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Lincoln's American Dream: Clashing Political Perspectives
ISBN: 9781574885880 / Angielski / Twarda / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite the voluminous literature on the central figure in American history, no other book in the field of political science compares to Lincoln's American Dream. It addresses comprehensively the overarching themes of Lincoln's political thought and leadership through provocative and divergent interpretations from leading scholars. Each chapter is devoted to one of these major themes about Lincoln:
- The Declaration and equality - Political ambition - Race and slavery - His democratic political leadership - Executive power - Religion and politics - The Union and the role... Despite the voluminous literature on the central figure in American history, no other book in the field of political science compares to Lincoln's ...
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252,00 zł |
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Lincoln's American Dream: Clashing Political Perspectives
ISBN: 9781574885897 / Angielski / Miękka / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite the voluminous literature on the central figure in American history, no other book in the field of political science compares to Lincoln's American Dream. It addresses comprehensively the overarching themes of Lincoln's political thought and leadership through provocative and divergent interpretations from leading scholars. Each chapter is devoted to one of these major themes about Lincoln:
- The Declaration and equality - Political ambition - Race and slavery - His democratic political leadership - Executive power - Religion and politics - The Union and the role... Despite the voluminous literature on the central figure in American history, no other book in the field of political science compares to Lincoln's ...
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167,79 zł |
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Nigerian Chiefs: Traditional Power in Modern Politics, 1890s-1990s
ISBN: 9781580462495 / Angielski / Miękka / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book analyzes how indigenous political power structures in Nigeria survived both the constricting forces of colonialism and the modernization programs of postcolonial regimes. With twenty detailed case studies on colonial and postcolonial Nigerian history, the complex interactions between chieftaincy structures and the rapidly shifting sociopolitical and economic conditions of the twentieth century become evident. Drawing on the interactions between the state and chieftaincy, this study goes beyond earlier Africanist scholarship that attributes the resilience of these indigenous...
This book analyzes how indigenous political power structures in Nigeria survived both the constricting forces of colonialism and the modernization pro...
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159,20 zł |
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Denial and Deception: A Study of the Bush Administration's Rhetorical Case for Invading Iraq
ISBN: 9781581129342 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Denial and Deception: A Study of the Bush Administration's Rhetorical Case for Invading Iraq delivers a refreshingly objective snapshot of the relationship between President George W. Bush's misleading statements, public opinion, and the war in Iraq. Using statistical analysis, Alan Kennedy-Shaffer presents the first academic study of President Bush's efforts to bully the nation into invading Iraq and why the White House no longer controls public opinion. By mapping the major rhetorical and military developments in the war in Iraq, Kennedy-Shaffer paint a contextual picture of the...
Denial and Deception: A Study of the Bush Administration's Rhetorical Case for Invading Iraq delivers a refreshingly objective snapshot of the relatio...
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111,44 zł |
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Statesman and Saint: The Principled Politics of William Wilberforce
ISBN: 9781581822243 / Angielski / Twarda / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This moving biography of Wilberforce tells the story of his religious conversion in 1784 and his rise to leadership of the Clapham Sect - a group of evangelicals active in political, philanthropic, and religious causes. Under his leadership, the Saints, as they were called, championed parliamentary and prison reforms, missionary endeavors, Bible distribution, and a host of other charitable efforts and organizations. These causes included the Church Missionary Society (established in 1799) and the British and Foreign Bible Society (founded in 1804). Statesman and Saint also describes...
This moving biography of Wilberforce tells the story of his religious conversion in 1784 and his rise to leadership of the Clapham Sect - a group of e...
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150,99 zł |
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Public Power, Private Interests: And Where Do We Fit In?
ISBN: 9781585003488 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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101,21 zł |
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The Moral Rhetoric of American Presidents
ISBN: 9781585446391 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although sometimes decried by pundits, George W. Bush's use of moral and religious rhetoric is far from unique in the American presidency. Throughout history and across party boundaries, presidents have used such appeals, with varying degrees of political success. The Moral Rhetoric of American Presidents astutely analyzes the president's role as the nation's moral spokesman.
Armed with quantitative methods from political science and the qualitative case study approach prevalent in rhetorical studies, Colleen J. Shogan demonstrates that moral and religious rhetoric is not simply a... Although sometimes decried by pundits, George W. Bush's use of moral and religious rhetoric is far from unique in the American presidency. Throughout ...
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96,39 zł |
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The Roots of American Bureaucracy, 1830-1900
ISBN: 9781587982842 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This innovative book argues that the mugwump reformers who built early bureaucracies cared less about enhancing government efficiency than about restraining the power of majoritarian political leaders in Congress and the executive branch.
This innovative book argues that the mugwump reformers who built early bureaucracies cared less about enhancing government efficiency than about restr...
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174,68 zł |
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Is This Any Way to Run a Democratic Government?
ISBN: 9781589010055 / Angielski / Miękka / 191 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Has our system of checks and balances between the three branches of our federal government undergone changes for good or ill over the years since the Constitution was set as the cornerstone of our nation? How stand our political traditions, our personal freedoms, our purported equality, our sense of governance "of, by, and for the people"? Are we the democratic nation we set out to be, or do we have a distance to go to achieve this ideal? Alternatively, is approaching a democratic ideal desirable today in the light of the smaller, more integrated, and dangerous world in which we... Has our system of checks and balances between the three branches of our federal government undergone changes for good or ill over the years since t... |
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259,56 zł |
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Running for Office: The Strategies, Techniques and Messages Modern Political Candidates Need To Win Elections
ISBN: 9781590770108 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is your first and last stop for everything you need to know about winning the political game in the modern world of expensive, competitive campaigning.
