The North American Trajectory: Cultural, Economic, and Political Ties Among the United States, Canada and Mexico
ISBN: 9780202305561 / Angielski / Twarda / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. North America is steering a new course, with the United States, Canada, and Mexico moving toward continental economic, integration. This book examines basic value changes that are' transforming economic, social, and political life in these three countries, demonstrating that they are gradually adopting an increasingly compatible cultural perspective. A narrow nationalism, dominant since the 19th century, has slowly been giving way to a more cosmopolitan sense of identity. As old economic boundaries become outmoded, a North American perspective makes greater sense. To what extent, then, do... North America is steering a new course, with the United States, Canada, and Mexico moving toward continental economic, integration. This book exami... |
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507,68 zł |
The North American Trajectory : Cultural, Economic, and Political Ties among the United States, Canada and Mexico
ISBN: 9780202305578 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. North America is steering a new course, with the United States, Canada, and Mexico moving toward continental economic, integration. This book examines basic value changes that are' transforming economic, social, and political life in these three countries, demonstrating that they are gradually adopting an increasingly compatible cultural perspective. A narrow nationalism, dominant since the 19th century, has slowly been giving way to a more cosmopolitan sense of identity. As old economic boundaries become outmoded, a North American perspective makes greater sense. To what extent, then, do... North America is steering a new course, with the United States, Canada, and Mexico moving toward continental economic, integration. This book exami... |
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218,27 zł |
Who Leads Whom?: Presidents, Policy, and the Public
ISBN: 9780226092829 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Who Leads Whom? is an ambitious study that addresses some of the most important questions in contemporary American politics: Do presidents pander to public opinion by backing popular policy measures that they believe would actually harm the country? Why do presidents "go public" with policy appeals? And do those appeals affect legislative outcomes?
Analyzing the actions of modern presidents ranging from Eisenhower to Clinton, Brandice Canes-Wrone demonstrates that presidents' involvement of the mass public, by putting pressure on Congress, shifts policy in the direction of... Who Leads Whom? is an ambitious study that addresses some of the most important questions in contemporary American politics: Do presidents pand...
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128,27 zł |
Faith in Action: Religion, Race, and Democratic Organizing in America
ISBN: 9780226905969 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the past fifteen years, associations throughout the U.S. have organized citizens around issues of equality and social justice, often through local churches. But in contrast to President Bush's vision of faith-based activism, in which groups deliver social services to the needy, these associations do something greater. Drawing on institutions of faith, they reshape public policies that neglect the disadvantaged. To find out how this faith-based form of community organizing succeeds, Richard L. Wood spent several years working with two local groups in Oakland, California-the...
Over the past fifteen years, associations throughout the U.S. have organized citizens around issues of equality and social justice, often through loca...
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149,65 zł |
Energy Futures
ISBN: 9780230013674 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The world is experiencing the fastest growth in oil demand in more than 25 years. This text is based on the 'Energy Futures' research conference in November 2005 and brings together energy experts of rather different analytical views, doctrinal convictions and stakeholder affiliation to discuss the implications and growth of the oil industry.
The world is experiencing the fastest growth in oil demand in more than 25 years. This text is based on the 'Energy Futures' research conference in No...
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389,09 zł |
The Dynamics of Federalism in National and Supranational Political Systems
ISBN: 9780230019591 / Angielski / Twarda / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of essays is designed to help scholars and practitioners understand the fluid and dynamic nature of federalism, with particular emphasis on the federal system in the United States. The book is written to aid our understanding of the contemporary question 'which federalism?'
This collection of essays is designed to help scholars and practitioners understand the fluid and dynamic nature of federalism, with particular emphas...
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389,09 zł |
Re-Energizing Citizenship: Strategies for Civil Renewal
ISBN: 9780230500419 / Angielski / Twarda / 211 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Re-energizing Citizenship examines the dual character of civil society. The book provides a critical examination of attempts to re-energize citizenship in a range of contexts and offers insights into what works.
Re-energizing Citizenship examines the dual character of civil society. The book provides a critical examination of attempts to re-energize citizenshi...
