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Recovering Power: The Conservatives in Opposition Since 1867
ISBN: 9781403932419 / Angielski / Twarda / 287 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Conservative Party's periods in opposition have been of crucial importance. They have seen major changes in direction, and often been the springboard for recovering power. There have also been leadership crises and bitter divisions, and recovery was never inevitable. In the first study to examine the topic as a whole, leading authorities present new evidence and interpretations. The book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the Conservative Party and of opposition in modern British politics.
The Conservative Party's periods in opposition have been of crucial importance. They have seen major changes in direction, and often been the springbo...
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402,53 |
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Modernising the Labour Party: Organisational Change Since 1983
ISBN: 9781403935847 / Angielski / Twarda / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Few parties have undergone such comprehensive organizational change as the Labour Party since 1983. Labour's organization once institutionalised the political exchange between office-seeking politicians and the party's policy-seeking trade union paymasters. Using accessible rational choice models, Thomas Quinn explores how consecutive election defeats prompted party leaders to modernize this structure to regain voters' trust, reducing union influence in policymaking, parliamentary candidate selection and leadership contests. The price may be a centralized party vulnerable to membership exit...
Few parties have undergone such comprehensive organizational change as the Labour Party since 1983. Labour's organization once institutionalised the p...
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402,53 |
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Building New Labour: The Politics of Party Organisation
ISBN: 9781403939937 / Angielski / Twarda / 337 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'New' Labour was defined in part by wide-ranging reforms to the party's internal democracy. These included changes to how candidates and leaders are selected, changes to policy making processes, and a programme of 'quotas' that transformed women's representation in the party. In the first book to analyse all these reforms in depth Meg Russell asks what motivated them, to what extent they were driven by leaders or members, and what they can teach us both about party organisational change and the nature of power relations in the Labour Party today.
'New' Labour was defined in part by wide-ranging reforms to the party's internal democracy. These included changes to how candidates and leaders are s...
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402,53 |
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The Political Thought of the Conservative Party Since 1945
ISBN: 9781403949073 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Conservative Party is usually seen as being non-ideological. This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the political thought of the Conservative Party examining the major elements of Conservative thinking since 1945, cross-cutting thematic issues and commentaries from leading politicians and journalists. The book is essential for anyone interested in the history and future of the Party.
The Conservative Party is usually seen as being non-ideological. This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the political thought of the Conser...
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201,24 |
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Rethinking the New Left: An Interpretative History
ISBN: 9781403966940 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the 1950s to the 1970s, a host of movements struggled to make democracy and equality realities in America. A radical conception of democracy animated the movements for civil rights and black power, for peace and solidarity with the Third World, and for gender and sexual equality. From Vietnam to the war at home against African and Native Americans, Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, and Asian Americans, from Women's to Gay Liberation, the New Left was the broadest-based movement for fundamental change in American history. This book synthesizes and chronicles those protests, confrontations,...
From the 1950s to the 1970s, a host of movements struggled to make democracy and equality realities in America. A radical conception of democracy anim...
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201,24 |
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Rethinking the New Left: An Interpretative History
ISBN: 9781403966957 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2006 From the 1950s to the 1970s, a host of movements struggled to make democracy and equality realities in America. A radical conception of democracy animated the movements for civil rights and black power, for peace and solidarity with the Third World, and for gender and sexual equality. From Vietnam to the war at home against African and Native Americans, Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, and Asian Americans, from Women's to Gay Liberation, the New Left was the broadest-based movement for fundamental change in American history. This book synthesizes and...
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2006 From the 1950s to the 1970s, a host of movements struggled to make democracy and equality realities in Am...
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221,37 |
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The Impact of Radical Right-Wing Parties in West European Democracies
ISBN: 9781403974150 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book contends that far-right parties play pivotal roles in setting the tone of political debates, shaping the political party system, and structuring government policy. Increasingly, as national governments attempt to cope with new realities of greater global migration, strained welfare states, and threats of foreign terror, opportunities have opened for parties of the far right to position themselves strategically.
This book contends that far-right parties play pivotal roles in setting the tone of political debates, shaping the political party system, and structu...
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201,24 |
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Political Parties in Post-Communist Societies: Formation, Persistence, and Change
ISBN: 9781403978158 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a study of party development in the post-communist world. Based on extensive fieldwork in Bulgaria and Hungary, as well as aggregate data from twelve post-communist states, this study provides an explanation of the behaviour of parties since 1990, and offer new insights into the party behaviour in the future.
This is a study of party development in the post-communist world. Based on extensive fieldwork in Bulgaria and Hungary, as well as aggregate data from...
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201,24 |
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A Short History of the Labour Party
ISBN: 9781403993120 / Angielski / Twarda / 219 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Short History of the Labour Party is the classic account of the rise of the Labour Party from its foundation through to Tony Blair's second term as Prime Minister. Thoroughly revised and updated, it describes the events that led to the inception of the party, the role of the trade unions within the party, the successes and failures of the twentieth century and the revival of the party's fortunes under Kinnock, Smith and then Blair. It closes with an analysis of the current crisis that the Party faces over its foreign policy choices since 9/11 including the war in Iraq. This book thus...
A Short History of the Labour Party is the classic account of the rise of the Labour Party from its foundation through to Tony Blair's second term as ...
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201,24 |
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A Short History of the Labour Party
ISBN: 9781403993137 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Short History of the Labour Party is the classic account of the rise of the Labour Party from its foundation through to Tony Blair's second term as Prime Minister. Thoroughly revised and updated, it describes the events that led to the inception of the party, the role of the trade unions within the party, the successes and failures of the twentieth century and the revival of the party's fortunes under Kinnock, Smith and then Blair. It closes with an analysis of the current crisis that the Party faces over its foreign policy choices since 9/11 including the war in Iraq. This book thus...
