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From the Primaries to the Polls: How to Repair America's Broken Presidential Nomination Process
ISBN: 9780313348358 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. America's presidential nominating process is inherently unfair and exclusive, yielding undue weight and privilege to the states that vote in the earliest rounds. More and more states are beating down the door to vote earlier, trying to redress the inequity on a state-by-state basis. In the ensuing free-for-all, the presidential primary schedule has become so front-loaded that the anointed front-runner with the biggest war chest in each of the major parties is the de facto nominee. The primaries are becoming mere noise and pageantry, as the national conventions have been for several... America's presidential nominating process is inherently unfair and exclusive, yielding undue weight and privilege to the states that vote in the ea... |
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359,42 zł |
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Implicating Empire
ISBN: 9780465004942 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the past several years, while visible protests against the World Bank and the I.M.F. made front-page news, there has been a growing field of scholarship that looks at the role of globalization for national and international state identities. The first truism of globalization--that we live in an increasingly interconnected world, one in which it is impossible to separate the fate of one nation from that of the others--was dramatically illustrated on September 11, 2001, when the seemingly distant effects of a civil war in Afghanistan so murderously interrupted life in the United...
Over the past several years, while visible protests against the World Bank and the I.M.F. made front-page news, there has been a growing field of scho...
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102,69 zł |
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You Can't Enlarge the Pie: Six Barriers to Effective Government
ISBN: 9780465006328 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why do our government leaders continually make decisions and craft policies that everybody knows are foolish? Because they, like the rest of us, remain trapped in foolish and unproductive habits of thinking. "You Can't Enlarge the Pie" analyzes the unspoken assumptions that lead to bad policy, wasted resources, and lost lives, and shows exactly why they're wrong. With fascinating case studies and clear, compelling analysis, it dissects six psychological barriers to ineffective government:1. Do no harm. 2. Their gain is our loss.3. Competition is always good. 4. Support our group. 5. Live for...
Why do our government leaders continually make decisions and craft policies that everybody knows are foolish? Because they, like the rest of us, remai...
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97,50 zł |
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God's Name in Vain: The Wrongs and Rights of Religion in Politics
ISBN: 9780465008872 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stephen Carter argues that American politics is unimaginable without America's religious voice. Using contemporary and historical examples, from abolitionist sermons to presidential candidates' confessions, he illustrates ways in which religion and politics do and do not mesh well and ways in which spiritual perspectives might make vital contributions to our national debates. He also warns us of the importance of setting out some sensible limits, so that religious institutions do not allow themselves to be seduced by the lure of temporal power, and offers strong examples of principled and...
Stephen Carter argues that American politics is unimaginable without America's religious voice. Using contemporary and historical examples, from aboli...
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113,85 zł |
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Putting Trust in the U.S. Budget: Federal Trust Funds and the Politics of Commitment
ISBN: 9780521777483 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the United States many important programs, such as Social Security and Medicare, are paid from trust funds. At a time when major social insurance funds are facing insolvency, this timely book provides the first comprehensive study of this significant yet little-studied feature of the American welfare state. Trust funds are at the heart of US budgeting and public social provision, and also raise a fundamental question of democratic politics: can current officeholders bind their successors? Through detailed case studies Patashnik shows how long term government commitments are effectively...
In the United States many important programs, such as Social Security and Medicare, are paid from trust funds. At a time when major social insurance f...
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149,51 zł |
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Justified?: Questioning Military Indoctrination and Foreign Policy
ISBN: 9780595262342 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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42,08 zł |
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Is It Time to Outsource the Government?
ISBN: 9780595348855 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "It is pretty bad when the best you can hope for out of your elected officials is that they do nothing at all since they never do what you want them to. If you take a look at our congressional office holders, some of them miss an awful lot of votes. Are they on vacation? Are they accountable for anything once they take office? They certainly do not work fulltime, why should we pay them for full time work? In fact why don't we only pay them when they do what we want them to do or what they promised they would do when we elected them? "
Author K. S. Faulkner delivers a blistering tirade on... "It is pretty bad when the best you can hope for out of your elected officials is that they do nothing at all since they never do what you want them t...
