Africa: A Continent Self-Destructs
ISBN: 9781403960535 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Can Africa survive? Many of the nations of sub-Saharan African have all but ceased to exist as organized states: tyranny, diseases such as AIDS, civil war, ethnic conflict and border invasions threaten the complete disintegration of a region. Peter Schwab offers a clear, authoritative portrait of a continent on the brink. Globalization and an accompanying level of economic health have passed over Africa. Added to these factors is a patronizing attitude from the West that change in Africa must take place within Western parameters, a UN that lacks any real power, and a US foreign policy in...
Can Africa survive? Many of the nations of sub-Saharan African have all but ceased to exist as organized states: tyranny, diseases such as AIDS, civil...
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116,43 zł |
The Presidency and the Constitution: Cases and Controversies
ISBN: 9781403966742 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive case law book examines the evolution of judicial interpretation of the scope and limitations of presidential power. From interbranch struggles for power, to presidential selection, to campaign financing, to war powers, hardly an issue arises for the modern presidency that does not eventually find itself framed as a legal problem to be addressed by the courts. Each section provides an introduction providing background and framework for students. Throughout, the analysis is informed by the view that court decisions are framed by legal arguments and constitute legal issuances...
This comprehensive case law book examines the evolution of judicial interpretation of the scope and limitations of presidential power. From interbranc...
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194,08 zł |
Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence: An International History
ISBN: 9781403979070 / Angielski / Twarda / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On November 11, 1965 the colony of Southern Rhodesia unilaterally and illegally declared itself independent from Britain, the first and only time that this had happened since the American Declaration of Independence in 1776. After fifteen years of internat
On November 11, 1965 the colony of Southern Rhodesia unilaterally and illegally declared itself independent from Britain, the first and only time that...
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388,20 zł |
Mothers, Daughters, and Political Socialization: Two Generations at an American Women's College
ISBN: 9781439909287 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shedding new light on the political socialization of American women
Shedding new light on the political socialization of American women
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Between Republic and Market: Globalization and Identity in Contemporary France
ISBN: 9781441172082 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The rise of neo-liberal globalisation has posed major challenges for all European countries, identifying itself as the key political tension of the coming era. Yet, it is in France that globalisation has produced the deepest tensions, and it is here that it has generated its greatest political resistance. The rise of neo-liberal globalisation has posed major challenges for all European countries, identifying itself as the key political tension of the... |
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The Signature of Power: Sovereignty, Governmentality and Biopolitics
ISBN: 9781446257005 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -When it comes to 'power', it can often feel as if everyone is talking about it, yet no one appears to have given it any thought. Well, not quite. In this original and timely book, Mitchell Dean provides a characteristically thoughtful and incisive analysis that aims to renovate the concept of power through an understanding of its signature and how it works. Through a thorough and intelligent engagement with the work of Foucault, Schmitt, and Agamben, their lacuna and failings, Dean pieces together a clear and precise account of sovereignty, governmentality, and bio-politics, which has much...
-When it comes to 'power', it can often feel as if everyone is talking about it, yet no one appears to have given it any thought. Well, not quite. In ...
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The Heroic Rulers of Archaic and Classical Greece
ISBN: 9781472510679 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With an in-depth exploration of rule by a single man and how this was seen as heroic activity, the title challenges orthodox views of ruling in the ancient world and breaks down traditional ideas about the relationship between so-called hereditary rule and tyranny. It looks at how a common heroic ideology among rulers was based upon excellence, or arete, and also surveys dynastic ruling, where rule was in some sense shared within the family or clan. Heroic Rulers examines reasons why both personal and clan-based rule was particularly unstable and its core tension with the competitive... With an in-depth exploration of rule by a single man and how this was seen as heroic activity, the title challenges orthodox views of ruling in the... |
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Aristophanic Comedy and the Challenge of Democratic Citizenship
ISBN: 9781580464178 / Angielski / Twarda / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Aristophanic Comedy and the Challenge of Democratic Citizenship finds in Aristophanes' comedies a complex comic disposition necessary for meeting the fundamental challenge of ordinary citizenship. That challenge, Zumbrunnen argues, emerges from the tension between two democratic impulses: a rebelliousness that resists all attempts to impose any form of institutionalized rule; and an inclination toward collective action taken through institutions of popular rule. Democracy demands that ordinary citizens negotiate the tension between these often conflicting impulses. Aristophanes' comedies rest...
Aristophanic Comedy and the Challenge of Democratic Citizenship finds in Aristophanes' comedies a complex comic disposition necessary for meeting the ...
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310,62 zł |
The Power of Memory in Democratic Politics
ISBN: 9781580464239 / Angielski / Twarda / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. George Orwell famously argued that those who control the past control the future, and those who control the present control the past. In this study of the relationship between democracy and memory, P. J. Brendese examines Orwell's insight, revealing how political power affects what is available to be remembered, who is allowed to recall the past, and when and where past events can be commemorated. Engaging a diverse panoply of thinkers that includes Sophocles, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jacques Derrida, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, Brendese considers the role of disavowed memory and the...
George Orwell famously argued that those who control the past control the future, and those who control the present control the past. In this study of...
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414,16 zł |
The Politics of Gratitude: Scale, Place & Community in a Global Age
ISBN: 9781597976633 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many Americans are longing for an alternative politics that is rooted in strong communities, a recognition of limits, and respect for the natural world. These issues are not the possession of one political party. Rather, they refer to ideas rooted deeply in the best aspects of our common tradition, and they represent yearnings that many, regardless of political affiliation, share. This book articulates a cultural and political vision that leads off the couch and into the garden, out of the shopping mall and into the farmer's market, away from Washington and in the direction of home. Many Americans are longing for an alternative politics that is rooted in strong communities, a recognition of limits, and respect for the natural worl...
