ilość książek w kategorii: 4601
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Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney's New World Order
ISBN: 9780393326789 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Read a newspaper or catch the news on television and you might get the impression that America's current leadership is "mainstream": perhaps a bit more conservative and in its foreign policy more belligerent than its predecessors, but still a federal authority that functions within America's political traditions. But as Mark Crispin Miller argues here with great clarity and effect, we are in fact living in a state that would appall the Founding Fathers: a state that is neither democratic nor republican, and no more "conservative" than it is liberal. He exposes the Bush Republicans' contempt...
Read a newspaper or catch the news on television and you might get the impression that America's current leadership is "mainstream": perhaps a bit mor...
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96,34 |
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The Rise of the Labour Party 1893-1931
ISBN: 9780415040518 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This pamphlet provides a brief history of the Labour Party, from its foundation to the collapse of the second Labour government during the financial crisis of 1931. It is designed to introduce students to some of the trends and controversies in recent historical scholarship on this topic, and to examine the principal developments of party organization, electoral growth and policy-making. It gives particular attention to the question of Labour's search for popular support and the conditions prevailing at the birth of the Labour Representation Committee, which initiated the need to establish a...
This pamphlet provides a brief history of the Labour Party, from its foundation to the collapse of the second Labour government during the financial c...
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186,06 |
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Green Parties and Politics in the European Union
ISBN: 9780415102643 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For Green parties and social movements, European Community policies remain sorely inadequate in both formulation and implementation. This text aims to provide a comprehensive examination of the goals, strategies and impact of Green actors in the EC. Bomberg's study explores the relationship between movements and political parties. She emphasizes the Greens' alternative construction of a Europe of the Regions.
For Green parties and social movements, European Community policies remain sorely inadequate in both formulation and implementation. This text aims to...
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465,23 |
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Green Parties and Politics in the European Union
ISBN: 9780415102650 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For Green parties and social movements, European Community policies remain sorely inadequate in both formulation and implementation. This text aims to provide a comprehensive examination of the goals, strategies and impact of Green actors in the EC. Bomberg's study explores the relationship between movements and political parties. She emphasizes the Greens' alternative construction of a Europe of the Regions.
For Green parties and social movements, European Community policies remain sorely inadequate in both formulation and implementation. This text aims to...
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156,68 |
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Parties, Conflicts and Coalitions in Western Europe: The Organisational Determinants of Coalition Bargaining
ISBN: 9780415116022 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the impact intraparty conflicts have on a party's coalition bargaining. Focusing on Denmark, Norway, UK, Italy and France, it investigates whether organizational imperatives of political parties play a role in interparty competition.
This book explores the impact intraparty conflicts have on a party's coalition bargaining. Focusing on Denmark, Norway, UK, Italy and France, it inves...
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734,66 |
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Stabilising Fragile Democracies: New Party Systems in Southern and Eastern Europe
ISBN: 9780415118026 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Political parties play a central, if not the central, political role in parliamentary democracies. They are also likely to play a key role in the establishment of new parliamentary democracies. This volume provides a systematic comparison of the democratic transitions in both Eastern and Southern Europe from this point of view. There are four main themes concerning the role of parties that are examined: coping with the past (party identities and inheritances), the formation and performance of new democratic political elites, parties and alliances and their electoral behaviour. These themes...
Political parties play a central, if not the central, political role in parliamentary democracies. They are also likely to play a key role in the esta...
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759,15 |
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Stabilising Fragile Democracies: New Party Systems in Southern and Eastern Europe
ISBN: 9780415118033 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Political parties play a central, if not the central, political role in parliamentary democracies. They are also likely to play a key role in the establishment of new parliamentary democracies. This volume provides a systematic comparison of the democratic transitions in both Eastern and Southern Europe from this point of view. There are four main themes concerning the role of parties that are examined: coping with the past (party identities and inheritances), the formation and performance of new democratic political elites, parties and alliances and their electoral behaviour. These themes...
