Dirty Politics?: New Labour, British Democracy and the Invasion of Iraq
ISBN: 9781842777411 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Thoroughly researched, this is the best book yet on how the disastrous decisions were taken to support Bush's war on Iraq, and how the politicians tried in vain to cope with the collapse in public confidence afterwards.' Dr Glen Rangwala, University of Cambridge
'Steven Kettell's claim is stark: that unlike the majority of his electorate, Tony Blair was committed to regime change in Iraq well before 9/11, and welcomed the invasion as a way of enhancing Britain's global role. If true, this claim underscores the importance of another: that all this was possible only because of the... 'Thoroughly researched, this is the best book yet on how the disastrous decisions were taken to support Bush's war on Iraq, and how the politicians tr...
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181,15 zł |
Edexcel GCSE History: CA6 Government and protest in the USA 1945-70 Controlled Assessment Student book
ISBN: 9781846906459 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Developed specifically for the Edexcel GCSE history controlled assessment, this text allows students to take the exam with confidence.
Developed specifically for the Edexcel GCSE history controlled assessment, this text allows students to take the exam with confidence.
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94,51 zł |
Off Whitehall: A View from Downing Street by Tony Blair's Adviser
ISBN: 9781850436775 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown is unique in British politics and this book describes it from close quarters. The author saw both men in action, advising the Prime Minister for over six years in Downing Street. In government Blair allowed Brown unprecedented sway over domestic policies, but kept a firm grip on foreign affairs, including Europe. This book exposes some of the tensions between the two neighbors both in Downing Street and in Whitehall. The author, as the Prime Minister's top economic advisor, explores Tony Blair's broader vision for Britain within the...
The relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown is unique in British politics and this book describes it from close quarters. The author saw both...
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284,74 zł |
Postcolonial Identities in Africa
ISBN: 9781856494168 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Making a break with conventional wisdom in post-colonial discourse, this book explores contemporary African identities in transition. The contributors look at the colonial legacy and how colonial identities are being reconstructed in the face of deepening social inequality across the continent.
Making a break with conventional wisdom in post-colonial discourse, this book explores contemporary African identities in transition. The contributors...
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181,15 zł |
Italian Regionalism: History, Identity and Politics
ISBN: 9781859731567 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The debate on Italian regionalism has received renewed impetus from the disintegration of the First Republic and the emergence of the Northern League. In this important study, leading scholars of Italian history, politics, sociology and linguistics examine the nature of Italian regionalism since the formation of the modern Italian nation state. This is the first English-language book to explore the Italian concept of regionalism in all its ramifications. Topics include: the nature and problems of Italian regionalism in context; the historical background of the period up to 1945;... The debate on Italian regionalism has received renewed impetus from the disintegration of the First Republic and the emergence of the Northern Leag... |
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175,97 zł |
Women and New Labour: Engendering Politics and Policy?
ISBN: 9781861348272 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although there is a growing body of international literature on the feminisation of politics and the policy process and, as New Labour's term of office progresses, a rapidly growing series of texts around New Labour's politics and policies, until now no one text has conducted an analysis of New Labour's politics and policies from a gendered perspective, despite the fact that New Labour have set themselves up to specifically address women's issues and attract women voters. This book fills that gap in an interesting and timely way. Women and New Labour will be a valuable addition to both...
Although there is a growing body of international literature on the feminisation of politics and the policy process and, as New Labour's term of offic...
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139,72 zł |
The Tools of Leadership: Vision, Inspiration, and Momentum
ISBN: 9781861976604 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Deals with what it takes to be an effective and inspiring leader. This book enables managers and executives to hone their skills in leading teams, departments, divisions and whole corporations. It argues that anyone who personally engages with his team to create Vision and Inspiration and Momentum will almost certainly be regarded as a leader.
Deals with what it takes to be an effective and inspiring leader. This book enables managers and executives to hone their skills in leading teams, dep...
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54,44 zł |
Political Strategy: Modern Politics in Contemporary Britain
ISBN: 9781903499276 / Angielski / Miękka / 265 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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210,15 zł |
Critical Perspectives on Politics and Socio-Economic Development in Ghana
ISBN: 9789004130135 / Angielski / Miękka / 476 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume provides a comprehensive and integrated analysis of Ghanaian politics, economy and society, outlining tensions, dilemmas and prospects with which the country has to contend. The chapters critically examine: the performance and prospects of democratic institutions and processes; responses to, and impact of, economic policies and programmes; and how culture intersects with the preceding developments to shape socio-economic and political institutions and practices. Divided into four thematic sections, this collection combines rich, empirical material with theoretical analyses and...
This volume provides a comprehensive and integrated analysis of Ghanaian politics, economy and society, outlining tensions, dilemmas and prospects wit...
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325,44 zł |
Political Change in Southeast Asia
ISBN: 9780521883771 / Angielski / Twarda / 255 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Powerful new survey of political change in Southeast Asia, exploring why some countries have become democratic while others remain authoritarian.
Powerful new survey of political change in Southeast Asia, exploring why some countries have become democratic while others remain authoritarian.
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374,15 zł |
Law and Empire: Ideas, Practices, Actors
ISBN: 9789004245297 / Angielski / Twarda / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Law and Empire provides a comparative view of legal practices in Asia and Europe, from Antiquity to the eighteenth century. It relates the main principles of legal thinking in Chinese, Islamic, and European contexts to practices of lawmaking and adjudication. In particular, it shows how legal procedure and legal thinking could be used in strikingly different ways. Rulers could use law effectively as an instrument of domination; legal specialists built their identity, livelihood and social status on their knowledge of law; and non-elites exploited the range of legal fora available to...
