Transitional Justice in Peru
ISBN: 9781349435623 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Between 1980 and 2000, Peru suffered an armed conflict, massive human rights violations, and the destruction of its democracy. This book examines Peru's struggle to restore human rights accountability and the political factors that have shaped its fate.
Between 1980 and 2000, Peru suffered an armed conflict, massive human rights violations, and the destruction of its democracy. This book examines Peru...
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China's Search for Good Governance
ISBN: 9781349297825 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Governance has emerged as a central concept and key word in China's governmental and local policy and practice at different levels. This edited collection combines empirical and normative researches as well as theoretical exploration and case studies on the governance theories and practices in China.
Governance has emerged as a central concept and key word in China's governmental and local policy and practice at different levels. This edited collec...
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194,08 zł |
Post-Colonial Trajectories in the Caribbean: The Three Guianas
ISBN: 9781472480453 / Angielski / Twarda / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book compares and contrasts the contemporary development experience of neighbouring, geographically similar countries with an analogous history of exploitation but by three different European colonisers. Studying the so-called Three Guianas (Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana) offers a unique opportunity to look for similarities and differences in their contemporary patterns of development, particularly as they grapple with new and complex shifts in the regional, hemispheric and global context. Shaped decisively by their respective historical experiences, Guyana, in tandem with the... This book compares and contrasts the contemporary development experience of neighbouring, geographically similar countries with an analogous histor... |
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750,67 zł |
The Politics of Crisis Management: Public Leadership Under Pressure
ISBN: 9781107544253 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Crisis management has become a defining feature of contemporary governance. In times of crisis, communities and members of organizations expect their leaders to minimize the impact, while critics and bureaucratic competitors make use of social media to blame incumbent rulers and their policies. In this extreme environment, policymakers must somehow establish a sense of normality, and foster collective learning from the crisis experience. In the new edition of this uniquely comprehensive analysis, the authors examine how strategic leaders deal with the challenges they face, the political risks...
Crisis management has become a defining feature of contemporary governance. In times of crisis, communities and members of organizations expect their ...
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128,87 zł |
Parties, Movements, and Democracy in the Developing World
ISBN: 9781107156791 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume analyzes regime politics in the developing world. By focusing on the civilian, collective actors that forge democracy and sustain it, this book moves beyond materialist arguments focusing on GDP, poverty, and inequality. With case material from four continents, this volume emphasizes the decisive role played by parties and movements in forging democracy against the odds. These pivotal collectivities are consistently the key civilian collectivities that successfully mobilized for democracy, that helped forge enduring democratic institutions, and that shaped the quality of the...
This volume analyzes regime politics in the developing world. By focusing on the civilian, collective actors that forge democracy and sustain it, this...
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481,99 zł |
Leadership and Global Justice
ISBN: 9781349342105 / Angielski / Miękka / 211 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What does global justice look like, and how can leadership help get us there? The contributors explore justice in various spheres: citizenship, the marketplace, health, education, and the environment. And they provide creative and constructive moral approaches for evaluating and promoting global justice.
What does global justice look like, and how can leadership help get us there? The contributors explore justice in various spheres: citizenship, the ma...
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Beyond a Divided Cyprus: A State and Society in Transformation
ISBN: 9781349341535 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cyprus is a postcolonial island known for natural gas reserves and ethnic divisions. This volume presents a fresh perspective on the Cyprus problem by examining the societal transformations taking place within the island: socioeconomic development, population transitions and migration, and rapidly changing social and political institutions.
Cyprus is a postcolonial island known for natural gas reserves and ethnic divisions. This volume presents a fresh perspective on the Cyprus problem by...
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194,08 zł |
Women and Leadership in West Africa: Mothering the Nation and Humanizing the State
ISBN: 9781349341146 / Angielski / Miękka / 267 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines women and leadership in West Africa, with a special focus on Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone-the Mano River Union countries. These countries have traditions of indigenous female leadership in executive positions in varying degrees, and all three have a tradition of organizations that form important power bases for women.
This book examines women and leadership in West Africa, with a special focus on Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone-the Mano River Union countries. Thes...
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194,08 zł |
The Year of My Life: reminiscences and rants: Politics
ISBN: 9781535070119 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. You don't need to be a certain age or at a certain educational level to know when you're being played by politicians. All you have to realize is that getting the job comes first, keeping the job comes second, and everything else comes third. This is not your Founding Father's book on politics. Get ready to view our political system in a brand new way. Why Donald J. Trump really ran for president? Spoiler Alert: He doesn't want the job How can we become part of the decision-making process of the Supreme Court? Does the media manipulate elections with our help? Does terrorism help politicians...
You don't need to be a certain age or at a certain educational level to know when you're being played by politicians. All you have to realize is that ...
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43,72 zł |
Heart of the Nation: Volunteering and America's Civic Spirit
ISBN: 9781442275508 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Heart of the Nation traces America's volunteer tradition--the golden thread of American democracy--and how Presidents from Washington to Obama have called on citizens to serve neighbor and nation. From the bunker below the White House on 9/11 to villages in Africa, John Bridgeland shares his own experiences inside and outside of government to spark more Americans to volunteer to meet urgent needs. He compellingly argues that such service is fundamental to our own happiness and to what the Founding Fathers envisioned when they talked about the "pursuit of Happiness" in the Declaration of...
