The Politics of Justice: Attorney General and the Making of Government Legal Policy
ISBN: 9781563240188 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 2015. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company. First Published in 2015. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company. |
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688,13 zł |
Inside OMB: Politics and Process in the President's Budget Office
ISBN: 9781563244551 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through its budgetary, managerial and regulatory review mandates, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the US can function as an "enforcer" with a significant impact on public policy and its implementation. This is a study of the OMB and its significant role within the American government.
Through its budgetary, managerial and regulatory review mandates, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the US can function as an "enforcer" wi...
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300,69 zł |
The Dynamics of Conflict Between Bureaucrats and Legislators
ISBN: 9781563245107 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company. First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company. |
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198,74 zł |
Double Exposure: Poverty and Race in America
ISBN: 9781563249617 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Leading thinkers and activists discuss the intersection of race and poverty. The essays are organized around seven key topics including: affirmative action; the permanence of racism thesis; the use and utility of racial and ethnic categories; multiculturalism; and the underclass debate.
Leading thinkers and activists discuss the intersection of race and poverty. The essays are organized around seven key topics including: affirmative a...
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Local Government Budgeting: A Managerial Approach
ISBN: 9781567200065 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In an effort to bridge the gap between budget theorists and practitioners, this book approaches local government budgeting as the internal resource allocation process of a highly differentiated organization that operates in a very political environment, and whose boundaries are particularly permeable during the formal budget process. Written by academics with extensive practical experience in local government budgeting and finance, this text will be equally useful to practitioners, scholars and students. Theory building in public budgeting has been dominated by political science and... In an effort to bridge the gap between budget theorists and practitioners, this book approaches local government budgeting as the internal resource... |
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576,07 zł |
Independent Counsel: The Law and the Investigations
ISBN: 9781568025087 / Angielski / Twarda / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For thirty years, from the 1970's to 2000, independent prosecutors have investigated alleged misconduct by public officials in Washington in one of longest and most controversial episodes in American history. Investigations have ensnarled three presidents -- Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton -- and many lesser figures. The most recent Clinton investigation led to the House impeachment and Senate acquittal of the president -- only the second presidential impeachment in the nation's history.
Two long-time scholars of these investigations have written a superb overview of... For thirty years, from the 1970's to 2000, independent prosecutors have investigated alleged misconduct by public officials in Washington in one of lo...
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Cq′s Desk Reference on the Presidency: Over 500 Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
ISBN: 9781568025896 / Angielski / Twarda / 325 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Which president was wounded during the Revolutionary War? What is an executive order? How many bills did each president veto? Which president's wife was the first to be called the first lady? These are just a few of the many questions answered in CQ's Desk Reference on the Presidency.
This ready-reference offers a wealth of information on the presidency. The 500-plus questions have been selected to provide an uncomplicated look at the American presidency, its organization, procedures, and history, as well as the presidents themselves and their families. Chapters include president's powers... Which president was wounded during the Revolutionary War? What is an executive order? How many bills did each president veto? Which president's wife w...
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305,83 zł |
Presidential Winners and Losers: Words of Victory and Concession
ISBN: 9781568027555 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presidential scholar John Vile brings together a rich collection of speeches, statements, and related information that focus on a subject largely neglected by presidential studies: How successful and unsuccessful candidates for the highest office in the land deal with the outcome of the election.
Vile has collected more than 500 speeches and other documents, from George Washington to George W. Bush, that relate to the outcome of elections. Many are actual candidate statements or speeches, while others are private letters, diary entries, interviews, and newspaper and journal articles. Vile... Presidential scholar John Vile brings together a rich collection of speeches, statements, and related information that focus on a subject largely negl...
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Homeland Security: A Documentary History
ISBN: 9781568028842 / Angielski / Twarda / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Homeland Security: A Documentary History provides a rich and relevant exploration of the concept of homeland security throughout the nation's history, leading up to an examination of the new Homeland Security Department and its mission and impact. The Homeland Security Department was created in 2002 and involved the largest restructuring of the federal government in over forty years. Yet American institutions and officials have responded to homeland security issues throughout the life of the nation, for example, with the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. Homeland Security explores the concept...
Homeland Security: A Documentary History provides a rich and relevant exploration of the concept of homeland security throughout the nation's history,...
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611,67 zł |
What's a Nice Republican Girl Like Me Doing in the Aclu?
ISBN: 9781573921435 / Angielski / Miękka / 191 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Republicans have a lot more in common with the ACLU than they think For decades conservative Republicans have railed against the "liberal" American Civil Liberties Union and its state affiliates for defending unpopular causes from the rights of "criminals" to flag burning, pornography, and Nazi marches down Main Street. So what possessed the Indiana CLU to put a card-carrying Republican at its helm? How could anyone who supported George Bush be a civil libertarian?
In this fascinating first-hand account, Sheila S. Kennedy explains her amazement at stalwart conservatives who seem to think... Republicans have a lot more in common with the ACLU than they think For decades conservative Republicans have railed against the "liberal" American C...
