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Splitting America: How Politicians, Super Pacs and the News Media Mirror High Conflict Divorce
ISBN: 9781936268528 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Something nasty is happening in American politics. You'd have to be in hibernation to be unaware of the bullying, incivility, and disrespect going on. Splitting America is a warning to voters and politicians that current poliarizations risks long-term harm to our nation. This book compares the same five traits of high-conflict divorces to today's politics. It generally includes: - Personal Attacks (calling the other person crazy, stupid, immoral or evil)
- Crisis Emotions (which trigger fear and hatred of each other) - All-or-Nothing Solutions (which call for the elimination... Something nasty is happening in American politics. You'd have to be in hibernation to be unaware of the bullying, incivility, and disrespect going on....
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49,09 |
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Courting Science: Securing the Foundation for a Second American Century
ISBN: 9780804798938 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Courting Science, Damon Coletta offers a novel explanation for the decline of American leadership in world affairs. Whether the American Century ends sooner rather than later may depend on America's capacity for self-reflection and, ultimately, self-restraint when it comes to science, technology, and engineering. Democracy's affinity for advanced technology has to be balanced against scientific research and progress as a global enterprise. In an era of rising challengers to America's lead in the international order and an increasingly globalized civil society, a "Scientific... In Courting Science, Damon Coletta offers a novel explanation for the decline of American leadership in world affairs. Whether the American ... |
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Courting Science: Securing the Foundation for a Second American Century
ISBN: 9780804798945 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Courting Science, Damon Coletta offers a novel explanation for the decline of American leadership in world affairs. Whether the American Century ends sooner rather than later may depend on America's capacity for self-reflection and, ultimately, self-restraint when it comes to science, technology, and engineering. Democracy's affinity for advanced technology has to be balanced against scientific research and progress as a global enterprise. In an era of rising challengers to America's lead in the international order and an increasingly globalized civil society, a "Scientific... In Courting Science, Damon Coletta offers a novel explanation for the decline of American leadership in world affairs. Whether the American ... |
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131,65 |
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The Beltway Bible: A Totally Serious A-Z Guide to Our No-Good, Corrupt, Incompetent, Terrible, Depressing, and Sometimes Hilarious Govern
ISBN: 9781250099259 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How is legislation crafted? How do you lose an election? What do "bundler," "quorum call" and "omnibus" mean? Why do some of the White House's most important meetings occur at a Starbucks? Why are Washington insiders obsessed with something called Jumbo Slice? What, exactly, is a "skintern?" Eliot Nelson, one of Washington's funniest and most admired young journalists, knows how the sausage factory works and his new book, The Beltway Bible, is every citizen's must-have owner's manual. Arranged from A to Z, The Beltway Bible provides an insider's perspective...
How is legislation crafted? How do you lose an election? What do "bundler," "quorum call" and "omnibus" mean? Why do some of the White House's ...
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106,13 |
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Democratic Transformations in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities
ISBN: 9781138100473 / Angielski / Twarda / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Democracies evolve. Their evolution is not only key to their survival; it is also a reflection of the changing environment in which they operate. This book contributes to the analysis and understanding of how democratic states have transformed over time by examining a number of challenges and opportunities that they face. With a focus on Europe 31, understood as the EU28 plus Switzerland, Norway, and Iceland, the book brings together separate strands of literature which often remain disconnected in political science narratives. Looking at citizen state relations, the... Democracies evolve. Their evolution is not only key to their survival; it is also a reflection of the changing environment in which they operate. T... |
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756,05 |
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Democratic Transformations in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities
ISBN: 9781138100480 / Angielski / Miękka / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Democracies evolve. Their evolution is not only key to their survival; it is also a reflection of the changing environment in which they operate. This book contributes to the analysis and understanding of how democratic states have transformed over time by examining a number of challenges and opportunities that they face. With a focus on Europe 31, understood as the EU28 plus Switzerland, Norway, and Iceland, the book brings together separate strands of literature which often remain disconnected in political science narratives. Looking at citizen state relations, the... Democracies evolve. Their evolution is not only key to their survival; it is also a reflection of the changing environment in which they operate. T... |
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234,09 |
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The Wikileaks Files: The World According to US Empire
ISBN: 9781784786212 / Angielski / Miękka / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What Cablegate tells us about the reach and ambitions of US Empire. Published in collaboration with WikiLeaks.
