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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118,70 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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815,56 zł |
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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387,39 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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137,57 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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662,64 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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254,87 zł |
A Question of Security : The British Defence Review in an Age of Austerity
ISBN: 9781848856059 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Britain now faces fundamental choices in organising its armed forces and military strategy -- more so than at any time since the 1930s. This vital new book prepares the ground for a major government review of UK defence and security policy, analysing every important facet the review will face: from the spending constraints created by the financial crisis, to the decisions the country has to take on matters of war, peace and terrorism. The analysis covers the military equipment Britain should procure; the industrial implications of defense procurement decisions; the relationship with allies... Britain now faces fundamental choices in organising its armed forces and military strategy -- more so than at any time since the 1930s. This vital ... |
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611,67 zł |
A Question of Security: The British Defence Review in an Age of Austerity
ISBN: 9781848856066 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Britain now faces fundamental choices in organising its armed forces and military strategy -- more so than at any time since the 1930s. This vital new book prepares the ground for a major government review of UK defence and security policy, analysing every important facet the review will face: from the spending constraints created by the financial crisis, to the decisions the country has to take on matters of war, peace and terrorism. The analysis covers the military equipment Britain should procure; the industrial implications of defense procurement decisions; the relationship with allies... Britain now faces fundamental choices in organising its armed forces and military strategy -- more so than at any time since the 1930s. This vital ... |
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137,57 zł |
Obama Music
ISBN: 9781906558246 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, London based author and playwright Bonnie Greer seeks to demonstrate that Barack Obama's Presidency is what she calls a 'South Side Presidency'. And that it is only the South Side of Chicago, with its history and culture and institutions that could have sent an African American, in this day and age, to the White House. 'Obama Music' is a mixture of anecdotes about her own growing up in one of America's most formidable Black communities, mixed in with observations on the origins and progress of the music of the South Side: gospel, blues, soul and...
Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, London based author and playwright Bonnie Greer seeks to demonstrate that Barack Obama's Presidency is w...
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59,77 zł |
Studying Ealing Studios
ISBN: 9781906733315 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Located in the West London suburb from which it takes its name, Ealing Studios is one of the best loved and best known institutions of British cinema. Ealing represents a particular kind of institutional practice--a community of filmmakers who collaborate in a defined location and produce a particular kind of film. Popular and acclaimed examples include Dead of Night (1945), Whiskey Galore (1949), Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), and The Ladykillers (1955). Viewed within the context of a nation forced to adjust to World War II...
Located in the West London suburb from which it takes its name, Ealing Studios is one of the best loved and best known institutions of British cinema....
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123,35 zł |
Studying Hammer Horror
ISBN: 9781906733322 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Hammer Productions was formed in the 1920s, no one foresaw the impact this small, independent studio would have on the international film market. Christopher Lee's mesmerizing, animalistic, yet gentlemanly performance as Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, and the Mummy were celebrated worldwide, and the Byronic qualities of Peter Cushing's Dr. Frankenstein, among his many other Hammer characters, proved impossible to forget. Hammer maintained consistant period settings, creating a timeless and enchanting aesthetic. Studying Hammer Horror treats Hammer as a quintessentially British...
When Hammer Productions was formed in the 1920s, no one foresaw the impact this small, independent studio would have on the international film market....
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123,35 zł |
After 9/11: Leading Political Thinkers about the World, the U.S. and Themselves: 17 Conversations
ISBN: 9783866493643 / Angielski / Miękka / 219 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After 9/11 presents 17 interviews with America's leading political thinkers. Renowned experts such as Zbigniew Brzezinski, Francis Fukuyama, and Noam Chomsky discuss the nation's foreign policy in the post-9/11 world. They also comment on their own role in US society - and the mounting challenges they face today.
After 9/11 presents 17 interviews with America's leading political thinkers. Renowned experts such as Zbigniew Brzezinski, Francis Fukuyama, an...
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96,31 zł |
The 2012 Nomination and the Future of the Republican Party: The Internal Battle
ISBN: 9780739175927 / Angielski / Twarda / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 2012 Republican nomination process went on longer than most pundits predicted early on. While Mitt Romney began the season as the prohibitive favorite, he was tested repeatedly by what was seemingly the Republican flavor of the week (including Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santorum). The sheer number of candidates who were viewed as legitimate contenders demonstrate the fundamental concern facing Republicans moving forward: a fractured party. The pro-business, Tea Party, and evangelical Christian wings disagreed in 2010 on who would provide the best...
