Railroads and Regulation, 1877-1916
ISBN: 9780393005318 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Government regulation of the railroads is probably the most important example of federal intervention in the economy from the Civil War to World War I. It is also a key to an assessment of the impulses and motives behind Progressivism. In Railroads and Regulation, Gabriel Kolko presents a case study of the relationship of the economy to the political process in the United States during the years from 1877 to 1916. The author discusses the extent to which the railroad industry encouraged and relied on national political solutions--such as the creation of the first significant... Government regulation of the railroads is probably the most important example of federal intervention in the economy from the Civil War to World Wa... |
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103,35 zł |
Power of Persuasion
ISBN: 9781551642888 / Angielski / Miękka / 277 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explores the relationship between the politics of the New Right, the media, and democracy.
Explores the relationship between the politics of the New Right, the media, and democracy.
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123,89 zł |
Talking Together: Public Deliberation and Political Participation in America
ISBN: 9780226389875 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Challenging the conventional wisdom that Americans are less engaged than ever in national life and the democratic process, "Talking Together "paints the most comprehensive portrait available of public deliberation in the United States and explains why it is important to America s future. The authors original and extensive research reveals how, when, and why citizens talk to each other about the issues of the day. They find that in settings ranging from one-on-one conversations to e-mail exchanges to larger and more formal gatherings a surprising two-thirds of Americans regularly... Challenging the conventional wisdom that Americans are less engaged than ever in national life and the democratic process, "Talking Together "paint... |
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140,05 zł |
The Politics and Memory of Democratic Transition: The Spanish Model
ISBN: 9780415997201 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Most accounts on the Spanish transition to democracy of the late 1970s are based on a false dilemma. Its simplest formulation could be: was it the pressure from below, i.e. the organized working classes, students and neighbors associations that triggered political change; or was the elite settlement reached by the regime soft-liners and the moderate sectors of the democratic opposition that established it? This new and innovative volume appraises the movement towards a more democratic Spain from a variety of important perspectives; the collection of essays sheds light on the wide range of...
Most accounts on the Spanish transition to democracy of the late 1970s are based on a false dilemma. Its simplest formulation could be: was it the pre...
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716,40 zł |
Political Leadership in France: From Charles de Gaulle to Nicolas Sarkozy
ISBN: 9780230001817 / Angielski / Twarda / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gaffney analyzes how de Gaulle came to power in 1958: The drama surrounding the Fourth Republic's collapse, and the focus upon an exceptional individual meant that de Gaulle was able to confer a particular style of leadership on the Fifth Republic. The five Presidents who came after him have each capitalized on their own political 'persona.'
Gaffney analyzes how de Gaulle came to power in 1958: The drama surrounding the Fourth Republic's collapse, and the focus upon an exceptional individu...
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195,42 zł |
The 1996 Presidential Campaign: A Communication Perspective
ISBN: 9780275956813 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Political campaigns are highly complex and sophisticated communication events: communication of issues, images, social reality, and persons. They are essential exercises in the creation, re-creation, and transmission of significant symbols through human communication. As voters and others involved with the campaigns attempt to make sense of the political environment, political bits of communication inform voting choices, world views, and legislative desires. The essays in this book examine the key elements in that process throughout the 1996 presidential campaign. Each focuses on a... Political campaigns are highly complex and sophisticated communication events: communication of issues, images, social reality, and persons. They a... |
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580,26 zł |
Reconciling Free Trade, Fair Trade, and Interdependence: The Rhetoric of Presidential Economic Leadership
ISBN: 9780275961091 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Conti examines presidential rhetoric on trade, providing a detailed analysis of presidential trade arguments and strategies throughout American history. She then concentrates on the rhetoric of contemporary presidents, who have had to contend with both the burgeoning trade deficit and the displacement of military competitiveness with post-cold war economic competitiveness. Despite vast disparities in governing philosophies and strategies, Presidents Reagan, Bush, and Clinton all preached the virtues of free trade while continuing a policy of select protectionist actions. As Conti... Conti examines presidential rhetoric on trade, providing a detailed analysis of presidential trade arguments and strategies throughout American his... |
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459,43 zł |
