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The Great Red Scare in World War One Alaska: Elite Panic, Government Hysteria, Suppression of Civil Liberties, Union-Breaking, and Germanophobia, 1915
ISBN: 9781933146966 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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186,11 |
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The Way They Were: The View from the Hill of the 25 Years That Remade Australia
ISBN: 9781742232713 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For many years reading Alan Ramsey's vitriolic, confronting but always engaging and insightful pieces in the Sydney Morning Herald was a standard feature of Saturday mornings for many Australians. He may have disappeared from our Saturday papers but he certainly hasn't been forgotten- by those who applauded his opinions, those he enraged, and by the politicians he wrote about. From mid-1987 to the end of 2008, no one had greater access to our national parliament and politicians than Alan Ramsey. From the granite quarry of national politics in Canberra, Ramsey wrote 2273 columns for the Sydney...
For many years reading Alan Ramsey's vitriolic, confronting but always engaging and insightful pieces in the Sydney Morning Herald was a standard feat...
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78,32 |
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The Australian Voter: 50 Years of Change
ISBN: 9781921410116 / Angielski / Miękka / 301 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1960s, voting was class and party-based; today, environmentalism, evaluations of economic performance and the personalities of the leaders dominate political debate. Ian McAllister assesses the implications of these changes for politics, and points to future directions in Australian voting behaviour. The book also includes analysis of the 2010 Federal election.
In the 1960s, voting was class and party-based; today, environmentalism, evaluations of economic performance and the personalities of the leaders domi...
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117,50 |
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Where Have All The Fascists Gone?
ISBN: 9780754671541 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Intellectual European New Right (ENR), also known as the nouvelle droite, is a cultural school of thought with origins in the revolutionary Right and neo-fascist milieux. Born in France in 1968, it situated itself in a Gramscian mould exclusively on the cultural terrain of political contestation in order to challenge the apparent ideological hegemony of dominant liberal and leftist elites. It also sought to escape the ghetto status of a revolutionary Right milieu wedded to violent extra-parliamentary politics and battered by the legacies of Fascism and Nazism. This study traces the...
The Intellectual European New Right (ENR), also known as the nouvelle droite, is a cultural school of thought with origins in the revolutionary Right ...
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832,62 |
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Undoing Democracy: The Politics of Electoral Caudillismo
ISBN: 9780739129357 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. David Close and Kalowatie Deonandan focus their analysis on the pact struck between the Nicaragua's two main parties, the Liberals and the Sandinistas, which allowed the passage of the constitutional amendments that weakened Nicaragua's basic political institutions. Undoing Democracy will sharpen our understanding of democratic transition and consolidation, and will serve as an important contribution to the literature on Nicaragua, Latin American politics, and democratization.
David Close and Kalowatie Deonandan focus their analysis on the pact struck between the Nicaragua's two main parties, the Liberals and the Sandinistas...
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220,40 |
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A Quietist Jihadi
ISBN: 9781107022072 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since 9/ll, the Jordanian Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi (b. West Bank, 1959) has emerged as one of the most important radical Muslim thinkers alive today. While al-Maqdisi may not be a household name in the West, his influence amongst like-minded Muslims stretches across the world from Jordan where he lives today to Southeast Asia. His writings and teachings on Salafi Islam have inspired terrorists from Europe to the Middle East, including Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, the former leader of al-Qa'ida in Iraq, and Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama Bin Laden's successor as the head of al-Qa'ida Central. This...
Since 9/ll, the Jordanian Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi (b. West Bank, 1959) has emerged as one of the most important radical Muslim thinkers alive today. W...
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382,14 |
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Bumper Sticker Liberalism: Peeling Back the Idiocies of the Political Left
ISBN: 9780062135117 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this hilarious, sharp, smart, and savagely on-target analysis of the standard Liberal bromides, political commentator Mark Goldblatt argues that the righteous stands of the modern American Left are nothing more than bumper sticker sayings: catchy phrases with nothing of substance underneath. In Bumper Sticker Liberalism, Goldblatt peels back the idiocies of the political Left--be they global warming deceptions, government controlled health care demands, or irrational pleas for peace--to reveal the emptiness of these ideas. Wonderfully biting, aggressively entertaining, Goldblatt's...
In this hilarious, sharp, smart, and savagely on-target analysis of the standard Liberal bromides, political commentator Mark Goldblatt argues that th...
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65,47 |
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Religion and Global Politics
ISBN: 9780195438123 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The only text of its kind, Religion and Global Politics highlights the potency and enduring nature of religion in global politics and asks students to consider religion as a serious motivator of political desire. Offering a balanced and objective perspective, Part I examines a variety of faith perspectives including Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Hinduism, Judaism, and Islam. It presents carefully selected case studies that introduce students to the empirical and theoretical questions underpinning religion and politics in the United States, Europe, India, East Asia, and Latin...
The only text of its kind, Religion and Global Politics highlights the potency and enduring nature of religion in global politics and asks st...
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740,01 |
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Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 2005
ISBN: 9781442643857 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs is an acclaimed series that offers informed commentary on important national events and thoughtfully considers their significance in local and international contexts. This latest instalment reviews the year 2005, a year in which the first minority parliament since Joe Clark's short-lived government struggled to maintain stability. It was also in 2005 that the Gomery Commission delivered its initial report on the sponsorship scandal, outlining irregularities surrounding the advertising program of the Liberal... The Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs is an acclaimed series that offers informed commentary on important national eve... |
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The Study of Ethnicity and Politics: Recent Analytical Developments
ISBN: 9783866494527 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book analyses the study of the growing field of ethnicity and politics from a number of different angles. These include the nature of the subject itself, different theoretical approaches, ways of addressing political issues the relationship gives rise to, the impact of major global challenges, and a survey of output in the field.
