Governing Cultures: Anthropological Perspectives on Political Labor, Power, and Government
ISBN: 9781137009210 / Angielski / Twarda / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By assembling original, ethnographically-grounded research in legislatures, executives, and bureaucracies, this volume illuminates and unpacks the structures, practices, and values of government actors in local, regional, and national contexts.
By assembling original, ethnographically-grounded research in legislatures, executives, and bureaucracies, this volume illuminates and unpacks the str...
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State Power and Democracy: Before and During the Presidency of George W. Bush
ISBN: 9781137035615 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. State Power and Democracy is the first book to show that the Bush police state didn't commence when Bush was inaugurated. It proves, instead, that the seeds of an American police state can be traced all the way back to the founding of the republic.
State Power and Democracy is the first book to show that the Bush police state didn't commence when Bush was inaugurated. It proves, instead, that the...
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196,31 zł |
We the People: A Brief Introduction to the Constitution and Its Interpretation
ISBN: 9781137263056 / Angielski / Twarda / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dahlin takes an analytical approach to existing Constitutional scholarship and presents a limited number of landmark Supreme Court decisions in a way that makes this important material accessible to an undergraduate academic audience.
Dahlin takes an analytical approach to existing Constitutional scholarship and presents a limited number of landmark Supreme Court decisions in a way ...
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196,31 zł |
We the People: A Brief Introduction to the Constitution and Its Interpretation
ISBN: 9781137274069 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dahlin takes an analytical approach to existing Constitutional scholarship and presents a limited number of landmark Supreme Court decisions in a way that makes this important material accessible to an undergraduate academic audience.
Dahlin takes an analytical approach to existing Constitutional scholarship and presents a limited number of landmark Supreme Court decisions in a way ...
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196,31 zł |
Presidents, Assemblies and Policy-Making in Asia
ISBN: 9781137277268 / Angielski / Twarda / 209 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The authors assess the constitutional and partisan powers of Asian presidents, and analyse how they are used in actual policy-making processes. Country case studies on Afghanistan, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan analyze how their constitutional and partisan powers are used in actual policy-making processes.
The authors assess the constitutional and partisan powers of Asian presidents, and analyse how they are used in actual policy-making processes. Countr...
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196,31 zł |
Democracy and Prebendalism in Nigeria: Critical Interpretations
ISBN: 9781137280763 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Richard Joseph's seminal 1987 book Democracy and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria represented a watershed moment in the understanding of the political dynamics of Nigeria. This groundbreaking collection brings together scholars from across disciplines to assess the significance of Joseph's work and the current state of Nigerian politics.
Richard Joseph's seminal 1987 book Democracy and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria represented a watershed moment in the understanding of the political dy...
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196,31 zł |
Business and Climate Change Governance: South Africa in Comparative Perspective
ISBN: 9781137302731 / Angielski / Twarda / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How and why do business organisations contribute to climate change governance? The contributors' findings on South Africa, Kenya and Germany demonstrate that business contributions to the mitigation and adaptation to climate change vary significantly.
How and why do business organisations contribute to climate change governance? The contributors' findings on South Africa, Kenya and Germany demonstra...
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196,31 zł |
Controlling Comitology: Accountability in a Multi-Level System
ISBN: 9781137319630 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Comitology is the most important form of multi-level governance in the EU. Member State and Commission actors together create roughly 2,500 executive acts per year amounting to half of all European laws. Using new European and national data, this books argues that its accountability has improved over time, but that unexpected gaps have emerged.
Comitology is the most important form of multi-level governance in the EU. Member State and Commission actors together create roughly 2,500 executive ...
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Local Politics and Contemporary Transformations in the Arab World: Governance Beyond the Center
ISBN: 9781137338686 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The contributors link innovative analytical concepts and ethnographic in-depth case studies from the Arab world. Based on the debates on politics from below and dynamic concepts of state, all the chapters focus on informal institutions, non-elite actors, and the dynamic and contradictory relationship between state and society.
The contributors link innovative analytical concepts and ethnographic in-depth case studies from the Arab world. Based on the debates on politics from...
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Unbroken Government: Success and the Illusion of Failure in Policymaking
ISBN: 9781137339188 / Angielski / Twarda / 189 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unbroken Government demonstrates how institutional and electoral characteristics present since the writing of the Constitution influence policy development. Utilizing policy areas as diverse as human spaceflight, clean air, homeland security, and foreign policy, this work shows how these patterns manifest themselves in the policymaking process.
Unbroken Government demonstrates how institutional and electoral characteristics present since the writing of the Constitution influence policy develo...
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196,31 zł |
A Thorn in Transatlantic Relations: American and European Perceptions of Threat and Security
ISBN: 9781137343260 / Angielski / Twarda / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Americans and Europeans perceive threat differently. Americans remain more religious than Europeans and generally still believe their nation is providentially blessed. American security culture is relatively stable and includes the deeply held belief that existential threat in the world emanates from the work of evil-doers. The US must therefore sometimes intervene militarily against evil. The European Union (EU) security culture model differs from traditional European iterations and from the American variant. The concept of threat as evil lost salience as Western Europe became more...
Americans and Europeans perceive threat differently. Americans remain more religious than Europeans and generally still believe their nation is provid...
