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Boomerang: Health Care Reform and the Turn Against Government (Revised)
ISBN: 9780393315721 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this incisive account, a prize-winning social scientist offers deep insights into the changing terrain of U.S. politics and public policy. Because of far-reaching changes in the Reagan era, Theda Skocpol shows, the Clinton Health Security bill became a perfect foil for antigovernment mobilization. Thus its defeat provides a unique window into the new political landscape. In this incisive account, a prize-winning social scientist offers deep insights into the changing terrain of U.S. politics and public policy. Becau... |
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89,43 zł |
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Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up
ISBN: 9780393318609 / Angielski / Miękka / 594 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With Ronald Reagan's knowledge and support, the United States attempted to trade arms for hostages held by Iranian terrorists; some of the secret money then funded the guerrilla activities of the Nicaraguan Contras, a counter-revolutionary group that Congress had specifically forbidden the administration to support. In this historic, first-person account, the independent counsel in the Iran-Contra investigation exposes the extraordinary duplicity of the highest officials of the Reagan administration and the paralyzing effects of the cover-up.
With Ronald Reagan's knowledge and support, the United States attempted to trade arms for hostages held by Iranian terrorists; some of the secret mone...
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183,33 zł |
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The Cost of Rights: Why Liberty Depends on Taxes
ISBN: 9780393320336 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The simple insight that all legally enforceable rights cost money reminds us that freedom is not violated by a government that taxes and spends, but requires it and requires a citizenry vigilant about how money is allocated. Drawing from these practical, commonsense notions, The Cost of Rights provides a useful corrective to the all-or-nothing feel of much political debate nowadays (The Economist)."
The simple insight that all legally enforceable rights cost money reminds us that freedom is not violated by a government that taxes and spends, but r...
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89,43 zł |
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The Missing Middle: Working Families and the Future of American Social Policy
ISBN: 9780393321135 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the opening pages of this powerful examination of American politics, Theda Skocpol reveals a curious pattern: Our politicians argue over programs for the very poor or tax cuts for the very rich, and they worry over the precarious security of our longer-living grandparents and the educational neglect and corresponding bleak future of our children. But, with the spotlight on the youngest, the oldest, the richest, and the poorest, rarely do we find policies concerned with average working men and women of modest means, those the author terms the "missing middle." Skocpol draws us into the...
In the opening pages of this powerful examination of American politics, Theda Skocpol reveals a curious pattern: Our politicians argue over programs f...
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81,48 zł |
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Godless Constitution: A Moral Defense of the Secular State
ISBN: 9780393328370 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Godless Constitution is a ringing rebuke to the religious right's attempts, fueled by misguided and inaccurate interpretations of American history, to dismantle the wall between church and state erected by the country's founders. The authors, both distinguished scholars, revisit the historical roots of American religious freedom, paying particular attention to such figures as John Locke, Roger Williams, and especially Thomas Jefferson, and examine the controversies, up to the present day, over the proper place of religion in our political life. With a new chapter that explores...
The Godless Constitution is a ringing rebuke to the religious right's attempts, fueled by misguided and inaccurate interpretations of America...
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89,43 zł |
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As It Was: An Inside View of Politics and Power in the 1950s and 60s
ISBN: 9780393331219 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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89,43 zł |
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The U.S. Constitution for Everyone: Features All 27 Amendments
ISBN: 9780399513053 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. History comes alive in this illustrated guide to the Constitution and all 27 Amendments.
The Constitution has been in the news a lot recently. But most of us could probably use a refresher on this founding document of America--you can probably name the first and second amendments, but what about the 11th, or the 22nd? And what does all of that formal political language actually mean for us today? The U.S. Constitution for Everyone answers these questions and more, like: History comes alive in this illustrated guide to the Constitution and all 27 Amendments.
The Constitution has been in the news a lot recent... |
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97,78 zł |
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Puzzles of Government Formation : Coalition Theory and Deviant Cases
ISBN: 9780415359825 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Understanding the formation of governments has always been central to political science. Traditionally this topic has been considered from a rational choice theory perspective and the empirical testing of these theories, however neither approach alone is able to explain a large proportion of actual coalition formations. This comparative volume brings together both strands to study government formation. The authors use rational theories to identify deviant cases, and then explore the formation of ten of these governments in detail. Finally, on the basis of this research the authors assess...
Understanding the formation of governments has always been central to political science. Traditionally this topic has been considered from a rational ...
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749,63 zł |
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State-Building: Theory and Practice
ISBN: 9780415394352 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study brings together internationally renowned academics to provide a detailed insight into the theory and practice of state-building.
This study brings together internationally renowned academics to provide a detailed insight into the theory and practice of state-building.
