European Union Civil Society Policy and Turkey: A Bridge Too Far?
ISBN: 9781349445677 / Angielski / Miękka / 171 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on interviews with Civil Society organizations and in conjunction with an examination of EU Civil Society Policy and the legal and institutional environment in Turkey this book examines EU policies on Turkish Civil Society organizations and highlights the significant constraints and limited impacts of these policies.
Drawing on interviews with Civil Society organizations and in conjunction with an examination of EU Civil Society Policy and the legal and institution...
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The Politics of Tourism Development: Booms and Busts in Ireland
ISBN: 9781349329519 / Angielski / Miękka / 213 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Moving beyond both tourism and politics literatures' current understandings of how tourism is developed, this book offers an original theory of interlocking regimes to account for the manner in which public and private bodies either facilitate or prevent development within tourism.
Moving beyond both tourism and politics literatures' current understandings of how tourism is developed, this book offers an original theory of interl...
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Think-Tanks, Social Democracy and Social Policy
ISBN: 9781349332625 / Angielski / Miękka / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An analysis of think-tanks in Britain and Germany and their role in the re-making of the British Labour party and Germany's Social Democrats as 'Third Way' parties. The part that think-tanks played in the creation of the the 'workfare state' in the 1990s and 2000s is also explored in this book.
An analysis of think-tanks in Britain and Germany and their role in the re-making of the British Labour party and Germany's Social Democrats as 'Third...
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Political Communication and Cognition
ISBN: 9781349349036 / Angielski / Miękka / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Political Communication and Cognition draws on a range of theories from communication psychology to explain how citizens receive communication about politics, how communication might make a citizen think and importantly what stimulates political participation, whether simply paying attention, chatting online or going to vote.
Political Communication and Cognition draws on a range of theories from communication psychology to explain how citizens receive communication about p...
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Controlling Comitology: Accountability in a Multi-Level System
ISBN: 9781349457403 / Angielski / Miękka / 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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Russia and Its Near Neighbours
ISBN: 9781349351237 / Angielski / Miękka / 295 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Russia has recently re-emerged as the dominant political, economic and military actor in former Soviet nations. Kanetand Freire bring together a stellar cast of contributors to consider Russia's recent return as a major regional and international actor and its likely future policy toward its neighbours."
Russia has recently re-emerged as the dominant political, economic and military actor in former Soviet nations. Kanetand Freire bring together a stell...
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Local Politics and Contemporary Transformations in the Arab World: Governance Beyond the Center
ISBN: 9781349464104 / Angielski / Miękka / 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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Africa Toward 2030: Challenges for Development Policy
ISBN: 9781349327133 / Angielski / Miękka / 299 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Combining studies of demography, climate change, technology and innovation, political development, new actors in international development, and global governance frameworks, this book highlights the major underlying determinants of change in the African context and key uncertainties about the continent's future development prospects.
Combining studies of demography, climate change, technology and innovation, political development, new actors in international development, and global...
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Political Communication in Direct Democratic Campaigns: Enlightening or Manipulating?
ISBN: 9781349338764 / Angielski / Miękka / 265 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Analyzes the communication processes in direct democratic campaigns and their effect on the opinion formation of the voters. Based on a detailed analysis of the politicians' strategies, media coverage and the opinion formation of the public in three campaigns, this book argues that the campaigns are more enlightening than manipulating.
Analyzes the communication processes in direct democratic campaigns and their effect on the opinion formation of the voters. Based on a detailed analy...
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Business and Climate Change Governance: South Africa in Comparative Perspective
ISBN: 9781349453948 / Angielski / Miękka / 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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The Ministry of Public Input: Integrating Citizen Views Into Political Leadership
ISBN: 9781349437191 / Angielski / Miękka / 289 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As political leaders acknowledge the limits of their power they increasingly integrate constructive input from inside and outside government into their decision-making. A Ministry or Commission of Public Input is necessary to collect, process and communicate input more effectively and politicians need to work with the public to identify solutions.
