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Women, Power, and Kinship Politics: Female Power in Post-War Philippines
ISBN: 9780275960063 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Politics in the Philippines is not male-dominated, but gendered. This book examines how women hold power unofficially through their kinship ties with male politicians. Examining the perspectives of local concepts of power, the author explores gender and power in post-war Philippines and characterizes kinship politics embedded in the predominate political culture. Women's power is a site where the conflict between the two discourses of kinship politics and modern nationalist values is daily contested. Unofficial women's power is resourced through kinship politics, but because it is... Politics in the Philippines is not male-dominated, but gendered. This book examines how women hold power unofficially through their kinship ties wi... |
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560,71 zł |
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Presidential Frontiers: Underexplored Issues in White House Politics
ISBN: 9780275961077 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The American presidency is the single most important political office in the United States, but it is also a complex institution that scholars and the general public still do not fully understand. The scholarly literature on the presidency is extensive, but many aspects of the office have received little--if any--attention and yet are relevant to White House politics. This edited collection takes readers into territory that has been heretofore unexplored or underexplored. Is the president a representative of the public, and what does this mean? What are the powers of the president to... The American presidency is the single most important political office in the United States, but it is also a complex institution that scholars and ... |
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560,71 zł |
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Growth Management for a Sustainable Future: Ecological Sustainability as the New Growth Management Focus for the 21st Century
ISBN: 9780275961350 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Previous books on growth management in the United States favor balanced growth, which suggests that growth and environmental protection represent equally legitimate objectives. Taking issue with the balanced growth position, this book argues that further growth is unsustainable and that growth management must focus on ensuring ecological sustainability. The book opens with the arguments supporting current global limits to growth, and then shows that the growth management movement in the United States represents an institutionalized form of ongoing growth accommodation, which is incongruous... Previous books on growth management in the United States favor balanced growth, which suggests that growth and environmental protection represent e... |
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560,71 zł |
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Political Change in Eastern Europe Since 1989: Prospects for Liberal Democracy and a Market Economy
ISBN: 9780275961459 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What makes some Eastern European countries politically victorious and economically prosperous while others have failed in both regards? Zuzowski deals with fundamental changes in the area after the demise of communism. He argues that the past is important because it is usually a reliable indicator of things to come in the near future. He also states that if systemic transformation is to succeed, a new totalism or comprehensive change introduced swiftly and based on justice and a rule of law is necessary. After a general discussion of Eastern Europe, Russia, Poland, and the Czech... What makes some Eastern European countries politically victorious and economically prosperous while others have failed in both regards? Zuzowski de... |
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560,71 zł |
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Electronic Whistle-Stops: The Impact of the Internet on American Politics
ISBN: 9780275961633 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fifty years ago, the political whistle-stop tour was thus named because trains blew their whistles twice when making unscheduled stops in backwater towns. Like its distant cousin, the "electronic" whistle-stop brings the candidate's message directly to the people, but with one outstanding difference: the new whistle-stop offers politicians an accuracy, efficiency, and success at voter persuasian unimaginable to by earlier whistle-stoppers such as Harry Truman. As Selnow shows, American political campaigns have an extraordinary affinity for electronic devices. They have seized upon... Fifty years ago, the political whistle-stop tour was thus named because trains blew their whistles twice when making unscheduled stops in backwater... |
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560,71 zł |
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The Presidential Election of 1996: Clinton's Incumbency and Television
ISBN: 9780275962593 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is an examination of the central role of incumbency in the televised world of American presidential elections and analyzes how an individual incumbent, Bill Clinton, influenced the recurring and predictable patterns of televised news in ways that secured his reelection. Dover advances a theoretical perspective on the importance of incumbency and links it to the institutional and rhetorical features of the presidential office. He describes how television news media responds to incumbency by depicting a strong incumbent, one who leads in the polls and eventually wins, as a... This book is an examination of the central role of incumbency in the televised world of American presidential elections and analyzes how an individ... |
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560,71 zł |
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The Tragedy of Chile
ISBN: 9780313200342 / Angielski / Twarda / 509 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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560,71 zł |
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Anti-Politics in America: Reflections on the Anti-Political Temper and Its Distortions of the Democratic Process
ISBN: 9780313208348 / Angielski / Twarda / 291 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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385,63 zł |
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Keeping a Finger on the Public Pulse: Private Polling and Presidential Elections
ISBN: 9780313230462 / Angielski / Twarda / 197 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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327,27 zł |
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Campaigns in the News: Mass Media and Congressional Elections
ISBN: 9780313251870 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Vermeer's competently edited volume fills a void in the literature by focusing on mass media in congressional elections. . . . The project is well executed. The quality of the articles varies, but overall this edited collection is important because it addresses a topic which has not been covered very well. "Choice" Questions about the impact of media advertisements and news coverage on the democratic process are asked with increasing frequency by both the public and concerned professionals and policy-makers. Congressional campaigns and elections in particular have been the subject of... Vermeer's competently edited volume fills a void in the literature by focusing on mass media in congressional elections. . . . The project is well ... |
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560,71 zł |
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Liberalization and Redemocratization in Latin America
ISBN: 9780313252990 / Angielski / Twarda / 287 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is the product of three coalitions of research interests focused on a single topic of inquiry: the processes of liberalization and democratization within authoritarian regimes in Latin America. The three branches of research may be characterized as, first, individuals researching the changing character of human rights violations, repression, and state terror in various Latin American nations; second, scholars of redemocratization (the process through which governments gradually revert to a more democratic regime); and third, experts in the comparative analysis of Latin American... This volume is the product of three coalitions of research interests focused on a single topic of inquiry: the processes of liberalization and demo... |
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560,71 zł |
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Campaigning in America: A History of Election Practices
ISBN: 9780313261671 / Angielski / Twarda / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dinkin shows how campaigning evolved from the simple forms of earlier days to the complex expensive races of today. He shows how a changing social structure has influenced American politics and as a result changed elections, candidates, and campaign techniques.
