The Religious Right and the Talibanization of America
ISBN: 9781137590466 / Angielski / Twarda / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This highly original book suggests that the practices of Taliban and the American far right, two very significant and poorly understood groups, share common features.
This highly original book suggests that the practices of Taliban and the American far right, two very significant and poorly understood groups, share ...
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E-Government for Public Managers: Administering the Virtual Public Sphere
ISBN: 9781442261914 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This handy guide and supplemental text examines trends in information and communication technology (ICT) that impact the day-to-day operations of federal, state, and local government. It seeks to improve service delivery, human resource administration, political participation, education, and citizen input (e-democracy), while at the same time recognizes that with ICT's great promise comes great peril in the form of erosion of personal privacy (e-surveillance). Through the use of numerous examples and exercises, Robert Cropf helps students and practitioners alike explore the ways technological...
This handy guide and supplemental text examines trends in information and communication technology (ICT) that impact the day-to-day operations of fede...
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187,79 zł |
E-Government for Public Managers: Administering the Virtual Public Sphere
ISBN: 9781442261907 / Angielski / Twarda / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This handy guide and supplemental text examines trends in information and communication technology (ICT) that impact the day-to-day operations of federal, state, and local government. It seeks to improve service delivery, human resource administration, political participation, education, and citizen input (e-democracy), while at the same time recognizes that with ICT's great promise comes great peril in the form of erosion of personal privacy (e-surveillance). Through the use of numerous examples and exercises, Robert Cropf helps students and practitioners alike explore the ways technological...
This handy guide and supplemental text examines trends in information and communication technology (ICT) that impact the day-to-day operations of fede...
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348,76 zł |
Statism II: Solemnly Warn Them
ISBN: 9780997249019 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Statism II: Solemnly Warn Them, and the sequel to Statism: The Shadows of Another Night, moves from the general to the specific in the discussion over statism within all forms of governmental organizations. In Statism II there is special emphasis on radical Islam, The Establishment, The Media, etc."which happens when government is perceived as or claims to be ultimate reality" (R.C. Sproul). There is even a form of statism within religious organizations, including Christianity, which of necessity must have a form of government.
Statism II: Solemnly Warn Them, and the sequel to Statism: The Shadows of Another Night, moves from the general to the specific in the discussion over...
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Students' Right to Speak: The First Amendment in Public Schools
ISBN: 9781476662923 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1969, Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas called free speech in public schools a "hazardous freedom," but one well worth the risk. A half-century later, with technology enabling students to communicate in ways only dreamed about in Fortas' time, that freedom seems more hazardous than ever.
Yet still worth the risk, given equal respect for students' First Amendment rights and for the requirements of an orderly educational institution. This book provides educators, administrators, school board members and parents a starting point in creating student speech policies that encourage the...
In 1969, Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas called free speech in public schools a "hazardous freedom," but one well worth the risk. A half-century late...
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Governance Ecosystems: CSR in the Latin American Mining Sector
ISBN: 9781349325573 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The authors explore the complex dynamics of mining and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Latin America, including a reflection on the African continent, presenting arguments and case studies based on new research on a set of urgent and emerging questions surrounding mining, development and sustainability.
The authors explore the complex dynamics of mining and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Latin America, including a reflection on the African c...
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194,97 zł |
The West's Road to 9/11: Resisting, Appeasing and Encouraging Terrorism Since 1970
ISBN: 9781349545117 / Angielski / Miękka / 297 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The West's Road to 9/11 offers a detailed explanation of the handling of the challenge of terrorism by the USA, the UK and the West over the last thirty years. David Carlton contends that anti-terrorist rhetoric by the Governments of the West frequently masked indifference to the activities of many practitioners of non-state violence; and that in the case of the United States it did not hesitate even to sponsor those terrorist movements if deemed supportive of its wider geopolitical objectives.
The West's Road to 9/11 offers a detailed explanation of the handling of the challenge of terrorism by the USA, the UK and the West over the last thir...
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389,98 zł |
Between Dissent and Power: The Transformation of Islamic Politics in the Middle East and Asia
ISBN: 9781349488414 / Angielski / Miękka / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study examines the collective progression of Islamic politics between points of dissent and positions of power. It brings about a more a serious understanding of Islamic politics by critically tracing the pathways by which Islamic politics has been transformed in the Middle East and Asia.
This study examines the collective progression of Islamic politics between points of dissent and positions of power. It brings about a more a serious ...
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Governance Approaches to Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Asia
ISBN: 9781349459254 / Angielski / Miękka / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Academics and practitioners from across Asia and beyond revisit the issues and impact of climate change in Asia. They examine the preconditions for good governance regarding climate change, and the role of state and non-state actors in climate change governance, and explore different political-legal frameworks.
Academics and practitioners from across Asia and beyond revisit the issues and impact of climate change in Asia. They examine the preconditions for go...
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194,97 zł |
Gender and Political Recruitment: Theorizing Institutional Change
ISBN: 9781349444717 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the gendered dynamics of institutional innovation, continuity and change in candidate selection and recruitment. Drawing on the insights of feminist institutionalism, it extends the 'supply and demand model' of political recruitment via a micro-level case study of the candidate selection process in post-devolution Scotland.