Heart of the Nation traces America's volunteer tradition--the golden thread of American democracy--and how Presidents from Washington to Obama have ca...
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108,94 zł |
Illiberal Democracy in Indonesia: The Ideology of the Family State
ISBN: 9781138236721 / Angielski / Miękka / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Illiberal Democracy in Indonesia charts the origins and development of organicist ideologies in Indonesia from the early 20th century to the present. In doing so, it provides a background to the theories and ideology that informed organicist thought, traces key themes in Indonesian history, examines the Soeharto regime and his New Order in detail, and looks at contemporary Indonesia to question the possibility of past ideologies making a resurgence in the country. Beginning with an exploration of the origins of the theory of the organic state in Europe, this book explores... Illiberal Democracy in Indonesia charts the origins and development of organicist ideologies in Indonesia from the early 20th century to t... |
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279,51 zł |
Chinese Democracy and Elite Thinking
ISBN: 9781349293339 / Angielski / Miękka / 181 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Will China become a multiparty democracy? The author posits that the more that Chinese elite thinking on China's development and change reconciles the tension between Chinese nationalism and collectivist, family-like ethics on the one hand, and the western democratic ideals based on each self-seeking individual's subjectivity on the other hand, the greater the chance that China's political development will lead to a multiparty democracy. The author projects that within the next twenty years China will march on the path of democratization.
Will China become a multiparty democracy? The author posits that the more that Chinese elite thinking on China's development and change reconciles the...
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194,08 zł |
Leadership in International Relations: The Balance of Power and the Origins of World War II
ISBN: 9781349290369 / Angielski / Miękka / 201 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using the engaging case of British security policy between the world wars, this book argues that an effective balance of power, which is the key to a stable international system, is a deliberate act of policy and that leaders play a determinative role in building an effective balance.
Using the engaging case of British security policy between the world wars, this book argues that an effective balance of power, which is the key to a ...
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388,20 zł |
The Democratization of Albania: Democracy from Within
ISBN: 9781349289158 / Angielski / Miękka / 193 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Democratization of Albania describes a multi-year project designed to promote democracy in Albania through the country's entire educational system. Instructional materials were developed, including a basic manual, to introduce open and interactive teaching by a network of almost 3000 teachers and educators, who were trained through the project on the proper application of the materials developed. To sustain the network, five democratic civic education centers were established in as many universities throughout the country. Success with young people led the author to go beyond describing...
The Democratization of Albania describes a multi-year project designed to promote democracy in Albania through the country's entire educational system...
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194,08 zł |
Post-Apartheid South Africa: Economic and Social Inclusion
ISBN: 9781604979299 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The book is a retrospective analysis of the first two decades of public policy making in post-apartheid South Africa. ... a highly recommended text for anyone who is concerned about Africa and not just South Africa alone." -Thandika Mkandawire, former Director of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development and Chair in African Development at the London School of Economics (LSE) "An important contribution to the debates about the future of South Africa ... I recommend the book not only to academics, researchers and students, but also to policy-makers in both... "The book is a retrospective analysis of the first two decades of public policy making in post-apartheid South Africa. ... a highly recommended tex... |
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536,85 zł |
Leadership Accountability in Government: Defining, Measuring & Managing for Results
ISBN: 9781524505943 / Angielski / Miękka / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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66,65 zł |
Leadership Accountability in Government: Defining, Measuring & Managing for Results
ISBN: 9781524505950 / Angielski / Twarda / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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104,17 zł |
Laws, Men and Machines: Modern American Government and the Appeal of Newtonian Mechanics
ISBN: 9780415616652 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1990, Laws, Men and Machines is an original interpretation of the lasting influence that Newtonian mechanics has had on the design and operation of the American political system. The author argues that it is this mechanistic tradition that now instinctively shapes the way we conceive of, analyse, and evaluate American politics, and that the Newtonian conception of the world still finds expression in the 'checks and balances' of the American system.
First published in 1990, Laws, Men and Machines is an original interpretation of the lasting influence that Newtonian mechanics has had on th...
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134,55 zł |
Nullification: Reclaiming Consent of the Governed
ISBN: 9780692759769 / Angielski / Miękka / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this second installment of The Wilson Files, we collect some of Dr. Wilson's most sagacious writings on the topic of nullification and the unenumerated rights reserved to the several sovereign States that comprise the confederation known as the United States of America. For half a century historian Clyde Wilson has been writing about what he calls "our lost and stolen heritage of states' rights." As Dr. Donald Livingston, founder of the Abbeville Institute, has remarked of current devolutionary strategies, "Clyde Wilson had been plowing the ground long before any of us came to plant."...
In this second installment of The Wilson Files, we collect some of Dr. Wilson's most sagacious writings on the topic of nullification and the unenumer...
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52,30 zł |
The Erasure of Arab Political Identity: Religion, Colonialism and Violence
ISBN: 9781138924147 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the long history of the evolution of Arab political identity, which predates the time of the Prophet Muhammad and is characterized by tolerance, compassion, generosity, hospitality, self-control, correct behaviour, equality and consensus. The author argues that present day struggles in many Arab countries to redefine polities and politics are related to the fact that the underlying political culture of the Arabs has been overridden for centuries by successive political regimes which have deviated from the original political culture, and which the Prophet adhered to. The... This book explores the long history of the evolution of Arab political identity, which predates the time of the Prophet Muhammad and is characteriz... |
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776,56 zł |