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174,38 zł |
Public Opinion
ISBN: 9781599866833 / Angielski / Miękka / 383 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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81,92 zł |
The Obama Presidency: Appraisals and Prospects
ISBN: 9781608716852 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With contributions from leading names in the field, this text takes a close look at Obama's presidency and considers issues such as his political strategy and the progress of his administration.
With contributions from leading names in the field, this text takes a close look at Obama's presidency and considers issues such as his political stra...
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300,27 zł |
Personality and Politics: Obama for and Against Himself
ISBN: 9781608716944 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text provides a thorough study of President Obama's character in relation to his leadership, and uses this as a basis from which to explore the wider question of the connection between behaviour and politics, and the place of presidential leadership in democratic society.
This text provides a thorough study of President Obama's character in relation to his leadership, and uses this as a basis from which to explore the w...
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181,15 zł |
Leadership Matters: Unleashing the Power of Paradox
ISBN: 9781612051437 / Angielski / Miękka / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Exceptional leaders can guide us through bursts of energy and activity that fundamentally alter the status quo. But other leaders guide us quietly, and still others lead as followers-or as students, citizens, and foot soldiers from every walk of life. Most leadership books emphasize specific rules of the road or characteristics and signposts. Tom Cronin and Michael Genovese see leadership as more nuanced and filled with paradox--a realm in which rules only occasionally apply and "how to do it" prescriptions obscure more than they enlighten. Leadership Matters offers a different view of...
Exceptional leaders can guide us through bursts of energy and activity that fundamentally alter the status quo. But other leaders guide us quietly, an...
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Special Issue: The Discourse of Judging
ISBN: 9781780528700 / Angielski / Twarda / 157 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society focuses on the discourse of judging and the "language of judging" within many diverse legal scenarios. The volume features chapters specifically on: the "language of rights" within the context of abortion and same-sex marriage cases; discourses within the European Court of Justice; the modern-day place of politics in the US Supreme Court; and discussions on the two-court crisis which lead to the US Constitutional Convention of 1849. The chapters question the complex and conflicting relationship between politics and the law,...
This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society focuses on the discourse of judging and the "language of judging" within many diverse lega...
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539,45 zł |
The New Politics of Sweden
ISBN: 9781780932415 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book challenges the widespread view that Sweden still represents the last vestiges of a social democratic 'people's home', arguing that the contemporary reality is very different. Notions of the revival of the Swedish model and of Sweden as an exemplary welfare state, that still prevail in the academic literature, are outdated. The popular, non-socialist Alliance for Sweden government has been in power since 2006, and the last decade has witnessed the emergence of the far-right Sweden Democrats as a parliamentary force. Social and cultural factors are of particular importance in a... This book challenges the widespread view that Sweden still represents the last vestiges of a social democratic 'people's home', arguing that the co... |
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310,62 zł |
The New Politics of Sweden
ISBN: 9781780932422 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book challenges the widespread view that Sweden still represents the last vestiges of a social democratic 'people's home', arguing that the contemporary reality is very different. Notions of the revival of the Swedish model and of Sweden as an exemplary welfare state, that still prevail in the academic literature, are outdated. The popular, non-socialist Alliance for Sweden government has been in power since 2006, and the last decade has witnessed the emergence of the far-right Sweden Democrats as a parliamentary force. Social and cultural factors are of particular importance in a... This book challenges the widespread view that Sweden still represents the last vestiges of a social democratic 'people's home', arguing that the co... |
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87,96 zł |
People v. Tony Blair, The – Politics, the media and the anti–war movement
ISBN: 9781780998169 / Angielski / Miękka / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Some people dismiss mass protest. The People v. Tony Blair shows the huge demonstrations against the Iraq War in 2003 nearly brought down Blair and almost forced Britain out of the war. Based on interviews and insider accounts, it describes panic in Downing Street and despair in Whitehall. A controversial intervention into the debates about power, media and popular protest, The People v. Tony Blair argues that even a hostile media can be neutralized when a mass movement becomes powerful enough.
Some people dismiss mass protest. The People v. Tony Blair shows the huge demonstrations against the Iraq War in 2003 nearly brought down Blair and al...
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54,44 zł |
Postcolonial Sociology
ISBN: 9781781906033 / Angielski / Twarda / 341 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Postcolonial theory has enjoyed wide influence in the humanities but for social science, and in particular sociology, its implications remain elusive. This special volume brings together leading sociologists to explore the concept of "postcolonial sociology," with brand new postcolonial readings of canonical thinkers like Karl Marx, Max Weber, Emile Durkheim and Robert Park. Chapters consider whether or not postcolonial theory is compatible with sociology; explore the relationship between knowledge and colonial power; and offer critical perspectives on the sociology of race and the...
Postcolonial theory has enjoyed wide influence in the humanities but for social science, and in particular sociology, its implications remain elusive....
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Africa's Media, Democracy and the Politics of Belonging
ISBN: 9781842775837 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This major study explores the role of the mass media in promoting democracy and empowering civil society in Africa. The author contextualizes Africa within in the rapidly changing global media and shows how patterns of media ownership and state control have evolved and the huge difficulties under which most African media workers labour. The author also explores the whole question of media ethics and professionalism in Africa. The general analysis is supported by a very detailed unique case study of Cameroon. Nyamnjoh is critical of the Western-derived institutional framework for multi-party...
This major study explores the role of the mass media in promoting democracy and empowering civil society in Africa. The author contextualizes Africa w...
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181,15 zł |