Heirs Apparent: Solving the Vice Presidential Dilemma
ISBN: 9780275968663 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The vice presidency is the second highest office to which an American can be elected. This office should be an ideal place to launch a campaign to capture the presidency, yet only two incumbent vice presidents have thus far been able to win the ultimate prize. Vance Kincade analyzes this dilemma and offers some answers to why vice presidents have difficulties gaining credibility to pursue the presidency and why Vice Presidents John C. Breckinridge, Richard Nixon, and Hubert Humphrey each failed in their campaigns for the presidency. Kincade's primary focus is on the two vice presidents... The vice presidency is the second highest office to which an American can be elected. This office should be an ideal place to launch a campaign to ... |
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459,43 zł |
Notable U.S. Ambassadors Since 1775: A Biographical Dictionary
ISBN: 9780313291951 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book spans more than 200 years of U.S. diplomatic history. Its geographical scope widens along with the expanding interests of America itself, from initial exclusive concern with the empires of Europe, to the emerging nations of Latin America, to the commercial opportunities and geopolitical concerns of Asia and Africa. The ambassadors chosen for inclusion reflect these historical changes in American foreign relations. Organized alphabetically, the biographies present an implicit account of the evolution of the U.S. diplomatic service, from its founding and early principles through... This book spans more than 200 years of U.S. diplomatic history. Its geographical scope widens along with the expanding interests of America itself,... |
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507,76 zł |
Power of Persuasion
ISBN: 9781551642895 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explores the relationship between the politics of the New Right, the media, and democracy.
Explores the relationship between the politics of the New Right, the media, and democracy.
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263,94 zł |
Lincoln Speaks to Leaders: 20 Powerful Lessons for Today's Leaders from America's 16th President
ISBN: 9781601940285 / Angielski / Miękka / 177 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What if you could get leadership advice directly from the man universally recognized as one of America's most admired presidents, Abraham Lincoln himself? And then what if you could hear from a well-known contemporary marketplace leader about functional ways to apply those lessons today? In this unique book, you'll be able to do just that, thanks to the creative lessons offered by Lincoln writer, actor, and playwright Gene Griessman. To drive the lessons home, NBA executive Pat Williams offers his trademark wisdom, humor, and practical insight based on his rich and varied personal...
What if you could get leadership advice directly from the man universally recognized as one of America's most admired presidents, Abraham Lincoln hims...
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86,27 zł |
Orphans of the Republic: The Nation's Legislators in Vichy France
ISBN: 9780674032613 / Francuski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On July 10, 1940, by a 570 to 80 margin, the representatives in the French parliament voted full powers to Philippe Petain, ending the Third Republic and paving the way for the collaborationist Vichy regime. Olivier Wieviorka offers a nuanced portrait of the individuals who determined the fate of France at this critical moment. Petain claimed to be saving France from ruin. The day of the vote has been described as a journee des dupes, the legislators so ignorant or fearful that they voted without a thought to the consequences. But Wieviorka shows that most of the deputies... On July 10, 1940, by a 570 to 80 margin, the representatives in the French parliament voted full powers to Philippe Petain, ending the Third Republ... |
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333,69 zł |
Trade Unions and Democracy: Strategies and Perspectives
ISBN: 9780719069796 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Available for the first time in paperback, this book explores the role of trade unions as products of, and agents for, democracy. The crisis facing established democratic institutions in the advanced societies has been widely noted. In response, there has been increasing interest in the role of civil society actors, ranging from established socio-political collectives to new grassroots organisations. On the one hand, conventional wisdom holds that organised labour in the advanced societies has remained locked in a cycle of political marginalisation and decline. On the other hand, unions...
Available for the first time in paperback, this book explores the role of trade unions as products of, and agents for, democracy. The crisis facing es...
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113,12 zł |
The Gorbachev Regime: Consolidation to Reform
ISBN: 9780202362694 / Angielski / Miękka / 201 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the early days of Gorbachev's rise to power in the Soviet Union, an international group of U.S. and Japanese authorities probed the issues and forces that shaped a mammoth struggle within the Soviet Union. Th is book examines Gorbachev's reforms-the extent of their dramatic changes and the sobering evidence of their limits. Th e contributors' assessments range from wonder at the new atmosphere and expressive possibilities, to recognition of the reforms' reversibility, increasing diffi culty, and the long road ahead. Th is is a fascinating contemporary review of factors that led to the...
