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An Algebra of Soviet Power: Elite Circulation in the Belorussian Republic 1966–86
ISBN: 9780521372565 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The control of office has long been regarded as the key to understanding power and policy in the Soviet system. What, however, accounts for this control of office? Numerous conventional studies have addressed this question by focusing on the individuals who make up the Soviet elite at one time or another. This book adopts a different perspective by treating the personnel system itself as a set of power relations that govern the mobility of the individuals within it. Using the Belorussian Republic as the site of the investigation, the author analyzes the movements of individuals as sequences...
The control of office has long been regarded as the key to understanding power and policy in the Soviet system. What, however, accounts for this contr...
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422,19 zł |
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From Union to Commonwealth: Nationalism and Separatism in the Soviet Republics
ISBN: 9780521427166 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of fifteen independent states on its former territory is one of the most momentous developments of the twentieth century. In From Union to Commonwealth, five leading international scholars--Leokadia Drobizheva and Galina Starovoiteva from Russia, and Gail Lapidus, Ronald Suny and Victor Zaslavsky from North America--team up to examine the forces that lay behind the rise of national movements which challenged, then destroyed, the stability and territorial integrity of the former Soviet state. Writing from their different disciplinary...
The collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of fifteen independent states on its former territory is one of the most momentous developments of ...
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154,17 zł |
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The Decline of Communism in China: Legitimacy Crisis, 1977–1989
ISBN: 9780521451383 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the relationship between the Communist political elite and the largely anti-Communist intellectual elite during the decade of reform (1977-1989). The author, who was a participant in these events, shows how intellectuals gained control of state institutions and organized resistance to the Deng Xiaoping regime. The book will be of interest to students of China and of comparative communism.
This book examines the relationship between the Communist political elite and the largely anti-Communist intellectual elite during the decade of refor...
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505,38 zł |
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After Gorbachev
ISBN: 9780521458962 / Angielski / Miękka / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dramatic and confusing changes in what used to be the Soviet Union have transformed the world in which we live. This fourth edition of Stephen White's best-selling introductory text has been revised throughout and examines the full cycle of this period of revolutionary change from its Brezhnevite origins to the first turbulent years of Yeltsin's troubled presidency. After Gorbachev will continue to provide an unrivaled guide to the processes of transition, upheaval and collapse that now characterize Russia and the post-Soviet republics.
Dramatic and confusing changes in what used to be the Soviet Union have transformed the world in which we live. This fourth edition of Stephen White's...
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149,55 zł |
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Land and Popular Politics in Ireland: County Mayo from the Plantation to the Land War
ISBN: 9780521466837 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book analyzes County Mayo in Ireland from the Elizabethan pacification of the county to the first stage of the Land War of the late nineteenth century. During those three centuries the county was transformed from being a remote, isolated, impoverished and hostile region of the country to being at the center of Irish politics and integrated into an agrarian capitalist economy.
The book is divided into two sections. The first contains an analysis of the county prior to the Great Famine, and provides the foundation for a core/periphery analysis of Mayo's economic development and its... This book analyzes County Mayo in Ireland from the Elizabethan pacification of the county to the first stage of the Land War of the late nineteenth ce...
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154,17 zł |
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Institutional Design in Post-Communist Societies
ISBN: 9780521473866 / Angielski / Twarda / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the problems and issues facing formerly communist states as they seek to develop a new democratic political order and a market economy. Studies of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia provide detailed empirical data concerning constitution making, the shaping of democratic institutions, marketization of the economy, and social policy. This new research is then linked to innovative theoretical material to offer a unique assessment of the difficulties of creating a new political order in the region.
This book examines the problems and issues facing formerly communist states as they seek to develop a new democratic political order and a market econ...
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491,52 zł |
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Institutional Design in Post-Communist Societies: Rebuilding the Ship at Sea
ISBN: 9780521479318 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The authors of this book have developed a different approach to the analysis of the transitions of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia to democracy and a market economy. They integrate interdisciplinary theoretical work with elaborate empirical data on some of the most challenging events of the 20th century. Three groups of phenomena and their causal interconnection are explored: the material legacies, constraints, habits and cognitive frameworks inherited from the past; the erratic configuration of new actors, and new spaces for action; and a new institutional order under...