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774,61 zł |
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Political Development
ISBN: 9780415401876 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book fills a growing gap in the literature on international development by addressing the debates about good governance and institution-building within the context of political development. Political Development returns the key issues of human rights and democratization to the centre of the development debate and offers the reader an alternative to the conventional approach to, and definition of, the idea of development. Discussing political development in its broadest context, it includes chapters on democracy,... This book fills a growing gap in the literature on international development by addressing the debates about good governance and institution-bui... |
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899,55 zł |
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Political Development
ISBN: 9780415401883 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book fills a growing gap in the literature on international development by addressing the debates about good governance and institution-building within the context of political development. Political Development returns the key issues of human rights and democratization to the centre of the development debate and offers the reader an alternative to the conventional approach to, and definition of, the idea of 'development'. Discussing political development in its broadest context, it includes chapters on democracy, institution-building, the state, state failure, nation,... This book fills a growing gap in the literature on international development by addressing the debates about good governance and institution-buildi... |
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254,82 zł |
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The Rites of Assent: Transformations in the Symbolic Construction of America
ISBN: 9780415900157 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Rites of Assent examines the cultural strategies through which "America" served as a vehicle simultaneously for diversity and cohesion, fusion and fragmentation. Taking an ethnographic, cross-cultural approach, The Rites of Assent traces the meanings and purposes of "America" back to the colonial typology of mission, and specifically (in chapters on Puritan rhetoric, Cotton Mather, Jonathan Edwards, and the movement from Revival to Revolution) to the legacy of early New England.
The Rites of Assent examines the cultural strategies through which "America" served as a vehicle simultaneously for diversity and cohesion, f...
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244,83 zł |
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High Hopes: The Clinton Presidency and the Politics of Ambition
ISBN: 9780415921473 / Angielski / Miękka / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This psychological portrait of Clinton and his presidency investigates whether Clinton has demonstrated the necessary qualities of judgement, vision, character and skill to face domestic and international challenges. Stanley A. Renshon reveals a Bill Clinton whose capacity for political success is often undermined by the very traits for which many praise him. The text follows the development of Clinton's character from his early family experiences to his highly successful adolescence and long political career. Renshon illustrates how each step along the way - his childhood, the issues...
This psychological portrait of Clinton and his presidency investigates whether Clinton has demonstrated the necessary qualities of judgement, vision, ...
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204,84 zł |
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Real Life at the White House: 200 Years of Daily Life at America's Most Famous Residence
ISBN: 9780415923200 / Angielski / Twarda / 531 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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724,64 zł |
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Politics Online: Blogs, Chatrooms, and Discussion Groups in American Democracy
ISBN: 9780415951937 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite the growth of various forms of online discussion, their impact on American political life is only beginning to be examined systematically. In Politics Online Richard Davis provides a thorough analysis detailing the political attitudes, behavior, and demographic nature of the electronic discussion community contrasting that community with the general public.
Despite the growth of various forms of online discussion, their impact on American political life is only beginning to be examined systematically. In ...
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239,83 zł |
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The Suppression of Dissent: How the State and Mass Media Squelch Usamerican Social Movements
ISBN: 9780415978101 / Angielski / Twarda / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite longstanding traditions of tolerance, inclusion, and democracy in the United States, dissident citizens and social movements have experienced significant and sustained - although often subtle and difficult to observe - suppression. Using mechanism-based social-movement theory, this book explores a wide range of twentieth-century episodes of contention, involving such groups as mid-century communists, the Black Panther Party, the American Indian Movement, and the modern-day globalization movement. Drawing from mass media accounts, FBI documents, secondary histories, and other data...
Despite longstanding traditions of tolerance, inclusion, and democracy in the United States, dissident citizens and social movements have experienced ...
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749,63 zł |
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Reinventing Government: The Five Strategies for Reinventing Government
ISBN: 9780452269422 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A landmark in the debate on the future of public policy." The Washington Post."
"A landmark in the debate on the future of public policy." The Washington Post."
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97,78 zł |
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Art Lessons
ISBN: 9780465004386 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offering a fresh look at what's wrong with how Americans fund the arts--and why--this book, based on wide-ranging interviews and massive research, goes beyond identifying the failures of the present system to offer a plan for fixing it.
Offering a fresh look at what's wrong with how Americans fund the arts--and why--this book, based on wide-ranging interviews and massive research, goe...
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131,72 zł |
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Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do And Why They Do It
ISBN: 9780465007851 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bureaucracy is the classic study of the way American government agencies work and how they can be made to work better. Examining a wide range of bureaucracies, including the Army, the FBI, the FCC, and the Social Security Administration, James Q. Wilson provides the first comprehensive, in-depth analysis of what government agencies do, why they function as they do, and how they might become more responsible and effective. With a new introduction by the author.
Bureaucracy is the classic study of the way American government agencies work and how they can be made to work better. Examining a wide range of burea...
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145,01 zł |
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The Confirmation Mess: Cleaning Up the Federal Appointments Process
ISBN: 9780465013654 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author of the provocative books The Culture of Disbelief and Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby sheds new light on the process that has manufactured such public fiascoes as the Clarence Thomas hearings and the Lani Guinier travesty. "A lesson in the perils of the reforming spirit."-- Commentary.
The author of the provocative books The Culture of Disbelief and Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby sheds new light on the process that has man...
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81,44 zł |
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