After Utopia: The Decline of Political Faith
ISBN: 9780691200859 / Angielski / Miękka / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Glasnost Papers: Voices on Reform from Moscow
ISBN: 9780367292560 / Angielski / Twarda / 359 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This unique compendium of Soviet thought and dialogue introduces Western readers to the broad range of current debates in the Soviet Union concerning the past, present, and future of the country and its people. Andrei Melville, the Soviet academic who spearheaded this work, is convinced that Mikhail Gorbachev's initiatives have led his country to the brink of a domestic transformation, one that will lead to an entirely new stage of development. Melville chronicles the societal ills— repression, crime, and apathy—and the structural flaws—corruption, a stagnant economy, a monolithic...
This unique compendium of Soviet thought and dialogue introduces Western readers to the broad range of current debates in the Soviet Union concerning ...
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700,25 zł |
Pakistan as a Peasant Utopia: The Communalization of Class Politics in East Bengal, 1920-1947
ISBN: 9780367282158 / Angielski / Twarda / 309 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "During a substantial stay in some East Bengal villages in the summer
of 1971, when East Pakistan was in the traumatic process of being transformed into Bangladesh, it first dawned upon me that peasants were not stupid, devoid of political consciousness. Discussions with different types of peasants revealed that at least the upper echelons were aware of the implications of the liberation struggle for Bangladesh and the superpower involvement in it. Richard Nixon and Indira Gandhi were familiar names. Ordinary peasants often quoted the Bengali news readers and commentators of the BBC world... "During a substantial stay in some East Bengal villages in the summer
of 1971, when East Pakistan was in the traumatic process of being transf... |
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700,25 zł |
The Malevolent Leaders: Popular Discontent in America
ISBN: 9780367293727 / Angielski / Twarda / 223 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Trust in government dropped to a near-record low during the 1992 election as Ross Perot’s startling campaign illustrated all too graphically. Stephen Craig shows the trajectory of this popular discontent over the years and predicts that the “confidence gap” is not likely to close until citizens adjust their perceptions and expectations of government—a shift that would represent a major change in our political culture. Blending survey data and interviews with both elites and nonelites, Craig gives us a nuanced view of how people assess their leaders, how leaders see themselves, and how...
Trust in government dropped to a near-record low during the 1992 election as Ross Perot’s startling campaign illustrated all too graphically. Stephe...
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451,22 zł |
Pakistan Enigma Pol Dev/H: The Enigma of Political Development
ISBN: 9780367282165 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume was conceived to serve a variety of reader categories. It should meet the needs of teachers and students engaged in the study of Pakistan; it is hoped that it will offer area specialists an enlarged perspective from which to examine their own findings; and it ought to prove useful to the general reader who wishes to keep abreast of the forces and events shaping our time. Every effort has been made to define the essential themes, to provide the pertinent data, to analyze the significant events thoroughly, and to present the material in a lucid, fast-moving manner. Overall the book...
This volume was conceived to serve a variety of reader categories. It should meet the needs of teachers and students engaged in the study of Pakistan;...
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700,25 zł |
Repression and Resistance: The Struggle for Democracy in Central America
ISBN: 9780367285708 / Angielski / Twarda / 165 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book summarizes the multiple origins of the crisis that Central Americans are suffering today. It focuses on an analysis of the revolutionary popular movements as a form of social movement capable of joining together a diversity of class-based groups.
This book summarizes the multiple origins of the crisis that Central Americans are suffering today. It focuses on an analysis of the revolutionary pop...
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451,22 zł |
South Africa Into the 1980s
ISBN: 9780367287931 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The question of South Africa's future has become a paramount issue in global politics. This book examines the position of South Africa as it faces the 1980s—its strengths, its weaknesses, and the probable influences of other states on South Africa in the years to come. The authors share a common interest in an analytical approach to a topic often argued with more emotion than rationality. They discuss South Africa's internal situation, with particular emphasis on the interests and aspirations of the political parties competing for power; then they focus on external realities, looking at the...
The question of South Africa's future has become a paramount issue in global politics. This book examines the position of South Africa as it faces the...
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700,25 zł |
The Emergence of a Binational Israel: The Second Republic in the Making
ISBN: 9780367291686 / Angielski / Twarda / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book deals with the State of Israel as a binational political entity, focusing on patterns of political behavior in Israel today in an atmosphere of continuing crisis, growing fragmentation and polarization, and important changes in the country's domestic and international environment.
This book deals with the State of Israel as a binational political entity, focusing on patterns of political behavior in Israel today in an atmosphere...
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700,25 zł |
The Dynamics of American Politics: Approaches and Interpretations
ISBN: 9780367318420 / Angielski / Twarda / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the major theoretical approaches to the study of American politics. Written by leading scholars in the field, the book's essays focus particularly on the contributions that competing macro- and microanalytic approaches make to our understanding of political change in America.The essays include systemat
This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the major theoretical approaches to the study of American politics. Written by leading scholars in the ...
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700,25 zł |
People's Power: Cuba's Experience with Representative Government
ISBN: 9780367282592 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The study on which this book is based began in 1986 with the fifth legislative session of the Cuban municipal assemblies. The research on which the book is based was supported in part by grants from the City University of New York PSC/CUNY Research Foundation.