Dinkin shows how campaigning evolved from the simple forms of earlier days to the complex expensive races of today. He shows how a changing social str...
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560,71 zł |
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Media Messages in American Presidential Elections
ISBN: 9780313263620 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focusing her attention on the audience, Diana Owen investigates the way people process media messages during campaigns. This study examines the role of ads, news stories, poll results, and debates in presidential elections. Based on surveys fielded during the 1984 and 1988 presidential campaigns, Owen compares these four message categories to determine their relative importance to voters. In addition she investigates how individuals make use of messages in establishing their perception of candidates and issues. Mass communication's uses and gratifications approach provides this study's... Focusing her attention on the audience, Diana Owen investigates the way people process media messages during campaigns. This study examines the rol... |
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560,71 zł |
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From Camelot to the Teflon President: Economics and Presidential Popularity Since 1960
ISBN: 9780313263934 / Angielski / Twarda / 137 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work is a detailed description of the use of Box Jenkins time-series analysis techniques--including autoregressive-integrated moving average (ARIMA) modeling--to test two hypotheses relating economic conditions to presidential popularity. . . . Lanoue's model shows the two hypotheses to be interrelated. Rising inflation rates have a negative effect on presidential popularity; falling inflation rates have no impact. These negative impacts are present only for Democratic administrations. Recession--as measured by declining real disposable income--leads to a decline in presidential... This work is a detailed description of the use of Box Jenkins time-series analysis techniques--including autoregressive-integrated moving average (... |
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443,99 zł |
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Handbook of Political Science Research on Latin America: Trends from the 1960s to the 1990s
ISBN: 9780313264467 / Angielski / Twarda / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The volume offers a rich synthesis of political science research on Latin America over the past 30 years and offers a wealth of information to anyone interested in the area--from the beginning student to the area specialist. . . . The volume is an impressive achievement and will not outdate soon. "Library Journal" (starred review) This handbook offers the reader a rich synthesis of the political science research on the Latin American region over the past thirty years. It reviews published books, articles, and government documents in addition to a few select doctoral dissertations.... The volume offers a rich synthesis of political science research on Latin America over the past 30 years and offers a wealth of information to anyo... |
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490,68 zł |
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Reform and Reaction in Twentieth Century American Politics
ISBN: 9780313267994 / Angielski / Twarda / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By employing historical examples and resurveying the chronological territory chapter by chapter, the study details the development and decline of liberal reform movements and focuses on the similarities between eras of reform and reactionary phases and the interrelationship of reform movements over the decades.
By employing historical examples and resurveying the chronological territory chapter by chapter, the study details the development and decline of libe...
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560,71 zł |
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Empirical Knowledge on World Politics: A Summary of Quantitative Research, 1970-1991
ISBN: 9780313272271 / Angielski / Twarda / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This research guide provides a comprehensive summary of all quantitative research in the World Politics field published in scholarly journals between 1970 and 1991. Each such article is summarized in terms of the central query or hypotheses, the spatial-temporal domain, the measurement of the predictor and outcome variables, the data analysis, and the findings. Article summaries are arranged alphabetically by first author. This guide contains three extensive indexes. The first references articles according to the topic(s) covered; the second according to the states, dyads, and other... This research guide provides a comprehensive summary of all quantitative research in the World Politics field published in scholarly journals betwe... |
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490,68 zł |
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The Joint Press Conference: The History, Impact, and Prospects of American Presidential Debates
ISBN: 9780313272486 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lanoue and Schrott study the content of presidential debates, emphasize the importance of reinforcement as an electorally significant phenomenon, and propose a model of debate effects that takes into consideration both direct and indirect paths between debate watching and attitude change.
Lanoue and Schrott study the content of presidential debates, emphasize the importance of reinforcement as an electorally significant phenomenon, and ...
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443,99 zł |
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The Federalists, the Antifederalists, and the American Political Tradition
ISBN: 9780313277245 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In analyzing the debates between the Federalists and the Antifederalists, McWilliams, Gibbons, and their contributors break sharply with those who interpret the founding of America as either the work of pure pragmatists or as the institutionalization of class interests. This study of the very nature of modern representative democracy explains past and present dilemmas and contradictions in terms of differing Federalist and Antifederalist views. Students and scholars interested in political theory and American government and history will find this discussion of our political traditions a... In analyzing the debates between the Federalists and the Antifederalists, McWilliams, Gibbons, and their contributors break sharply with those who ... |
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443,99 zł |
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Preparing for Leadership: A Young Adult's Guide to Leadership Skills in a Global Age
ISBN: 9780313286025 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is leadership? Can it be taught, or is it an inborn quality? How does a young person, in the controlled environment of home, school, and peer groups, learn to be a leader in a way that relates to the larger context of community and the world? From his involvement with high school students and educators in an international youth program, Robert B. Woyach has developed and successfully tested a refreshingly inclusive model of leadership for young people in school and community groups. In this book, Woyach presents his model in an upbeat, unpretentious style designed to engage the... What is leadership? Can it be taught, or is it an inborn quality? How does a young person, in the controlled environment of home, school, and peer ... |
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333,11 zł |