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Worlds of Power : Religious Thought and Political Practice in Africa
ISBN: 9780195220162 / Angielski / Miękka / 263 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. With Christian revivals (including Evangelicals in the White House), Islamic radicalism and the revitalisation of traditional religions it is clear that the world is not heading towards a community of secular states. Nowhere are religious thought and political practice more closely intertwined than in Africa. African migrants in Europe and America who send home money to build churches and mosques, African politicians who consult diviners, guerrilla fighters who believe that amulets can protect them from bullets, and ordinary people who seek ritual healing: all of these are applying religious...
With Christian revivals (including Evangelicals in the White House), Islamic radicalism and the revitalisation of traditional religions it is clear th...
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171,40 zł |
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Rogue Regime : Kim Jong Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea
ISBN: 9780195308914 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. What happens when a dictator wins absolute power and isolates a nation from the outside world? In a nightmare of political theory stretched to madness and come to life, North Korea's Kim Jong Il made himself into a living god, surrounded by lies and flattery and beyond criticism. As over two million of his subjects starved to death, Kim Jong Il roamed between palaces staffed by beautiful girls and stocked with expensive international delicacies. Outside, the steel mills shut down, the trains stopped running, the power went out, and the hospitals ran out of medicine. When the population...
What happens when a dictator wins absolute power and isolates a nation from the outside world? In a nightmare of political theory stretched to madness...
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110,97 zł |
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The Nature of the Crown : A Legal and Political Analysis
ISBN: 9780198262732 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This book explores the nature of the Crown in its legal and political context. Here, the term The Crown is being used, not as a direct reference to the Queen, but as a reference to the central power of the State which exercises legal and political authority. Since the Crown has not been the object of extensive literature with pride of place on constitutional law courses, this book aims to redress this state of affairs by drawing together essays that explore what the Crown is, or might be, and the critical issues relating to it.
This book explores the nature of the Crown in its legal and political context. Here, the term The Crown is being used, not as a direct reference to th...
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1101,03 zł |
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Centre and Provinces: China 1978-93 : Power as Non-Zero-Sum
ISBN: 9780198293613 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This book constructs an interactive model of power to explain the relations of the central and provincial governments in reform China. Unlike most previous analyses, Centre and Provinces: China 1978-93 argues that provincial non-compliance is partly the product of central policy as well as provincial choice.
This book constructs an interactive model of power to explain the relations of the central and provincial governments in reform China. Unlike most pre...
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1128,37 zł |
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The British Regulatory State : High Modernism and Hyper-Innovation
ISBN: 9780199219216 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. For the first two thirds of the twentieth century, British government was among the most stable in the world. In the last three decades it has been a leader in innovation and its governing system has been in constant turmoil. This book, by one of Britain's leading political scientists, explains this transformation and traces its consequences. It will be essential reading for all those interested in British political development and, in particular, the central role of regulation in the modern state.
For the first two thirds of the twentieth century, British government was among the most stable in the world. In the last three decades it has been a ...
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308,11 zł |
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Restructuring Europe : Centre Formation, System Building, and Political Structuring between the Nation State and the European Union
ISBN: 9780199231874 / Angielski / Miękka / 415 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This book focuses on the historical configuration of the territorial borders and functional boundaries of the European nation state. It presents integration as a process of boundary transcendence, redefinition, shift, and change that fundamentally alters the nature of the European states. Its core concern lies in the relationship between the specific institutional design of the new Brussels centre, the boundary redefinitions that result from its political production, and, finally, the consequences of these two elements on established and developing national European political structures....
This book focuses on the historical configuration of the territorial borders and functional boundaries of the European nation state. It presents integ...
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297,16 zł |
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Building Europe's Parliament : Democratic Representation Beyond the Nation State
ISBN: 9780199231997 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Why have the national governments of EU member states successively endowed the European Parliament with supervisory, budgetary, and legislative powers over the past fifty years? Building Europe's Parliament sheds new light on this pivotal issue, and provides a major contribution to the study of the European Parliament.
Rittberger develops a theory of delegation to representative institutions in international politics which combines elements of democratic theory and different strands of institutionalist theory. To test the plausibility of his theory, Rittberger draws on extensive archival... Why have the national governments of EU member states successively endowed the European Parliament with supervisory, budgetary, and legislative powers...
