wyszukanych pozycji: 64
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Political Self-Deception
ISBN: 9781108438308 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 271 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Self-deception, that is the distortion of reality against the available evidence and according to one's wishes, represents a distinctive component in the wide realm of political deception. It has received relatively little attention but is well worth examining for its explanatory and normative dimensions. In this book Anna Elisabetta Galeotti shows how self-deception can explain political occurrences where public deception intertwines with political failure - from bad decisions based on false beliefs, through the self-serving nature of those beliefs, to the deception of the public as a...
Self-deception, that is the distortion of reality against the available evidence and according to one's wishes, represents a distinctive component in ...
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207,24 zł |
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Nationalism and Rationality
ISBN: 9780521480987 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Why is nationalism so widespread today? How does the phenomenon arise? This collection of essays by leading social scientists tries to answer these questions at the forefront of contemporary political discussion. The work differs from others in that the authors' responses are not based on avowed ideological perspectives but are rather drawn from rational-choice analysis. The collection focuses on three subjects--the origins of nationalism, whether and why it promotes good or evil, and how to deal with its occasional destructive consequences.
Why is nationalism so widespread today? How does the phenomenon arise? This collection of essays by leading social scientists tries to answer these qu...
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424,41 zł |
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Rational Foundations of Democratic Politics
ISBN: 9780521184281 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Democracy is widely accepted today as the most suitable form of government. But does democracy always produce good government? Although often associated with the existence of competitive elections, theory and experience suggest that this insufficiently determines democracy's effectiveness. Accordingly, experts from America and Europe use the modern theory of rational choice to explore the "foundations" that make democracy successful. They consider the diverse problems of modern democratic politics such as the importance of civic virtue, negative advertising, the interaction of democracy and...
Democracy is widely accepted today as the most suitable form of government. But does democracy always produce good government? Although often associat...
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207,24 zł |
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The Economics of Transparency in Politics
ISBN: 9780754649335 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The purpose of this book is to formulate economic models of the advantages and costs of transparency in various areas of public sector activity and to assess what level of obfuscation in politics is rational. The chapters are arranged in four parts. Part 1 is concerned with the manifestations of transparency and obfuscation in domestic democratic settings whilst Part 2 deals with the same realities but in an international context. Part 3 looks at corruption and Part 4 considers some of the implications of transparency and obfuscation for the working of governments and the formulation of...
The purpose of this book is to formulate economic models of the advantages and costs of transparency in various areas of public sector activity and to...
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737,66 zł |