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Brazilian Politics: Reforming a Democratic State in a Changing World
ISBN: 9780745633619 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Brazilian Politics offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary politics of South America's largest democracy. Accessibly written for students, the book traces the major trends in Brazil's political development and analyses the main challenges facing the country today. Topics covered include the crisis of the state, economic and political causes of inequality and poverty, the failures of the electoral and party system, the widening array of social movements and non-governmental organizations, and the heightened role of Brazil in the areas of international...
Brazilian Politics offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary politics of South America's largest democracy. Access...
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97,28 zł |
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The American Presidents: Heroic Leadership from Kennedy to Clinton
ISBN: 9780748612260 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How did democratic America respond to its cold war enemies led by dictators who promoted the myth of their heroic leadership?
John F. Kennedy confronted the challenges posed by his cold-war enemies' 'heroic' leaders by moulding the narratives of 'consensus history' into the activist rhetoric of the New Frontier. Jon Roper examines how his image, heroic style of leadership, and legacy - America's war in Vietnam - impacted upon his successors. After Kennedy the hero, America saw Lyndon B. Johnson, the casualty of war; Richard Nixon, heroic failure; Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter,... How did democratic America respond to its cold war enemies led by dictators who promoted the myth of their heroic leadership?
John F. Kennedy conf... |
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159,25 zł |
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Too Many Dollars: Too Little Sense
ISBN: 9780759630284 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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62,08 zł |
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Beaglethorpe for President
ISBN: 9780759651258 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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57,23 zł |
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Keeping Watch: Reflections on American Culture, Education & Politics
ISBN: 9780759667228 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the folly of celebrating Columbus to the disappearance of frogs, from the excesses of standardized testing, to America's sponsorship of an international arms race, Cummins explodes myths, exposes ignorance, and offers possibilities for America's future.
From the folly of celebrating Columbus to the disappearance of frogs, from the excesses of standardized testing, to America's sponsorship of an intern...
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69,72 zł |
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Papal Reich: A new Pope. A new superpower. A new world order.
ISBN: 9780759699496 / Angielski / Miękka / 680 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recent revelations linking Vatican officials with German Nazis form the basis of this intricately plotted novel. It traces the rise of the next Pope in a world where religions are displacing nations as global superpowers.
Recent revelations linking Vatican officials with German Nazis form the basis of this intricately plotted novel. It traces the rise of the next Pope i...
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144,69 zł |
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Systems of War and Peace, Second Edition
ISBN: 9780761821984 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. War and peace are as important as other institutions- science, politics, family, economy, religion, etc.- but rarely receive the same level of sociological attention. Systems of War and Peace covers this gap by presenting a coherent framework for understanding why and how wars start and end; what military organizations are, how they function, and where they came from; plus, how peace has been achieved in the past and how it can be achieved in the future.
War and peace are as important as other institutions- science, politics, family, economy, religion, etc.- but rarely receive the same level of sociolo...
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494,28 zł |
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The Future of American Democracy: A Former Congressman's Unconventional Analysis
ISBN: 9780761823070 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Can the United States a nation of growing cultural diversity, with increasingly divergent ideals, values, and principles of governance continue its collective pursuit of freedom, equality, and justice within the traditional framework of limited, representative government? Veteran public official and political scientist Glen Browder addresses this question in The Future of American Democracy. This book will speak to attentive citizens in the U.S. and abroad who are involved in analyzing, studying, and teaching American democracy and people who are involved as participants in the workings of...
Can the United States a nation of growing cultural diversity, with increasingly divergent ideals, values, and principles of governance continue its co...
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511,92 zł |
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African Leadership in the Twentieth Century: An Enduring Experiment in Democracy
ISBN: 9780761823261 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. African Leadership in the Twentieth Century represents the most comprehensive analysis of African leadership to date. It offers both historical and contemporary insights on how African leadership successfully achieved independence, but failed to improve the quality of African life. The study's critical analysis provides imperatives for future African leadership in the 21st century.
African Leadership in the Twentieth Century represents the most comprehensive analysis of African leadership to date. It offers both historical and co...
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447,24 zł |
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Jewish Statesmanship: Lest Israel Fall
ISBN: 9780761823803 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jewish Statesmanship is the first book that systematically interfaces political science and Torah. It not only reveals the fatal flaws of Israel's political and judicial institutions, but also provides a comprehensive program for reconstructing these institutions on solid Jewish and democratic foundations.
Jewish Statesmanship is the first book that systematically interfaces political science and Torah. It not only reveals the fatal flaws of Israel's pol...
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511,92 zł |
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The Rise and Fall of Modern Black Leadership: Chronicle of a Twentieth Century Tragedy
ISBN: 9780761825623 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Rise and Fall of Modern Black Leadership is designed to show how black leaders responded to the omnipresent racism of twentieth century America. Although the efforts of black leadership eventually succeeded in eradicating de jure discrimination and brought the nation closer to realizing the idealized tenets of American democracy, their achievements occurred at a cost to their influence as leaders of the entire race. Synopses appear on the lives of the influential men and women who comprised the leadership cadre so that readers can understand the motives underlying leadership goals, and...
