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Paperback. Why do very different countries often emulate the same policy model? Two years after Ronald Reagan's income-tax simplification of 1986, Brazil adopted a similar reform even though it threatened to exacerbate income disparity. This book demonstrates that bounded - not full - rationality drives the spread of innovations across countries. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPA; JPB; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134710
- ISBN
- 9780691134710
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.27
€ 46.99
€ 33.27
Paperback. This short collection of essays is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the latest thinking on one of the most critical questions of our era. Editor(s): Diamond, Larry; Plattner, Marc F. Series: A Journal of Democracy Book. Num Pages: 144 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421216
- ISBN
- 9781421421216
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.74
€ 27.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. SchraederAlfred StepanMark TesslerFrederic VolpiLucan WayFrederic WehreySean L. Yom Editor(s): Diamond, Larry; Plattner, Marc F. Series: A Journal of Democracy Book. Num Pages: 424 pages, 1 graph, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBX; JPA; JPB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421414164
- ISBN
- 9781421414164
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€ 41.99€ 34.64
€ 41.99
€ 34.64
Paperback. Graduate and undergraduate students alike will find it a useful guide to key issues facing emerging democracies today. Editor(s): Diamond, Larry; Plattner, Marc F.; Costopoulos, Philip J. Series: A Journal of Democracy Book. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JPB; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897771
- ISBN
- 9780801897771
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€ 33.99€ 28.90
€ 33.99
€ 28.90
Paperback. Contributors: Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, Francis Fukuyama, Minxin Pei, Yun-han Chu, Hyug Baeg Im, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Dan Slater, Martin Gainsborough, Don Emmerson, Edward Aspinall, Mark Thompson, Benjamin Reilly, Joseph Wong, Chong-Min Park, Yu-tzung Chang Editor(s): Diamond, Larry; Plattner, Marc F.; Chu, Yun-han. Series: A Journal of Democracy Book. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JPB; JPHV; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421409689
- ISBN
- 9781421409689
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.09
€ 38.99
€ 33.09
Paperback. Editor(s): Diamond, Larry; Shin, Gi-Wook. Series: Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804789189
- ISBN
- 9780804789189
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Paperback. Gender is being marginalized with the increased attention to "multiple discrimination" and civil society landscape at the transnational level is increasingly diversified. The book looks at the processes of (strategic) degendering in EU policy-making and on the interaction between EU institutions and European women's organizations. Series: The Politics of Intersectionality. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPA; JPB; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349439904
- ISBN
- 9781349439904
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€ 33.99€ 30.78
€ 33.99
€ 30.78
Hardback. This book examines how political scientists apply diverse comparative strategies to better understand Canadian political life. Editor(s): Turgeon, Luc; Papillon, Martin; Wallner, Jennifer; White, Stephen. Num Pages: 7 graphs, 21 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774827843
- ISBN
- 9780774827843
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Condition: New
€ 106.94
€ 106.94
Paperback. In fact, the same institutional failures that facilitate political competition may thwart the development of stable democracy. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421418124
- ISBN
- 9781421418124
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€ 51.99€ 43.27
€ 51.99
€ 43.27
Hardback. A political science perspective on higher education reform in Central and Eastern Europe. Examines the impact of historical institutions and transnational networking on institutions of higher education and assesses whether Poland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Romania are converging towards a common model of market-based governance. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 248 pages, 31 black & white tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; JNM; JPB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230291393
- ISBN
- 9780230291393
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Condition: New
€ 106.56€ 17.34
€ 106.56
€ 17.34
Paperback. Series: The European Union Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPB; JPRB; JPSN2; KCP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403997531
- ISBN
- 9781403997531
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.31
€ 51.99
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Paperback. In summer 2014, US agencies responsible for the border with Mexico were overwhelmed by tens of thousands of unaccompanied children arriving from Central America. Unprepared to address this unexpected kind of migrant, the US government deployed troops to carry out a new border mission. This book offers an insight on this event. Editor(s): Jaskoski, Maiah; Sotomayor, Arturo C.; Trinkunas, Harold A. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3, 1 black & white line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1K; JPB; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421418308
- ISBN
- 9781421418308
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.16
€ 46.99
€ 39.16
hardcover. In Unusually Cruel, Mark Morje Howard shows how far outside the norm-and how different from systems in other advanced, industrial democracies-US prisons are. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JKVP1; JPB; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190659332
- ISBN
- 9780190659332
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Condition: New
€ 169.71
€ 169.71
Paperback. In the global era, religion has leapt onto the world stage, often in contradictory ways. Some religious activists are antagonistic and engage in protests, violent acts, and political challenges. This book explores all of these directions, based on a five-year Luce Foundation project that involved religious leaders, scholars, and public figures. Num Pages: 176 pages, 6 b/w photos. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAM2; JPB; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283473
- ISBN
- 9780520283473
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.94
€ 23.99
€ 17.94
Hardback. Finally, Policing Democracy probes democratic politics, power relations, and regional disparities of security and reform to establish a framework for understanding the crisis and moving beyond it. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8, 2 maps, 6 figures. BIC Classification: HBJK; JKSW1; JPB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898020
- ISBN
- 9780801898020
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Condition: New
€ 60.98€ 56.18
€ 60.98
€ 56.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW; JPB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816644087
- ISBN
- 9780816644087
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.43
€ 27.99
€ 26.43
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30, 7 tables, 23 charts. BIC Classification: 1FBXK; 1FBXU; JPB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453366
- ISBN
- 9780801453366
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Condition: New
€ 52.52
€ 52.52
Hardback. Violence after War will be essential reading for all those interested in political violence, peacekeeping, and post-conflict reconstruction. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JPB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 239 x 32. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412573
- ISBN
- 9781421412573
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Condition: New
€ 71.05€ 64.86
€ 71.05
€ 64.86
Hardback. In the run-up to the Iraq invasion, a number of Americans thought the idea was crazy. Now everyone, except a few die-hards, thinks it was. So what was going through the minds of the talented and experienced men and women who planned and initiated the war? What were their assumptions? Overreach> aims to recover those presuppositions. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBWS5; JPA; JPB; JPHC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674729100
- ISBN
- 9780674729100
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.13
€ 47.99
€ 40.13
Paperback. How does cooperation emerge in a condition of international anarchy? This book attempts to answer this fundamental question through a study of international debt across three centuries. It explains how governments acquire reputations in the eyes of investors, and argues that concerns about reputation sustain international lending and repayment. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 line illus. 27 tables. BIC Classification: JPB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134697
- ISBN
- 9780691134697
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
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Hardback. A close reading of each of the six figures with an analysis of some overarching questions such as the liminal condition of political transitions and the nature of justice. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849046329
- ISBN
- 9781849046329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.21
€ 26.99
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Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPB; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231176507
- ISBN
- 9780231176507
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Condition: New
€ 73.42€ 57.30
€ 73.42
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Paperback. Reveals how international institutions have played a seminal role in the development, diffusion, and implementation of pension reforms that are transforming the postwar social contract in more than thirty countries worldwide, including the United States. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 line illus. 22 tables. BIC Classification: JPB; JPH; LNTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 283 x 2. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136974
- ISBN
- 9780691136974
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.30
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Paperback. Papers presented at the International Mosca Centennial Conference, held Sept. 1981, at Northern Illinois University. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white tables, diagrams, figures. BIC Classification: JFSC; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875805290
- ISBN
- 9780875805290
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.87
€ 20.99
€ 20.87