Political parties play a central, if not the central, political role in parliamentary democracies. They are also likely to play a key role in the esta...
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254,64 |
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The National Front in France: Ideology, Discourse and Power
ISBN: 9780415158664 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Providing an enquiry into the particular type of nationalism which France embraces, this volume explores the value system of the movement and explains the way in which Front National ideology has been formulated and articulated in the 1980s and 1990s. The book is structured around four central issues: the general contours of, and influences on, Front National nationalism; the nation and its importance in Front National Discourse; the threats to the nation (as perceived by Front National); and the reality of the Front National in local government power.
Providing an enquiry into the particular type of nationalism which France embraces, this volume explores the value system of the movement and explains...
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636,71 |
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Fighting for Ireland?: The Military Strategy of the Irish Republican Movement
ISBN: 9780415163347 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text presents an account of the evolution of Irish Republican strategy. It is topical in the light of the faltering peace process and the growing speculation over the IRA's next move: further violence or a new non-violent strategy? This updated paperback edition should be useful reading for those who wish to disentangle the complex issues and motives behind IRA violence. M.L.R. Smith challenges many assumptions about the IRA, pinpointing the organization's successes as well as its missed opportunities. He demonstrates the tension the movement has experienced between ideology and...
This text presents an account of the evolution of Irish Republican strategy. It is topical in the light of the faltering peace process and the growing...
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244,84 |
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Political Parties in Post-Communist Eastern Europe
ISBN: 9780415201810 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Political Parties in Post-Communist Eastern Europe is the first textbook to survey the course of party developments in eastern Europe as a whole in the post-Communist period. This book relates the specifics of the post-communist situation to the broader picture of the early stages of party development in western Europe and also to contemporary models of party organisation in established democracies.
The book includes: . a brief historical introduction to the context of post-communist change . the process of competitive party formation and democratic elections . the... Political Parties in Post-Communist Eastern Europe is the first textbook to survey the course of party developments in eastern Europe as a wh...
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141,98 |
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Political Parties in Post-Communist Eastern Europe
ISBN: 9780415201827 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Political Parties in Post-Communist Eastern Europe is the first textbook to survey the course of party developments in eastern Europe as a whole in the post-Communist period. This book relates the specifics of the post-communist situation to the broader picture of the early stages of party development in western Europe and also to contemporary models of party organisation in established democracies.
The book includes: - a brief historical introduction to the context of post-communist change - the process of competitive party formation and democratic elections - the... Political Parties in Post-Communist Eastern Europe is the first textbook to survey the course of party developments in eastern Europe as a wh...
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225,25 |
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British Political Party Manifestos, 1900-1997
ISBN: 9780415205887 / Angielski / Pudełko z zestawem (boxed set) / 3 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This set brings together for the first time British Political Party General Election Manifestos of the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Parties, dating back to 1900, including the most recent General Election manifestos of 1997. The project provides an indispensible source of data about contrasting political ideologies and policy positions as well as charting their changes over time. In addition to the new introductions to each volume, there will be a comprehensive index, making the volumes easier to use. This set brings together for the first time British Political Party General Election Manifestos of the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Parties, da... |
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2203,98 |
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Political Parties and the Internet: Net Gain?
ISBN: 9780415282741 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Can the Internet help to re-engage the public in politics? How are political parties using the Internet as a communication tool? Has politics changed in the information age?
This book provides an assessment of how political parties are adapting to the rise of new information and communication technologies and what the consequences will be. It includes case studies of the US, the UK, Australia, Korea, Mexico, France, Romania and the Mediterranean region. Can the Internet help to re-engage the public in politics? How are political parties using the Internet as a communication tool? Has politics changed ...
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244,84 |
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Euroscepticism in Contemporary British Politics: Opposition to Europe in the British Conservative and Labour Parties Since 1945
ISBN: 9780415287319 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anthony Forster argues that euroscepticism, in addition to being a political stance, displays the seeds of becoming a new faith. Through a detailed analysis of British post-war politics, he shows the development of a core set of beliefs, a history of persecution, displays of moral rectitude in opposing Europe and the power of scepticism to change existing beliefs.
