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Conscience and Parliament
ISBN: 9780714648361 / Angielski / Twarda / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How does the British policy process deal with conscience issues? What influences MPs? Does Parliament still decide?
How does the British policy process deal with conscience issues? What influences MPs? Does Parliament still decide?
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756,05 zł |
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The New Roles of Parliamentary Committees
ISBN: 9780714648910 / Angielski / Twarda / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Parliaments widely had been expected to decline in significance in the later part of the 20th century, but instead they have developed new and vital political roles and have innovated in their institutional structure - most recurrently in newly organised or invigorated parliamentary committees, not only in a few parliaments, but as a global phenomenon.
Parliaments widely had been expected to decline in significance in the later part of the 20th century, but instead they have developed new and vital p...
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756,05 zł |
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Debating Nationhood and Governance in Britain, 1885-1939: Perspectives from the 'Four Nations'
ISBN: 9780719071669 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the first in-depth study of the debates over devolution in the four nations of the UK in the period up to 1939. It explores divergent trends and attitudes towards the principle of devolution at both local and national (UK) levels, explains the limitations of devolution as a political ideal and the inherent contradictions in the debates over devolution which were unresolvable in the period under study.
The book also demonstrates the enduring potency of an all-British context and of the influence and power of those who wished to defend the status quo. It investigates the role... This book is the first in-depth study of the debates over devolution in the four nations of the UK in the period up to 1939. It explores divergent tre...
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462,11 zł |
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Beyond State Failure and Collapse: Making the State Relevant in Africa
ISBN: 9780739108925 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Various arguments have been proffered to explain the dynamics of African state failure and collapse. However, the literature on state reconstitution is inchoate and minimal. This edited volume focuses on prescriptions for reconstituting the post-colonial state in Africa. Essays on nine African states (Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, and Uganda) are preceded by an introduction to the political economy of the African state.
Various arguments have been proffered to explain the dynamics of African state failure and collapse. However, the literature on state reconstitution i...
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536,56 zł |
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Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development
ISBN: 9780739120941 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development is a topical examination of some of the most recent developments in Chinese politics. Featuring a roster of international scholars, the book comprosises an assortment of essays focusing on a particular dimension or specific issue of political culture, political economy, foreign policy, environmental and social challenges. The editors, Sujian Guo and Baogang Guo, have divided the essays into five pairs: Political Legitimacy, Political Economy, External Challenges, Environmental Challenges, and Social Challenges. Each of these dimensions serves as...
Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development is a topical examination of some of the most recent developments in Chinese politics. Featuring a rost...
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478,02 zł |
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Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development
ISBN: 9780739120958 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development is a topical examination of some of the most recent developments in Chinese politics. Featuring a roster of international scholars, the book comprosises an assortment of essays focusing on a particular dimension or specific issue of political culture, political economy, foreign policy, environmental and social challenges. The editors, Sujian Guo and Baogang Guo, have divided the essays into five pairs: Political Legitimacy, Political Economy, External Challenges, Environmental Challenges, and Social Challenges. Each of these dimensions serves as...
Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development is a topical examination of some of the most recent developments in Chinese politics. Featuring a rost...
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214,62 zł |
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Governing the Locals: Local Self-Government and Ethnic Mobilization in Russia
ISBN: 9780742530218 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Governing the Locals demonstrates that with the exception of a brief period in 1990-92 when the local soviets fostered mass mobilization, local governments in post-Soviet Russia have actively constrained grass-roots activism. Rather than serving as instruments of the 'schooling in civil society, ' or of 'making democracy work'_as the conventional wisdom holds_local governments have been used by the regional authoritarian or ethnocratic regimes as instruments of top down social control. The author suggests that this tendency has been on the rise under President Putin, whose reforms have served...
Governing the Locals demonstrates that with the exception of a brief period in 1990-92 when the local soviets fostered mass mobilization, local govern...
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536,56 zł |
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Governing the Locals: Local Self-Government and Ethnic Mobilization in Russia
ISBN: 9780742530225 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Governing the Locals demonstrates that with the exception of a brief period in 1990-92 when the local soviets fostered mass mobilization, local governments in post-Soviet Russia have actively constrained grass-roots activism. Rather than serving as instruments of the "schooling in civil society," or of "making democracy work"--as the conventional wisdom holds--local governments have been used by the regional authoritarian or ethnocratic regimes as instruments of top down social control. The author suggests that this tendency has been on the rise under President Putin, whose reforms have...
Governing the Locals demonstrates that with the exception of a brief period in 1990-92 when the local soviets fostered mass mobilization, local govern...
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185,36 zł |
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A Glossary of UK Government and Politics
ISBN: 9780748625543 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Glossary of UK Government and Politics is a handy reference guide to the events, personnel, policies and institutions relevant to the government and politics of the United Kingdom. It includes a series of authoritative definitions and explanations and sharp vignettes of some of the leading characters who have graced the political scene in recent years. It is ideal for students who come across references which are new to them and on which they want or need to know more. The entries are accessible and manageable, yet sufficiently informative, offering basic details and something more by way...
A Glossary of UK Government and Politics is a handy reference guide to the events, personnel, policies and institutions relevant to the government and...
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564,80 zł |
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A Glossary of UK Government and Politics
ISBN: 9780748625550 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Glossary of UK Government and Politics is a handy reference guide to the events, personnel, policies and institutions relevant to the government and politics of the United Kingdom. It includes a series of authoritative definitions and explanations and sharp vignettes of some of the leading characters who have graced the political scene in recent years. It is ideal for students who come across references which are new to them and on which they want or need to know more. The entries are accessible and manageable, yet sufficiently informative, offering basic details and something more by way...