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291,71 zł |
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The British Regulatory State : High Modernism and Hyper-Innovation
ISBN: 9780199247578 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. For the first two thirds of the twentieth century, British government was among the most stable in the world. In the last three decades it has been a leader in innovation and its governing system has been in constant turmoil. This book, by one of Britain's leading political scientists, explains this transformation and traces its consequences. It will be essential reading for all those interested in British political development and, in particular, the central role of regulation in the modern state.
For the first two thirds of the twentieth century, British government was among the most stable in the world. In the last three decades it has been a ...
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854,95 zł |
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New State Spaces : Urban Governance and the Rescaling of Statehood
ISBN: 9780199270064 / Angielski / Miękka / 351 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. In this synthetic, interdisciplinary work, Neil Brenner develops a new interpretation of the transformation of statehood under contemporary globalizing capitalism. Whereas most analysts of the emergent, post-Westphalian world order have focused on supranational and national institutional realignments, New State Spaces shows that strategic subnational spaces, such as cities and city-regions, represent essential arenas in which states are being transformed. Brenner traces the transformation of urban governance in western Europe during the last four decades and, on this basis, argues that...
In this synthetic, interdisciplinary work, Neil Brenner develops a new interpretation of the transformation of statehood under contemporary globalizin...
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196,55 zł |
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The Left Party in Contemporary German Politics
ISBN: 9780230019072 / Angielski / Twarda / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This is the first book in either English or German to analyse the development of Germany's newest political party, the Left Party. It compares and contrasts the party's development with that of Germany's most well-known outsider party - the Greens. It also analyses the party's performance in office in two eastern German Lander.
This is the first book in either English or German to analyse the development of Germany's newest political party, the Left Party. It compares and con...
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437,27 zł |
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Good Governance and Development
ISBN: 9780230525658 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. An exploration of the implications of the 'good governance' agendas for developing and newly democratized countries. The book assesses the 'good governance' agenda and examines the view of the international development agencies. Finally it considers the contribution political science can make to an understanding of each dimension of governance.
An exploration of the implications of the 'good governance' agendas for developing and newly democratized countries. The book assesses the 'good gover...
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661,82 zł |
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The Regional Roots of Developmental Politics in India : A Divided Leviathan
ISBN: 9780253216816 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. India is widely regarded as the most celebrated case of a "failed" developmental state, seemingly the exception that belies the prediction of a triumphant Asian century. Its central political and economic institutions have been variously characterized as both "soft" and "strong" at once weak, predatory, and interventionist. Aseema Sinha presents an innovative model that questions conventional views of economic development by showing that the Indian state is a divided leviathan: its developmental failure is the combined product of central-local interactions and political choices by regional... India is widely regarded as the most celebrated case of a "failed" developmental state, seemingly the exception that belies the prediction of a tri... |
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122,73 zł |
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Taking on Goliath : The Emergence of a New Left Party and the Struggle for Democracy in Mexico
ISBN: 9780271025117 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Taking on Goliath analyzes the formation and decline of the most successful opposition party challenge to Mexico's long-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which, until 1988, had ruled unchallenged for more than sixty years. The emergence of this new left opposition in 1988 shattered the myth of PRI invincibility. However, its failure to capitalize on its initial success raises intriguing questions about the relationship between party creation and consolidation and about the sources of party system change and democratization. This book is the only major study in... Taking on Goliath analyzes the formation and decline of the most successful opposition party challenge to Mexico's long-ruling Institution... |
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236,75 zł |
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Russian Imperialism : Development and Crisis
ISBN: 9780275953379 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The fall of the Soviet Union was one of the most dramatic events of this century. It was also one of the most surprising. Perhaps because many Sovietologists neglected its status as an empire, most Americans were taken completely by surprise when the USSR began its precipitous collapse under Mikhail Gorbachev. This book subjects the Soviet Union as an empire to systematic scrutiny, using tools and methods at the disposal of modern political science. Foreign policy specialists, defense experts, and Russian area analysts will find this book essential. The book is also recommended for... The fall of the Soviet Union was one of the most dramatic events of this century. It was also one of the most surprising. Perhaps because many Sovi... |
