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Who Speaks for the Poor?: National Interest Groups and Social Policy
ISBN: 9780815330752 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Who Speaks for the Poor addresses the central question of how the interests of the poor gain representation in the political process by examining the interest group system. How do the interests of the poor gain representation in the political process? Perceived as uninvolved and virtually powerless, the poor do get attention from policy-makers. Although there is substantial evidence which shows that political participation and influence decrease as socio-economic status decreases, the federal government does have a budget for programs directed at the needs of the poor. R. Allen Hays closely...
Who Speaks for the Poor addresses the central question of how the interests of the poor gain representation in the political process by examining the ...
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924,68 zł |
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Minority Politics at the Millennium
ISBN: 9780815335191 / Angielski / Twarda / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This edited collection reviews the developments in theoretical understanding of minority political incorporation. The chapters focus on minority groups throughout the US.
This edited collection reviews the developments in theoretical understanding of minority political incorporation. The chapters focus on minority group...
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796,26 zł |
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Democracy: Mexico, Central, and South America
ISBN: 9780815336945 / Angielski / Twarda / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Each volume treating a key discipline of study, this is a collection of the best scholarship on challenges faced by the region in adapting to the post-Cold War environment of globalization and increasing democratization.
Each volume treating a key discipline of study, this is a collection of the best scholarship on challenges faced by the region in adapting to the post...
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616,46 zł |
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Finding the Trapdoor: Essays, Portraits, Travels
ISBN: 9780815605942 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of magazine articles and literary essays by Hochschild, previously published in 1997.
A collection of magazine articles and literary essays by Hochschild, previously published in 1997.
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91,65 zł |
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Politics and the Professors: The Great Society in Perspective
ISBN: 9780815700258 / Angielski / Miękka / 185 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the early 1960s America was in a confident mood and embarked on a series of efforts to solve the problems of poverty, racial discrimination, unemployment, and inequality of educational opportunity. The programs of the Great Society and the War on Poverty were undergirded by a broad consensus about what our problems as a nation were and how we should solve them. But by the early seventies both political and scholarly tides had shifted. Americans were divided and uncertain about what to do abroad, fearful of military inferiority, and pessimistic about the capacity of government to deal...
In the early 1960s America was in a confident mood and embarked on a series of efforts to solve the problems of poverty, racial discrimination, unempl...
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97,28 zł |
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Money and Good Intentions Are Not Enough: Or, Why a Liberal Democrat Thinks States Need Both Competition and Community
ISBN: 9780815710592 / Angielski / Miękka / 177 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. State governments are spending a lot, accomplishing too little, and failing to meet their responsibilities to the public. In this book, John Brandl argues that the usual remedies for ineffective government bureaucracy--cutting or adding to budgets, urging civil servants to become more entrepreneurial, hiring tougher managers, or appointing smarter bureaucrats--won't provide substantial, long-term improvement. Examining public schools Brandl points out that although real spending per student has tripled in the last 30 years and the average class size has shrunk from 27 to 17, educational... State governments are spending a lot, accomplishing too little, and failing to meet their responsibilities to the public. In this book, John Brandl... |
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102,69 zł |
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New Direction in American Politics
ISBN: 9780815714057 / Angielski / Miękka / 409 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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102,69 zł |
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Can the Government Govern?
ISBN: 9780815714071 / Angielski / Miękka / 349 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Effective government requires that institutions be strong enough to control the efforts of organized, entrenched special interests in favor of the broader interests shared but poorly articulated by most members of society. Recent changes in our institutions and in the problems they face raise doubts about the capacity of contemporary American government to handle these parochial forces. Congress has seemingly become more fragmented, the presidency more politicized, and the bureaucracy more labyrinthine. After a decade or more of trying, our institutions have not mastered a variety of...
Effective government requires that institutions be strong enough to control the efforts of organized, entrenched special interests in favor of the bro...
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102,69 zł |
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Workways of Governance: Monitoring Our Government's Health
ISBN: 9780815717539 / Angielski / Miękka / 177 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The war on terrorism has raised profound questions of domestic governancenot primarily about power or policy, but about the capacities of government agencies, their personnel, procedures, work habits and styles, and ability to interface with each other. These are the "workways of governance." As the aftermath of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, made very clear, shortcomings and defects in the workways of governance are all too often manifested only in times of crisis or scandalafter the damage is done. How much better it would be to design for government a version of the periodic... The war on terrorism has raised profound questions of domestic governancenot primarily about power or policy, but about the capacities of governmen... |
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102,69 zł |
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War of Visions: Conflict of Identities in the Sudan
ISBN: 9780815717935 / Angielski / Miękka / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The civil war that has intermittently raged in the Sudan since independence in 1956 is, according to Francis Deng, a conflict of contrasting and seemingly incompatible identities in the Northern and Southern parts of the country. Identity is seen as a function of how people identify themselves and are identified in racial, ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious terms. The identity question related to how such concepts determine or influence participation and distribution in the political, economic, social, and cultural life of the country. War of Visions aims at shedding light on... The civil war that has intermittently raged in the Sudan since independence in 1956 is, according to Francis Deng, a conflict of contrasting and se... |
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135,19 zł |
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A Government of Strangers: Executive Politics in Washington
ISBN: 9780815735359 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How do political appointees try to gain control of the Washington bureaucracy? How do high-ranking career bureaucrats try to ensure administrative continuity? Th answers are sought in this analysis of the relations between appointees and bureaucrats that uses the participants own words to describe the imperatives they face and the strategies they adopt. Shifting attention away form the well-publicized actions of the President, High Heclo reveals the little-known everyday problems of executive leadership faced by hundreds of appointees throughout the executive branch. But he also makes clear...
