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The Impact of the Freedom of Information Act on Central Government in the UK: Does Foi Work?
ISBN: 9781349321247 / Angielski / Miękka / 325 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on interviews with officials, requesters and journalists, as well as a survey of FOI requesters and a study of stories in the national media, this book offers a unique insight into how the Freedom of Information Act 2000 really works.
Based on interviews with officials, requesters and journalists, as well as a survey of FOI requesters and a study of stories in the national media, th...
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The Politics of Territory: Policy and Segregation in Northern Ireland
ISBN: 9781349409587 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the relationship between land use planning and ethno-religious segregation. It draws on a range of empirical research and case studies to explore the meaning attached to land in contested places, the challenges these present to planners and the possibilities for accommodating differences over the use and development of territory. The author argues that planners have a significant role in the management of these processes and sets out some ideas about how this might be addressed in local and global settings, including the Balkans and Palestine.
This book explores the relationship between land use planning and ethno-religious segregation. It draws on a range of empirical research and case stud...
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South Africa's Brittle Peace: The Problem of Post-Settlement Violence
ISBN: 9781349418176 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. South Africa has succeeded in establishing a democracy, but has yet to eliminate public violence from society. This book takes up the issue of post-settlement violence and ways of consolidating the newly found democratic peace. The role of negotiated institutions such as the new police force, economic factors relevant to the anticipated 'peace dividend', external factors such as arms smuggling networks, popular responses to rising threats to physical safety, and symbolic factors in enhancing the capacity of the state to deal with this issue are examined.
South Africa has succeeded in establishing a democracy, but has yet to eliminate public violence from society. This book takes up the issue of post-se...
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Modes of Governance and Revenue Flows in African Mining
ISBN: 9781349466757 / Angielski / Miękka / 253 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Academics, policy-makers and practitioners from Africa and beyond document new ways of thinking about issues concerning governance and revenue flows in mining activities in Ghana, Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Academics, policy-makers and practitioners from Africa and beyond document new ways of thinking about issues concerning governance and revenue flows i...
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Europe, Regions and European Regionalism
ISBN: 9781349312191 / Angielski / Miękka / 277 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Europe, Regions and European Regionalism examines the political role of regions and regionalism within contemporary Europe. Offering an up-to-date analysis of regionalism with a broad empirical scope, this book explores regions and regionalism in the period after the substantial enlargements of the European Union.
Europe, Regions and European Regionalism examines the political role of regions and regionalism within contemporary Europe. Offering an up-to-date ana...
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International Socialization in Europe: European Organizations, Political Conditionality and Democratic Change
ISBN: 9781349281992 / Angielski / Miękka / 291 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the end of the Cold War, the Western international community embarked on a large-scale project of promoting democratic change and consolidation in Eastern Europe. This book explains its mixed results. It examines the strategies of European organizations and the conditions of their success and failure.
At the end of the Cold War, the Western international community embarked on a large-scale project of promoting democratic change and consolidation in ...
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International Peacebuilding and Local Resistance: Hybrid Forms of Peace
ISBN: 9781349324217 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using the case studies of Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, Lebanon and Northern Ireland this book dissects internationally-supported peace interventions. Looking at issues of security, statebuilding, civil society and economic and constitutional reform, it proposes using the concept of hybridity to understand the dynamics of societies in transition.
Using the case studies of Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, Lebanon and Northern Ireland this book dissects internationally-supported peace interventions. Lo...
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Corruption and Development in Africa: Lessons from Country Case Studies
ISBN: 9781349415342 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bringing together a distinguished cast of contributors, the book provides an authoritative and definitive analysis of the theory, practice and development impact of corruption in Africa. Combating corruption is demonstrated to require greater priority in the quest for African development.
Bringing together a distinguished cast of contributors, the book provides an authoritative and definitive analysis of the theory, practice and develop...
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The Politics of Financial Markets and Regulation: The United States, Japan, and Germany
ISBN: 9781349447107 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sara Konoe looks into the politics of financial regulatory developments in the United States, Japan, and Germany. These case studies highlight systemic interaction between institutions and political contexts, and provide broader implications for global financial governance.
Sara Konoe looks into the politics of financial regulatory developments in the United States, Japan, and Germany. These case studies highlight systemi...
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The Long Search for a Third Way: The British Labour Party and the Italian Left Since 1945
ISBN: 9781349430017 / Angielski / Miękka / 233 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ilaria Favretto presents a detailed study which traces the origins of the Third Way by comparing the European Left's contemporary neo-revisionism with past revisionist attempts. Focussing its analysis on the British Labour Party and the Italian Left, The Long Search for a Third Way provides new interpretations and insights into the histories of both parties. The book is accessible not only to students and scholars, but also to the general reader interested in contemporary European politics.
Ilaria Favretto presents a detailed study which traces the origins of the Third Way by comparing the European Left's contemporary neo-revisionism with...