WikiLeaks came to prominence in 2010 with the release of 251,287 top-secret State Department cables, which revealed to the world what the US government really thinks about national leaders, friendly dictators, and supposed allies. It brought to the surface the dark truths of crimes committed in our name: human rights violations, covert operations, and cover-ups. The WikiLeaks Files exposes the machinations of the United States as it imposes a new form of... What Cablegate tells us about the reach and ambitions of US Empire. Published in collaboration with WikiLeaks.
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179,66 |
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German politics today: Third edition
ISBN: 9781784992576 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This revised and updated third edition provides readers with a comprehensive description and analysis of the German political system, and of the political behaviour within the context of that system. It surveys the historical development of German politics, including the background, processes and political consequences of reunification, and recent changes to the electoral system, party system and recent Bundestag and Land elections. This authoritative yet accessible textbook presents certain specialised topics, such as the career of Angela Merkel or the Eurozone crisis, in separate sections...
This revised and updated third edition provides readers with a comprehensive description and analysis of the German political system, and of the polit...
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410,76 |
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Dove for President
ISBN: 9781522994503 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Let's start by imagining our nation the day after the election. Half the people are elated; their candidate won. The other half are bitterly disappointed; their candidate lost. Is this what we want? Do we really want to divide our nation into winners and losers? Do we really want to force others to lose so we can win? Is that who we are? An outside the box look at American politics from an outside the box candidate.
Let's start by imagining our nation the day after the election. Half the people are elated; their candidate won. The other half are bitterly disappoin...
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47,76 |
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Supremely Partisan: How Raw Politics Tips the Scales in the United States Supreme Court
ISBN: 9781442266360 / Angielski / Twarda / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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97,50 |
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Calling the Shots: The President, Executive Orders, and Public Policy
ISBN: 9780815729020 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Modern presidents are CEOs with broad powers over the federal government. The United States Constitution lays out three hypothetically equal branches of government--the executive, the legislative, and the judicial--but over the years, the president, as head of the executive branch, has emerged as the usually dominant political and administrative force at the federal level. In fact, Daniel Gitterman tells us, the president is, effectively, the CEO of an enormous federal bureaucracy. Using the unique legal authority delegated by thousands of laws, the ability to issue executive...
Modern presidents are CEOs with broad powers over the federal government. The United States Constitution lays out three hypothetically equa...
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121,95 |
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Insecure Majorities: Congress and the Perpetual Campaign
ISBN: 9780226409047 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As Democrats and Republicans continue to vie for political advantage, Congress remains paralyzed by partisan conflict. That the last two decades have seen some of the least productive Congresses in recent history is usually explained by the growing ideological gulf between the parties, but this explanation misses another fundamental factor influencing the dynamic. In contrast to politics through most of the twentieth century, the contemporary Democratic and Republican parties compete for control of Congress at relative parity, and this has dramatically changed the parties' incentives and...
As Democrats and Republicans continue to vie for political advantage, Congress remains paralyzed by partisan conflict. That the last two decades have ...
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133,50 |
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Campaign Finance: What Everyone Needs to Know
ISBN: 9780190274689 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 2015, well over half of the money contributed to the presidential race came from roughly 350 families. The 100 biggest donors gave as much as 2 million small donors combined. Can we still say we live in a democracy if a few hundred rich families provide a disproportionate shares of campaign funds? Congress and the courts are divided on that question, with conservatives saying yes and liberals saying no. The debate is about the most fundamental of political questions: how we define democracy and how we want our democracy to work.
The debate may ultimately be about political theory, but... In 2015, well over half of the money contributed to the presidential race came from roughly 350 families. The 100 biggest donors gave as much as 2 mil...