The Rise and Fall of Modern Black Leadership is designed to show how black leaders responded to the omnipresent racism of twentieth century America. A...
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547,20 zł |
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Voting Rights and Minority Representation: Redistricting, 1992-2002
ISBN: 9780761830436 / Angielski / Miękka / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Throughout its history, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies has called attention to the importance of the redistricting process for minority representation. To help those who share these concerns, and to understand the first redistricting process of the twenty-first century, the Joint Center convened a one-day conference entitled "Redistricting, 1992-2002: Voting Rights and Minority Representation." The May 2002 conference brought together many of the nation's most influential figures in the voting-rights and redistricting community. The six major papers presented at the...
Throughout its history, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies has called attention to the importance of the redistricting process for mi...
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270,84 zł |
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State Governments: Institutions and Issues
ISBN: 9780761833307 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In State Governments: Institutions and Issues, a dialogic approach is used to provoke discussion regarding the major institutions of state governments today (federalism, tribal governments, governors, legislatures, judiciaries, and elections). Public policy issues (sprawl, educational choice, welfare and health care reform, water, taxes, living wages, and lotteries) also are subjected to dialogic treatment. Unlike the function of textbooks that provide general, descriptive coverage, these dialogues focus on the arguments and principles and the reasoning and evidence that bear on the lively...
In State Governments: Institutions and Issues, a dialogic approach is used to provoke discussion regarding the major institutions of state governments...
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341,40 zł |
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The Mass Marketing of Politics: Democracy in an Age of Manufactured Images
ISBN: 9780761909583 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Mass Marketing of Politics demonstrates how The United States' contemporary political system is driven by marketing, not ideology, with an emphasis on image over substance, personality over issues, and thirty second sound bites over meaningful dialogue.This book details how tactics are being used to determine public opinion, win votes and shape public policy in the White House and Congress. The book points out the pitfalls of relying too heavily on marketing as a campaign and governance tool, and offers alternatives.The Mass Marketing of Politics is provocative and essential reading for...
The Mass Marketing of Politics demonstrates how The United States' contemporary political system is driven by marketing, not ideology, with an emphasi...
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734,61 zł |
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The Mass Marketing of Politics
ISBN: 9780761909590 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Demonstrates how The United States' contemporary political system is driven by marketing, not ideology, with an emphasis on image over substance, personality over issues, and thirty second sound bites over meaningful dialogue. This book points out the pitfalls of relying on marketing as a campaign and governance tool, and offers alternatives.
Demonstrates how The United States' contemporary political system is driven by marketing, not ideology, with an emphasis on image over substance, pers...
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529,13 zł |
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Encyclopedia of Leadership
ISBN: 9780761925972 / Angielski / Twarda / 2120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Includes articles exploring leadership theories and leadership practice. This book is suitable for librarians with collections in business, management, history, politics, communication, and psychology. It is also suitable for students and teachers in courses ranging from history to psychology, and anthropology, and law.
Includes articles exploring leadership theories and leadership practice. This book is suitable for librarians with collections in business, management...
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4392,24 zł |
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Consensus Decision Making, Northern Ireland and Indigenous Movements
ISBN: 9780762307876 / Angielski / Twarda / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Decision making is the oil that greases the wheel of social movement organizing. Done poorly, it derails organizations and coalitions; done well, it advances the movement and may model those changes movements seek to effect in society. Despite its importance, movement decision making has been little studied. Section One makes a singular contribution to the study of social movement decision making through seven focused case studies, followed by a critical commentary. The case studies on decision making cut across a wide breadth of social movement contexts, including Peace Brigades...
Decision making is the oil that greases the wheel of social movement organizing. Done poorly, it derails organizations and coalitions; done well, it a...
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977,50 zł |
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Financing the 1996 Election
ISBN: 9780765603852 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company. First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company. |
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92,42 zł |
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On the Edge: Political Cults Right and Left
ISBN: 9780765606396 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first book to document the extent of political cults on both the right and left and explain their significance for mainstream political organizations. The authors outline the defining characteristics of cults in general, and analyze the degree to which a variety of well-known movements fall within the spectrum of cultic organizations. The book covers such individuals and groups as Lyndon LaRouche, Fred Newman, Ted Grant, Marlene Dixon, the Christian Identity movement, Posse Commitatus, Aryan Nation, militias, and the Freemen. It explores the ideological underpinnings that...
This is the first book to document the extent of political cults on both the right and left and explain their significance for mainstream political or...
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770,57 zł |
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Taiwan's Presidential Politics: Democratization and Cross-Strait Relations in the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 9780765608345 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The March 2000 presidential election was an important milestone in the democratic development of Taiwan, with the Kuomintang turned out of power after five decades of control and replaced by the Democratic Progressive Party. This book address the variety of effects that Taiwan's democratic development and the election will have on domestic policy in the region. Part one looks at trends and changes in Taiwan's politics and analyzes the outcome of the March 2000 election. The chapters in part two discuss the international implications of Taiwan's democratic evolution for a variety of issues,...
The March 2000 presidential election was an important milestone in the democratic development of Taiwan, with the Kuomintang turned out of power after...
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205,43 zł |