This challenging new history of euroscepticism will be a valuable resource for undergraduate students of politics and European studies. Anthony Forster argues that euroscepticism, in addition to being a political stance, displays the seeds of becoming a new faith. Through a detailed an...
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881,59 |
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New Sinn Féin: Irish Republicanism in the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 9780415321976 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a consequence of Sinn Fein's connection with the IRA, the military side of the republican movement has tended to overshadow the political, both in terms of its internal operation and strategic choices and in terms of the attention that it has attracted from scholars, writers and journalists. However, since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, Sinn Fein has experienced substantial growth, in terms of electoral results and party support, both in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland.
This book assesses the importance and relevance of Sinn Fein within the changing configurations of... As a consequence of Sinn Fein's connection with the IRA, the military side of the republican movement has tended to overshadow the political, both in ...
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215,45 |
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Centre-Right Parties in Post-Communist East-Central Europe
ISBN: 9780415347815 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first book to cover the centre-right in post-communist Eastern Europe. It makes an vital contribution to the broader research agenda on the Central and East European centre-right by focusing on one specific question: why strong and cohesive centre-right formations have developed in some post-communist states, but not others. It also delves into the attempts to develop centre-right parties after 1989 in four nations: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The authors of these fresh case studies use a common analytical framework to analyse and provide... This is the first book to cover the centre-right in post-communist Eastern Europe. It makes an vital contribution to the broader research a... |
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465,23 |
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How Political Parties Respond: Interest Aggregation Revisited
ISBN: 9780415347976 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How Political Parties Respond focuses specifically on the question of interest aggregation. Do parties today perform that function? If so, how? If not, in what different ways do they seek to show themselves responsive to the electorate?
This fascinating book studies these questions with reference to Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Canada. A chapter on Russia demonstrates how newly powerful private interest groups and modern techniques of persuasion can work together to prevent effective party response to popular interests in systems... How Political Parties Respond focuses specifically on the question of interest aggregation. Do parties today perform that function? If so, ho...
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685,68 |
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Extreme Right Activists in Europe: Through the Magnifying Glass
ISBN: 9780415358279 / Angielski / Twarda / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the 1980s, one of the main political changes in Western Europe has been the electoral upsurge of extreme right-wing parties. However, while the electoral support of these movements has been studied extensively, their membership has largely been ignored. This book examines who joins the extreme right and why?
Drawing upon extensive research and featuring contributions from distinguished social psychologists and political scientists, this book provides the most detailed comparative study yet published of the psychology of right-wing extremist activists. Countries discussed include... Since the 1980s, one of the main political changes in Western Europe has been the electoral upsurge of extreme right-wing parties. However, while the ...
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747,55 |
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Competition and the Corporate Society : British Conservatives, the state and Industry 1945-1964
ISBN: 9780415379731 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. British society changed radically in the 21st century. Any political party dedicated to preserving the Britain of 1900 would have faced, over time, either major problems of adjustment or the possibility of its own destruction. The British Conservative party was just such a party, its character defined by its commitment to the defence of the British status quo. Yet it has also been one of the most successful political parties in the twentieth century. Not only was it able to adjust itself to the transformation of British society including two world wars and the most catastrophic slump... British society changed radically in the 21st century. Any political party dedicated to preserving the Britain of 1900 would have faced, over time,... |
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930,57 |
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Conflict and Change in Cambodia
ISBN: 9780415385923 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Against a backdrop of more than thirty years of conflict in Cambodia, this book brings together primary documents and secondary analyses that offer fresh and informed insights into Cambodia's political and environmental history.
Against a backdrop of more than thirty years of conflict in Cambodia, this book brings together primary documents and secondary analyses that offer fr...
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747,55 |