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42,08 zł |
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The Bush Diaries: A Citizen's Review of the First Term
ISBN: 9780595358984 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. " A]fter seeing their Iraq strategy unravel, North Korea get ignored, and the state of Palestine remain a wishful dream-I would dare say that the Bush Administration's foreign policy also needs substantive tuning. In the ultimate, if U.S. foreign policy is made more consistent with our core values, and the Bush Administration uses traditional diplomacy to further policy goals, its Second Term might turn out to be a memorable 'American Intifada" "
"The Bush Diaries" captures the true meaning of 'freedom and democracy" by allowing an average American citizen to be heard. Author Jack... " A]fter seeing their Iraq strategy unravel, North Korea get ignored, and the state of Palestine remain a wishful dream-I would dare say that the Bush...
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76,67 zł |
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Governing the American State: Congress and the New Federalism, 1877-1929
ISBN: 9780691119748 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The modern, centralized American state was supposedly born in the Great Depression of the 1930s. Kimberley S. Johnson argues that this conventional wisdom is wrong. Cooperative federalism was not born in a Big Bang, but instead emerged out of power struggles within the nation's major political institutions during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Examining the fifty-two years from the end of Reconstruction to the beginning of the Great Depression, Johnson shows that the "first New Federalism" was created during this era from dozens of policy initiatives enacted... The modern, centralized American state was supposedly born in the Great Depression of the 1930s. Kimberley S. Johnson argues that this conventional... |
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302,42 zł |
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Creating the Secret State: The Origins of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1943-1947
ISBN: 9780700610242 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While much has been disclosed about the CIA's cloak-and-dagger activities during the Cold War, relatively little is known about the origins of this secret organization. David Rudgers, a twenty-two-year CIA veteran, has written the first complete account of its creation, revealing how the idea of a centralized intelligence developed within the government and debunking the myth that former OSS chief William J. Donovan was the prime mover behind the agency's founding. Creating the Secret State locates the CIA's origins in government-wide efforts to reorganize national security during...
While much has been disclosed about the CIA's cloak-and-dagger activities during the Cold War, relatively little is known about the origins of this se...
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224,37 zł |
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Blair's community: Communitarian thought and New Labour
ISBN: 9780719074127 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Blair's community is an exciting and timely book which challenges the accepted wisdom about the role of communitarian thought in the development of New Labour under Tony Blair. From the mid-1990s there has been a widespread view that Labour policies have reflected, or even been influenced by, the work of communitarian writers like Amitai Etzioni and John Macmurray, and philosophers such as Alasdair MacIntyre and Michael Sandel.
The book begins by establishing that such a view was widely, and frequently unquestioningly, held, in both popular and academic forums. It then identifies reasons... Blair's community is an exciting and timely book which challenges the accepted wisdom about the role of communitarian thought in the development of Ne...
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436,43 zł |
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The Transformation of Wall Street: A History of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Modern Corporate Finance
ISBN: 9780735544352 / Angielski / Twarda / 934 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Transformation of Wall Street is a comprehensive and insightful historical analysis of the Securities & Exchange Commission from the perspective of a leader in securities regulation. The Transformation of Wall Street offers an in-depth look at
The Transformation of Wall Street is a comprehensive and insightful historical analysis of the Securities & Exchange Commission from the perspective o...
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619,65 zł |
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Lessons and Legacies: Farewell Addresses from the Senate
ISBN: 9780738208251 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A remarkable collection of farewell addresses by the thirteen U.S. senators who voluntarily retired in 1996-Bill Bradley, Hank Brown, William S. Cohen, J. James Exon, Mark O. Hatfield, Howell Heflin, J. Bennett Johnston, Nancy Landon Kassebaum, Sam Nunn, Claiborne Pell, David Pryor, Paul Simon, and Alan K. Simpson.
A remarkable collection of farewell addresses by the thirteen U.S. senators who voluntarily retired in 1996-Bill Bradley, Hank Brown, William S. Cohen...
