The Grandees of Government: The Origins and Persistence of Undemocratic Politics in Virginia
ISBN: 9780813934310 / Angielski / Twarda / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the formation of the first institutions of representative government and the use of slavery in the seventeenth century through the American Revolution, the Civil War, the civil rights movement, and into the twenty-first century, Virginia's history has been marked by obstacles to democratic change. In The Grandees of Government, Brent Tarter offers an extended commentary based in primary sources on how these undemocratic institutions and ideas arose, and how they were both perpetuated and challenged. Although much literature on American republicanism focuses on the writings of... From the formation of the first institutions of representative government and the use of slavery in the seventeenth century through the American Re... |
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210,04 zł |
Georgia: Profiles, Foreign Relations & Human Rights
ISBN: 9781624170188 / Angielski / Miękka / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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439,99 zł |
Privacy: The Frontier of Social Evolution
ISBN: 9780980182125 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Privacy: the Frontier of Social Evolution seeks to establish a rigorous understanding of privacy, identity and policy; and, to recognize details of the mechanisms and relationships among these seminal concepts. Privacy and identity are complementary facets of the engagements that occur between people. Conversely, privacy and policy sit astride the boundary between an individual and aggregates of people termed societies or social orders. In the real world, the world that humans know through their physiological sensori-motor systems, people engage each other through interactions. One person's...
Privacy: the Frontier of Social Evolution seeks to establish a rigorous understanding of privacy, identity and policy; and, to recognize details of th...
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87,10 zł |
The Sacrifice: A Year in the Life of a Regional Field Director on the Obama Campaign for President
ISBN: 9781484879672 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The recent economy have many thankful for being employed, and for being able to provide for themselves and their family. Few would give up their job to go to work for a presidential contender when the end result is uncertain, and the candidate is relatively unknown. Now, from the founder of Politics Is Power, comes The Sacrifice. Spend a year in the life of Douglas Wilson's incredible journey of working on the campaign to elect President Barack Obama. This book explores the untold stories of the iconic field team on the most historic presidential bids in recent history. Go behind the scenes...
The recent economy have many thankful for being employed, and for being able to provide for themselves and their family. Few would give up their job t...
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56,54 zł |
Legislative Process in the United States Congress: An Introduction
ISBN: 9781624178405 / Angielski / Twarda / 109 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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874,87 zł |
South Africa's Suspended Revolution: Hopes and Prospects
ISBN: 9780821420720 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. South Africa's Suspended Revolution tells the story of South Africa's democratic transition and the prospects for the country to develop a truly inclusive political system.
South Africa's Suspended Revolution tells the story of South Africa's democratic transition and the prospects for the country to develop a tr...
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129,37 zł |
South Africa's Suspended Revolution: Hopes and Prospects
ISBN: 9780821420768 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. South Africa's Suspended Revolution tells the story of South Africa's democratic transition and the prospects for the country to develop a truly inclusive political system.
South Africa's Suspended Revolution tells the story of South Africa's democratic transition and the prospects for the country to develop a tr...
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372,75 zł |
Tunisia: Transition & Challenges
ISBN: 9781624177552 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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439,99 zł |
Political Marketing: Theory and Concepts
ISBN: 9780857025807 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Electronic inspection copies are available for instructors
Political Marketing: Theories and Concepts provides students with a valuable and critical understanding of how political parties use marketing to attain their aims. Unlike other textbooks, this text explicitly focuses on the theoretical underpinnings and cutting edge concepts used by political parties, allowing students to gain key insights into how they win elections and remain in power. With an engaging and thought provoking topic selection, these field-leading authors have ensured that this often... Electronic inspection copies are available for instructors
Political Marketing: Theories and Concepts provides students ... |
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761,02 zł |
Congressional Redistricting: Elements & Considerations
ISBN: 9781626181007 / Angielski / Miękka / 87 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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439,99 zł |
Libya: Transition & State Building
ISBN: 9781624177149 / Angielski / Miękka / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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439,99 zł |
Russian Politics and Society
ISBN: 9780415538466 / Angielski / Twarda / 708 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Having been fully revised and updated to reflect the considerable changes in Russia over the last decade, the fifth edition of this classic text builds on the strengths of the previous editions to provide a comprehensive and sophisticated analysis of Russian politics and society. This new edition continues the work of updating and revising, as well as incorporating the latest debates about Russian politics and analysing recent institutional and political developments. Above all, it will take into account the 2011-12 electoral cycle, and examine the prospects of the President... Having been fully revised and updated to reflect the considerable changes in Russia over the last decade, the fifth edition of this classic text bu... |
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673,02 zł |
Russian Politics and Society
ISBN: 9780415538480 / Angielski / Miękka / 708 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Having been fully revised and updated to reflect the considerable changes in Russia over the last decade, the fifth edition of this classic text builds on the strengths of the previous editions to provide a comprehensive and sophisticated analysis of Russian politics and society. This new edition continues the work of updating and revising, as well as incorporating the latest debates about Russian politics and analysing recent institutional and political developments. Above all, it will take into account the 2011-12 electoral cycle, and examine the prospects of the President... Having been fully revised and updated to reflect the considerable changes in Russia over the last decade, the fifth edition of this classic text bu... |
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181,15 zł |
Democratising the EU from Below? : Citizenship, Civil Society and the Public Sphere
ISBN: 9781409464136 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the European Union of the 21st century, the search for sustainable prosperity and stability includes the challenge of reconciling democratic ideals and practices with the construction of a European constitutional order. From the 2001 Laeken Summit to the 2009 Lisbon Treaty and beyond EU leaders have repeatedly set out to bring citizens closer to EU governance by making it more democratic and effective yet several national ratification referendums have shown that publics are divided about whether and why to endorse or veto complex EU reform packages imposed from the top down. Despite these...