This book explores the gendered dynamics of institutional innovation, continuity and change in candidate selection and recruitment. Drawing on the ins...
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194,97 zł |
Democratization and Civilian Control in Asia
ISBN: 9781349330522 / Angielski / Miękka / 269 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How can civilians in newly democratized countries ensure their control over the military? While establishing civilian control of the military is a necessary condition for a functioning democracy, it requires prudent strategic action on the part of the decision-makers to remove the military from positions of power and make it follow their orders.
How can civilians in newly democratized countries ensure their control over the military? While establishing civilian control of the military is a nec...
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Hybrid Forms of Peace: From Everyday Agency to Post-Liberalism
ISBN: 9781349328215 / Angielski / Miękka / 311 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the role of everyday action in accepting, resisting and reshaping interventions, and the unique forms of peace that emerge from the interactions between local and international actors. Building on critiques of liberal peace-building, itredefines critical peace and conflict studies, based on new research from 16 countries."
This book examines the role of everyday action in accepting, resisting and reshaping interventions, and the unique forms of peace that emerge from the...
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389,98 zł |
Waiting for Reform Under Putin and Medvedev
ISBN: 9781349436415 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In September 2009 Dmitrii Medvedev unveiled the term that was to become the defining objective of his presidency: 'modernization.' The contributors to this book, drawn from the leading scholars in Russian affairs, focus on the contested nature of the concept of modernization and the obstacles that arose in attempting to carry it out.
In September 2009 Dmitrii Medvedev unveiled the term that was to become the defining objective of his presidency: 'modernization.' The contributors to...
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Debates of Corruption and Integrity: Perspectives from Europe and the US
ISBN: 9781349491193 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two aspects link together the notions of corruption and integrity from an epistemological perspective: the complexity of defining the two notions, and their richness in forms. This volume brings together the perspectives of six disciplines - business, political science, law, philosophy, anthropology and behavioural science - to the debate on integrity and corruption. The main goal is to promote a fruitful interdisciplinary dialogue on complex themes such as integrity and corruption in business and politics. The book investigates possible ways in which corruption and integrity apply to...
Two aspects link together the notions of corruption and integrity from an epistemological perspective: the complexity of defining the two notions, and...
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House of Lords Reform Since 1911: Must the Lords Go?
ISBN: 9781349322718 / Angielski / Miękka / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examines the debates and developments about House of Lords reform since 1911, and notes that disagreements have occurred within, as well as between, the main political parties and governments throughout this time. It draws attention to how various proposals forreform have raised a wider range constitutional and political problems."
Examines the debates and developments about House of Lords reform since 1911, and notes that disagreements have occurred within, as well as between, t...
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Former Leaders in Modern Democracies: Political Sunsets
ISBN: 9781349339716 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What comes next for a former leader in a democracy - a Prime Minister or President obliged to leave office because they have lost an election, come to the end of their constitutionally-fixed term, lost the backing of their party, or chosen to leave? This book analyses the role and political influence of former leaders in Western democratic states.
What comes next for a former leader in a democracy - a Prime Minister or President obliged to leave office because they have lost an election, come to...
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Accountability and Regulatory Governance: Audiences, Controls and Responsibilities in the Politics of Regulation
ISBN: 9781349467969 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection improves our understanding of the problems associated to accountability in regulatory governance, focusing on audiences, controls and responsibilities in the politics of regulation and through a systematic exploration of the various mechanisms through which accountability in regulatory governance
This collection improves our understanding of the problems associated to accountability in regulatory governance, focusing on audiences, controls and ...
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Territories of Citizenship
ISBN: 9781349345014 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A comprehensive exploration of theories of citizenship and inclusiveness in an age of globalization. The authors analyze democracy and the political community in a transnational context, using new critical, conceptual and normative perspectives on the borders, territories and political agents of the state.
A comprehensive exploration of theories of citizenship and inclusiveness in an age of globalization. The authors analyze democracy and the political c...
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European Disunion: Between Sovereignty and Solidarity
ISBN: 9781349349692 / Angielski / Miękka / 337 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Euro crisis catapulted the EU into its most serious political crisis since its inception, leaving it torn between opposing demands for more sovereignty and solidarity. This volume focuses on the key themes of disunion, sovereignty and solidarity. It assesses the main EU institutions: member states, civil society actors and policy areas.
The Euro crisis catapulted the EU into its most serious political crisis since its inception, leaving it torn between opposing demands for more sovere...
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389,98 zł |
Changing Us Foreign Policy Toward India: Us-India Relations Since the Cold War
ISBN: 9781137548610 / Angielski / Twarda / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book uncovers how US-India relations have changed and intensified during the administrations of Bill Clinton, George Bush Jr., and Barack Obama. Throughout the Cold War, US-India relations were often distant and volatile as India mostly received attention at times of grave international crises, but from the late 1990s onwards, the US showed a more sustained interest in India. How was this shift possible? While previous scholarship has focused on the civilian nuclear deal as a turning point, this book presents an alternative account for this change by analyzing how India s identity has... This book uncovers how US-India relations have changed and intensified during the administrations of Bill Clinton, George Bush Jr., and Barack Obam... |
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389,98 zł |