The study on which this book is based began in 1986 with the fifth legislative session of the Cuban municipal assemblies. The research on which the bo...
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700,25 zł |
State Under Siege: Development and Policy Making in Peru
ISBN: 9780367318055 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using a framework that highlights how societal and international factors have shaped state capacities, Philip Mauceri examines the volatile politics in Peru from the Velasco through the Fujimori regimes as the country has moved from a ?developmentalist? state to neoliberalism.Dr. Mauceri begins by reassessing the reformist experiment of the Peruvia
Using a framework that highlights how societal and international factors have shaped state capacities, Philip Mauceri examines the volatile politics i...
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451,22 zł |
Not In The Public Interest
ISBN: 9781692219765 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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52,52 zł |
Secret: The Making of Australia's Security State
ISBN: 9780522872804 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Australia is less secure than it has ever been, and the greatest threat comes from our elected government. Conspiracy? Paranoia? Read Secret: The Making of Australia's Security State and you decide. Fresh archival material and revealing details of conversations between former CIA, US State Department and Australian officials will make you reconsider the world around you.
Australia is less secure than it has ever been, and the greatest threat comes from our elected government. Conspiracy? Paranoia? Read Secret: The Maki...
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125,01 zł |
Democracy May Not Exist But We'll Miss it When It's Gone
ISBN: 9781788738262 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Democracy is in crisis. In every major company it has been stole by elites or in the hands of strong men. In democracy's name we see a raft of policies that spread inequality and xenophobia worldwide. It is clear that democracy - the principle of government by and for the people - is not living up to its promise. In fact, real democracy- inclusive and egalitarian - has in fact never existed. In this urgent and engaging book, Astra Taylor invites us to re-examine the term. Is democracy a means or an end? A process or a set of desired outcomes? What if the those outcomes, whatever they...
Democracy is in crisis. In every major company it has been stole by elites or in the hands of strong men. In democracy's name we see a raft of policie...
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76,86 zł |
The Government and Politics of Israel: Third Edition
ISBN: 9780367319533 / Angielski / Twarda / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Israeli government and politics have undergone significant changes since the second edition of this book was published in 1983. Israel withdrew from Lebanon, absorbed hundreds of thousands of new immigrants from the collapsed Soviet Union and Ethiopia, and undertook peace negotiations with the Palestinians and other Arab neighbors that led to a his
Israeli government and politics have undergone significant changes since the second edition of this book was published in 1983. Israel withdrew from L...
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700,25 zł |
The Evolution of an International Actor: Western Europe's New Assertiveness
ISBN: 9780367291945 / Angielski / Twarda / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is the result of a joint effort on the part of European and American scholars to describe and analyze the nature and the role of the European Community on the threshold of the 1990s. The 1980s stood witness to a significant change in West Europe from "Eurosclerosis" to close European cooperation in the fields of security, foreign policy and trade. This newly won "assertiveness" on the part of the West Europeans will be put to a test in the next decade, as, in addition to the progressing West European integration process, a new dynamic is likely to preoccupy the 1990s – the...
This volume is the result of a joint effort on the part of European and American scholars to describe and analyze the nature and the role of the Europ...
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305,98 zł |
Money, Elections, and Democracy: Reforming Congressional Campaign Finance
ISBN: 9780367014360 / Angielski / Twarda / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is concerned with how the system of congressional campaign financing and proposals for its reform affect key values. It focuses on specific problems with the sources of campaign funds, undesirable consequences of the campaign finance system, and difficulties with reforming the system.
This book is concerned with how the system of congressional campaign financing and proposals for its reform affect key values. It focuses on specific ...
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700,25 zł |
Politics and Change in East Germany: An Evaluation of Socialist Democracy
ISBN: 9780367283605 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text avoids preoccupation with "the German question" and East-West German comparisons, looking at the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in its own right while recognizing that a legacy of German history and political precedent persists in the GDR as much as in the Federal Republic. It shows how the GDR is subject to the same developmental forces that appear in any urban-industrial society.
This text avoids preoccupation with "the German question" and East-West German comparisons, looking at the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in its own...
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700,25 zł |
The USSR: The Politics of Oligarchy, Second Edition, Fully Revised and Updated
ISBN: 9780367297015 / Angielski / Twarda / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this text, Dr. Hammer presents an analytical model of the Soviet political system and its process of political decisionmaking, based on the theory of "bureaucratic pluralism." He interprets the Soviet regime as a product of three different influences: the Tsarist tradition of nondemocratic rule, the revolutionary movement that overthrew Tsarism, and the Stalinism of 1924-1953. Since the death of Stalin, the Soviet regime has slowly evolved from a personal dictatorship into an oligarchical system. According to the author, this transformation has permitted the great Soviet bureaucracies,...
In this text, Dr. Hammer presents an analytical model of the Soviet political system and its process of political decisionmaking, based on the theory ...
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700,25 zł |
The New Progressivism: A Grassroots Alternative to the Populism of Our Times
ISBN: 9781509541416 / Angielski / Twarda / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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218,40 zł |