For the European Union of the 21st century, the search for sustainable prosperity and stability includes the challenge of reconciling democratic ideal...
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750,67 zł |
The Political Resurgence of the Military in Southeast Asia : Conflict and Leadership
ISBN: 9780415728294 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the late 1990s, prominent scholars of civil-military relations detected a decline in the political significance of the armed forces across Southeast Asia. A decade later, however, this trend seems to have been reversed. The Thai military launched a coup in 2006, the Philippine armed forces expanded their political privileges under the Arroyo presidency, and the Burmese junta successfully engineered pseudo-democratic elections in 2010. This book discusses the political resurgence of the military in Southeast Asia throughout the 2000s. Written by distinguished experts on military affairs,...
In the late 1990s, prominent scholars of civil-military relations detected a decline in the political significance of the armed forces across Southeas...
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279,51 zł |
Making a Difference
ISBN: 9780061924712 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a follow up to his phenomenal New York Times bestselling memoir, Highest Duty, Captain Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger explores exactly what it takes to lead and inspire. In Making a Difference, one of the most captivating American heroes of this century--the courageous pilot who brought the crippled US Airways Flight 1549 safely down in New York's Hudson River--engages some of the most accomplished men and women in the fields of technology, medicine, education, sports, philanthropy, finance, law, and the military in inspiring conversations on true leadership....
As a follow up to his phenomenal New York Times bestselling memoir, Highest Duty, Captain Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger explores e...
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78,96 zł |
Listening to Grasshoppers: Field Notes on Democracy
ISBN: 9780141044095 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This series of essays examines the dark side of democracy in contemporary India. It looks closely at how religious majoritarianism, cultural nationalism and neo-fascism simmer just under the surface of a country that projects itself as the world's largest democracy.
This series of essays examines the dark side of democracy in contemporary India. It looks closely at how religious majoritarianism, cultural nationali...
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56,48 zł |
Oxford Handbook of the State in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean
ISBN: 9780195188318 / Angielski / Twarda / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Oxford Handbook of the State in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean offers a comprehensive survey of ancient state formation in western Eurasia and North Africa. Eighteen experts introduce readers to a wide variety of systems spanning 4,000 years, from the earliest known states in world history to the Roman Empire and its immediate successors. They seek to understand the inner workings of these states by focusing on key issues: political and military power, the impact of ideologies, the rise and fall of individual polities, and the mechanisms of cooperation, coercion, and...
The Oxford Handbook of the State in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean offers a comprehensive survey of ancient state formation in western Eurasi...
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766,51 zł |
The Allure of Toxic Leaders: Why We Follow Destructive Bosses and Corrupt Politicians--And How We Can Survive Them
ISBN: 9780195312003 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Toxic leaders, both political, like Slobodan Milosevic, and corporate, like Enron's Ken Lay, have always been with us, and many books have been written to explain what makes them tick. Here leadership scholar Jean Lipman-Blumen explains what makes the followers tick, exploring why people will tolerate--and remain loyal to--leaders who are destructive to their organizations, their employees, or their nations.
Why do we knowingly follow, seldom unseat, frequently prefer, and sometimes even create toxic leaders? Lipman-Blumen argues that these leaders appeal to our deepest needs, playing on... Toxic leaders, both political, like Slobodan Milosevic, and corporate, like Enron's Ken Lay, have always been with us, and many books have been writte...
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91,43 zł |
The Powers to Lead
ISBN: 9780195335620 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What qualities make a leader succeed in business or politics? In an era when the information revolution has dramatically changed the playing field, when old organizational hierarchies have given way to fluid networks of contacts, and when mistrust of leaders is on the rise, our ideas about leadership are clearly due for redefinition.
With The Powers to Lead, Joseph S. Nye offers a sweeping look at the nature of leadership in today's world, in an illuminating blend of history, business case studies, psychological research, and more. As he observes, many now believe that the more... What qualities make a leader succeed in business or politics? In an era when the information revolution has dramatically changed the playing field, wh...
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123,96 zł |