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389,09 zł |
Changing State Feminism
ISBN: 9780230516618 / Angielski / Twarda / 329 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Most Western democracies established women's policy agencies to improve the status of women by the 1990s. One of the book's key questions is how have women's policy agencies been able to develop, maintain or enhance their roles in the transformed political context and how have women's movements adapted to change in twelve states.
Most Western democracies established women's policy agencies to improve the status of women by the 1990s. One of the book's key questions is how have ...
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389,09 zł |
The Compromise of Liberal Environmentalism
ISBN: 9780231120371 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The most significant shift in environmental governance over the last thirty years has been the convergence of environmental and liberal economic norms toward "liberal environmentalism"--which predicates environmental protection on the promotion and maintenance of a liberal economic order. Steven Bernstein assesses the reasons for this historical shift, introduces a socio-evolutionary explanation for the selection of international norms, and considers the implications for our ability to address global environmental problems. The author maintains that the institutionalization of...
The most significant shift in environmental governance over the last thirty years has been the convergence of environmental and liberal economic norms...
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171,02 zł |
From Martyrdom to Power: The Partido Acción Nacional in Mexico
ISBN: 9780268028671 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "From Martyrdom to Power" provides a comprehensive examination of the origins, development, and rising electoral prominence of Mexico s Partido Accion Nacional (PAN). Yemile Mizrahi, widely recognized as a leading authority on this topic, has based this book on extensive research and original field work over the past ten years. Her personal interviews with government officials and party leaders and her surveys of public opinion in three Mexican states enrich this unique study.
Mizrahi s theoretical and empirical analysis of the electoral success of PAN is situated within a larger... "From Martyrdom to Power" provides a comprehensive examination of the origins, development, and rising electoral prominence of Mexico s Partido Accion...
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456,96 zł |
From Martyrdom to Power: The Partido Acción Nacional in Mexico
ISBN: 9780268028701 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "From Martyrdom to Power" provides a comprehensive examination of the origins, development, and rising electoral prominence of Mexico s Partido Accion Nacional (PAN). Yemile Mizrahi, widely recognized as a leading authority on this topic, has based this book on extensive research and original field work over the past ten years. Her personal interviews with government officials and party leaders and her surveys of public opinion in three Mexican states enrich this unique study.
Mizrahi s theoretical and empirical analysis of the electoral success of PAN is situated within a larger... "From Martyrdom to Power" provides a comprehensive examination of the origins, development, and rising electoral prominence of Mexico s Partido Accion...
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111,65 zł |
In Search of a Better Life: Perspectives on Migration from the Caribbean
ISBN: 9780275934095 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume examines the phenomenon of mass population migration from the Caribbean to North America and the United Kingdom and the social, cultural, and economic adaptation of the immigrants to their new environments. A central theme of this volume is that twentieth century Caribbean migration is more than the migration of labor in search of jobs; it is also a movement of households and thus affects not only the well-being of family members but also their social relationships. The contributors provide new analytical perspectives on the factors that motivate this movement, and the social,... This volume examines the phenomenon of mass population migration from the Caribbean to North America and the United Kingdom and the social, cultura... |
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577,47 zł |
Corporate Corruption: The Abuse of Power
ISBN: 9780275934859 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years, the media have been full of stories about ethical decline. Illegal dealings have been uncovered in the banking and savings and loan industries as well as the highest levels of Congress and government administration. Even television evangelism has been seriously tarnished by scandal. "Corporate Corruption" is the first wide ranging book to turn the spotlight on the unethical and illegal behavior of America's giant corporations and their executives: the prestigious Fortune 500. While avoiding the undignified zealotry of tabloid muck-raking, this well-researched volume... In recent years, the media have been full of stories about ethical decline. Illegal dealings have been uncovered in the banking and savings and loa... |
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517,35 zł |
Workers at Risk: The Failed Promise of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
ISBN: 9780275942816 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is not close to meeting its mandate to protect American workers, according to administrative law specialists McGarity and Shapiro. Thousands of men and women are still victims of workplace accidents and occupational disease. The goal of this book is to analyze why OSHA has failed and to suggest what can be done to set it back on track. The book, divided into six parts, evaluates the current status of the protection of workers and provides a history of OSHA regulation. The authors suggest four methods to reduce workplace health and... The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is not close to meeting its mandate to protect American workers, according to administrati... |