The authors of this book have developed a different approach to the analysis of the transitions of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia...
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181,90 zł |
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Popular Opinion in Stalin's Russia: Terror, Propaganda and Dissent, 1934-1941
ISBN: 9780521566766 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Between 1934 and 1941 Stalin unleashed what came to be known as "The Great Terror" against millions of Soviet citizens. This book is a study of how ordinary Russians experienced life during this period. Sarah Davies' study uses NKVD and Party reports, letters and other evidence to show that, despite propaganda and repression, the people continued to criticize Stalin and the Soviet regime, and complain about particular policies. This book sheds light on a hugely important part of Russia's social, political and cultural history.
Between 1934 and 1941 Stalin unleashed what came to be known as "The Great Terror" against millions of Soviet citizens. This book is a study of how or...
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117,20 zł |
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The New Chinese Leadership: Challenges and Opportunities after the 16th Party Congress
ISBN: 9780521600583 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These essays reveal how China's Communist Party selected a new generation of leaders in late 2002 to maintain the position of a regional and world power. They explain how China's leaders are promoting a market economy and undertaking gradual political reforms and note the problems they are having in handling mounting political corruption, spreading unemployment, growing disparity of wealth and income, and a crisis of belief.
These essays reveal how China's Communist Party selected a new generation of leaders in late 2002 to maintain the position of a regional and world pow...
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169,21 zł |
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Thinking about Yugoslavia: Scholarly Debates about the Yugoslav Breakup and the Wars in Bosnia and Kosovo
ISBN: 9780521616904 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Yugoslav breakup and conflict gave rise to a considerable body of literature with dramatically different interpretations of the causes of the dissolution. But, how do these various interpretations relate to each other? Sabrina Ramet, a veteran Yugoslav authority, reviews and analyzes more than 130 books dealing with the region that comprises the former Yugoslavia: Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Kosovo. Included among the reviews are books in English, German, Serbian/Croatian, and Italian, offering the English-speaking reader access to the...
The Yugoslav breakup and conflict gave rise to a considerable body of literature with dramatically different interpretations of the causes of the diss...
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154,17 zł |
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Factionalism in Chinese Communist Politics
ISBN: 9780521622844 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Factionalism is widely understood to be a distinguishing characteristic of Chinese politics. In this book, Jing Huang examines the role of factionalism in leadership relations and policy making. His detailed knowledge of intra-Party politics offers a new understanding of still-disputed struggles behind the high walls of leadership in Zhongnanhai. Critiqueing the predominant theories on leadership and decisionmaking, he explains that it is not power struggles that give rise to factionalism, but rather the existence of "factionalism that turns power into an overriding goal in CCP politics."
Factionalism is widely understood to be a distinguishing characteristic of Chinese politics. In this book, Jing Huang examines the role of factionalis...
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583,94 zł |
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Russia Transformed
ISBN: 9780521692410 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the fall of communism Russia has undergone a treble transformation of its political, social and economic system. The government is an autocracy in which the Kremlin manages elections and administers the law to suit its own ends. It does not provide the democracy that most citizens desire. Given a contradiction between what Russians want and what they get, do they support their government and, if so, why� Using the New Russia Barometer - a unique set of public opinion surveys from 1992 to 2005 - this book shows that it is the passage of time that has been most important in...
Since the fall of communism Russia has undergone a treble transformation of its political, social and economic system. The government is an autocracy ...
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205,79 zł |
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Accountability Without Democracy: Solidary Groups and Public Goods Provision in Rural China
ISBN: 9780521692809 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the fundamental issue of how citizens get government officials to provide them with the roads, schools, and other public services they need by studying communities in rural China. In authoritarian and transitional systems, formal institutions for holding government officials accountable are often weak. The answer, Lily L. Tsai found, lies in a community's social institutions. Even when formal democratic and bureaucratic institutions of accountability are weak, government officials can still be subject to informal rules and norms created by community solidary groups that...
This book examines the fundamental issue of how citizens get government officials to provide them with the roads, schools, and other public services t...
