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Citizens and Community: Political Support in a Representative Democracy
ISBN: 9780521208321 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The related subjects of political legitimacy and system support are key theoretical concerns of students of democratic societies. They have received very little scholarly attention, however, because of the conceptual and methodological complexities they engender. In this book, the authors address these concerns through systematic multivariate analyses of the sources, distribution and consequences of variations in citizen support for key political objects in one such society, Canada. Although they do so within a comparative context, their primary focus is on Canada because it is not only one...
The related subjects of political legitimacy and system support are key theoretical concerns of students of democratic societies. They have received v...
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204,10 zł |
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Small States in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities
ISBN: 9780754677826 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The effects of recent institutional change within the European Union on small states have often been overlooked. This book offers an accessible, coherent and informative analysis of contemporary and future foreign policy challenges facing small states in Europe. Leading experts analyze the experiences of a number of small states including the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Iceland, Austria and Switzerland. Each account, written to a common template, explores the challenges and opportunities faced by each state as a consequence of EU integration, and how their...
The effects of recent institutional change within the European Union on small states have often been overlooked. This book offers an accessible, coher...
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767,58 zł |
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The Real Worlds of Canadian Politics: Cases in Process and Policy
ISBN: 9781551115184 / Angielski / Miękka / 349 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fifteen years ago the first edition of The Real Worlds of Canadian Politics was published to wide acclaim in university classrooms across the country. Its case study approach to Canadian politics and public policy was a unique contribution, and its enormous popularity resulted in two more editions in the following five years. In all three editions, interesting and compelling contemporary cases presented policy issues in a deliberately dramatic narrative style, emphasizing the passions, personalities, and unpredictability of Canadian politics. Real Worlds was a widely read... Fifteen years ago the first edition of The Real Worlds of Canadian Politics was published to wide acclaim in university classrooms across th... |
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158,63 zł |
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Trysts with Democracy: Political Practice in South Asia
ISBN: 9780857287731 / Angielski / Twarda / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume addresses the current configuration of democratic politics in South Asia from a cross-disciplinary perspective. The essays seek to examine the larger questions of how democratic values are embedded in social and political institutions, and how localised and everyday political values inform the multiple ways in which democracy is understood and practised. One of the strengths of this collection is the fact that it does not seek to provide answers to these questions from within one academic discipline only, but rather brings together scholars with backgrounds in a variety of... This volume addresses the current configuration of democratic politics in South Asia from a cross-disciplinary perspective. The essays seek to exam... |
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624,73 zł |
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Getting a Job in Politics, and Keeping it
ISBN: 9781453712368 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Getting a Job in Politics, and Keeping it provides a blueprint for landing entry-level positions and climbing the ladder in political jobs. Explaining the basic steps to land jobs with campaigns, political organizations, nonprofits, government, the media, and other groups, Getting a Job in Politics lays out a clear plan for anyone to enter and succeed in the exciting world of politics. Ben Wetmore uses his unique and varied experiences working in politics at all levels, in several states and for different political organizations, to offer advice and concrete examples of both successes and...
Getting a Job in Politics, and Keeping it provides a blueprint for landing entry-level positions and climbing the ladder in political jobs. Explaining...
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55,53 zł |
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Politics & Economics of Latin America: Volume 7
ISBN: 9781617280030 / Angielski / Twarda / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Includes in its scope a spectrum of the politics and economics of South and Central America and the Caribbean. This title includes coverage that is intended to deal with South and Central American and Caribbean political dynamics, economic policies, institutions, and future challenging issues.
Includes in its scope a spectrum of the politics and economics of South and Central America and the Caribbean. This title includes coverage that is in...
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885,22 zł |
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Dispersed Democratic Leadership: Origins, Dynamics, and Implications
ISBN: 9780199604463 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dispersed Democratic Leadership examines both the scope and consequences of the dispersal of the leadership role in democratic societies, a topic that has been relatively neglected by a political science literature dominated by studies of executive power. Individual chapters investigate the many loci of leadership found in modern democracies, some ancient and some newly emergent, some institutionalized and some ad-hoc, some self-consciously political and some avowedly a-political. In assessing the effects of leadership dispersal, the book argues that understanding how policies are shaped in a...
Dispersed Democratic Leadership examines both the scope and consequences of the dispersal of the leadership role in democratic societies, a topic that...
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226,83 zł |
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Democracy in Modern Spain
ISBN: 9780300177008 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book, written by three of the world's leading experts on Spanish politics, is the first comprehensive study of the origins and basic character of Spain's democratic political system. It analyzes the regime's core political institutions, its political parties and party systems, patterns of electoral behavior, the evolution of Spain's political culture, and the impact of these social and institutional changes on public policy processes and outputs. The authors survey those aspects of Spanish society and politics that had contributed to the country's inability to sustain a stable and...
This book, written by three of the world's leading experts on Spanish politics, is the first comprehensive study of the origins and basic character of...