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The Treasury and Social Policy: The Contest for Control of Welfare Strategy
ISBN: 9781349412754 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is the power of the Treasury in controlling the policies and development of the welfare state? Drawing on in-depth interviews with officials of the Treasury and the spending departments, this book traces the developing role of the Treasury in setting social policy, especially under Gordon Brown's chancellorship.
What is the power of the Treasury in controlling the policies and development of the welfare state? Drawing on in-depth interviews with officials of t...
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Women Making Constitutions: New Politics and Comparative Perspectives
ISBN: 9781349508860 / Angielski / Miękka / 277 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume provides a timely and revealing account of women's constitutional strategies and struggles. It compares and contrasts the latest constitutional developments within the United Kingdom with women's past and present struggles in countries including Canada, the United States and South Africa. Through theoretical engagement and practical experiences, the contributors develop crucial arguments on the nature and effect of constitutional change, equality, women's rights and representation. This shows how women, through their words and deeds, have challenged and shaped the nature and forms...
This volume provides a timely and revealing account of women's constitutional strategies and struggles. It compares and contrasts the latest constitut...
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Russian Peacekeeping Strategies in the Cis: The Case of Moldova, Georgia and Tajikistan
ISBN: 9781349410316 / Angielski / Miękka / 265 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Peacekeeping operations have become a central issue in international relations since the end of the Cold War. This work underlines the mixture of defensive and offensive stimuli driving Russian 'peacekeeping' strategies, and highlights the dangers that the new Russian Federation faces in undertaking these operations.
Peacekeeping operations have become a central issue in international relations since the end of the Cold War. This work underlines the mixture of defe...
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New Border and Citizenship Politics
ISBN: 9781349459865 / Angielski / Miękka / 273 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection examines the intersections and dynamics of bordering processes and citizenship politics in the Global North and Australia. By taking the political agency of migrants into account, it approaches the subject of borders as a genuine political and socially constructed phenomenon and transcends a state-centered perspective.
This collection examines the intersections and dynamics of bordering processes and citizenship politics in the Global North and Australia. By taking t...
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Social Policy, Social Welfare and Scandal: How British Public Policy Is Made
ISBN: 9781349411092 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the complex relationship between public policy and scandal. By critically examining some of the landmark scandals of the post war period, using a variety of contemporary records and by close examination of the public inquiries which followed, this book describes the process whereby scandals are constructed and pursued, and demonstrates how scandals coincide with key shifts in public policy, in ways that are more complex and reciprocal than might first appear.
This book explores the complex relationship between public policy and scandal. By critically examining some of the landmark scandals of the post war p...
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Germany, Poland and the Common Security and Defence Policy: Converging Security and Defence Perspectives in an Enlarged EU
ISBN: 9781349332229 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A comparative analysis of an old and new EU Member State's perceptions of and contributions to EU security and defence. This book focuses on change and continuity in both countries' defence policies and where convergence and divergence has occurred. This has important implications for the EU's effectiveness as an international security actor.
A comparative analysis of an old and new EU Member State's perceptions of and contributions to EU security and defence. This book focuses on change an...
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The Rule of Law: Definitions, Measures, Patterns and Causes
ISBN: 9781349457731 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through critical analysis of key concepts and measures of the rule of law, this book shows that the choice of definitions and measures affects descriptive and explanatory findings about nomocracy. It argues a constitutionalist legacy from centuries ago explains why European civilizations display higher adherence to rule of law than other countries.
Through critical analysis of key concepts and measures of the rule of law, this book shows that the choice of definitions and measures affects descrip...
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European Political Facts of the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9781349419197 / Angielski / Miękka / 481 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new edition of the well established European Political Facts provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive work of reference on Europe in the twentieth century. There are sections on heads of state and ministers, elections, political parties, constitutions, wars and treaties, among many others. The end result provides an invaluable compendium for students, academics, journalists and researchers. Recent events, from developments in the European Union to conflicts in the Balkans, receive full attention. This latest edition of a pioneering reference work first published twenty-five years ago is...
This new edition of the well established European Political Facts provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive work of reference on Europe in the twentie...
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Manufacturing Civil Society: Principles, Practices and Effects
ISBN: 9781349468911 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Faced with falling social cohesion governments have sought to revitalise society by trying to reconstruct local communities, civil society and citizenship. As a result, civil society is increasingly brought within the realm of public management, subject to accountability and embedded in hierarchies the impact and origins of which this book explores
Faced with falling social cohesion governments have sought to revitalise society by trying to reconstruct local communities, civil society and citizen...
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Europe's Radical Left: From Marginality to the Mainstream?
ISBN: 9781783485352 / Angielski / Twarda / 466 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Compiles contributions from leading scholars to analyse how European radical left parties have responded to the ongoing socio-economic crisis that continues to afflict the EU.
Compiles contributions from leading scholars to analyse how European radical left parties have responded to the ongoing socio-economic crisis that con...
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