The book analyses the study of the growing field of ethnicity and politics from a number of different angles. These include the nature of the subject ...
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138,94 |
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Report of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation 2010 Fifty-Seventh Session, Includes Scientific Report: Summary o
ISBN: 9789216420109 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) assesses the levels and effects of exposure to ionizing radiation. It consolidates and summarizes, in simple terms, the Committees detailed understanding on the epidemiological and mechanistic studies for assessing radiation-induced cancer, heritable effects of radiation exposure, and radiation-associated non-cancer diseases as presented in previous reports to the General Assembly.
The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) assesses the levels and effects of exposure to ionizing radiation...
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Resolutions and Decisions Adopted by the General Assembly During Its Sixty-Fifth Session: Resolutions, 14 September - 24 December 2010
ISBN: 9789218202208 / Angielski / Miękka / 668 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This publication presents the resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations during its sessions. The report indicates the allocation of agenda items; contains a list of principal and subsidiary organs with reference to their composition; and includes a list of conventions, declarations, and other instruments.
This publication presents the resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations during its sessions. The report indicate...
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166,52 |
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Europe and China - Strategic Partners or Rivals?
ISBN: 9789888083879 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Casting new light on Sino-European relations, this volume challenges the official rhetoric of "constructive engagement" and "strategic partnership" between Europe and China, by revealing the internal and external limitations and constraints of their interaction. The contributions illustrate that Europe and China are not static, monolithic, and unitary entities. Sino-European relations are becoming a complex web of economic, diplomatic, social, and cultural interlinkages and are driven by numerous actors with often diverging interests. While trade has been a dominant factor in this...
Casting new light on Sino-European relations, this volume challenges the official rhetoric of "constructive engagement" and "strategic partnership" be...
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206,22 |
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Hong Kong Sar: In Pursuit of Domestic and International Order
ISBN: 9789622017856 / Angielski / Miękka / 299 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite the fact that there are already many books on the challenges facing the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), Hong Kong SAR makes a distinct contribution by offering an analysis of the evolving political order in Hong Kong and its international role. The contributors, who have all been studying the territory for many years, focus on the plans of the Chinese authorities and the expectations of the people of Hong Kong. They analyze the gap between the priorities of decisionmakers and the populace, and assess the inherent possibilities for the development of crises, as well as...
Despite the fact that there are already many books on the challenges facing the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), Hong Kong SAR makes a d...
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88,11 |
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Collective Democracy: Political and Legal Reform in China
ISBN: 9789622018273 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author finds "collective democracy" as practiced in the People's Republic of China a departure from the Western norm. It does not purport to enhance individual human rights; rather, it aims at preserving and promoting a sense of community so that no one will be neglected in the process of political development and social reform and that there will be no self-centered boundaries separating members within the society. The book allows readers to appreciate and to develop a deeper understanding of legal and political reforms being undertaken inside China.
The author finds "collective democracy" as practiced in the People's Republic of China a departure from the Western norm. It does not purport to enhan...
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Kurdish Nationalism and Political Islam in Turkey: Kemalist Identity in Transition
ISBN: 9780415512848 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Omer Taspinar studies the national & secular identity of Turkey in light of the challenges posed by Kurdish nationalism & political Islam.
Omer Taspinar studies the national & secular identity of Turkey in light of the challenges posed by Kurdish nationalism & political Islam.
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235,04 |
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Germany's New Politics: Parties and Issues in the 1990s Volume 1
ISBN: 9781571810335 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Four years after unification, Germany completed what has been called the "super election year": no less than nineteen elections, culminating in the Bundestag vote on October 16, 1994. Four years after unification, the elections of 1994 reveal the state of German Unity and the interplay of new forces in post-Cold War Europe. This book analyzes the elections for specialists as well as for students, placing them in the wider context of political and economic developments in Germany in the 1990s. An appendix with full data on previous Bundestag elections and relevant charts on party... Four years after unification, Germany completed what has been called the "super election year": no less than nineteen elections, culminating in th... |
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Nightwatch: The Politics of Protest in the Andes
ISBN: 9780822323013 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Organized in the mid-1970s as a means of communal protection against livestock rustling and general thievery in Peru s rugged northern mountains, the rondas campesinas (peasants who make the rounds) grew into an entire system of peasant justice and one of the most significant Andean social movements of the late twentieth century. Nightwatch is the first full-length ethnography and the only study in English to examine this grassroots agrarian social movement, which became a rallying point for rural pride.
Drawing on fieldwork conducted over the course of a decade, Orin Starn... Organized in the mid-1970s as a means of communal protection against livestock rustling and general thievery in Peru s rugged northern mountains, the ...
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World-Regional Social Policy and Global Governance: New Research and Policy Agendas in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America
ISBN: 9780415504072 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume explores the case for and the prospects of the development of world-regional social policies as integral elements of a pluralistic, equitable and effective system of global governance. Focusing on transnational regionalism, this book examines the trajectory and crossing over of the three strands of scholarly analysis within the past decade which have given rise to this volume: the perceived negative impact of neo-liberal globalisation upon national social policy; the need for but the difficulty of securing reforms in the institutions of global social governance; and the...
This volume explores the case for and the prospects of the development of world-regional social policies as integral elements of a pluralistic, equita...
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The Political Economy of German Unification
ISBN: 9781571818805 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although German unification has had a profound impact on European integration and economic development, very few studies of the East German economy exist. The editors of this volume have therefore brought together specialists in economics and politics who analyze such important issues as privatization, monetary reform and unemployment. The aim is to provide scholars and generally interested readers with a critical understanding of the complex processes of German unification and to identify the general lessons that can be learnt from their analysis for economies and societies that undergo... Although German unification has had a profound impact on European integration and economic development, very few studies of the East German econom... |
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509,37 |