Law and Empire provides a comparative view of legal practices in Asia and Europe, from Antiquity to the eighteenth century. It relates the main...
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642,19 zł |
The Heroic Rulers of Archaic and Classical Greece
ISBN: 9781472505965 / Angielski / Twarda / 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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673,02 zł |
The Middle East and the Cold War: Between Security and Development
ISBN: 9781443837156 / Angielski / Twarda / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There have been quite a lot of attempts to find out exactly what the impact of the Cold War on the Middle East was, and this from different disciplinary perspectives. This volumes tries to integrate the historical debate with new fresh insights thanks to the works of young scholars who are currently engaged in archival and field research. Algeria, Sudan, Jordan as well as Syria, Israel and Iran during the embattled 1950s and 1960s are the objects of this volume, which draws a much more complicated picture than one might expect. As a matter of fact, both the Cold War superpowers and their...
There have been quite a lot of attempts to find out exactly what the impact of the Cold War on the Middle East was, and this from different disciplina...
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181,15 zł |
Beltway Justice: A Tale of Political Civility
ISBN: 9781596300859 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Beltway Justice delivers a great story, compelling characters and an ending you won't see coming. four stars " CNN BOOK REVIEWS Back Cover text The time is now and the situation, unprecedented. Prominent members of the United States Congress are dropping dead for no apparent reason. As these ghastly incidents persist, and the body bags multiply, so does the panic that grips surviving members of Congress. These honorable public servants are demanding answers and action and they are demanding them now Unfortunately, U.S. Capitol Police has made no headway in the investigation. To further...
"Beltway Justice delivers a great story, compelling characters and an ending you won't see coming. four stars " CNN BOOK REVIEWS Back Cover text The t...
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82,73 zł |
The Unilateral Presidency and the News Media: The Politics of Framing Executive Power
ISBN: 9781137393067 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since President George Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality in 1793, there has been an ongoing debate concerning the proper scope and exercise of presidential unilateral powers. With a mere 'stroke of the pen, ' presidents can change the political statu
Since President George Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality in 1793, there has been an ongoing debate concerning the proper scope and exercise of p...
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194,08 zł |
Character Assassination Throughout the Ages
ISBN: 9781137397867 / Angielski / Twarda / 283 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using a variety of cases from history and today's life, the book examines character attackers targeting the private lives, behavior, values, and identity of their victims. Numerous historical examples show that character assassination has always been a very effective weapon to win political battles or settle personal scores.
Using a variety of cases from history and today's life, the book examines character attackers targeting the private lives, behavior, values, and ident...
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388,20 zł |
Responding to Margaret Thatcher's Death
ISBN: 9781137428240 / Angielski / Twarda / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Louisa Hadley examines the range of responses to Margaret Thatcher's death in relation to the cultural discourses surrounding Thatcher in the 1980s and since her resignation. The responses examined include the anticipation of Thatcher's death in anti-Thatcher songs, social media responses, obituaries, picture tributes and the ceremonial funeral.
Louisa Hadley examines the range of responses to Margaret Thatcher's death in relation to the cultural discourses surrounding Thatcher in the 1980s an...
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194,08 zł |
Digital Dilemmas: Power, Resistance, and the Internet
ISBN: 9780199982691 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Digital Dilemmas looks at the dynamics of power and resistance surrounding the internet. It focuses on how publics, nation-states, and multilateral institutions are being continually reinvented in local and global decision-making domains that are accessed and controlled by a relative few. Importantly it unpacks the ways in which computer-mediated power relations play out as "on the ground" and "cyberspatial" practices and discourses that collude and collide with one another at the personal, community, and transnational level. Case studies include homelessness and the internet,...
Digital Dilemmas looks at the dynamics of power and resistance surrounding the internet. It focuses on how publics, nation-states, and multil...
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631,63 zł |
Digital Dilemmas: Power, Resistance, and the Internet
ISBN: 9780199982707 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Digital Dilemmas looks at the dynamics of power and resistance surrounding the internet. It focuses on how publics, nation-states, and multilateral institutions are being continually reinvented in local and global decision-making domains that are accessed and controlled by a relative few. Importantly it unpacks the ways in which computer-mediated power relations play out as "on the ground" and "cyberspatial" practices and discourses that collude and collide with one another at the personal, community, and transnational level. Case studies include homelessness and the internet,...
Digital Dilemmas looks at the dynamics of power and resistance surrounding the internet. It focuses on how publics, nation-states, and multil...
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155,84 zł |
Non-State Actors in the Middle East: Factors for Peace and Democracy
ISBN: 9780415517041 / Angielski / Twarda / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the recent revolutions in the Middle East have demonstrated, civil society in this part of the world is on the move. The increasingly important role of non-state actors - a phenomenon of globalization- has characterized developments throughout the region, affecting the struggle for democracy and for peace. This volume brings together scholars primarily form the region to analyse the varied activities and contributions of NGOs, the private sector and the new media, from Morocco to Iran, along with the involvement of diaspora groups. The chapter on facebook in the recent Egyptian... As the recent revolutions in the Middle East have demonstrated, civil society in this part of the world is on the move. The increasingly important ... |
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465,89 zł |