In the early days of Gorbachev's rise to power in the Soviet Union, an international group of U.S. and Japanese authorities probed the issues and forc...
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219,99 zł |
Trade unions and democracy: Strategies and Perspectives
ISBN: 9780719069789 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the changing role of trade unions as products of, and agents for, democracy. Despite conventionally being portrayed as politically marginalised and in terminal decline, trade unions continue to represent a significant component of society within most industrialised countries and have demonstrated a capacity for revival and renewal in the face of difficult corcumstances.It brings together a distinguished panel of leading and emerging scholars in the field, and provides a critical assessment of the current role of trade unions in society, their capacity to impact on state...
This book explores the changing role of trade unions as products of, and agents for, democracy. Despite conventionally being portrayed as politically ...
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484,79 zł |
Women Political Leaders: Breaking the Highest Glass Ceiling
ISBN: 9780312223380 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the many routes forty or so women have taken to become president or prime minister of their countries and the problems they have encountered once in office. Their ability to deal with the difficulties of governmental and party leadership in a male-dominated culture are discussed along with an evaluation of their performance in managing domestic problems and handling the issues of war and peace. The essential question asked throughout is what difference being female made in their governing style.
This book examines the many routes forty or so women have taken to become president or prime minister of their countries and the problems they have en...
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195,42 zł |
Global Inequality Matters
ISBN: 9780230224575 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The globalization of trade, investment, and finance continues apace. Many have benefited from this, but deep inequalities persist. This book argues that the interconnections established by globalization make possible a critique of its inequality. For those who take seriously human dignity, equality is a basic presumption of social institutions.
The globalization of trade, investment, and finance continues apace. Many have benefited from this, but deep inequalities persist. This book argues th...
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195,42 zł |
Remembering the Roman People: Essays on Late-Republican Politics and Literature
ISBN: 9780199239764 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the Roman republic, only the People could pass laws, only the People could elect politicians to office, and the very word republica meant 'the People's business'. So why is it always assumed that the republic was an oligarchy? The main reason is that most of what we know about it we know from Cicero, a great man and a great writer, but also an active right-wing politician who took it for granted that what was good for a small minority of self-styled 'best people' (optimates) was good for the republic as a whole. T. P. Wiseman interprets the last century of the republic on the assumption...
In the Roman republic, only the People could pass laws, only the People could elect politicians to office, and the very word republica meant 'the Peop...
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794,07 zł |
de Republica Anglorum: By Sir Thomas Smith
ISBN: 9780521108058 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. De Republica Anglorum was written by Sir Thomas Smith in 1562 5 when he was Queen Elizabeth's ambassador to France. His avowed intention was to describe English social institutions, judicial system and governmental procedures for the benefit of foreigners, explaining in what way the English system 'differs from the others'. A renowned scholar, with considerable experience in government, he succeeded in producing an account which has always been considered a major source of information and insight into Elizabethan England. This edition endeavours to establish the original text as written in...
De Republica Anglorum was written by Sir Thomas Smith in 1562 5 when he was Queen Elizabeth's ambassador to France. His avowed intention was to descri...
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112,53 zł |
The Oxford Handbook of British Politics
ISBN: 9780199230952 / Angielski / Twarda / 1002 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The study of British politics has been reinvigorated in recent years as a generation of new scholars seeks to build-upon a distinct disciplinary heritage while also exploring new empirical territory, and finds much support and encouragement from previous generations in forging new grounds in relation to theory and methods. It is in this context that The Oxford Handbook of British Politics has been conceived. The central ambition of the Handbook is not just to illustrate both the breadth and depth of scholarship that is to be found within the field. It also seeks to demonstrate the vibrancy...
The study of British politics has been reinvigorated in recent years as a generation of new scholars seeks to build-upon a distinct disciplinary herit...
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660,77 zł |