This is your first and last stop for everything you need to know about winning the political game in the modern world of expensive, competitive campai...
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147,00 zł |
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Leadership
ISBN: 9781596637511 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the essential Nigerian story. In order to tell it, one has to live it, one has to acquire the skill of telling the story and the perspective to see it whole. TONY OYATEDOR has done all these and more. This is an exhilarating book. DR. EPHRAIM OKORO, Ph.D., Howard University, Washington, D.C. Tony Oyatedor started his journalism career as a reporter with the NEW BAYVIEW newspaper in San Francisco, California, United States of America, from 1979-1981. He returned to Nigeria in 1981 where he first worked at OPHELIA magazine as a reporter and later moved to RADIO NIGERIA TWO AM/FM where...
This is the essential Nigerian story. In order to tell it, one has to live it, one has to acquire the skill of telling the story and the perspective t...
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131,48 zł |
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The United States of Apathy
ISBN: 9781598245646 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The greatest danger to a free society is apathy. We the people allow this to happen. We the people are the only ones who can solve this problem. This book gives a brief overview of just a few of the problems America faces. It is intended for those new to the political discourse, or those who are not sure how to proceed in identifying the issues. We must become involved and hold our leaders accountable for their actions or inactions. This book will serve as the road map to empowering the electorate once again. Only then can America regain the prominence it so richly deserves.
The greatest danger to a free society is apathy. We the people allow this to happen. We the people are the only ones who can solve this problem. This ...
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42,11 zł |
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Environmental Security in Southern
ISBN: 9781779051011 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Environmental security research in Southern Africa is a young and eclectic academic endeavour, quite rare in university curricular. This book represents a methodological framework for policy research on environmental security in the SADC region. The framework attempts to develop analytical approaches which can capture inter-state environmental problems, conflicts and competition which have been recently growing in the region, and identify ways in which inter-state collaboration can promote mutually beneficial enviromental policy development. Amongst the major issues addressed is the vexed...
Environmental security research in Southern Africa is a young and eclectic academic endeavour, quite rare in university curricular. This book represen...
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269,07 zł |
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British Government in Crisis
ISBN: 9781841135496 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many within Britain consider their system of government as having developed numerous defects. This book examines many reasons for such development. Some factors are outside politicians' control: the globalization of economic activity; the changes in international politics after the end of Soviet Russia; the adverse consequences of more dominating and competitive media. Some other factors are widely recognized: the decline of the cabinet and the marginalizing of Parliament; the influence of spin on our political culture; the increased role of political and special advisers. But others are not...
Many within Britain consider their system of government as having developed numerous defects. This book examines many reasons for such development. So...
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195,16 zł |
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Government and Politics in Southeast Asia
ISBN: 9781842771051 / Angielski / Miękka / 452 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This innovative and up-to-date book provides comprehensive socio-economic and historical context on individual southeast Asian countries--Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Each chapter begins with a description of the country's history, society, geography, economy, and basic statistical data. Subsequent sections focus closely on the formal organization of the country's government, including political parties, elections, civil society, and human rights.
This innovative and up-to-date book provides comprehensive socio-economic and historical context on individual southeast Asian countries--Brunei, Camb...
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225,98 zł |
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China Across the Divide: The Domestic and Global in Politics and Society
ISBN: 9780199919888 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Understanding China's role in the world has become one of the crucial intellectual challenges of the 21st century. Recognizing the interpenetrated nature of the domestic and international spheres, this book uncovers some of the key interactions between the global and domestic forces that determine China's external behavior. The first section of the book concentrates on the role of ideas. It examines Chinese conceptions, at both the elite and mass levels, of the country's status and role in global politics, and how these conceptions can influence and frame policies. The second section provides...
Understanding China's role in the world has become one of the crucial intellectual challenges of the 21st century. Recognizing the interpenetrated nat...
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154,69 zł |
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Choosing the Tory Leader : Conservative Party Leadership Elections from Heath to Cameron
ISBN: 9781845114862 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The means by which the Conservative Party have determined their party leadership have produced some of the most dramatic political theatre of the last four decades. We have seen the Conservative Party's increasing inability, especially in the post-Thatcher era, to agree on how to select a leader and, once selected, whether that person should remain as leader. Here Timothy Heppell observes how the dominance of ideology has been immensely disadvantageous to post-Thatcherite Conservatism. Rather than empowering incumbents to project their leadership credentials outwards to the electorate and...
The means by which the Conservative Party have determined their party leadership have produced some of the most dramatic political theatre of the last...
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616,46 zł |
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The Political System of the Anuak of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
ISBN: 9781845200183 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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565,09 zł |
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Political Leadership Among Swat Pathans: Volume 19
ISBN: 9781845202781 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A classic and highly influential ethnography, which explores political leadership among Swat Pathans - and which emphasizes the importance of individual decision-making for wider social processes. A classic and highly influential ethnography, which explores political leadership among Swat Pathans - and which emphasizes the importance of indiv... |
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164,34 zł |
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Participation of the Poor in Development Initiatives: Taking Their Rightful Place
ISBN: 9781853837609 / Angielski / Twarda / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The importance of involving the poor recipients in planning and implementing development policies has long been recognized, and has been the official aim of large donors, including the World Bank and major donor agencies. This text assesses their success and the results of the primary stakeholder participation achieved. It analyzes the institutional changes necessary for stakeholders to participate in decision-making, and the strategies and behaviour of other parties involved, including NGOs. From this review and analysis, it draws an important range of lessons for future donor and NGO...
The importance of involving the poor recipients in planning and implementing development policies has long been recognized, and has been the official ...
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446,88 zł |