The 2012 Republican nomination process went on longer than most pundits predicted early on. While Mitt Romney began the season as the prohibitive favo...
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563,38 zł |
Examining Torture: Empirical Studies of State Repression
ISBN: 9781137337085 / Angielski / Twarda / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The United States' use of torture and harsh interrogation techniques during the "War on Terror" has sparked fervent debate among citizens and scholars surrounding the human rights of war criminals. Does all force qualify as "necessary and appropriate" in this period of political unrest? Examining Torture brings together some of the best recent scholarship on the incidence of torture in a comparative and international context. The contributors to this volume use both quantitative and qualitative studies to examine the causes and consequences of torture policies and the resulting public...
The United States' use of torture and harsh interrogation techniques during the "War on Terror" has sparked fervent debate among citizens and scholars...
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194,97 zł |
On the Uses and Abuses of Political Apologies
ISBN: 9781137343710 / Angielski / Twarda / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examining the complex nature of state apologies for past injustices, this probes the various functions they fulfil within contemporary democracies. Cutting-edge theoretical and empirical research and insightful philosophical analyses are supplemented by real-life case studies, providing a normative and balanced account of states saying 'sorry'.
Examining the complex nature of state apologies for past injustices, this probes the various functions they fulfil within contemporary democracies. Cu...
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Politics in Private: Love and Convictions in the French Political Consciousness
ISBN: 9781137395580 / Angielski / Twarda / 217 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Have you ever fallen out with someone close to you over your political ideas or convictions or felt that a personal relationship was damaged because you disagreed about politics? There is no more interesting or diverse country than France to study how our political opinions influence the variety of relationships we engage in throughout our lifetimes. Using a unique approach, Anne Muxel offers a compelling account of the role our political opinions play in all our lives, whether those opinions are held strongly or not. She looks at the bonds between parents and children, brothers and sisters,...
Have you ever fallen out with someone close to you over your political ideas or convictions or felt that a personal relationship was damaged because y...
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194,97 zł |
Ethnic Interest Groups in US Foreign Policy-Making: A Cuban-American Story of Success and Failure
ISBN: 9781137349798 / Angielski / Twarda / 277 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book comprises the first systematic study on the impact of ethnic interest groups on US foreign policy, using the case study of how the Cuban?American National Foundation (CANF) influenced the outcome of three different legislatives debates that directly affected US Cuba policy.
This book comprises the first systematic study on the impact of ethnic interest groups on US foreign policy, using the case study of how the Cuban?Ame...
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389,98 zł |
Making China Strong: The Role of Nationalism in Chinese Thinking on Democracy and Human Rights
ISBN: 9780230284616 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Robert Weatherley argues that Chinese perceptions of democracy and human rights have been heavily influenced by the pressing issue of how to make China strong in the face of a perceived threat posed by foreign imperialism, be it military imperialism during the previous two centuries and cultural imperialism in more recent decades.
Robert Weatherley argues that Chinese perceptions of democracy and human rights have been heavily influenced by the pressing issue of how to make Chin...
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194,97 zł |
Emerging Trends in Indian Politics: The Fifteenth General Election
ISBN: 9780415864848 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study presents 13 articles interrogating themes likely to impinge on India's 15th general elections in 2009. These were written following intense discussion between the contributors and use available data as well as original data and analysis. The significance of the analyses goes beyond how much these questions find place in the campaign, or how much they would impact the electoral results. These have and would continue to be essential themes in Indian politics for some time. They would influence the country's politics, its leaders, parties and institutions and would be interrogated in...
This study presents 13 articles interrogating themes likely to impinge on India's 15th general elections in 2009. These were written following intense...
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188,55 zł |
Civil Society and Democracy Promotion
ISBN: 9781137291080 / Angielski / Twarda / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With contributions from experts on democracy promotion, this volume examines civil society development and external civil society promotion in post-socialist Europe. It focuses on countries with a failed or deficient process of democratic consolidation looking at unintended consequences of external democracy promotion on civil society development.
With contributions from experts on democracy promotion, this volume examines civil society development and external civil society promotion in post-so...
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194,97 zł |