Kategoria BISAC: Political Science >> Political Process - General

America's urban centers face many challenges, from decaying infrastructure to declining population and a falling tax base. At the same time, there is increasing interest in cities as sites of renewal and economic opportunity. How can city leaders facing financial constraints harness this positive energy in a sustainable way?

The story of Cleveland in the early 1980s is a valuable example of how city governments can partner with private entities -- businesses, nonprofits, unions, and others -- to drive growth and preserve quality of life in urban centers. In the early 1980s, under the...

Popular perception holds that presidents act "first and alone," resorting to unilateral orders to promote an agenda and head off unfavorable legislation. Little research, however, has considered the diverse circumstances in which such orders are issued. The Dual Executive reinterprets how and when presidents use unilateral power by illuminating the dual roles of the president. Drawing from an original data set of over 5,000 executive orders and proclamations (the two most frequently used unilateral orders) from the Franklin D. Roosevelt to the George W. Bush administrations...

Governance and Security in Jerusalem is the second in a series of three books which collectively present in detail the work of the Jerusalem Old City Initiative, or JOCI, a major Canadian-led Track Two diplomatic effort, undertaken between 2003 and 2014. The aim of the Initiative was to find sustainable governance solutions for the Old City of Jerusalem, arguably the most sensitive and intractable of the final status issues dividing Palestinians and Israelis.

This book presents a collection of previously unpublished studies commissioned by the Initiative in aid of its work...

Governance and Security in Jerusalem is the second in a series of three books which collectively present in detail the work of the Jerusalem Old City Initiative, or JOCI, a major Canadian-led Track Two diplomatic effort, undertaken between 2003 and 2014. The aim of the Initiative was to find sustainable governance solutions for the Old City of Jerusalem, arguably the most sensitive and intractable of the final status issues dividing Palestinians and Israelis.

This book presents a collection of previously unpublished studies commissioned by the Initiative in aid of its work...

America's urban centers face many challenges, from decaying infrastructure to declining population and a falling tax base. At the same time, there is increasing interest in cities as sites of renewal and economic opportunity. How can city leaders facing financial constraints harness this positive energy in a sustainable way?

The story of Cleveland in the early 1980s is a valuable example of how city governments can partner with private entities -- businesses, nonprofits, unions, and others -- to drive growth and preserve quality of life in urban centers. In the early 1980s, under the...

Written by an experienced teacher and scholar this revised and updated new edition introduces the reader to the big questions that concern change and continuity in how politics operates and how Taiwan is governed. Taking a critical approach, Dafydd Fell provides students with the essential background to the history and development of the political system as well as an explanation of the key structures, processes and institutions that have shaped Taiwan over the last few decades. The text has been fully updated to take to take stock of the 2012 and 2016 General Elections, the Sunflower...

Written by an experienced teacher and scholar this revised and updated new edition introduces the reader to the big questions that concern change and continuity in how politics operates and how Taiwan is governed. Taking a critical approach, Dafydd Fell provides students with the essential background to the history and development of the political system as well as an explanation of the key structures, processes and institutions that have shaped Taiwan over the last few decades. The text has been fully updated to take to take stock of the 2012 and 2016 General Elections, the Sunflower...

This book takes predominant crowd theory to task, questioning received ideas about mob psychology that remain prevalent today. It is a synchronic study of crowds, crowd dynamics and the relationships of crowds to political power in Tunisia, Libya and Algeria (2011-2013) that has far reaching implications embedded in its thesis.

One central theme of the book is gender, providing an in-depth look at women s participation in the recent uprisings and crowds of 2011-2013 and the subsequent gender-related aspects of political transitions. The book also focuses on the social and political...

This handbook provides an in-depth analysis of the dynamics as well as prospects of democratization in East Asia. 30 leading scholars and experts in the field offer chapter by chapter discussion at both the country and the regional level by examining the interaction between the domestic and external factors that shape the process of democratic transition, define the challenges that East Asian emerging democracies still face today, and influence the democratic prospect of the region's authoritarian regimes.

Divided into five sections, the essays evaluate all the key...

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