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56,43 |
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Presidents on Political Ground: Leaders in Action and What They Face
ISBN: 9780700622856 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How much power does a president really have? Theories and arguments abound--pointlessly, Bruce Miroff says, if we don't understand the context in which presidents operate. Borrowing from Machiavelli, Miroff maps five fields of political struggle that presidents must traverse to make any headway: media, powerful economic interests, political coalitions, the high-risk politics of domestic policy, and the partisan politics of foreign policy. The prince readying for war, Machiavelli writes, must "learn the nature of the terrain, and know how mountains slope, how valleys open, how plains lie,...
How much power does a president really have? Theories and arguments abound--pointlessly, Bruce Miroff says, if we don't understand the context in whic...
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214,62 |
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The Contract Clause: A Constitutional History
ISBN: 9780700623075 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Few provisions of the American Constitution have had such a tumultuous history as the contract clause. Prompted by efforts in a number of states to interfere with debtor-creditor relationships after the Revolution, the clause--Article I, Section 10--reads that no state shall "pass any. . . Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts." Honoring contractual commitments, in the framers' view, would serve the public interest to encourage commerce and economic growth. How the contract clause has fared, as chronicled in this book by James W. Ely, Jr., tells us a great deal about the shifting concerns...
Few provisions of the American Constitution have had such a tumultuous history as the contract clause. Prompted by efforts in a number of states to in...
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234,13 |
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Regional Administration in Japan: Departure from uniformity
ISBN: 9781138640252 / Angielski / Twarda / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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292,61 |
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Campaign Finance: What Everyone Needs to Know
ISBN: 9780190274696 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 2015, well over half of the money contributed to the presidential race came from roughly 350 families. The 100 biggest donors gave as much as 2 million small donors combined. Can we still say we live in a democracy if a few hundred rich families provide a disproportionate shares of campaign funds? Congress and the courts are divided on that question, with conservatives saying yes and liberals saying no. The debate is about the most fundamental of political questions: how we define democracy and how we want our democracy to work. The debate may ultimately be about political theory, but...
In 2015, well over half of the money contributed to the presidential race came from roughly 350 families. The 100 biggest donors gave as much as 2 mil...
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228,06 |
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Kill It to Save It: An Autopsy of Capitalism's Triumph Over Democracy
ISBN: 9781447317128 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For decades now, American voters have been convinced to support public policies that only benefit those in power. But how do the powerful extract consent from citizens whose own self-interest and collective well-being are constantly denied? And why do so many Americans seem to have given up on quality public education, on safe food and safe streets, on living wages--even on democracy itself? Kill It to Save It lays bare the hypocrisy of contemporary US political discourse, documenting the historical and theoretical trajectory of capitalism's triumph over democracy. Tackling the...
For decades now, American voters have been convinced to support public policies that only benefit those in power. But how do the powerful extract cons...
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107,77 |
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Congressional Government (annotated)
ISBN: 9781519185754 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I have been led by the publication of a French translation of this little volume to read it through very carefully, for the first time since its first appearance. The re-reading has convinced me that it ought not to go to another impression without a word or two by way of preface with regard to the changes which our singular system of Congressional government has undergone since these pages were written. Woodrow Wilson
I have been led by the publication of a French translation of this little volume to read it through very carefully, for the first time since its first...
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35,78 |
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The Heart of the Declaration: The Founders' Case for an Activist Government
ISBN: 9780300216189 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An eye-opening, meticulously researched new perspective on the influences that shaped the Founders as well as the nation's founding document
From one election cycle to the next, a defining question continues to divide the country's political parties: Should the government play a major or a minor role in the lives of American citizens? The Declaration of Independence has long been invoked as a philosophical treatise in favor of limited government. Yet the bulk of the document is a discussion of policy, in which the Founders outlined the failures of the British imperial... An eye-opening, meticulously researched new perspective on the influences that shaped the Founders as well as the nation's founding document |
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