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The Poverty Debate: Politics and the Poor in America
ISBN: 9780275944360 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Burton offers a thorough and thoughtful review of research and arguments concerning poverty in the United States. He cites and summarizes the views of influential conservative thinkers and he provides solid evidence to defeat their arguments. While conservative writers have traditionally presented the poor as lazy and unfortunate offshoots of a generally prosperous nation, Burton convincingly demonstrates that poverty in America is widespread and that it is not caused by a lack of ambition. The text begins with an overview of the true extent of poverty in America, including an... Burton offers a thorough and thoughtful review of research and arguments concerning poverty in the United States. He cites and summarizes the views... |
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276,85 zł |
Paying the Social Debt: What White America Owes Black America
ISBN: 9780275944506 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Richard America here redefines the complex problems of racial economic injustice, poverty, inequality, and lagging competitiveness and productivity in the United States. In a sure-to-be-controversial analysis, the author argues that there is a true debt owed by White America to Black America, that this debt is significant, and that it has now come due. He estimates the size of Whites' debt to Blacks, shows how that debt came to be, and suggests creative ways of paying it back. This book argues persuasively that the social and racial problems in the United States cannot be solved until we... Richard America here redefines the complex problems of racial economic injustice, poverty, inequality, and lagging competitiveness and productivity... |
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577,47 zł |
No Price Too High: Victimless Crimes and the Ninth Amendment
ISBN: 9780275950569 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hardaway argues the criminalization of victimless crimes violates the Ninth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and creates enormous public policy problems in the society. He contends that the Ninth Amendment adjudication model and the concepts of self-determination and the harm principle are the standards to which privacy issues should be litigated. Hardaway contends that privacy issues should be litigated under the standards of the Ninth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution adjudication model, concepts of self-determination, and the harm principle. The Ninth Amendment follows... Hardaway argues the criminalization of victimless crimes violates the Ninth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and creates enormous public policy p... |
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397,10 zł |
Transportation Infostructures: The Development of Intelligent Transportation Systems
ISBN: 9780275951559 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume, the first to result from the Diebold Institute Information-Based Infrastructure Project, explores the links between business and government in the development of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technology. The work focuses on road and vehicular infrastructures, comparing those of the U.S., Europe, and Japan, and the roles that ITS can play in solving major current and anticipated future transportational problems. Special attention is given to environmental and economic concerns. The world's infrastructure requires refurbishing, but it especially requires... This volume, the first to result from the Diebold Institute Information-Based Infrastructure Project, explores the links between business and gover... |
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577,47 zł |
Economics of the Energy Industries
ISBN: 9780275956264 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A well-written and extremely informative book about our energy industries, their significance to the economy, and how economists analyze the problems associated with energy production and consumption. The reader with only a cursory knowledge of economic principles, as well as trained economists, will learn much from Peirce's incisive and sometimes acerbic examination of the coal, oil, natural gas, electric utility, nuclear power, and the alternative energy industries. Choice review of First Edition Economics of the Energy Industries, Second Edition, examines the... A well-written and extremely informative book about our energy industries, their significance to the economy, and how economists analyze the proble... |
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667,65 zł |
Profits, Taxes, and the State
ISBN: 9780275960810 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 1980s and 1990s were a watershed in terms of both tax and monetary policy. The 1981 Reagan tax cut ushered in supply-side economics, while the 1986 Tax Reform Act produced a substantial cut in the marginal individual income tax rate. In terms of monetary policy, the Volcker-Greenspan chairmanships of the Federal Reserve initiated fundamental changes in monetary policies that lowered inflation. Jankowski examines both tax and monetary policies to determine their effects on profits. He shows that the pretax profit rate fell in the post-World War II year, but that the post-tax profit rate... The 1980s and 1990s were a watershed in terms of both tax and monetary policy. The 1981 Reagan tax cut ushered in supply-side economics, while the ... |
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577,47 zł |