Understanding Post-Soviet Transitions: Corruption, Collusion and Clientelism
ISBN: 9781349518760 / Angielski / Miękka / 211 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides an account of systemic corruption within the context of post-Soviet economic and political transitions. Focusing on Armenia and Georgia, it shows how systemic corruption has developed since the fall of Soviet rule and how corruption has shaped the emerging economic and political systems of these two countries.
This book provides an account of systemic corruption within the context of post-Soviet economic and political transitions. Focusing on Armenia and Geo...
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The Road from Authoritarianism to Democratization in Indonesia
ISBN: 9781349286751 / Angielski / Miękka / 171 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book establishes that a tension exists between how we frame democratisation and the conclusions we arrive at. It demonstrates how and why interpreting ambiguity matters in the study of Indonesia's post-authoritarian settlement and highlights the need for dialogue with proponents of social conflict theory.
This book establishes that a tension exists between how we frame democratisation and the conclusions we arrive at. It demonstrates how and why interpr...
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The Greens in British Politics: Protest, Anti-Austerity and the Divided Left
ISBN: 9783319426723 / Angielski / Twarda / 151 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explains how the Greens went from obscurity to England s third largest party in just one year, quadrupling their vote share and securing their place in Britain s refigured party system on the way. Sophisticated quantitative analyses of the Greens voters and members as well as interviews with all of the leading party insiders are used to explain how internal dynamics, changing political opportunities and a forgotten portion of the electorate resulted in an unprecedented Green Surge that defied decades of British party membership decline and a lack of historic far left electoral... This book explains how the Greens went from obscurity to England s third largest party in just one year, quadrupling their vote share and securing ... |
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Reinventing Japan: From Merchant Nation to Civic Nation
ISBN: 9781349539666 / Angielski / Miękka / 253 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book is about new dynamic forces that are driving change in Japan. It is developed around two key concepts of civil society and social capital. The focus is on pathways to Japan's social renewal that promotes stronger communities and more participatory citizenship beyond the reach of economic growth.
The book is about new dynamic forces that are driving change in Japan. It is developed around two key concepts of civil society and social capital. Th...
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Democratization, Development, and Legality: Chile, 1831-1973
ISBN: 9781349539604 / Angielski / Miękka / 281 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book traces the evolution of Chilean political and legal institutions by looking at the process of democratization. As well as explaining the strengths and weaknesses of the political regime, Faundez shows the impact of legal institutions and legal ideology on the country's political development.
This book traces the evolution of Chilean political and legal institutions by looking at the process of democratization. As well as explaining the str...
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Gender, Race, and Nationalism in Contemporary Black Politics
ISBN: 9781349538218 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An examination of the interrelationship between gender, race, narrative, and nationalism in black politics specifically within American politics as a whole. The author not only highlights the critical role of race and gender, she goes further to show how they operate to define political discourse and to determine public policy.
An examination of the interrelationship between gender, race, narrative, and nationalism in black politics specifically within American politics as a ...
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Regime Hegemony in Museveni's Uganda: Pax Musevenica
ISBN: 9781349536665 / Angielski / Miękka / 283 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a study of the struggle for the restoration of legitimate power in Uganda following the 1986 National Resistance Army/Movement (NRA/M) liberation battle led by President Yoweri Museveni. It addresses the empirical consequences of legitimacy on power relations and how this affects democratization and economic progress.
This is a study of the struggle for the restoration of legitimate power in Uganda following the 1986 National Resistance Army/Movement (NRA/M) liberat...
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Reconstituting the State in Africa
ISBN: 9781349534388 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Contributors to this volume highlight the failure and socio-economic and political problems of post-colonial African state and make constructive and convincing suggestions of how the problems can be addressed. They do not argue for the scrapping of the state but its reconstitution in ways that will enable it to be people's-oriented.
Contributors to this volume highlight the failure and socio-economic and political problems of post-colonial African state and make constructive and c...
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Political Change in Post-Communist Slovakia and Croatia: From Nationalist to Europeanist
ISBN: 9781349534104 / Angielski / Miękka / 263 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Revealing how the quest for independence and challenges of democratization created a contest between nationalists and Europeanists, two powerful forces in domestic politics, after the collapse of communism, Fisher sheds light on the nationalism and post-communist transitions.
Revealing how the quest for independence and challenges of democratization created a contest between nationalists and Europeanists, two powerful force...
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Gender Inequality in the Public Sector in Pakistan: Representation and Distribution of Resources
ISBN: 9781349490837 / Angielski / Miękka / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As gender training is applied increasingly as a development solution to gender inequality, this book examines gender inequality in Pakistan's public sector and questions whether a singular focus on gender training is enough to achieve progress in a patriarchal institutional context.
As gender training is applied increasingly as a development solution to gender inequality, this book examines gender inequality in Pakistan's public s...