A Glossary of UK Government and Politics is a handy reference guide to the events, personnel, policies and institutions relevant to the government and...
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92,37 zł |
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New Perspectives on State Socialism of China
ISBN: 9780765600424 / Angielski / Miękka / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Placing Chinese Community Party history in the realm of social history and comparative politics, this text studies the roots of the policy failures of the late Maoist period and the tenacity of the CCP.
Placing Chinese Community Party history in the realm of social history and comparative politics, this text studies the roots of the policy failures of...
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224,33 zł |
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Driven by Growth: Political Change in the Asia-Pacific Region
ISBN: 9780765603524 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A thoroughly revised and updated edition of the highly regarded 1993 book "Driven by Growth," this work presents the political-economic evolution of the Asia-Pacific countries, with overviews of the impact of economic development on political change. This new edition now includes chapters on Burma and Vietnam. New authors have been added and all the original chapters have been revised.
A thoroughly revised and updated edition of the highly regarded 1993 book "Driven by Growth," this work presents the political-economic evolution of t...
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224,33 zł |
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Civil-Military Relations in Today's China: Swimming in a New Sea: Swimming in a New Sea
ISBN: 9780765616593 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work provides an in-depth and up-to-date examination of civil-military relations in China. It reflects the significant changes taking place in Chinese society and their impact on the civil-military dynamic, with particular attention to how the military will fit in with the new class of entrepreneurs. Rather than focusing exclusively on elite Party-Army relations, the book examines civil-military relations from various vantage points: at "the center" and in the provinces; between civilian leaders and military leaders; from a strictly military perspective and from a civilian perspective;...
This work provides an in-depth and up-to-date examination of civil-military relations in China. It reflects the significant changes taking place in Ch...
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878,00 zł |
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Understanding Ukrainian Politics: Power, Politics, and Institutional Design: Power, Politics, and Institutional Design
ISBN: 9780765618115 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ukraine made headlines around the world during the winter of 2004-05 as the colorful banners of the Orange Revolution unfurled against the snowy backdrop of Kyiv, signaling the bright promise of democratic rebirth. But is that what is really happening in Ukraine? In the early post-Soviet period, Ukraine appeared to be firmly on the path to democracy. The peaceful transfer of power from Leonid Kravchuk to Leonid Kuchma in the election of 1994, followed by the adoption of a western-style democratic constitution in 1996, seemed to complete the picture. But the Kuchma presidency was soon clouded...
Ukraine made headlines around the world during the winter of 2004-05 as the colorful banners of the Orange Revolution unfurled against the snowy backd...
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682,89 zł |
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Governing Israel: Chosen People, Promised Land and Prophetic Tradition
ISBN: 9780765802774 / Angielski / Twarda / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Israeli politics and policymaking reflect themes long imbedded in Jewish culture. The concepts of Chosen People and Promised Land, and their meaning in Christian as well as Jewish religious traditions, assure that Israel is perpetually in the international spotlight. They also impose a sense of distinctiveness on the Israeli population. Some Israelis trumpet their country's accomplishments with unrestrained superlatives. Social critics accuse Israel of having the worst of the world's conditions. In this they reflect another trait that seems to have been inherited from the ancients: the... Israeli politics and policymaking reflect themes long imbedded in Jewish culture. The concepts of Chosen People and Promised Land, and their meanin... |
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707,28 zł |
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How Ottawa Spends, 2004-2005 : Mandate Change and Continuity in the Paul Martin Era
ISBN: 9780773528147 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on the work of academics and other experts from across Canada, Carleton University's School of Public Policy and Administration's annual book takes a focused and robust look at an era where a political coronation seemed inevitable but high expectations had to be managed downwards almost immediately. A less-than-buoyant fiscal surplus, escalating concerns about liberal ethics and corruption, and a growing volatility in public opinion are examined as are Canadians' increasingly uncertain views about the new Liberal leadership versus the old Liberal Party's ten-year hold on power. A new...
Drawing on the work of academics and other experts from across Canada, Carleton University's School of Public Policy and Administration's annual book ...
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156,09 zł |
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Dialogues on Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries, Vol. 1: Volume 1
ISBN: 9780773529397 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An exploration of the origins, structure, and change of twelve federal constitutions.
An exploration of the origins, structure, and change of twelve federal constitutions.
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68,24 zł |
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Dialogues on Distribution of Powers and Responsibilities in Federal Countries: Volume 2
ISBN: 9780773529403 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An exploration of the distribution of powers and responsibilities in 11 federal systems.
An exploration of the distribution of powers and responsibilities in 11 federal systems.
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68,24 zł |
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How Ottawa Spends, 2005-2006 : Managing the Minority
ISBN: 9780773530140 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Assesses the Liberal Government's policy and political dilemmas in managing the minority Parliament bequeathed by Canada's voters
Assesses the Liberal Government's policy and political dilemmas in managing the minority Parliament bequeathed by Canada's voters
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156,09 zł |
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The Chretien Legacy : Politics and Public Policy in Canada
ISBN: 9780773531079 / Angielski / Miękka / 341 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The legacy of Jean Chretien, Canadian prime minster from 1993-2003, is difficult to assess in the context of the sponsorship scandal and the subsequent cloud of uncertainty surrounding the Liberal Party's electoral prospects. The contributors to this volume use their considerable experience and expertise as policy observers and critical thinkers to provide provocative essays that analyse Chretien's government and provide insights into Canadian politics and public policy. Contributors include Yasmeen Abu-Laban (Alberta), Caroline Andrew (Ottawa), Gerard W. Boychuk (Waterloo), Kathy Brock...
The legacy of Jean Chretien, Canadian prime minster from 1993-2003, is difficult to assess in the context of the sponsorship scandal and the subsequen...
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141,40 zł |