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96,80 zł |
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Principles for a Free Society: Reconciling Individual Liberty with the Common Good
ISBN: 9780738208299 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The country's leading libertarian scholar sets forth the essential principles for a legal system that best balances individual liberty versus the common good.
The country's leading libertarian scholar sets forth the essential principles for a legal system that best balances individual liberty versus the comm...
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99,88 zł |
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Transforming Government Supply Chain Management
ISBN: 9780742534209 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. World-class, commercial supply chain management standards are now exceptionally high. The best organizations measure order-to-receipt time in two days or less, with near perfect probability. This speed is backed up by nimble systems capable of rapidly responding to unexpected contingencies and surge requirements. Unfortunately, while the commercial sector has been rapidly adopting modern, information-based supply chain systems--in order to remain competitive in the worldwide marketplace--the shift to such systems in the public sector has met with significant resistance and has moved far more...
World-class, commercial supply chain management standards are now exceptionally high. The best organizations measure order-to-receipt time in two days...
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224,37 zł |
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Distribution of Powers and Responsibilities in Federal Countries: Volume 2
ISBN: 9780773529748 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The comparative studies in this volume examine the constitutional distribution of exclusive and shared powers and responsibilities among the national and constituent governments of Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. Contributors examine the reasons behind each country's system of power distribution, how it works, changes over time, successes or failures, and future trends in the allocation and sharing of power. The French edition of this book,
The comparative studies in this volume examine the constitutional distribution of exclusive and shared powers and responsibilities among the national ...
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487,78 zł |
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Distribution of Powers and Responsibilities in Federal Countries: Volume 2
ISBN: 9780773530041 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The comparative studies in this volume examine the constitutional distribution of exclusive and shared powers and responsibilities among the national and constituent governments of Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. Contributors examine the reasons behind each country's system of power distribution, how it works, changes over time, successes or failures, and future trends in the allocation and sharing of power. The French edition of this book,
The comparative studies in this volume examine the constitutional distribution of exclusive and shared powers and responsibilities among the national ...
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141,40 zł |
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How American Governments Work: A Handbook of City, County, Regional, State, and Federal Operations
ISBN: 9780786431526 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the past two decades, many countries in the world have peacefully undergone a transition to more popular forms of self-governance. The United States represents the world model for evolving forms of democracy. This volume details how government currently works in America. Forty essays examine the condition of all five levels of government in America?city, county, regional, state, and federal. They describe and examine the structures, operations and services provided by each level, as well as how they are financed.
During the past two decades, many countries in the world have peacefully undergone a transition to more popular forms of self-governance. The United S...
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221,24 zł |
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Lobbying for Inclusion: Rights Politics and the Making of Immigration Policy
ISBN: 9780804751759 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In every decade since passage of the Hart Cellar Act of 1965, Congress has faced conflicting pressures: to restrict legal immigration and to provide employers with unregulated access to migrant labor. Lobbying for Inclusion shows that in these debates immigrant rights groups advocated a surprisingly moderate course of action: expansionism was tempered by a politics of inclusion. Rights advocates supported generous family unification policies, for example, but they opposed proposals that would admit large numbers of guest workers without providing a clear path to citizenship. As leaders...
In every decade since passage of the Hart Cellar Act of 1965, Congress has faced conflicting pressures: to restrict legal immigration and to provide e...
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307,30 zł |
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Debating Arab Authoritarianism: Dynamics and Durability in Nondemocratic Regimes
ISBN: 9780804757768 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume inquires into the working mechanisms, the inner logic, and the durability of authoritarian rule in Arab countries. Written by leading American, European, and Arab experts, the collected essays explore the ongoing political dynamics of the region and show how Arab regimes retain power despite ongoing transformations on regional, national, and international levels and in societal, political, and economic spheres. The findings of this book strongly suggest that democratization remains off the agenda in any Arab country for the foreseeable future. Domestic political protests,...
This volume inquires into the working mechanisms, the inner logic, and the durability of authoritarian rule in Arab countries. Written by leading Amer...
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526,80 zł |
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