requiring representation to be democratic in the sense of affording every voter an equal voice in government. The other, that some governments that are not democratic, in the sense of having freely competitive political parties, are now, nevertheless, "representative."
This volume, offers the thoughts of twenty scholars on the theory, history, and practice of representation. Two developments make a new appraisal of t...
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235,04 |
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Prometheus Wired
ISBN: 9780226037462 / Angielski / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author debunks claims that a networked society will provide the infrastructure for a political revolution and shows that the resources we need for understanding and making sound judgements about this technology are surprisingly close at hand.
The author debunks claims that a networked society will provide the infrastructure for a political revolution and shows that the resources we need for...
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144,35 |
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Reading Public Opinion: How Political Actors View the Democratic Process
ISBN: 9780226327471 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Public opinion is one of the most elusive and complex concepts in democratic theory, and we do not fully understand its role in the political process. Reading Public Opinion offers one provocative approach for understanding how public opinion fits into the empirical world of politics. In fact, Susan Herbst finds that public opinion, surprisingly, has little to do with the mass public in many instances.
Herbst draws on ideas from political science, sociology, and psychology to explore how three sets of political participants--legislative staffers, political activists, and... Public opinion is one of the most elusive and complex concepts in democratic theory, and we do not fully understand its role in the political process....
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154,67 |
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Passions and Constraint: On the Theory of Liberal Democracy
ISBN: 9780226349695 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this collection of essays on the core values of liberalism, Stephen Holmes noted for his scathing reviews of books by liberalism's opponents challenges commonly held assumptions about liberal theory. By placing it into its original historical context, "Passions and Constraints" presents an interconnected argument meant to fundamentally change the way we conceive of liberalism.
According to Holmes, three elements of classical liberal theory are commonly used to attack contemporary liberalism as antagonistic to genuine democracy and the welfare state: constitutional constraints on... In this collection of essays on the core values of liberalism, Stephen Holmes noted for his scathing reviews of books by liberalism's opponents challe...
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144,35 |
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The Myth of Democratic Failure: Why Political Institutions Are Efficient
ISBN: 9780226904238 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book refutes one of the cornerstone beliefs of economics and political science: that economic markets are more efficient than the processes and institutions of democratic government.
Wittman first considers the characteristic of efficient markets informed, rational participants competing for well-defined and easily transferred property rights and explains how they operate in democratic politics. He then analyzes how specific political institutions are organized to operate efficiently. "Markets" such as the the Congress in the United States, bureaucracies, and pressure groups, he... This book refutes one of the cornerstone beliefs of economics and political science: that economic markets are more efficient than the processes and i...
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164,98 |
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Politics as a Practical Science
ISBN: 9780230007284 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hennis has been a leading critic of German political life and thought for the last 50 years. In this selection from his writings on government and constitutionality he shows how the postwar reconstruction of democratic politics in Germany highlighted general problems of party politics and democratic order that have only recently been recognized.
Hennis has been a leading critic of German political life and thought for the last 50 years. In this selection from his writings on government and con...
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402,53 |
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Deliberation, Participation and Democracy: Can the People Govern?
ISBN: 9780230517356 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Political participation is falling and citizen alienation and cynicism is increasing. This volume brings together the first work of this kind by leading scholars in the US and Europe to consider the issue. Four of the leading philosophers of deliberative democracy contribute their commentaries on the groundbreaking empirical research.
Political participation is falling and citizen alienation and cynicism is increasing. This volume brings together the first work of this kind by leadi...
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402,53 |
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Legitimacy in an Age of Global Politics
ISBN: 9780230518100 / Angielski / Twarda / 273 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In spite of the lack of plausible alternatives to liberal democracy, the age of globalization has ushered in serious challenges to the democratic legitimacy of the nation state. The contributors in this collection explore the frontiers of normative and empirical legitimacy research, drawing upon a range of key conceptual and methodological issues.
In spite of the lack of plausible alternatives to liberal democracy, the age of globalization has ushered in serious challenges to the democratic legi...
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201,24 |
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Democracy and Social Policy
ISBN: 9780230546950 / Angielski / Twarda / 287 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Economic development is a necessary but not sufficient condition for welfare development. This book examines complex relations between democracy and social policy and the conditions under which democratic regimes can deliver adequate social protection to citizens as well as how social policy aids democratic consolidation.
Economic development is a necessary but not sufficient condition for welfare development. This book examines complex relations between democracy and s...
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