As political leaders acknowledge the limits of their power they increasingly integrate constructive input from inside and outside government into thei...
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Stateless Nations: Western European Regional Nationalisms and the Old Nations
ISBN: 9781349348480 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why are regional nationalisms threatening the old nations? This book explores examples such as why Scotland might become independent, why Wales wants more autonomy, and why Catalonia emphasizes its distinctive language and institutions but does not want separation from Spain. Stateless Nations explores the historical roots of modern nationalisms.
Why are regional nationalisms threatening the old nations? This book explores examples such as why Scotland might become independent, why Wales wants ...
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The Withering of the Welfare State: Regression
ISBN: 9781349340750 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the 1970s the public commitment to social solidarity between citizens through comprehensive provision of welfare has been eroded by the imperatives of international markets. In this volume the problems posed to public intervention are analyzed. The contributors compare and evaluate how different countries have dealt with these challenges.
Since the 1970s the public commitment to social solidarity between citizens through comprehensive provision of welfare has been eroded by the imperati...
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Government Through Culture and the Contemporary French Right
ISBN: 9781349450688 / Angielski / Miękka / 187 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Culture, understood broadly, lay at the heart of contrasting right-wing strategies for government in France during the pivotal decade of 2002-2012. Looking at issues of secularism, education, televisual performance, public memory and nation-branding Ahearne analyses how presidents Chirac and Sarkozy sought to redefine contemporary French identity.
Culture, understood broadly, lay at the heart of contrasting right-wing strategies for government in France during the pivotal decade of 2002-2012. Lo...
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Secrets and Democracy: From Arcana Imperii to WikiLeaks
ISBN: 9781349349777 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Secrets and Democracy develops a new approach to understanding the centrality of secrecy to political life. From the ancient world to the modern, this book considers the growing importance of secrets, the dilemmas this poses to conceptions of democracy and the challenges that collecting secrets poses to publicity and privacy in the network society.
Secrets and Democracy develops a new approach to understanding the centrality of secrecy to political life. From the ancient world to the modern, this...
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Making China Strong: The Role of Nationalism in Chinese Thinking on Democracy and Human Rights
ISBN: 9781349329748 / Angielski / Miękka / 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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Citizens' Initiatives in Europe: Procedures and Consequences of Agenda-Setting by Citizens
ISBN: 9781349340149 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An exploration and analysis of the regulation and practices of citizens' initiatives in eleven European democracies and the EU. The contributors to this volume shed light on how citizens' initiatives influence patterns of political agenda-setting in representative democracies and how they can contribute to participatory democracy.
An exploration and analysis of the regulation and practices of citizens' initiatives in eleven European democracies and the EU. The contributors to th...
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Prime Ministers in Power: Political Leadership in Britain and Australia
ISBN: 9781349323692 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A study of prime ministerial leadership in Britain and Australia. Tony Blair and John Howard were election winning leaders in two similar countries. They succeeded in dominating politics for over 10 years, but both fell dramatically from office. This book asks how these prime ministers established such predominant positions.
A study of prime ministerial leadership in Britain and Australia. Tony Blair and John Howard were election winning leaders in two similar countries. T...
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Government Transparency: Impacts and Unintended Consequences
ISBN: 9781349335763 / Angielski / Miękka / 279 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Transparency has become a global concept of responsible government. This book argues that the transnational discourse of transparency promotes potentially contradictory policy ideas that can lead to unintended consequences. It critically examines whether or not increased transparency really leads to increased democratic accountability.
Transparency has become a global concept of responsible government. This book argues that the transnational discourse of transparency promotes potenti...
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The Presidential Republic
ISBN: 9781349503117 / Angielski / Miękka / 339 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is about a variety of national arrangements and practices, whose common characteristics are to constitute 'presidential republics' and which as such have become the main form of government in the contemporary world.
This book is about a variety of national arrangements and practices, whose common characteristics are to constitute 'presidential republics' and which...
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