A Short History of the Labour Party is the classic account of the rise of the Labour Party from its foundation through to Tony Blair's second term as ...
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201,24 |
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Prolonged Labour: The Slow Birth of New Labour in Britain
ISBN: 9781403993601 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Prolonged Labour is a comprehensive, scholarly and balanced account of New Labour's domestic policies in its first two terms in office. It mobilizes ministerial speeches, elite interviews and policy documents, plus the best available, contemporary scholarship and political journalism, to build an accurate and full account of New Labour in power. It then subjects that record to systematic and sympathetic evaluation. Prolonged Labour is an invaluable guide to Government performance since 1997, and as such an essential tool for students and voters alike.
Prolonged Labour is a comprehensive, scholarly and balanced account of New Labour's domestic policies in its first two terms in office. It mobilizes m...
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201,24 |
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Party Politics in Germany: A Comparative Politics Approach
ISBN: 9781403997425 / Angielski / Twarda / 269 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Party Politics in Germany is the only English-language study of its kind and examines the phenomenon of party politics in the Federal Republic through comparison across time and space. It draws upon new data from the 2002 Federal elections and recent Land elections, as well as on a far more explicitly comparative literature than is generally found in single-country studies. The book not only sheds new light on political phenomena in Germany but also allows students of the comparative method to apply some of the key concepts, models and approaches with which they are familiar to the rich...
Party Politics in Germany is the only English-language study of its kind and examines the phenomenon of party politics in the Federal Republic through...
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402,53 |
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Unitarianism in America: A History of Its Origin and Development
ISBN: 9781410200792 / Angielski / Miękka / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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81,96 |
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Winning Right: Campaign Politics and Conservative Policies
ISBN: 9781416525639 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If Washington politics is Hardball, Ed Gillespie shows how the game is really played With a fresh, new insider's perspective, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee draws from lessons learned in more than twenty years of campaign strategy and national policy debate -- most especially from his role at the heart of the historic and groundbreaking 2004 presidential election -- to reveal how the game of politics is played on its highest level. In a frank and engaging narrative, he looks inside the George W. Bush presidency and beyond, to... If Washington politics is Hardball, Ed Gillespie shows how the game is really played With a fresh, new insider's... |
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The Republican-Democrat Political Campaigns: In Texas in 1964
ISBN: 9781418425746 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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63,97 |
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The Responsible Party
ISBN: 9781418432966 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Not happy with either the Democrats or the Republicans? Do you long for a gathering place for political moderates? Do you believe that a third major party of permanence on the political scene could affect positive political change in the United States of America? If any of the above is true and correct for you, The Responsible Party is for you.
Not happy with either the Democrats or the Republicans? Do you long for a gathering place for political moderates? Do you believe that a third major p...
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45,62 |
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Yellow Dogs and Fruit Flies: Political Commentary of a Conservative Democrat
ISBN: 9781418486563 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Yellow Dogs and Fruit Flies is a short book that packs a lot of information. It provides in-depth, how we got in the mess we are in today, and lays much of the blame squarely on the conservative democrats out there who have allowed the extreme liberal wing of our party, to Hi-Jack the rest of us. Our Democratic Party has been so busy trying to entice non-producing Americans to vote and win elections, that we have lost track of who the party was formed to serve. The democratic party was not formed to support poor people, it was formed to give the working class representation in government.
Yellow Dogs and Fruit Flies is a short book that packs a lot of information. It provides in-depth, how we got in the mess we are in today, and lays mu...
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54,80 |
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Sandinistas
ISBN: 9781557860064 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sandinistas is about the Nicaraguan revolution and the party that leads it, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). In the early chapters of the book, author Dennis Gilbert tell who the Sandinistas are and what they believe. He probes the inner workings of the FSLN and the party's relations with the organized masses, the military and the revolutionary state. The second half of the book examines the Sandinistas in action, as they deal with peasants, businessmen, Christians, and Yankees. The final chapter covers the history of US-Nicaraguan relations from 1855-1988.
... Sandinistas is about the Nicaraguan revolution and the party that leads it, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). In the early chapters of ...
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211,11 |
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Italian Socialism: Between Politics and History
ISBN: 9781558490123 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of essays on the history and condition of Italian socialism celebrates its achievements and analyses its downfall. The book traces the Italian Socialist party from its birth in the late 19th century, through the crisis brought on by Italian Fascism, into postwar democracy.
This collection of essays on the history and condition of Italian socialism celebrates its achievements and analyses its downfall. The book traces the...
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166,52 |
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Revolution for the Hell of It: The Book That Earned Abbie Hoffman a Five-Year Prison Term at the Chicago Conspiracy Trial
ISBN: 9781560256908 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While the supremely popular Steal This Book is a guide to living outside the establishment, Revolution for the Hell of It is a chronicle of Abbie Hoffman's radical escapades that doubles as a guidebook for today's social and political activist. Hoffman pioneered the use of humor, theater, and shock value to drive home his points, and in Revolution for the Hell of It he gives firsthand accounts of his legendary adventures, from the activism that led to the founding of the Youth International Partyor "Yippies to the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests ("a Perfect Mess") that resulted...
While the supremely popular Steal This Book is a guide to living outside the establishment, Revolution for the Hell of It is a chronicle of Abbie Hoff...
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124,93 |