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149,55 zł |
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Accountability Without Democracy: Solidary Groups and Public Goods Provision in Rural China
ISBN: 9780521871976 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the fundamental issue of how citizens get government officials to provide them with the roads, schools, and other public services they need by studying communities in rural China. In authoritarian and transitional systems, formal institutions for holding government officials accountable are often weak. The answer, Lily L. Tsai found, lies in a community's social institutions. Even when formal democratic and bureaucratic institutions of accountability are weak, government officials can still be subject to informal rules and norms created by community solidary groups that...
This book examines the fundamental issue of how citizens get government officials to provide them with the roads, schools, and other public services t...
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412,95 zł |
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New Labour's Pasts: The Labour Party and Its Discontents
ISBN: 9780582438279 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Back CoverThe policies and choices taken by New Labour in power demonstrate that its understanding of the party's past continues to inform the government's and party's identity, outlook, programme and strategy.New Labour's Pasts locates the origins and distinguishing features of New Labour in this troubled past of 'old Labour'. The failings of the Wilson and Callaghan governments, internal disharmony and electoral defeats in the 1980s and 1990s have created a powerful legacy of failure. Profoundly affected by this past, New Labour is resolutely determined not to repeat it.This timely and...
Back CoverThe policies and choices taken by New Labour in power demonstrate that its understanding of the party's past continues to inform the governm...
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209,70 zł |
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Present Day Political Organization of China
ISBN: 9780700710188 / Angielski / Twarda / 668 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1910, this work presents an insight into the government and administration of the China of the day. The period was one of immense change as China's leaders turned the nation towards modernity. As student-interpreters to the imperial Russian legation, the authors had privileged access to the corridors of power and found themselves very much at the heart of the republican ferment that gripped the country. Topics covered include: policy on eunuchs, opium and astronomy.
Originally published in 1910, this work presents an insight into the government and administration of the China of the day. The period was one of imme...
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487,78 zł |
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Women, Politics and Constitutional Change : The First Years of the National Assembly for Wales
ISBN: 9780708318959 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Female activists around the globe have long used the political opportunities afforded by constitutional reform to further gender equality and women s participation in politics. This timely and accessible volume addresses the way in which changes introduced by devolved governance in Wales have transformed the role of women in contemporary Welsh politics and presented a new phase in the history of Welsh women s activism. Based on original interviews with participants as well as a range of secondary sources, "Women, Politics, and Constitutional Change" examines the innovations, background, and...
Female activists around the globe have long used the political opportunities afforded by constitutional reform to further gender equality and women s ...
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97,50 zł |
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Revitalizing Democracy: Devolution and Civil Society in Wales
ISBN: 9780708320846 / Angielski / Miękka / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Devolution, or home rule, is the transfer of power from a more centralized form of government to one that is of a local or regional nature. This book-length study examines the impact of the devolution from British rule on Welsh civil society during the Welsh Assembly s first term, from 1999 to 2003. Comprehensive theoretical examination is paired with case-based research in order to discuss the relationship between civil society, democracy, and national identity, and to question whether civil society contributes to promoting a stronger sense of Welsh national identity essential reading for...
Devolution, or home rule, is the transfer of power from a more centralized form of government to one that is of a local or regional nature. This book-...
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97,50 zł |
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Iraq
ISBN: 9780710309020 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book published in 1937 is being reissued now because of its obvious contemporary parallels.
How was Iraq to be taken from being a "remote" and neglected portion of the Ottoman Empire in 1941 to her then-position of a political unit possessing supposedly all the machinery of a modern state? The growth of Arab nationalism in the region, the establishment of a provisional government, and the search for a ruler all had to be dealt with by the skillful British in the mandated territory. This book published in 1937 is being reissued now because of its obvious contemporary parallels.
How was Iraq to be taken from being a "remote" and... |
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1073,11 zł |
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National Parliaments and the European Union
ISBN: 9780714643304 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume discusses how national parliaments have adapted to the effects of the Single European Act and the Maastricht Treaty.
This volume discusses how national parliaments have adapted to the effects of the Single European Act and the Maastricht Treaty.
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253,60 zł |
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