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98,49 zł |
When God Says War Is Right: The Christian's Perspective on When and How to Fight
ISBN: 9781578566570 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Across the centuries, how have Christians who follow the Prince of Peace responded to the recurring reality of war? And what guidance do they offer for believers today in the midst of global conflict?
In "When God Says War Is Right, "Dr. Darrell Cole offers thorough and highly readable answers. His expert examination focuses on these topics: .Relating the character of God with the use of force .Determining when and how Christians ought to fight .Understanding why Christian virtues are vital when using force .Using nuclear weapons for deterrence .Learning lessons from World... Across the centuries, how have Christians who follow the Prince of Peace responded to the recurring reality of war? And what guidance do they offer fo...
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Denial and Deception: A Study of the Bush Administration's Rhetorical Case for Invading Iraq
ISBN: 9781581129342 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Denial and Deception: A Study of the Bush Administration's Rhetorical Case for Invading Iraq delivers a refreshingly objective snapshot of the relationship between President George W. Bush's misleading statements, public opinion, and the war in Iraq. Using statistical analysis, Alan Kennedy-Shaffer presents the first academic study of President Bush's efforts to bully the nation into invading Iraq and why the White House no longer controls public opinion. By mapping the major rhetorical and military developments in the war in Iraq, Kennedy-Shaffer paint a contextual picture of the...
Denial and Deception: A Study of the Bush Administration's Rhetorical Case for Invading Iraq delivers a refreshingly objective snapshot of the relatio...
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Love, Lust, and Longing in the White House: The Romantic Relationships of America's Presidents
ISBN: 9781581820812 / Angielski / Miękka / 323 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this engaging and entertaining peek behind closed White House doors, bestselling author Web Garrison explores and explains the states of affairs that have often gone hand in hand with affairs of state. Illustrations.
In this engaging and entertaining peek behind closed White House doors, bestselling author Web Garrison explores and explains the states of affairs th...
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64,05 zł |
Radical Road Maps: Uncovering the Web of Connections Among Far-Left Groups in America
ISBN: 9781581825305 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Radical Road Maps"" uncovers the many connections of Far-Left groups and explores their ranges of influence. Employing analytical techniques and diagrams that seek to clarify the web of connections to expose the movement's radical core, military intelligence expert James Hansen helps pave the way for a counteroffensive against the anti-American con job the Far-Left has managed to pull off in recent decades.""
Radical Road Maps"" uncovers the many connections of Far-Left groups and explores their ranges of influence. Employing analytical techniques and diagr...
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119,91 zł |
Clinton's 1996 Presidential Re-Election, Dissection and Disaffection
ISBN: 9781585003440 / Angielski / Miękka / 468 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Trust Us, We're Experts Pa: How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future
ISBN: 9781585421398 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The authors of Toxic Sludge Is Good for You unmask the sneaky and widespread methods industry uses to influence opinion through bogus experts, doctored data, and manufactured facts.
We count on the experts. We count on them to tell us who to vote for, what to eat, how to raise our children. We watch them on TV, listen to them on the radio, read their opinions in magazine and newspaper articles and letters to the editor. We trust them to tell us what to think, because there s too much information out there and not enough hours in a day to sort it all out. We should stop... The authors of Toxic Sludge Is Good for You unmask the sneaky and widespread methods industry uses to influence opinion through bogus experts,...
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102,82 zł |
Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power
ISBN: 9781586484231 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A behind-the-scenes look at "the most powerful committee in the history of the world," the small group of men and women who work, often in secret, within the White House to make the most fateful decisions of our time.
A behind-the-scenes look at "the most powerful committee in the history of the world," the small group of men and women who work, often in secret, wit...
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85,47 zł |
A Disquisition on Government
ISBN: 9781587311857 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Roots of American Bureaucracy, 1830-1900
ISBN: 9781587982842 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This innovative book argues that the mugwump reformers who built early bureaucracies cared less about enhancing government efficiency than about restraining the power of majoritarian political leaders in Congress and the executive branch.
This innovative book argues that the mugwump reformers who built early bureaucracies cared less about enhancing government efficiency than about restr...
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178,17 zł |
Transforming U.S. Intelligence
ISBN: 9781589010697 / Angielski / Miękka / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The intelligence failures exposed by the events of 9/11 and the missing weapons of mass destruction in Iraq have made one thing perfectly clear: change is needed in how the U.S. intelligence community operates. Transforming U.S. Intelligence argues that transforming intelligence requires as much a look to the future as to the past and a focus more on the art and practice of intelligence rather than on its bureaucratic arrangements. In fact, while the recent restructuring, including the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, may solve some problems, it has also created new... The intelligence failures exposed by the events of 9/11 and the missing weapons of mass destruction in Iraq have made one thing perfectly clear: ch... |
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150,23 zł |