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196,31 zł |
Kim Dae-Jung and the Quest for the Nobel: How the President of South Korea Bought the Peace Prize and Financed Kim Jong-Il's Nuclear Program
ISBN: 9781137353085 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kim Kisam, a former South Korean intelligence officer, has collaborated with Donald Kirk, journalist and author, in a study of the campaign waged by Kim Dae-jung, the former South Korean president, to win the Nobel Peace Prize. This book, relying heavily on files that Kim obtained from Korean intelligence files before seeking asylum in the US, reveals an array of resources dedicated to the quest that culminated in Kim Dae-jung's winning the prize in 2000. The book details the strategy and tactics used to win over highly placed Norwegians and Swedes as well as foreign journalists with emphasis...
Kim Kisam, a former South Korean intelligence officer, has collaborated with Donald Kirk, journalist and author, in a study of the campaign waged by K...
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311,54 zł |
Us Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era: Restraint Versus Assertiveness from George H. W. Bush to Barack Obama
ISBN: 9781137364630 / Angielski / Twarda / 257 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why has the US proven unable to enact a foreign policy of restraint in the post-Cold War era? For all but a brief period in the 1990s, US foreign policy is marked by an assertive appearance despite relative hegemony. This book examines the causes and impact of US foreign policy - measuring its successes, pitfalls, and what the future has in store.
Why has the US proven unable to enact a foreign policy of restraint in the post-Cold War era? For all but a brief period in the 1990s, US foreign poli...
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196,31 zł |
Government Bullies: How Everyday Americans Are Being Harassed, Abused, and Imprisoned by the Feds
ISBN: 9781455522750 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Government regulations are out of control. They dictate how much water goes into your commode, and how much water comes out of your showerhead. They determine how hot the water needs to be in your washing machine, and how many miles to the gallon your car must achieve. Since the Patriot Act, your banking records, your gun registration, and your phone bill are easily accessible by government snoops. Mothers are arrested for buying raw milk. Families are fined for selling bunny rabbits without a license. Home and property owners are strapped with obscene fines, entangled in costly legal messes,...
Government regulations are out of control. They dictate how much water goes into your commode, and how much water comes out of your showerhead. They d...
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165,19 zł |
Government Bullies: How Everyday Americans are Being Harassed, Abused, and Imprisoned by the Feds
ISBN: 9781455522774 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Government regulations are out of control. They dictate how much water goes into your commode, and how much water comes out of your showerhead. They determine how hot the water needs to be in your washing machine, and how many miles to the gallon your car must achieve. Since the Patriot Act, your banking records, your gun registration, and your phone bill are easily accessible by government snoops. Mothers are arrested for buying raw milk. Families are fined for selling bunny rabbits without a license. Home and property owners are strapped with obscene fines, entangled in costly legal messes,...
Government regulations are out of control. They dictate how much water goes into your commode, and how much water comes out of your showerhead. They d...
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120,45 zł |
Presidential Road Show: Public Leadership in an Era of Party Polarization and Media Fragmentation
ISBN: 9781594518508 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In The Presidential Road Show: Public Leadership in an Era of Party Polarization and Media Fragmentation, Diane J. Heith evaluates presidential leadership by critically examining a fundamental tenet of the presidency: the national nature of the office. The fact that the entire nation votes for the office seemingly imbues the presidency with leadership opportunities that rest on appeals to the mass public. Yet, presidents earn the office not by appealing to the nation but rather by assembling a coalition of supporters, predominantly partisans. Moreover, once in office, recent presidents have...
In The Presidential Road Show: Public Leadership in an Era of Party Polarization and Media Fragmentation, Diane J. Heith evaluates presidential leader...
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America′s Foreign Policy Toolkit: Key Institutions and Processes
ISBN: 9781608719853 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How is foreign policy in the United States really crafted? Who does the work? How are the various activities of the many key participants coordinated and controlled? In 'America's Foreign Policy Toolkit', Charles A. Stevenson identifies for students what the key foreign policy tools are, clarifies which tools are best for which tasks, describes the factors that constrain or push how they're used, and provides fresh insight into the myriad challenges facing national security decisionmakers.
How is foreign policy in the United States really crafted? Who does the work? How are the various activities of the many key participants coordinated ...
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391,18 zł |
Right-Wing Populism in Europe : Politics and Discourse
ISBN: 9781780932453 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Right-wing populist movements and related political parties are gaining ground in many EU member states. This unique, interdisciplinary book provides an overall picture of the dynamics and development of these parties across Europe and beyond. Combining theory with in-depth case studies, it offers a comparative analysis of the policies and rhetoric of existing and emerging parties including the British BNP, the Hungarian Jobbik and the Danish Folkeparti. The case studies qualitatively and quantitatively analyse right-wing populist groups in the following countries:... Right-wing populist movements and related political parties are gaining ground in many EU member states. This unique, interdisciplinary book provid... |
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138,92 zł |
Environmental Policy and Household Behaviour : Sustainability and Everyday Life
ISBN: 9781844078974 / Angielski / Twarda / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explores the theoretical background looking at the politics of lifestyles and lifestyle change, policy legitimacy and barriers and facilitators for pro-environmental behaviour. This book includes case studies from Sweden examining three main types of household behaviour: waste and recycling; consumption and labelling; and, transportation choices.
Explores the theoretical background looking at the politics of lifestyles and lifestyle change, policy legitimacy and barriers and facilitators for pr...
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669,12 zł |
Trio : Inside the Blair, Brown, Mandelson Project
ISBN: 9781848854451 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Among the most controversial figures in Britain's history, Blair, Brown, and Mandelson are architects of New Labour who together shaped Britain. This title charts their rise to power and their undoubted achievements, both individually and collectively, alongside their quarrels, failings and failures.
Among the most controversial figures in Britain's history, Blair, Brown, and Mandelson are architects of New Labour who together shaped Britain. This ...
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257,36 zł |