How do political appointees try to gain control of the Washington bureaucracy? How do high-ranking career bureaucrats try to ensure administrative con...
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108,10 zł |
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Friends and Foes: How Congress and the President Really Make Foreign Policy
ISBN: 9780815735656 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Foreign policy in the postcold war era is profoundly complex, and so too are the institutions that share the responsibility to guide and manage America's relations with other countries. Policymakers struggle within porous and fragmented institutions, in which policy is driven more powerfully by clusters of like-minded individuals than by disciplined organizations. The nation's political parties face deep divisions over foreign policy and are unable to forge a coherent vision for the future. Congress is increasingly polarized along ideological lines, while traditional internationalist... Foreign policy in the postcold war era is profoundly complex, and so too are the institutions that share the responsibility to guide and manage Ame... |
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102,69 zł |
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The Media and the War on Terrorism
ISBN: 9780815735816 / Angielski / Miękka / 307 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of candid conversations between journalists and federal officials aims to capture the tensions between the press and the government during wartime. Begun in late 2001, shortly after the US launched its ground campaign in Afghanistan, the discussions engage a number of complex issues, including military censorship and the difficulties of maintaining security in an era of satellite technology.
This collection of candid conversations between journalists and federal officials aims to capture the tensions between the press and the government du...
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108,10 zł |
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The Diminishing Divide: Religion's Changing Role in American Politics
ISBN: 9780815750178 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution forbids the creation of an official state church, and we hear the phrase "separation of church and state" so frequently that it may surprise us to note that no such barrier exists between religion and politics. Religion is, and always has been, woven into the fabric of American political life. In the last two decades, however, the role of religion in politics has become more directalmost a blunt, self-conscious force in the political process. The national consequences of this "diminishing divide" between religion and politics have brought new... The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution forbids the creation of an official state church, and we hear the phrase "separation of church and sta... |
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153,30 zł |
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Integrating Islam: Political and Religious Challenges in Contemporary France
ISBN: 9780815751519 / Angielski / Miękka / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nearly five million Muslims call France home, the vast majority from former French colonies in North Africa. While France has successfully integrated waves of immigrants in the past, this new influx poses a new variety of challenges --much as it does in neighboring European countries. Alarmists view the growing role of Muslims in French society as a form of "reverse colonization"; they believe Muslim political and religious networks seek to undermine European rule of law or that fundamentalists are creating a society entirely separate from the mainstream. Integrating Islam portrays the... Nearly five million Muslims call France home, the vast majority from former French colonies in North Africa. While France has successfully integrat... |
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176,82 zł |
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Innocent Until Nominated: The Breakdown of the Presidential Appointments Process
ISBN: 9780815754015 / Angielski / Miękka / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. According to outspoken presidential scholar Cal Mackenzie, the presidential appointments process is a national disgrace. It encourages bullies and emboldens demagogues, silences the voices of responsibility, and nourishes the lowest forms of partisan combat. It uses innocent citizens as pawns in the petty games of politicians and stains the reputations of good people. It routinely violates fundamental democratic principles, undermines the quality and consistency of public management, and breaches simple decency. In short, at a time when the quality of political leadership in government... According to outspoken presidential scholar Cal Mackenzie, the presidential appointments process is a national disgrace. It encourages bullies and ... |
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165,06 zł |
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The Money Chase: Congressional Campaign Finance Reform
ISBN: 9780815754336 / Angielski / Miękka / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The amount of money needed to run a competitive congressional campaign is staggering, with special interests playing a central role in raising these funds. Also of concern is the declining competitiveness of House elections. And while recognition of the need to reform campaign financing is widespread, partisan and House/Senate differences over what these changes should be have complicated legislative efforts. Almost $450 million was spent in both the 1986 and 1988 congressional campaigns, much of it coming from wealthy contributors and political action committees (PACs). Increasing... The amount of money needed to run a competitive congressional campaign is staggering, with special interests playing a central role in raising thes... |
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153,30 zł |
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Campaign Warriors: Political Consultants in Elections
ISBN: 9780815784531 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These essays present original data and analysis on the world of election-campaign consultants. They aim to illuminate the work of professional political consultants and their growing influence on the electoral process and American democracy.
These essays present original data and analysis on the world of election-campaign consultants. They aim to illuminate the work of professional politic...
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102,69 zł |
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Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World
ISBN: 9780816623112 / Angielski / Miękka / 181 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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112,97 zł |
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Militant Nationalism: Between Movement and Party in Ireland and the Basque Country
ISBN: 9780816631155 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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123,24 zł |