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477,63 zł |
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Russian Imperialism : Development and Crisis
ISBN: 9780275964818 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The fall of the Soviet Union was one of the most dramatic events of this century. It was also one of the most surprising. Evidence of the USSR's impending fall was abundantly available both in theory in the writings on empires and on the ground. Yet, prior to its downfall, the very profession that specialized in the study of the Soviet Union held no consensus that the USSR "was" an empire to begin with. Perhaps because many Sovietologists neglected its status as an empire, most Americans were taken completely by surprise when the USSR began its precipitous collapse under Mikhail Gorbachev.... The fall of the Soviet Union was one of the most dramatic events of this century. It was also one of the most surprising. Evidence of the USSR's im... |
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182,07 zł |
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Corruption in Cuba : Castro and Beyond
ISBN: 9780292714823 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. While Fidel Castro maintains his longtime grip on Cuba, revolutionary scholars and policy analysts have turned their attention from how Castro succeeded (and failed), to how Castro himself will be succeeded--by a new government. Among the many questions to be answered is how the new government will deal with the corruption that has become endemic in Cuba. Even though combating corruption cannot be the central aim of post-Castro policy, Sergio Diaz-Briquets and Jorge Perez-Lopez suggest that, without a strong plan to thwart it, corruption will undermine the new economy, erode support for... While Fidel Castro maintains his longtime grip on Cuba, revolutionary scholars and policy analysts have turned their attention from how Castro succ... |
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171,40 zł |
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Governing China's Multiethnic Frontiers
ISBN: 9780295983905 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. Upon coming to power in 1949, the Chinese Communist government proclaimed that its stance toward ethnic minorities--who comprise approximatelyeight percent of China's population--differed from that of previous regimes and that it would help preserve the linguistic and cultural heritage of the fifty-five official "minority nationalities." However, minority culture suffered widespread destruction in the early decades of the People's Republic of China, and minority areas still lag far behind Han (majority) areas economically. Since the mid-1990s, both domestic and foreign developments... Upon coming to power in 1949, the Chinese Communist government proclaimed that its stance toward ethnic minorities--who comprise approximatelyeight... |
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421,60 zł |
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The Soul of Latin America : The Cultural and Political Tradition
ISBN: 9780300098365 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. To understand Latin America's political culture, and to understand why it differs so greatly from that of the United States, one must look beyond the political history of the region, Howard J. Wiarda explains in this comprehensive book. A highly respected expert on Latin American politics, Wiarda explores a sweeping array of Iberian and Latin American social, economic, institutional, cultural, and religious factors from ancient times to the twentieth century. He illuminates the distinctive political attitudes and traditions of Latin America as well as the unique--and not widely...
To understand Latin America's political culture, and to understand why it differs so greatly from that of the United States, one must look beyond the ...
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237,03 zł |
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The Consolidation of Dictatorship in Russia : An Inside View of the Demise of Democracy
ISBN: 9780313345944 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The still-prevailing notion among Western powers, including the United States, is that Russia is a democracy, or at least that it remains in the process of democratization. Nothing could be further from the truth, as Ostrow, Satarov, and Khakamada demonstrate in "The Consolidation of Dictatorship in Russia." Journalists critical of Vladimir Putin's dictatorship, such as Anna Politkovskaya, are murdered. Nearly 100 investigative journalists, an average of two per month, have been murdered since Putin took power, and not one person has been charged or convicted of those crimes. In this book... The still-prevailing notion among Western powers, including the United States, is that Russia is a democracy, or at least that it remains in the pr... |
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357,33 zł |
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Rethinking the Rise and Fall of Apartheid : South Africa and World Politics
ISBN: 9780333981221 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A major new text by a leading authority reassesses the nature, endurance and significance of apartheid in South Africa as well as the reasons for its dramatic collapse. Paying particular attention to the international dimension as well as the domestic, the author assesses the impact of anti-apartheid protest, of changing attitudes of Western governments to the apartheid regime and the evolution of South African government policies to the outside world.
A major new text by a leading authority reassesses the nature, endurance and significance of apartheid in South Africa as well as the reasons for its ...
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614,04 zł |