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The Name of a Queen: William Fleetwood's Itinerarium Ad Windsor
ISBN: 9781349444762 / Angielski / Miękka / 203 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Itinerarium ad Windsor concerns a central question of the Elizabethan era: Why should a woman be allowed to rule with the same powers as a king? The man who poses this controversial question within Itinerarium is none other than Queen Elizabeth's powerful favorite Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. On hand to provide answers are the statesman and poet Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst, and William Fleetwood antiquary, Recorder of London, and dutiful chronicler of their 1575 conversation. This critical edition of Itinerarium reproduces Fleetwood's text with annotations and a host of interpretive...
Itinerarium ad Windsor concerns a central question of the Elizabethan era: Why should a woman be allowed to rule with the same powers as a king? The m...
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The Changing Arctic: Consensus Building and Governance in the Arctic Council
ISBN: 9781349699292 / Angielski / Miękka / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the last few years the Arctic has become a region of growing interest to the international community. Major environmental, economic, social, and security issues are all in evidence within its borders today. Many feel that there is an urgent need to establish an effective governance structure for the area. The Arctic Council has offered a basic forum for circumpolar consultation and cooperation over the past two decades. However, it has not been an easy undertaking and the organization has had to wrestle with a series of internal and external impediments that have hindered its forward...
Over the last few years the Arctic has become a region of growing interest to the international community. Major environmental, economic, social, and ...
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The Post-Colonial States of South Asia: Democracy, Development and Identity
ISBN: 9781349631926 / Angielski / Miękka / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The chapters in this volume analyse issues relating to political governance, national identity, economic development and regional security that have preoccupied the states of South Asia in the fifty years following independence.
The chapters in this volume analyse issues relating to political governance, national identity, economic development and regional security that have p...
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The Political Culture of Leadership in the United Arab Emirates
ISBN: 9781349537846 / Angielski / Miękka / 271 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book describes the impact of cultural perceptions on rulers' behaviors in the United Arab Emirates, once the Trucial States. Despite differences in size, economic resources, and external political pressures, the seven emirates' rulers utilized very similar cultural expectations to gain the support of others.
The book describes the impact of cultural perceptions on rulers' behaviors in the United Arab Emirates, once the Trucial States. Despite differences i...
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Democracy, Economics, and the Public Good: Informational Failures and Potential
ISBN: 9781349496341 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examining essential aspects of American life, John Budd investigates how informational sources (print and broadcast media and other resources) fall short when it comes to informing citizens, failing our democracy and damaging the public good.
Examining essential aspects of American life, John Budd investigates how informational sources (print and broadcast media and other resources) fall sh...
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Civilian Strategy in Civil War: Insights from Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines
ISBN: 9781349486861 / Angielski / Miękka / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While typically the victims of war, civilians are not necessarily passive recipients of violence. What options are available to civilians in times of war? This book suggests three broad strategies - flight, support, and voice. It focuses on three conflicts: Aceh, Indonesia; Patani, southern Thailand; and Mindanao, southern Philippines.
While typically the victims of war, civilians are not necessarily passive recipients of violence. What options are available to civilians in times of ...
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American Democracy: Selected Essays on Theory, Practice, and Critique
ISBN: 9781349480227 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book examines the problems that plague contemporary American democracy. Written from the standpoint of democratic theory, and from a progressive point of view, the book explores different facets of American democratic culture and its various deficits - deficits that can lead to the crippling of democratic politics.
The book examines the problems that plague contemporary American democracy. Written from the standpoint of democratic theory, and from a progressive p...
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Women Political Leaders: Breaking the Highest Glass Ceiling
ISBN: 9781349385720 / Angielski / Miękka / 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.
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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America Responds to Terrorism: Conflict Resolution Strategies of Clinton, Bush, and Obama
ISBN: 9781349384891 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Feste develops a framework of terrorism termination dynamics constructed from empirical cases and applies it to the current al Qaeda problem to offer a new method for tracking development of terrorist episodes with implications for U.S. foreign policy.
Feste develops a framework of terrorism termination dynamics constructed from empirical cases and applies it to the current al Qaeda problem to offer ...
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Germany After the Grand Coalition: Governance and Politics in a Turbulent Environment
ISBN: 9781349384419 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Germany, Grand Coalitions of the two major parties - the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) - generally have a bad reputation. Hence, the CDU/CSU-SPD government under Angela Merkel (2005-2009) was neither the parties' nor the citizens' preferred choice, its performance was seen quite critical from the outset, and it was finished without further ado after the 2009 federal election. Has the Grand Coalition 2005-2009 been a single episode or rather a turning point for German politics? This book provides a retrospective of the first Merkel government, an analysis of...
In Germany, Grand Coalitions of the two major parties - the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) - generally have a bad reputa...
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