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355,12 zł |
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Power in Words: The Stories behind Barack Obama's Speeches, from the State House to the White House
ISBN: 9780807001691 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. President Obama's words are one of the lasting legacies of his presidential campaign and administration. President Obama's words are one of the lasting legacies of his presidential campaign and administration. |
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120,67 zł |
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The Ottoman Administration of Iraq, 1890-1908
ISBN: 9780415665810 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents the nature of the Ottoman administration under Sultan Abdulhamid and the effects of this on the three provinces that were to form the modern state of Iraq.
This book presents the nature of the Ottoman administration under Sultan Abdulhamid and the effects of this on the three provinces that were to form t...
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276,28 zł |
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The Virginia Conservatives, 1867-1879: A Study in Reconstruction Politics
ISBN: 9780807897188 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Conservatives won control of the Virginia state government in 1869 and goverened for ten years on a program of integrating their homeland into the structure of the contemporary United States by adopting Yankee" institutions and ideas: industrial capitalism, American nationalsim, Gilded-Age political practices, and a system of race relations that made the Afro-American a free man and officially a citizen but not an equal."
Originally published in 1970. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again... The Conservatives won control of the Virginia state government in 1869 and goverened for ten years on a program of integrating their homeland into the...
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257,32 zł |
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Governing from the Center
ISBN: 9780875805801 / Angielski / Miękka / 203 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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134,79 zł |
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Getting Things Done in Washington: Lessons for Progressives from Landmark Legislation
ISBN: 9781450294720 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Boyett has written a book that will inspire you, lift your spirits, renew your faith in what progressives can accomplish, and show you a way forward. "Getting Things Done in Washington" tells the exciting stories of six great moments of progressive legislative history and the people who made them happen: James Madison and the founding fathers' struggle to expand the power of the federal government, The Ladies of Beekman Hill, George Wiley and the struggle for pure food and drugs, Wilbur Mills and the struggle for universal health insurance, Robert Wagner and the struggle for the right of... Boyett has written a book that will inspire you, lift your spirits, renew your faith in what progressives can accomplish, and show you a way forwar... |
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97,83 zł |
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Dear Mr. President Believe
ISBN: 9781456892487 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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85,73 zł |
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Dear Mr. President Believe
ISBN: 9781456892494 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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154,34 zł |
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Getting Things Done in Washington: Lessons for Progressives from Landmark Legislation
ISBN: 9781462000647 / Angielski / Twarda / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Boyett has written a book that will inspire you, lift your spirits, renew your faith in what progressives can accomplish, and show you a way forward. "Getting Things Done in Washington" tells the exciting stories of six great moments of progressive legislative history and the people who made them happen: James Madison and the founding fathers' struggle to expand the power of the federal government, The Ladies of Beekman Hill, George Wiley and the struggle for pure food and drugs, Wilbur Mills and the struggle for universal health insurance, Robert Wagner and the struggle for the right of... Boyett has written a book that will inspire you, lift your spirits, renew your faith in what progressives can accomplish, and show you a way forwar... |
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138,67 zł |
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Women and Elective Office: Past, Present, and Future
ISBN: 9780199328734 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This edition of Women and Elective Office offers the latest research on women as candidates and officeholders. It provides a comprehensive look at at the history and status of women in elective office, their prospects for the future, and why women in elected office matter to American democracy. It features all-new essays and up-to-the-minute research by leading experts in the field, including the latest political trends and events such as Hillary Rodham Clinton's run for the presidency, women's representation on the state and local level, the diversity of women officeholders'...
This edition of Women and Elective Office offers the latest research on women as candidates and officeholders. It provides a comprehensive lo...
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209,86 zł |
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Political Leadership: Themes, Contexts, and Critiques
ISBN: 9780199685936 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite its recognized significance in social life, leadership is a notoriously elusive subject that generates a host of different points of explanatory focus. This is particularly so in the field of political leadership, which has been afflicted by an enduring split between the biographical idiosyncrasies of individual leaders and the specialist contributions from an array of social science disciplines. This new study is designed to establish an improved balance between this often myopic and confusing bifurcation of approaches. It engages with an expansive range of empirical, theoretical,...
Despite its recognized significance in social life, leadership is a notoriously elusive subject that generates a host of different points of explanato...
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612,29 zł |
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Shooting the Bull
ISBN: 9780983240709 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In politics, everyone lies. Voters distrust everything they are told by politicians, the media and even their neighbors. Despite universal suspicion of news and opinion makers, very few people understand how political lies are created and thus most folk are unable to dissect spin and discover truth. Shooting the Bull details how all political falsehoods are created, why they work and how to detect them. Nowhere on the political landscape are more lies told than within the churning bowels of the gun control industry. Fighting America's revolutionary reluctance to submit and the public's...
In politics, everyone lies. Voters distrust everything they are told by politicians, the media and even their neighbors. Despite universal suspicion o...
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42,67 zł |
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Paying for Politics : Party Funding and Political Change in South Africa and the Global South
ISBN: 9781770097841 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Paying for Politics explores the challenges of party funding reform in South Africa today. It first investigates experiences elsewhere in the South in chapters by leading international specialists.
Paying for Politics explores the challenges of party funding reform in South Africa today. It first investigates experiences elsewhere in the South in...
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107,46 zł |